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Out of the past: July 13The Mississippi County commissioners have delayed the completion date of the Mississippi County Courthouse at Charleston for a third time because of difficulties with receiving supplies; the delay won’t cost the contractor because the county didn’t include a time-delay clause in its contract; most recently, delays in receiving the limestone needed for the building’s exterior have kept the general contractor, C.A. Walker Construction Co., from completing work on the outside of the structure...
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Out of the past: July 14Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan’s decision to veto the partial birth abortion bill leaves local anti-abortion supporters upset; Carnahan called the bill “deceptive and extreme” because he said it went beyond banning partial birth abortions. Peach production in Missouri may be down this year, but the 7.5 million to 8 million pounds expected to be harvested should make a good crop; David Diebold of Diebold Orchards near Benton says, “The taste is great. ...
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Out of the Past: July 15A new kind of student housing likely will be coming to Cape Girardeau; without fanfare or controversy, the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission last night gave its consent for the rezoning of an 11-acre tract at the northeast corner of Bertling and North Sprigg streets; Place Collegiate Property is buying the land from the Cape Girardeau School District and will construct eight apartment buildings for student housing. ...
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Out of the Past: July 12Lower humidity and a stellar card of attractions boosted attendance numbers at the second annual Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival; airport manager Bruce Loy estimates the air show drew between 9,000 and 10,000 spectators; gate figures aren’t yet available; last year, poor weather prevented some planes from flying in. ...
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Out of the Past: July 11Members of Christ Presbyterian Church recently held a groundbreaking and dedication service at a construction site along Lexington Avenue; the church plans to build a 3,000-square-foot worship and education building; the congregation bought the 8-acre site nearly eight years and has raised money and planned for construction the past four years. ...
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Out of the Past: July 10Cimarron Boardman quit playing football after his freshman year, an astonishing decision for a student at pigskin-loving Jackson High School; he just didn’t want to risk an injury that would end his ride on the rodeo way of life; the 18-year-old Boardman left Friday on a rodeo trip that eventually will take him to the National High School Rodeo Championship in Gillette, Wyoming; he earned the right to go by winning the Missouri high school calf roping championship last month in Ozark. ....
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Out of the Past: July 9The 1999 Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival, which will be held this week, got an early start yesterday with a memorial service at Cape County Park North, attended by about 80 people; in keeping with the theme of the show — “Heroes and Legends” — Specialist Burt Lehman, a Vietnam veteran, declared “Every soldier is entitled to one certainty, that they will always be remembered. On the whole, the country has failed to honor that certainty.” ...
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Out of the Past: July 8Interstate 55 overpass bridges at the Fruitland interchange will be replaced in the first phase of highway improvements associated with the Procter & Gamble expansion; a construction contract has been awarded to Penzel Construction Company, Inc., of Jackson for $3,295,745, and includes replacement of both existing I-55 overpass bridges over U.S. 61; work is expected to begin in September. ...
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Out of the past: July 7Three cases of Hepatitis A were confirmed from a Cape Girardeau County day care, but county health officials say the outbreak was quickly contained thanks to prompt reporting by the day care; Charlotte Craig, director of the Cape Girardeau County Health Department, says one adult and two children at Little Rascal’s day care had the infection...
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Out of the past: July 5** 1999 The Cape Girardeau city engineering department didn’t have to look too far to find a replacement for a supervisor’s position as they promoted one of their engineers; Melanie Gertis takes over the job of Civil Engineer II and is in charge of the city’s design office; she will take over the duties for city engineer Mark Lester when he is out of town...
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Out of the past: July 4Cape Girardeau residents kicked off Independence Day celebrations a day early with a parade and a host of activities at Arena Park; the festivities continue, with numerous activities and several bands scheduled for the third annual celebration sponsored by theVFW Post 3838, including a fireworks display at 9 p.m.; parade marshal for yesterday’s motorcade was U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson...
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Out of the Past: July 3The Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau won’t close July 25 as earlier anticipated; the soonest the bridge could close for repairs is mid-August; on Friday, the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission didn’t award a construction contract for improvements to the existing bridge; the project involves replacing the asphalt driving surface of the bridge deck; only one bid was received for the work, and it was considerably higher than anticipated. ...
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Out of the Past: July 2R.L. Persons Construction Co. yesterday began losing $300 a day for missing its Wednesday deadline to complete construction of Blanchard Elementary School; the company must repay the Cape Girardeau School District for each day required for completion of the school under a contract clause regarding liquidated damages. ...
