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Cities, companies clash on phone tax legislation
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Municipal officials on Wednesday told a Senate committee that legislation to revise how local governments tax phone companies would cost them revenue. Industry officials, however, countered that the bill would actually expand local tax bases by specifically subjecting cellular phone providers to taxation...
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Swan- Three Rivers, Southeast dispute won't be in speech
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
A member of Missouri's Coordinating Board for Higher Education who will deliver the commencement address at Three Rivers Community College on May 13 says her speech won't mention the dispute between Three Rivers and Southeast Missouri State University...
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Committee OKs River Campus funds of nearly $3.26 million
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The House Budget Committee on Wednesday voted to re-authorize nearly $3.26 million in state funds for the River Campus project. The money is part of a bill authorizing $255 million in expenditures for capital improvements during the 2006 and 2007 fiscal years. ...
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Old Appleton bridge restoration effort aims to reunite town
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
Two decades after a flash flood tore apart Old Appleton's historic bridge, a contractor is preparing to restore the iron truss structure as a pedestrian walkway that will span Apple Creek and reconnect the two sides of town. The Old Appleton Town Board has awarded a $519,000 contract to A.E. Simpson Construction of Scott City...
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Oprah's boyfriend tells own story of discovery
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
Stedman Graham knows what many people call him -- Oprah Winfrey's boyfriend. "I know some of y'all even said it," Graham said. "'I'm going to go see Oprah's boyfriend give a speech tonight.'" During two talks in Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Graham said being in a relationship with one of television's most powerful and beloved personalities was one of the obstacles he has had to overcome in developing his own sense of self-worth...
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Seeds of farm knowledge
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
Flickerwood Arena near Fruitland was filled with typical agricultural things Wednesday morning. There were cows, a tractor, samples of corn and of course the allergens and smells associated with life on the farm. But perhaps more than anything on "Farm Day" Wednesday, Flickerwood Arena was filled with curiosity. Roughly 800 third-graders visited 10 different stations set up at the arena. They sat on makeshift bleachers made of overturned five-gallon buckets and wood planks...
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World according to modern art
(Column ~ 04/28/05)
April 28, 2005 Dear Julie, Driving in Chicago is almost as unnerving as driving in New York City. Drivers, especially cabbies, pretend that 60 mph is a safe speed on city streets and that stop signs mean slow down a little. Thus it was not surprising last weekend to see that a car and the small travel trailer behind it had come to an ungracious stop in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art. ...
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Cape man awaits results, begins recovery from surgery
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
Jim Trickey spent 80 minutes in surgery Wednesday morning in a Chinese hospital so doctors could implant up to 4 million cells into his frontal lobe. The surgery is an experimental one by U.S. standards, but is done rather routinely in Beijing. Doctors there believe the implanted cells can spur the brain to regenerate itself and thus ward off some symptoms and complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease...
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Clashes in Togo leave six dead
(International News ~ 04/28/05)
LOME, Togo -- Togolese lobbed stones and Molotov cocktails for a second day Wednesday after the son of their late dictator was declared the winner of disputed presidential elections. Six people died and at least 100 were injured in the violence. Opposition leaders alleged widespread fraud in Sunday's vote in the West African nation and called for supporters to continue their defiance...
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Isringhausen hits disabled list with abdominal muscle strain
(Professional Sports ~ 04/28/05)
St. Louis Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen now has another injury to deal with now. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a strained right abdominal muscle. He had made a full recovery from offseason hip surgery, an injury that hindered him much of last season even though he tied for the NL lead with a franchise record-tying 47 saves...
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St. Louis motors past Milwaukee
(Professional Sports ~ 04/28/05)
ST. LOUIS -- Even after getting a home run, single and double in his first three at-bats, Mark Grudzielanek wasn't thinking about hitting for the cycle until teammate Albert Pujols began rooting him on. "He was saying 'You've got to do it, you've got to do it, you've got to go for it,'" Grudzielanek said after helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 on Wednesday. "I didn't think the opportunity would come, but it sure did. It's weird how it happens."...
