-
Otahkians try to erase rough regular season
(College Sports ~ 05/13/04)
Southeast Missouri State University's softball team compiled the worst overall regular season record in the program's history this year. And the Otahkians' sixth-place Ohio Valley Conference finish is their lowest since joining the league in 1992...
-
Tarantino, Almodovar get action rolling at Cannes
(Entertainment ~ 05/13/04)
CANNES, France -- Pedro Almodovar reveled Wednesday in his gig as opening act at the Cannes Film Festival, saying he felt like a puppetmaster about to draw back the curtain on a 12-day burst of cinema. Almodovar's "Bad Education," an intricate portrait of friends, lovers, film fanatics, transvestites and black-hearted Roman Catholic priests, was the 57th festival's debut movie, the first time a Spanish film has opened Cannes...
-
Former Afghan prisoner says he was abused in U.S. custody
(International News ~ 05/13/04)
SHEIKHO, Afghanistan -- An Afghan police colonel said Wednesday that he was beaten, stripped naked and sexually abused and humiliated while in U.S. custody for nearly 40 days last year at several bases in Afghanistan. The military said it has opened an inquiry...
-
U.S. soldiers fight al-Sadr supporters
(International News ~ 05/13/04)
KARBALA, Iraq -- U.S. tanks, helicopters and jets attacked fighters loyal to a radical Shiite cleric in this holy city Wednesday, partially destroying a mosque used by insurgents and setting seven hotels ablaze. Twenty-two militants were killed. The cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, urged his followers to resist and compared their struggle to the Vietnam War in his first news conference since the standoff began more than a month ago...
-
Nigerian Muslim mobs rampage for second day
(International News ~ 05/13/04)
KANO, Nigeria -- Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets of Kano on Wednesday as security forces struggled to quell a two-day rampage to avenge a massacre of hundreds of Nigerian Muslims. Police confirmed at least 30 killed in strife engulfing this northern city, where thousands -- mostly minority Christians -- cowered in army barracks and police stations as mobs attacked victims outside. ...
-
Mexican air force pilots buzzed by flying objects
(International News ~ 05/13/04)
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican air force pilots filmed 11 bright, rapidly moving objects in the skies that an expert said proved the existence of UFOs, but defense officials said Wednesday no conclusions had been reached about the objects' origins. A videotape aired Monday on national television showed a series of brilliant objects flying at more than 11,480 feet over southern Campeche state. ...
-
North Korea proposes military talks with South
(International News ~ 05/13/04)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Wednesday proposed holding high-level military talks with South Korea on May 26 aimed at reducing tension centered on the international standoff over the communist state's nuclear weapons development. In a telephone message, the North suggested that officials meet on the border Friday to work out the proposed high-level talks, the South's Defense Ministry said. ...
-
Five Israeli soldiers killed by second roadside bomb attack
(International News ~ 05/13/04)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- An explosion destroyed an Israeli armored vehicle Wednesday, killing five soldiers, in the second such attack by Palestinian militants in Gaza in two days. Hours later, an Israeli missile attack killed seven Palestinians, residents and Palestinian medical officials said...
-
Death toll from factory blast rises to seven
(International News ~ 05/13/04)
The Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland -- Rescue teams searched Wednesday for two people still missing after a Glasgow factory exploded, killing seven and injuring 44. Rescuers had not heard any voices or tapping from beneath the wreckage of the Stockline Plastics factory nearly 18 hours after an explosion ripped through the building, police said...
-
Rescuers, victims seek reunion after Madrid bombings
(International News ~ 05/13/04)
MADRID, Spain -- The woman with shrapnel in her neck remembered little about her rescuer except that he was young and wore dark clothes. Amnesia from the March 11 bomb blast in Madrid erased the rest. But her rescuer's recollection was vivid. "I'm looking for a blond woman who could not open her eyes due to the shards of glass and was feeling dizzy," the plainclothes policeman wrote on an Internet site...
-
Making sense of it all
(International News ~ 05/13/04)
LONDON -- The experts who cracked Nazi Germany's secret codes are tackling a 10-letter enigma that has stumped fine minds for more than 250 years -- D.O.U.O.S.V.A.V.V.M. Former code-breakers from Britain's World War II intelligence center at Bletchley Park set out this week to decipher a cryptic inscription on an 18th-century monument at an English country estate...
