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Odds and Ends 4/18
(National News ~ 04/18/04)
The silence of the Easter bunnies: Skit misfires GLASSPORT, Pa. -- First, the Passion of the Christ. Now, the torment of the Easter Bunny? It may not have been as gruesome as Mel Gibson's movie, but many parents and children got upset when a church trying to teach about Jesus' crucifixion performed an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and breaking eggs. ...
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Elmer Hileman
(Obituary ~ 04/18/04)
ANNA, Ill. -- Elmer R. "Blue" Hileman, 95, of Anna died Friday, April 16, 2004, at Union County Nursing Home. He was born Dec. 17, 1908, son of Walter C. and Emma Bartruff Hileman. Hileman was a laborer with Laborers Local 1330. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Anna. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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Daniel Beard
(Obituary ~ 04/18/04)
Daniel J. Beard, 53, of Jackson died Friday, April 16, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 17, 1950, in Green Bay, Wis., son of John C. and Kathleen Lasee Beard. He and Kay Patz were married Feb. 8, 1969. In January, Beard became a manager at the CLM Pallet Recycling near Fruitland. He was also attending Southeast Missouri State University. He was previously employed at Jerry Lipps Inc. near Fruitland...
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Albert Foutch
(Obituary ~ 04/18/04)
THEBES, Ill. -- Albert Leon Foutch Sr., 66, of Thebes died Saturday, April 17, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill.
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David White
(Obituary ~ 04/18/04)
TAMMS, Ill., -- David White, 58, of Tamms died Friday, April 16, 2004, at his home. He was born Aug. 4, 1946, at Kalamazoo, Mich., son of Charles and Patricia White. He was a truck driver for many years and served in the U.S. Army. He was an active member of the Lions Club while living in Kalamazoo...
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Bradley LePage
(Obituary ~ 04/18/04)
Bradley W. LePage, 24, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 17, 2004, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at the Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
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Kathryn Baine
(Obituary ~ 04/18/04)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Kathryn Baine, 86, of Tamms died Friday, April 16, 2004, at her home. She was born May 17, 1917, in Union County, Ill., daughter of Oliver Houston and Ida Dewitt Ferguson. She and William W. Baine were married Nov. 5, 1936. He died July 26, 1963...
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Out of the past 4/18/04
(Out of the Past ~ 04/18/04)
10 years ago: April 18, 1994 Relief is in sight for those suffering from flooding Mississippi River; stream crested yesterday at Cape Girardeau at 41.6 feet; personnel from Command Coast Guard forces from Paducah, Ky., are continuing flood-relief operations in and around Olive Branch in Alexander County in Illinois...
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Bailey-Streiler
(Wedding ~ 04/18/04)
Crystal Gail Bailey and Jason Wayne Streiler were united in marriage March 27, 2004, at Red Star Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. Timothy Miller of Jackson performed the ceremony. Soloist was Tammie Crowe of Bland, Mo., sister of the bride. The bride is the daughter of Rick and Robby Bailey of Scopus, Mo. The groom is the son of Christina Streiler of Anna, Ill., and Rick Streiler of Scott City...
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Smith-Parks
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
Mark and Ranae Smith of Dexter, Mo., formerly of Cape Girardeau, announce the engagement of their daughter, April Dawn Smith, to Jay Parks. He is the son of James and Janice Parks of Oxford, Miss. Smith is a 1999 graduate of Dexter High School. She received a bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Mississippi-Oxford in 2003, and expects to receive a doctorate of pharmacy in May 2005...
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Petzoldt-Huskey
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
Raymond and Donna Petzoldt of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Valerie Joan Petzoldt, to Jason Andrew Huskey. He is the son of Jerry and Mary Huskey of Jackson. Petzoldt is a 1999 graduate of Jackson High School. She expects to receive a bachelor of science degree in communication disorders from Southeast Missouri State University in May. She is a pediatric dental assistant for Dr. Susan Sheets...
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Maskus- Tatum
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
Ken and Vicki Maskus of Cedar Hill, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Kay Maskus, to James Jordan Tatum. He is the son of Jim and Teresa Tatum of Cape Girardeau. Maskus received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University in December 2003...
