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A FOUNTAIN OVERFLOWING (FACES OF FAITH)
(Local News ~ 08/05/00)
Bob Nations likens his faith in Christ to an artesian well overflowing with water. Once people become Christians, they can't contain the well and want to share it with others, he says. "Faith in God is what completes a person and gives them a desire to live," he said...
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EVANGELISM MADE EASY: VISITOR SHARES ENTHUSIASM, TIPS
(Local News ~ 08/05/00)
Frank Perry thinks Christians today have made evangelism out to be a scary thing. Perry, an international ambassador with the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship, is in Cape Girardeau to share his enthusiasm and techniques on evangelism with local ministers, lay people and others...
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158TH HOPEFULS REPORT FINANCES
(Local News ~ 08/05/00)
With the approach of Tuesday's primary election, Republican candidates for the 158th District seat in the Missouri House of Representatives were draining their campaign coffers. According to the latest finance disclosure reports, expenditures outpaced contributions for the three GOP hopefuls -- attorney Jason Crowell, Ward 3 Councilman Jay Purcell and businessman Stan Wicks, all of Cape Girardeau...
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100TH SEMINARY PICNIC UNDER WAY: TRADITION IS THE BACKBONE OF PERRYVILLE EVENT
(Local News ~ 08/05/00)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Everyone seems to find something to do at the St. Vincent de Paul Seminary Picnic. Just don't try to serve ice cream. "The ice cream stand has belonged to the folks from Allen's Landing Road forever," said Bill Wingerter, a 34-year veteran of the picnic's organizing committee. "Nobody else gets in there."...
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EXAMS AT SEMO REVEAL NO RADIATION
(Local News ~ 08/05/00)
No health problems have been detected as a result of a radioactive contamination spill at Southeast Missouri State University's Magill Hall, school officials said Friday. Forty-seven people underwent a lung test earlier this summer to determine if they had absorbed radioactive americium-241...
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BUCKING THE SYSTEM; BECOMING BEST FRIENDS IS WHAT SISTERS DO BEST
(Column ~ 08/05/00)
Sometimes I wish all women had a sister. Not because my life is better than theirs or they are living a life that's incomplete or anything, but there's something magical about the bond that can be created between sisters that defies words. I haven't always felt this way. ...
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DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE DECRIES 'MUDSLINGING'
(Local News ~ 08/05/00)
While wrangling and behind-the-scenes body blows have characterized the Republican campaign for the 158th District seat leading up to Tuesday's primary election, unopposed Democratic candidate Tom Neumeyer so far has had the luxury of not needing to say anything bad about anyone...
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TRIALS SET FOR MAN JAILED FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING
(Local News ~ 08/05/00)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Two trials set within a month of each other have been scheduled for Harry Don Foster of Dexter, who has been in jail for the past three months on drunk driving and other charges. The jury trials on the misdemeanor charges -- one brought by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the other by the Dexter Police Department -- were set Thursday afternoon by Associate Circuit Judge John Beaton of Dunklin County, who will hear the case...
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NO PARKING SIGN MEANS LAWYERS TOO
(Local News ~ 08/05/00)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- As far as the Mississippi County Commission is concerned, the 30-minute parking signs around the courthouse apply to everyone, and anyone parking in a 30-minute space around the courthouse longer than that deserves to pay their ticket even lawyers...
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INTERSTATE 55 ACCIDENT SPAWNS ANOTHER WRECK
(Local News ~ 08/05/00)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Three people were seriously injured Friday afternoon when their vehicle rear-ended a tractor trailer rig that had slowed because of another accident. The three were taken to St. Francis Medical Center after the 4:40 p.m. accident in the southbound lane of I-55 at the Scott City exit. Scott City police did not release the names of the injured parties...
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MAN IN HOSPITAL AFTER STABBING
(Local News ~ 08/05/00)
DEXTER -- A Dexter man is recovering after being stabbed four times at a party early Thursday morning. Jamie L. West's alleged assailant is in the Dexter City Jail awaiting the filing of formal charges, according to Stoddard County Deputy Hank Trout. The suspect's name is being withheld pending the filing of formal charges...
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OFFICERS REVIVE DROWNING VICTIM
(Local News ~ 08/05/00)
MINER, Mo. -- A Kentucky woman remains in intensive care after nearly drowning on Tuesday. Diane Hurley of Marion, Ky., a guest at the Ramada Inn, was found floating in the pool by an another guest said chief Tom Mitchell of the Miner Police Department...
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TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND TO USHER OUT SEMO TENNIS COURTS
(College Sports ~ 08/05/00)
Donna Ryan, who has been running the annual Cape Girardeau Outdoor Tennis Classic for the past 10 years -- and has been involved with area tennis a lot longer than that -- said she will feel plenty of nostalgia and perhaps even a touch of sadness when the event is held this weekend...
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CAPAHAS SUFFER HEARTBREAKER IN TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 08/05/00)
WICHITA, Kan. -- McDowell Capahas manager Jess Bolen has been in his current post for 34 years, but he said the defeat his team suffered here Friday night was the toughest he's ever experienced. The Capahas, playing in the winner's bracket round of 16 in the 66th annual National Baseball Congress World Series, led the third-seeded San Diego Stars 6-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning as pitcher Lanson Debrock was cruising along with a two-hitter...