-
Global report finds one in 10 schoolchildren too fat
(International News ~ 05/13/04)
LONDON -- One of every 10 schoolchildren in the world is overweight, and about 45 million have an increased risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses before the age of 20, said the first global assessment of child obesity. The report, compiled by The International Obesity Task Force, estimates that at least 155 million children between the ages of 5 and 17, or about 10 percent of the total, are too heavy, while almost 45 million of them are obese...
-
Region briefs 5/13/04
(State News ~ 05/13/04)
Uunemployment fund bill passes Senate JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Legislation intended to replenish the state's unemployment benefits fund and address its long-term solvency won unanimous Senate approval Wednesday and moved to the House. The compromise measure would gradually raise the unemployment tax paid by employers, starting next January, and create a board of state officials to decide the best way to keep the fund from going broke -- including by issuing bonds. ...
-
State briefs 5/13/04
(State News ~ 05/13/04)
Court hears arguments on abuse reporting JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Prosecutors and a defense attorney each warned of broad social consequences Wednesday while alternately urging the state Supreme Court to affirm or overturn a state law allowing charges against certain people for failing to report suspected child abuse or neglect. ...
-
Highlights of Wednesday at the legislature
(State News ~ 05/13/04)
The Senate unanimously passed and sent to the House a bill intended to replenish the state's unemployment benefits fund and address its long-term solvency. Legislation that would restrict increases in the cost of medical malpractice insurance won House approval and went to the Senate...
-
Corporate tax break bill may have hit wall
(State News ~ 05/13/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A bill tightening a law that lets some multistate companies reduce their Missouri income taxes remained stuck in a committee with less than 48 hours left in the legislative session. "Nobody seems to want to do anything," Sen. John Cauthorn, who chairs the Government Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee, said Wednesday...
-
Nader wins Reform Party endorsement, ballot access in 7 states
(National News ~ 05/13/04)
WASHINGTON -- Independent Ralph Nader, reviled by some Democrats for his presidential bid, was endorsed Wednesday by the national Reform Party, giving him ballot access in at least seven states, including the battlegrounds of Florida and Michigan. Nader spokesman Kevin Zeese said the candidate welcomes the support but plans to continue running as an independent. ...
-
Ex-FBI handler of Chinese double agent pleads guilty to lying
(National News ~ 05/13/04)
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- A former FBI agent charged with allowing classified documents to fall into the hands of his lover -- a woman suspected of being a Chinese double agent -- pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying about their affair. James J. Smith, 60, also agreed to cooperate with the government in its investigation...
-
Study - Colon surgery styles equally effective
(National News ~ 05/13/04)
A decade-long study comparing conventional colon cancer surgery with "keyhole" surgery found identical success rates, disproving fears that tumors would be more likely to return if surgeons did not open up the patient's belly for a full view. In conventional surgery, doctors remove a cancerous colon segment through an eight-inch cut down the abdomen. ...
-
Farden gets green light to build on success
(College Sports ~ 05/13/04)
Tom Farden's impressive debut season as Southeast Missouri State University's head gymnastics coach has been rewarded. Farden, who served as the Otahkians' interim coach this year following four seasons as their assistant, on Wednesday officially had the interim tag removed...
-
Central girls soccer reaches .500 mark
(High School Sports ~ 05/13/04)
The Central girls soccer team climbed back to the .500 mark Wednesday by beating visiting Sikeston 2-0. Chelsey Oliver had a goal and an assist for the Tigers (11-11). Mallory Wilson had a goal, and Heidi Pilsner added an assist. The Jackson girls soccer match at Perryville was rained out and will not be made up.BASEBALL...
-
Doing what you've always wanted to do
(Column ~ 05/13/04)
May 13, 2004 Dear Patty, Our niece, Danica, graduated from college last weekend in Kansas City surrounded by 20 members of her family and a new boyfriend on leave from the war in Iraq. She already has a job as a dental hygienist lined up in Kansas City and soon will start paying her own bills. Life gets real fast...
-
Jackson hires Notre Dame AD Scott
(High School Sports ~ 05/13/04)
Jackson High School will name a boys basketball coach this week. While school officials would not release the name Wednesday night, sources have informed the Southeast Missourian that Notre Dame athletic director and basketball coach Darrin Scott was offered and accepted the position Tuesday night. Scott confirmed that information Wednesday night...
