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Cason Point
(Entertainment ~ 05/03/01)
by Richard Cason Without a column, per se, in mind, I am going to do something experimental and type random thoughts as they come to me. So what's the deal with that Miss Cleo chick that's on Fox 23 at 1 in the morning? If she is so psychic and can tell you what is going to happen in your life years from now, why does she ask those who call her show, "What is your name and where are you calling from?"...
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Off the Shelf
(Entertainment ~ 05/03/01)
Do Not Look Directly into Me Daniel Crocker $12.95 Paperback, 182pp. ISBN: 1891408178 Green Bean Press Pub. Date: May 2001 Again, local author Dan Crocker has drawn us into his mind with his new book of short, short stories, "Do Not Look Directly Into Me."...
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Arts Council
(Entertainment ~ 05/03/01)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri announces an exhibition of contemporary sculpture by IMINIMI, at Gallery 100, 119 Independence St. in downtown Cape Girardeau. The exhibit will open with a reception on Friday, May 4, from 5-8 p.m. and will continue on display through Saturday, May 26. The exhibit and opening reception are free and open to the public...
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Organics - taste the difference
(Entertainment ~ 05/03/01)
By Becky Brown Co-Owner of Natural Health Organic Foods Now that spring has arrived, my thoughts are turning to the taste of the fresh organic lettuce, onions, peppers, tomatoes and other produce we will be getting from our garden this summer. Because of our concern for food quality my husband, Mike, and I take time away from our busy schedules to grow our own vegetable garden...
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Profiler
(Entertainment ~ 05/03/01)
By Jason Kesterson Lindsay Bowerman began baking at Donut Drive-In sometime in 1972, and today he is the pastry chef at Grace Cafe. He is mostly known for his bass and guitar playing around Cape. I recently sat down with Lindsay, and this is what he had to offer...
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Interview - Dan Crocker
(Entertainment ~ 05/03/01)
By Chad Armbruster The amount of talent in this town can and will surprise you the longer you stay here. We (yes, this includes me) don't really look around and see all of the intricate things that lie before us and think: "Hey, I bet that took a lot of talent to do."...
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Dharma Bum
(Entertainment ~ 05/03/01)
by Jaysen Buterin Irish diplomacy - "The art of telling a man to go to hell so that he looks forward to making the journey." In case I've fooled some of you into believing that I have any inkling as to what it is I'm doing here with this column, well I offer my apologies, because I really don't know how all this happened. ...
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OFF! the top of my head
(Column ~ 05/03/01)
By Chad Armbruster Well kids, it's time again for that all-important article that will change your life, make your hair grow and will in the end entice you to ask yourself out loud, "Just what the hell does Bling mean?" Anyway, now on to more important things. ...
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REGENTS TO DECIDE SHOW ME CENTER ADDITION
(Local News ~ 05/03/01)
David Ross maneuvers through the cluttered corners of the Show Me Center stacked full of chairs, tables, curtains, the basketball floor, six basketball goals, 32,000 square feet of charcoal-colored carpet, a stage broken down into 75 sections, and enough plywood to fill a hardware store...
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PUBLIC PERCEPTION
(Local News ~ 05/03/01)
Imagine a high school where a bizarre love triangle results in a student and school secretary scheduling an after-school fight in the parking lot. And a good-but-troubled student is expelled for telling a classmate she would "be sorry" she rejected his request for a date to the prom. And a teacher enters an affair with a former student -- now a college senior -- so she can live out the ultimate student-teacher fantasy...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: WRESTLING PIGS AND FILLING A NEWS HOLE
(Column ~ 05/03/01)
May 3, 2001 Dear Julie, Arcata was my California dream come true, not only for the reddish green hills and the roar of Mad River Beach but for the people grown there and drawn there. There in Arcata I first met Jake McCarthy, whose columns I grew up reading in the St. ...
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DRUNKEN-DRIVING DOCUDRAMA TODAY
(Local News ~ 05/03/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The Jackson Junior Optimist Octagon Club will sponsor a docudrama at 9 a.m. today to warn students of the hazards of drunken driving. The event will be held between the old gym and the high school's main building. It will be a reminder to Jackson students as they participate in Saturday's prom...