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Community digest 4/28/05
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
Cape CVB seeking guided tour volunteers; Delta School district to host retirement tea; Dutchtown cemetery association meeting; Fifth annual Vets & Friends run on Sunday; Cape library plans Lewis and Clark programs; Bookmark contest winners announced; March of Dimes plans Bank Day on Wednesday; Cape retired teachers meeting for program; Annual poker run May 7 to benefit Vietnam vets ; Elvis impersonator to perform at Eagles; Bunny Bread reunion set for May 22
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Veterans Home honors volunteers at appreciation night
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
Volunteers with at least 24 hours of service during 2004 were honored at the annual volunteer appreciation night recently at the Cape Girardeau Missouri Veterans Home. The volunteers served, combined, approximtely 24,184 hours in 2004. ** Volunteers of the Year...
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Russia's president begins historic visit to Israel
(International News ~ 04/28/05)
JERUSALEM -- Greeted by beaming Israeli officials, Vladimir Putin on Wednesday became the first Kremlin leader to visit the Jewish state, capping a historic rapprochement between two nations that once faced each other as bitter enemies across the Cold War divide...
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New Iraqi premier proposes 36-member Cabinet
(International News ~ 04/28/05)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's new prime minister said Wednesday he submitted a complete list of 36 Cabinet members, including seven women, a critical step before the National Assembly votes on a new government drawing in the main ethnic and religious groups and ending a three-month stalemate...
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World's largest jetliner touches down
(International News ~ 04/28/05)
BLAGNAC, France -- Cheered by tens of thousands of onlookers, the world's largest jetliner touched down Wednesday with puffs of smoke from its 22 outsize wheels, ending the historic maiden flight for a plane that Airbus hopes will carry it to market dominance...
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Polish priest accused of being informant for secret police
(International News ~ 04/28/05)
WARSAW, Poland -- A Polish priest at the Vatican was accused Wednesday of collaborating with the communist-era secret police during the 1980s when Pope John Paul II was inspiring his countrymen to resist the Soviet-backed regime. The Rev. Konrad Stanislaw Hejmo, a Dominican, acknowledged late Wednesday he had shared reports that he wrote for Polish church officials with an acquaintance, a Pole who lived in Germany, but said he did not suspect the man might have been a spy...
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Medicaid reform
(Column ~ 04/28/05)
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column on the need for Medicaid reform in Missouri. I mentioned that some members of our society would rather spend money on "shiny new rims" for their autos than health insurance or house payments, etc. Well that got its share of responses. A minority newspaper in St. Louis branded me a right-wing racist who wanted to practice genocide on the low-income segment of society...
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Medicaid protesters descend on Capitol
(State News ~ 04/28/05)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Hundreds of angry advocates for the disabled descended on the state Capitol Wednesday, with a few temporarily chaining themselves to a House chamber door to protest cuts to Missouri's Medicaid health care program for the poor...
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Notre Dame keeps OT hex on Sikeston
(High School Sports ~ 04/28/05)
The Notre Dame and Sikeston girls soccer teams can't seem to finish their meetings in the alloted time. For the third time this season, Notre Dame defeated Sikeston in overtime on Wednesday night. Lauren Mehner scored for the Bulldogs with 10 seconds left in the second overtime period for a 1-0 home victory...
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Community cuisine 4/28/05
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
Spaghetti supper Saturday at St. James Church; St. Anthony's spring dinner served at Glennon; Pork steak dinner to support Hanover youths
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Marie Staley
(Obituary ~ 04/28/05)
LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Marie Staley, 82, of San Jose, Calif., died Monday, April 25, 2005, in San Jose Hospital. She was born April 29, 1922, at Leopold, daughter of John and Anna Koniesman Fels. Staley lived in Leopold until her marriage. She was employed 50 years at Valley Title Co...
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Edward Enderle
(Obituary ~ 04/28/05)
Edward Simon Enderle, 95, of Kelso, died Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Pauline Beard
(Obituary ~ 04/28/05)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Pauline Beard, 78, of Eolia, Mo., died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital West in St. Peters, Mo. She was born July 2, 1926, in Advance, Mo., daughter of Albert and Pearl Elledge Winchester. She and Warren Karr were married Jan. 3, 1946. He died March 11, 1972. She and Darris K. Beard were married Sept. 1, 1972. He died Nov. 24, 1996...
