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Could dog be having kidney problems?
(Column ~ 04/20/03)
jkoch By Dr. John Koch Question: I have noticed my 8-year-old dog has been drinking more water lately. In addition, a slight decrease in appetite and energy level has been noticed. Since I am a diabetic myself, I thought I recognized the symptoms of diabetes. I used one of my test strips to check his urine for sugar. The test was negative. Could he have kidney problems?...
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Three hurt in two accidents
(Local News ~ 04/20/03)
A Marble Hill woman sustained moderate injuries Friday in an accident in Stoddard County, and two people from Memphis, Tenn., had moderate injuries in a motorcycle accident Saturday on Interstate 55 in Scott County. Stella Baxter, 67, of Marble Hill was taken by ambulance to Three Rivers North Campus after the accident Friday on U.S. 60, one mile east of Fisk. The driver of the other vehicle, Keely Barker, 16, of Poplar Bluff, was not injured. The accident occurred at 8:55 p.m...
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Mississippi County residents take sides on casino project
(Local News ~ 04/20/03)
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, Mo. -- Ask a senior citizen having a bite of chicken liver at the East Prairie Nutrition Center. Or someone hauling groceries to her car from the Country Mart in Charleston. Ask a restaurant owner, a pastor's wife or a retired home builder...
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Casino Aztar continues to contest tax payments
(Local News ~ 04/20/03)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- While the county north of it debates whether or not it wants a casino, Pemiscot County hasn't collected a penny in property taxes from its casino in Caruthersville in four years. "It would be the worst mistake of their lives," said Pemiscot County Assessor Donna Snyder of the proposal to build a $300 million casino and resort in Mississippi County. "I guess I shouldn't say that. Not all casinos are alike."...
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Fire report 04/20/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/20/03)
Cape Girardeau Sunday, April 20 Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday: At 6:18 p.m., an emergency medical service at 2136 William St. At 11:20 p.m., an emergency medical service at 133 Water St. Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Medical mission involves entire area
(Editorial ~ 04/20/03)
Members of a planned medical mission to Jamaica are holding their collective breath this weekend in hopes that a last-minute snafu with Jamaican bureaucracy can be worked out. If it is, 39 people will leave Monday to volunteer a week of their time providing medical, dental and vision checkups and treatment to a remote area on the Caribbean island...
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Tried and true House in established site has features some mode
(Community ~ 04/20/03)
Situated among mature trees and in a well-established Cape Girardeau neighborhood, the house at 1656 Perryville Road has stood the test of time. It has a number of features that modern homes do not have: a two-bay metal carport with attached storage shed, another separate storage shed and two separate garages built into the house...
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Scott City Council agenda
(Local News ~ 04/20/03)
7 p.m. today City Hall Public hearingn Hearing to be held on request for rezoning from Monty Keesee. 7:30 p.m. today City Hall New businessn Consider ordinance accepting election results from county clerk. Consider ordinance amending lot width of residential zoned property...
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Southeast softball unable to complete weekend sweep
(College Sports ~ 04/20/03)
Southeast Missouri State University's softball team came within two innings of sweeping a three-game series against Ohio Valley Conference foe Morehead State at home Saturday. But clinging to a 4-2 lead after five innings, the Otahkians allowed four runs in the sixth inning and dropped the series finale 7-4...
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KC Star- Self wants to take Kansas job
(College Sports ~ 04/20/03)
ATLANTA -- Bill Self reportedly wants the Kansas job. According to The Kansas City Star, the 40-year-old coach will discuss with his Illinois employers this weekend his desire to take the Jayhawks' job. The Star cited one source, and said Self had cut short a family vacation to return to Illinois on Friday night...
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Central grad Emmendorfer to transfer
(College Sports ~ 04/20/03)
One of the top field-goal kickers in the history of high school football in Missouri has decided to leave Southeast Missouri State University's program. Brian Emmendorfer, a Central High School graduate who was hampered by injuries during his sophomore season with the Indians, will likely transfer to a Division II school, although he has not yet decided where he'll go...
