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WIDE MEADOWS; WINTER VISITOR: A STRANGER ARRIVES DURING A SNOWSTORM (A CONTINUING SERIES)
(Column ~ 04/24/01)
On a cold winter night when snow lay drifted in knee-deep banks and sleet rattled bleakly against the windowpanes, there came a sudden knock at our door. It was not a timid, hesitant, halfhearted knock, which, half waking, one would think was only the loose shutter or the maple limb that rubbed against the house, but a bold, decisive, imperative knocking, one that brought the family bolt upright in bed with no intermediate stage between sleep and wakefulness...
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READY TO READ
(Local News ~ 04/24/01)
You may have tangible wealth untold: Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be -- I had a Mother who read to me. -- From a poem by Strickland Gillian in "Best Loved Poems" of the American People" The "to-do" list for busy parents is about to get a little longer...
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TEN GET KINDER TEACHING AWARDS
(Local News ~ 04/24/01)
Sunshine-bright smiles broke through a mist of tears as 10 Cape Girardeau teachers realized they each had been selected to receive $10,000 for teaching excellence. Dr. Jerry Kinder attended a reception with school officials and faculty Monday afternoon to announce the freshman class of Edna C. ...
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TOILET PAPER RATIONED AFTER VANDALISM AT SOUTHEAST
(Local News ~ 04/24/01)
Southeast Missouri State University officials hope to get to the bottom of toilet paper vandalism in Myers residence hall that has forced them to keep tabs on the rolls provided students there. Students previously could grab rolls of toilet paper out of utility closets on each floor. Now they're limited to three rolls of toilet paper per four-person suite per week through the remainder of the spring semester, said Residence Life director Jim Settle...
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SCHOOL OF DREAMS: OPENING SLATED FOR FALL 2002
(Local News ~ 04/24/01)
The opening of a new public high school in 2002 should benefit practically all of Cape Girardeau. But for John Jenkins' family, a new high school simply means a decrease in the number of early dismissals for secondary students attending classes in non-air-conditioned classrooms...
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CAPE MAN CHARGED IN ASSAULT OF WOMAN
(Local News ~ 04/24/01)
A Cape Girardeau man accused of robbing, sodomizing and assaulting a woman in the wee hours of Saturday morning remained in the Cape Girardeau County Jail on $100,000 bond late Monday. Stephan L. Hempstead, 20, made a court appearance on Monday, and his preliminary hearing on the charges was set for May 16...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: CONFESSIONS OF A PREPARED-FOOD JUNKIE
(Column ~ 04/24/01)
Most working women take a few shortcuts in preparing meals for their families. Maybe more than a few. Take my husband's aunt, who uses canned chicken and cut-up, store-bought tortillas in her chicken and "dumplings." Another friend has a lasagna recipe that doesn't require boiling the noodles. And what working mother hasn't popped the top off a jar of Ragu?...
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AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
(Local News ~ 04/24/01)
Southeast Missouri State University has given the Arthur H. Mattingly Award to a couple who graduated in 1995 with historic preservation degrees. Stephen Rogers and Michelle Saxman-Rogers of Pierre, S.D., received the award at Southeast's historic preservation spring banquet...
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THORNGATE WORKERS STAGE WALKOUT
(Local News ~ 04/24/01)
Frustrated workers at the Thorngate clothing plant in Cape Girardeau, worried they could lose their health insurance benefits, briefly walked off the job Monday. The protest came as contract negotiations continued this week between their labor union, the Union of Needle Trades, Industrial and Textile Workers, and an association representing clothing manufacturers...
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CAPE OTHER COUNTIES BENEFIT FROM SELF-INSURANCE PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 04/24/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Cape Girardeau and 86 other Missouri counties benefited from a self-insurance pool that local county officials say has helped keep a lid on workers' compensation costs. The counties shared in $600,000 in dividends from the Missouri Association of Counties Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Fund. Counties and some related health departments received the dividends in the form of credits against this year's premiums...
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JACKSON GIRLS LEAVE ND WITH BLANK LOOK
(High School Sports ~ 04/24/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Whitney Werner literally saved the day for the Jackson Lady Indians on Monday. Jackson's sophomore goalie was credited with 11 saves -- two of the spectacular variety -- in a 2-0 victory over Notre Dame. "I thought we had a good game, pretty much all the way around," said Jackson coach Zack Walton, "but our keeper played awesome. We were hanging on by a thread a few times and our keeper came out and really saved us."...
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SOUTHEAST SEES GAME CANCELED BY GOOD WEATHER
(College Sports ~ 04/24/01)
Because of a scheduling gamble that backfired on Southwest Missouri State's part, what had been shaping up as an attractive two-game series between the Bears and visiting Southeast Missouri State University has turned into a one-shot affair. The squads will square off at 5 p.m. today in Springfield, Mo. Wednesday's originally scheduled game will not be played...
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POPLAR BLUFF GOLFERS CAPTURE SIKESTON INV.
(High School Sports ~ 04/24/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Despite rain and high winds, Poplar Bluff cruised to a 12-stroke victory Monday in the 14-team Sikeston Invitational. The Mules, led by Matt Hillis' 1-under-par 70 at Sikeston Country Club, were well ahead of host Sikeston, which finished a distant second. Both Sikeston and Jackson finished with 312 totals...