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William Halley Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/28/05)
MORLEY, Mo. -- William J. "Bill" "Blue Jay" Halley Jr., 76, of Morley died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 25, 1928, in Mount Vernon, Ill., son of William J. and Dorothy B. Carlton Halley Sr. He and Joyce Ann Joslin were married July 1, 1986, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. She died April 21, 2005...
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Lester Raines
(Obituary ~ 04/28/05)
Lester O. Raines, 88, of Scott City died Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 16, 1916, at Illmo, son of Franklin R. and Anna Pauline Leible Raines. He and Leila Inez Taylor were married May 25, 1946, in Patterson, Texas. She died Oct. 27, 1996...
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Barbara Musgraves
(Obituary ~ 04/28/05)
Barbara Anne Musgraves, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at her home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Juanita Vance
(Obituary ~ 04/28/05)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Juanita "Jennie" Vance, 84, of Marble Hill died Sunday, April 24, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 3, 1920, in Albuquerque, N.M., daughter of Felipe Martinez and Susanna Lovato Fajardo...
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Rhomie Clifton
(Obituary ~ 04/28/05)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Rhomie Stephen Clifton, 85, of Glenallen died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 16, 1919, at Lutesville, Mo., son of Rhoba Burette and Mary Ann Hill Clifton. He and Meredith Legate were married Dec. 24, 1983...
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Terry Austin
(Obituary ~ 04/28/05)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Terry L. Austin, 40, of Mound City died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at her home. Heavenly Gates Funeral Home in Cairo, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.
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Norma Simmons
(Obituary ~ 04/28/05)
Norma Mae Simmons, 72, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 14, 1933, in Ancell, daughter of George and Mathilda Hess Peetz. She and Merrill Simmons were married Aug. 21, 1954, at Kelso, Mo...
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Police reports 4/28/05
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/28/05)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items Wednesday. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI * Katherine Jean Maceranka, 41, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident, driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance...
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Down on the 'pharm'
(Editorial ~ 04/28/05)
Valid concerns have been raised about Ventria Bioscience's plan to grow genetically modified rice in Southeast Missouri. The main one is whether a "pharm crop" engineered to contain human medicines could contaminate the other rice being grown in the region...
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Marvin Feiste
(Obituary ~ 04/28/05)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Marvin C. Feiste, 74, of Maryland Heights, Mo., died Tuesday, April 26, 2005. He was born Feb. 21, 1931, at Seventy-six, Mo., son of Martin and Lydia Mueller Feiste. Feiste was a mechanic with Ozark Airlines from 1965 to 1987, and retired from TWA Airlines. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Maryland Heights and Overland-St. Ann VFW Post 3944...
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Out of the past 4/28/05
(Out of the Past ~ 04/28/05)
25 years ago: April 28, 1980 Angered by President Jimmy Carter's decision not to tell Congress of the attempt to rescue U.S. hostages in Iran, Rep. Bill D. Burlison (D-Cape Girardeau) says, "I feel that I should have known something of what was planned"; Burlison chairs a House Intelligence subcommittee on program and budget authorization; he pledges that his subcommittee will closely scrutinize the wisdom and execution of the failed rescue attempt...
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Births 4/28/05
(Births ~ 04/28/05)
Long; Durham; Schweain
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Speak Out 4/28/05
(Speak Out ~ 04/28/05)
Any suggestions?; Uncaring regents; Stalling the judges; Mowing for safety; Unbecoming of Marine; The real culprit; Observe the law; Inconsiderate walkers; Let's eat; Broadway concerns; Thanks for purse; Music in the park
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Iris Toler
(Obituary ~ 04/28/05)
WARE, Ill. -- Iris Jean Toler, 71, of Ware died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at her home. She was born April 19, 1934, at Olmsted, Ill., daughter of Everett F. and Margie Choate Robertson. She and Glen Eugene "Gene" Toler were married Jan. 31, 1956, in Hernando, Miss. He died March 27, 1979...
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Chosen ones take a role
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
Mike Dumey hates casting day. He always waits until a Friday to announce who got what role in his spring musical so the disappointed have a chance to heal over the weekend. Sometimes students heal quickly, sometimes they don't. Today, Feb. 11, he has to hurt some very talented junior high kids, students he really likes. Three volunteer judges have selected 38 students from the 150 who tried out for speaking roles in "Annie."...