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Out of the Past: July 1Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus would blend the old brick seminary with an addition and a separate horseshoe-shaped museum; the university’s Board of Regents yesterday reviewed the preliminary design with representatives of Sverdrup, the St. Louis architectural and engineering firm hired to draw up plans for the $35.6 million project; the regents voiced enthusiasm over the proposed design, which was displayed in a drawing and in a model layout. ...
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Out of the past: June 30An 85-mile stretch of Highway 34 from Cape Girardeau to near Van Buren could be widened, straightened and improved into a “super two” highway; the highway would still be two lanes, but would be better designed to handle traffic; the Missouri Department of Transportation is paying $1.8 million to a St. Louis engineering firm to study traffic patterns and develop a plan to improve Highway 34 through Southeast Missouri...
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Out of the Past: June 28Hooks, sonar and divers probed the bottom of Bella Vista Lake off Highway 177 east of Fruitland for most of Sunday searching or the body of Brad Reddick; it was located shortly before 10 p.m.; Reddick, 23, of Jackson had been swimming with two friends when for unexplained reasons he disappeared under the water. ...
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Out of the Past: June 27Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel breaks ground for a new education building in the morning between worship services; the new, 5,500-square-foot building will house classrooms and a nursery; a new wing will be added to form a new entrance to the church; a parking lot also will be expanded as part of the project; Good Shepherd members will work with Laborers for Christ, an organization of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, to finish the construction. ...
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Out of the Past: June 26U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchison, the lone undisputed GOP hero of the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, was the main attraction last night at a fund-raising dinner and reception for U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson of Cape Girardeau; more than 100 persons attended the reception at the home of Dr. and Mrs. C.R. Talbert Jr., and 50 paid $250 per couple for a private dinner afterward. ...
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Out of the Past: June 25Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle will decide by Monday whether to charge a man who shot and killed a neighbor he says he thought was trying to break into his South Spanish Street house; police say intoxication and a climate of fear created by the proximity of suspected serial killer Rafael Resendez-Ramirez may have played rolls in the shooting late Wednesday night that left 44-year-old Debra Ann Poch dead. ...
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Out of the Past: June 24It was months in the making, but the panelists last night all agree that a forum on diversity couldn’t come at a better time; the People-to-People forum was planned long before the June 11 melee on Good Hope Street, but it became the focal point as the place to begin to bring about better community relations; about 50 persons gathered at the Show Me Center to participate in a discussion of how to bring better communication between people with diverse backgrounds; the event was co-sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Multicultural Committee and Southeast Missouri State University. ...
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Out of the past: June 23Southeast Missouri State University officials couldn’t be happier with the university’s $527 million share of the state budget; the funding includes $4.6 million for its River Campus project; Gov. Mel Carnahan signed the $16.2 billion state budget yesterday...
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Out of the Past: June 21Fishermen in Cape Girardeau County call Lake Girardeau at Crump “the Dead Sea”; Doug Flannery of Whitewater blames the Missouri Department of Conservation for the lake’s problems; he contends the agency has done a poor job of managing the 162-acre lake; Flannery says, “It’s fished out and they (the Conservation Department) are doing nothing to help it”; department officials, however, insist the lake is in good shape, both for fish and fishermen. ...
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Out of the Past: June 20Robyn Hosp, a consummate professional used to performing in front of audiences large and small, admits she was nervous when she stepped on the Show Me Center stage yesterday afternoon to perform in the Heartland Homecoming ’99 talent shootout; however, Hosp prevailed, taking first place in the competition that featured dozens of professional gospel performers; the Gaither Video Artists production drew of a crowd of 3,172 to Cape Girardeau. ...
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Out of the Past: June 19Something new is growing in Southern Illinois this year: rice; “We have a lot of water over there,” says Blake Gerard, who farms more than 1,300 acres in an area between Cape Girardeau and McClure, and “I decided to take advantage of it; Gerard’s 40-acre field of rice is alongside Highway 3, just north of the Highway 146 intersection; it is the farthest north of any rice crop in the United States. ...
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Out of the Past: June 18The FBI will conduct an independent investigation into a clash between police and a crowd of about 150 that occurred a week ago, says Rick Hetzel, Cape Girardeau police chief; no timetable has been set for when the FBI will begin its work, but Hetzel says it should start relatively soon; the FBI will be looking into possible legal and civil rights violations from the near riot in the 400 block of Good Hope Street that resulted in nine arrests and injuries to six officers. ...
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Out of the Past: June 17A complaint has been filed with the Cape Girardeau Police Department regarding police behavior during the arrest of two brothers in an incident that turned into a melee Friday morning; Rose Campbell, sister of the men, filed the complaint, which was forwarded to Police Chief Rick Hetzel; she also filed federal complaints with the Department of Justice and FBI alleging unnecessary verbal and physical abuse by officers during the incident that occurred in the 300 block of Good Hope Street ...
