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BOOSTING OUR BLOOD BANKS: FEWER DONORS, TOUGHER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PUT DENT IN SUPPLY
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
Restrictions on blood donations aimed at reducing the risk of mad cow disease in the United States don't mean the blood supply isn't already safe, say officials with the American Red Cross and area hospitals. Experts are concerned that people who might have eaten contaminated beef could carry the disease and transmit it through their blood. Health officials and the Food and Drug Administration are exploring how to impose restrictions...
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'THANKSGIVING FOR FREEDOM': CAPE GIRARDEAU AND JACKSON CELEBRATE FOURTH OF JULY
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
On Wednesday, Cape Girardeau declared its dependence on Independence Day again. "I could just sit here and ooh' and aahh' all night," said Vernice Baumstark, sitting in a lawn chair at the intersection of Main and Themis streets. The sky over the Mississippi River exploded in fireworks colors that haven't been seen over the water for years as Cape Girardeau marked July Fourth with over 7,000 watching from Riverfront Park...
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN MISSOURI STAY DOWN
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
More Missourians were working in May, but the gain was less than expected. Employment grew by about 11,000, raising the number of Missourians employed to 2.86 million. The gain, however, was less than normal for the season, said the Missouri Department of Economic Development, which follows employment trends...
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OUTLOOK FOR RIVERFEST SEEMS GRIM
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
Two years after the last Riverfest was held, the organization that ran the festival for 21 years no longer exists. Cape Girardeau Riverfest Association has been dissolved and has given its assets to the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce while stipulating that money be set aside for reinstating the event...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: FIRE-WALKING WITH THE CLAN OF THE TIGER
(Column ~ 07/05/01)
July 5, 2001 Dear Leslie, In high school, you don't comprehend a home truth that reveals itself with the passing reunions: These people, for better or worse, are your clan. The same influences, the same environment, the same teachers and events colored your upbringing. You are as ineluctably tied to your classmates as to the rising and setting of the sun...
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NEW ADMINISTRATOR HOPES TO BE A GOOD ROLE MODEL
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
Al McFerren said only his job description, and not his work ethic, have changed since he became the third black administrator to work in Cape Girardeau schools this week. McFerren, who was hired Friday as director of the Alternative Education Center, said he plans to apply the strong work ethic his parents honed in his youth and encourage his students to do the same...
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SPRINKLERS KEEP DAMAGE DOWN IN ROWE FIRE
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The sprinkler system at Rowe Furniture prevented any major damage when a heater caught fire just after 9 a.m. Friday. "The fire was in the finish room and we had a heater that helps the finish wood dry," said Gary Dollins, Rowe's general manager. "It appears (the heater) ignited a fire small in and around that area." At the time of the fire there was only one person working in that room, Dollins said...
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PRIDE, MCCOY, TRICK PONY TO PERFORM HERE
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
The legendary Charlie Pride will perform on Saturday night, Sept. 15, at the SEMO District Fair, leading an entertainment lineup that also includes Trick Pony and Neal McCoy. The fair board announced the entertainment today. Trick Pony will perform on Thursday, Sept. 13, and McCoy will sing on Friday, Sept. 14...
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CLASSIC CAR AUCTION THIS WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
Sherm Smith will bring the annual Classic Car Auction back to the Show Me Center Saturday and Sunday. Gates open at 8 a.m. with the auction beginning at 10 a.m. both days. About 325 cars will be available for auction. Prices will range from $3,000 to $80,000...
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SPORTS DIGEST: SMITH, UNTERREINER CARD ACES
(High School Sports ~ 07/05/01)
Clayton Smith and Ron Unterreiner both hit holes-in-one Wednesday on the 145-yard No. 8 hole at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. Smith's shot was witnessed by his wife, Lori, and Brad Alphenthal and Melissa Alphenthal. Unterreiner, who used an 8-iron, was playing with Robin Young, Doris Young and Hooch Young...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/05/01)
Son to Jason M. Smith and Charisse N. Parrish of Muncie, Ind., Ball State Hospital, 6:55 p.m. Monday, April 16, 2001. Name, Austine Presley. Weight, 6 pounds 2 ounces. Second child, first son. Ms. Parrish is the daughter of Nancy Drews of Sikeston, Mo., and Rick Parrish of Cape Girardeau. Smith is the son of Eric and Cheryl Hickman of New Castle, Ind. He is sales manager at Oak Motors in Muncie...
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MARIE SAPPINGTON
(Obituary ~ 07/05/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Marie Sappington passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4-8 p.m. today. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The Rev. Raymond V. Epps will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery...
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ERNEST EAKER
(Obituary ~ 07/05/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Ernest Marvin Eaker, 80, of Marble Hill died Monday, July 2, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 17, 1920, at Lutesville, Mo., son of Marvin W. and LouDella Francis Eaker. He married Wilma Stratton on Nov. 5, 1949, in Piggott, Ark. She died in 1983...
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RICHARD OURTH
(Obituary ~ 07/05/01)
Richard Henry Ourth, 57, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, July 2, 2001, at his home. He was born May 21, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, son of Leo Lawrence and Helen Louise Diebold Ourth. He and Joyce A. Hobeck were married Aug. 12, 1967, in Cape Girardeau...
