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CHAPTER 2: A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR ARRIVES AT OCRACOKE ISLAND (SECOND IN 14 PARTS)
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
THE STORY SO FAR: It is February 1942. With her mother gone and her father off to war, 11 -year-old Delia Parrish has left her Virginia home and is on her way to Ocracoke Island, N.C., to live with relatives. While the boat makes its way over rough water under stormy skies, the captain tells Delia about the ghost of Blackbeard the pirate. But, he adds, "It's not the dead you should be scared of. It's the livin.' " His words chill Delia to the bone...
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LEAP DAY BABIES
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
Gwen Thoma, director of educational services at Southeast Missouri Hospital, ought to have severe acne, erratic mood swings and a devotion to musical groups like the Backstreet Boys. After all, she turns 13 years old today. And young Alexandra Wallace of Jackson insists she's not a baby, even though she is barely 1-year-old...
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CLICK AND DOUBLE CLICK: TRY SOME QUIRKY SITES ON LEAP DAY
(Column ~ 02/29/00)
It's Leap Day. Feb. 29 only comes around every four years, so it's the kind of day that encourages us to be a little bit wacky. It seems like a good day to look at some Web sites that are a bit off kilter. Fasten your seat belts. It could be a wild ride...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: NO TIES FOR SPECIAL-EDUCATION TEACHER
(Column ~ 02/29/00)
JACKSON -- Special education programs have changed a lot over the years, but the students remain the same. That's the opinion of 28-year teaching veteran Everett Cassady who teaches seventh grade learning disability classes at Jackson Middle School...
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TEEN WON'T LET ORDEAL STOP HIM FROM FISHING
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
Johnny Simmons got little rest Monday because of continually answering questions about how he felt and what he remembered of his rescue from the mud Sunday night. Simmons, a 6-foot teen-ager, spent nearly four hours stuck chest deep in a muddy bank along Juden Creek near Twin Trees Park. Rescue workers spent two hours digging him out of the ooze. Two friends who were with him also had tried to dig him out before calling for help...
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BOARD STUDIES HIGH SCHOOL DESIGNS
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
Two designs for a proposed high school were considered by the Cape Girardeau Board of Education Monday night. The designs are being developed prior to an April 4 election, when voters will be asked to approve a three-year continuation of the $3.41 tax levy approved in 1997. ...
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EFFORT INITIATED TO SAVE CENTER
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
Supporters of the Easter Seals Child Development Center in Cape Girardeau are donning yellow ribbons in hopes of changing the minds of state Easter Seals officials who want to close the center March 10. Failing that, some parents are exploring the possibility of opening a child development center without Easter Seals affiliation...
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MISSISSIPPI REBOUNDS FOLLOWING WINTER LOW WATER LEVELS; MONDAY'S 14.2 FEET IS THE HIGHEST SINCE OCT. 5
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
Old Man River can be unpredictable. A week ago Army Corps of Engineers dredges were removing sand in low areas to keep the river open. "We were hovering around the minus-10-foot mark on the gauge at Memphis," said Jim Pogue of the corps. That was a record low for the river at Memphis...
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CAPE MAN DIES FROM INJURIES SUFFERED IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
A Cape Girardeau man died Sunday night from injuries he received in a one-vehicle accident Friday night. Robert Kennedy died Sunday at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He had been seriously injured in the accident Friday when his motorcycle ran off the road and struck an embankment. The accident happened along Highway 177 north of Cape Girardeau...
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FLANNERY TO RUN FOR COUNTY COMMISSION
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
JACKSON -- Doug Flannery, 39, of Whitewater plans to run for Cape Girardeau County commission on the Democratic ticket. Flannery hopes to unseat District 1 Commissioner Larry Bock of Gordonville, a Republican. The filing period opens today. District 1 covers Jackson, all of the out-county and Ward 17 on the west side of Cape Girardeau...
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CHAFFEE EMA TO SPONSOR TRAINING COURSES IN MARCH
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
The Chaffee Emergency Management Agency will sponsor a series of free classes designed to train shelter operations teams for Scott County and the city of Chaffee. The first of the sessions attracted 25 participants. People can attend the remaining classes without attending the first class. The first course can be made up prior to the remaining classes through self-study...
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SEN. ASHCROFT: OIL PRICES MUST COME DOWN
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
JACKSON -- Oil-exporting countries need to reduce fuel prices, U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft told about 20 area farmers Monday. Ashcroft and Missouri Farm Bureau President Charlie Kruse met outdoors with farmers at Bob and Gladys Nitsch's farm. "We must help Missouri's farmers weather the present hardship of low commodity prices and skyrocketing costs for fuel," he said...