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Out of the past: June 16Around 300 concerned citizens gathered last night at St. James AME Church to discuss the future of race relations in Cape Girardea; prompted by Friday morning’s melee involving 150 people on Good Hope Street, representatives of the Cape Girardeau Police Department wouldn’t talk about the altercation at the gathering; but South Cape Girardeau residents vented their frustrations on how the police operate in their neighborhoods; Friday’s altercation followed the arrest of a man on Good Hope after he allegedly tried to hit an officer.. ...
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Out of the past: June 15Old Town Cape, the name selected for the local Main Street program that covers a wide area of downtown Cape Girardeau, has applied for membership in the National Main Street Network and the Missouri Main Street program; OTC is seeking volunteers for the organization...
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Out of the Past: June 14No one knows about the origins of the street, but one thing city officials do know is that Walnut Street is falling apart; situated between Commercial Street and South Kingshighway, a 300-foot stretch of road is causing major problems for Motorsports Unlimited and Gary’s Car and Truck Sales; both businesses sell vehicles that get covered with dust from the dirt road every day and frequently need to be cleaned to entice sales; no one seems to know who built the road, and because its origins are murky, no one know who is responsible for maintaining it. ...
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Out of the Past: June 13The Rev. Hugh V. Stewart begins his new duties as interim pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau; he served 11 years as pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Rolla; he and his wife, Pat, have two daughters and two grandchildren. ...
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Out of the Past: June 12An altercation between a motorist and a Cape Girardeau police officer early yesterday led to a melee in the 300 block of Good Hope Street as customers were leaving the Taste Restaurant and Lounge; angry spectators threw rocks, bricks and cinder blocks at officers that converged on the scene; five officers and a Southeast Missouri State University officer were injured; eight persons were arrested in connection with the incident, including two Cape Girardeau brothers who fought with police. ...
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Out of the Past: June 11The Scott County Commission may propose a capital improvement sales tax to fund a new county jail, courthouse repairs and road and bridge improvements; Presiding Commissioner Martin Priggel says the commission is exploring the idea but isn’t close to making a decision. ...
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Out of the Past: June 10The Procter & Gamble Co. has announced details of its five-year, far-reaching, strategic plan to carry the company into its next phase of “Organization 2005”; during the process, which will increase long-term annual sales growth 6% to 8%, 15,000 jobs will be eliminated over the next six years — about 13% of the work force — and 10 plants may be closed; “We see no immediate or planned impact on the Cape Girardeau County facility,” a company spokesman said. ...
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Out of the past: June 9Cape Girardeau Community Caring Council will spend more than three-quarters of a million dollars this fiscal year in hopes of strengthening local families and encouraging service agencies to work together; the council will receive $627,456 from the state budget to fund projects; it also has been given $148,142 through House Bill 1519, and the department of Social Services and Child Support Enforcement has awarded it $6,571...
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Out of the Past: June 7Cape Girardeau homeowners are making a big splash; although it’s summer and that means time to indulge in the luxury of a swimming pool, some Girardeans are wading in line for construction permits; the city’s inspection services division has issued eight permits for swimming pools so far this year, including four this past month alone. ...
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Out of the Past: June 6Greg A. Shambo, formerly of Scott City, has received a Christian ministries pastoral degree from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City; Shambo and his wife, Kim, lived in Scott City before he attended seminary; he is pastor of Boswell Baptist Church in Boswell. ...
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Out of the Past: June 5Dr. Dan Tallent, Cape Girardeau schools superintendent who will leave his job here at the end of June, says controversy over where to relocate elementary school boundaries and repeated delays in the completion of the new Blanchard Elementary School have kept students in limbo most of the year regarding which school they will attend next fall; while the issue was settled for many students when the school board adopted a firm set of boundaries in April, requests to consider a phase-in of the boundaries by allowing students to remain at their home school means more than 150 students still are unsure of which school they will attend next fall. ...
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Out of the Past: June 4Storm cleanup is costing Cape Girardeau nearly $50,000 for contractors, overtime pay and equipment rental and upkeep; and that’s just an estimate; cleaning up all the limbs and damaged trees from a May 17 windstorm that hit Cape Girardeau with nearly 90-mph winds should be finished within another week or two; residents are encouraged to put their storm-damaged limbs and trees at the curbside for free removal by city crews. ...
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Out of the past: June 3Cape Girardeau’s two Save-A-Lot stores will consolidate into one store in the former Del Farm National Grocery and Schnucks building at South Sprigg and William streets, giving the city’s Midtown its first grocery in almost two years; Heartland Save-A-Lot stores at 19 N. Spanish St. and near Broadway and Kingshighway, both owned by Maevers Food Inc. of Jackson, will close when the new market opens in mid August. ...
