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LOOKING FOR 'OUTSIDE EYES': JACKSON SEEKS NEW SOLUTIONS TO TRAFFIC TIE-UPS
(Local News ~ 07/12/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Jackson's newly appointed Major Street Construction Priority Committee will recommend hiring a consultant to evaluate the city's traffic problems and help the city plan to avoid tie-ups like those that are occurring. The committee wants to see new thinking that does not depend on Missouri Department of Transportation traffic counts or on long-standing assumptions about how traffic should be routed through the city...
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MALLETT EXECUTED FOR 1985 MURDER OF STATE TROOPER
(Local News ~ 07/12/01)
POTOSI, Mo. -- Jerome Mallett looked at the family of murdered state trooper James Froemsdorf from his gurney in Missouri's death chamber and several times appeared to say, "I'm sorry." Mallett, 42, died by injection at 12:06 a.m. Wednesday for killing Froemsdorf, of Perryville, during a March 1985 traffic stop on Interstate 55 in Perry County...
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MAN WHO DIED FROM HEAT LIVED LIKE 'A HERMIT'
(Local News ~ 07/12/01)
Landlord Clarence Dockery sat in his home Wednesday evening and cried as he talked about a funeral earlier in the afternoon for his tenant whose body was found three days after dying from heat stroke. "No one went to visit him as much as I did," said Dockery, recalling 79-year-old Sellars Allen, whose body was found Monday in the house he rented from Dockery...
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VOTE LIMITS CHURCH PROJECT
(Local News ~ 07/12/01)
A congregation got half of what it wanted from city zoning officials -- a nod to build a new church and day-care center but not an amphitheater and sports complex. Gary Brothers, pastor of the First Assembly of God Church of Cape Girardeau, said he was "satisfied for now" with the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission's unanimous vote Wednesday on his church's plans...
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STEAMBOAT COMPANY: NO BIG SCHEDULE CHANGES AFTER ALL
(Local News ~ 07/12/01)
The Delta Queen Steamboat Co. on Wednesday corrected its statement that the company had only one riverboat stop scheduled in Cape Girardeau next year. In addition to an annual stop during the annual New Orleans-to-St. Louis riverboat race -- when two boats will dock here July 3 -- there are five other dockings scheduled by the company. There will be eight this year...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: DANCING ON THE BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
(Column ~ 07/12/01)
July 12, 2001 Dear Leslie, The big riverboats have been stopping by more frequently now that summer is beginning to find its full expression in afternoons fat with heat and moisture. The Mississippi Queen docked Tuesday, its calliope announcing its arrival on a trip north up the Mississippi. The American Queen gets in tomorrow, maybe bound for New Orleans...
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ARCHIVE CENTER TO RESTORE OLD MAP
(Local News ~ 07/12/01)
JACKSON, Mo. - The large, framed map of Cape Girardeau County is rusty brown and yellow from age. It's stained from water damage and bug droppings. But archivists Jane Randol Jackson and Mike Davenport view the map, which may date back to the 1860s, as a window on county history. It pinpoints the cities, railroads and rural schools of its day. It also shows tracts of rural land and who owned them...
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P&Z AGENDA
(Local News ~ 07/12/01)
Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday, July 11, 7 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Other action taken...
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INSURANCE AGENT PROPOSES TOWNHOMES FOR INTERSECTION
(Local News ~ 07/12/01)
A Cape Girardeau insurance agent who failed twice to get his property zoned for commercial use wants it zoned for multiple family residential use. Bo Shantz originally intended to use his two acres on the northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and Perryville Road for an insurance agency. After twice getting approval from the planning and zoning commission, the plan was rejected by city council members...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/12/01)
Son to Scott Alan and Heather Renee Bond of Advance, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:36 a.m. Friday, June 29, 2001. Name, Jonathan Scott. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Bond is the former Heather Stewart, daughter of Pam Sienkowski and John Stewart of Chester, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Bond are registered nurses at Southeast Hospital. He is the son of Sue Sallee of Chaffee, Mo., and Jerry Bond of Delta, Mo...
