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Sharon Mueller resigns from school board, effective immediately
(Local News ~ 05/09/07)
Cape Girardeau school board member Sharon Mueller has resigned from the school board, effective immediately. Mueller has served on the board for eight years. She had one year left on her third, three-year term at the time of her resignation. Mueller said in February that she might resign as early as this spring if her husband accepted a job transfer to St. Louis. Her husband works for Nestle Purina Petcare Co., which plans to close its cat litter product division in Cape Girardeau this summer...
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SEMO considers tuition hike
(Local News ~ 05/09/07)
Southeast Missouri State University wants to raise tuition and general fees for in-state students by more than $15 a credit hour for the coming school year, raising the total cost to $199 a credit hour. The cost would be even higher for non-resident undergraduates who would be faced with paying more than $345 a credit hour starting this fall, an increase of more than $24 a credit hour, school officials said...
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New names proposed for SEMO residence hall
(Local News ~ 05/09/07)
Southeast Missouri State University may soon get a new name for "New Hall," a student residence hall that was never officially named. A student government committee has recommended three possible choices for the residence hall, and school president Dr. Ken Dobbins said Wednesday he will present those suggestions to the board of regents when it meets Friday...
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Sidewalk project first of its kind
(Local News ~ 05/09/07)
Cape Girardeau leaders say they're serious about sidewalks and are making them a citywide priority. The 2007 Sidewalk Gap Program is the first of its kind. The city council Monday approved a bid to fill 15,900 feet of sidewalk space in four different neighborhoods this summer...
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Levee breaks flood some areas; more flooding possible
(State News ~ 05/09/07)
AGENCY, Mo. -- As residents in central Missouri prepared for flooding from rain-choked rivers, levees along the Missouri River gave way, flooding the tiny town of Big Lake on Tuesday. Mark Sitherwood, presiding commissioner of Holt County, said five major levees along the Missouri River south of Big Lake broke Monday, as well as four smaller levees along the Tarkio River and the Tarkio Creek. ...
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Safety up, privacy down
(Column ~ 05/09/07)
Am I the only one who hates being in photos but is still somehow disappointed when I get reprints and find myself missing? I feel left out. Then again, when a stray snapshot of me with closed eyes and mouth agape turns up, I'm thankful there aren't more...
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Briefly
(Local News ~ 05/09/07)
Group offers counseling for small businesses The Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission, in cooperation with Gil Degenhardt, offers free counseling sessions for area small businesses and individuals planning business ventures. The next session will be held Thursday in the Commission's offices at 1 W. ...
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Man facing charges for assault on 13-year-old
(Local News ~ 05/09/07)
The owner of a long-established Cape Girardeau business faces assault and drug possession charges following a report that he beat a 13-year-old boy. Wiliam T. "Tom" Tipton, 49, of 2705 Plymouth Drive in Cape Girardeau posted a $5,000 cash bond Monday evening and was released on condition that he stay at least 500 feet away from the boy. Tipton is the owner of Tipton Linen and Uniform Service, 1415 Independence St., which traces its lineage to a business founded in 1906...
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Latest food technology promises ease, speed, cleanliness and a bit of theater
(Community ~ 05/09/07)
CHICAGO Standing in a long line at the grocer soon might get you through the checkout faster. That's because a British company has designed a system to track and predict the movements of supermarket shoppers using thermal imaging. A computer analyzes data from infrared cameras then advises when and where additional cashiers are needed...
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Speak Out 5/9/07
(Speak Out ~ 05/09/07)
Pesky dog; Successful cleanup; Marking independence; Follow the money; Fluorescent effects; Dangerous dogs; Secular society; Install cameras; It's all there; Scofflaw drivers; Listen to troops; Restricted access; Listening to doctors; Is anyone listening?
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Israeli archaeologists unearth burial site of biblical ruler
(International News ~ 05/09/07)
HERODIUM, West Bank -- Under a baking sun, pieces of limestone carved with borders of rosettes and geometrical designs lay in three excavated pits Tuesday -- a desert site Israeli archaeologists say is the tomb of King Herod, who ruled the Holy Land when Christ was born...
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Tea parties, from traditional to zany
(Community ~ 05/09/07)
NEW YORK -- You'd expect a book called "Tea Party" to provide instructions for a proper afternoon tea, complete with white linen napkins, polished silver and tiered trays of scones, finger sandwiches and petits fours. But Tracy Stern's book also provides inspiration for plenty of parties that stray from that cliche, including one for men with black-tea martinis and sausage sandwiches...
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Protestant leader, former IRA chief governing Northern Ireland together
(International News ~ 05/09/07)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Bitter enemies from Northern Ireland's bloody past joined forces Tuesday atop a new Northern Ireland government, a once-unimaginable achievement that both sides pledged would consign decades of death and destruction to history...
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Tricks for working with tofu
(Community ~ 05/09/07)
Once relegated to the crunchy and ethnic fringe, tofu has moved solidly into the mainstream. After years of populating mostly Asian markets and natural foods stores, tofu now is a staple of major grocers. And with good reason. Not only is it a great low-fat alternative to meat, the soy protein from which it is made is heart healthy...
