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ESCAPE WINTER WITH AN AUCTION
(Local News ~ 01/16/01)
Do you have the wintertime blues? I'm tired of the snow and cold weather, and I'm ready for a little excitement. Where can you find some fun at your fingertips? Online auction sites, of course. Whether you're going to bid or just gawk, these online auction sites are great places to hang out without having to worry if you scratch your nose or raise your hand...
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WIDE MEADOWS; WINTER PREPARATIONS: DAYS GROW SHORT ON THE FARM
(Column ~ 01/16/01)
Editor's note: This is the first chapter in the book "Wide Meadows," by Jean Bell Mosley. The book, first published in 1960, is being reprinted in serial form each Tuesday. In October the purple grapes hung high and the hazelnut bushes turned yellow, announcing their gifts were ready. ...
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TAYLOR TAKES PERSON OF THE YEAR
(Local News ~ 01/16/01)
Traci Taylor, the 19-year-old leukemia patient who started the Toy Train at Southeast Missouri Hospital, posthumously won the Weekly Reader's Person of the Year poll. The online poll closed Friday, and Traci garnered 75 percent of the votes. Pop singer Britney Spears had 11 percent of the vote, President Clinton received 7 percent and professional basketball player Shaquille O'Neal came in last with 4 percent...
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BANG. YOU'RE DEAD.; REALISTIC SIMULATOR TEACHES POLICE WHEN TO SHOOT
(Local News ~ 01/16/01)
These people are extremely angry. They're coming from behind the couch, from the hallway, crossing the carpet, assembling in the foyer to scream at Jackson police sergeant Chris Mouser. "Nobody called for the police here," a man snarls. "We don't want you here," one of the women shrieks...
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SELMA PROTESTER OFFERS INSPIRING KING DAY SPEECH
(Local News ~ 01/16/01)
On March 7, 1965, in Selma, Ala., police and state troopers armed with tear gas and clubs set upon a group of protesters walking across the Edmond Pettus Bridge. They were protesting poll taxes and unfair written tests that had limited black voter registration in the county to 1 percent...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: IN THESE CHANGING TIMES, THE GYM HAS A LOT TO OFFER
(Column ~ 01/16/01)
As a woman who passed the "pleasingly plump" stage about 50 pounds ago, I feel I've lost the right to laugh at anyone at the gym. But I can't help it. Maybe the guy I saw over the weekend was laughing at me, too. Who could blame him? Sitting there on the inner-thigh machine, squeezing my legs together, my teeth bared, my thunder thighs a-quiver, I must have looked a sight. In fact, my workout was so energetic that I can't even lift my leg to apply the brakes in my car now...
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ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT EDUCATION AWARD SET TODAY
(Local News ~ 01/16/01)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education will hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m. today to announce a "significant educational annual award" to be presented at the school board office, 61 N. Clark St. District Superintendent Dr. Dan Steska would not give details about the award Monday afternoon, saying he wanted principals to discuss the award with their staff members before releasing information...
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CHECKOFF DEFEAT STIRS GLEE, IRE AMONG PORK PRODUCERS
(Local News ~ 01/16/01)
More than 90 pork producers, industry scientists and other specialists gathered in Kansas City recently to review more than 150 research proposals for the National Pork Producers Council. Committees selected 47 projects to recommend to the National Pork Board...
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ELECTION PANEL HEARING IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 01/16/01)
Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt's election commission will hold a hearing in Cape Girardeau today as it looks to improve the state's election laws. The 22-member bipartisan commission of county clerks and directors of local election boards, however, likely won't recommend sweeping changes, said commission member and Perry County Clerk Randy Taylor...
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WEB SITE AT GAME; SEE FRONT PAGES
(Local News ~ 01/16/01)
The Southeast Missourian and semissourian.com were sponsors of the Southeast Missouri State University Indian basketball game Saturday night. Thankfully, the tribe posted a win, making it a fun night for all. I'd like to tip my hat to brother Rex, who said a few words on behalf of the Southeast Missourian at half time. ...
