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UNIVERSITY WILL MEET WITH NRC STAFF OVER RADIATION SPILL
(Local News ~ 06/07/01)
Southeast Missouri State University could face a fine for possible safety violations over a radiation spill in Magill Hall of Science that cost the school more than $1 million to clean up last year. Southeast officials are scheduled to meet Tuesday with federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff in the Chicago suburb of Lisle, Ill., to discuss five possible safety violations...
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PROGRAM TEACHES REALITIES OF PET OWNERSHIP
(Local News ~ 06/07/01)
Ten adolescents gathered around a surgical table and watched with complete fascination as Dr. Ann Seabaugh neutered Oreo, an 8-week-old kitten. Two slices by Seabaugh and the procedure was done. "It's so quick!" she told her audience. "Did you miss it?"...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: HEADING DOWN INTO THE MYSTERY BELOW
(Column ~ 06/07/01)
Dear Leslie, Here in Missouri, we are defined by rivers. The greatest of rivers draws a swirling brown line down our eastern border bound for the Gulf of Mexico. One hundred years ago, smaller rivers to the west became a bog as they emptied into the lowlands below Crowley's Ridge. ...
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DOWNTOWN TREES UNDER ATTACK
(Local News ~ 06/07/01)
Downtown Cape Girardeau needs a playground, Debbie Naeter suggests. She's not even half-kidding. Naeter is looking for a way for those who continually vandalize the small trees that have been planted in the two square blocks -- Water to Spanish streets and Independence to Broadway -- downtown to burn off some energy in another way...
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STOLEN TRUCK CARRYING ANHYDROUS AMMONIA FOUND NEAR CARDWELL
(Local News ~ 06/07/01)
MINER, Mo. -- A stolen tractor-trailer truck carrying 38,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia was recovered Wednesday near the Arkansas border, police said. The methamphetamine-related theft ended without incident when the vehicle was discovered at a truck stop about 90 miles away in Cardwell, Mo...
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CAPE POLICE PLAN SOBRIETY CHECKS DURING WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 06/07/01)
Cape Girardeau police will set up sobriety checkpoints this weekend to scare drunk drivers off the road. "The Cape Girardeau Police Department intends to place impaired drivers in fear of being arrested each time they get behind the wheel of an automobile," said Steve Strong, interim police chief...
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CAPE BUSINESSMAN IDENTIFIED
(Local News ~ 06/07/01)
The owner of a Cape Girardeau plumbing and heating business was identified Wednesday as the victim of a construction accident at Jackson, Mo. Bud Monroe, 66, owner of Monroe Plumbing and Heating, was buried alive while installing a sewer pipe at a residence on Seabaugh Road Tuesday...
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CAPE GROUP WILL GET FREE CRUISE
(Local News ~ 06/07/01)
A group of Cape Girardeau residents are stuck today without vacation plans, following an announcement this week that their cruise ship has been "beached" for a while. But, when the vacationers decide on new summer or fall cruise plans, they're in for a pleasant surprise -- a free cruise...
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FESTUS FEASTS ON CAPE PITCHING, HOLDS ON FOR WIN
(High School Sports ~ 06/07/01)
Longtime American Legion baseball rivals Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons and Festus have had some tremendous battles over the years. Wednesday night was not one of them. Visiting Festus scored 13 of the game's first 15 runs and cruised to a 13-7 victory at Capaha Field...
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SE'S ACE SELECTED IN 46TH ROUND
(College Sports ~ 06/07/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's Todd Pennington, the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year, was finally drafted Wednesday -- but not nearly as high as he had hoped or anticipated. Pennington, a right-hander who recently completed a brilliant junior season for the Indians, was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 46th round of the 50-round Major League Baseball Draft...
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SCOTT CITY BABE RUTH SWEEPS
(High School Sports ~ 06/07/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Scott City's Senior Babe Ruth team -- its first team since 1985 -- improved to 2-2 with a doubleheader sweep over the Cape White Sox. Scott City won the first game 5-3 and the second game 8-5. In the first game, Jordan Comer threw a three-hitter and struck out six in picking up the win. He walked two...
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NOTHING SOFT IN 17TH ANNUAL KELSO KLASSIC
(High School Sports ~ 06/07/01)
If fast-pitch softball is what you enjoy, then the small Southeast Missouri town of Kelso will be the place to be this weekend. The 17th annual Kelso Klassic -- a 14-team men's fast-pitch softball tournament -- will take place Friday through Sunday on two fields at the Kelso Softball Complex...
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BUD MONROE
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
Funeral service for Daniel Howard "Bud" Monroe of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Morris Cobb and the Rev. Cy Smith will officiate. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. today at the chapel...
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HAZEL MAYFIELD
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Hazel Gertrude Mayfield, 96, formerly of Scott City, died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, at Delmar Gardens Nursing Home in Creve Coeur, Mo. She was born April 1, 1905, in Point Isabel, Ind., daughter of O.W. and Effie M. Lowe Vawter. She and Ralph A. Mayfield were married May 16, 1922, in St. Louis. He died March 14, 1960...
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HELEN OWENS
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Graveside service for Helen Ora Owens of Dexter will be held at 11 a.m. today at Dexter Cemetery. The Rev. Vyron Yount will officiate. Friends may call at Rainey Funeral Home in Dexter from 9:30-11 a.m. Owens, 82, died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, at Crowley Ridge Care Center...