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Around your house
(Community ~ 05/09/07)
Gardening This week in your garden Pinch azaleas and rhododendron blossoms as they fade. Double flowered azaleas need no pinching. Fertilize azaleas after bloom. Use a formulation which has an acid reaction. Apples, crabapples and hawthorns susceptible to rust disease should have protective fungicidal sprays applied beginning when these trees bloom. ...
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Suicide car bomber strikes Shiite holy city
(International News ~ 05/09/07)
BAGHDAD -- A suicide car bomber sent a fireball through a crowded market Tuesday in the Shiite holy city of Kufa, killing at least 16 people and threatening to further stoke sectarian tensions in relatively peaceful areas south of Baghdad. Kufa, 100 miles south of Baghdad, is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army militia, which is loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. ...
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Red Cross says more than $15M needed to help Somalia recover
(International News ~ 05/09/07)
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The international Red Cross asked donors Tuesday to contribute more than $15 million for Somalia as the African nation tries to recover from the worst fighting in more than a decade and a devastating humanitarian crisis. The move would bring the agency's budget to nearly $38 million for 2007 to address recent violence in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, which aid groups estimate has killed more than 1,500 people since March and sent more than 300,000 fleeing their homes...
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Amnesty alleges China, Russia supplying arms used in Darfur
(International News ~ 05/09/07)
BEIJING -- China and Russia are supplying arms to Sudan that are being used to fuel the violence in the Darfur region in violation of a U.N. arms embargo, a human rights group said in a report Tuesday. China and Russia quickly rejected the report and Sudan's government said it was "not justified."...
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Police report 5/9/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/09/07)
DWIs
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Bill would restore benefits, increase compensation
(State News ~ 05/09/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Hundreds of thousands of Medicaid recipients could regain coverage of services eliminated two years ago, while thousands of doctors could be rewarded with more money for treating them under legislation endorsed Tuesday by a House committee...
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Agricultural leaders seek solutions to world hunger
(State News ~ 05/09/07)
ST. LOUIS -- More than 400 agricultural leaders from around the world met here Tuesday to brainstorm ways to feed a booming world population. Although they debated several issues, most of them seemed to agree the problem won't be solved by simply growing more food...
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House OKs bill setting renewable energy objectives
(State News ~ 05/09/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- House members passed legislation Tuesday intended to prompt electric companies to generate more of their power with renewable energy sources. The measure, endorsed 146-6, sets a goal for renewable energy sources but does not penalize those utilities that do not meet the objective. The bill asks for a "good faith effort" to use renewable sources such as solar, wind, hydroelectric and biomass power...
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Births 5/9/07
(Births ~ 05/09/07)
Plumb; Barlow; Buerck; Givens
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Ronald Wright
(Obituary ~ 05/09/07)
Ronald E. Wright, 69, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at his home. He was born Dec. 20, 1937, in Assumption, Ill., son of Lafe and Ruby Musser Wright. He and Nila Avery were married Nov. 3, 1956, in Washington, Ill. Ronald attended Washington High School in Washington. He worked for Caterpillar Tractor Co. in East Peoria, Ill., 18 years, and was a carpet installer in Illinois 17 years...
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Katherine Midkiff
(Obituary ~ 05/09/07)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Katherine T. Midkiff, 83, of Dexter died Monday, May 7, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 24, 1923, at Kennett, Mo., daughter of Thomas Pinkney and Donnie Dot Haynes Davis. She and George Thomas Midkiff were married June 1, 1937, at Kennett. He died Oct. 3, 1986...
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Dorothy Leoni
(Obituary ~ 05/09/07)
Dorothy Ida Lundin Leoni, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Leoni moved to Cape Girar-deau from Chicago in 1982. She was involved in retail sales in Chicago and Cape Girardeau. She was a member of Cape Bible Chapel...
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Mushrooms combined with cream make for luscious pasta
(Community ~ 05/09/07)
After several failed attempts to make a healthy and speedy creamy mushroom sauce for pasta, it was time to embrace the horror that sometimes healthy has to give way to Parmesan and heavy cream. It didn't seem a complicated goal -- penne pasta tossed with a rich sauce crammed with a variety of mushrooms...
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J.C. Eaves
(Obituary ~ 05/09/07)
BERNIE, Mo. -- J.C. Eaves, 75, of Bernie died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. He was born Dec. 30, 1931, at Grayridge, Mo., son of Dave and Hazel Eaves. He and Jacquline Hester were married Aug. 25, 1953, at Bloomfield, Mo...
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Ann Kirchner
(Obituary ~ 05/09/07)
FRIEDHEIM, Mo. -- Ann Kirchner, 80, of Friedheim died Monday, May 7, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 5, 1926, at Wilhelmina, Mo., daughter of Henry and Frances Seiler Macke. She and Robert Kirchner were married Sept. 17, 1949, at Wilhelmina...
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Going through a friend's collection
(Column ~ 05/09/07)
This week I was given a box full of treasures and memories from a friend I have known all my life. Kimberly Werner Halter and I grew up in the same church along with her parents. She is home from Australia and in the process of disposing of a lifetime of collected items from her parent's home. In that effort, she gave me a huge box full of cookbooks...
