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Dr. Grow: A flower of perennial proportions
(Column ~ 05/17/00)
One of the most common conversations at garden centers in the spring goes like this. Customer:"I am tired of planting annuals each year. I go to all the work to plant them, and then they die at the end of the year. Next year I have to do it all over again. I want something that I can plant once, and never have to replant."...
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RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS; PORTS: IF SOMEONE DOES A KINDNESS TO YOU, PASS IT ON
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
For Barbara and Bill Port, the philosophy of kindness is simple: You can't always repay a kindness done to you. The best way to say thanks is to pass it on. Volunteering is a way of life for this Cape Girardeau couple. Since Bill retired as administrator of Cape Physician Associates six years ago, their lives have become even busier as they fill their days with community service...
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RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS: DELTA STUDENTS HELP ROMANIAN ORPHANS
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
Students at the Delta Elementary School are sending their bookbags packing. This week a number of students are donating their used backpacks to an orphanage in Romania. It's a joint project with the Cornerstone Church in Cape Girardeau. "Probably 95 percent of these kids would have thrown their backpacks away," said Terry Johnston, director of the Boys and Girls Mission Crusades at the church. "To the kids in this orphanage, these backpacks are gold."...
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EX-WORKERS GIVE DETAILS OF VIP INVESTIGATION; PROBE TARGETS POSSIBLE FRAUD INVOLVING FUNDING
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
Copyright 2000 A five-year criminal investigation into the financial dealings of Southeast Missouri's largest service provider for the handicapped should be completed sometime this summer, a source close to the investigation says. VIP Industries, which runs the largest sheltered workshops in Missouri, has been under investigation for possible fraud involving federal and state funding...
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TRIAL OPENS FOR CENTRAL DEFENDANT IN JUNE 11 GOOD HOPE INCIDENT
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
COLUMBIA -- A central figure in the June incident that escalated into a near-riot in the Good Hope area of Cape Girardeau went on trial Tuesday on two felony charges. Greg Campbell, 36, of Cape Girardeau is charged with assault of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest...
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ALLERGIES HIT HIGH POINT IN MISERY
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
The sun is out, the air is warm and a nice breeze is blowing. It's a perfect day in Southeast Missouri, unless you suffer from allergies. And a lot of people do. Doctors' offices are full of people suffering from itchy eyes, runny nose and irritated throat resulting from exposure to allergens and the resulting sinus or throat infections associated with allergies...
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SCOTT CITY STUDENTS EXTEND KINDNESS
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
SCOTT CITY -- Sixth-grade students at Scott City Middle School racked their brains trying to figure out how to get a janitor into their classroom for a surprise party Tuesday afternoon. Some thought he should be summoned to sweep up a mess; others said someone should ask him for a roll of paper towels. Whatever the request, it had to be good enough to attract Jim Smith into a classroom...
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TUESDAY NIGHT ACCIDENT SHUTS DOWN INTERSTATE 55
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
Northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 55 were closed late Tuesday night near Center Junction between Cape Girardeau and Jackson following a multiple vehicle accident that involved a tractor-trailer carrying a hazardous and potentially flammable chemical...
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SORORITY GROUP DONATES MONEY FOR TOYS TO HOSPITAL PEDIATRIC UNIT
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
Members of Lambda Omicron, a chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority, donated $250 to the pediatric unit at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The group began the service project after member Sandy Ross discovered there were few toys for small children in the hospital pediatric department. Ross' son, Hunter, had spent time at the hospital last year and had few infant toys to play with...
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SNOOPY'S DOGHOUSE TO BE HERE
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
Snoopy's doghouse will land at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Saturday as part of a radio-controlled modelers air show. The show will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission and parking are free. Concessions will be for sale throughout the day. This is the second show presented by the Southeast Missouri Modelers Association. The highlight of the show will be an aerobatic team formation flying. Performances of the Show-Me Air Kings will be at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m...
