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Presidential speculation
(Column ~ 11/22/06)
McCain. Obama. Giuliani. Clinton. I think I've read those four names more times over the past two weeks than any others this side of Michael Richards. Why? They're the most notable 2008 presidential hopefuls, of course. And everybody wants to know who this week's favorite is...
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Site of Jackson ballpark may be moved
(Local News ~ 11/22/06)
The Jackson ballpark funded in part by ex-Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog will likely have a new location. Citing high costs associated with building on city-owned land, organizers are eyeing a spot in the north part of town near U.S. 61. The original location was Jackson's Brookside Park, which also contains little league fields and a Vietnam War memorial...
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New decorations adorn downtown Cape
(Local News ~ 11/22/06)
Visitors to downtown Cape Girardeau got their first taste of holiday spirit Tuesday night when Old Town Cape and the Downtown Merchants Association began hanging new Christmas decorations. Workers supervised by the group hung 61 wreaths fitted with LED lights on Main, Spanish, Themis and Independence streets. In addition, seven-foot stockings donated last year by Capaha Bank will decorate Broadway...
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Ethanol plant gets state OK
(Local News ~ 11/22/06)
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has granted a preconstruction waiver for a proposed ethanol plant in Scott City that will allow construction of the $200 million facility to begin after the start of the year. The waiver grants Ethanex at SEMO Port that authority to begin construction immediately, but president and CEO Al Knapp said that will start sometime after Jan. ...
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Speak Out 11/22/06
(Speak Out ~ 11/22/06)
Character attack NATIONAL REVIEW Online's Kathryn Lopez couldn't contain herself. After calling for reasoned, honest debate between Democrats and Republicans, she showered Bob Casey (who drubbed Rick Santorum in the Pennsylvania Senate race) as a "weak candidate" and an "empty suit." It didn't take Lopez long to ignore her own advice and return to the ad hominem practice of name calling and attacking the politicians character...
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Teens and drugs
(Editorial ~ 11/22/06)
The statistics of drug use among high school-age teenagers in our area show some alarming trends: More teens are using drugs, and the drugs they are using are far more addictive and dangerous than just a few years ago. Those are some of the findings of drugs tests among juvenile offenders in the 32nd Judicial Circuit consisting of Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Perry counties...
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Great concert shows discipline
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/22/06)
To the editor: South Elementary School presented an enjoyable concert Nov. 14 to a full house. The concert was under the direction of music director Pat Palisch. Participants were enthusiastic fourth-graders who gave Ms. Palisch their undivided attention with their obvious love of music. ...
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DWI has costly consequences
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/22/06)
To the editor: This is in response to the story about Ella Jean Pleasant's efforts to renew her driver's license. While I sympathize with her financial situation, that is not the issue here. The fact that she must pay so much to renew a license is that 35 years ago she made a decision to drive while intoxicated. In the process she injured someone else, paid a fine, spent a day in jail and had her license revoked for three years. Now she must pay $500 to get her license renewed...
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Political calls annoy voters
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/22/06)
To the editor: When is something going to be done about all the political phone calls we must endure before an election? I was averaging about a dozen calls a day. I tried putting a message on my answering machine stating I did not accept political calls, but that did no good with the prerecorded calls. ...
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Time will tell if change is good
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/22/06)
To the editor: The midterm election results were extremely disheartening to me. A 40 percent voter turnout is hardly a referendum on anything other than apathy, yet those who voted deserve to be heard. If I were to consider the elections a mandate or referendum on anything, it would be on conservatism. ...
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Chili recipes bring warmth during winter
(Column ~ 11/22/06)
Thanksgiving calls us to pause from our busy day-to-day schedules and reflect on the many blessings we have to be thankful for. For many of us, our family is our greatest blessing. For others health seems to be at the top of the list. Whatever you are most grateful for this Thanksgiving, I hope you get to enjoy that not only on Thanksgiving -- but the entire year through...
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'M-A-S-H' director Robert Altman dead at 81
(Entertainment ~ 11/22/06)
LOS ANGELES -- Robert Altman, a five-time Academy Award nominee for best director whose vast, eclectic filmography ranged from the dark war comedy "M-A-S-H" to the Hollywood farce "The Player" to the British murder mystery "Gosford Park," has died of complications from cancer. He was 81...
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Out of the Past 11/22/06
(Out of the Past ~ 11/22/06)
25 years ago: Nov. 22, 1981 BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County Court President Judge Louis Hirschowitz last week became the second Southeast Missourian to be elected president of the Missouri Association of Counties; Cape Girardeau County Auditor H. Weldon Macke was the first...
