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DEALING WITH DIABETES: JACKSON GIRL ORGANIZES FUND-RAISING WALK FOR DIABETES
(Local News ~ 04/05/01)
Majhon Phillips knows that having diabetes changes your life. She's watched her father, Allen, learn to manage his diabetes by monitoring his blood sugar levels and constantly watching his diet. The Phillips family had to change its eating habits and its lifestyle after Majhon's father was diagnosed as a diabetic three years ago. ...
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HOME AWAY FROM HOME: UNIVERSITY CONSIDERS NEW RESIDENCE HALL ON HENDERSON AVENUE
(Local News ~ 04/05/01)
For the first time in 34 years, Southeast Missouri State University may build a new residence hall for students. A university committee, following the advice of consultants, recommended Wednesday that the school build a $13 million, 300-bed residence hall on Henderson Avenue, south of the University Center and west of Myers Hall. The area currently is used for parking...
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BOY ACCUSED OF SEX CRIMES
(Local News ~ 04/05/01)
A 14-year-old Cape Girardeau boy is accused of committing sex crimes against two 13-year-old girls. The girls told police they were at the boy's home in southeast Cape Girardeau on Sunday when they were sexually assaulted by the boy, officer Chris Muench said...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE KID WHO BATTED 1.000
(Column ~ 04/05/01)
April 5, 2001 Dear Julie, Now that baseball players are all millionaires, now that I am skeptical enough to wonder how second basemen are hitting homers with half swings, and now that I am deep in the mysteries of the game of golf, the baseball season begins for me with a big yawn now. It wasn't always so...
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FINANCIAL GIFT TO BENEFIT CRISP CENTER
(Local News ~ 04/05/01)
Gaylon Lawrence Sr. of Sikeston, Mo., and Clinton Futrell, president of First National Bank of Malden, Dexter and Clarkton, Mo., have donated $250,000 in checks and pledges to the Southeast Missouri State University Foundation's capital campaign. Southeast President Ken Dobbins said the gifts will allow the foundation to match dollar-for-dollar the money raised this month at a fund-raising dinner for the Crisp Bootheel Education Center in Malden. ...
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YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT: TEEN-AGERS TAKE ON CITY ISSUES
(Local News ~ 04/05/01)
Missing perhaps only a controversial liquor license renewal to debate, a mock Cape Girardeau City Council, composed of students from area high schools, tackled issues mirroring those the actual council recently faced. And mock mayor Teresa Minor of Notre Dame Regional High School gave the gavel a good workout, rapping the bench-top to restore order...
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NOTRE DAME SPRING MUSICAL 'OKLAHOMA' IS... BETTER THAN OK (THEATER REVIEW)
(Local News ~ 04/05/01)
The spring musical at Notre Dame High School is one of the school's most enduring traditions. This year, more than one-third of the school's 400 students are involved in "Oklahoma!", including the 53 in the cast. The tradition is handed down from class to class and generation to generation...
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SPECIAL OLYMPICS HITS CAPE THIS WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 04/05/01)
Area track and field athletes will attempt Olympian feats Saturday when they meet at Central High School for the Southeast Area Missouri Special Olympics. Some 400 mentally disabled athletes are expected to compete at the track meet, which begins at 10:30 a.m. A torch lighting ceremony and other festivities begin at 10 a.m...
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TWO OF THREE INCUMBENTS RETURN TO SHAWNEE BOARD
(Local News ~ 04/05/01)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Shawnee Unit School District 84 voters returned incumbents Brenda M. Webb, of McClure, and Steve Ellis, of Grand Tower, to the board Tuesday, but a third incumbent, Rollie B. Matlock, of McClure, lost by a narrow margin. Newcomer Randy Colyer of McClure led the balloting by collecting 360 votes to join another newcomer, Gary Collins, of Grand Tower, on the board...
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NO JOKE: HANN ACES HOLE IN SECOND ROUND EVER PLAYED
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/01)
Shane Hann of Fruitland, Mo., had trouble convincing friends and co-workers about his first hole-in-one. On the surface, the story sounds straight forward enough: Golfer goes to Bent Creek, needs only one shot on No. 8, a par three playing 170 yards...