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SOUTHWESTERN BELL PREPARING FOR DSL SERVICE
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
DSL, which stands for digital subscriber line, will be offered in Cape Girardeau. The service features high-speed Internet access and telephone and fax service on the same lines. Equipment is being installed at the Southwestern Bell Telephone office, 800 Broadway. ...
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APPELLATE JUDGES MEET IN JACKSON
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
JACKSON -- The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District convened at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson Tuesday to hear arguments for cases appealed from Cape Girardeau and Perry counties. Chief Judge Mary Rhodes Russell and eight other judges heard cases in three, three-judge panels. It was the first time a state appeals court had met at the courthouse in 125 years...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
7:30 p.m. Monday City Hall Public Hearings Action Items Power and Light Committee Street Committee...
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HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS GIVE SUNFLOWER PINS AS KINDNESS
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
Marilyn Sedgwick couldn't help but smile as she handed out handcrafted sunflower pins Tuesday to passing shoppers in Westfield Shoppingtown West Park. "You can't be grumpy and do this," she said . She was one of about 10 Southeast Hospice volunteers who handed out 2,000 sunflower pins in and around Cape Girardeau in the space of a couple of hours. In addition to the mall, pins were handed out at Wal-Mart and other places in Cape Girardeau, and in Bollinger County...
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ROUND TABLE EVENT WILL FEATURE COOKOUT
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
A cookout featuring Civil War recipes will be the program of the Cape Girardeau County Chapter of the Civil War Round Table's meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday in the parish hall of Hanover Lutheran Church, 2949 Perryville Road. The cookout will include beef stew and side dishes...
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JUVENILE CENTER PLANS PROCEEDING; LAND PURCHASE PLANNED
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
Armed with a special-use permit from Cape Girardeau, the Cape Girardeau County Commission is moving ahead with plans to build a new juvenile center. The City Council Monday night approved final reading of a measure granting the necessary permit for the project to proceed...
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RACE IS ON TO ENDOW NEW SCHOLARSHIPS
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
Dennis C. Seyer wants to endow a scholarship for Southeast students interested in a career in technical theater design (see related story). He is one of a number of people racing to meet a deadline to endow a scholarship at Southeast. Currently, a contributor of at least $10,000 can name a scholarship and specify how the dollars will be used. ...
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CONCERT TO HELP ENDOW SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
A concert Friday night by the Jerry Ford Orchestra will help endow a scholarship for Southeast students interested in a career in technical theater design. Dennis C. Seyer, technical director for the University Theater for the past 23 years, has donated most of the $10,000 necessary to endow the scholarship. More money is being raised through the sale of ads in the concert program. Seyer hopes ticket sales to the concert will bring in the final amount needed...
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LOCAL UNITED WAY WINS AWARDS IN ANNUAL COMMUNICATIONS CONTEST
(Local News ~ 05/17/00)
The Area Wide United Way, with the help of several local marketing-media outlets, won five awards in the annual Communications Contest sponsored by United Way of America. The awards were announced and the media thanked at a media recognition luncheon held Tuesday in the Harrison Room at Southeast Missouri Hospital...
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SE's JOHNSON NAMED OVC's PLAYER OF YEAR
(College Sports ~ 05/17/00)
Jeremy Johnson and Jeffrey Hilz led the way Tuesday as Southeast Missouri State University's record-setting baseball team reaped plenty of Ohio Valley Conference honors. Johnson was named Player of the Year, Hilz was named Rookie of the Year and they joined three other Indians on the All-OVC first team as selected by the league's head coaches and sports information directors. None of the other nine OVC squads had more than two first-team picks...
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CONNER, WEBB RECEIVE COVETED CHS AWARDS
(High School Sports ~ 05/17/00)
Cape Central High School presented its highest athletics awards to seniors Dionna Webb and Ross Conner Tuesday night at its annual All School Recognition Banquet at the A.C. Brase Arena. Webb was the recipient of the Darla Pannier Award as the top female athlete and Conner received the Lou W. Muegge Award as the top male athlete of the 1999-2000 school year...