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Mile-long Jackson sewer project goes from drawing board to planning stages
(Local News ~ 11/22/06)
The city of Jackson plans to begin an $800,000 major sewer project that will provide public sewers to property owners near Williams Creek, officials announced Tuesday. "This is something that has been on our facilities plan for almost 10 years," Jackson public works director Rodney Bollinger said. "This is a top project, and we're finally getting to it."...
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Southwest Missouri man gets probation in highway death of state trooper
(Local News ~ 11/22/06)
HOUSTON, Mo. -- A Republic man who took his eyes off the road to pick up fallen papers was sentenced to four years probation Tuesday for hitting and killing a state trooper last year on a Texas County highway. Forrest Larry Ghan, 65, withdrew a plea of not guilty and admitted looking down while driving to retrieve some papers that had fallen to the floor of his pickup truck...
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State intervention urged by St. Louis school board president
(Local News ~ 11/22/06)
ST. LOUIS -- The president of the St. Louis School Board is asking the state to intervene to save the long-troubled district. Board president Veronica O'Brien on Monday recommended a temporary suspension of the superintendent's office as part of an effort to save a district she described as "probably at [its] worst." She expressed her displeasure with superintendent Diana Bourisaw, whom O'Brien personally chose for the job in July after Creg Williams was forced out a little more than a year after he was hired.. ...
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'Parade of Lights' to affect Cape parking
(Local News ~ 11/22/06)
Parking in downtown Cape Girardeau will be restricted Sunday due to the annual "Christmas Parade of Lights." Beginning at 2 p.m. that day, parking will be prohibited on both sides of Broadway from North West End Boulevard to Main Street; on Main Street from Park Drive to William Street; on North West End Boulevard from Broadway to Parkview Drive; on the east side of Perry Avenue from Broadway to Parkview; on Parkview from Perry Avenue to North West End Boulevard and the entire area of Capaha Park.. ...
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Government says a record 4 in 10 children born in U.S. in 2005 were out of wedlock
(National News ~ 11/22/06)
ATLANTA -- Out-of-wedlock births in the United States have climbed to an all-time high, accounting for nearly four in 10 babies born last year, government health officials said Tuesday. While out-of-wedlock births have long been associated with teen mothers, the birth rate among girls ages 10 to 17 actually dropped last year to the lowest level on record. Instead, births among unwed mothers rose most dramatically among women in their 20s...
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Cape/Jackson police report 11/22/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/22/06)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Linda C. Harris, 50, of 243 N. Park Ave. was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, driving while revoked and another driving charge...
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Births 11/22/06
(Births ~ 11/22/06)
Welker Son to Scott O'Bryan and Shanna Ranaie Welker of Burfordville, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:51 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006. Name, Michael Thomas. Weight, 6 pounds, 5 ounces. First child. Mrs. Welker is the former Shanna Brown, daughter of Carrie Brown of Burfordville. She is a collection technician with American Red Cross. Welker is the son of Mike and Jean Welker of Millersville...
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Virginia Lakemeyer
(Obituary ~ 11/22/06)
Virginia G. Lakemeyer, 69, of Chesterfield, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 20, 2006. She was the daughter of the late Richard and Margaret Bain Giles. She studied music in Paris under a Rotary Fellowship, and earned a master's degree in music education at Washington University in St. Louis...
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Lona Ruch
(Obituary ~ 11/22/06)
ST. ELIZABETH, Mo. -- Lona M. Ruch, 90, of St. Elizabeth, formerly of Perryville, Mo., died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006, in St. Elizabeth. She was born Dec. 19, 1915, at Biehle, Mo., daughter of Isadore and Albertine Schemel Ruch. Ruch was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in St. Elizabeth, a member of the United Auto Workers and a former member of St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle...
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Linda Spence
(Obituary ~ 11/22/06)
Linda Marie Spence, 57, of Winfield, Mo., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Nov. 10, 2006, at her home. She was born July 25, 1949, in Fairbury, Ill., daughter of Viola Marie Kyburz. Spence was a 1968 graduate of Chaffee High School in Chaffee, Mo. She received a bachelor's degree in 1992 and a master's degree in education in counseling in 1995 from the University of Missouri-St. Louis...
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The other side: teachers approaching Thanksgiving with more sensitivity to Indians' point of view
(National News ~ 11/22/06)
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Teach¿er Bill Morgan walks into his third-grade class wearing a black Pilgrim hat made of construction paper and begins snatching up pencils, backpacks and glue sticks from his pupils. He tells them the items now belong to him because he "discovered" them...