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SE GOES OVER RIVER, THROUGH SALUKIS
(College Sports ~ 04/05/01)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Beating Southern Illinois isn't at the top of the priority list for Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team, since the Salukis aren't a conference opponent. But for the Indians, it's still always nice to get the best of their rivals from across the river...
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LADY BULLDOGS CLOBBER HILLSBORO
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/01)
PACIFIC, Mo. -- Notre Dame (5-2) blitzed Hillsboro early and often to advance to the next round of the Pacific Tournament with a 9-0 win in high school soccer action Wednesday. Sierra Ellis led the scoring parade with three goals and Cyndi Cox netted two...
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SPORTS DIGEST: SEMO SOFTBALL PLAYS AT E. ILLINOIS TODAY
(College Sports ~ 04/05/01)
After playing six Ohio Valley Conference games last week, Southeast Missouri State University's softball team will see its only action of this week today when the Otahkians visit Charleston, Ill., for a 2:30 p.m. doubleheader with Eastern Illinois. The Otahkians, 10-14 overall, are 4-2 in OVC play and in a virtual second-place tie with 2-1 Tennessee Tech, both trailing 7-1 Eastern Kentucky. Eastern Illinois is 4-17 overall and a last-place 1-5 in the OVC...
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DENZIL HUDDLESTON
(Obituary ~ 04/05/01)
BERNIE, Mo. -- Denzil S. Huddleston, 71, of Roby, Mo., died Wednesday, May 2, 2001, at General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He was born Nov. 4, 1929, at Bernie, son of William Thomas and Oma Lee Jordan Huddleston. He and Martha Evelyn Teel were married March 12, 1988, at Dexter, Mo...
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JACKSON YOUTH WRESTLING SQUAD SENDS 8 TO STATE
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/01)
Jackson's AAU/USA youth wrestling team recently qualified eight wrestlers for the Missouri USA State Wrestling Championships, including three who finished fifth place or better. Cody Rouse won the state championship, winning all four of his matches at state and finishing his record at 38-1. He also won the AAU state championship, recently held in St. Louis...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/05/01)
Daughter to Mark Wayne and Dawn Ranee Grindstaff of Marble Hill, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:25 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, 2001. Name, Cori Dawn. Weight, 4 pounds 2 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Grindstaff is the former Dawn Gardner, daughter of Edward and Donna Gardner of Marble Hill. She is a private duty nurse. Grindstaff is the son of Wayne and Helen Grindstaff of Millersville, Mo. He is assistant supervisor at Spartech Polycom...
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DELLA LEWIS
(Obituary ~ 04/05/01)
BERNIE, Mo. -- Della Florene Lewis, 94, of Bernie died Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at Three Rivers Health Care South Campus in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was born Jan. 16, 1907, in Sharon Grove, Ky., daughter of James and Lula Blackburn Brigance. She and John W. Lewis were married Sept. 24, 1923, in Piggott, Ark. He died April 8, 1960...
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IOLA GROOM
(Obituary ~ 04/05/01)
Iola Groom, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 4, 2001, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Feb. 27, 1915, at Old Mines, Mo., daughter of Frank C. and Edna Mae Fuller Groom. Groom was a data review technician with the Social Security Administration...
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HETTY DAVIES
(Obituary ~ 04/05/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Hetty Louise Davies, 89, of Marble Hill died Sunday, April 1, 2001, at Eldercare of Marble Hill. She was born March 3, 1912, in Bollinger County, Mo., daughter of Hilary A. and Samantha Cole Hilderbrand. She first married Rudolph Leadbetter in 1934, at Marble Hill. He died in 1935. She and Edgar Hatton were married in 1938 in Springfield, Mo. He died in 1943. She and Kenneth Davies were married in 1944...