-
Morris gets his first win vs. Braves
(Professional Sports ~ 05/13/04)
ST. LOUIS -- Matt Morris used to throw in the mid-90s. Now, he confuses hitters with his off-speed stuff. Morris pitched eight solid innings, helping the St. Louis Cardinals win their third straight with a 5-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night...
-
New program helps families with autism
(Column ~ 05/13/04)
There is new hope for families with autistic children in Southeast Missouri. Eighteen years ago, my son Taylor was diagnosed with autism. His mother and I were told that his mental and emotional capacities would always be extremely limited and he would probably need to be institutionalized. From that moment we set out to prove that prognosis wrong and do what we could to give our son a full and meaningful life. When we started, we were on our own...
-
Questions surround actions of U.S. victim
(International News ~ 05/13/04)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. authorities said Wednesday a young American who was beheaded by militants had been warned by the FBI to leave Iraq and was offered a plane ride to safety at a time when a new wave of violence spread across the country, making road travel extremely dangerous...
-
Opinions evenly divided at SEMO nickname forum
(Local News ~ 05/13/04)
About 40 people gathered Wednesday evening for the second of two scheduled public forums on Southeast Missouri State University's proposal to change the school's Indian nickname. Participants in the campus event were evenly divided in their opinion of whether or not to keep the Indian symbol. Alumni who identified with the Indian claimed that to do away with the nickname would end any kind of education students might have about and respect for American Indians...
-
'Affordable' housing
(Local News ~ 05/13/04)
Whether it's finding a house to buy within an affordable price range or locating a landlord who accepts rent subsidies through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Cape Girardeau residents whose incomes are low or moderate are encountering housing problems...
-
Downtown townhouse project in Cape gets board OK
(Local News ~ 05/13/04)
Cape Girardeau's Planning and Zoning Commission approved a proposal Wednesday to build 17 luxury townhouses in the city's downtown despite objections from more than a dozen neighbors who said they don't want that many buildings crowded onto one lot...
-
Block grant program helps some become homeowners
(Local News ~ 05/13/04)
Funded by the Missouri Department of Economic Development, Cape Girardeau operates a Community Development Block Grant program that offers money to residents in specific neighborhoods who qualify for remodeling and renovation grants. Six houses within the Good Hope-Bloomfield neighborhood already are completed or under construction. In all, 17 houses are available for renovations through the program...
-
High court hears DWI search warrant case by Jackson woman
(State News ~ 05/13/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- If the Missouri Supreme Court stops police from using search warrants to obtain physical evidence from drunken driving suspects who refuse to voluntarily submit to chemical testing, it will be going around the intent of a law designed to make DWI prosecutions easier, Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle told the court on Wednesday...
-
Sheriff honors four employees, two families for dedication
(Local News ~ 05/13/04)
Cape Girardeau County Sheriff John Jordan awarded four of his employees Wednesday morning, and honored two law-enforcement families who made the awards possible. Lt. Ryan Rueseler was awarded the 2003 Timothy J. Ruopp Award, named in memory of a former Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office employee who was killed in 1984 in the line of duty in California. Members of Ruopp's family were on hand for the ceremony...
-
Monsanto drops plans for biotech wheat
(Local News ~ 05/13/04)
Monsanto Co. said this week it has halted development of genetically engineered wheat. The biotech wheat would have been -- like its corn, cotton and oilseeds -- able to withstand Roundup herbicide. "As a result of our portfolio review and dialogue with wheat industry leaders, we recognize the business opportunities with Roundup Ready spring wheat are less attractive relative to Monsanto's other commercial priorities," said Carl Casale, Monsanto's executive vice president...
-
Studies - B vitamins may cut osteoporosis fracture risk
(National News ~ 05/13/04)
Folate and other B vitamins seem even more of a wonder drug than anyone suspected: Already known to prevent severe birth defects and heart attacks, they may also ward off broken bones from osteoporosis, two major studies suggest. The findings underscore doctors' longstanding recommendation that people take multivitamins. They could also further support the government's decision to require bread and cereal makers to fortify their products with folate, also known as folic acid...
-
Translator charged with spying released from jail
(National News ~ 05/13/04)
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An airman accused of spying while he worked at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba was ordered released from military jail Wednesday. The judge, Air Force Col. Barbara Brand, said Senior Airman Ahmad Al Halabi was not a flight risk and that "lesser forms of restraint are available." His civilian attorney, Donald G. ...
