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STUDENTS OF THE MONTH: ELKS HONOR STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 06/27/00)
The Cape Girardeau Elk's Lodge 639 recently announced its students of the month. Morgan Maki, 17, son of Allan Maki and Nancy Welsh of Cape Girardeau, is a senior at Cape Central High School. Maki has been active in cross country, French club, Scholar Bowl, and the Gifted Program. His scholastic achievements include academic letter, A honor roll first quarter, Boys State, and perfect attendance...
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THE MYSTERY OF ROANOKE; CHAPTER 4: JOURNEY TO NOWHERE (FOURTH OF 14 PARTS)
(Local News ~ 06/27/00)
The story so far: Melissa and Brian are pretty sure that something odd is going on in their grandparents' old house. Their grandmother believes there may be "presences" of people who once lived there, and someone has written "Welcome Friends" on the doors of Brian's balcony. When Melissa finds an old wooden box containing an old Bible, she discovers something hidden in the bottom...
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TURN OVER A NEW LEAF -- READ
(Local News ~ 06/27/00)
Looking for something good to do this summer? Try this: Pick up a new (or your favorite) book, find a comfortable spot, and spend some time reading. Studies show that children who read over the summer have better retention of literacy skills and larger vocabularies than children who don't read during summer vacation. Besides being a good skill builder, reading also can be fun and introduce students to worlds they might never imagine otherwise...
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CLICK AND DOUBLE CLICK:ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY?
(Column ~ 06/27/00)
There are plenty of sites on the Internet for fun and games -- and winning. These are not gambling sites; these are geared to sweepstakes and lotteries. Warning: Many of these sites ask for your e-mail address. This would be a great place to give a free e-mail address -- not your home e-mail -- because they will correspond with you often. I like the feature on my free Yahoo! e-mail account where I can easily block a sender...
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TEEN TOLD AUTHORITIES HE KILLED HIS GRANDMOTHER, AFFIDAVIT SAYS
(Local News ~ 06/27/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Prior to his first appearance as an adult in Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court, 16-year-old Joshua Wolf confessed to shooting his grandmother in the head and then attempting to burn her body and house by using gasoline, court records say...
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SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES SALARY INCREASES
(Local News ~ 06/27/00)
Salary increases approved by the Cape Girardeau Board of Education Monday night will mean more money for staff but at the cost of reductions in the district's reserve balances. Schools Superintendent Dr. Dan Steska said the decision was the right one to make, although "quite frankly I'm concerned." Board members have discussed the need for a tax- levy increase to help cover increased operating costs, including salaries, for better than a year...
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FUEL THIEVERY: GASSING, DASHING A PROBLEM
(Local News ~ 06/27/00)
Jeff Maurer hopes surveillance cameras and date and time stamps at cash registers in the Rhodes 101 Stores help curb a growing problem of motorists driving off without paying for gasoline. Maurer, director of internal operations for the company, said losses "have been escalating in terms of dollars lost." One area Rhodes store reported $2,000 worth of gasoline thefts within the first three months of this year...
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27 PEOPLE TO GET RADIATION TESTS AT SEMO; AMERICIUM CONTAMINATION FOUND IN PARTS OF MAGILL
(Local News ~ 06/27/00)
Southeast Missouri State University biology professor Dr. Allen Gathman isn't overly worried about his health despite having entered a radiation contaminated Magill Hall storage room in March. "Nothing I have seen from it suggests anybody has been exposed to anything significantly higher than background radiation," Gathman said...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: LOOKING TO FIND YOUR GROOVE WHEN YOU ARE ONLY 30 YEARS OLD
(Column ~ 06/27/00)
On three occasions since we've moved to South Florida, various women have asked me if The Other Half is my son. Really, this is the WORST thing that could happen to a woman, other than someone asking her "due date" when she's not pregnant. The first sad occasion was at my favorite Mexican restaurant. Actually, my FORMER favorite Mexican restaurant. Mr. Half and I were toasting our health with a several tequila-based adult beverages when the waitress complimented my "nice son."...
