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Tourney keeps Cape businesses busy
(Local News ~ 06/23/07)
This week's tournament at Dalhousie Golf Club has Cape Girardeau looking forward to future tournaments. The American Junior Golf Association tournament that ended Thursday had 144 participants from 29 states and three countries who also brought family members and friends. ...
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Section of Highway 74 named for Cape Girardeau lawyer
(Local News ~ 06/23/07)
Part of Highway 74 in Cape Girardeau is now named after a Cape Girardeau lawyer. On Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder signed House Bill 56 on Gov. Matt Blunt's behalf, designating portions of Missouri's highways in honor of law enforcement officials, rail workers, community advocates and Missouri leaders...
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Local arts council may see increase in funding
(Local News ~ 06/23/07)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri will likely see an increase of about $8,000 in grant funding from the Missouri Arts Council in fiscal year 2008 if the recommendations of state council's board of directors are approved. MAC's board of directors met Thursday in St. ...
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Speak Out 6/23/07
(Speak Out ~ 06/23/07)
Nature and water; Mosquito spraying; What's the answer?; Leash law; Higher insurance; Beneficial tax; Against payroll tax; Use the sidewalks; Personal choice; Beautiful flags; Tax relief; Community college; Have to move; Raising taxes; Wonderful sight; Feed the bears; Development erosion; Branson in Illinois; Natural beauty; Monument sense; Thanks for credit card; Speaking English
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Fire report 6/23/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/23/07)
n At 8:10 a.m., motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Independence Street and Henderson Avenue. n At 8:54 a.m., citizen assist in the 600 block of South West End Boulevard. n At 10:51 a.m., citizen assist in the 500 block of Albert Street. n At 8:57 p.m., emergency medical service in the 2800 block of Cape La Croix Road...
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Births 6/23/07
(Births ~ 06/23/07)
Miller; Brown; Noer; Sparks; Hughes; Ruebel; Frymire; Dukes; Benton; Talley; Wooldridge; Abernathy
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Police report 6/23/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/23/07)
Cape Girardeau: DWI; Arrests; Summons; Thefts; Assaults; Property damage; Miscellaneous; Jackson: Arrest; Summons; Thefts; Assault; Property damage; Cape Girardeau County: DWIs; Arrests
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Survey documents sex behavior, illegal drug use
(National News ~ 06/23/07)
NEW YORK -- It's a question that often prompts a boastful answer or a bashful one: How many sex partners have you had? Now the federal government says it has authoritative statistics, documenting that men are far more likely to play the field than women...
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Six Flags, Cedar Fair shut down rides after girl's feet cut off
(National News ~ 06/23/07)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Six Flags and Cedar Fair shut down eight more thrill rides around North America on Friday after a teenage girl's feet were sliced off during a ride in Kentucky. State inspectors were at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom to examine the Superman Tower of Power, where the accident happened Thursday. The ride lifts passengers 177 feet, then drops them nearly the same distance at speeds reaching 54 mph...
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Terry Miller
(Obituary ~ 06/23/07)
Mr. Terry Wayne Miller, 65, of 2825 Hendricks Church Road, Thomaston, Ga., died early Thursday morning at his residence. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at the First United Methodist Church of Thomaston, with the Rev. Charles Bennett officiating. Graveside committal service will be held at 2 p.m. at Macon Memorial Park in Macon, Ga...
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Bonnie Dowler
(Obituary ~ 06/23/07)
PERKINS, Mo. -- Bonnie Jean Dowler, 58, of Perkins died Friday, June 22, 2007, at her home. She was born Aug. 6, 1948, at Oran, Mo., daughter of Harold and Lucille Wyatt Senciboy. Dowler did home repairs and worked at Advance Nursing Center three years. She was a member of Advance Eagles...
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Board member produces history of area port authority
(Local News ~ 06/23/07)
The Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority started in 1974, beginning with nothing more than a board of directors appointed by the governments of Cape Girardeau and Scott counties. Five years passed before the port authority had even acquired the land it needed to begin to conduct its business...
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Scott City to get nursing home
(Local News ~ 06/23/07)
A Chesterfield, Mo.-based company is going to build a new assisted-living facility in Scott City that will employ 20 people when it opens, with future expansion planned. The new facility will be at the southern edge of the Scott City limits on U.S. 61 near Kelso, where a construction site is already being prepared...