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E-MAIL SCAM ASKS FOR BANK NUMBERS
(Local News ~ 05/03/01)
An e-mail scam seeking bank account numbers may not be out of Africa, but the Missouri attorney general's office said it's beyond belief. At least two people in Southeast Missouri have reported receiving e-mail from people claiming to be from Nigeria or another West African country who are looking for help in a money-laundering scheme. The letters offer money in exchange for bank account numbers, which are supposed to be used to transfer millions of dollars from Africa...
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STATE TREASURER TO ADDRESS FRIDAY COFFEE
(Local News ~ 05/03/01)
Nancy Farmer, Missouri state treasurer, will be guest speaker at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee at 7:30 a.m. Friday at the Show Me Center. Farmer served as assistant state treasurer for two years before stepping down in September 1999 to run for the top spot. She also served eight years in the Missouri House of Representatives...
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OFFICERS LOOK FOR MAN THOUGHT TO HAVE FAKED DEATH TO DODGE POLICE
(Local News ~ 05/03/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- A 38-year-old man who was scheduled to be sentenced on a charge of child molestation Tuesday is being sought by area law enforcement officers after he apparently feigned a jump from the Mississippi River bridge, the Perry County sheriff said...
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SE SETS HOPES FOR RARE SWEEP
(College Sports ~ 05/03/01)
Although it will be a difficult chore, Southeast Missouri State University's track program should be in the running for a rare sweep when the 2001 Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships are held Friday and Saturday in Murray, Ky. Southeast coach Joey Haines believes both his teams will be in the running for titles. ...
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SPLIT PERSONALITY: KELTNER TRANSFORMS FROM ALL SMILES TO HOLY TERROR
(College Sports ~ 05/03/01)
Heather Keltner doesn't have a split personality, at least not in the technical sense. But Southeast Missouri State University track and field coach Joey Haines might disagree with that. He sees his star senior sprinter as friendly, thoughtful and polite off the track -- but a holy terror on it...
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JHS FLASHES PAST CENTRAL 8-2
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A combination of excellent defense, solid pitching and timely hitting keyed the Jackson Indians' 8-2 win over the Cape Girardeau Central Tigers at Legion Field Wednesday afternoon. A five-run second inning proved huge for the Indians (10-10) as Cape Central (11-11) had put up two runs in the top of the frame...
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JUCO COACH: AVGERINOS WILL SIGN WITH SE
(College Sports ~ 05/03/01)
Two years after he originally signed with Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball team, it appears as if 7-foot-1 center Kostas Avgerinos will finally get to be an Indian. College of Southern Idaho head coach Derek Zeck told the Southeast Missourian Wednesday night that Avgerinos -- who attends the junior college in Twin Falls, Idaho -- told him he was planning to sign with the Indians...
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SE HANDS OUT ATHLETIC AWARDS
(College Sports ~ 05/03/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's athletes were feted Wednesday night as the school held its annual Booster Club All Sports Year-End Celebration at the Show Me Center. In front of a crowd that included Southeast coaches, parents of the athletes and Southeast Booster Club members, various awards were presented for each of the men's and women's sports at Southeast...
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SPORTS DIGEST: DOG DAY AS SOUTHEAST BASEBALL PLAYS SATURDAY
(College Sports ~ 05/03/01)
Schnucks and Southeast Missouri State University will sponsor the second annual "Dog Day" Saturday when Southeast and Tennessee Tech square off in a 2 p.m. Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader. All dogs and their owners are invited to attend. "Dog Day" will include free dog toys, food and bathing of all canines in attendance...
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CENTRAL TAKES THIRD, JACKSON FIFTH AT DISTRICT GOLF TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Cape Girardeau Central's Nick Harter and Jackson's Peyton Sims both qualified for the state high school golf tournament in a surprising Class 4A, District 1 Tournament at the par-72 Quail Creek Golf Course Wednesday. With the top two teams and the top 10 individuals advancing, Sims finished in fifth place with a 77 and Harter tied for seventh win an 80...
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IRMA BAKER
(Obituary ~ 05/03/01)
GRAND CHAIN, Ill. -- Irma Mitchell Baker, 66, of Grand Chain died Monday, April 30, 2001, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was born March 26, 1935, in Parsons, Tenn., the daughter of Thomas and Rosetta Cruse Mitchell. She married Leonard Baker. He survives...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/03/01)
Daughter to Kevin Douglas and Carol Beth Poat of Jackson, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:19 a.m. Friday, April 27, 2001. Name, Samantha Faith. Weight, 8 pounds 11 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Poat is the former Carol Harris, daughter of James and Gloria Harris of Paducah, Ky. Poat is the son of Judy Poat and Leroy Poat of Paducah. He is employed at TG Missouri...
