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CAPE MAN FOUND GUILTY OF DRUG CHARGES FOLLOWING TRIAL
(Local News ~ 03/23/00)
JACKSON -- Dmitri Bell could spend most of this century in prison after being found guilty of drug charges Wednesday. Bell, 19, of Cape Girardeau was found guilty of possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine and marijuana by a Circuit Court jury after two and one-half hours of deliberations, said Lora Cooper, Cape Girardeau County assistant prosecutor...
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A VIEW OF KOREA: SOUTHEAST ART PROFESSOR'S LIFE AND WORK TIED TO ASIA
(Local News ~ 03/23/00)
Ronald Clayton has a room with a view of Korea, and it's in Cape Girardeau. Actually, Clayton, who has taught drawing and painting at Southeast Missouri State University since 1988, has several rooms and several views. He recreated these in paintings from more than 1,000 slides of South Korean countryside he has photographed in the past two years...
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P&Z RECOMMENDS TRANSPORTATION WORK
(Local News ~ 03/23/00)
Cape Girardeau is moving another step closer to eliminating traffic bottlenecks along some major streets, widening other thoroughfares and adding sidewalks and street lights. The Planning and Zoning Commission finalized a list of general projects and suggested street projects Wednesday that would mean an extension of the current Transportation Trust Fund...
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HOLDEN OUTLINES PROPOSAL TO HELP ELDERLY WITH DRUGS
(Local News ~ 03/23/00)
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bob Holden wants to use part of Missouri's tobacco settlement money to help the elderly pay for costly prescription drugs. Holden, Missouri's treasurer, touted the idea during a visit Wednesday to the Cape Girardeau Senior Center. Holden spoke to about 30 supporters on the center's front lawn as part of his four-day, 11-city tour of the state to kick off his campaign for governor...
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NITZSCHKE CONTRACT QUESTIONED; UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS INSIST CONTRACT ISN'T A 'GOLDEN PARACHUTE'
(Local News ~ 03/23/00)
The state auditor's office is investigating Southeast Missouri State University's current contract with former president Dr. Dale Nitzschke for what Auditor Claire McCaskill says could be "possible improprieties." But Southeast officials, including Nitzschke, insist it isn't a "golden parachute" deal...
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DAEOC PERSONNEL PRACTICES PROBED
(Local News ~ 03/23/00)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Allegations of racial discrimination and improper employment practices have brought the Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corp. under federal scrutiny. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating charges of racial discrimination brought by about a dozen current and former DAEOC employees who believe they were discriminated against because of their race. Most of the employees are black...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS FOUND SOMETHING TO LOVE
(Column ~ 03/23/00)
March 23, 2000 Dear Leslie, After returning home Saturday from a solo trip to Florida, I settled into a bath and noticed DC had propped a newspaper conspicuously against the edge of the tub. On the front page was news DC could not bear to give me in person. The five-day-old paper reported the death of one of our friends...
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LOCAL PHARMACISTS TAKE REZULIN FROM SHELVES
(Local News ~ 03/23/00)
Local pharmacists, like those across the country, removed the diabetes drug Rezulin from their shelves Wednesday, following a request from the Food and Drug Administration. Rezulin, once cheered as offering new hope for some diabetes patients, was withdrawn from the market after being linked to at least 61 deaths from liver poisoning...
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MEETING SET TO DISCUSS DRUG-USE SYMPTOMS
(Local News ~ 03/23/00)
If school-age children want to use illegal drugs as marijuana, crack cocaine or methamphetamine, they can probably find a source, police say. "They may have to seek out some contacts, but those drugs are out there," said Patrolman Ike Hammonds, a community service officer with the Cape Girardeau Police Department. "If they network, they can get them."...
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UNION, ALEXANDER, PULASKI: FINAL PRIMARY VOTES ARE IN
(Local News ~ 03/23/00)
ANNA, Ill. -- John Bigler of Anna will become the new Union County state's attorney. Bigler, a graduate of Anna-Jonesboro High School and Southern Illinois University School of Law, defeated incumbent Christopher Wells in the Democratic primary Tuesday. He will have no opponent in the November general election...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 03/23/00)
A SPEAK Out item claimed Mr. Gore was an upstanding man, whatever that means. If upstanding means supports abortion, gay marriages and adoptions, has been caught in almost as many lies as Clinton, admitted taking illegal Buddhist and Chinese campaign money, said he invented the Internet, the movie "Love Story" was written about him, and he constantly is praising an adulterer who had oral sex in the White House, he is upstanding...