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Out of the past: June 2Herb Nance understands how storms that ripped through Cape Rock Park last month uprooted trees and broke limbs, but he doesn’t understand how vandals could pillage the park’s flower beds; Nance and members of the American Legion help maintain the park; over the long Memorial Day weekend, probably on Saturday, miscreants ripped out and broke off plants and trampled through flower beds at the park...
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Out of the past: June 1As if the three-day Memorial Day weekend wasn’t enough time off already, attorneys from Boone County come offering an all-expenses-paid, 10-day trip to Columbia to at least 12 Cape Girardeau County residents; Boone County Prosecutor Kevin Crane and attorneys for murder suspect Earl Ringo begin jury selection with about 190 Cape Girardeau County residents; 12 jurors and at least two alternates will be taken to Columbia for what is expected to be a 10-day trial; this is the third jury picked in Cape Girardeau for another county’s trial.. ...
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Out of the past: May 31Memorial Day. A number of Memorial Day services are held, including at Anna, Illinois, Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Perryville and Scott City; at the Mound City National Cemetery at Mounds, Illinois, the 7,500-plus veterans and some of their spouses were honored Saturday; the program, titled “Roll Call,” recognized veterans from the Civil War through Desert Storm...
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Out of the Past: May 30The Rev. Jack Owen, pastor of New Life Gospel Center in Scott City, preached from the roof of the church yesterday afternoon; Owen had challenged his congregation to break an attendance record on Easter; if the record was surpassed, he agreed to preach from the rooftop; more than 130 persons attended the Easter Sunday service.
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Out of the Past: May 29Cape Girardeau has become a way station for National Guard troops moving missiles from a Rock Island, Illinois, military depot to a base near Texarkana, Texas; about 570 National Guard troops are involved, with each group of soldiers serving two weeks; the operation, which began around May 15, should end by June 11. ...
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Out of the Past: May 28Voters in Cape Girardeau County won’t see planning and zoning on the August ballot, but the proposal could come up for consideration in November; a committee has spent the last two years drafting planning and zoning regulations for the county, but John Dudley, chairman of the committee, says the plan isn’t quite ready. ...
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Out of the past: May 26High water continues to delay construction of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge; it has affected work on both the Illinois approach and jet grouting on the bedrock of a pier site in the middle of the Mississippi River; the Illinois approach work has been shut down about three weeks by flooding; the river is expected to crest Saturday in Cape Girardeau at 35 feet...
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Out of the Past: May 24Two Farmington teen-age boys were arrested for allegedly shooting into the home of Scott County Coroner Scott Amick in Scott City early Saturday morning; no one was injured in the shooting, which occurred just as a high school graduation party was winding down at Amick’s house on Marelm Street; the two arrested had been asked to leave the party earlier in the night. ...
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Out of the past: May 23Members of First Pentecostal Church in Cape Girardeau celebrate the 80th anniversary of the church with guest ministers and a potluck lunch; the church, which moved from the Red Star district to its current location on Lexington Avenue, has restored a bell that had once been part of the original building.
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Out of the past: May 22The City of Cape Girardeau may have to look at other options for its taxi coupon program; Kelley Transportation Co., which provides the taxi service to the city, has told city officials it is withdrawing the bid for the $374,800 contract to provide the tax service for coupon users; the current contract expires July 1; Kelley is the only cab company in town. ...
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Out of the past: May 21Dr. Dale Nitzschke is stepping down as president of Southeast Missouri State University; the Board of Regents has promoted the school’s executive vice president, Dr. Kenneth W. Dobbins, to the top spot; the 49-year-old Dobbins will serve as Southeast’s 17th president beginning July 1; Nitzschke will remain with the school for the next two years in the newly created position of chancellor; in that role, he will oversee the development of the River Campus visual and performing arts school and the Polytechnic Institute. ...
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Out of the past: May 20Power remained out for some AmerenUE customers yesterday, two days after high winds whipped through Southeast Missouri; the Monday afternoon storm left about 44,000 AmerenUE customers without power in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area to as far south as Oran; by late yesterday afternoon, nearly 3,000 customers were still without electricity, said AmerenUE district manager Doug Groesbeck; many of those customers live in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Out of the past: May 17Gordonville area residents can rest a little easier at night knowing that a new fire substation on Route F near Tilsit is up and running; “Every resident now lives within five miles of a fire station,” says Gordonville Fire Chief Roger English; the new location also doubles as a community disaster center...