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Airline- Removal of agent not based on ethnicity
(National News ~ 12/29/01)
BALTIMORE -- President Bush said Friday he will be "madder than heck" if investigators find that American Airlines removed an Arab-American Secret Service agent from a flight because of his ethnicity. The armed agent was asked to leave the flight on Tuesday at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport...
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National Guardsmen prepare for another overseas trip
(State News ~ 12/29/01)
McHENRY, Ill. -- Before the war on terrorism, 21-year-old Mike Hart was a manager at Sam's Club who was studying to be a firefighter and planning to take his sweetheart to Hawaii for a marriage proposal. Now he's packing his duffel bag to head off in the Illinois Army National Guard's largest overseas deployment since the Korean War. His job and his schooling are on hold indefinitely. And this past week his girlfriend gave him the bad news: She's not waiting for him...
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Columbia's First Night carries on
(State News ~ 12/29/01)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Doomed in some cities by shortages of money or volunteers, First Night activities will go on as scheduled in Columbia on New Year's Eve with fireworks, new performers and a laser light show. At least 20 cities nationwide have canceled their First Night celebrations this year, leaving about 180 continuing with the alcohol-free community event...
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Illinois 'Top Cop' relishes arresting drunken drivers
(State News ~ 12/29/01)
NEW LENOX, Ill. -- Mike Geils considers his job a success if he never sees a repeat customer. "Ninety-nine percent of the people I stop I will never see again," the New Lenox man said. "This is their wake-up call." Geils' special skill is noticing drunk drivers...
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'Mental health' court gives alternative to jail
(State News ~ 12/29/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Modeled after one in New York City, a nearly year-old "mental health" court here that dispenses counseling and supervision for the mentally impaired offers an alternative to jail time unlikely to help them, officials say. "The goal of the mental health court is to reduce repeat offenders and make them take part in court-monitored treatment. ...
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Democrat sworn in for shifting Missouri Senate district seat
(State News ~ 12/29/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Democrat Harry Kennedy was sworn in Friday to represent the 3rd District in the Missouri Senate. After next fall's elections, that will be a district in which Kennedy does not live, comprised of about 160,000 people who did not vote for him...
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Subdivision may engulf wildlife preserve
(State News ~ 12/29/01)
GREENWOOD, Mo. -- Deer, fox and other denizens of the James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area could soon have new neighbors, many wielding golf clubs. But a golf architect says there's no reason they can't all get along. Located about 15 miles southeast of Kansas City, the wildlife area occupies 2,063 acres near Lee's Summit. As the city has grown, some subdivisions have reached the wildlife area's northern edge...
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Olympic torch coming to St. Louis
(State News ~ 12/29/01)
ST. LOUIS -- The Olympic flame is coming to St. Louis. The torch that carries the flame is to weave its way through the city Jan. 8 along a route that begins at the Gateway Arch before winding through 20 miles of historic St. Louis to Kiener Plaza, Mayor Francis Slay's office announced Friday...
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Kidnapped toddler returns to mother
(State News ~ 12/29/01)
CHICAGO -- A 16-month-old girl who was snatched from a Chicago bus station by a stranger on Christmas Eve was reunited with her mother on Friday and arrived back in the city for a reunion with other family members. A smiling and teary-eyed Marcella Anderson arrived at Midway Airport with her daughter Jasmine just before 5 p.m. aboard an FBI jet and was met by her mother and brother. Jasmine was missing for four days...
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'Perfect' life shattered by kidnapping charge
(State News ~ 12/29/01)
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. -- For one month this year, life was perfect, says Nancy Matthews. The granddaughter she had raised since age 2 had joined her in this hilly coal and rail town on the Kentucky border, escaping a "drug-using crowd" in Chicago and sharing the rent on the small blue house at 937 Vinson St...