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MARCHING ON: TEAM EXCELS IN GRUELING MARATHON
(College Sports ~ 04/24/01)
As if running a 26.2-mile marathon course is not grueling enough, consider doing it across a mix of mountain and desert terrain with a 40-pound pack on your back. That is exactly what a five-man team from the Missouri National Guard, headquartered in Cape Girardeau, did at the 2001 Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands, New Mexico on April 1...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/24/01)
Daughter to Robert Edward and Jennifer Lynn Hart of Jackson, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:48 a.m. Monday, April 16, 2001. Name, Kaitlin Corrine. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Hart is the former Jennifer Huckstep, daughter of Gary "Herman" and Kathy Huckstep of Jackson. She is a teacher at Oak Ridge R-6 School District. Hart is the son of Linn and Diane Hart of Arnold, Mo. He is a technician at Procter & Gamble...
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CHARLES SEABAUGH JR.
(Obituary ~ 04/24/01)
Charles Edward Seabaugh Jr., 46, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 22, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born April 23, 1954, in Advance, Mo., son of Charles Edward and Barbara Anderson Seabaugh. He and Rhonda Slinkard were married Dec. 21, 1976, in Cape Girardeau...
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DONALD PFEFFERKORN
(Obituary ~ 04/24/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Donald Pfefferkorn, 60, of Chaffee died Monday, April 23, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.
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LAURA CHRISTIAN
(Obituary ~ 04/24/01)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Funeral for Laura Belle Christian of Madison, Ill., will be held at 1 p.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Mo. The Rev. Kevin Eskew will officiate. Burial will be in Bloomfield Cemetery. Christian, 77, died Friday, April 20, 2001, in St. Louis...
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CHRISTINA SCHRIEBER-SCHULLER
(Obituary ~ 04/24/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Christina Novell Schrieber-Schuller, 10, of Sikeston died Sunday, April 22, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center from injuries received in a vehicle-bicycle accident in Sikeston. She was born Nov. 7, 1990, in St. Louis, daughter of John Thomas Schuller and Carolyn Jean Lizenbee Schrieber...
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THOMAS LINTZ
(Obituary ~ 04/24/01)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo., -- Thomas Lee Lintz, 68, of Bloomfield died Monday, April 23, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 20, 1933, in East Prairie, Mo., son of Les and Ethel Riney Lintz. He and Reva Lee Williams were married Aug. 31, 1956...
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JEANETTE HAMBY
(Obituary ~ 04/24/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Jeanette E. Hamby, 80, of Dexter died Sunday, April 22, 2001, at Crowley Ridge Care Center. She was born March 6, 1921, in Copper Hill, Tenn., daughter of James Garfield and Effie Thomas Harper. She and Jesse Eugene Hamby were married Nov. 17, 1942, in Michigan. He died Aug. 20, 1984...
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CAPE ROTARY CLUB HONORS HIGH ACHIEVERS
(Local News ~ 04/24/01)
The Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau honored some of the area's successful high school students Monday at the 42nd annual John L. Blue Academic Excellence Banquet. The event was in the University Center Ballroom on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/24/01)
MAYBE IT'S because I'm getting old. In the 1960s and early 1970s, protest slogans like "Peace Now!" and "Impeach Nixon!" and "No More War!" really got me fired up. Don't get me wrong. I'm happy to see the throngs of protesters at the Quebec City summit. It's just that I can't get very motivated about "End Free Trade!" and "Tariffs Now!" and "Capitalism Must Go!"...
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WE ARE INDEED IN A COLD WAR WITH RED CHINESE
(Column ~ 04/24/01)
Can someone please explain to me what is meant by this fantastic notion that the United States is not in a cold war with the Red Chinese? I believe the Red Chinese government is every bit as oppressive, brutal and pugnacious as its Soviet mentor. It is also increasingly powerful and dangerous. We ignore these realities at our peril...
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SINGAPORE SETS LOFTY GOAL AS SCIENTIFIC CENTER
(Editorial ~ 04/24/01)
Using some of the most advanced medical wizardry available in the world, a team of 20 doctors operated around the clock for four days to separate Siamese twins joined in the head. During the exhausting -- but successful -- procedure, the whole world watched and waited...
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PRISON JUSTICE TAKES A PRETTY NASTY TURN
(Editorial ~ 04/24/01)
In a bizarre episode at the Potosi Correctional Center, two inmates decided to administer a little justice of their own to another inmate, convicted killer Mark Christeson. Later, the two inmates sent details of their attack to the victim's hometown newspaper...
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SCHOOL SUPPORT HAS PRODUCED BIG IMPROVEMENTS
(Editorial ~ 04/24/01)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education thought it would be helpful to provide our patrons with an update of the status of the building and educational program that has resulted from our community's commitment since the fall of 1996. Giant strides have been made in facilities, achievement and technology...
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LETTERS: GOOD CHILD CARE CAN CONTRIBUT POSITIVE FACTORS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/24/01)
To the editor: The news of a federal study's finding that spending more than 30 hours a week in child care contributes to aggressive behavior in young children has compelled me to offer additional comments on the issue of child care in our society. Children's behavior is determined by a number of factors, of which participation in child care is only a small part. Temperament, nuclear and extended family influence and attachment to caregivers also have a lasting impact on behavior...
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