-
Harvey denies giving Clemons money
(Professional Sports ~ 05/13/04)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Tony Harvey, top assistant to Missouri basketball coach Quin Snyder, confirmed Wednesday he is accused by the NCAA of giving former player Ricky Clemons $250. Harvey denied the allegation. "I have not given Ricky any money, period," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview...
-
Gambling study is troubling to NCAA
(Professional Sports ~ 05/13/04)
CHICAGO -- An NCAA gambling study showed 35 percent of male athletes and 10 percent of female athletes have bet on college sports in the last year, and Division III athletes are the most likely to gamble. Division I athletes were the least likely to wager on college sports...
-
Smarty Jones favored in Preakness
(Professional Sports ~ 05/13/04)
The Preakness field is far from wide open. Kentucky Derby winner Smarty Jones was made the 8-5 morning-line favorite Wednesday for the second leg of the Triple Crown, and will leave from the No. 7 post in an 11-horse field. Lion Heart, the Derby runner-up, was the 3-1 second choice, and leaves from the No. 1 post...
-
Area sports calendar 5/13/04
(Other Sports ~ 05/13/04)
Baseball Jackson Senior Babe Ruth: A tryout for the Jackson Senior Babe Ruth will be 1-3 p.m. Saturday at the Jackson Legion Field. Open to players ages 16-19 prior to Aug. 1. Players fee is $80. Info: Rick Chastain, 204-1134. Cape Legion/Senior Babe Ruth tryouts: The Cape Girardeau American Legion senior team and Senior Babe Ruth both have tryouts scheduled for 5 p.m. Sunday at Capaha Field. Info: (Legion) Michael Minner, 382-2740; (Babe Ruth) Dave Meyr, 334-7025...
-
Poppy Days sales were big success
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/13/04)
To the editor: The members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Jackson Memorial Post 10495 and the Ladies Auxiliary say thanks to the members of the post and auxiliary who donated their time and effort to make our Buddy Poppy Days the success it was this year...
-
Thanks for special Scouting event
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/13/04)
To the editor: Because of the volunteering spirit, Classroom Scouting Adventure Day for special-needs students was a huge success May 8. I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to the many volunteers and the Cape County Park South employees for making possible the many scouting activity areas for the 260 Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts and their teachers from Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri classrooms...
-
Speak Out 05/13/04
(Speak Out ~ 05/13/04)
Praise for photographer IN RESPONSE to the article "Halter's determination pays off on hot derby day": I just wanted you to know that I was impressed with the photographer at the Soap Box Derby race. He was professional and excellent at his job. Thanks for the help...
-
Velma Perr
(Obituary ~ 05/13/04)
Velma Sarah Perr, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, May 11, 2004, at the Lutheran Home. She was born April 23, 1922, at Altenburg, Mo. She and Elmer Martin Perr were married Feb. 10, 1946, at Altenburg. Mrs. Perr was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and VFW Auxiliary...
-
Mary Burnett
(Obituary ~ 05/13/04)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Mary Frances Burnett, 83, of Chaffee died Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. She was born Sept. 4, 1920, in Chaffee, daughter of Luther Jefferson and Bertha Frances Maddox King Sr. She and Jack T. Burnett were married Oct. 5, 1947...
-
Willard McCrite
(Obituary ~ 05/13/04)
WINLOCK, Wash. -- Willard Johnny McCrite, 73, of Winlock, formerly of Tamms, Ill., died at his home Feb. 10, 2004. He was born Aug. 16, 1930, in Tamms, son of Harley and Pansy McCrite. He lived most of his life in the state of Washington. He went to school in Diswood and Olive Branch, Ill...
-
Robert LeGrand
(Obituary ~ 05/13/04)
BENTON, Mo. -- Robert Cyril LeGrand, 60, of Benton died Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 18, 1943, at Benton, son of Adam Eugene and Lorena Christine Scherer LeGrand. LeGrand was a self-employed carpenter, and member of St. Denis Catholic Church. He moved to Benton from Sikeston, Mo., three years ago...
-
Carl Brune
(Obituary ~ 05/13/04)
Carl J. Brune, 81, of Friedheim died Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 2, 1922, at Friedheim, son of O.H. and Mellie E. Crites Brune. Brune was a retired farmer and president of Arnsberg Insurance Co. He was a life member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim and held numerous offices, and was a member of American Legion Post 133...