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RICHARD MCCLARNEY
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
Richard Lamonte McClarney, Ph.D., 57, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, at his home. He was born March 3, 1944, in Decatur, Ala., son of Richard and Elizabeth Newlin McClarney. He and Renelda Franklin were married Oct. 24, 1964, at Silver Lake, Mo...
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ESTHER WINDISCH
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
Esther Thekla Wilhelmina Niermann Windisch, 90, passed away at home Wednesday, June 6, 2001, at 12:28 p.m., as the Lord called her home. She made her home with her daughter, Ranata Windisch, and her daughter and son-in-law, Esther and Ron Gray. Mrs. ...
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RUSBY HARTLE
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Rusby E. Hartle, 85, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. The Rev. Jimmie Corbin will officiate. Interment will be in Russell Heights Cemetery...
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PORTIA DALE
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Graveside service for Portia Ellis Dale of Advance will be held at 10 a.m. today at Dexter Cemetery in Dexter, Mo. The Rev. Tom Zych will officiate. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance is in charge of arrangements. Dale, 89, died Monday, June 4, 2001, at her home...
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EDWARD ARNOLDI SR.
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
Graveside service for Edward P. Arnoldi Sr. of Cape Coral, Fla., will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Cape County Memorial Park. Dr. Clayton Smith will officiate. Friends may call Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from noon until time of service...
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GILBERT KOHLER
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Gilbert "Gib" Kohler, 72, of Tamms died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. He was born in Dongola, Ill., son of Roy Van and Hazel Georgia Sharp Kohler. He and Bonnie Schierbaum were married June 16 1962, at Millcreek, Ill...
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FERN KASSEL
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
FARRAR, Mo. -- Funeral for Fern Elvera Kassel of St. Charles, Mo., will be held at 11 a.m. today at Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Charles. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Baue Funeral Home in St. Charles is in charge of arrangements. Kassel, 69, died Monday, June 4, 2001, at her home...
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DONALD HOOSIER
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Donald R. Hoosier, 52, of Sikeston died Wednesday, June 6, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born June 30, 1948, in Stoddard County, Mo., son of Jesse and Jessie Cook Hoosier. He and Connie Scherffius were married April 18, 1970...
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FAYE DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Faye Dorothy Davis, 62, of Charleston died Saturday, June 2, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 25, 1938, in Henson, Mo., daughter of Odie and Maggie Conner Long. Davis was a 1957 graduate of Lincoln High School...
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GRACE MARGRAF
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
Grace Houck Margraf of Wilmington, Del., formerly of Richmond, Va., died Friday, June 1, 2001. She was born in 1914 in Shelbina, Mo. Margraf attended Fontbonne College in St. Louis, and graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1936. She taught physical education for a time...
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JESSE HAIRE
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Jesse David Haire, 81, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, June 6, 2001, at his home. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.
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OLEN BROWN
(Obituary ~ 06/07/01)
ANNISTON, Mo. -- Graveside rites for Olen Robert Brown of Anniston will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Maynard Cemetery near Diehlstadt, Mo. The Rev. Bill Meeks will officiate. Military rites will be conducted by Missouri Military Funeral Honors. McMikle Funeral Home at Charleston, Mo., is in charge of arrangements...
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LETTERS: FOSTER PARENTS DESERVE PRAISE FOR WHAT THEY DO
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/07/01)
To the editor: The Bollinger County Division of Family Services would like to thank Dr. Scott Weiner of Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau for his presentation at our annual Foster Parent Appreciation Banquet. He offered praise to our foster parents for their love and concern for the children they care for...
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LETTERS: SEEK SUPPORT FOR BILL BANNING HUMAN CLONING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/07/01)
To the editor: According to a Time-CNN poll, 88 percent of Americans support a ban on human cloning. U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon is sponsoring the Human Cloning Prohibition Act. This bill would make all human cloning illegal. U.S. Rep. Jim Greenwood also is sponsoring a bill that he says would make human cloning illegal. ...
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TO GOV. HOLDEN: SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCCESS
(Editorial ~ 06/07/01)
Governor Bob Holden is coming up on six months in office, and newspapers around Missouri are doing their assessments and profiles of his tenure to this point. We have made comments on this issue or that issue as they have crossed the radar screen, but today we take a slightly different tack: Where should he go from here, if Gov. Holden wants to have a successful term in office?...
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HIGH COURT: YOU CAN'T HAVE 'EM, BUT WE CAN
(Editorial ~ 06/07/01)
The U.S. Supreme Court, without comment by the majority, has let stand a lower court's ruling that Elkhart, Ind., must remove the Ten Commandments from their prominent place outside city hall. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, joined by Justices Anton Scalia and Clarence Thomas, found this puzzling, to say the least. The minority noted the historical, cultural and legal significance of the commandments...
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MODERATION IN ALL THINGS? NOT QUIET
(Column ~ 06/07/01)
"Moderation in all things" is universally considered wise counsel. The national media and Democrats -- when lecturing Republicans, anyway -- are forever attempting to misapply the axiom to governmental policy. Republicans should look elsewhere for advice...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/07/01)
THANK YOU for doing your civic duty and writing an editorial about property reassessment. Now can we get back to something more sensational and more interesting? AS A Christian who had many ancestors driven from their homes by other Christians, I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state. ...
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LETTERS: BETTER THINKING NEEDED FOR P&Z AND STREET WORK
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/07/01)
To the editor: I am a transplant from up North, and all the controversy about roundabouts is quite amusing to me. I have noticed every time a street or intersection around Cape Girardeau or Jackson is widened, it usually is torn up and redone a second time to get the job done right...
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