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U.S. to require passports for nearly all air travelers in '07
(National News ~ 11/22/06)
WASHINGTON -- Nearly all air travelers entering the United States will be required to show passports beginning Jan. 23, including returning Americans and people from Canada and other nations in the Western Hemisphere. The date was disclosed Tuesday by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff...
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Club news
(Community News ~ 11/22/06)
VFW Auxiliary 10495 The VFW Auxiliary 10495 met Nov. 9 at Riverside Regional Library in Jackson with Darlene Fluegge, senior vice president, presiding. Guests were Jennifer Lacy and two other members of the Southeast Missouri Chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse. A video was shown to educate the group on what the organization does for children who are victims of child abuse. The group works in conjunction with local and state officials...
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Killing in Lebanon stirs anti-Syria sentiment
(International News ~ 11/22/06)
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Pierre Gemayel was leaving church when he fell victim to a well-coordinated hit: One vehicle cut off his car from the front, another rammed him from behind, then gunmen burst out and sprayed bullets into his passenger-side window...
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Nepal, rebels sign peace deal
(International News ~ 11/22/06)
KATMANDU, Nepal -- The government and Maoist rebels signed a peace deal Tuesday to end a 10-year insurgency, marking the start of a hopeful but uncertain political era in this Himalayan nation, the world's last Hindu monarchy. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and rebel leader Prachanda signed the accord at a Katmandu convention hall...
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6 nations, EU sign pact to build experimental fusion reactor
(International News ~ 11/22/06)
PARIS -- Physicists have dreamt about it for decades: harnessing the fusion process that powers the sun to make clean, safe and limitless energy. A multinational pact signed Tuesday may bring that dream a step closer to reality. Seven partners representing half the world's population have agreed to build an experimental fusion reactor in southern France that could revolutionize global energy use for future generations...
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Benching woke up AL MVP Morneau
(Professional Sports ~ 11/22/06)
NEW YORK -- Back in June, Justin Morneau walked into manager Ron Gardenhire's office with a .236 batting average and was benched. Though he didn't realize it at the time, he walked out an MVP. "It woke me up," Morneau said Tuesday after edging Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees to win the AL's Most Valuable Player award. "He lit a fire under me."...
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Breaking out: Redhawks roll past Harris-Stowe 101-78
(College Sports ~ 11/22/06)
Although she is the tallest player in the program's history, Joiceline Thesing has not been much of a factor during her time at Southeast Missouri State. Thesing and acting head coach John Ishee hope Tuesday's performance -- even though it came against an overmatched and small NAIA team -- changes that...
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Foust first to receive Edgar's new award
(College Sports ~ 11/22/06)
Southeast Missouri State forward Brandon Foust not only made the all-tournament team at the Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska, the junior also received the first Redhawk Award for his performance during Sunday's final game in Alaska as Southeast beat Division II Alaska-Fairbanks 69-66 for its initial win under Scott Edgar...
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Thanksgiving dinner and beer?
(Community ~ 11/22/06)
DENVER -- When it comes to dinner, even Thanksgiving dinner, Jorge de la Torre orders beer, not wine. It's not that he doesn't know or like wine. Afterall, he is the dean of culinary education at Johnson & Wales University in Denver. Rather, he thinks many so-called craft beers -- once better known as microbrews -- can make better pairings with food than wine...
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Ramirez gives big thumbs up to Cubs' signing of Soriano
(Professional Sports ~ 11/22/06)
CHICAGO -- When Aramis Ramirez heard the Chicago Cubs had reached an agreement with Alfonso Soriano, he jumped for joy. He envisions more celebrations. After keeping Ramirez for $75 million over five years and adding Soriano, the Cubs are far more optimistic than they were last month, when they finished the season with the National League's worst record at 66-96...
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Correction 11/22/06
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/06)
n Due to incorrect information provided by the conference, Scott City junior defensive lineman John Pinkston was omitted from the SEMO Southern all-conference list. Pinkston made first-team all-conference. In addition, the conference information listed first-team defensive lineman Mike Bryant incorrectly as being from Scott City...
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Area collegiate update
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/06)
Basketball n Illinois State junior Dominitrix Johnson, a Bell City graduate and Three Rivers transfer, is leading the Redbirds in scoring through four games. Johnson is averaging 16.5 points a game and leads the team in field goals made (23) and attempted (55)...