-
Elizabeth Borden
(Obituary ~ 05/13/04)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Elizabeth Nann Borden, 69, of Marble Hill died Monday, May 10, 2004, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born Nov. 21, 1934, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Leon and Pauline Britt Sander. Borden was a 1952 graduate of Lutesville High School and a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. ...
-
Irma Pott
(Obituary ~ 05/13/04)
Irma M. Pott, 100, of Wentzville, Mo., died Tuesday, May 11, 2004, at the Lutheran Convalescent Home in Webster Groves, Mo. She was born Nov. 22, 1903, in St. Louis, daughter of Herman Henry and Cora Wunderlich Michael. She and Elmer Emil Pott were married Sept. 23, 1929, in St. Louis. He died July 25, 2000...
-
Edna Barks
(Obituary ~ 05/13/04)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Edna Barks, 84, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at Elder Care of Marble Hill. She was born Nov. 10, 1919, in McGee, Mo., daughter of Peter Shade and Gladys Hefner Rodgers. She and Sherman Barks were married Dec. 4, 1935, at McGee...
-
Essie Harris
(Obituary ~ 05/13/04)
Essie Harris, 62, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, May 11, 2004, in Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., from injuries received in an automobile accident May 10 on Interstate 57 in east central Illinois. Her husband, James Harris, died in the accident...
-
James Harris
(Obituary ~ 05/13/04)
James Harris, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 10, 2004, in an automobile accident on Interstate 57 in east central Illinois. His wife, Essie, also died as a result of the accident. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
-
Kathryn Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/13/04)
DELTA, Mo. -- Kathryn Smith, 80, of Delta, died Wednesday May 12, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee.
-
Out of the past 5/13/04
(Out of the Past ~ 05/13/04)
10 years ago: May 13, 1994 NEW MADRID, Mo. -- City of New Madrid is laying out welcome mat for casino companies looking for places to dock riverboats in Missouri; at special meeting of city council Wednesday, council members voted unanimously to draft letter to solicit interested casino and gambling firms...
-
Four months to better hearts and buffer bodies begins Saturday
(Community ~ 05/13/04)
Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau is a city about to become more active, physically fit and healthy. n Well, at least some people living and working in Cape Girardeau, that is. More than 330 people have pledged to "Shape Up Cape" through a workplace exercise program that begins Saturday. ...
-
Health calendar 5/13/04
(Community ~ 05/13/04)
Today Asthma education class at 6:30 p.m. in the Generations Resource Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Participants should bring a list of medications and flow meters. For information, call 651-5825. Family caregiving seminar from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. or from 5 to 7 p.m. at Westfield Shoppingtown West Park. The Leave a Legacy of the Heartland is sponsoring the seminar. For information, contact Amanda Lincoln at 335-9471...
-
Army begins screening 17,000 reservists for possible activation
(National News ~ 05/13/04)
WASHINGTON -- The Army has begun screening about 17,000 reservists to determine which would be available to be called to active duty if needed, a spokesman said Wednesday. The soldiers are members of the Individual Ready Reserve -- those reservists who are not formally attached to any specific reserve unit...
-
Trade deficit swells to record $46 billion in March
(National News ~ 05/13/04)
WASHINGTON -- The United States posted a record trade deficit in March, reflecting Americans' voracious demand for foreign-made goods as well as the most expensive crude oil since 1983. The $46 billion deficit reported Wednesday by the Commerce Department represented a hefty 9.1 percent increase from February's imbalance and came despite the fact that U.S. exports climbed to an all-time high in March...
-
Captured al-Qaida leaders questioned
(National News ~ 05/13/04)
WASHINGTON -- The Sept. 11 Commission has submitted written questions about the 2001 attacks to al-Qaida detainees and expects to receive responses soon, the panel's vice chairman said Wednesday. Under an arrangement negotiated with the Bush administration, the bipartisan panel was given access to classified intelligence reports on government interrogations of the detainees in U.S. custody, Lee Hamilton, a former Democratic congressman, said in an interview...
-
CIA used some contractors for interrogations
(National News ~ 05/13/04)
WASHINGTON -- The CIA did not have a trained corps of interrogators until the war on terror began and turned in part to contractors to handle the surge of detainees, including in Iraq. Some of those sent in are now under investigation in prisoner deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan...
-
New set of prison images from Iraq called vile
(National News ~ 05/13/04)
WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress viewed fresh photos and videos of Iraqi prisoner abuse on Wednesday, and said they included disturbing images of torture and humiliation. "The whole thing is disgusting and it's hard to believe that this actually is taking place in a military facility," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif...