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CITY ALTERS PICKUP
(Local News ~ 06/27/00)
Cape Girardeau residents will notice a change in their trash and recycling pickups next week because of the Fourth of July holiday. All city offices and departments will be closed July 4 to observe the holiday. There will be no pickup service that day...
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CAPE STUDENTS TO GET ID TAGS
(Local News ~ 06/27/00)
A new identification system will be in place when students and staff return to Cape Girardeau secondary schools in the fall. The Board of Education approved implementation of a system to create student ID cards for seventh- through 12th-grade students and all staff at Louis J. Schultz, Central Junior High and Central High schools during a meeting Monday night. Board member David Goncher was absent from the meeting...
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FUNNEL CLOUDS SPOTTED IN CAPE AREA
(Local News ~ 06/27/00)
Several Southeast Missouri communities faced a threat of severe weather Monday afternoon, but no rain is forecast for today. Chaffee police received several calls from people who reported seeing funnel clouds between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. The six public reports said the clouds were northwest of Chaffee, and were confirmed by a Chaffee police officer, a police dispatcher said...
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JACKSON SETS JULY 4 FESTIVITIES
(Local News ~ 06/27/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Jackson is the place to get more bang for your buck this Fourth of July. The amount being spent on fireworks at the Jackson Jaycees Fourth of July Celebration has nearly tripled to $10,000 this year, a boost made possible by donations from a new source -- corporate sponsors -- and the City of Jackson...
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CAPE LEGION, CHAFFEE SPLIT PAIR
(College Sports ~ 06/27/00)
Chaffee's red-hot Medicap Pharmacy American Legion baseball team was finally cooled off just a bit Monday night during the second game of a doubleheader. Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons, after dropping the opener 7-1, rebounded for a 17-7 victory in the nightcap to salvage a split of the District 14 twin bill at Capaha Field. The second game ended in the bottom of the sixth inning because of the 10-run rule...
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RIVERDOGS TOP SALINE CO. 12-5
(High School Sports ~ 06/27/00)
The Cape Girardeau Riverdogs snapped a four-game losing streak with a 12-5 victory over Saline County (Ill.) Monday night. The win was the first since a season-opening victory and upped the Riverdogs' mark to 2-4. The game was also the first in nearly three weeks after rain washed out eight of the team's last nine games...
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PAULINE SANDER
(Obituary ~ 06/27/00)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Pauline Sander, 91, of Marble Hill died Sunday, June 25, 2000, at her home. She was born July 7, 1908, in Columbus, Ky., daughter of Pleasant M. and Kate B. Jones Britt. She and Leon L. Sander were married Nov. 25, 1929, at Lutesville. He died in June 1975...
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DON MENEES
(Obituary ~ 06/27/00)
ANNA, Ill. -- Don Menees, 78, of Anna died Sunday, June 25, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 7, 1921, son of Everett and Grace Bean Menees. He and Afton Brown were married Sept. 12, 1948, in Anna. Menees worked all his life on the family farm where he was born and raised. He was a member and elder of Campground Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He attended Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Anna...
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WAYNE TOOMBS
(Obituary ~ 06/27/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Wayne Toombs, 44, of Sikeston died Sunday, June 25, 2000, in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 19, 1955, in Sikeston, son of Claude Charles and Thelma Tharp Toombs. Toombs had lived in Sikeston 22 years. Survivors include a son, Michael Toombs of Sikeston; a daughter, Tracy Seabaugh of Advance; his mother of Sikeston; a brother, Charles Toombs of Poplar Bluff; a sister, Brenda Oglesby of Memphis, Tenn.; and a granddaughter...
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DONALD BLATTNER
(Obituary ~ 06/27/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Donald Kies Blattner, 73, of Jackson died Sunday, June 25, 2000, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 9, 1927, in Cape Girardeau, son of Charles F. and Helen Kies Blattner. He and Constance Robb were married March 9, 1948, in Cape Girardeau...