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Missing children had run away
(State News ~ 12/29/01)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- Two children initially believed to have been abducted from their foster home, triggering a seven-hour search and broadcast appeal for clues to their whereabouts, turned out be runaways, a Jefferson County investigator said Friday. Authorities said the 16-year-old girl and her 11-year-old brother were found Thursday night near House Springs at the home of their father, who reported their location after seeing media reports of their disappearance, sheriff's Maj. ...
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Cartwright becomes Bulls' head coach
(Professional Sports ~ 12/29/01)
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Bill Cartwright has a new title to go along with the five NBA championship rings he won as a player and an assistant coach with the Chicago Bulls. Head coach. Cartwright, in his sixth season as a Bulls assistant, was promoted to head coach Friday. He replaces Tim Floyd, who resigned Monday after going 49-190 in three-plus seasons...
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St. Louis notches 3-0 victory over Montreal
(Professional Sports ~ 12/29/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Fred Brathwaite stopped 24 shots to lead the St. Louis Blues over the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 Friday night. The shutout is his second this season and 13th for Brathwaite in his seven-year career. Brathwaite's other shutout was on Dec. 8 when he stopped 17 shots against Los Angeles...
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Loan program could make feds part-owner of airlines
(National News ~ 12/29/01)
WASHINGTON -- In exchange for its financial help, the government may buy stock in airlines, a concept that worries some aviation analysts. "There's an inherent conflict of interest here," says Darryl Jenkins, director of George Washington University's Aviation Institute. "You could not be secretary of transportation and own stock in an airline."...
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Sept. 11 spawns activists in D.C. fighting for change
(National News ~ 12/29/01)
WASHINGTON -- Stephen Push knows the halls of Congress are a strange place to seek comfort, a curious refuge from images of terrorists, crashing planes and the death of his wife. But after Sept. 11, he had little use for his old life as an investor. He went on leave. Now he's busier than ever...
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Plane shoe-bomb suspect caught Israel's attention
(International News ~ 12/29/01)
JERUSALEM -- Shoe-bomb suspect Richard C. Reid underwent a rigorous body check and had to remove his shoes for special screening before boarding an El Al plane this past summer, Israel's national carrier said Friday. Even after no explosives were found, the airline considered Reid a top security risk and seated him next to an armed sky marshal in the second to last row, far from the cockpit, said an Israeli source...
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Islamic militants attack Israeli patrol, defying Arafat's truce
(International News ~ 12/29/01)
JERUSALEM -- Ignoring Yasser Arafat's truce order, two members of the militant Islamic Jihad group on Friday attacked an Israeli army patrol in the Gaza Strip in a failed suicide mission. Troops killed one assailant and found remnants of an explosives belt near his body...
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Argentines flood banks ahead of new currency
(International News ~ 12/29/01)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Cash-hungry Argentines flooded banks by the thousands on Friday, forming long lines and shouting for their money after the government eased a five-day banking holiday that shut off most routine financial transactions. Interim President Adolfo Rodriguez Saa moved to finalize a congressional bill authorizing the creation of the "argentino" -- a new money he says will breath new life into an economy suffocating under four years of recession...
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National Guard called to dig Buffalo out from under snow
(National News ~ 12/29/01)
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The National Guard was called out Friday to help Buffalo dig out from a paralyzing, five-day storm that unloaded nearly 7 feet of snow -- an astonishing amount even for this city of legendary snowdrifts. The record-breaking storm -- which rolled in on Christmas Eve after an extraordinarily mild November and December -- buried cars, shrubs, trash cans and mailboxes, reached windowsills, and swallowed up Christmas lawn displays. ...
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Bush says military won't give up hunt for bin Laden
(National News ~ 12/29/01)
CRAWFORD, Texas -- President Bush said Friday the U.S. military will not quit Afghan-istan or the search for the elusive Osama bin Laden until the No. 1 terror suspect is killed or brought to American justice. "The world must know that this administration will not blink in the face of danger and will not tire," Bush said, bracing Americans for a long struggle...
