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CAPE COUNTY CORRECTING VOTER ROLLS
(Local News ~ 04/12/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Cape Girardeau County has about 1,400 voters on its rolls who the Missouri secretary of state's office says also may be registered elsewhere in the state. But it is up to the county clerk's office to go through all the names and determine which voters have moved away and should be removed from the voter rolls...
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ANNUAL BLOOD DRIVE 'A GALLANT EFFORT': CENTRAL FALLS SHORT OF OLD RECORD BUT PLEASED WITH EFFORT
(Local News ~ 04/12/01)
Central High School didn't break any records with its annual blood drive Wednesday, but students said they were content knowing their efforts could help to save more than 1,300 lives. "It feels good. I feel good about myself," said Nicole Ferden, a high school senior and second-time blood donor. "I think it's cool that a lot of people told their parents about it and they actually came out."...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: PLUMBING THE DEPTHS OF HOW THINGS REALLY WORK
(Column ~ 04/12/01)
April 12, 2001 Dear Pat, In history's great plagues, one common denominator has been present: poor plumbing. The Black Plague, typhus fever, typhoid fever and the dysentery blamed for the failure of many of the Crusades were all caused by poor sanitation. The municipal water and sewage systems we have today were built in reaction to the deadly outbreaks of cholera in the 19th century...
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NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL COWAN MEETS WITH TEACHERS
(Local News ~ 04/12/01)
Incoming Central High School principal Mike Cowan thinks like a teacher, and he plans to make decisions like a teacher would when he assumes his new job this summer. That was the message Cowan, who currently is principal at Valley Park High School in St. Louis County, shared with faculty Wednesday afternoon at a reception organized by Central principal Randie Fidler. Cowan said Fidler has been "extremely gracious and helpful" since he was chosen to succeed him...
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KITCHEN FIRE SPARKS POLICE INVESTIGATION
(Local News ~ 04/12/01)
A kitchen fire sparked a joint investigation by Cape Girardeau police and fire departments on Wednesday. About 4:50 p.m. neighbors said they saw smoke coming from the split-level house across the street from old May Greene School. No one was at home at the time of the fire, which blackened the kitchen interior and part of the living room...
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DRUG HEARINGS RESET FOR MAN ALSO CHARGED WITH MURDER
(Local News ~ 04/12/01)
BENTON, Mo. -- Hearings on drug and assault charges were put off until May 11 for a Benton man who also faces a first-degree murder charge. A preliminary hearing had been scheduled for 40-year-old Larry F. Baker on Wednesday for third-degree assault and several drug charges...
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COUPLE PURCHASES H-H BUILDING
(Local News ~ 04/12/01)
The Himmelberger-Harrison Building, a five-level brick-and-stone building that opened in 1907, has some new owners. John and Jerrianne Wyman, downtown restaurateurs who own Mollie's and N'Orleans restaurants and Europa's Gourmet Market, recently purchased the H-H Building at Fountain and Broadway, across Fountain from the old Marquette Hotel. The building's previous owner was AmerenUE and the Oliver law firm, which still owns one floor of the structure...
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MEMPHIS USES BIG INNINGS TO BLOW PAST SOUTHEAST
(College Sports ~ 04/12/01)
Memphis scored in only three of nine innings Wednesday afternoon, but that was more than enough damage for the Tigers to salvage a split of their two-game series with host Southeast Missouri State University. The Tigers crushed three tape-measure home runs and put up five runs in each of the first two frames, then added three insurance tallies in the ninth as they rolled past the Indians 13-5 in front of 423 fans at Capaha Field...
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CENTRAL, NOTRE DAME PLAY TO 2-2 DEADLOCK
(High School Sports ~ 04/12/01)
The Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs and the Cape Central Lady Tigers battled into two overtime periods before settling for a 2-2 tie at the Notre Dame Sports Complex Wednesday night. The match, hard-fought and intense, was the second meeting between the two city rivals. Both have gone into overtime with Notre Dame getting the nod in the first meeting, 2-1...