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Schoen- Easley
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
Thomas and Sandra Schoen of Oak Ridge announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Lea Schoen, to Corwin James Easley. He is the son of Jack and Laura Luttrell of Cape Girardeau and Jim and Sue Easley of St. Charles, Mo. Schoen is a 2001 graduate of Central High School. She is a nurse assistant at Southeast Missouri Hospital...
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King-Hann
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
Rick and Lynda King of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Erika King, to Kevin Hann, both of St. Louis. He is the son of Frank and Kathy Hann of Collinsville, Ill. King received a bachelor's degree in social work from Southeast Missouri State University in 2002. She expects to receive a master's degree in social work from St. Louis University in May...
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Brazel-Gloth
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
Pat and Carol Brazel of Scott City announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Elizabeth Brazel, to James Allen Gloth. He is the son of James and Sue Gloth of Delta. Brazel is a 1993 graduate of Scott City High School, and received a medical transcription certificate from Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center. She is employed at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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Litzelfelner-Findlay
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
Bruce and Cheryl Thomas and Rob and Michele Litzelfelner of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Julie Ann Litzelfelner, to Paul Frederick Findlay. He is the son of Paul and Charlotte Findlay of Oak Ridge. Litzelfelner is a 1999 graduate of Jackson High School. She received a master's degree in occupational therapy from Maryville University in May 2003. She is a registered occupational therapist at Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla, Mo...
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Hinkebein-Tubbs
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Charles and Glenda Tubbs of Chaffee announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Marie Hinkebein, to Nicholas Walker Tubbs, both of Beaufort, N.C. He is the son of Cleveland and Carol Tubbs of Hickory, N.C. Hinkebein is a 1997 graduate of Delta High School, and attended Southeast Missouri State University...
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Jennifer Lincoln
(Obituary ~ 04/18/04)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Jennifer Mae Lincoln, 17, of Glenallen died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in a car accident on Highway 34, a mile west of Glenallen. Her sister, Jessica Dees, also died in the accident. She was born May 24, 1986, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of Timothy Dale and Kathleen Bonnie Lindley Lincoln...
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Karen Schestak
(Obituary ~ 04/18/04)
Karen Schestak, 70, of St. Louis died Friday, April 16, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 14, 1934. Survivors include her husband, Robert Schestak of St. Louis; four daughters, Romona Lewis of Jackson, Deborah Hall, Margo Potter and Kathryn Darden, all of St. Louis; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren...
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Jessica Dees
(Obituary ~ 04/18/04)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Jessica Lee Dees, 15, of Glenallen died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in a car accident on Highway 34, a mile west of Glenallen. Her sister, Jennifer Mae Lincoln, also died in the accident. She was born Oct. 10, 1988, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of Joe Lee and Kathleen Bonnie Lindley Dees...
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So high an honor Descendants, re-enactors gather in Charleston
(National News ~ 04/18/04)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Thousands of men in Confederate gray and Union blue and women in black hoop skirts and veils escorted the crew of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship, to their final resting place Saturday...
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Columbine as history
(National News ~ 04/18/04)
LITTLETON, Colo. -- Sean Graves knows exactly how he will observe Tuesday's fifth anniversary of the Columbine High massacre: He will rise early, head to the school before the crowds and find the exact spot where he fell after he was shot four times and paralyzed from the waist down...
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Rising Iraqi leaders have fewer ties to U.S.
(International News ~ 04/18/04)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A new batch of Iraqi leaders has sprung up in the latest spasm of violence in Iraq -- people with grassroots support but few or no ties to the U.S.-led occupation. The new players include an association of Sunni clerics, "the Prince of the Marshes" from southern Iraq and an outspoken Shiite woman dentist...
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Major developments in Iraq Saturday
(International News ~ 04/18/04)
Marines fought pitched battles against about 150 gunmen in Qaim, near the Syrian border, the city police chief said. Five Marines and scores of insurgents were killed in the 14-hour battle, an embedded journalist reported. A U.S. military spokesman could not confirm the report...
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Israeli attack kills second leader of Hamas in less than a mon
(International News ~ 04/18/04)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel assassinated Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi in a missile strike on his car Saturday, part of its declared campaign to wipe out the Islamic militant group's leadership ahead of a planned Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Two of Rantisi's bodyguards were also killed...