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Mississippi County coroner resigns, faces felony charges
(Local News ~ 12/29/01)
Standard Democrat CHARLESTON, Mo. -- John Allen McMikle has resigned as coroner for Mississippi County. Mississippi County commissioners reviewed the letter from McMikle announcing his resignation effective immediately "due to health reasons" during Thursday's county commission meeting...
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Effort stalls to ease ban on aid to drug offenders
(National News ~ 12/29/01)
Efforts to ease a ban on federal financial aid for college students with drug convictions have reached an impasse. So far this school year, more than 43,000 would-be college students face the possible denial of financial aid under a law passed in 1998. The chief lobbying group for colleges and universities would like the ban repealed, as would students on nearly 200 campuses who have organized to fight it...
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Detective is first from Jackson to finish FBI Academy training
(Local News ~ 12/29/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The first Jackson police officer in the history of the department graduated from the FBI National Academy Program in Quantico, Va., this month, returning home with new knowledge of investigative techniques, criminal behavior and forensic science...
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Economy looking better, some say
(National News ~ 12/29/01)
NEW YORK -- A big rebound in consumer confidence and a surge in sales of homes and big-ticket items suggested Friday that the worst of the recession may be over and better days lie ahead. The Conference Board said its Consumer Confidence Index climbed in December for the first time in six months to 93.7 from 84.9 in November, the biggest monthly increase in nearly four years...
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New year comes early at Freedom Rock party
(Local News ~ 12/29/01)
There were party hats, squeaking horns, a countdown. Then a gentle shower of balloons, shouts of "Happy New Year!" It was about 10:30 p.m. Friday, but what's a couple of days when you're having fun? Teen-agers stepped into a time warp Friday celebrating the New Year early at Freedom Rock, a Christian-oriented youth center...
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President signs bills boosting intelligence, defense spending
(National News ~ 12/29/01)
CRAWFORD, Texas -- President Bush signed a bill Friday to raise intelligence spending but warned Congress he won't turn over documents that he thinks could compromise national security. The president also signed a $343 billion defense bill that gives what he wanted for his missile defense program, provides the largest military pay raises in two decades and sets up a new round of base closures...
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Study finds obesity on rise in state
(Local News ~ 12/29/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- There's a lot of fat to be found in preliminary budget totals that forecast a decline in next year's projected budget spending for the first time in more than a decade. As the state's expected revenue shortfall continues to increase, one of the reasons can be found in disclosure that one out of three Missourians is overweight and responsible for much of the medical and hospitalization costs related to cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death and disability in the state.. ...
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Scholar of Tolkien languages helped 'Rings' moviemakers
(Entertainment ~ 12/29/01)
MADISON, Wis. -- David Salo is an expert in languages that exist only in the imaginary world of hobbits and elves. He has immersed himself in Quenya and Sindarin, languages created by author J.R.R. Tolkien for the inhabitants of Middle-earth and featured in his "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy...
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Cape man carves feathered friends of all varieties
(Local News ~ 12/29/01)
Glen Smart may be the only man in the city who can receive a dead canary in the mail and be happy about it. He'll just stuff it and add it to his collection. "OK, maybe I'm a little weird," said the retired biologist interviewed Thursday at his home in Cape Girardeau...
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Pakistan may pull troops off Afghan border
(International News ~ 12/29/01)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan told the United States on Friday it may need to pull away troops patrolling its border with Afghanistan to deal with a possible conflict with India, according to Pakistani officials. The move likely would seriously hamper the hunt for Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida fighters...
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Bush fires consume Australian homes
(International News ~ 12/29/01)
SYDNEY, Australia -- Bush fires, many set by arsonists, raged as close as 12 miles to Sydney on Friday after flames 20 feet high consumed more than 100 outlying homes. Fire officials also warned that hot, dry, windy weather over the next few days could trigger a second wave of destruction along the 370-mile-wide fire front surrounding the city...
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India, Pakistan trade shelling over border
(International News ~ 12/29/01)
NEW DELHI, India -- As India and Pakistan shot at each other and spoke of war, weeping friends and relatives on both sides bid farewell Friday before the two nations sever their land and air links for the first time in 30 years. The South Asian rivals -- both of which have nuclear weapons -- have been threatening a new war since a Dec. ...