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Taxpayers must be vigilant about the TIF proposal
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/20/03)
To the editor: I agree with Cord Dombrowski. The TIF commission and the city council should get off center and move on this issue. Dombrowski still has not answered all the questions the school board asked. Will he have all the answers for the TIF commission and city council?...
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Good Friday should be school holiday
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/20/03)
To the editor: Recently, a Speak Out caller belittled another caller's protest against schools having classes on Good Friday after having taking off for Martin Luther King Day. I fully agree with dismissing classes on Good Friday. I do not want to minimize King's memory. However, the fact remains that Jesus Christ is the greatest person who ever walked this earth. The calendar years of the civilized world are numbered after his birth. To Christians, he is the world's savior...
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WalkAmerica is good opportunity to participate
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/20/03)
To the editor: Premature birth is a serious and growing problem in the United States. It is the No. 1 obstetrical problem and the leading cause of infant death. One of eight babies in the United States is born prematurely. Babies born prematurely can also suffer lifelong health consequences such as blindness or mental retardation that put a strain on families and on society...
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Speak Out A 04/18/03
(Speak Out ~ 04/20/03)
Not from around here IS OUR public-access channel in Cape Girardeau so desperate to fill airtime that it needs to show such senseless programming as Tony Heckemeyer's show, especially when he is not even a member of our community or familiar with our community's issues?...
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Lloyd Hellrung
(Obituary ~ 04/20/03)
Lloyd W. "Wes" Hellrung, 82, of Jackson died Saturday, April 19, 2003, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. Mr. Hellrung was born Oct. 25, 1920, at St. Louis, the son of Dr. Frank J. and Olinda M. Oberbeck Hellrung. He and Rose M. Schwarzbauer were married April 21, 1951, at St. Louis...
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Carol Goodwin
(Obituary ~ 04/20/03)
Carol M. Goodwin, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 19, 2003, at her residence. She was born Sept. 17, 1939, in Macomb, Ill., the daughter of James and Lois Chenoweth Foxall. She was a riverboat cook for Archer Daniels Midland Co. in Memphis, Tenn., for three years. She performed volunteer work for Mid-America Teen Challenge in Cape Girardeau. She was very active in Cape First Church...
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Nation briefs 10A
(Local News ~ 04/20/03)
Hundreds gather for bombing memorial OKLAHOMA CITY -- Families of the 168 people killed in the bombing of the Murrah federal building carried flowers and mementoes Saturday to the spot where their loved ones died eight years earlier and gave a standing ovation for the men and women fighting the war on terrorism...
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World briefs 15A
(Local News ~ 04/20/03)
Chernobyl victims protest unpaid compensation KIEV, Ukraine -- Thousands of Chernobyl survivors marched Saturday in downtown Kiev to demand the government increase social benefits and pay overdue compensation to victims of the world's worst nuclear accident 17 years ago...
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New members to begin council terms in Scott City
(Local News ~ 04/20/03)
Two new members will be sworn in when the city council of Scott City meets Monday night. One has served on the council so many times he doesn't recall whether this will be his fifth or sixth two-year term. The other member also has served on the council before but only for a few months...
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Kung wins her 1st LPGA tournament
(Professional Sports ~ 04/20/03)
LAS VEGAS -- Annika Sorenstam would have liked one more round. The way she played on the back nine, a few more holes might have been enough. For Candie Kung, though, the Takefuji Classic ended at just the right time. Kung bogeyed the final hole Saturday, but still won her first LPGA tournament by two shots over a charging Sorenstam and two others with a closing round of 2-under 70...
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Indians' weekend series had it all for baseball fans
(Sports Column ~ 04/20/03)
Southeast Missouri State University and Eastern Illinois put on a baseball show in Cape Girardeau that offered a little bit of everything to the nearly 1,800 fans who watched the three-game series at Capaha Field. Friday, the Indians and Panthers engaged in a thrilling, well-played doubleheader dominated by pitching and defense, with a measure of timely hitting thrown in...
