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Dr. Grow: Lawn care low down: Get the answers to your questions about when to apply fertilizer, how to rid your lawn of dandelions and when to reseed
(Column ~ 04/04/01)
If you are unfamiliar with lawn care chemicals, you will probably be overwhelmed if you walk into a garden center and start looking at all the chemicals and fertilizers that are on the shelf. There are chemicals for crabgrass control before crabgrass germinates, some for after it germinates. There are fertilizers to be used during winter months, during early spring and different ones to be used when seeding. You will also find different chemicals to kill dandelions, wild violets, nutsedge, etc...
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The Dharma Bum
(Entertainment ~ 04/04/01)
By Jaysen Buterin "Love is the beauty of the soul" - St. Augustine Well dear readers, in all probity, I knew this day would come. No, not Cinco de Mayo. No, not Daylight Savings Time. No, not the day when George W. actually makes it through a speech or screed pronouncing all his words correctly with hooked on phonics precision...
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All Natural
(Entertainment ~ 04/04/01)
by Amber Niswonger Five Brain Boosters Are you worried about upcoming papers, exams, finals, etc., and how you will score on them? Maybe you have studied so much you think your brain is going to explode or maybe you haven't studied at all and you could use some extra brain power...
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Poet's Pub
(Entertainment ~ 04/04/01)
Sure Kid by Chad Armbruster The funk of the jam throbs through after the lights go out. The applause has died, like Coltrane, but without the track marks. Notes hang in the air with the thick smoke of Cubans and Lucky Strikes. Mic packed, the room empty...
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Textile artist exhibits works at Gallery 100
(Entertainment ~ 04/04/01)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri announces an exhibit of contemporary works by textile artist Rebecca Bluestone of Santa Fe, N.M. The exhibit will open with a reception for the artist on Wednesday, April 4, and will be on display through April 27 at Gallery 100. There is no charge...
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Cason Point
(Entertainment ~ 04/04/01)
by Richard Cason Before I get into the column this month, an update ... or three: Regarding January's column about the pathetic state of music; well, there's this band from El Paso, Texas, who call themselves At the Drive-In. They're a little different but they rock and they might just be the next real thing. Check 'em out...
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Speak Easy
(Entertainment ~ 04/04/01)
By John Wyman The latest and greatest One of the functions of this monthly column is to keep OFF readers abreast of trends in adult beverages. In past issues I have discussed most of the major categories of liquor, and although we still have a ways to go with wine, I would like to write this month about a major breakthrough in the production of hard liquor...
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Kill Your TV
(Entertainment ~ 04/04/01)
By Mix 104.7's afternoon personality Jason Parker Did we have a good time on Spring Break? Good. Be sure to send the pictures and/or stories to jparker@withersradio.net. Normally I would say that I'm kidding but because I'm doing research on the social habits of college co-eds who participate in traditional Spring Break rituals I seriously need this material. ...
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Off the top of my head
(Column ~ 04/04/01)
By Chad Armbruster Hello out there my frequent reading friends. It's that time again for another spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. This column's topic is: What do you think of OFF!? Well to some this might seem like a stupid question to ask because hey, if it's in your hands now you more than likely read it every now and again, ergo you like it. ...
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Reel News
(Entertainment ~ 04/04/01)
By Vasiliy Zaitsev I was prepared to give "Enemy at the Gates" (R) five stars. I have always been a fan of the Zaitsev legend, which is evident from the nom de guerre I use for this column. Yet after seeing the movie, something bothered me about it, something I couldn't put my finger on until I read the Salon.com review last week. ...
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ERVIN LOSES BOARD SEAT IN LIGHT VOTE
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
In a dismal turnout Tuesday, Cape Girardeau voters ousted Board of Education President Ferrell Ervin in favor of newcomer Martha Zlokovich. Just 5 percent of the district's 25,885 registered voters cast ballots in the three-way race between Zlokovich and incumbents Ervin and Mark Carver...
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IN A LEAGUE OF HER OWN: SOUTH PEMISCOT COACH WAS ONE OF THE ELITE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES OF HER DAY
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
STEELE, Mo. -- One spring day in 1950, Pattye Woody, her father and oldest brother, Joe, squeezed into the family pickup truck and drove the 95 bumpy miles from the Bootheel to Cape Girardeau. Her father and brother wanted her to try out for the Fort Wayne Daisies, one of eight teams in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. This was the same league depicted in the 1992 movie "A League of Their Own."...