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Officials say Missouri inmate dead by suicide
(Local News ~ 12/29/01)
LICKING, Mo. -- A Missouri prison inmate apparently has killed himself while serving a 13-year sentence on various St. Louis County drug charges, the state Department of Corrections said Friday. John Harrison, 38, died shortly before 3:30 p.m. Thursday in an ambulance at the maximum-security South Central Correctional Center, corrections officials said in a statement that labeled the case an apparent suicide but did not elaborate...
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Kinnison promoted to captain at CGPD
(Local News ~ 12/29/01)
Lt. Carl Kinnison was promoted Thursday to the rank of captain. Kinnison, a 23-year veteran with the Cape Girardeau Police Department, is supervisor for training and community affairs. As of today, he assumes new duties as captain of operations at the police department...
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Speak Out 12/29/01
(Speak Out ~ 12/29/01)
Just a coincidence? A CALLER on Lexington lamented he can't get any sleep due to rattling windows caused by loud music. He also claimed the neighborhood was going to the dogs. You're not going to believe the word-play coincidences, but the rumored title of Snoop Doggy Dogg's forthcoming CD is said to be "Rattling Windows."...
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Jeremy Buttrey
(Obituary ~ 12/29/01)
Funeral Mass for Jeremy Michael Buttrey was held Dec. 24, 2001, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Council Grove, Kan. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery. Memorial Chapel of the Flint Hills in Council Grove was in charge of arrangements. Jeremy, 19, died Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, at his home...
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Rev. Herbert Hirschfeld
(Obituary ~ 12/29/01)
The Rev. Herbert Hirschfeld, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at his home. He was born March 21, 1909, in Alt Rokin, East Germany, son of Rudolf and Pauline Mundt Hirschfeld. He and Anastasia Kosiuk were married Sept. 6, 1936. Herbert received his college degree in Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine) and continued graduate studies in theology in Lodz, Poland, Hamburg, Germany, and later in Suffolks, S.D...
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Robert Dixon
(Obituary ~ 12/29/01)
GLENN ALLEN, Mo. -- Robert L. Dixon, 65, of Glenn Allen died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center after a farming accident. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Mo.
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Don Tripp
(Obituary ~ 12/29/01)
Don Wayne Tripp, 50, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Dec. 1, 1951, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., son of Harry D. and Elsie Jeannette Oliver Tripp. Tripp was a truck driver for a cement company in the St. Louis area...
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Rooney Cruse
(Obituary ~ 12/29/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Rooney O. Cruse, 96, of Anna died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at Jonesboro Health Care Center in Jonesboro, Ill. He was born Nov. 26, 1905, in Union County, Ill., son of Oliver and Dovie Miller Cruse. He and Velma Holshouser were married Nov. 19, 1945. She died March 6, 1993...
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Theon Heisserer
(Obituary ~ 12/29/01)
KELSO, Mo. -- Theon Michael Heisserer, 78, of Kelso died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 20, 1923, at Kelso, son of Otto and Emma Scherer Heisserer. Heisserer was a self-employed farmer. He was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church...
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Roy Williamson
(Obituary ~ 12/29/01)
BEMENT, Mo. -- Funeral for Roy Williamson of Bement will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston, Mo. The Rev. Delbert Bishop will officiate. Burial will be in Mounds Park Cemetery at Lilbourn, Mo. Williamson, 59, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, at his home...
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Charles Lamer
(Obituary ~ 12/29/01)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Charles Wallace Lamer, 71, of Cobden died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at his home. Friends may call at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Cobden from 6-8 p.m. Sunday. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church.
