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SPECIALTY BUSINESSES IN HIGH DEMAND DURING PROM SEASON
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
How do area business people feel about the combination of Farewell to Freshmen, Central High School's Prom, and Mother's Day all on the same weekend? "It is a madhouse," said Phillip Jestus, head designer at Toni's Flower House. Local florists, limousine companies and restaurants are in high demand with the combination of prom season and Mother's Day. Many businesses are still recuperating from last weekend, when Notre Dame, Jackson, Kelly, Chaffee and Oran school districts all held proms...
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FORMER SOUTHEAST HISTORY PROFESSOR NAMED PROVOST
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
Dr. Jane Stephens, a former Southeast Missouri State University history professor, was named Friday by the Board of Regents to serve as the school's provost. Stephens will make $115,000 a year in her new job as Southeast's chief academic officer. She also will receive tenure and professor rank in the history department as part of a three-year contract. She begins her new job July 5...
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SOUND OF LAWN MOWER AT MARBLE HILL POST OFFICE WELCOME
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
MARBLE HILL -- The sound of a lawn mower on Friday afternoon ended a brief standoff between the city of Marble Hill and the U.S. post office in this Bollinger County town. Grass and weeds more than a foot tall surrounded the post office that is on Highway 34, the main street that runs through Marble Hill, said Marble Hill City Clerk Carolyn Surface...
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WORLD WAR I VETERAN 'HAP' GOODMAN DEAD AT 105
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
Nobody remembers how Elves L. "Hap" Goodman got his nickname. They do remember how proud he was of serving in the U.S. Army during World War I and how generous he was. Goodman, believed to be Missouri's oldest World War I veteran, died Friday at the Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was 105. (See complete obituary on Page 4B.)...
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REGENTS OK ATHLETIC FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT PLANS
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
The Board of Regents Friday gave its blessing to continued design work for improving Southeast Missouri State University's Houck Stadium and Rosengarten Athletic Complex. The board approved conceptual designs and authorized schematic design work on the projects...
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BANNER PHOTO
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
The staff of Ozarc Gas Equipment and Supply, 1024 Southern Expressway, supports the YELL Foundation. From left: Kevin Akers, Steve Dannenmueller, Kelly Sutton, Martha Latham, Amy Ramsey, Tina Scholz, Danny Campbell, Gene Speight, Sabrina Outlaw, Tracey Garner, Rich Nelson, Mike Henderson, Rich Baker, David Durham, Jerry Sitz, Brenda Hanners, Andy Kirchner and Ed Ressel...
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BUCKING THE SYSTEM: MOTHERHOOD IS AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY BUT ALSO AWESOME POWER
(Column ~ 05/13/00)
If I knew four years ago what I know today, I still would have become a mother. Despite the fact that I was in labor 17 hours with Jerry, 9 hours with PJ, and never dilated beyond a fingertip. Thank God for morphine. Despite the fact that my children weighed a combined total of 19 pounds, 11 ounces and were a combined length of 43 and 1/2 inches long at birth...
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ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE EVENT SET
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
People interested in alternative healing methods being offered in the area can see demonstrations and ask questions at today's "Celebration of Healing." The gathering of alternative health providers will be held from noon to 5 p.m. today at 1016 N. Cape Rock Drive and will offer the public free demonstrations and discussion on a wide range of therapies, said Sherry Verdugo-Boyd, one of the organizers of the event...
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JACKSON WOMAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
A Jackson woman was in critical condition Friday night after her vehicle and a tractor trailer collided on Highway 177 near Fruitland earlier in the day. Deborah Shank, 45, was airlifted to Southeast Missouri Hospital after the 11:09 a.m. accident 3 miles east of Fruitland...
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CAPE MAN FOUND INNOCENT OF KILLING 2-YEAR-OLD
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
JACKSON -- A Cape Girardeau man was found innocent of child endangerment in the death of a two-year old girl, the county prosecutor said. Telly S. Caldwell, 23, had been charged with a misdemeanor crime, punishable by less than a year in jail, after Desire Wims died of multiple injuries which medical examiner Michael Zaricor believes were inflicted by more than one person...
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WINNERS CHOSEN FOR SOUTHEAST NIGHT AT BUSCH STADIUM DRAWING
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
And the winner is.... On Friday afternoon, the winners were drawn from more than 1,600 ticket orders for Southeast Night at Busch Stadium on June 3. The Cardinals will take on the Cleveland Indians that day. Names were drawn from a box of all the ticket numbers by representatives of the Southeast Missourian and Southeast Missouri State University, co-sponsors of the event...
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TALENT KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
Republican candidate for governor Jim Talent has already traveled through all of Missouri's 114 counties, but he is on a formal statewide kickoff campaign tour this weekend. Talent, who stopped Friday in Cape Girardeau discussed education, transportation and roads, the fight against methamphetamine, and tax relief...