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CAIRO BOARD OF EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
Special meeting Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000 6:15 p.m. Garrison Board-Conference Room 303 34th St...
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COUNTRY DEEJAY CRIDER LEAVES K-103
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
A well-known radio personality for one of the top-rated shows has hung up his hat. Morning disc jockey Kent Crider has left K-103 FM. He had been host of the country music station's morning show since 1994. Crider cited "creative differences" as his reason for leaving...
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TWO FROM AREA PLEAD GUILTY TO DRUG COUNTS
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
Two Southeast Missouri men pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to charges related to manufacturing methamphetamine. Mark Mock, 31, of Butler County, pleaded guilty to manufacturing meth and faces 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine. John David Childers, 35, of Mississippi County pleaded guilty to a felony count of aiding and abetting in an attempt to make meth and faces no less than 10 years in prison and a $4 million fine...
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MCDERMOTT APPOINTED STUDENT REGENT
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
Gov. Mel Carnahan has named Douglas S. McDermott of Desloge to replace Tim Arbeiter as student regent at Southeast Missouri State University. McDermott, 19, a junior in public relations and mass communication, will serve a two-year term that ends Dec. 31, 2001...
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SIX ARRESTED IN SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS
(Local News ~ 02/29/00)
Two people were shot at and several people were involved in fights Saturday night and Sunday that led to six arrests by Cape Girardeau. Two men told police they were standing in the 300 block of Good Hope Street about 11 p.m. Saturday when they were approached by three men coming from the 400 block. One of the three told a victim he had made a mistake, and then pulled out what was described as a Magnum revolver...
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SEMO EVALUATES CHARTER REQUEST FROM ST. LOUIS
(Editorial ~ 02/29/00)
At long last, a request to charter a school in St. Louis has been received by Southeast Missouri State University. If approved, and if it fulfills its intentions, the proposed school could be the first charter school in St. Louis. By state law, charter schools are allowed only in St. ...
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CONGRESS IS CONSIDERING WAYS TO END SUBSIDIES TO SMOKE SHOPS ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS
(Editorial ~ 02/29/00)
Motorists who live near or travel past any number of Indian reservations around the country are familiar with the so-called smoke shops that dot the landscape and provide major income sources for tribal members lucky enough to have concessions. They are called smoke shops because they primarily sell cheap cigarettes inside along with cheap gasoline outside. ...
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LETTERS: GAMBLING SECTION, OPINION DON'T MESH
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/29/00)
To the editor: As one who participated in overcoming the threat posed by legalized gambling to our community, I was grateful to see the Southeast Missourian's editorial stance on that issue change to one of non-support over the past few years. I am wondering why, then, you chose to accept a major advertising supplement from the gambling industry in the Feb. 25 issue. I am sure you are free to decline advertising from groups you deem inappropriate...
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LETTERS: STORY ON ERA CONFUSES ISSUE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/29/00)
To the editor: If the purpose of Marc Powers' front-page article Feb. 24 on the Equal Rights Amendment was to inform readers, why didn't it simply provide the wording of the amendment for the readers to evaluate for themselves? This is what the entire amendment says:...
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OTAHKS WINLESS BUT CONFIDENT AGAINST MTSU
(College Sports ~ 02/29/00)
Sure, Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team finished only seventh in the Ohio Valley Conference's regular season. But the way coach Ed Arnzen sees it, why can't the Otahkians go on the road and pull off an OVC Tournament upset tonight?...
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SE LAUNCHES DRIVE FOR NCAA TOURNEY; INDIANS OPEN OVC TOURNEY AT HOME AGAINST UT-MARTIN
(College Sports ~ 02/29/00)
Southeast Missouri State University men's basketball coach Gary Garner knows that what his team accomplished during the regular season is something that everybody associated with the program should be extremely proud of. But Garner also knows that the Indians' regular-season success will basically be thrown out the window tonight, when the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament gets under way...
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OTAHKS WIN OVC INDOOR TRACK CROWN
(High School Sports ~ 02/29/00)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The Southeast MIssouri State University women's indoor track team used good team balance to win the Ohio Valley Conference indoor track championship. Southeast scored 103 points to claim the title, with Eastern Kentucky second with 92 and Middle Tennessee third with 86...