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Marcella Green
(Obituary ~ 12/29/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Marcella Green, 76, of Cairo died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at Daystar Care Center. Heavenly Gates Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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James Davis
(Obituary ~ 12/29/01)
REEDS SPRING, Mo. -- James Freeman Davis, 71, of Reeds Spring, Mo., died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born March 9, 1930, in Murray, Ky., son of John and Louera Bailey Davis. He and Hazel Jones were married May 9, 1953, in Piggott, Ark. She died April 23, 1984...
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Loren Flowers
(Obituary ~ 12/29/01)
NORMAN, Okla. -- Loren A. Flowers, 68, of Norman, Okla., died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at his home. He was born May 7, 1933, in Stoddard County, Mo., son of Arthor Harrison and Hattie Mae Lowe Flowers. He married the former Patsy Jones. Flowers was in the U.S. Air Force from 1951-72, serving in the Korean and Vietnam wars...
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Births 12/29/01
(Births ~ 12/29/01)
Hastings Son to Roger Paul and Caroline S. Hastings of Chaffee, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:33 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001. Name, Bengamin Micheal. Weight, 5 pounds 13 ounces. Fifth child, second son. Mrs. Hastings is the former Caroline Borden, daughter of Sue Brown of Chaffee. Hastings is the son of Sibra Glover of Jackson, Mo., and Everett Hastings of Round Rock, Texas. He is employed at Gilster-Mary Lee...
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Correction 12/29/01
(Correction ~ 12/29/01)
New Madrid Street in Cape Girardeau was widened in 2001. The year was incorrect in a story in Friday's edition. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error.
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Boston College ends on high note, wins Music City Bowl
(College Sports ~ 12/29/01)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- William Green's 7-yard scoring run capped Boston College's comeback, and perhaps his college career, as the Eagles beat No. 16 Georgia 20-16 in the Music City Bowl on Friday. Green's touchdown with 4:43 left ended BC's 21-game losing streak against ranked teams and followed the last of Georgia's four turnovers, which led to all of BC's points. ...
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Southeast to play old rival Lincoln
(College Sports ~ 12/29/01)
The one time Southeast Missouri State University played a Division II team this season, the Indians had to struggle before finally slipping past North Alabama 75-68. That stands as the Tribe's lone victory to date. Southeast coach Gary Garner expects just as much of a battle -- if not more so -- when the Indians (1-8) play their second and final Division II opponent of the season today, facing Lincoln (5-6) at the Show Me Center...
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Otahkians lose two players over break
(College Sports ~ 12/29/01)
The holidays have not been all that kind to Southeast Missouri State University women's coach Ed Arnzen. Two of Arnzen's players -- including their third-leading scorer -- have decided not to return to school for the second semester, leaving the Otahkians with a 10-player roster...
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Man dies after farming accident
(Local News ~ 12/29/01)
GLENN ALLEN, Mo. -- A Glenn Allen man died Friday at St. Francis Medical Center, days after apparently being struck on the head by a tree limb. Robert L. Dixon, of Route 1, Glenn Allen, was cutting down a dead tree on his Castor River farm Wednesday when he struck his head...
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United Way campaign goal reached again in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 12/29/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The United Way of Sikeston launched its annual fund-raising campaign in August. Then came Sept. 11, a recession and the war in Afghanistan. Local United Way officials worried whether their $76,000 goal would be met. Those worries have abated. The Sikeston Area United Way not only met -- it exceeded -- its goal by raising $88,237, according to Glenna Shy, Sikeston's United Way executive secretary...
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Police report 12/29/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/29/01)
Cape Girardeau Saturday, Dec. 29 ArrestsVigry Ivann, 24, of Madison, Tenn., was arrested Thursday for traffic violations. Greg Lee Nicholson, 31, od 1413 William, was arrested Thursday for failure to appear. Kanvely Jerome Nicholson, 28, was arrested Thursday for interfering with an arrest...
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Fire report 12/29/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/29/01)
Cape Girardeau Saturday, Dec. 29 Firefighters responded to the following call Thursday:At 10:46 p.m., a structure fire at 418 Themis. Jackson Saturday, Dec. 29Firefighters responded to following call Thursday: An emergency medical service at Elmwood...