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Cape woman is queen of Easter bunnies
(Column ~ 04/20/03)
Maxine Borden is the queen of Easter bunnies. They're everywhere in her front yard, most of them of the plastic, air-filled variety. She has large ones and small ones. Her bunnies come in a variety of colors that complement the bright hues of the fake flowers that adorn her Easter yard. She grows real flowers too, but only after Easter and the bright bunnies have been deflated and stored away for another year...
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Airline's executive perks spark revote
(National News ~ 04/20/03)
DALLAS -- A flight attendants' union said it was rescinding its approval of $10 billion in wage cuts and other concessions to American Airlines over six years, striking a serious blow to a plan that the company said it needed to avoid bankruptcy. Enraged by the recent revelation that the airline planned to give bonuses to top executives, the union said late Friday that it would schedule a new vote on the concessions...
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Funding for Columbine memorial starts
(National News ~ 04/20/03)
LITTLETON, Colo. -- The first memorial to victims of the Columbine High School massacre was a simple bouquet of red tulips left next to a leafless tree just hours after the April 20, 1999, shootings. Today is the fourth anniversary of the attack, and fund raising has begun for the biggest memorial yet: a $3 million structure featuring a tribute to each of the 13 victims...
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In western Nebraska, two responses to child abductions lead to
(National News ~ 04/20/03)
In a span of just over two months, two children have been abducted from the small neighboring western Nebraska towns of Scottsbluff and Gering. In both cases -- the latest Saturday morning -- suspects were arrested, but the handling of the girls' disappearances and the endings were far different...
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Alan Rosenberg speaks out for CBS drama 'The Guardian'
(Entertainment ~ 04/20/03)
LOS ANGELES -- Alan Rosenberg has played many lawyers in his career, but he believes his role as legal aid-crusader Alvin Masterson on the CBS drama "The Guardian" is the best one yet. For starters, he finally has a first name with more than three letters. There's been "Eli, Stu, Ira, Sam, Max ..." Rosenberg ticks off the clipped names with a grin. "This is a bit of a stretch; Alvin has got five letters."...
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Ailing pope appeared strong during Easter vigil
(International News ~ 04/20/03)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II led a solemn candlelight vigil in the final hours before Easter Sunday, pushing forward with his tiring schedule of Holy Week ceremonies. The ailing 82-year-old pontiff, who has trouble walking and suffers from symptoms of Parkinson's disease, has scaled down his role in some services. But he attends all key ceremonies, including the vigil in St. Peter's Basilica that marks the time after Christ's death but before his resurrection...
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Pruning can be good for shrubs
(Community ~ 04/20/03)
Warmer air and sunny skies spur that primal urge to get out and play in the garden. Pruning shrubs is a good place to start. Most need annual pruning and are forgiving of mistakes. Shrubs generally lack permanent trunks; instead, they constantly grow new stems near ground level to eventually replace relatively short-lived older stems. How long the stems live and how many new sprouts a shrub grows each year go hand in hand, and varies from plant to plant...
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Photographer Geddes says young models always beautiful
(Community ~ 04/20/03)
NEW YORK -- Most photographers are at the mercy of their models. Anne Geddes is no different; she works around her subjects' schedules and, beyond that, she tries to anticipate their every desire to better ensure their good moods. That means there is a lot of pampering going on at the studio -- and a lot of Pampers...
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Two killed in Stoddard County accident; driver sought
(State News ~ 04/20/03)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Two people are dead after a two-car accident in Stoddard County, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol is looking for the driver of the car in which the victims were riding. Dianne Conner, 33, of Bloomfield, and Kenneth Sitz, 55, of Essex, Mo., were riding in a vehicle that was traveling west in the eastbound lanes of Route E at about 9:20 p.m. Friday night when the vehicle collided with an eastbound truck, the patrol said...