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BRIEFLY: SEMO GRID OPENER TO BE TELEVISED
(College Sports ~ 08/05/00)
WB49 of Cape Girardeau has announced that it will televise Southeast Missouri State University's 2000 football opener at 6 p.m. Aug. 31 as the Indians and new head coach Tim Billings face Marshall in Huntington, W.V. Marshall, with Billings as defensive coordinator, went 13-0 last season and finished the campaign ranked 10th nationally in Division I-A...
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WILLIAM TESON
(Obituary ~ 08/05/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- William A. Teson, 76, of Jackson died Friday, Aug. 4, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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CLEO WHORTON JR.
(Obituary ~ 08/05/00)
MCCLURE, Ill. -- Cleo S. Whorton Jr., 80, of McClure died Thursday, July 6, 2000, at Crofton Convalescent Center in Crofton, Md. He was born May 10, 1920, in Farmersville, Iowa, son of Cleo S. and Grace Pugh Whorton. Whorton was a logger, author of "Shall We Save Democracy for Our Grandchildren" and focus of the documentary film "Timber." He owned and operated the sawmill in McClure since 1988...
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ELSIE WARE
(Obituary ~ 08/05/00)
ROCKVIEW, Mo. -- Elsie Marie Ware, 95, of Frankfort, Ky., died Friday, Aug. 4, 2000, at her home. She was formerly of Rockview. She was born April 12, 1905, in Scott County, Mo., daughter of Thomas and Louverna Belk Raspberry. She and Jack Ware were married Dec. 19,1937. He died Oct. 22, 1993...
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MARY REDDICK
(Obituary ~ 08/05/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Mary Francis Reddick, 49, passed away Thursday, Aug. 3, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call 4-8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The funeral service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral chapel, followed by interment in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson. Kelly and Kenny Francis will officiate...
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JIM REDCLOUD
(Obituary ~ 08/05/00)
TAMMS, Ill. -- James L. "Jim" RedCloud, 66, of Tamms died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2000, at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Marion, Ill. He was born Aug. 30, 1933, in Mt. Pleasant, Ill., son of Everett and Alice Jenkins RedCloud. He married Rose Mayberry on June 2, 1955...
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GARLEN F. YEAGER
(Obituary ~ 08/05/00)
Garlen F. Yeager, 77, of St. Louis and a native of Perryville, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2000, in St. Louis. He was born June 13, 1923, the son of Kenneth and Iola Thayer Yeager. He married Linda C. Steinbecker, who preceded him in death on May 21, 1978. He also married Anna M. Van Rotz...
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ILEAN BAILEY
(Obituary ~ 08/05/00)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Ilean Lydia Bailey, 70, of East Prairie died Friday, Aug. 4, 2000, at the Cancer Treatment Center in Tulsa, Okla. She was born March 16, 1930, in Detroit, Mich., daughter of Joseph and Rose Belle Green Carrucci. She and Robert M. Bailey Sr. were married March 5, 1947. He died July 19, 1999...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/05/00)
RECENTLY SEVERAL socialist Democrats have called in stating repeal of the income-tax marriage penalty being passed by the Republicans would only benefit the wealthy. They failed their arithmetic on the federal tax forms or have never filed one or filled one out. ...
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GOP CONVENTION; WAS IT LIVE MEDIA, OR MEMOREX?
(Column ~ 08/05/00)
To me, the most interesting thing about the Republican convention was the mainstream media coverage. They were absolutely confounded with this upbeat display of class. Don't get me wrong. There are networks, such as Fox, outside the monolith, but for the most part, the major players reacted in lockstep. It was revealing to witness it...
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EMERSON CONTINUES TO SHOW INDEPENDENCE THAT BENEFITS HER CONSTITUENTS
(Editorial ~ 08/05/00)
Jo Ann Emerson has taken some heat from right-to-work supporters for a recent vote on an amendment to the Quality Health Care Coalition Act. This isn't the first time the congresswoman from Southeast Missouri has shown her independence from GOP leaders...
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NITZSCHKE HAS FUND-RAISING RESULTS FOR SEMO
(Editorial ~ 08/05/00)
When Dr. Dale Nitzschke stepped down last year as president of Southeast Missouri State University and immediately was named chancellor, a new fund-raising position for the school, a lot of eyebrows arched. Nitzschke's whirlwind tenure as president had put the university in high gear with announcements of new programs and a smorgasbord of new construction, including the River Campus for the visual and performing arts and the polytechnic program...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: CAPE WANTS BEST FOR JACKSON VOTE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/05/00)
To the editor: When my neighbors paint their home, add a room or landscape, I could have a variety of feelings. One is that I am envious of their progress and attractiveness. The second is that I am pleased, because I know their improvements mean a higher property value for my home and neighborhood. The third is that I am simply genuinely happy for their family, because I understand how much it means to them and how proud they are of their success...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: VOTE YES TO KEEP ROAD WORK GOING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/05/00)
To the editor: Cape Girardeau has a wonderful opportunity to move forward in a positive direction. As many of you may know, the city is proposing to extend the transportation sales tax to expand the Transportation Trust Fund program for another five years. A favorable vote would be a commitment to development in our community...
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