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ALOYSIUS POWDERLY
(Obituary ~ 06/27/00)
Aloysius J. Powderly, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 25, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 18, 1929, in Red Bud, Ill., son of Mary Estelle Powderly. He and Pearl Staufenbiel were married April 11, 1953, in Fort Lewis, Wash...
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GARY MANLEY
(Obituary ~ 06/27/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Gary "Grizzly" Manley, 41, of Sikeston died Sunday, June 25, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born April 17, 1959, in Madera, Calif., son of Robert and Eva Linker Manley. He and Barbara Walker were married Sept. 25, 1982, in San Joaquin, Calif...
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LESSIE RHODES
(Obituary ~ 06/27/00)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Lessie Mae White Rhodes, 89, of Jonesboro, died Monday, June 26, 2000, at her home. She was born Aug. 6, 1910, in Decaturville, Tenn., daughter of James and Ella Mae Boswell White. She and Robert H. Rhodes were married Nov. 4, 1931, at Blytheville, Ark. He died April 26, 1981...
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FRED GWALTNEY
(Obituary ~ 06/27/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral for Fred L. Gwaltney of Sikeston will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. Pat Hogan will officiate. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Gwaltney, 93, died Sunday, June 25, 2000, at Clearview Nursing Center...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/27/00)
Daughter to Kevin Scott and Sharlene Kay Cahill of Chaffee, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:31 a.m. Tuesday, June 20, 2000. Name, Chelsey Kay. Weight, 8 pounds 6 1/2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Cahill is the former Sharlene Welborn, daughter of Kay and John Crockett of Chaffee. She is a sterile process technician at St. Francis Medical Center. Cahill is the son of Bob and Margaret Cahill of Brooklyn, N.Y. He is a paginator at the Southeast Missourian Newspaper...
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ORAN MAN AND PASSENGER INJURED
(Local News ~ 06/27/00)
An Oran man and his 4-year-old passenger were injured Monday in a one-vehicle accident in Scott County. Darrell Nenninger, 38, suffered minor injuries. His passenger, Taylor Nenninger, 4, was moderately injured. Both were taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau for treatment...
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BAC ISSUE BELONGS TO THE STATES, NOT TO FEDERAL FIAT
(Editorial ~ 06/27/00)
The U.S. Senate voted earlier this month to establish the first-ever national blood-alcohol standard for drunken driving. Inserted into a $54.7 billion spending bill for highway, rail, aviation and Coast Guard programs is a provision that would require states to adopt a 0.08 percent blood-alcohol content level as their legal intoxication standard. Those failing to do so by 2004 would begin losing part of their highway trust fund money...
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SOME POLITICIANS, INCLUDING AL GORE, ARE GETTING THE MESSAGE ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF LIFE
(Editorial ~ 06/27/00)
A Roman Catholic archbishop barred Vice President Al Gore from campaigning at a church hospital earlier this month, forcing the candidate to shuffle his schedule and promote his health-care proposal at a different site. Shortly before Gore arrived in Scranton, Pa. ...
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LETTERS: SOCIAL SECURITY NEEDS STABILITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/27/00)
To the editor: With the growing economy and the continuing run-up of the stock market, popular wisdom now has it that the Social Security Trust Fund left in the hands of the government is a poor investment. Prominent voices are beating the drums for partial investment of Social Security funds in private investment in the hands of each individual. The presidential candidates are responding to such popular urging with their own respective plan...
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LETTERS: LEAVE MEMORIAL IN EXISTING SPOT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/27/00)
To the editor: I am writing in regard to the movement of the Veterans Memorial in North County Park. Needless to say, I am not a veteran. However, I am an American, and interested party and a resident of Cape Girardeau and Cape Girardeau County for more than 30 years...
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