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PRAYERS BOOST FAMILY DEALING WITH CHILD'S LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
Local schools and churches have united in prayer in hopes 9-year-old Lacey Edwards will recuperate from a life-threatening condition. Edwards, a Cape Girardeau resident and daughter of Kevin and Diane Edwards, collapsed May 5 at her home after a blood vessel ruptured in her brain. She was treated at Saint Francis Medical Center last weekend before being transported by helicopter to St. Louis Children's Hospital on Monday...
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STATE AWARDS CONTRACT FOR HIGHWAY 177 PROJECT
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
Penzel Construction Company of Jackson has been awarded a $1 million contract to improve a section of Highway 177 near Fruitland. The contract awarded Friday by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission is the last of three construction phases in a project meant to improve traffic flow between I-55 and the Procter & Gamble plant...
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DEVELOPING A PICTURE OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
(Local News ~ 05/13/00)
With a single textbook and a hint of curiosity, a class at Southeast Missouri State University began to look at a snapshot of American religious diversity. How that picture developed surprised some of the students, particularly when it came to Cape Girardeau's diversity. About 30 students are enrolled in the Religion in America course taught by Dr. Andy Pratt. The class studies American religious diversity, its beginnings and how the nation has adapted...
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MTSU HANDS OTAHKS PAIR OF 3-1 LOSSES, WINS OVC TOURNEY
(College Sports ~ 05/13/00)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Middle Tennessee State University proved firsthand to Southeast Missouri State University that its regular season OVC softball title was no fluke. MTSU won its first ever OVC Tournament on Friday, handing a pair of 3-1 losses to the Otahkians, one which occurred in the championship game...
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CHS HOPES TO DANCE TO 4A, DISTRICT 1 TRACK TITLES
(High School Sports ~ 05/13/00)
Many of Cape Central's track athletes had a tough decision to make. Which Big Dance is more important: the prom or the Class 4A, District 1 meet at Poplar Bluff? "As we go into the district meet," said Central coach Lawrence Brookins, "we're looking right in the face of prom."...
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2A DISTRICT MEET TO BE HELD IN CAPE
(High School Sports ~ 05/13/00)
The 15-team, Class 2A, District 1 track meet will be held today at the Abe Stuber Track and Field Complex in Cape Girardeau. Field and preliminary sprint events will begin at 11 a.m., with the running event finals to be in the afternoon. The teams competing will be Kelly, Caruthersville, Portageville, Malden, Hayti, East Prairie, Chaffee, Scott City, Crystal City, Cardinal Ritter (St. Louis), St. Louis Metro, Lutheran North, Maplewood-Richmond Heights, Grandview and Brentwood...
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SE BASKETBALL SIGNS VASHON STAR SHELTON TO LETTER OF INTENT
(College Sports ~ 05/13/00)
It's official. Mr. Show-Me Basketball is coming to the Show Me Center. A story which the Southeast Missourian broke on Thursday came to pass on Friday when Vashon High School senior point guard Joel Shelton signed a letter of intent to attend Southeast Missouri State University on a basketball scholarship...
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WANTED: A WEEKEND SWEE; SE NEEDS THREE WINS OVER EKU TO CAPTURE OVC TITLE
(College Sports ~ 05/13/00)
Southeast Missouri State University's baseball Indians know exactly what is at stake this weekend as they close out the regular season with a three-game home series against Eastern Kentucky. Sweep the Colonels and Southeast has its first-ever Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship. Win two out of three and, no matter what Middle Tennessee does, the Indians will host the OVC Tournament for the third year in a row...
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ND TUNES UP FOR DISTRICT WITH 8-1 WIN
(High School Sports ~ 05/13/00)
ADVANCE -- Notre Dame roughed up Advance ace Garrett Broshuis for eight runs, six of which were earned, as the Bulldogs improved to 18-4 with an 8-1 win over the Hornets. The Bulldogs, arguably the best offensive team in the area, managed six hits and five walks against Broshuis, who will play at the University of Missouri next fall...
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DISTRICT TIME ARRIVES FOR MISSOURI BASEBALL TEAMS
(High School Sports ~ 05/13/00)
Some teams have scores to settle. Others have something to prove. Some have legitimate shots at making it to Columbia. Others need a miracle to win one game. But by the time Thursday rolls around, few will remain standing. Many high school seniors will participate in the final game as prep athletes this week as the state baseball playoffs get underway with district tournaments...
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IVA SISK
(Obituary ~ 05/13/00)
Iva Jewell Sisk, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, May 11, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 3, 1913, at Oran, daughter of the late James Bert and Gertrude Jane Burnett Barnett. She married James Edward Sisk March 22, 1930. He preceded her in death April 16, 1981...
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W.C. LEIGH
(Obituary ~ 05/13/00)
SIKESTON -- William Cecil Leigh, 85, of Sikeston died Thursday, May 11, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born July 6, 1914, in Lonoke, Ark., son of Edward Ross and Mary Ethel Clement Leigh. He and Susie Mae Clayton were married May 4, 1940, at Caruthersville. She died June 9, 1991...