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Logs cause fatal accident on I-55
(State News ~ 04/20/03)
BENTON, Mo. -- A St. Louis man was killed Saturday afternoon in an accident that began when several logs came loose from a trailer on Interstate 55 in Southeast Missouri, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. Daniel P. Ryan Jr., 18, was killed after his sport utility vehicle swerved to avoid the logs and overturned into the median, ejecting him from the vehicle, the patrol said. Ryan was then run over by another vehicle, which sideswiped a fourth vehicle trying to avoid him, the patrol said...
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Reward rises to $75,000 in case of missing boy
(State News ~ 04/20/03)
RICHWOODS, Mo. -- With the help of anonymous donors, family and friends of a Washington County boy who disappeared more than five months ago have increased to $75,000 the reward for information that leads to his whereabouts. Shawn Hornbeck, 11, vanished last Oct. 6 while bicycling near his home near this community, about 65 miles southwest of St. Louis...
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Flight attendants accuse American Airlines of 'corporate terror
(State News ~ 04/20/03)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis-based American Airlines flight attendants said they were not surprised by the recent revelation that the airline planned to give bonuses and other perks to top executives. In interviews Saturday at Lambert Airport, they said it was one more sign of the "corporate terrorism" inflicted on them since American bought out Trans World Airlines, around which they'd built decades-long careers...
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Bush and environment- Getting his way by settling lawsuits
(National News ~ 04/20/03)
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is quietly reshaping environmental policy to expand logging and other development by settling a series of lawsuits, many of them filed by industry groups. As a result of settlements, the administration has announced plans to remove wilderness protections for millions of acres in Utah, has agreed to review protections for endangered species such as salmon and the northern spotted owl, has reversed a Clinton-era ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks and has softened rules on logging.. ...
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Robert Marshall
(Obituary ~ 04/20/03)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Robert N. Marshall, 31, of Chaffee died Saturday, April 19, 2003. He was born March 11, 1972, at Cape Girardeau, son of Walter B. and Kay Keesee Marshall. He was a forklift operator at Fred's Discount store in Jackson. He had moved to Chaffee from Cape Girardeau two years ago...
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Frank Peirick
(Obituary ~ 04/20/03)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Frank F. Peirick, 87, of Perryville died Saturday, April 19, 2003, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Dec. 23, 1915, at Mozelle, Mo., son of Felix and Charlotte Schnaath Peirick. He and Irene N. Mueller were married June 29, 1946, at Perryville...
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Catherine McIntire
(Obituary ~ 04/20/03)
JONESOBORO, Ill. -- Catherine "Tootie" McIntire of Jonesboro died Saturday, April 19, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Hileman & Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro.
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India makes conditional offer to hold talks with Pakistan
(International News ~ 04/20/03)
SRINAGAR, India -- India's Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee conditionally offered Saturday to negotiate with Pakistan over Kashmir and other key issues dividing the two nuclear-armed rivals. Vajpayee's comments came at a news conference concluding a two-day visit to the state of Jammu-Kashmir, the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir...
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Historic cookbooks provide glimpse into America's past
(Entertainment ~ 04/20/03)
DALLAS -- Carefully turning the yellowed pages of old cookbooks, written by settlers a century or more ago, conjures up a time when lard was a common ingredient, puddings were all the rage and directions for measurements might read "a teacup full."...
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Blues try to eliminate Canucks
(Professional Sports ~ 04/20/03)
ST. LOUIS -- The flu has swept through the St. Louis Blues, becoming the latest bit of adversity to hit them this season. After using seven goaltenders during the regular season and overcoming countless injuries, the Blues didn't want to use illness as an excuse after losing 5-3 to Vancouver in Game 5 Friday...
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QB quandary
(Professional Sports ~ 04/20/03)
NEW YORK -- The first pick in the NFL draft is likely to be a quarterback, and four or five QBs could go in the first round. Still, the days when NFL teams gamble on first-round quarterbacks are over, because there are more good ones available and because the risk can be greater than the reward as QBs gobble up salary-cap space...
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Missing the boat?
(Local News ~ 04/20/03)
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, Mo. -- In East Prairie, there's not one industry left on Industrial Drive anymore, only the boarded up remnants of buildings that used to provide $8-an-hour jobs to eager-to-work country folks. Ten miles up Highway 105 in Charleston, a once-thriving Wal-Mart sits in a similarly sad state, one of several symbols of this Bootheel county's desperate economic situation...