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BETTY LENTZ
(Obituary ~ 07/05/01)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Betty A. Lentz, 69, of Mounds died Tuesday, July 3, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 25, 1932, at Cobden, Ill., daughter of Virgil C. and Anna Jackson Russell. She and Kenneth Lentz were married March 17, 1951, in Mounds. He died in 1999...
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GROVER HAHS
(Obituary ~ 07/05/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Grover C. Hahs, 85, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, July 3, 2001, at Elder Care of Marble Hill. He was born June 24, 1916, at Sedgewickville, Mo., son of Rebecca Hahs Taylor. He and Zona Eliza Craft were married Sept. 11, 1943. She died April 30, 1995...
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EULA FAHRENKROG
(Obituary ~ 07/05/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Eula Fahrenkrog, 78, of Marble Hill died Monday, July 2, 2001, at her home. She was born Jan. 15, 1923, at Glen Allen, Mo., daughter of Manuel and Maggie Lincoln Masters. She and William M. Fahrenkrog were married July 11, 1942. He died Sept. 6, 1981...
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RONALD EDWARDS
(Obituary ~ 07/05/01)
Ronald Edwards, 59, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, July 2, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born April 3, 1942, at Chaffee, Mo., son of William Edgar and Mary M. Humphrey Edwards. He and Jean Messinger were married July 25, 1985, in Houston, Texas...
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VIVIAN RUSSELL
(Obituary ~ 07/05/01)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- Lerley Vivian Russell, 77, of Morehouse died Tuesday, July 3, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. She was born Oct. 14, 1923, in Corinth, Miss., daughter of William Hardy and Mary Elizabeth Shelton Parish. She married Clifford Russell, who died Feb. 12, 1973...
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TIMOTHY ELAM
(Obituary ~ 07/05/01)
MULVANE, Kan. -- Timothy Scott Elam, 39, of Douglass, Kan., died Monday, July 2, 2001. He was born Sept. 20, 1961, son of David and Carolyn Elam. Elam was a Learjet expediter. Survivors include his wife, Lisa; four sons, Sean Elam of Bismarck, Mo., Andrew, Zachary and David Elam, all of the home; a daughter, Tiffany Elam-Smith of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; his mother of Bismarck; a brother, Michael Elam of Cape Girardeau; and a sister, Cathy Cole of Bismarck...
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GLADYS CASPER
(Obituary ~ 07/05/01)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Gladys A. Casper, 85, of Cobden died Tuesday, July 3, 2001, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 20, 1916, in Makanda, Ill., daughter of William T. and Amanda Williams Bennett. She and Charles Walter Casper were married Oct. 29, 1932, in Jackson, Mo. He died May 2, 1997...
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JOHN LOUCKS
(Obituary ~ 07/05/01)
RANDLES, Mo. -- John Kevin Loucks, 33, of Norman, Okla., died Monday, July 2, 2001, at Norman Regional Hospital. He was born June 16, 1968, in Los Angeles, Calif., son of Lester L. and Cecilia P. Dumey Loucks. Loucks was a painter. Survivors include his father of Norman; his mother of Garden Grove, Calif.; a sister, Lori Loucks of Garden Grove; maternal grandparents, Frank and Agnes Dumey of Randles; and fiancee, Kelli Little of Duncan, Okla...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/05/01)
SEMO REGENTS president Don Dickerson recently declared, "I'd like to hire six more" in reference to Cincinnati resident and university dollar raiser Dale Nitzschke. I've put a pencil to it, and I think they can afford to hire six more Nitzschke clones. Assuming they pay them the same as they pay Nitzschke, they could come up with the money by, if my calculations are correct, terminating 67 SEMO staff members...
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REAL REFORM? REPEAL MOTOR-VOTER LAW
(Column ~ 07/05/01)
The selective indignation of many of those clamoring about alleged minority voter disenfranchisement in Florida reveals that their primary concern is not to restore integrity to the election process, but to win political points and elections. Without question, the recently released election report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights finding rampant discrimination against minority voters in Florida was agenda-driven rather than fact-driven...
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COLLEGE CREDIT TRANSFERS WELCOME BY STUDENTS
(Editorial ~ 07/05/01)
Beginning next year, students who transfer from one Missouri public college or university to another will be able to take their general-education credits with them. The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education developed a program for each school to offer a 42-semester-hour block of general education credit that will be transferable to every public institution in the state...
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FBI REVIEW MAY HELP RESTORE OUR CONFIDENCE
(Editorial ~ 07/05/01)
Last month, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced a broad review of the beleaguered FBI, aiming to reform the bureau in the wake of a series of mishaps. This announcement came as a Senate committee gathered for an oversight hearing on the bureau...
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LETTERS: LANDOWNER IS CLASSY LADY WITH GENUINE CONCERNS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/05/01)
To the editor: The headline on Sam Blackwell's July 3 article starts with "Balky landowner ... ." This is disrespectful of Pam Owens, a 78-year-old grandmother who has worked hard for what she has. She is a classy lady concerned about her land and trees -- not a mule. I'm proud of my aunt and dismayed that your paper would be so insulting. Once again, you exhibit poor writing and judgment. Your one-sided viewpoints may be journalism, but not good journalism...
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