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'WOVEN HARMONY' OPENS TODAY
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
"Woven Harmony," a textile exhibit by weaver Rebecca Bluestone, opens today at Gallery 100. Bluestone employs Native American, Spanish and European tapestry techniques, weaving hand-dyed precious silks and metallic threads on a cotton warp. Her work can be found in the new Federal Courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M., and in the New York penthouse of actor Robert Redford...
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FEW VOTERS HEAD TO POLLS
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Election judges had plenty of time on their hands Tuesday as less than 10 percent of Cape Girardeau County's registered voters went to the polls. The turnout was one of the lowest for April elections, said Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney Miller...
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ADAMS, WOELTJE WIN JACKSON SCHOOLS RACE
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
JACKSON -- Voters chose incumbent Gerald Adams and former Jackson schools administrator Jim Woeltje from a field of six school board candidates in elections Tuesday. Adams and Woeltje were overwhelming winners, receiving 1,168 and 912 votes, respectively. Only 2,317 voters out of 17,692 registered in the district, 13.10 percent, cast ballots in the election...
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SCHOOL BOND ISSUES APPROVED IN OAK RIDGE, SCOTT CITY
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
Voters in two area school districts approved financing for expansion efforts during elections Tuesday. Oak Ridge and Scott City school districts received well over the 57.14 percent supermajority required for passage of proposed bond issues, earning 62.41 and 61.97 percent approvals, respectively...
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ALTENBURG, FROHNA OK MERGER
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Residents of two tiny towns in East Perry County voted Tuesday to become one slightly larger community, but that was the easy part. Now approximately 500 people who live in Altenburg and Frohna must choose a new name. "It's not going to be easy," said Thomas Meyr, mayor of Altenburg...
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HOFFMAN, PHILIP PENZEL WIN POSTS ON JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Gene Penzel lost his Ward 2 aldermanic race but celebrated the victory of his son, Philip, who won election to a Ward 1 seat Tuesday. Philip Penzel defeated Timothy A. Wright by a vote of 258 to 100 in the contest to succeed Alderman David Hitt, who decided not to run again after four terms in office...
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ELECTIONS RESULT IN NEW MAYORS AT TAMMS, THEBES
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- New mayors were elected Tuesday in the Alexander County communities of Tamms and Thebes. Carol L. Mitchell won the battle of new candidates at Tamms, defeating Steven W. Dixon, 169 to 70. Walter Pang, who has served as Tamms mayor a dozen years, did not run for re-election...
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EAST CAPE MAYOR ELETED TO 7TH TERM
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- East Cape Girardeau voters reelected its mayor for a 7th straight term here Tuesday. Joe Aden, who has served as mayor since 1977, won his 7th straight four-year term Tuesday, defeating Alvin Blumenberg, 59 to 31. Jim Poirrier, LaJean Johnson and Jerry Ashley ran without opposition for three East Cape Girardeau trustee positions. Poirrier led the balloting with 673 votes, followed closely by LaJean Johnson. Ashley had 47...
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VOTERS AT GORDONVILLE OK SEWER BOND ISSUE
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
GORDONVILLE, Mo. -- Gordonville voters Tuesday approved a $1.8 million bond issue to construct sewers for the town of 425 people. The measure passed by a vote of 65 to 55. Brad Burgess, who chairs the town board, said he was pleased the bond issue passed...
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MU PITCHERS SMOTHER INDIANS
(College Sports ~ 04/04/01)
A heavy late afternoon thunderstorm put Tuesday night's baseball game between Southeast Missouri State University and the University of Missouri in jeopardy. The Indians might have wished the game had been rained out. Three MU pitchers shut down the Indians on four hits as the Tigers posted a 7-2 victory in front of more than 700 fans at Capaha Field...
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LADY TIGERS WIN TRIANGULAR
(High School Sports ~ 04/04/01)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Cape Central's girls track teams won a triangular meet Tuesday, defeating both Poplar Bluff and Fredericktown. Central's girls accumulated 92 points while Poplar Bluff had 75 and Fredericktown had 16. Central athletes won 12 events with Kim Pancoast, Lanie Bohnsack, Alex Wieser and Heather Jenkins each winning two individuals events...
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SHOULDER SURGERY PUTS A HOLD ON JOHNSON'S BASEBALL CAREERS
(College Sports ~ 04/04/01)
Jeremy Johnson is down, but definitely not out. Johnson, Southeast Missouri State University's former record-setting baseball player who had a sensational rookie season in the professional ranks last year, saw his 2001 campaign end before it even began when he underwent shoulder surgery last week...
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JOHN CHANDLER JR.