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JACKSON'S KOEPER BECOMES AN OTAHK
(College Sports ~ 04/12/01)
Arguably the area's premier high school girls basketball player has decided to continue her athletic and academic careers extremely close to home. Jackson High senior Andrea Koeper, as expected, signed a national letter of intent Wednesday afternoon with Southeast Missouri State University. Wednesday marked the first day of the spring signing period...
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INDIANS MAKE BIG STRIDES IN SPRING
(College Sports ~ 04/12/01)
More than halfway through spring practice, Southeast Missouri State University football coach Tim Billings likes the way things are progressing for his second Indian squad. The Indians held two more workouts this week, their eighth and ninth of 15 such spring sessions allowed under NCAA guidelines. As Billings surveyed the situation on the artificial surface at Houck Stadium, he said there is no comparison between his team now and even a few months ago...
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SPORTS DIGEST: SEMO GOLF TEAM 18TH IN TOURNEY
(College Sports ~ 04/12/01)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University's golf team finished 18th during the Belmont (Tenn.) Invitational held earlier this week. The Indians had a score of 931. Louisiana-Lafayette won the event with a 931. John Litzelfelner was the Indians' top finisher as he tied for 49th with a 226...
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SPORTS DIGEST: SEMO TO LAUNCH ONLINE AUCTION
(College Sports ~ 04/12/01)
The Southeast Missouri State University athletic department, in conjunction with the FANSonly Network, is launching its first-ever online auction through the school's official athletic website at www.gosoutheast.com The online auction will run from April 16 to May 6 and will feature a variety of items related to Southeast athletics...
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SPORTS DIGEST: LANG ACES HOLE AT JAYCEES
(High School Sports ~ 04/12/01)
Don Lang of Cape Girardeau hit a hole-in-one at the Jaycee Municipal Golf Course Tuesday. Using a 5-iron, Lang aced hole No. 8. Truman Smith and Don Magwitz witnessed the shot.
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NOTRE DAME CLAIMS 8-0 VICTORY OVER PERRYVILLE
(High School Sports ~ 04/12/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Notre Dame High baseball team rode stellar pitching Wednesday to its third straight victory as the Bulldogs rolled past host Perryville 8-0. Notre Dame improved to 6-4 while Perryville fell to 4-4. Timmy Wencewicz picked up his second win in two days as he allowed three hits over the first five innings, with two strikeouts and one walk. Scott Eftink hurled the final two frames, giving up one hit while fanning two...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/12/01)
Son to Rick Dean and Sherri Dean McMillian of Sedgewickville, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:24 a.m. Monday, April 2, 2001. Name, Isaac Dean. Weight, 5 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Mrs. McMillian is the former Sherri Medling, daughter of Jerry and Wanda Medling of Fairdealing, Mo. She is a service representative with Alliance Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri. McMillian is the son of James and Rosalie McMillian of Fredericktown, Mo. He is a foreman at ARI...
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JOE SPARKS
(Obituary ~ 04/12/01)
MALDEN, Mo. -- Funeral for Joe Elwood "J.E." Sparks of Malden, formerly of Cape Girardeau, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Landess Funeral Home in Malden. The Rev. Scott Keller will officiate. Burial will be in Elder Cemetery at Campbell, Mo. Sparks, 75, died Monday, April 9, 2001, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter, Mo...
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BOBBY VANPOOL
(Obituary ~ 04/12/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral for Bobby Gene Vanpool of Sikeston has been changed to 2 p.m. Friday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Mo. The Rev. Gerald Penn will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 10 a.m. until service time...
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LESLIE JUDEN
(Obituary ~ 04/12/01)
Funeral for Leslie Fred Juden of Lake Jackson, Texas, will be held at noon today at Lakewood Funeral Chapel in Freeport, Texas. The Rev. Waldemar Wehmier will officiate. Graveside service with military honors will be at 3 p.m. at Houston National Veterans Cemetery in Texas...