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A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING: LAWYERS, ADS, STOCKS AND PROFANITY
(Column ~ 03/23/00)
Plaintiffs' lawyers take aim at democracy: In a brute triumph for litigation force and a grim setback for democratic governance, the Clinton administration and lawyers for city governments bullied the nation's largest gun maker, Smith & Wesson, into agreeing to a variety of controls on the distribution of its products that the administration hadn't been able to obtain through the normal workings of legislation. Glock and other gun makers appear likely to follow...
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PUBLIC VS. CHARTER: A CHANCE TO DO SOME GOOD
(Editorial ~ 03/23/00)
It was somewhat surprising to see school superintendents from Southeast Missouri take such a strong stand against charter schools at a recent meeting with area legislators and Southeast Missouri State University officials. The university has been asked to charter a school in St. Louis. Currently, state law only allows charter schools in St. Louis and Kansas City. There are a number of charter schools operating in Kansas City, but no one has yet agreed to charter a school in St. Louis...
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LETTERS: JACKSON CONCERNS MEANS A 'NO' VOTE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/23/00)
To the editor: I will not be voting for the tax increase in the Jackson School District bond election on April 4. I cannot and will not support a school board that purchased 16 acres of land for $326,000 before getting input from the community, before having a long-term plan and before seeking advice from a professional financial planner. ...
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LETTERS: BIG MEDIA ENFORCE AGENDA OF LIBERALS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/23/00)
To the editor: Once upon a time, the national media of this country could justifiably lay claim to being the watchdogs of the republic. However, over the past several decades they have become nothing more than the lapdogs of the radical extremist left wing of the Democrat Party, obediently yapping at the heels of conservative Republicans on command. Lately there have been several examples of this purely liberal biased reporting...
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CENTRAL, CHAFFEE KICK OFF NEW SEASON WITH A BANG
(High School Sports ~ 03/23/00)
CHAFFEE -- It may have been both teams' first game, but Cape Girardeau Central and Chaffee were each in mid-season form Wednesday. In a sharply played high school baseball game, the Tigers defeated the host Red Devils 7-4 in eight innings at Harmon Field...
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SEMO BASEBALL SQUAD RIPS DIVISION III POWER
(College Sports ~ 03/23/00)
The difference between Division I and Division III is a big one, as Wednesday's baseball game at Capaha Park demonstrated. Westminster College from Fulton came into the contest with a 13-2 record and a No. 19 ranking in the ABCA/Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division III poll...
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WITH A NEW COACH AND A NEW SEASON, INDIANS FOOTBALL SPRINGS INTO ACTION
(College Sports ~ 03/23/00)
Southeast Missouri State University football players went through a drill during as they began spring practice Wednesday. The NCAA allows 15 spring workouts, with 12 of them in pads. A public scrimmage will be held April 15.
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BRIEFLY: NOTRE DAME GRADUATE RUBEL EARNS MAJOR ACADEMIC HONOR
(High School Sports ~ 03/23/00)
Notre Dame High School graduate Matt Rubel completed his college basketball career at Maryville University in St. Louis by earning a major academic honor. Rubel was named to the GTE Academic All-American Third Team for maintaining a 3.76 grade-point average in physical therapy while playing guard for the Division III Saints...
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CAPE CENTRAL TENNIS SQUAD IMPROVES TO 2-0
(High School Sports ~ 03/23/00)
Cape Central 7, Mehlville 2 Cape Girardeau Central High's boys tennis team opened its home schedule Wednesday with a 7-2 victory over Mehlville, improving the Tigers to 2-0 in dual matches on the young season. "It was a beautiful day to play, and I thought we played pretty well," said Central coach Bud Craven...
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BRIEFLY: SEMO GOLF SQUAD PLACES THIRD AT SOUTHWEST TOURNAMENT
(College Sports ~ 03/23/00)
SPRINGFIELD -- The Southeast Missouri State University golf team, paced by a second-place finish by Bryan Johnson, placed third in the 14-team Southwest Missouri State Spring Golf Classic held at the Millwood Golf and Racquet Club. Southeast finished with a three-round total of 903 to place a distant third. Champion Arkansas State and host Southwest Missouri waged quite a battle for first, with the Indians posting an 874 total to win by a single stroke...