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Freedoms enjoyed by POWs, Iraq
(International News ~ 04/20/03)
Seven U.S. captives from the Iraqi war flew to a jubilant Texas homecoming Saturday, while in Baghdad, Iraqis began to taste the freedoms -- from whiskey to religion -- denied them during years of dictatorial rule. A cheering crowd, including many friends and family members of the former prisoners of war, greeted the C-17 transport plane carrying the seven former POWs as it landed at Fort Bliss near El Paso, Texas, after a flight from Germany...
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Leftover U.S. ordnance injures child, soldiers
(International News ~ 04/20/03)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Four U.S. soldiers on patrol were wounded Saturday when an Iraqi girl handed them an explosive and it blew up, American military officials said. They said they believed it was an accident. None of the injuries was life-threatening, said Col. Michael Linnington, commander of the 101st Airborne's 3rd Brigade, the wounded soldiers' unit...
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Iraqi dinar getting facelift
(International News ~ 04/20/03)
DOHA, Qatar -- Amid toppled statues and paint-splattered murals, one image of Saddam Hussein endures in postwar Iraq: the stoic portrait of the former president in a suit and tie that graces pastel-colored bank notes. But the so-called "Saddam dinar," which has lost half its value with the collapse of the Iraqi government, could soon go the way of the Confederate dollar...
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Yellow ribbon placed along 10-mile stretch
(Local News ~ 04/20/03)
Judy Smith of Jackson, tied a ribbon on the pole at Old Cape Rd. and Highway 61 in Jackson; one of about 150 she and husband, Rodney, double-knotted as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon yesterday. The couple started at 7 a.m. and after completing the job done by 9 a.m. went back for another 50 ribbons...
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N. Korea proposes talks with S. Korea in wake of nuclear claims
(International News ~ 04/20/03)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea made a conciliatory gesture toward South Korea on Saturday, proposing high-level talks a day after jeopardizing negotiations with the United States by claiming it is reprocessing spent nuclear fuel, possibly for weapons...
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Arizona slips past Redbirds, wins 4-3
(Professional Sports ~ 04/20/03)
Diamonbacks end frustrations at Busch Stadium. By R.B. Fallstrom ~ The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- It was a breakout day for two Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers. Converted closer Byung-Hyun Kim won his first career game as a starter and Matt Mantei got six straight outs for his first save in two seasons in a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday...
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SARS kills 12 in Hong Kong; Singapore worried about economy
(International News ~ 04/20/03)
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong reported a record 12 deaths in a single day from the SARS virus Saturday, while Singapore's leader warned that the outbreak could become the worst economic crisis his city-state has ever faced. The concern over severe acute respiratory syndrome is so strong that Vietnam was considering closing its border with China, where the disease is believed to have originated. The global death toll hit at least 185, with at least 3,000 people infected so far...
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Major ruling on affirmative action awaits the Supreme Court
(National News ~ 04/20/03)
WASHINGTON -- In the coming months, the Supreme Court plans major rulings on affirmative action, gay sex and free speech, and may take on new fights over political fund raising, the Pledge of Allegiance and terrorism. "Everyone assumes Rehnquist is going to retire," said New York University law professor Norman Dorsen. "They talk about it like it's a done deal," even though few, if any, observers really know for sure...
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Missouri education funding may face overhaul
(State News ~ 04/20/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- There seems to be wide agreement that Missouri's method of distributing money to local schools is broken. But fixing one of the most complex and critical aspects of state government will prove a difficult and politically controversial task...
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Senate seeks crackdown on small-town speed traps
(Local News ~ 04/20/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Small Missouri towns that pay the bills primarily by ticketing motorists as they pass through may soon have to find a new way of raising money. A provision of an omnibus traffic regulations bill debated by the Senate last week would further restrict how much of a city's budget may be funded through traffic fines...