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J.R. STINNETT
(Obituary ~ 04/05/01)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- J.R. Stinnett, 30, of Morehouse died Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at his home. He was born Dec. 12, 1970, at Dexter, Mo., son of Edward Lee and Brenda Orr Stinnett. A lifelong resident of the Morehouse area, he was a member of First Baptist Church...
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JERRY ROBINSON
(Obituary ~ 04/05/01)
Jerry Lee Robinson, 56, of Portland, Ore., died Thursday, March 29, 2001, at Legacy Meridian Hospital in Tualatin, Ore. He was born May 21, 1944, in St. Charles, Mo., son of Harry Dallas and Margaret Birks Robinson. Robinson received a bachelor of arts degree in business from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He had been an investment broker, business manager, artist, author, and wrote a monthly column on the Internet...
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DONALD WOODSON
(Obituary ~ 04/05/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Donald Edward Woodson, 63, of Cairo died Friday, March 30, 2001, at his residence. He was born Oct. 18, 1937, at Cairo, son of Willie and Florida Winters Woodson. He and Barbara Henderson were married. Woodson had worked as a construction laborer, and was a member of Local 773 for 10 years...
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LOWELL ANDERSON
(Obituary ~ 04/05/01)
KARNAK, Ill. -- Lowell E. Anderson, 72, of Karnak died Monday, April 2, 2001, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Marion, Ill. He was born April 30, 1928, at Karnak, son of Leonard and Daisey Rainbolt Anderson. Anderson retired from the Air Force after 20 years of service. He was also retired from the Orbin Trucking Co. of Belleville, Ill. Anderson was a Baptist...
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LETTERS: BILL THREATENS SOME TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/05/01)
To the editor: Congress is set to vote on the amended McCain-Feingold campaign-finance bill. It is commendable that Congress is trying to stop the flow of millions of dollars into the campaigns of politicians running for election. However, this bill will turn out to be a disaster for all tax-exempt organizations including National Right to Life and its affiliates. ...
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TAX CUTS SHOULD BE EITHER-OR SITUATION
(Editorial ~ 04/05/01)
In an effort to stake out partisan high ground, Democrats and Republicans are disagreeing -- naturally -- on tax cuts under consideration in Congress. President Bush wants a $1. 6 trillion tax cut spread over 10 years. But Bush's plan would provide only $6 billion of tax relief this year. So the Democrats are promoting a plan to give a quick shot to the economy by giving taxpayers back $60 billion this year, perhaps in the form of outright refunds...
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GOVERNOR HOLDEN HOLDS UP FISCAL RED FLAGS
(Editorial ~ 04/05/01)
For years, this newspaper has editorialized that Missouri's top elected officials and its legislators have had tunnel vision when it comes to spending tax dollars. They are focused on spending more and more each year rather than looking for ways to economize and ease the burden on taxpayers...
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SCIENTISTS FIND SIMPLE WAY TO PURIFY WATER
(Editorial ~ 04/05/01)
The story from the World Health Organization in Geneva was so simple it was difficult to comprehend on the first read. For a long time, health officials have known that an adequate supply of pure drinking water is among the best ways to prevent some 2.5 million deaths each year...
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CAMPAIGN-FINANCE REFORM EFFORT IS BASED ON FALLACIES
(Column ~ 04/05/01)
The entire premise of the current crusade to reform campaign-finance laws is flawed. The premise underlying the mania to restrict campaign fund raising and spending is that the political process is corrupt and that imperfections in existing law are the reason...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/05/01)
THE LAST thing I want to do is tell Southeast Missourian editor Joe Sullivan that his dream of a downtown Cape golf course will forever remain elusive. However, in light of the fact that the EPA apparently has concerns about a golf course being built in the country, it seems apparent that Joe's idea won't even get off the concrete...
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LETTERS: LETTER BASHING CONSERVATIVES HAS WRONG CONCLUSION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/05/01)
To the editor: Paul J. Allee's March 31 letter to the editor concluded: "Liberals stand up. Conservatives stand in the way." It is obvious Allee did not write this letter to stimulate individual thought or even to provoke debate but rather to foment a little liberal hate and discontent. ...
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