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TESTING FAITH, BUILDING CHARACTER; CAPE GIRARDEAU COUPLE GETS THROUGH TOUGH SITUATIONS BY LEANING ON FAITH (FACES OF FAITH)
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
As Cape Girardeau County collector for more than 30 years, Harold Kuehle has accrued dozens of plaques and awards of recognition. But the one his wife, Peggy, is most proud of hangs in the center of a wall at their home. It isn't engraved in gold or signed by a famous hand. It is a simple certificate given to Harold by a group of employees at an area bank...
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MOTORCYCLE MAYHEM, BIG TRUCKS ON DISPLAY
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
Motorcycle Demolition Derby is as crazy as it sounds. Motorcycle riders gather in a circle, and when the green flag is waved try to knock each other down. "Whoever's standing wins," says David Jackson, assistant event coordinator and announcer for Friday night's Monster Truck Challenge and Thrill Show at the Show Me Center...
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DONATION HELPS PARISH BUY OLD NOTRE DAME
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
The old Notre Dame High School is now the De Paul Center. Wanda Drury donated $300,000 to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Parish to buy the building at 1912 Ritter Drive that housed the Catholic high school until 1998, the parish priest said. "We are very excited about the possibilities this is affording us," said the Rev. Milton Ryan, priest at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church...
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CITY TO PURSUE RIVERFRONT TRAIL
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
Cape Girardeau wants to blaze a new trail along the Mississippi River. The city plans to seek federal funding to construct a 6,100-foot-long hiking and biking trail from Sloan Creek southward to the River Campus on the river side of the floodwall. The project also would expand Riverfront Park and the old landing area south of the park. A pedestrian bridge would be built over Sloan Creek...
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CITY OUTLINES SEWER BOND PLAN AT CHAMBER COFFEE
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
Cape Girardeau voters will be asked Tuesday to approve an $8.5 million bond issue to continue sewer work throughout the city. The work would be funded by a quarter-cent capital- improvements sales tax already in existence. There would be no tax increase and no tax extension for the projects, said City Manager Michael Miller...
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CENSUS TESTING TO BE HELD AT UNIVERSITY MONDAY, FEB. 14
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
Census 2000 applications will be available and testing conducted for applicants on Monday and Feb. 14 at Southeast Missouri State University. Part-time and full-time temporary jobs pay $10 an hour and 31 cents a mile. Applicants are asked to bring two forms of identification, which must include a picture I.D. such as a driver's license, and Social Security card or birth certificate...
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MAN KILLED IN ILLINOIS ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
MARION, Ill. -- A man was killed Friday morning on southbound Interstate 57, just north of Anna in Union County. The name of the driver has not been released pending notification of next of kin. The victim was taken to Union County Hospital in Anna after the 9:01 a.m. accident...
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ALDI'S GROCERY ROBBED BY LONE GUNMAN
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
Cape Girardeau police were searching Friday night for a man who held up the Aldi's grocery story at gunpoint. The man approached a clerk at the store at 7:50 p.m. and displayed a chrome handgun. He was described as a 6-foot white male in his early 30s. He was wearing a dark jacket, a black turtleneck with the top pulled up to his nose, sunglasses and a black cap, Sgt. Rodney Barker said...
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MODOT FINDS NO RISE IN INTERSTATE ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
Speed still kills, but it doesn't always increase traffic accidents. A three-year study by the Missouri's Department of Transportation shows that raising the speed limit to 70 mph has not increased the number of accidents on rural interstates. Actually, the number of crashes has fallen by 9 percent since the Missouri Legislature raised interstate speeds from 65 to 70 in March 1996. During the same time, miles driven on rural interstates have grown by 8 percent, MoDOT said...
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TEENS WILL ATTEND TRUE LOVE WAITS RALLY TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
More than 200 teen-agers are expected tonight at a regional True Love Waits rally that will be held at Bethany Baptist Church, 1712 Randol. True Love Waits is an international campaign designed to challenge students to remain sexually abstinent until marriage. This is the first time the Cape Girardeau Baptist Association, made up of 30 churches, has organized a regional youth rally, said the Rev. Mike Dugan, pastor at Fellowship Baptist Church...
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IMPORTANCE OF LAUGHTER WILL BE CARING CONFERENCE TOPIC
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
Marilyn Grey believes a little laughter can go a long way in helping people deal with the stress in their lives. The motivational speaker will demonstrate how to recapture the childhood ability to laugh off stress at the Community Caring Council's 11th annual Community Caring Conference Feb. 18...
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FEDERAL COURTHOUSE WILL GO NEAR CITY HALL
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
The federal government made it official Friday, announcing it plans to build a federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau in an area bounded by Independence, Merriwether, Frederick and Middle. The site is adjacent to City Hall. Officials with the General Services Administration in Kansas City said the city and community groups favored the site...
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TALKS BRING TOGETHER THOSE WHO WANT CHANGE
(Editorial ~ 02/05/00)
No one wants a repeat of the near-riot that occurred last year on Good Hope Street. That's why it is important that a group of community residents continue to meeting informally with police and others to improve communications. The Community Leadership Group offers an opportunity to talk about concerns. It is heartening to see the chief of police, superintendent of schools and others take the time to join the group...
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CHAMBER AWARDS PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS STORIES, INSPIRATION TO LOCAL BUSINESSES
(Editorial ~ 02/05/00)
Each year Cape Girardeau's Chamber of Commerce takes the time to honor businesses and individuals who have made their mark on this community. J. Ronald Fischer and R&M COCO were recognized during the annual chamber dinner. Fischer became the 12th recipient of the Rush H. Limbaugh Award. R&M COCO, a design-fabric distributor, was recognized as the Small Business of the Year. Both are worthy recipients of these prestigious awards...