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LADY MULES PLOW BY ND 54-40
(High School Sports ~ 01/16/01)
Bigger was definitely better Monday night when two of the state's premier girls basketball teams squared off at Notre Dame High School. Notre Dame, ranked third in Class 2A, was no match for Class 4A No. 3 Poplar Bluff as the Lady Mules rolled to a 54-40 victory...
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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT?; DESPITE PAIN, LACK OF PRACTICE, SANDERS EXCELS AS LONG-RANGE BOMBER
(College Sports ~ 01/16/01)
Most basketball coaches hold firm to the belief that a player is going to pretty much perform in games like he does in practice. Suffice to say, coaches consider practice to be vital. But what Southeast Missouri State University senior guard Amory Sanders is doing this season appears to blow that theory right out of the water...
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INCARNATE WORD HANDS JACKSON GIRLS SECOND LOSS
(High School Sports ~ 01/16/01)
ST. LOUIS -- The Jackson High girls basketball team suffered just its second loss of the season Monday as the Lady Indians fell to Incarnate Word 47-43 in a battle of state-ranked teams at the King Holiday Shootout at Maryville University. Jackson, ranked fifth in Class 4A, saw its record dip to 9-2. Incarnate Word, No. 7 in Class 3A, improved to 12-2...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/16/01)
Son to Ronnie and Pamela Ressel of Mt. Vernon, Ill., St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo., 7:01 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2001. Name, Kristopher Scott. Weight, 4 pounds 3 ounces. First child. Mrs. Ressel is the former Pamela Ochs, daughter of Kenneth and Gail Ochs of Cape Girardeau. She is a dental hygienist. Ressel is the son of Thomas Ressel of Kelso, Mo., and the late Helen Ressel. He is women's basketball coach and fitness coordinator at Rend Lake College...
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COOKING CAUSES APARTMENT FIRE
(Local News ~ 01/16/01)
A pot of food left cooking in an apartment Monday evening caught on fire and caused heavy smoke damage to the building. The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded around 6 p.m. to 118 N. Pacific St. The one-and-a-half-story house is subdivided into four apartments. Residents in one apartment left a pot cooking on the stove...
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CHARLES BRANUM
(Obituary ~ 01/16/01)
Charles C. "Sonny" Branum passed away at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau Jan. 14, 2001. He was 80 years old. Charles was born Sept. 4, 1920, at Hornersville, Mo., son of Peter V. and Lora Lee Moody Branum. He and Mary Etta Crader of Chaffee, Mo., were united in marriage Aug. 27, 1948...
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MINNETTE BAUMBACH
(Obituary ~ 01/16/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Minnette Lee Baumbach, 91, of Sikeston died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2001, at Bertrand Nursing Center in Bertrand, Mo. She was born Aug. 23, 1909, at Steele, Mo., daughter of Barry Fate and Maggie Ann Evans Manning. She and Edwin W. Baumbach were married Dec. 25, 1941. He died Aug. 14, 1960...
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EDWIN LAMPITT
(Obituary ~ 01/16/01)
Edwin Lampitt of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 15, 2001, in Sebring, Fla. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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CATHERINE SCHULTZ
(Obituary ~ 01/16/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Catherine R. Schultz, 86, of Chaffee died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2001, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Dec. 19, 1914, at Sikeston, Mo., daughter of Charley and Slona Klutts Criss. She first married Andy Glenzy, who preceded her in death. She then married Ott Slinkard May 18, 1955, who died Oct. 17, 1979. She later married Bood Schultz Oct. 1, 1987. He died June 10, 1988...