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Fans may not be giving thanks for new network
(Professional Sports ~ 11/22/06)
NEW YORK -- On Thanksgiving, the NFL will air the first of eight live pro football games on its own network. But it won't be available to many viewers across the country because the league hasn't reached carriage agreements with several major cable operators...
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Comic book trade show scheduled
(Local News ~ 11/22/06)
Ken Murphy, owner of the Marvels and Legends comic book shop, is putting on another comic book trade show in Cape Girardeau. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Buffalo Wild Wings. Last year, Murphy teamed with local gamers for a combined comic book/gaming expo at Buckner Brewing Co., but this year he scaled down his trade show, offering an alternative Christmas shopping experience. Six comic book dealers will be in attendance...
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Hospitals nationwide seek to cut injuries with child safety program
(State News ~ 11/22/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Emergency room doctors and nurses who treat children see things the rest of us don't even like to think about, injuries from car crashes and hot coffee spills, falls down stairs or into swimming pools. Now, hospital staffs around the nation are taking part in an effort called "Get on Board with Child Safety" aimed at reducing the number of children who pass through their doors...
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Creating creative holiday place cards
(Community ~ 11/22/06)
This one is for Anders. And for Sarah and Nathan. And Jen and Blair. And Patrick and Winn. And all the folks who join our Monday night family dinners. Because this Monday night, we're celebrating Thanksgiving. For the past few months we've all been gathering at Sarah and Nathan's house on Monday nights to eat a wonderful home-cooked meal and watch Monday Night Football. It's a sort of family made of friendship ties instead of bloodlines...
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Tigers' defense unable to corral opposing runners
(College Sports ~ 11/22/06)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri defensive tackle Lorenzo Williams takes the Tigers' struggles with stopping the run personally. Missouri (7-4, 3-4 Big 12) gave up just 43.8 yards rushing in its four non-conference games, among the best showings in the nation. Big 12 games have been another story -- conference opponents are averaging more than 160 yards rushing per game...
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Art of the New Deal
(Local News ~ 11/22/06)
When Ellen Ryan walks into a post office these days, she's not looking to buy stamps or mail a letter. She's looking for artwork. The Southeast Missouri State University graduate student in history received two grants totaling $1,500 over the past two years from the State Historical Society of Missouri to document murals and sculptures that were created and installed in 33 post offices in Missouri in the 1930s and early 1940s...
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Wagner leads Panthers to 80-77 opening victory
(High School Sports ~ 11/22/06)
Meadow Heights junior forward Tyler Wagner scored a game-high 37 points in an 80-77 shootout victory Tuesday at Leopold. The Panthers led 37-34 at the half and were able to maintain the three-point advantage through the second half. Both teams combined to shoot 64 free throws and committed 50 fouls...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen action 11/22/06
(Local News ~ 11/22/06)
Action items Power and light committee n Set a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 to consider the proposed 2007 Jackson annual budget. n Approved task order authorization for $19,500 to Allen and Hoshall of Memphis, Tenn., for engineering services under the industrial substation circuit 6 conversion and the South Hope Street three-phase circuit 21 extension project...
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St. Louis-based Brown Shoe stock up sharply on earnings, restructuring plan
(State News ~ 11/22/06)
ST. LOUIS -- Shares of Brown Shoe Co. Inc. soared Tuesday after the company announced record earnings and plans for long-term restructuring aimed at boosting profit margins in coming years. Shares in the St. Louis-based company rose $6.22 per share, or nearly 16 percent, to close at $45.77 in trading on the New York Stock Exchange...
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Cape fire report 11/22/06
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/22/06)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following call Monday: n At 11:01 p.m., medical assist in the 1100 block of Linden Street. The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Tuesday: n At 5:53 a.m., emergency medical service in the 500 block of North Fountain Street...
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A holiday at home
(Local News ~ 11/22/06)
Across Southeast Missouri today, people are driving over the river and through the woods to gather around the table with loved ones. But Sgt. Dustin Rees, his wife, Carly, and their two children, Sammy, 8, and Hunter, 4, won't be moving one inch from their cozy, quiet home off of Hawthorne Road in Cape Girardeau...
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Rare plants make great stocking stuffers for gardeners
(Community ~ 11/22/06)
NEW MARKET, Va. -- Pleasure gardens are becoming treasure gardens as homeowners increasingly showcase their collections of rare and unusual plants. It's a passion similar to those for antique furniture, vintage wines or classic cars. "Luxury," "premium," "exclusive" and "select" are among the adjectives creeping into flower industry ads. Exotic plants can bring higher profits per unit, of course, provided marketers are able to find enough to go around...
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