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WHEN IT COMES TO NEWS, FOCUS ON BEING BETTER
(Editorial ~ 05/11/00)
It's always interesting when newspaper people get together at meetings and conventions. They tend to fall into two camps. One group responds to inquiries about the health of their newspapers and the industry in general much the same way most of us reply when asked, in casual conversation, how we're doing. ...
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WHAT TO DO WITH EX-INMATES, PUN HUMOR AND SPEEDY TRAINS
(Column ~ 05/11/00)
Life after prison: Here's a little-noticed statistic that's worth chewing on. This year, 585,000 people will be released from prisons in the United States, according to Justice Department figures. This is the flip side of the burgeoning prison-population coin. Locking so many criminals away is one thing. But how will society deal with the rapid rise of ex-convicts in its midst?...
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ATTACK ON DELAY TARGETS TACTICS DEMOCRATS USED
(Column ~ 05/11/00)
We now have irrefutable proof that the Democrats are scared silly about Republicans' winning the White House and retaining control of both houses of Congress. Only such desperation could explain their bizarre lawsuit against majority whip Tom Delay...
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COMPANY CHOSEN TO DESIGN FEDERAL BUILDING
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
A company has been hired to design Cape Girardeau's new federal courthouse, a task that is expected to be completed by early fall 2001. Construction of the courthouse at Independence and Frederick likely would start in 2002 and take two years to complete, said Dennis Miller, project manager with the federal General Services Administration office in Fort Worth, Texas...
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'DREAM GIRL' BRINGS DISAPPOINTMENT... AND MAN'S ARREST
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
A Los Angeles man dreamed of finding a near-Hollywood actress in Cape Girardeau, but all he got was disappointment and arrested on criminal warrants, police said. Thomas E. Butler, 29, had struck up a relationship with a Cape Girardeau woman over the phone via a dating service and decided to take a bus here last week to meet her, police Detective Jimmy Smith said...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE TO COMFORT YOU
(Column ~ 05/11/00)
May 11, 2000 Dear Pat, When DC's church held a breakfast for mothers last weekend, the speaker movingly remembered her own mother and grandmother, now both gone. Many in the audience were sniffling by the time she finished. Every little boy knows the worst thing you can do is say something against someone's mother. Every adult knows the best thing you can do is remember almost anything about your mother...
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SOUTHEAST NIGHT AT BUSCH STADIUM TICKETS HIT 1,500
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
Southeast Missouri will be well represented at Busch Stadium June 3. Ticket sales have reached the 1,500 mark for Southeast Night, when the St. Louis Cardinals take on the Cleveland Indians. The event is co-sponsored by Southeast Missouri State University and the Southeast Missourian...
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VOCATIONAL SCHOOL TO HOLD CAR AUCTION WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
The ideal graduation gifts will be available Wednesday when the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center sells three late-model cars at a special auction. The auction is being held to benefit the school's auto-collision program. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the vocational school, 301 N. Clark, in the auto-collision area. Cash or approved checks will be accepted at the time of sale...
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YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE FAITH IN 'THE MEDIUM' (THEATER REVIEW)
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
Composer Gian Carlo Menotti attended a seance with a baroness who believed she had contacted her dead daughter, Doodly. The name reappears in "The Medium," a work based on that experience that led him "to wonder at the multiple textures of reality."...
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STORE HOSTS FREE HOW-TO BUILD CLINIC FOR CHILDREN
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
Children may sign up today and Friday for a how-to clinic being sponsored by Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse. Each month, the company hosts a free workshop to teach children in grades two through five how to build or grow things. More children are attending the events as the series progresses, said Lowe's assistant manager Dave Quinn...
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WITH ALL THE RAIN, WHERE'S THE DROUGHT?
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
With all the recent heavy rain in Missouri, some people may be hesitant to talk about a drought. But Missouri Department of Agriculture statisticians say the state "still has some catching up to do" on rain, and a drought risk exists into the summer...
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COVERDOG: ADVANCE-BRED PUPPY SHOWS MUT TO WORLD
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
Captured on film wrinkling his brow, tilting its head and with the tip of its pink tongue sticking out, the Tosa Ken puppy Hunter Mylo is downright irresistible. Irresistible enough for the photo taken by Advance dog breeder Marilyn Olson Neville to capture the cover of Bloodlines, an international journal on purebred registered dogs published by the United Kennel Club Inc., the second largest all-breed dog registry in the United States...
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RUST TO SPEAK AT ADVERTISING AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS MEETING
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
Gary W. Rust, president of Rust Communications and owner of a chain of newspapers, will speak at the Tri-State Advertising and Marketing Professionals meeting on May 18. The luncheon meeting will begin at noon in the Missouriana Room at the University Center. The cost is $10 for members and $12 for non-members...
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TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO MEETH CHARGES
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
A Cape Girardeau man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to making methamphetamine, the U.S. attorney's office said. James Brian Daly, 32, could be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison and given a $1 million fine, Assistant U.S. Attorney Teresa Bright-Pearson said...
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MUCH OF AREA'S METH WASTE GOES TO JACKSON
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
JACKSON -- The largest number of methamphetamine labs in Southeast Missouri ends up behind the Jackson Fire Department. Thousands of pounds of chemicals and waste have been brought by law enforcement officers to a special holding container behind the fire department. The container was donated by the state Department of Natural Resources over half a year ago and has allowed cheaper disposal of meth waste and valuable training for firefighters, said Randy Carter, a state environmental specialist...