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EDDIE JEROME
(Obituary ~ 01/16/01)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Eddie Jerome, 98, of McClure died Monday, Jan. 15, 2001, at Illinois Veterans Home in Anna, Ill. Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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EARL GRIM
(Obituary ~ 01/16/01)
ESSEX, Mo. -- Funeral for Earl Grim of Essex will be held at 1 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Mo. The Rev. Mike Brown will officiate. Burial will be in Essex Cemetery. Grim, 75, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2001, at his home. He was born Aug. 18, 1925, at LaValle, Mo., son of James Alt and Minnie Ethel Newell Grim. He and Imogene DeJournett were married Nov. 15, 1955, in St. Louis...
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RAY HUFFMAN
(Obituary ~ 01/16/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Ray A. Huffman, 67, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2001, at his home. He was born May 16, 1933, near Whitewater, Mo., son of Lee and Ida Mae Barks Huffman. He and Bonita Kirkpatrick were married Sept. 3, 1954. Huffman was a farmer, truck driver and school bus driver. He was a member of Barks Chapel...
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LYDIA CLAYTON
(Obituary ~ 01/16/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Lydia Mae Clayton, 87, of Sikeston died Monday, Jan. 15, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 28, 1913, in Lawrence County, Ark., daughter of James John and Nora Mae Richey Gilooly. She and Carl Clifford Clayton were married Nov. 17, 1945, in Paragould, Ark. He died Feb. 17, 1999...
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BERTHA KESTER
(Obituary ~ 01/16/01)
FRIEDHEIM, Mo. -- Bertha W. Kester, 94, of Friedheim died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 19, 1906, at Tilsit, Mo., daughter of August and Wilhmenia Sperling Aherns. She and Albert Kester were married Jan. 19, 1936...
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BILLY JACKSON
(Obituary ~ 01/16/01)
Billy Frederick Jackson, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2001, at his home. He was born April 5, 1929, at Charleston, Mo., son of William L. and Bernice Marie Sackrey Jackson. He and Betty L. Davis were married June 26, 1946, in Cape Girardeau...
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ALVA COLLINS
(Obituary ~ 01/16/01)
PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Alva Eugene Collins, 37, of Piedmont died unexpectedly Friday, Jan. 12, 2001, in Clarksville, Tenn. He was born May 3, 1963, in St. Louis, son of Alva Loran and Inez Mansfield Collins. Collins was a construction worker and lived in Piedmont most of his life...
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JAMES BRAY
(Obituary ~ 01/16/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Funeral for James Warner Bray of Ozark was held Monday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Branson, Mo. Burial was in Ozarks Memorial Park Cemetery at Branson. Snapp-Bearden Funeral Home in Branson was in charge of arrangements...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/16/01)
I FIND it interesting that Jesse Jackson is always referred to as "the Rev." Jesse Jackson. That means he is a member of the clergy. What is outrageous and disgraceful is that a clergyman like Jackson is bearing false witness against John Ashcroft. Shame on Jackson and all the other radical leftists who are trying to assassinate Ashcroft's character...
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FIRST, MAKE NEW RULES; SECOND, UNDO THEM
(Editorial ~ 01/16/01)
President Clinton, whose eight years in the White House draw to a close in just four days, isn't slowly winding down his administration. As a matter of fact, the wheels of the executive branch will be spinning faster than ever right up until the time George W. Bush is sworn in...
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TAX CUT STILL IS CORNERSTONE OF BUSH PLAN
(Editorial ~ 01/16/01)
A fundamental building block in the foundation of George W. Bush's presidency is his pledge to cut taxes by $1.3 trillion over the next 10 years. Even as he organizes his administration, which takes over the executive branch this weekend, Bush has had quite a taste of economic policy. ...
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LETTERS: LEGISLATORS NEED TASTE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/16/01)
To the editor: We citizens know that our senators and congressmen do not pay into Social Security and therefore do not collect from Social Security. There is no need for them to pay into Social Security. The benefit plan they voted in for themselves is a great plan. When they retire, they continue to draw the same salary they were receiving when they retired. Cost-of-living adjustments may be made from time to time...
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