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Kenneth Dohogne
(Obituary ~ 06/23/07)
KELSO, Mo. -- Kenneth Joeseph Dohogne, 67, of Kelso died Friday, June 22, 2007, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel.
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Fire destroyed 200 hay bales
(Local News ~ 06/23/07)
A barn fire outside of Jackson this week destroyed an estimated 200 round bales of hay, fire officials said Friday. According to Millersville Volunteer Fire Department chief Randy Altenburg, the cause of Thursday's fire at 843 County Road 459, is unknown. Owners Tom and Teresa O'Loughlin told firefighters they thought the hay in the barn was still somewhat green...
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Historic statues getting new home
(Local News ~ 06/23/07)
Crowds saw them at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. For the next five decades they quietly graced the main corridor at Southeast Missouri State University's Academic Hall, prompting the name "Statuary Hall." Now, the statues -- plaster replicas of classical sculptures housed in some of the world's finest museums -- will be displayed in the university's new alumni center in the former First Baptist Church on Broadway...
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Three charged with burglaries in Scott County
(Local News ~ 06/23/07)
BENTON, Mo. -- Three Scott County men were in custody Friday afternoon charged with burglarizing at least two Scott County homes, according to a statement issued by Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter. Walter said the men could also be involved with one of more unreported burglaries...
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IMF expects U.S. economy to pick up for rest of year and into 2008
(National News ~ 06/23/07)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. economic activity should pick up for the rest of this year and into 2008 as the drag from a decline in the housing market dissipates, the International Monetary Fund said Friday. But the IMF warned that growth is uncomfortably close to the 2 percent "stall speed" associated with past recessions even if other accompanying factors --rising unemployment and high interest rates -- are not evident...
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Mo. senators Bond, McCaskill slam energy bill
(National News ~ 06/23/07)
WASHINGTON -- Both of Missouri's senators criticized the energy bill approved in the Senate late Thursday, warning it could force shutdowns and cost jobs at auto plants in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas. Sen. Kit Bond, a Republican, singled out the bill's mandate for an average fuel efficiency of 35 miles per gallon for new cars, pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles by 2020...
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Senate passes energy bill favoring renewables, better auto fuel economy
(National News ~ 06/23/07)
WASHINGTON -- Democrats celebrated a step toward reducing U.S. dependence on oil as the Senate approved a bill calling for more ethanol and the first boost in gas mileage in decades. Now the House plans to follow suit, perhaps as early as next week...
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U.S. expanding Afghan prison to take some Guantanamo detainees
(National News ~ 06/23/07)
WASHINGTON -- Closing the Guantanamo Bay prison is only a matter of time now, the White House says. Under intense criticism at home and abroad, the Bush administration is working on plans to shut down the detainee facility for terror suspects in Cuba as soon as possible and a consensus is building among top aides on how to do it, officials have said...
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Army officer says Guantanamo Bay panels relied on vague intelligence about detainees
(International News ~ 06/23/07)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- An Army officer who played a key role in the "enemy combatant" hearings at Guantanamo Bay says tribunal members relied on vague and incomplete intelligence while being pressured to rule against detainees, often without any specific evidence...
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British Muslims join protests over knighthood of Salman Rushdie
(International News ~ 06/23/07)
LONDON -- British Muslims joined in protests on Friday against Britain's decision to honor Salman Rushdie with a knighthood, while a hard-line Islamic cleric in Iran declared that the 1989 religious edict calling for the author to be killed remained in place...
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Ex-Rep., former federal judge William Hungate dies at 84
(National News ~ 06/23/07)
ST. LOUIS -- William Hungate, a former federal judge and congressman who sponsored one of the articles of impeachment against President Nixon, died Friday, his family said. He was 84. Hungate had complications from surgery June 6 after suffering a blood clot in the brain, they said...
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First new NYC noise regulations in three decades take effect July 1
(National News ~ 06/23/07)
NEW YORK -- At a busy Manhattan corner, a cabbie lays on the horn as he struggles through rush-hour traffic. A few blocks away, sirens blare as an ambulance races down the street. In the subway below, trains screech to a halt and an amateur dance troupe blasts hip-hop music on the platform...