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Showcasing the scenery
(Community ~ 04/20/03)
Submitted photo The pink blossoms of this dogwood are at their peak. Visitors to Southeast Missouri should see the blooms at their best during the annual scenic drive April 26 and 27. By Laura Johnston * Southeast Missourian Drive the back roads through Southeast Missouri and you'll see historic churches, restored farmhouses and open fields on rolling hills. ...
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Virtual cemetery for Vail residents
(Community ~ 04/20/03)
DENVER -- Land is too scarce and expensive for a cemetery in Vail, the nation's most popular ski town. A virtual cemetery may be the answer. Several efforts to build a cemetery in the mountain town have been defeated, with opponents saying there wasn't enough room and it didn't fit the resort's image. Supporters said Vail would never be a real town until it offered a final resting place for residents...
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Charges dismissed in child-porn case
(State News ~ 04/20/03)
The Association Press ST. LOUIS -- Because of an investigator's misstep, the government has abandoned prosecution of a St. Louis County man who had admitting possessing child pornography. The prosecution of Gregory Strauser arose from the federal "Operation Candyman" investigation...
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Amos-Kranawetter
(Engagement ~ 04/20/03)
Ann Amos of Scott City announces the engagement of her daughter, Goldia Marie Amos, to Greg Kranawetter. He is the son of Bob and Karen Kranawetter of Gordonville. Amos is also the daughter of the late Ronald Amos. Amos is a graduate of Scott City High School. She is employed at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau...
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Out of the past 4/20/03
(Out of the Past ~ 04/20/03)
10 years ago: April 20, 1993 Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau is expected to crest today at 40.3 feet, 8.3 feet above flood stage and its highest level in almost seven years; in addition to closing several streets in unprotected areas of north and south side of city, high water has also disrupted other activities...
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Heisserer-Daniel
(Wedding ~ 04/20/03)
ORAN, Mo. -- Dana Lynne Heisserer and Jeremy Cole Daniel were married Oct. 26, 2002, at Guardian Angel Catholic Church. The Rev. John Harth performed the ceremony. Mass servers were Crysten Heisserer, Tyler Beardslee and Evan Reischman, cousins of the bride...
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Thompson-Kutscher
(Wedding ~ 04/20/03)
Angela Dawn Thompson and Timothy Walter Kutscher were married May 4, 2002, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Olivette, Mo. The Rev. Paul W. Rueckert performed the ceremony. Acolytes were Kyle and Thomas Aufdenberg, sons of David and Carla Aufdenberg of Jackson and cousins of the groom. Organist was Paul Snyder. Vocalist was Christopher Thompson of Newton, Ill., brother of the bride...
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Fulkerson-Ford
(Engagement ~ 04/20/03)
Ray F. and Sondra K. Fulkerson of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Kara Rae Fulkerson, to Keller Watson Ford. He is the son of Jerry and Margaret Ford of Cape Girardeau and Robin Fisher of Jackson. Fulkerson is a 1995 graduate of Central High School. She is manager at Ruby Tuesday Restaurant...
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Schloss-Goodin
(Engagement ~ 04/20/03)
Larry M. and Brenda D. Schloss of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Cailin Schloss, to Arthur Lee Goodin II, both of Poplar Bluff, Mo. He is the son of Arthur F. and Sara A. Goodin of Thebes, Ill. Schloss received a bachelor of science degree in fitness and sports medicine from Southeast Missouri State University in May 2002. She is a lead wellness technician at Tenet Healthcare in Poplar Bluff...
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Gunn-Sander
(Engagement ~ 04/20/03)
Victor and Mary Gunn of Fairbanks, Alaska, announce the engagement of their daughter, Alexia M. Gunn, to Mark R. Sander, both of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of John and Pam Sander of Jackson. Gunn is an agent with Century 21 Key Realty and is also employed at St. Francis Medical Center...
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Irlbeck-Cain
(Engagement ~ 04/20/03)
Robert and Mary Irlbeck of Weingarten, Mo., formerly of Cape Girardeau, announce the engagement of their daughter, Bess Marie Irlbeck, to James Michael Cain. He is the son of James and Cherie Cain of St. Louis. Irlbeck is a 1993 graduate of Notre Dame High School. ...