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Legends live on at the Alamo
(Community ~ 04/18/04)
The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO -- Wear the coonskin cap if you must, but you'll have to take it off at the front door of the Alamo. And if you expect the ushers to bust a gut when you ask, "Where's the basement?", don't be disappointed if Pee Wee Herman's well-worn gag only gets you a polite but weary smile...
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Book- Bush misled public on war meeting
(National News ~ 04/18/04)
WASHINGTON -- Following an important meeting on Iraq war planning in late 2001, President Bush told the public that the discussions were about Afghanistan. He made no mention afterward about Iraq even though that was the real focus of the session at his ranch...
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Stevie Wonder to receive award
(Local News ~ 04/18/04)
NEW YORK -- Stevie Wonder has been selected as recipient of the Johnny Mercer Award by The National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame. The award will be presented June 10 at the 2004 awards dinner at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. "The Johnny Mercer Award goes to a 'songwriter's songwriter,"' Hal David, chairman and chief executive officer of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, said in a statement Thursday...
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Police report 04/18/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/18/04)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Larry Edward Scaggs Jr., no age given, 35 Virginia St., McClure, Ill., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated following a vehicle accident at Morgan Oak and Spanish...
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Fire report 04/18/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/18/04)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following item on Thursday: At 8:55 p.m., an emergency medical service at 3265 William. Firefighters responded to the following items on Friday: At 3:31 a.m., an emergency medical service at 3126 Themis. At 7:30 a.m., a fire at 2802 Independence...
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Reaching voters
(Editorial ~ 04/18/04)
In the first installment last Sunday of an occasional series of stories -- called "How we choose" and planned for the months leading up to this November's general election -- the Associated Press looked at why more Americans aren't participating in our Democratic process...
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U.N. effectiveness depends on U.S.
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/18/04)
To the editor: When people talk of the United Nations organization, they seem to imply that it is some kind of foreign or alien entity which is at best indifferent to our concerns or even antagonistic to us. We helped organize the United Nations, and we are very much a part of it. ...
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Fair Tax Act would end IRS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/18/04)
To the editor: Now that we have all finished our annual tax ritual, consider what it would be like to skip it forever. Also skip the 15 percent Social Security tax and the Medicare tax. The government and all its social programs would still be fully funded by those above the poverty level. Those souls living below the poverty level would pay no tax at all...
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Too little money, too much advice
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/18/04)
To the editor: Like many others, I came to this city because of the Southeast Missouri State University. I retired not voluntarily about 12 years ago. Since then I have seen many changes in the organization and conduct of the school. Many of them, I feel, were unfortunate...
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Speak Out AA 04/18/04
(Speak Out ~ 04/18/04)
Great street lighting I WAS calling about the lights that were put up in Jackson on Main Street. I think they look wonderful. They provide bright lighting so you can see the street and the surroundings at night. To whoever was in charge of that, disregard all the negative responses you have received, because it looks absolutely wonderful...
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Rosalind Vogel
(Obituary ~ 04/18/04)
Rosalind Justus Vogel, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 15, 2004, at her home. She was born May 19, 1920, at Hendersonville, N.C., the daughter of Troy and Edith Justus. Vogel graduated from Hendersonville High School and from Chillicothe Business College and was employed by the U.S. ...
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Schaefer-Jamison
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
William and Deborah Schaefer of Marion, Ky., formerly of Jackson, announce the engagement of their daughter, Gretchen Sarah Schaefer, to Carlton Arlen Jamison Jr. of Quantico, Va. He is the son of Denise Spolerich and Carl and Susan Jamison of Livermore, Calif...
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Carter-Brotherton
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
Don and Judy Summers of Cape Girardeau and Bill and Ginger Carter of Beulaville, N.C., announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Carter, to Cory Brotherton. He is the son of Steve and Carolyn Brotherton of Jackson. Carter is a 2000 graduate of Jackson High School and Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center. She is employed at Wal-Mart Supercenter in Jackson, and at Southeast Missouri Hospital...
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Umstattd-Webster
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
ANNA, Ill. -- Mr. and Mrs. Randy Webster of Anna announce the engagement of their son, Jared Webster, to Cindy Umstattd. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Umstattd of Adrian, Mo. Umstattd expects to receive a bachelor of arts degree in elementary education from Southwest Baptist University at Bolivar, Mo., in May...