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FAVORED TEAMS PREVAIL IN 2A DISTRICT TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 02/29/00)
BLOOMFIELD -- The boys quarterfinals of the Class 2A, District 2 Tournament Monday held no surprises as all four of the higher-seeded teams advanced to Thursday's semifinals. Top-seeded Scott City rolled past eighth-seeded East Prairie 71-39; No. 2 Notre Dame routed No. 7 Bloomfield 72-33; No. 3 Woodland eased past No. 6 Greenville 69-45; and No. 4 Kelly needed some late heroics to slip past No. 5 Puxico 50-47...
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BRIEFLY: BAABB WINS TEAM PORTION OF TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 02/29/00)
BAABB won the team portion of the Cape Girardeau Women's Bowling Association's 59th annual Handicap Tournament. BAABB, which totaled 3,169, posted a 12-pin victory over Dave's Tow Boat (3,157). JDS Mechanical (3,104) was third in the 57-team field...
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BRIEFLY: VOGT HELPS ARIZONA WIN PAC-10 SWIM TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 02/29/00)
Cape Girardeau native Erin Vogt played a big role in leading the University of Arizona women's swimming team to its first-ever Pac-10 Conference championship. Arizona scored 1,325 points to beat runner-up Stanford, which had won every Pac-10 title since the inception of the meet in 1987. Stanford had 1,197 points...
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PAT URHAHN
(Obituary ~ 02/29/00)
BENTON -- Raymond S. "Pat" Urhahn, 79, of Benton died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 23, 1920, at Benton, son of William J. and Amella Scherer Urhahn. He and Ida Mae Cannon were married Aug. 21, 1945, at Benton...
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DOROTHY CRITES
(Obituary ~ 02/29/00)
OAK RIDGE -- Dorothy Marie Crites, 65, of Oak Ridge died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 5, 1934, at Friedheim, daughter of Edwin Pearl and Ethel Bernice Myers Kurre. She and Kelly R. Crites were married Sept. 3, 1955, at Old Appleton...
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OLLIE KING
(Obituary ~ 02/29/00)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Ollie Belle "Boots" King, 71, of East Prairie died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2000, at East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born April 28, 1928, at Ft. Leonard Wood, daughter of John and Ollie Belle Tuck Hughes. She and M.G. Holland were married Dec. 10, 1953...
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BUD SUTTON
(Obituary ~ 02/29/00)
MOREHOUSE -- J.C. "Bud" Sutton, 66, of Morehouse died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 25, 1934, in Blytheville, Ark., son of Harry and Eugenia Sudberry Sutton Sr. He and Jimmie R. Cole were married July 31, 1951, in Blytheville...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/29/00)
Son to Bryan and Monica Walker of Goodlettsville, Tenn., Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., 4:15 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000. Name, Will Bauer. Weight, 7 pounds 5 3/4 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Walker is the former Monica Lanpher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Lanpher of Cape Girardeau. Walker is the son of Paul Walker of Cape Girardeau, Donna Bauer of Memphis, Tenn., and Brenda Walker of Columbia. He is a self-employed contractor...
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OSHAL WILSON
(Obituary ~ 02/29/00)
BLOOMFIELD -- Oshal Andrew Wilson, 74, died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2000, at Madison Community Hospital in Madison Heights, Mich. He was born Feb. 22, 1926, at Bloomfield, son of Earl and Emmer Stewart Wilson. Wilson lived in Michigan most of his life. He was a retired engineer with Detroit Terminal Railroad. He was a member of Pyramid Lodge 562 F&AM, Scottish Rite, and Shrine Club...
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CORONA FEUERHAHN
(Obituary ~ 02/29/00)
A memorial Mass celebrating Corona Gosche Feuerhahn's life will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran. The Rev. Lewis Hejna will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Mass will be preceded by the parish rosary at 9:40 a.m...
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BOBBY KENNEDY
(Obituary ~ 02/29/00)
Robert Alan "Bobby" Kennedy, 36, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was injured in a motorcycle accident Friday, Feb. 25, on Highway 177. He was born July 8, 1963, at Dexter, son of Robert Owen and Betty Short Kennedy. He and Cindy Watkins were married Dec. 22, 1980, in Rison, Ark...
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THOMAS JONES SR.
(Obituary ~ 02/29/00)
FREDERICKTOWN -- Service for Thomas Lawrence Jones Sr. of Fredericktown will be held at 10 a.m. today at Follis and Sons Funeral Home in Fredericktown. Jones, 63, died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2000, at his home. He was born July 26, 1936, in Detroit, Mich., son of Mervin W. and Jean Jones. He and Linda Wray were married April 30, 1960, in Royal Oak, Mich...
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WILLARD WILSON
(Obituary ~ 02/29/00)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral for Willard D. Wilson of East Prairie will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. Burl Britt will officiate. Burial will be in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Wilson, 61, died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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