(Obituary ~ 04/04/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- John Dale Chandler Jr., 58, of Marble Hill died Monday, April 2, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 20, 1943, in Norfolk, Va., son of John Dale and Mildred L. Huser Chandler. He and Patsy Schreckenberg were married May 24, 1969...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/04/01)
Daughter to Anthony and Kimberly Lynch of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., City Hospital in Martinsburg, W.Va., 11:39 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001. Name, Kameron Christine. Weight, 8 pounds 11.7 ounces. Second child. Mrs. Lynch is the former Kimberly Harris, daughter of James C. Harris of Chaffee, Mo., and the late Cheryl Ann Harris. She is owner of a wedding consultant business. Lynch is the son of Nancy L. Lynch of Berkeley Springs, and Herbert Lynch of Laurel, Md. He is a police officer...
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CARLOS CRUMP
(Obituary ~ 04/04/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Carlos L. Crump, 86, of Chaffee died Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 6, 1914, at Chaffee, Mo., son of John Elbert and Zada May White Crump. He and Irene Norris were married May 31, 1934. She died Feb. 23, 1985...
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RAYMOND ZOELLNER
(Obituary ~ 04/04/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Raymond R. Zoellner, 88, of Perryville died Monday, April 2, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 11, 1912, at Friedheim, Mo., son of Adolph and Sophie Kaiser Zoellner. He and Hilda R. Clements were married Nov. 26, 1936...
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JACKSON TEACHER CHARGED IN SEX CRIMES RELEASED AFTER POSTING BOND
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A junior high school teacher charged in sex crimes involving a student was released from custody after posting his bond Monday. Thomas Mark Sprandel, 37, posted a portion of his $100,000 bond shortly after 1 p.m. His next court date has not been set pending the assignment of a new judge to hear his case after Associate Circuit Judge Gary Kamp withdrew from handling the case...
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HENRY HAMPTON
(Obituary ~ 04/04/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Henry Delbert Hampton, 72, of St. Louis, formerly of Scott City, died Saturday, March 24, 2001, at Christian Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Oct. 23, 1928, at Allenville, Mo., son of Henry and Lennie Jones Hampton. He married Nancy Schiwitz...
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THELMA HORTON
(Obituary ~ 04/04/01)
BERNIE, Mo. -- Thelma Horton, 77, of Bernie died Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter, Mo. She was born June 28, 1923, at Bernie, daughter of Francis Marion and Lula Beatrice Lance Rice. She and Chester "Sonny" Horton were married Nov. 3, 1960, at Chaffee, Mo...
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DAVID HARTLE
(Obituary ~ 04/04/01)
BERNIE, Mo. -- David Eugene Hartle, 75, of Corona, Calif., formerly of Bernie, died Friday, March 30, 2001, at Pleasant Care in Corona. He was born on Feb. 21, 1926, at Bernie, the son of Sherman Melvin and Bertha E. Phelps Hartle. He married Alberta L. Theaubault at Pontiac, Mich. She died in 1964. He later married Marjorie Grace Bartles on Oct. 14, 1967, at Pontiac. She died on July 8, 1995...
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DONNA ERLACKER
(Obituary ~ 04/04/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Donna L. Erlacker, 74, of Perryville died Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born May 13, 1926, at Perryville, daughter of Robert and Emma Montgomery Brewer. She and Marion N. Erlacker were married Jan. 31, 1948. He died March 14, 1981...
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LOWELL ANDERSON
(Obituary ~ 04/04/01)
KARNAK, Ill. -- Lowell Evert Anderson, 72, of Karnak died Monday, April 2, 2001, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Marion, Ill. Wilson Funeral Home at Karnak is in charge of arrangements.
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CARA JONES
(Obituary ~ 04/04/01)
BERNIE, Mo. -- Cara M. Jones, 93, of Dexter, Mo., died Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at the Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center in Dexter. She was born on June 16, 1907, at Bernie, the daughter of Lon Jordan and Reaney Summers Jordan. She married William Andrew Lunsford on Oct. 9, 1923, at Bloomfield, Mo. He died on Feb. 27, 1935...
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MURRAY DEWITT
(Obituary ~ 04/04/01)
MILLCREEK, Ill. -- Funeral for Murray E. DeWitt of Millcreek will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ill. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. today. DeWitt, 96, died Monday, April 2, 2001, at City Care Center in Cobden, Ill...
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PAUL RENNIER
(Obituary ~ 04/04/01)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- Paul George Rennier, 79, died Monday, April 2, 2001, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews, Mo. He was born Oct. 17, 1921, in Jasper County, Ill., son of Peter Anthony and Margaret Catherine Lobmier Rennier. Rennier retired from Missouri Department of Transportation, and was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church...