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N.C. boy killed by father's dogs
(National News ~ 04/18/04)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- An 8-year-old boy was mauled to death by his father's four pit bulls, and prosecutors were considering charges against the father ranging from child neglect to murder. Roddie Philip Dumas Jr. was attacked in the fenced-in yard of his father's home Friday. Neighbors and a postal worker who heard the boy's screams rushed to the scene...
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Ukrainian Gulliver- Huge man in a tiny village
(International News ~ 04/18/04)
PODOLIANTSY, Ukraine -- At age 33, Leonid Stadnik wishes he would stop growing. He's already 8 feet, 4 inches. Recent measurements show that Stadnik is already 7 inches taller than Radhouane Charbib of Tunisia, listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest living man. He's also gaining on the 8-11 Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in history...
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Italy can make you love opera
(Community ~ 04/18/04)
VERONA, Italy -- How do you make the long journey from being an opera hater to an opera lover? When does the shrieking of sopranos and bellowing of tenors resolve into lovely music? For me, that journey took place on a real trip -- to Italy, where opera was born...
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Cards welcome Big Mac back, whack Rockies
(Professional Sports ~ 04/18/04)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals celebrated Mark McGwire's return with a few home runs. Scott Rolen homered twice and had four RBIs, and Albert Pujols also connected as the Cardinals rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 8-4 Saturday...
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Teammates surprised by incident
(Professional Sports ~ 04/18/04)
ST. LOUIS -- A day after St. Louis forward Mike Danton was charged in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme, his Blues teammates were still having trouble fathoming the news. "It's beyond shock," forward Doug Weight said Saturday as players cleaned out their lockers. "I don't know what to say."...
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Chicken feet slow to scratch American markets
(State News ~ 04/18/04)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Tong Trithara prefers his chicken feet Thai-style -- in a salad with lemon grass and lime juice. Ainsworth Williams likes them Jamaican-style, stewed with vegetables. And Mr. Yen's restaurant in Springfield serves them Chinese-style, steamed in sauce...
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Otahkians hit well but lose two
(College Sports ~ 04/18/04)
Southeast Missourian Southeast Missouri State University's softball team outhit powerful Jacksonville (Ala.) State during Saturday's Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader. But the Otahkians had little to show for their efforts as the visiting Gamecocks posted a sweep, 6-5 and 6-3...
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Governors take two from Indians
(College Sports ~ 04/18/04)
All the people who expected a tight, down-to-the-wire three-game series between Austin Peay and Southeast Missouri State University only got it half-right Saturday. After a classic opener won by Austin Peay, 3-2 in 10 innings, the visiting Governors put a resounding cap on their doubleheader sweep with a 15-4 romp in the seven-inning nightcap. The series concludes at 1 p.m. today at Capaha Field...
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High court prepares for its first cases on terrorism
(National News ~ 04/18/04)
WASHINGTON -- A few days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia crowded into a chapel in Rome for a Mass honoring the dead. The next week, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wept as she stood at the site of the fallen World Trade Center towers...
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Jackson baseball unable to hold lead at Oakville
(High School Sports ~ 04/18/04)
The Jackson baseball surrendered three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and went on to suffer an extra-innings loss at Oakville on Saturday. Oakville rallied for the 7-6 victory against Jackson closer Kyle Brown, who suffered his first loss after converting four save opportunities this season...
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Oran makes most of change
(High School Sports ~ 04/18/04)
Oran's baseball team was not originally scheduled to play in the Oak Ridge Tournament. But after a team pulled out of Oran's tournament and a slot opened up in the Oak Ridge tournament, the Eagles were in. On Saturday, Oran (8-2) put its appearance to good use, beating St. Vincent 12-5 to win the championship at Oak Ridge High School...
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Democrats united on Kerry, not governor
(State News ~ 04/18/04)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- As Missouri Democrats gathered Saturday at their state convention, the focus was on picking the final delegates who will formally nominate U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts as the national party's candidate for president. While unified in the goal of ousting Republican President George W. ...
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Children speaking visually
(Local News ~ 04/18/04)
An unusual sculpture sat atop a table in Jackson High School's multipurpose room Saturday. It was a sculpture of a face, a white face with typed words and phrases written in horizontal lines across its forehead, over its nose and chin. Thin metal wires, a little thicker than a paper clip, were bent in horizontal semicircles around the face like a cage. And spewing out and down from the mouth of this face were black rubbery strands that looked something like artificial fishing worms...