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A RARE LEAP DAY, WHICH WON'T BE REPEATED FOR CENTURIES, IS FEB. 29
(Editorial ~ 02/05/00)
Does leap year appear on the calendar every four years? The answer, which is no, may prove surprising. Going back roughly a century, the unfolding 1890s were leading to a rather interesting omission. As 1892 and 1896 were leap years, calendar watchers might have guessed that 1900 would fall in line and also contain an extra day in February. ...
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FOR LOVE OF THE GAME: GIRLS NEED SOME FAN SUPPORT TOO
(High School Sports ~ 02/05/00)
Sorry girls, sometimes gender equity just doesn't exist. Case and point, the Notre Dame-Cape Central game Thursday night. Here was a game that pitted two Cape Girardeau rivals who are each state-ranked. Notre Dame is fifth in Class 2A. Central is ninth in 4A...
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INDIANS NURSING OVC LEAD
(College Sports ~ 02/05/00)
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Their Ohio Valley Conference lead now down to just a single game in the loss column, Southeast Missouri State University's basketball Indians will tonight try to bounce back and keep from dropping into a virtual first-place tie...
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BULLDOGS USE PASSING LANE TO ZOOM BY CARDS
(High School Sports ~ 02/05/00)
Notre Dame was greedy and unselfish all in the same ballgame. The Bulldogs committed just four turnovers and distributed the ball as well as it has all season as Notre Dame pretty much locked up the second seed in its district with a 69-50 win over Woodland Friday night...
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OTAHKIANS HOPE TO END OVC ROAD SKID TODAY AGAINST AUSTIN PEAY
(College Sports ~ 02/05/00)
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team will once again try to break its season-long Ohio Valley Conference road losing streak today. The Otahkians, who have lost all five of their league games away from home so far this season, will square off with Austin Peay in a 5:45 p.m. tipoff at the Dunn Center...
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NOTRE DAME ROLLS PAST ST. VINCENT
(High School Sports ~ 02/05/00)
PERRYVILLE -- It was hard telling which bit St. Vincent harder: the flu bug or Notre Dame's defense. Either way, the Bulldogs (7-5) ended up with an easy 73-47 road victory Tuesday night at St. Vincent High School. St. Vincent (6-3) played with four players sick, including starting point guard Cory Strattman...
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BRIEFLY: INDIANS AND DEFENSIVE END TO RECRUITING CLASS
(High School Sports ~ 02/05/00)
Southeast Missouri's football program announced the signing Friday of defensive end Jeremy Motley, the 10th player to sign with new Indian coach Tim Billings during the signing period which began Wednesday. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound Motley is currently a senior at George Washington High school in Danville, Va...
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JACKSON PAYS BACK FARMINGTON FOR LOSS SUFFERED IN TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 02/05/00)
JACKSON -- Led by 27 points by Tory Meyr, Jackson avenged an early season loss to Farmington, defeating the Knights 87-62 Friday night in boys high school basketball action. Meyr, a senior guard, also had nine assists and four steals. "He's been playing well, but tonight he was exceptional," said Jackson coach Steve Burk, who saw his team improve to 10-9...
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GLADYS HOOD BILYEAU
(Obituary ~ 02/05/00)
Gladys Hood Bilyeu, 100, of Huntsville, Texas, and formerly of Anna, Ill., died Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, at Fair Park Nursing Home in Huntsville. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna.
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WILMA RICHARDS
(Obituary ~ 02/05/00)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Wilma Grace Richards, 86, of Villa Ridge died Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 10, 1913, in Pulaski, daughter of Warren Earnest and Amelia Elizabeth Atherton Edwards. She married Willis C. Richards, who died Oct. 2, 1986...
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MAN REPORTS THEFT BY PROSTITUTE, FACES SOLICITATION CHARGE
(Local News ~ 02/05/00)
Two encounters with a prostitute left a Cape Girardeau man with less money than he thought he should have, so he reported a theft to police. Now he faces possible charges for soliciting prostitution, Cpl. Kevin Orr said. "The officer who took the report from him made it very clear what he was doing to himself," Orr said...
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HAROLD JAMES PLATT
(Obituary ~ 02/05/00)
JACKSON -- Harold James Platt, 75, of Jackson died Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 3, 1924, in Haxton, Colo., the son of H.H. and Ethel Spurlock Platt. He and Colleen Cameron were married May 22, 1946, in Cape Girardeau...
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IDALEANE HEATON
(Obituary ~ 02/05/00)
DEXTER -- Idaleane Virginia Heaton, 73, of Dexter died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 8, 1926, at Charleston, daughter of Thomas and Emma Whitlock Donaldson. She and James W. Heaton were married June 26, 1946. He died July 27, 1992...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/05/00)
Daughter to Rickie Lotez Brown and Marsha Ann Headrick of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:33 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, 2000. Name, Tyneisha Rochelle. Weight, 7 pounds 8 1/2 ounces. Third daughter. Ms. Headrick is the daughter of Vicki Headrick and Bill Headrick of Cape Girardeau. Brown is the son of Michelle Brown and Freddie Brown of Springfield. He is employed with Manpower at Procter & Gamble...
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WILLIE FEAGAN
(Obituary ~ 02/05/00)
DEXTER -- Willie Feagan, 87, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton. She was born May 9, 1912, in Watson, Ark., daughter of William Kyle and Fannie Brown Youngblood. She and Elmer F. Feagan were married Oct. 27, 1927. He died Oct. 5, 1983...
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