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Club news 5/9/07
(Community News ~ 05/09/07)
Wonderworkers FCE; New Salem UMW
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6 Muslim men charged with plotting massacre at Fort Dix, N.J.
(National News ~ 05/09/07)
FORT DIX, N.J. -- Six foreign-born Muslims were arrested and accused Tuesday of plotting to attack the Army's Fort Dix and massacre scores of U.S. soldiers -- a plot the FBI says was foiled when the men took a video of themselves firing assault weapons to a store to have the footage put onto a DVD...
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Tornado's death toll rises as officer taken off life support
(National News ~ 05/09/07)
GREENSBURG, Kan. -- A police officer who was critically injured in the tornado that tore apart Greensburg was removed from life support early Tuesday, a few hours after his daughter was married at his bedside. Robert Tim Buckman, a 46-year-old officer from nearby Macksville, suffered a head injury in the storm Friday that also killed nine people in Greensburg and another person nearby, officials said. He died early Tuesday at a Wichita hospital, his son Derick Buckman said...
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Modglin no-hits Kelly
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/07)
Scott City starter Ryan Modglin threw his second no-hitter in the span of a week in a 10-0, five-inning win Tuesday over visiting Kelly. Modglin struck out the first six batters he faced and finished with 11 strikeouts. Last week against Kennett, Modglin struck out 15 in a no-hitter. He struck out 17 in a two-hitter at the Red Devils Classic on April 21...
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Saxony golfers cut 34 shots off previous Dalhousie score
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/07)
In the last major high school golf tournament at Dalhousie Golf Club, the first-year Saxony Lutheran program was the host team and shot a team score of 453. On that day, none of the Crusaders golfers broke the century mark. In the SEMO Conference tournament Tuesday at Dalhousie, the Crusaders scored a 419 and had three players at 100 or better...
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Maxwell could miss next season
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/07)
Southeast Missouri State freshman forward Jajuan Maxwell could miss the 2007-2008 season after reportedly suffering a knee injury. Southeast officials were unable to comment on the specifics of the injury due to privacy laws, but multiple sources confirmed the 6-foot-6 freshman suffered a torn ACL, putting his sophomore season in jeopardy...
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Beardslee rips the cover off the ball in Oran's rout
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/07)
Oran junior Tyler Beardslee had four hits, including a home run and a double, and three RBIs on Tuesday in a 15-5 rout at district foe Bell City. Oran (17-4) had 17 hits. Caleb Seyer had three hits, a home run and four RBIs. Alex Chasteen had three RBIs and Kody Campbell added two hits and a home run...
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Sikeston scores on itself to jumpstart Central
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/07)
The Sikeston girls soccer team broke through a huge obstacle this season by beating Central for the first time ever, not once, but twice. The Tigers got a measure of revenge Tuesday as they ran away with a 5-1 victory against Sikeston in the Bulldogs' final home game of the year...
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Area not as hard hit by nursing shortage
(Local News ~ 05/09/07)
In the United States, the average nurse is 47 years old, according to the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. Health officials are concerned about the graying of the profession, that too many nurses are retiring and not enough people are replacing them...
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Helping food pantries
(Editorial ~ 05/09/07)
House Speaker Rod Jetton's bill providing tax credits for people or businesses who donate to food pantries becomes law next year. The credits directly reduce the taxes due, providing a larger tax break than the income-tax deductions already allowed for contributions to non-for-profit food pantries...
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Out of the past 5/9/07
(Out of the Past ~ 05/09/07)
More than 800 area young people will leave high school and embark on a path either to higher education or careers this month as schools hold commencement exercises; the largest graduating class, some 344 students, is at Central High School. A reunion was held recently of former members of the Capahas baseball team; among those attending the gathering were Marvin Gocket, who started his career as a Caps manager; Red Schwettman, one of the best hurlers of his era; Jack Hunter, a catcher; and Jack Southworth, an infielder.. ...
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Waiting for rising water
(Local News ~ 05/09/07)
The floodgates at the east end of Themis Street will likely be closed sometime Saturday afternoon, but the rising Miss-issippi River shouldn't cause any major problems, area emergency and levee district officials said Tuesday. The river will go above flood stage -- 32 feet on the Cape Girardeau gauge -- sometime Friday morning, the National Weather Service predicts. ...
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Central Junior High School preparing annual musical
(Local News ~ 05/09/07)
For about 160 students at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School, Thursday night will be one of the biggest nights of the school year -- opening night of the annual junior high musical, a Broadway version of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast." Spring is always a hectic time of year for Mike Dumey and his seventh- and eighth-grade students, a season when their focus is almost singularly on creating the junior high musicals that have become a Cape Girardeau tradition. ...
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Jackson finishes second, 30 strokes behind
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/07)
Local high school golf coaches should take note:~ The Indians' T.J. Smith shot a 75 to finish third overall. Poplar Bluff coach Billy Pyland is ready to dole out the secret to a successful program. "I think it's great parents, starting them young, and they're coachable kids," Pyland said. "Those are the keys."...
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