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McCaskill questions governor on release of education funds
(Local News ~ 04/18/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State Auditor Claire McCaskill last week saw ulterior motives in Gov. Bob Holden's Good Friday decision to release $127 million in approved education funding he had withheld last summer. McCaskill, who is seeking to claim the 2004 Democratic gubernatorial nomination from the incumbent, questioned Holden's explanation that the money to cover the withholding recently became available...
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Special Olympics event is a special day
(Community Sports ~ 04/18/04)
More than 300 athletes took part in the Southeast Area Special Olympics Spring Games on Saturday at the Central Junior High track complex. The event was co-sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department and attracted competitors representing 25 agencies...
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National Library Week starts at Cape library with 'Pied Piper'
(Local News ~ 04/18/04)
St. Louis storyteller and poet Jeff Miller ushered in National Library Week a day early with a performance at the Cape Girardeau Public Library on Saturday. Miller, dubbed "The Pied Piper of Poetry," travels to perform and gather material through oral histories...
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Sheriff- Body of missing N.D. student found
(National News ~ 04/18/04)
CROOKSTON, Minn. -- The body of University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin was found Saturday, revealed by the spring thaw in an area volunteers had searched several times during the five months she had been missing, searchers said Saturday. Sheriff Mark LeTexier sobbed as he told volunteers, "Dru is home." An official identification and autopsy were scheduled, he said. ...
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Players with local ties try to make their marks in pro baseball
(Sports Column ~ 04/18/04)
Several professional baseball players with local ties -- including Kerry Robinson, the area's lone major-leaguer, who is now with the Padres after being traded from the Cardinals -- have started their seasons. A few more local products once again will be playing in various independent pro leagues, but most don't begin for at least another month and they'll be addressed at a later time...
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Satellite radio may become the cable TV of radio
(National News ~ 04/18/04)
NEW YORK -- If traditional radio decides Howard Stern is too hot to handle, satellite radio is waiting with an armload of wet T-shirts. Even if the prince of "shock jocks" stays where he is, the two nationwide satellite radio companies hope the Stern controversy can help them become the radio equivalent of cable TV -- a popular destination for racy, raunchy, unregulated content...
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Judd-McLean
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Judd of Scott City announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa Anne Judd, to Jonathan Patrick McLean. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim McLean of Cape Girardeau. Judd is a 1996 graduate of Notre Dame High School. She received a bachelor of science degree in developmental psychology from Southeast Missouri State University in 2000. ...
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Hale-Sadler
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
Dee Warren of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Rodney and Diane Hale of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Hale, to Christopher John Sadler, both of Ballwin, Mo. He is the son of Roberta and Donald Allen of Van Buren, Mo., and Kenneth Sadler of Poplar Bluff...
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Hamm-Patterson
(Engagement ~ 04/18/04)
BENTON, Mo. -- David and Theresa Siebert of Benton and Rick Hamm of Van Buren, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Brandi Nicole Hamm of Cape Girardeau, to Justen David Patterson of Lake St. Louis. He is the son of Darline Brown of Jackson and Harold Patterson of Advance, Mo...
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FanSpeak 4/18/04
(Community Sports ~ 04/18/04)
Oops I'D LIKE to comment on the player of the year award in the Southeast Missourian, Domintrix Johnson. No wonder he was a marked man, having Bell City spelled on his uniform with the city spelled c-t-i-y. We need a batting cage I WANT to know why Cape Girardeau is unable to provide a well-prepared batting cage? As of April 16, the cages are unprepared for our youths, who will be participating in the baseball program offered by the community. ...
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Corrections 4/18/04
(Community Sports ~ 04/18/04)
In Sunday's edition of the Southeast Missourian, Jackson High School baseball player Zach Brazer's name was spelled incorrectly. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error. In the April 2 and April 13 editions, Advance softball player Alicia Broshuis's name was misspelled. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error...