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GERALDINE MOORE
(Obituary ~ 03/23/00)
ST. MARY -- Geraldine I. Moore, 82, of St. Mary died Tuesday, March 21, 2000, at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital. She was born Nov. 8, 1917, in Ste. Genevieve County, daughter of August and Arelia Preston Brown. She and George G. Moore were married Sept. 3, 1938. He died March 3, 1992...
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ROBERT ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 03/23/00)
HERRIN, Ill. -- Robert E. Adams, 73, of Kimberling City, Mo., died Tuesday, March 21, 2000, at Skaggs Community Health Center in Branson, Mo. He was born Sept. 3, 1926, in Herrin, son of Glen C. and Gilla K. Reiker Adams. He married K. JoAnne Adams, who preceded him in death...
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MIDGIE BLOMEYER
(Obituary ~ 03/23/00)
Maurelian "Midgie" Blomeyer, 87, passed away Monday, March 20, 2000, at her home in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Miles White officiating. Interment will be in Seabaugh Cemetery in Bollinger County in the Whitewater community...
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VERNON SMITHERS
(Obituary ~ 03/23/00)
CHARLESTON -- Graveside service for Vernon D. Smithers of Indio, Calif., will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Dogwood Cemetery, with the Rev. Gerald Collier officiating. Friends may call at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston after noon Friday. Smithers, 69, died Monday, March 20, 2000, at his home...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 03/23/00)
Son to Fred Lee and Cassandra Michelle Harris Jr. of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2000. Name, Aaron Michael. Weight, 8 pounds 11 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Harris is the former Cassandra Carter, daughter of Albert and Joyce Carter of Cape Girardeau. She is a clerk stenographer II with Missouri Division of Youth Services. Harris is the son of Fred and Willene Harris Sr. of Cape Girardeau. He is a production technician at Procter & Gamble...
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GLENN AMELUNKE
(Obituary ~ 03/23/00)
Funeral for Glenn Franklin Amelunke of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Douglas C. Breite will officiate. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...
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DR. ROBERT RADER
(Obituary ~ 03/23/00)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Dr. Robert L. Rader, 71, of Cobden died Wednesday, March 22, 2000, at Rehab and Care Center of Jackson County in Murphysboro. He was born Jan. 26, 1929, in Murphysboro, son of Clarence R. and Marie North Rader. He and Jane Hayes were married June 19, 1955, in Du Quoin...
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PETE GIBBAR
(Obituary ~ 03/23/00)
PERRYVILLE -- Vincent M. "Pete" Gibbar, 76, of Perryville died Tuesday, March 21, 2000, at his home. He was born Feb. 26, 1924, in Perry County, son of Clell and Emma Kline Gibbar. He and Verna C. Behrle were married Nov. 25, 1948, in St. Louis. Gibbar was a carpenter with Wetterau Corp. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, American Legion, Royal Order of FLEAS, and 4th Degree member Knights of Columbus...
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ELIZABETH MOORE
(Obituary ~ 03/23/00)
SCOTT CITY -- Elizabeth Lucille Moore, 73, of Scott City died Wednesday, March 22, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 18, 1926, at Charter Oak, daughter of James Franklin and Essie Ethel Hicks Brantley. She and James Edward Moore were married Sept. 19, 1945, at Bloomfield. He died June 26, 1998...
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ALENE SADLER
(Obituary ~ 03/23/00)
Private service for Alene Sadler of Cape Girardeau was held Wednesday at Cape County Memorial Park. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Sadler died Sunday, March 19, 2000, at her home. She was the daughter of Dr. D.F. and Willie Mary Lang Sadler...
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GEORGE STEVENS JR.
(Obituary ~ 03/23/00)
BLOOMFIELD -- George E. Stevens Jr., 46, of Bloomfield died Tuesday, March 21, 2000, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. He was born Aug. 18, 1953, in St. Louis, son of George and Lucille Bradshaw Stevens. He married the former Melodie Bennett. Stevens was a construction worker, and had lived in Bloomfield the past 20 years...
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ANTOINETTE SUMMERS
(Obituary ~ 03/23/00)
KARNAK, Ill. -- Funeral Mass for Antoinette Catherine Summers of Karnak will be held at 10 a.m. today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Poplar Bluff, Mo. The Rev. Mike McDevitt will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak is in charge of local arrangements...
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