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MILLIE WATSON
(Obituary ~ 05/13/00)
SIKESTON -- Millie Watson, 80, of Sikeston died Monday, May 8, 2000, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Aug. 4, 1919, in Waterproof, La., daughter of Victor and Mattie Holmes. She and the Rev. William Watson were married Aug. 8, 1936, in Proctor, Ark...
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WILLIAM BRYAN
(Obituary ~ 05/13/00)
William Morse Bryan, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 12, 2000, at his home. He was born Sept. 24, 1925, in Bridgeport, Conn., son of Elias William and Lucille Hawkins Bryan. He and Jessie Jo Harvey were married Nov. 5, 1944, in Macon, Ga. Bryan was a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau, graduate of Central High School and Port Arthur Radio School...
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MISSOURI'S OLDEST WWI VET DIES: HAP GOODMAN
(Obituary ~ 05/13/00)
SCOTT CITY -- Elves Leslie "Hap" Goodman, 105, of Scott City, believed to be the oldest World War I veteran in the state of Missouri, died Friday, May 12, 2000, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 26, 1894, in Carmi, Ill., son of William Edward and Cornelia Ann Kisner Goodman. He and Ethel Viola Young were married July 14, 1923, at Jackson. She died Aug. 1, 1963...
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DON PAINTON
(Obituary ~ 05/13/00)
PAINTON -- Don Charles Painton, 64, of Painton died Thursday, May 11, 2000, at Advance Nursing Center in Advance. He was born Dec. 31, 1935, at Painton, son of Herbert and Bess Cobb Painton. He and Shirley Murphy were married April 27, 1957, at Chaffee...
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CLINTON WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 05/13/00)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral for Clinton Lee Williams of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. Thomas Snavely will officiate. Burial will be in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Williams, 42, died Thursday, May 11, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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RACHEL L. WININGNEAR
(Obituary ~ 05/13/00)
Rachel L. Winingnear, 61, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 12, 2000, at Heartland Care and Rehab in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 29, 1938, near Lutesville, daughter of Lewis E. and Edna J. Johnson Mansker. She married Andrew Winingnear on May 24, 1958. He died July 1, 1995...
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BETTY LAPLANT
(Obituary ~ 05/13/00)
CHARLESTON -- Funeral for Betty Sue LaPlant of Charleston will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Martin Lucas will officiate. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery. LaPlant, 73, died Thursday, May 11, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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FREDDIE LACEY SR.
(Obituary ~ 05/13/00)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Freddie Glen Lacey Sr., 66, of Olive Branch died Friday, May 12, 2000, at the Veterans Administration Nursing Care Center in Marion. He was born Feb. 17, 1934, in Olive Branch, son of William Franklin and Emma Ruth Hill Lacey. He married Carol Ann Rock...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/13/00)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Brian Mayfield of Tulsa, Okla., Southcrest Hospital in Tulsa, Tuesday, April 11, 2000. Name, Brady Kent. Weight, 9 pounds 8 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Mayfield is the former Kristi Allen, daughter of Jim and Nadine Allen of Chickasha, Okla. Mayfield is the son of Donald and Marilyn Mayfield of Jackson. He is a senior business developer at Williams Co...
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CLINTON HAS IS OWN IDEAS ABOUT PRIVACY RIGHTS
(Column ~ 05/13/00)
On Oct. 29, 1999, President Clinton, in full lip-biting mode, said, "In 1999, Americans should never have to worry about the nightmare scenarios depicted in George Orwell's 1984. I am determined to put an end to such violations of privacy." Savor that presidential quote for a moment, then consider this lead from Paul Sperry's WorldNetDaily article on May 11, 2000, about secret White House phone recordings. ...
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SCHOOLS FACE DEEPENING TEACHER SHORTAGES
(Editorial ~ 05/13/00)
Teacher vacancies in Missouri are the highest in 14 years, according to a report from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield. The number of vacant positions increased 185 percent over the past year. The reason? Low beginning salaries coupled with higher certification requirements are likely culprits. ...
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TEACHER IN CAPE, JACKSON DISTRICTS WIN NATION'S HIGHEST HONORS FOR MATH, SCIENCE CLASSES
(Editorial ~ 05/13/00)
Two teachers from Cape Girardeau County earned the highest honors bestowed on math and science teachers. Judy Gau from Franklin Elementary School and Martha Short from North Elementary School in Jackson were among 200 teachers selected for the 199 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science...
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EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ELEMENTARY IMBALANCES SHOULDN'T CREATE OTHER IMBALANCES
(Editorial ~ 05/13/00)
School superintendent Dr. Dan Steska invited concerned parents to let him know if they have other ideas for how to successfully resolve the high/low capacity problems between Blanchard and Franklin elementary schools, and that is what this column addresses. The numbers I have used come from the April 27 counts provided by Cathy Evans, assistant superintendent, which are included...
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