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LILLIE HOPPER
(Obituary ~ 05/03/01)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Lillie Mae Hopper, 89, of Morley died Tuesday, May 1, 2001, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Mo. She was born July 17, 1911, in Savannah, Tenn., daughter of Andrew and Leora Isley Deshazier. She and William P. Hopper were married Aug. 8, 1939, in Savannah. He died May 18, 1987...
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GLORIA ROBINSON
(Obituary ~ 05/03/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Gloria Jean Robinson, 54, of Sikeston died Tuesday, May 1, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 11, 1947, at Sikeston. A lifelong resident of Sikeston, she was a member of Green Memorial Church of God in Christ...
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RITES SET FRIDAY FOR GRANDIN WOMAN, 108, STATE'S OLDEST PERSON
(Obituary ~ 05/03/01)
GRANDIN, Mo. -- Nellie Joplin of Grandin, who the late Gov. Mel Carnahan thought was Missouri's oldest living resident, was 108 when she died Monday in the Ripley County Memorial Hospital at Doniphan, Mo. "She was a true pioneer woman," said Doris Ann Davis, wife of Joplin's grandson, Poplar Bluff physician D.L. Davis. Joplin raised him along with her own seven children...
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JUDITH CANTER
(Obituary ~ 05/03/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Judith Ann Lane Canter, 55, of Charleston died Tuesday, May 1, 2001, at her home. She was born Oct. 10, 1945, in Mississippi County, daughter of Robbie Lee Pucket Fisher. Canter lived in Mississippi County most of her life. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church...
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BEATRICE COOK
(Obituary ~ 05/03/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Beatrice Cook, 89, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, May 2, 2001, at Scenic View Skill Care of Herculaneum, Mo. She was born May 1, 1912, at Lutesville, Mo., daughter of John and Jane Welker Douglas. She and Truman Gladys Cook were married Sept. 1, 1936. He died Feb. 22, 1999...
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LETTERS: NATION CAN JOIN AT SPECIAL TIME FOR DAY OF PRAYER
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/03/01)
To the editor: I have an appeal to readers who would like to make a positive influence on their families, communities and nation to do something historic today. Dr. Billy Graham has agreed to be the honorary chairman of the National Day of Prayer. He has written a prayer that the National Day of Prayer Task Force is asking Christians all over America to read aloud at 11:30 a.m. (Central time zone) either privately or at an event...
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FOR ALL THESE THINGS, WE PRAY TO YOU, O GOD
(Editorial ~ 05/03/01)
As we celebrate the National Day of Prayer, join us in this intercession for the world, our nation, our state and our community: Almighty and ever-living God, creator of a world in which any good thing is possible, we approach you in humility. We know we are individual masterpieces of your handiwork, and we know we are capable of grave errors. Forgive us our transgressions so that we may, with mended hearts, come to you with our pleas of mercy, guidance and bountiful provision...
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VIDEO COURT HEARINGS: GOOD USE OF TECHNOLOGY
(Editorial ~ 05/03/01)
Video court appearances by prisoners in the Cape Girardeau County Jail who otherwise would be escorted in chain-gang fashion to the courthouse seems a wise use of video technology. Groups of up to 35 prisoners walking with as few as two deputy escorts from the jail to the courthouse have always posed a threat. ...
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ON EDUCATION: IT'S NOT THE MONEY
(Column ~ 05/03/01)
I think it's time for President Bush to reframe his education package. He should make school choice the centerpiece rather than the perceived throwaway item of his plan. So far, the Democrats have been controlling the education debate by making this a contest over which party is willing to spend the most money...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/03/01)
Not exactly neutral UNDER THE guise of writing a column on redistricting, David Broder, the liberal-elitist columnist for The Washington Post, literally trashed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. He is peeved that O'Connor is usually the swing vote on the court in those cases where Broder does not like the outcome. It is obvious Broder has lost the very neutrality that he likes to piously and pompously hold other journalists to...
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LETTERS: BUSH WAS RIGHT TO WITHDRAW U.S. FROM KYOTO TREATY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/03/01)
To the editor: President Bush has made headlines recently for rejecting any U.S. role in what has been known as the Kyoto Treaty to limit greenhouse-gas emissions. Bush was absolutely right to heed the clear message from the U.S. Senate's 96-0 vote to block the United States from being a party to this international agreement...
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