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EVELYN VOLLER
(Obituary ~ 07/12/01)
CYPRESS, Ill. -- Evelyn Voller, 47, of Cypress died Tuesday, July 10, 2001, from injuries received in an automobile accident near Cypress. Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.
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TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO DRUG CHARGES
(Local News ~ 07/12/01)
Two Cape Girardeau men pleaded guilty in federal court this week to selling crack cocaine, the U.S. attorney's office said. The men, Orlandues Jermaine Sheron, 23, and Willie Lee Harris, 46, appeared before U.S. District Judge Richard Webber for unrelated crimes...
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OPAL REDFERING
(Obituary ~ 07/12/01)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Opal Louise Redfering, 75, of East Prairie died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. She was born Dec. 9, 1925, in East Prairie, daughter of Rube and Mable Turner Manning. A lifelong resident of Mississippi County, she was a member of Gospel Assembly Church...
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LENA MARSHALL
(Obituary ~ 07/12/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Lena Mae Marshall, 94, of Scott City, formerly of Crowder, Mo., died Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at Heartland Care Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 17, 1906, in the state of Texas, daughter of Wesley and Alice Cooper. She first married William Russell Foster in 1931. He died in September 1954. She and Sterling E. "Mutt" Marshall were married in 1963. He died June 30, 1987...
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GRACE SAUER
(Obituary ~ 07/12/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Grace F. Sauer, 96, of Scott City died Wednesday, July 11, 2001. She was born Jan. 23, 1905, at Morley, Mo., daughter of William P. and Nancy Misplay Lee Sr. The family moved to Chaffee, Mo., in 1906. She was one of eight children. She married Charles I. Sauer, who preceded her in death...
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MILLIE RAGSDALE
(Obituary ~ 07/12/01)
Millie Jane Ragsdale, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born March 5, 1908, at Campbell, Mo., daughter of Fletcher and Dora Wilkins Jackson. She and Raymond Ragsdale were married May 18, 1929, at Charleston, Mo. He died Sept. 25, 1984...
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EDWARD BRIDGES
(Obituary ~ 07/12/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Funeral for Edward L. Bridges of Dexter will be held at 1 p.m. today at Rainey Funeral Home. Dr. Lynn Anderson and Cletus Lemmons will officiate. Burial will be in Dexter Cemetery. Bridges, 77, died Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at Missouri Southern Healthcare at Dexter...
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JERRY LINHART SR.
(Obituary ~ 07/12/01)
Jerry Leslie Linhart Sr., 58, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Feb. 9, 1943, in East Prairie, Mo., son of Bevly Burton and Mary Elizabeth Fowler Linhart. He and Carolyn Hannah were married May 29, 1965, in East Prairie...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/12/01)
I SUPPORT the teen-ager who called about teens being nice. This thing with the shootings how can you blame it on all teens when it's just a small amount of people influenced by the media. You don't know everything about teens. THE FIREWORKS over the river were absolutely beautiful. I hope it becomes a yearly tradition for Cape. Thanks to the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau and to all the sponsors who donated. Thank you...
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AND NOW THE REAL TEST FOR CITY'S ROUNDABOUT
(Editorial ~ 07/12/01)
Cape Girardeau's first roundabout at Gordonville and Silver Springs roads is again open after the circular pavement was widened by two feet. With the completion of that widening project, the new section of Silver Springs Road from Route K has been opened...
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EVERYONE WILL BENEFIT FROM SIEMERS WIDENING
(Editorial ~ 07/12/01)
Seldom do all parties involved in a public project come together in a spirit of cooperation as did those who will be involved in the widening of Siemers Drive. The cooperative effort demonstrates an understanding of the pressing need to widen the busy street that provides access to shopping and entertainment...
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LETTERS: ALPHA COURSE AIMS TO REACH THE UNCHURCHED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/12/01)
To the editor: Beginning in September, a wonderful opportunity exists for people in Cape Girardeau and surrounding areas. The Alpha course will be offered through Centenary United Methodist Church to anyone who is interested in learning the basics of the Christian faith. ...
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