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Hospital becomes training facility for medical students
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
Standard Democrat SIKESTON, Mo. -- The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine will significantly expand its training program for physicians who wish to work in rural areas of Missouri with a major grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health...
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Bush to discuss Social Security, gas prices
(Local News ~ 04/28/05)
WASHINGTON -- Tonight, President Bush will address motorists' concerns about high gas prices and push for Social Security reform during the sixth news conference since his November re-election. The news conference is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ...
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Area sports digest 4/28/05
(Community Sports ~ 04/28/05)
Stoverink, Kirn win horseshoes opener Edgar Stoverink and Rose Kern teamed up to win the first Southeast Missouri Horseshoes Association event of the season Sunday at Benton American Legion. Dan Elfrink and Martin Williams placed second. Larry Glastetter and Lachelle Cook placed third...
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House OKs bill banning minors crossing state lines for abortions
(National News ~ 04/28/05)
WASHINGTON -- The House passed a bill Wednesday that would make it illegal to dodge parental-consent laws by taking minors across state lines for abortions, the latest effort to chip away at abortion rights after Republican gains in the November elections...
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'Sound science' must be more than a sound bite
(Column ~ 04/28/05)
The president and many in Congress have recently called for the use of "sound science" to guide federal agencies in their decision-making. This is certainly a laudable goal if what they mean is the use of unbiased science to guide important matters of public policy....
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Meramec's Johnson becomes fourth signing of week
(College Sports ~ 04/28/05)
The signings keep coming for the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball program. Redhawks coach Gary Garner on Wednesday received junior college swingman David Johnson's national letter of intent. He is the fourth announced player signing this week...
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Southeast drops two at JSU
(College Sports ~ 04/28/05)
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- The Southeast Missouri State softball team continued to struggle Wednesday, as host Jacksonville State rolled to an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader sweep. JSU (36-14, 18-4) solidified its hold on first place in the OVC with 5-0 and 7-2 victories...
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Beginner's pluck
(College Sports ~ 04/28/05)
For somebody who came to Southeast Missouri State as a baseball player, Jason Theodorakos isn't faring too badly in his "second" collegiate sport. Theodorakos has put together a strong rookie season throwing the javelin for the Redhawks' track and field program, and he'll join various teammates in this weekend's Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, which is the final tuneup for the Ohio Valley Conference Championships...
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Chiefs extend camp invite to Southeast kicker Kutz
(College Sports ~ 04/28/05)
Derek Kutz is going to receive an opportunity to display his kicking skills for a National Football League team -- which is exactly what he's been looking for. The Southeast Missouri State and St. Vincent High School product was invited Wednesday by the Kansas City Chiefs to attend their second rookie mini-camp next month. How he performs could go a long way toward determining whether he has a chance of joining the Chiefs for their summer training camp...
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Hornets stay perfect with win over Cubs
(High School Sports ~ 04/28/05)
The Advance baseball team improved to 11-0 Wednesday with an 8-3 road victory at Bell City. The Hornets led 4-3 after six innings but scored four in the top of the seventh to pull away. Jeremy Limbaugh went 3-for-5 at the plate, including his seventh home run, to lead Advance's 12-hit attack. Trenton Moses went 2-for-2 with his fifth home run and a triple, and Rusty Hendrix added three hits for the Hornets...
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Jackson's full house includes three aces
(High School Sports ~ 04/28/05)
In high school baseball, one good pitcher can take a team a long way. A team that can roll out two aces is a team that can go all the way. For Jackson, the SEMO Conference's top team so far this season at 7-0 and 12-1 overall, the Indians can roll out three aces...
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Redhawks fall short at Southern Illinois
(College Sports ~ 04/28/05)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The difference in Wednesday's well-played contest that ended Southeast Missouri State's three-game winning streak was obvious to Redhawks coach Mark Hogan. "We squandered a lot of chances," Hogan said. "They were able to handle our hitters in key situations. We failed to get any big hits, and they were able to cash in with men on base."...
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Finishing a race for others
(Community ~ 04/28/05)
With less than a mile to go in her marathon, Kelly Morton wanted to quit. Her body was tired, her face flushed and her muscles ached. After more than three hours on the indoor rowing machine, she was nearing her limit. Her strokes per minute ranged between 29 and 31 as she glided back and forth on a seat. Steady but slowing...
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