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Farmington, Cape men seriously hurt in accidents
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/29/01)
A Farmington, Mo., man and a Cape Girardeau man were seriously injured in separate single-vehicle accidents in the region Thursday. Jess Kuhl, 39, of Farmington was taken to Madison Memorial Hospital in Fredericktown, Mo., after an accident near Patton, Mo., Thursday evening. It occurred at 6:18 p.m., five miles west of Patton on State Highway 72...
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Deserving teacher gets state recognition
(Editorial ~ 12/29/01)
One very hardworking teacher is finally bringing the Bootheel the attention it deserves for its contribution to art in Missouri. Linda Melkersman, who teaches at New Madrid County Central High School at New Madrid, Mo., will receive a 2002 Missouri Arts Award for her work in arts education in Southeast Missouri. She is the only high school art teacher among this year's five recipients...
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Area schools do well on state scorecards
(Editorial ~ 12/29/01)
There are basically two ways Missouri parents and taxpayers easily can see if local schools and school districts are doing what they're supposed to be doing and if consumers are getting their money's worth. First, there's the Missouri Assessment Program, through which educators administer standardized tests on different subjects to students in various grades. ...
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Returning to religion
(State News ~ 12/29/01)
Church attendance didn't surge among the congregations in Southeast Missouri, but more people began talking about their faith and attending worship services in a search for understanding life after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Religion is getting more national exposure and people are beginning to ask questions, said the Rev. Art Hunt, pastor of Christ Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Official word on U-High referees
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/01)
The area's most experienced and respected referees have boycotted the 57th Annual University High School Christmas Tournament. Was it a good call? It depends on who you ask. After two days of mostly unfamiliar officials calling the region's most prestigious tournament, some have not even known the difference...
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St. Vincent suffers loss in tourney
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/01)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- St. Vincent faltered in the second half as it fell 50-41 to Valle in the Ste. Genevieve round-robin tournament Friday night. The Indians, who defeated Crystal City in Thursday's opener, will play St. Pius for third place tonight in the six-team event...
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Tigers, Cubs rebound from tough losses
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/01)
Cape Girardeau Central and Bell City bounced back from tough quarterfinal defeats to pick up victories Friday afternoon in the fifth-place semifinal round of the University High School Christmas Tournament. Cape Central, the seventh seed, defeated No. 6 and defending tourney champion Advance 73-65 while No. 5 Bell City knocked off No. 8 Scott County Central 77-71...
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Rams, Bobcats win consolation semis
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/01)
Scott City and Delta will face off for the consolation championship in the final round of the University High School Christmas Tournament today. Scott City, the 12th seed, knocked off Scott County rival and 16th seed Chaffee 61-39 while No. 14 Delta eliminated No. 10 Woodland in a mild upset 56-45 during consolation semifinal games at the Show Me Center Friday...
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Charleston romps into final
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/01)
Charleston, after failing to reach the finals of the University High School Christmas Tournament the past two seasons despite being the No. 1 seed, appears to be a team on a mission this year. The Bluejays, once again seeded first in the 57th annual event, moved into tonight's championship game by posting their third straight tourney rout, a 58-37 semifinal pasting of fourth-seeded Oran Friday night at the Show Me Center...
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Indians, 'Jays left standing
(High School Sports ~ 12/29/01)
Jeffrey Beck's back must be sore. After all, he carried his team to the University High School Christmas Tournament finals Friday night. Beck hit a game-tying layup at the buzzer of regulation and scored seven of his team's 12 points in overtime as third-seeded Jackson slipped past No. 2 Notre Dame 61-52 at the Show Me Center...
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Out of the past 12/29/01
(Out of the Past ~ 12/29/01)
10 years ago: Dec. 29, 1991 Two Notre Dame High School faculty members have been lauded for longevity of service to Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau; Sister S. Raynald Blomer and Cynthia King have received pins for 20 years of service; Blomer was principal at Notre Dame and also at Springfield Catholic High School...
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