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Minister calls for black Baptist group to help families
(State News ~ 06/23/07)
ST. LOUIS -- A black Baptist leader is urging black churches to set goals for reducing by 25 percent the rate of black divorce, teen pregnancy, illiteracy, murder and HIV infection by 2012, and increasing the adoption of black foster children. The goals are part of the ambitious Save the Family Now initiative that the Rev. R.B. Holmes Jr. rolled out this week as more than 45,000 delegates of the National Baptist Convention USA attended the group's annual Congress of Christian Education...
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Taum Sauk staffing concerns raised in '63
(State News ~ 06/23/07)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- As Union Electric Co. prepared to open a mountaintop hydroelectric plant in 1963, some workers raised concerns about a staffing schedule that left no one onsite overnight to prevent potential problems from escalating into a disaster...
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Space shuttle Atlantis returns to Earth after 2-week mission
(National News ~ 06/23/07)
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely Friday, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bring a crew member home from the outpost. Atlantis crossed the Pacific and glided to a stop at 2:49 p.m. on a runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California. NASA managers had hoped to land the shuttle in Florida, but bad weather forced them to abandon that plan...
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LaBruyere allowed no hits, one walk in five innings
(High School Sports ~ 06/23/07)
Brad LaBruyere came within an eyelash of pitching his first perfect game. But he didn't seem all that disappointed in settling for a conventional no-hitter Friday night as the Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons American Legion baseball team mauled host Jackson 17-0...
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Out of the past 6/23/07
(Out of the Past ~ 06/23/07)
Plans for a riverfront park on the Cape Girardeau levee were enthusiastically received by the city council last night; however, the council declined to give final approval of the park plans; instead, the council suggested that they be presented to the city's Parks and Recreation Board and city administration for suggestions...
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Self-reliance
(Editorial ~ 06/23/07)
Heifer International fights poverty around the world by providing farm animals, along with animal husbandry training, to the residents of poor communities. The 62-year-old organization operates in 35 countries, including the United States. Its mission, "Ending Hunger, Saving the World," is to help the communities become self-reliant. By many accounts it is successful...
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Avoid air hassles: Be discreet and on your best behavior
(Community ~ 06/23/07)
NEW YORK -- In the past nine months, passengers have been kicked off airplanes or detained at airports for uncontrolled coughing, joking about hijacking, breast-feeding a baby, kissing and other amorous activities, cursing at flight attendants who denied them alcohol, failing to get a screaming child buckled in for takeoff, and carrying a sippy cup of water...
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Briefly
(Community ~ 06/23/07)
Briefly God and Country Day set for July 1 at Calvary Temple Calvary Temple, 1725 East Highway 72 in Fredericktown, Mo., will hold its 12th annual God and Country Day at 10:45 a.m. July 1 to honor service personnel and their families. There will be more than 200 flags waving, adult and children's choirs, special groups and solos as well as a video presentation. Lunch will be served following the service. Those who plan to come for lunch are asked to RSVP by calling (573) 783-5731...
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Written reflections
(Community ~ 06/23/07)
A few years ago a popular daytime television host began promoting the idea of keeping a journal, recording in it all that you were thankful for that day. Ordinary things such as a phone call that came at the perfect time, receiving a thank-you card from a friend or even something as simple as getting all green lights on the way to work...
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Difficulties go with the territory
(Column ~ 06/23/07)
"Days like today make nursing look good," remarked a normally perky cashier at a variety store. Today, she seemed nervous and agitated. After I listened to her abbreviated story while she scanned my items; I concluded what she said was true of all undertakings...
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Jackson WWI memorial not enough, vets advocate says
(Local News ~ 06/23/07)
A statue of a World War I doughboy stands guard in front of the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson as a memorial to servicemen and women of the county who lost their lives in World War I. The memorial was completed in January 1925 and dedicated on Memorial Day of the same year...
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Classic cars, classic message
(Community ~ 06/23/07)
On a warm sunny Saturday morning, car lovers gathered on a Jackson parking lot to talk about street rods, antique cars, motorcycles -- and salvation. First Baptist Church of Jackson and Pathway Baptist Church near Gordonville put together an evangelistic car show June 16 on First Baptist's parking lot...
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