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ST. LOUIS-AREA WOMAN DIES, TWO CHILDREN INJURED IN I-55 ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
PORTAGEVILLE -- A St. Louis-area woman was killed Monday in an accident on Interstate 55 near Portageville. Rachel Patty, 25, was killed in the accident, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Two children, ages 3 and 4 months, were injured. Patty of Florissant was pronounced dead at the scene. ...
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SOUTHEAST DEFEATS MIZZOU FOR 2ND TIME THIS YEAR, 9-6
(College Sports ~ 05/11/00)
COLUMBIA -- Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team got two home runs from Jeremy Johnson and set a school record for victories Wednesday evening as the Indians knocked off host Missouri 9-6. Southeast improved its record to 33-14 by prevailing in its final non-conference game of the season. The Indians, who won both meetings with the Tigers this year, now have recorded the most single-season wins in school history. The 1995 and 1998 squads both won 32 games...
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OTAHKS MIGHT BE 'UNOFFICIAL FAVORITE' IN OVC TOURNEY
(College Sports ~ 05/11/00)
Southeast Missouri State University's softball team won't enter the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament today as the official favorite. But based on the kind of finish the Otahkians had to the regular season, they just might very well be the unofficial favorite to capture the six-team, double-elimination tourney that will be played in Murfreesboro, Tenn...
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RAMS DROP THE BALL, THE GAME TO JACKSON
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/00)
JACKSON -- Unfortunately for Scott City, unearned runs count just as much as the earned variety. Jackson took advantage of a shaky Scott City defense, handing the Rams a 5-2 loss in a SEMO Conference game at Legion Field Wednesday. The difference in the game was defense. Scott City (8-9) committed six errors -- mostly on routine plays while Jackson(11-7) had none...
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CENTRAL FALLS TO STATE-RANKED FESTUS 4-3
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/00)
Festus High baseball coach Don Buechting didn't really know what to expect from his young team this year. But, much to Buechting's pleasant surprise, the Tigers are having quite a season and that continued in Cape Girardeau Wednesday afternoon with a 4-3 win over Central's Tigers...
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ONE OF STATE'S TOP RECRUITS TO SIGN WITH SOUTHEAST
(College Sports ~ 05/11/00)
It looks like the state's top high school basketball player is headed to Southeast Missouri State University. Joel Shelton, a senior at Vashon High School in St. Louis, is reportedly planning to sign a national letter of intent with Southeast during a Friday morning ceremony at Vashon...
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CENTRAL TENNIS TEAM WINS FIRST DISTRICT TITLE IN AT LEAST 15 YEARS
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/00)
ST. LOUIS -- For the first time in at least 15 years, Cape Girardeau Central High School's boys tennis team can call itself district champion. Competing in the Class 4A, District 1 Tournament at Lindbergh High School Wednesday, the Tigers ran away with the title in the 10-team meet, scoring 25 points...
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EDDIE KISTNER
(Obituary ~ 05/11/00)
Funeral for Eddie Dale Kistner of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The Rev. Douglas Breity will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Fruitland. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/11/00)
Son to Ryan D. Groves and Kala M. Garnett of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:39 p.m. Thursday, May 4, 2000. Name, Reiss Devlyn. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. Ms. Garnett is the daughter of Panta Barnes and Jim Barnes of Cape Girardeau. She is employed in the shoemart at Kmart. Groves is the son of Richard Groves of Cape Girardeau. He is employed by Manpower at Procter & Gamble...
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GENE MCCONACHIE
(Obituary ~ 05/11/00)
CHARLESTON -- E.W. "Gene" McConachie, 88, of Charleston died Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at his home. He was born Oct. 24, 1911, in Chaffee, son of Lindsday S. and Hattie Luckman McConachie. He and Betty Sue Elmore were married Sept. 22, 1940. She died June 10, 1994...
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EVAN WALTERS
(Obituary ~ 05/11/00)
JACKSON -- Evan Bryant Walters, 2 1/2, of Huntsville, Ala., died Sunday, May 7, 2000, at Children's Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. He was born Nov. 19, 1997, in Huntsville, son of George and Laura Donatti Walters. Survivors include his parents; a sister, Pamela Walters of Old Town, Md.; grandparents, Paul and Pat Donatti of High Ridge, Bryan and Jane Willis of Rosebud, Ralph Walters of Jackson; and great-grandparents, John and Rosena Willis of Gerald...
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JONATHON ALLEN
(Obituary ~ 05/11/00)
SIKESTON -- Jonathon Lee Allen, 6, of Sikeston died Wednesday, May 10, 2000 at his home. Allen was the son of Randy and Ann E. Dockins Allen. Both survive. A member of the First Christian Church, Allen was a student in the Early Childhood Special Education program at Lilbourn...
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SCULPTING THE LANDSCAPE
(Local News ~ 05/11/00)
Metal sculptures, many abstract in nature, decorate the grounds around Southeast Missouri State University's Art Building. To some observers, the sculptures seem little more than rusty objects that make mowing a chore for the groundskeepers. But to Dr. Edwin L. Smith, the objects in Southeast's sculpture garden are works of art...
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