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EDA FASSOLD
(Obituary ~ 04/12/01)
Eda M. Fassold, 97, of Kansas City died Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at Kingswood Health Center in Kansas City. She was born Jan. 19, 1904, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of William and Carolyn Huey Heise. She married Louis C. Fassold, who died Nov. 11, 1990...
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HARRY GRAY
(Obituary ~ 04/12/01)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Harry E. Gray, 78, of Puxico died Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter, Mo. He was born June 21, 1922, in Puxico, son of Samuel David and Gertrude May Simmerman. He and Dorothy McIntosh were married May 10, 1941, in Greenville, Mo...
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CHARLES WIPFLER
(Obituary ~ 04/12/01)
OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- Charles Z. Wipfler, 80, of Oak Ridge died Wednesday, April 11, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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LOUISE MONIA
(Obituary ~ 04/12/01)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Louise P. Monia, 101, of Ste. Genevieve died Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at Ste. Genevieve Memorial Hospital. She was born July 22, 1899, in St. Louis, the daughter of Angela and Antonietta Gualdoni Colombo. She married August Monia Sr. on Sept. 10, 1918. He died Dec. 21, 1969...
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WILLIAM LOUGHNANE
(Obituary ~ 04/12/01)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Funeral for William Edward Loughnane of Morley will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton, Mo. The Rev. Daniel H. Stevens will officiate. Burial will be in Union Park Cemetery at Chaffee, Mo. Friends may call at the chapel Saturday from noon until service time...
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WALTER VERSEMAN
(Obituary ~ 04/12/01)
FARRAR, Mo. -- Walter E. Verseman, 99, of Farrar died Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at Perry County Nursing Home in Perryville, Mo. He was born March 17, 1902, at Farrar, son of Henry and Emma Koenig Verseman. He and Ester Lorenz were married April 29, 1928. She died March 29, 1987...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/12/01)
CHINA SHOULD not make a move that it regrets. DURING THE Clinton era, I marveled about how we went on and on about his affair with Monica Lewinsky and showed so little concern over his coziness with the enemy, communist China. I must confess I'm guilty too. ...
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CITY WOULD BENEFIT FROM JAYCEES REVITALIZATION
(Editorial ~ 04/12/01)
A recent visit to Cape Girardeau by Sydney Ward, national president of the Jaycees, may not boost dwindling membership of the local chapter overnight, but it could revive interest. The local chapter's membership dropped from a peak of 300 in the early 1980s to just 35 last week. ...
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POSTAL SERVICE NEED NOT REDUCE SERVICES
(Editorial ~ 04/12/01)
Despite last January's penny increase in the cost of first-class postage, the Postal Service faces a whopping $2 billion to $3 billion in losses this fiscal year unless a fix is found -- and found promptly. Postal officials say they have been battered by slowing business, a result of the economy and electronic alternatives like the Internet. During the holidays, first-class mail dropped for the first time in years, and priority mail is declining...
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A DISAPPOINTING WEEK AT THE CAPITOL
(Editorial ~ 04/12/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Capitol is a busy place, especially when the General Assembly is in session. The hallways are crowded with tourists, citizens and interest groups who come to observe their government in action or to petition their elected representatives to support or oppose legislation...
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LETTERS: SENDER OF PHOTOS SHOWING CLINTONS NEEDS FORGIVENESS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/12/01)
To the editor: I'm devastated and disillusioned with my fellow man. I'm horrified, blindsided, sickened, suckered and smacked with nowhere to turn. My small-town image has been taken away. Some lowlife, scummy, hate-filled fellow man has sent me an autographed photograph of Hillary and Bill Clinton. Not only is it in color, it has the audacity to show them together. We know this is not true life...
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REVISITING WARM SPRINGS: MAN RETURNS TO SITE OF POLIO TREATMENT AFTER 67 YEARS
(Local News ~ 04/12/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Life is much different for Jim Stubbs today than when he made his first trip to Warm Springs, Ga., nearly 70 years ago. For one thing, he can walk. He uses a cane and wears a brace, but when he arrived at the rehabilitation center as a 6-year-old with polio, his only mode of transportation was a wheelchair...
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