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Honor Rolls 4/18/04
(Honor Roll ~ 04/18/04)
St. Paul Lutheran School Scholastic Honor Roll 8th Grade -- Alisha Craft, Anna Haertling, Jessica Reisenbichler. 7th Grade -- Michael Graefe. 6th Grade -- Valerie Drewett, Lauren Schuette. 5th Grade -- Bailey Crites, Landon Goodson, Taylor Nolan, Joseph Schneider, Ryan Sprandel.High Honor Roll...
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Conservation effort has come a long way in Missouri
(Outdoors ~ 04/18/04)
Missouri is situated at a diverse ecological crossroads, where millions of acres of eastern hardwood meet up with southern pine forest. Swamps and sand prairies in southeast Missouri butt against rare karst (cave/spring) communities. Springfed Ozark rivers cut through stunning limestone cliffs...
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World briefs 4/18/04
(Local News ~ 04/18/04)
Kosovo shootout kills three U.N. police KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Serbia-Montenegro -- A Jordanian policeman opened fire on a group of international U.N. police in Kosovo on Saturday, killing two Americans before he was killed when officers returned fire. ...
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Sports briefs 4/18/04
(Other Sports ~ 04/18/04)
Teams recognized for academic achievements The Missouri State High School Activities Association listed recipients of fall and winter Scholastic Achievement Awards in its March-April edition of the Journal. Jackson, Leopold and Zalma high schools had teams recognized on the Outstanding Scholastic Achievement lists for collective grade point averages of 3.25 or better...
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Dedication of flood project Monday
(Local News ~ 04/18/04)
City and federal officials will hold a dedication ceremony Monday to celebrate the completion of Cape Girardeau's flood control project. U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Army Corps of Engineers officials are scheduled to speak at the 2 p.m. ceremony at the Osage Community Centre...
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McGwire comments -- well, sort of -- on steroid issue
(Professional Sports ~ 04/18/04)
ST. LOUIS -- Back at Busch Stadium for the first time since retiring, Mark McGwire had little to say about steroids in baseball. "Well, I'm really not in touch with any of that stuff because I usually hear it from friends and stuff, and I tell them I don't want to really hear about any of that stuff," said McGwire, 40. "I don't really have any opinion on any of that stuff. It's just very unfortunate."...
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Medical malpractice claims at 17-year low
(State News ~ 04/18/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Fewer medical malpractice claims were filed and paid in 2003 than in any year since Missouri's laws on personal injury lawsuits were revised in 1986, the state Insurance Department said Friday. "The Missouri malpractice insurance environment is sound," insurance director Scott Lakin said in a statement. ...
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Man gets 10 years for driving into club crowd
(State News ~ 04/18/04)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Kansas City man received a 10-year prison sentence for driving his Cadillac into a crowd outside a Springfield nightclub. Demond Parker, 30, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to six counts of assault and one count of leaving the scene of an accident that injured several people on March 15, 2002...
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A night at the picture show
(International News ~ 04/18/04)
BEIJING -- It's Saturday night, and shiny new cars rumble onto the leafy lot. Customers munch dried squid. On the screen above, Tom Cruise is speaking Chinese. China is at the drive-in. "We all work so hard nowadays that after work you want to be lighthearted," said Liu Xiu, who came to the Maple Motor Cinema to see "The Last Samurai." Also in the family's year-old Citroen sedan were her husband and 5-year-old daughter...
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CBS, NBC prepare to expand successful franchises amid worries
(Entertainment ~ 04/18/04)
NEW YORK -- Network executives spend much of their time this month in darkened rooms, watching pilots for new shows and guessing which can become hits. Some of the guesswork is gone at CBS and NBC, where additional spinoffs of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Law & Order" are already penciled in...
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Friend says captured Ohio soldier calm under stress
(National News ~ 04/18/04)
BATAVIA, Ohio -- A young Army reservist taken hostage in Iraq has what it takes to withstand the ordeal, friends say. "He's strong mentally, he's strong spiritually -- he's going to be fine," said David Black, a family friend. Pfc. Keith M. Maupin, known as Matt, had been missing since his convoy was attacked April 9 outside Baghdad. ...
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Public radio station expands reach in Southeast region
(Local News ~ 04/18/04)
Public radio station KRCU already bills itself as Southeast Public Radio, but it will be more deserving of the name once work on a radio tower in Farmington, Mo., is complete and the station can reach twice as many radio listeners. "We'll reach over 100,000 people," said station manager Dan Woods...
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