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'DOGS AND DEVILS: NOTRE DAME, CHAFFEE TO CLASH FOR DISTRICT TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 05/17/00)
CHAFFEE -- If there was any question as to which are the best two Class 2A teams in the area, there isn't anymore. Top-seeded Notre Dame and No. 2 Chaffee both posted easy victories Tuesday in the District 2 Tournament at Harmon Field. The Bulldogs crushed No. 4 Kelly 12-2 in five innings and the Red Devils disposed of No. 3 Woodland 9-0...
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BRIEFLY: SCORPIONS END SPRING SEASON WITH ROUT
(High School Sports ~ 05/17/00)
The Kohlfeld Scorpions Rugby Club ended their spring season by routing the Springfield (Ill.) Celts 46-5 last weekend in St. Louis. Kohlfeld got six tries in the game: two each by Alan Kloss and Jimmy Randle and one apiece by Marc Harris and Dan Grimm. Sean Hagan scored two penalty kicks and five conversions...
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BRIEFLY: SEMO WOMEN SIGN JUNIOR-COLLEGE CENTER
(College Sports ~ 05/17/00)
The Southeast Missouri State University women's basketball team has announced the signing of Cindy Bates, a 6-foot-3 center from Cowley County Junior College in Cowley, Kan. Bates averaged nine points and seven rebounds per game for a Cowley squad that went 30-3 last season...
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BRIEFLY: HILZ NAMED OVC PITCHER OF THE WEEK
(College Sports ~ 05/17/00)
Southeast Missouri State University junior Jeffrey Hilz has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week. Hilz made appearances in all four Southeast games last week, going 2-0 and not allowing an earned run in 7 2/3 innings of work. He struck out 11 and allowed six hits...
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ST. VINCENT, ADVANCE TO DECIDE DISTRICT TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 05/17/00)
ORAN -- Third-seeded St. Vincent pulled off a 2-0 upset of No. 2 Oran Tuesday to set up a Class 1A, District 2 Tournament championship game between the Indians and Advance at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. The top-seeded Hornets easily disposed of No. 4 Bell City 13-3 in seven innings...
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ST. VINCENT GOLFERS PLACE SECOND AT 1A STATE MEET
(High School Sports ~ 05/17/00)
COLUMBIA -- St. Vincent's golf team took second place in the Class 1A state golf tournament by carding a team score of 327 on Tuesday, 13 strokes better than the Indians shot on Monday. The Indians finished 10 strokes ahead of LaPlata, but 15 strokes behind Gallatin at the Columbia Country Club...
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IRMINA HAMM
(Obituary ~ 05/17/00)
ORAN -- Irmina Hamm, 96, of Oran died Monday, May 15, 2000, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girdeau. She was born Jan. 5, 1904, at New Hamburg, daughter of Nicholas and Mary Stike Dannenmueller. She and Leo Hamm were married Aug. 12, 1924, at New Hamburg. He died Sept. 4, 1985...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/17/00)
Daughter to Kevin and Melinda Kosharek of Bloomington, Ill., St. Joseph Hospital there, 7:14 a.m. Friday, April 28, 2000. Name, Sabrina Grace. Weight, 7 pounds 9 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Kosharek is the former Melinda Lucey, daughter of Marge Lucey of Cape Girardeau, and the late Fred Lucey. Mr. and Mrs. Kosharek are computer analysts with State Farm Insurance Co. in Bloomington. He is the son of Jack and Barbara Kosharek of Scott City...
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MARIE CALHOUN
(Obituary ~ 05/17/00)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Marie A. Calhoun, 92, of Dongola died Tuesday, May 16, 2000, at City Care Center in Cobden. She was born May 17, 1907, in Williamson County, daughter of John Wesley and Mary Alice Rushing Armstrong. She and Truman Calhoun were married Jan. 1, 1928. He died July 3, 1988...