-
Jackson Legion members discuss business, plans for Memorial Day
(Local News ~ 05/13/04)
Southeast Missourian American Legion Post 158 members gathered recently for the organization's April meeting and also honored two members for outstanding service. Jack Latimer and Vince Schwartz were awarded certificates in honor of their service and assistance to the advancement of the American Legion programs and ideals...
-
Community digest 5/13/04
(Local News ~ 05/13/04)
Stickers used to alert firefighters to danger The Millersville Fire Department is offering its patrons free stickers to alert firefighters to the presence of oxygen bottles. This is in response to situations like the recent one in Kennett, Mo., when oxygen bottles exploded in a house fire, injuring some firefighters. ...
-
Youths earn scouting's highest rank
(Local News ~ 05/13/04)
Cory Seabaugh of Jackson Boy Scout Troop 311 has earned scouting's highest rank, Eagle Scout. He is the son of Randy and Dee Seabaugh of Jackson. Seabaugh described his most memorable scouting experience as hiking with his father and other Boy Scouts at the Philmont Scout Ranch. Other fun memories included helping a fellow Scout, Ron Gjerstad, dig his truck out of the sand at Camp Lewellan...
-
General Federated Women's Club turns 95
(Local News ~ 05/13/04)
The Jackson Thursday Literary Club is marking the 95th birthday of the General Federated Women's Club of America. The GFWCA was formed in 1868 as the result of discrimination against women. Jane Cunningham Croly led the way when she was informed women were not welcome at a dinner honoring Charles Dickens...
-
River Explorer, Mississippi Queen tour boats hit shore
(Local News ~ 05/13/04)
Marsha Parrish and her 5-year-old grandson, Hunter, were enjoying time together at Cape Girardeau's river walk Wednesday, sitting on the steps and watching the Mississippi Queen and River Explorer leave the city they had been docked at for the day...
-
Ceremony to remember fallen officers
(Local News ~ 05/13/04)
Law enforcement personnel will honor the memory of fallen area officers at 10 a.m. Friday during a service at the FOP Law Enforcement Memorial Monument in Cape Girardeau County Park North. Seniors and Lawmen Together are hosts of the event sponsored by the Trail of Tears Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 33, Cape Girardeau Police Officers Association and Cape County Women of Law Enforcement...
-
Stickers used to alert firefighters to danger
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/13/04)
The Millersville Fire Department is offering its patrons free stickers to alert firefighters to the presence of oxygen bottles. This is in response to situations like the recent one in Kennett, Mo., when oxygen bottles exploded in a house fire, injuring some firefighters...
-
Cape fire report 5/13/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/13/04)
Firefighters responded to the following item on Tuesday: At 5:51 p.m., an alarm sounding at 1112 Linden.Firefighters responded to the following items on Wednesday: At 1 a.m., a medical assist at 921 Hackberry. At 6:11 a.m., a medical assist at 555 N Spring...
-
Cape/Jackson police reports 5/13/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/13/04)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Jacqueline R. Hurt, 19, 334 Clayton Oaks Dr., Ellisville, Mo., was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of DWI, driving the wrong way on a one-way street, failure to produce proof of insurance and being a minor in possession of alcohol...
-
Street smarts
(Editorial ~ 05/13/04)
Back when voters approved the first Transportation Trust Fund in 1995, the city of Cape Girardeau planned to finish one street improvement project before starting the next one. But there were so many projects -- 18 -- and the process of acquiring right of way and satisfying state regulations was so time consuming that the city had to juggle many projects at once...
-
Living in the age of chronic pain
(Community ~ 05/13/04)
Insomnia, forgetfulness, increased irritability, depression. No, I am not describing a typical day around my house. These are the "Big Four" of chronic pain, according to psychologist and pain specialist, Dr. Michael Errico. Chronic pain affects more than 86 million Americans. And by far the majority of them are middle-aged or above...
-
One lean, muscle machine
(Community Sports ~ 05/13/04)
Don't let his 5-foot-10, 143-pound frame fool you. Ron MacCubbin is a beast. MacCubbin, a 34-year-old McClure, Ill., resident, generally pumps iron five days a week at Southeast Missouri State University's Student Recreation Center. The gym rat trains at 5:30 a.m. before work in order to spend more time with his 11-month-old son, Clayton...
Stories from Thursday, May 13, 2004
Browse other days