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Brands-Jenkins
(Engagement ~ 04/20/03)
Stephen and Kaye Brands of Gordonville announce the engagement of their daughter, Leslie Catherine Brands, to Richard Wayne Jenkins. He is the son of Guy and Linda Jenkins of Sikeston, Mo. Brands is a 2001 graduate of Jackson High School, and is pursuing a degree in social work at Southeast Missouri State University. She is employed at Superior Advertising and Marketing Inc. in Gordonville...
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Rehabbing for the draft
(Professional Sports ~ 04/20/03)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- A therapist starts the treadmill, and Willis McGahee begins to walk, then jog. His smooth stride appears effortless, but his arms pump like pistons, and soon sweat forms on his forehead. With the NFL draft on April 26, McGahee is racing the clock to show he'll be able to play this season...
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Greater Niagara region full of scenery, history
(Community ~ 04/20/03)
Treat your taste buds to some quality wines, take in a jazz concert or museum exhibit, then take a hike or just explore some quality scenery. It's all in western New York state, and there are plenty of Web guides to help you find your way. Between lakes Erie and Ontario, the Buffalo area -- www.buffalocvb.org/home.html -- has things to entertain you and places to stay -- and an airport if you're not driving into the region. ...
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Lawmakers' house subsidized by religious group
(National News ~ 04/20/03)
WASHINGTON -- Six members of Congress live in a $1.1 million Capitol Hill town house that is subsidized by a secretive religious organization, according to tax records. The lawmakers, all Christians, pay low rent to live in the stately red brick, three-story house on C Street, two blocks from the Capitol. It is maintained by a group alternately known as the "Fellowship" and the "Foundation" and brings together world leaders and officials through religion...
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Aufdenbergs mark 25 years
(Anniversary ~ 04/20/03)
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Aufdenberg of Burfordville celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary April 5, 2003. A Mass of celebration was held at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson, followed by a dinner. Guests attended from Burfordville, Cape Girardeau, Leopold, Patton, Jackson, St. Charles, Mo., and Garland, Texas...
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Warren- Prichard
(Engagement ~ 04/20/03)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Larry and Diane Warren of Dexter, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Michelle Diane Warren, to Curtis Lane Prichard of Altenburg. He is the son of Betty Prichard of St. Louis. Warren received a bachelor of science degree in occupational therapy and a master's degree in business administration, both from Washington University in St. Louis...
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Sechrest-Lincoln
(Engagement ~ 04/20/03)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Gregory and Janet Sechrest of Marble Hill announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Lee Sechrest, to Gregory Michael Lincoln. He is the son of Ronald and Loris Lincoln of Glenallen, Mo. Sechrest is a 1997 graduate of Woodland High School. ...
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Stubenrauch-Cantrell
(Engagement ~ 04/20/03)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Lonnie and Wilma Stubenrauch of Advance announce the engagement of their daughter, Sheila Stubenrauch, to Seth Cantrell. He is the son of Rodney and Gayle Cantrell of Advance. Stubenrauch is a graduate of Advance High School, and is pursuing a degree in administrative systems management at Southeast Missouri State University. She is employed at the Bank of Advance...
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Indians get back for sweep, thump EIU
(College Sports ~ 04/20/03)
Southeast breaks loose for 22-9 victory over Eastern Illinois. By Marty Mishow ~ Southeast Missourian Call it payback. Southeast Missouri State University took out its frustrations from Friday's doubleheader sweep at the hands of Eastern Illinois by destroying the visiting Panthers 22-9 Saturday afternoon...
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Listening to the lilies as we pass
(Column ~ 04/20/03)
Jerusalem Nisan, 3791 Dear Salome, I know you have heard what happened in Jerusalem last week, but I want to tell you about my part. I had gone to the well on Friday morning to get our daily supply of water. There were more women there than usual, all talking loudly and emotionally...
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