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JACK YOKLEY
(Obituary ~ 04/04/01)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Jack D. Yokley, 86, of Puxico died Monday, April 2, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 9, 1915, at Vanduser, Mo., son of Charles and Ruby Smith Yokley. He and Alma Cantrell were married Sept. 25, 1988, at Puxico. She died Feb. 10, 2001...
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LETTERS: LIKE TEACHING, PARENTING CAN BE NOBLE PROFESSION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/04/01)
To the editor: A father asked his son why he wanted to be a teacher instead of a lawyer or doctor. The boy thought for a moment and responded: "But, Dad, somebody has to teach people to become a lawyer or doctor." Teachers today are faced with more than just teaching. They have to contend with unruly children or children who want extra attention they don't get at home. Too often they have to put up with the child who just doesn't want to learn because parents don't want to be parents...
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LETTERS: LOOK AT WHOLE JACKSON P ICTURE, NOT FRAGMENTS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/04/01)
To the editor: I have read with interest regarding the Jackson School District's land purchases over the years. The district has made many improvements to the high school campus over the past 10 years (multipurpose building, math and science center) all with the input of the community. The district has been a friendly neighbor and has acquired ground as it became available instead of setting a bond issue, using eminent domain and forcing individual property sales...
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MU WANTS TO KEEP SOME PARENTS UPDATED
(Editorial ~ 04/04/01)
The University of Missouri Board of Curators is absolutely correct with its proposed new policy of informing parents of their underage sons' and daughters' on-campus drinking. Here's how it works: If a student is under 21 and caught drinking on campus, he or she gets a pass the first time in most cases. The second time, Mom and Dad get a call from university officials. The rule doesn't apply to students who are married or financially independent or whose parents have asked not to be notified...
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CAMPUS GETS NEW WEATHER-WARNING SYSTEM
(Editorial ~ 04/04/01)
The new warning sirens/loudspeakers at Southeast Missouri State University were a smart investment of about $120,000 and could end up saving thousands of lives. The idea was to place seven of the sirens/loudspeakers at seven strategic spots on campus. They can be used for public address or, in case of a tornado, there will be a three-minute long, sustained siren. The system is expected to be fully operational on April 15 and will be tested on the first Wednesday of each month...
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FUND RAISING AND RIVER WATCHING
(Editorial ~ 04/04/01)
Arena Park in Cape Girardeau was alive with activity this weekend. More than 250 people helped raise money to fight multiple sclerosis by participating in the 2001 MS Walk, which took place on the hiking and biking trail that snakes through the park. Meanwhile, at the A.C. Brase Arena Building, a fund raiser for the Community Counseling Center attracted about 500 people to a Family Fun Fair...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/04/01)
I LIVE in the Fruitland fire district and still pay the highest premiums for insurance because neither of the fire district's stations are within five miles of my property. My neighbors and I were told that because this district is mainly farmland, the district cannot afford to build or equip a third station. ...
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LETTERS: FORMER TEACHER OF NEW PRINCIPAL EXPECTS THE BEST
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/04/01)
To the editor: As one of Mike Cowan's teachers from long ago in Oak Ridge, I was elated to see that he has been appointed as the new principal at Central High School in Cape Girardeau. I remember Mike from 35 years ago when he was in my seventh-grade social studies class in Oak Ridge. ...
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FCE CLUB MEMBERS TO TEST RECIPES FOR FARM MAGAZINE
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Family and Community Education All Clubs Day was held March 26 at Cape Girardeau County Extension Center in Jackson. Oak Ridge Club was hostess. Lee Anderson presided and Betty Landgraf gave the devotional. The program on India was given by Jitendra Guha of New Delhi, India, a student at Southeast Missouri State University...
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LAWN CARE LOW DOWN: GET THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN TO APPLY FERTILIZER, HOW TO RID YOUR LAWN OF DANDELIONS AND WHEN TO RESEED
(Local News ~ 04/04/01)
If you are unfamiliar with lawn care chemicals, you will probably be overwhelmed if you walk into a garden center and start looking at all the chemicals and fertilizers that are on the shelf. There are chemicals for crabgrass control before crabgrass germinates, some for after it germinates. There are fertilizers to be used during winter months, during early spring and different ones to be used when seeding. You will also find different chemicals to kill dandelions, wild violets, nutsedge, etc...
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RECIPES FOR PIG'S FEET COME TROTTING IN
(Column ~ 04/04/01)
Who would have ever thought that a request for pickled pig's feet would have such a great response? Last week Pat Statler from Jackson, Mo., made the request and we have several recipes to share with her this week. Good luck with your venture, Pat. Edna Von Hostel remembers making this old-fashioned delicacy with her sisters years ago. That must have been a great time of cooking and fellowship...
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