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RONNIE SCHNARE
(Obituary ~ 05/17/00)
Ronnie C. Schnare, 60, of St. Charles died Sunday, May 14, 2000, at his home. He was born July 6, 1939, at Carrollton, son of Martin G. and Lois Schnare. He married the former Wilma Jo Noles. Schnare was employed with Aid Association for Lutherans Insurance of Appleton, Wis., 37 years, and was currently a district representative. He was a chartered financial consultant and chartered life underwriter...
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LARRY MEAD
(Obituary ~ 05/17/00)
HOWARDVILLE -- Larry Lee Mead, 41, of Howardville, died Friday, May 12, 2000. He was born Feb. 26, 1959, in Catron, son of Gussie Lee and Charline Boyd Mead of Catron. He and Debra Miller were married. Mead was a 1977 graduate of Lilbourn High School and served in the U.S. Army from 1978 to 1986. He received an honorable discharge...
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JEAN STEPP
(Obituary ~ 05/17/00)
ADVANCE -- Jean Stepp, 68, of Advance died Tuesday, May 16, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 26, 1931, in Johnson County, daughter of Martin and May Graves Lund. She and James Franklin Stepp were married April 4, 1954, in St. Louis...
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FRIEDA TRICKEY
(Obituary ~ 05/17/00)
Frieda M. Trickey, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 15, 2000, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services. She was born Dec. 27, 1910, at Egypt Mills, daughter of John and Dena Fornkohl Lange. She married Claude C. Trickey, who preceded her in death...
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DONALD SHADE
(Obituary ~ 05/17/00)
SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Donald A. Shade, 78, of Sedgewickville died Monday, May 15, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 20, 1921, at Norfolk, Neb., son of Floyd A. and Hettyn E. Jackson Shade. He and Jeanne L. Gibbons were married Feb. 7, 1949. She died May 21, 1991...
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NEW CLEANUP TRAILERS WILL ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT IN DEALING WITH DANGEROUS METH SITUATIONS
(Editorial ~ 05/17/00)
Missouri continues to combat the dangers of methamphetamine. The state has the dubious honor of having more meth labs than most other states in the nation. It's not an honor Missouri is taking lightly. In recent months, additional money has been funneled to law enforcement agencies battling this drug. ...
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LOVE OF LEARNING LEADS TO FAMILY SUCCESS STORY
(Editorial ~ 05/17/00)
When Julia Cutsinger walked to the stage last Friday to deliver the valedictorian address at Woodland High School, she carried on a family tradition. Cutsinger is the third generation of her family to earn the honor of valedictorian at Marble Hill. She followed in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother. ...
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LOT OF MUSIC, SPCIAL AWARD, CUTTING-EDGE TRENDS, AND A JOKE
(Column ~ 05/17/00)
Music. Music. Music: Two events over the weekend and one coming up have love and music as the underlying theme. Last Saturday, Wendy and I attended the wedding of two individuals who met in the Southeast Missouri State University music department, JASON SHAFFER and JENNIFER ANN LAGE. ...
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LETTERS: TAXPAYERS ALWAYS FOOT CAMPAIGN COSTS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/17/00)
To the editor: I have never responded to your or anyone's editorial before, but your May 12 editorial, "Public campaign financing is a really bad idea," rocked my emotions. Either you are in la-la land, or I am. Is this the land governed by the people and for the people, or is it actually governed by the richest politician for the corporations and special interests? I'm confident every citizen reading this letter can name at least three pork projects reported to us by this newspaper this year which cost us by the billion. ...
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RECIPE SWAP: FROM BEER BATTER BREAD TO OATMEAL PIE
(Column ~ 05/17/00)
I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day. Everyone seems to celebrate in their own special way, be it by a visit, having a family meal together, a bouquet of flowers, being showered with gifts or through a telephone call. Each and every thought is appreciated. ...
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