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SAVING MARRIAGES: MARRIAGE SAVERS HAS MIXED SUCCESS LOCALLY
(Local News ~ 11/18/00)
Joni and Mark Oberhauser knew that divorce wasn't possible for them once they committed to marriage, so the Cape Girardeau couple planned nearly 18 months of counseling to help them develop a better relationship. "We had to determine that divorce was not an option and that we would work through our problems and not say that word," said Joni Oberhauser...
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CRIME: SUSPECT IN WOMAN'S SHOOTING DEATH DIES
(Local News ~ 11/18/00)
A Cape Girardeau murder investigation has been closed following the death of the only suspect at a nursing home. Gregory S. McGill had shot and killed Kendra S. Bannister, his co-worker and girlfriend, in June 1998, and then shot himself in the head, police said. Until Oct. 29, he was severely brain damaged and relying on a feeding tube at Heartland Care Rehab Center to keep him alive...
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MONEY: UNDELIVERABLE IRS CHECKS AWAIT SOME
(Local News ~ 11/18/00)
Surprises from the Internal Revenue Service generally are not good. But Southeast Missouri State University student Megwyn Sanders was the recipient of a rare positive surprise from the government agency this week. She learned they owe her money -- a tax refund that the post office was unable to deliver...
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BUSINESS: WATNED: ANOTHER NEW PRISON SITE FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
(Business ~ 11/18/00)
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- The Massac County town of Metropolis is expected to enter the latest round of state prison sweepstakes, and Pulaski County has expressed an interest in doing the same. The state needs 180 acres of relatively flat land with road access suitable for electricity, natural gas and water for a new, $140 million maximum-security prison to house 1,800 prisoners and employ up to 750 people...
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BUCKING THE SYSTEM: GOOD INTENTIONS ARE ENOUGH TO BE THANKFUL FOR
(Column ~ 11/18/00)
Sometimes it's not easy to remember to be thankful. Take, for example, my husband's daily proclamations this week of his plans to clean our house. You have to be around the Buck household to truly understand why such declarations are necessary. At any rate, I would come home each evening worn out from a day of work/school/miscellaneous and hoping beyond hope that action had finally followed Patrick's seemingly sincere utterances. ...
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EDUCATION: CAPE SCHOOL RECOGNIZED FOR OFFERING TOP-NOTCH WEB SITE
(Local News ~ 11/18/00)
Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School will be recognized as the national "School of the Day" Friday on an Internet Web site maintained by the American School Directory. ASD spokesperson Lydia Mischke said the school was selected from more than 108,000 in the nation because of a "premiere Web site that is well-maintained and technologically ahead of the game."...
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CRIME: POLICE BUST NETS METH, MONEY AND GUNS
(Local News ~ 11/18/00)
BROSELEY, Mo. -- With help of a search warrant and a canine officer, police seized more than $250,000 in cash and suspected methamphetamine hidden in a Broseley residence early Friday. The contraband was located in a safe inside a closet at Clifford Stackhouse's residence on County Road 656, south of Broseley, police said...
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MAN DIES DAYS AFTER SEX OFFENSE SENTENCING
(Local News ~ 11/18/00)
FULTON, Mo. -- A Jackson, Mo., man who had been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing a child died Thursday evening at a Missouri Department of Corrections intake facility. Richard D. Park, 46, died of natural causes at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center, said J.C. Steele, assistant superintendent at the facility...
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NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION ENDS WITH 15 ARRESTS
(Local News ~ 11/18/00)
BENTON, Mo. -- A four-month undercover narcotics investigation ended with fourteen adults and one juvenile from Sikeston, Mo., being taken into custody on Friday, the Scott County sheriff said. Some of those arrested likely knew each other, but no conspiracy of narcotic sales was involved, Sheriff Bill Ferrell said...
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: INDIANS SHAKE PESKY BULLDOGS
(College Sports ~ 11/18/00)
Maybe Emmanuel McCuthison should get hurt more often. Just last Saturday night, Southeast Missouri State University's senior forward/guard lay writhing in pain at the Show Me Center after suffering a dislocated shoulder during the Indians' final exhibition game...
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COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: OTAHKS ROLL INTO OVC TITLE MATCH
(College Sports ~ 11/18/00)
It's one down, and one to go for the Southeast Missouri State Otahkian volleyball team as they seek to three-peat as champions of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. Top-seed Southeast swept fourth-seed Austin Peay in a semifinal matchup 15-5, 15-6 and 16-14 at Houck Field House on Friday night...
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: OTAHKIANS THUMP MISSOURI BAPTIST
(College Sports ~ 11/18/00)
Southeast Missouri State University women's basketball coach Ed Arnzen expected his Otahkians to win their season opener Friday night, considering they were playing NAIA Missouri Baptist. But even Arnzen was impressed by how totally the Otahkians dominated the Lady Spartans -- particularly at the beginning -- as they cruised to an 83-53 victory at the Show Me Center...
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: SMALL SCHOOLS TO HOLD BIG CLASH
(High School Sports ~ 11/18/00)
For such a big game, there won't be many big guys. Neither second-ranked St. Vincent nor fourth-ranked Adrian have a starting lineman who weighs more than 210 pounds. Yet today the two "lightweights" will wage a heavyweight bout in the Class 1A semifinals in the only game, in any class, that will pit two undefeated teams when St. Vincent plays host to the Blackhawks at 1:30 p.m...
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: INDIANS LOOK FOR VICTORY IN SEASON FINALE
(College Sports ~ 11/18/00)
Southeast1 Missourian While Southeast Missouri State University's football team was expected to find the going somewhat rough in its first season under coach Tim Billings, Tennessee State's struggles this year were totally unexpected, at least by those outside the Tigers' program...
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ARCHIE LACK
(Obituary ~ 11/18/00)
DUDLEY, Mo. -- Archie Lee Lack, 52, of Dudley died Friday, Nov. 17, 2000, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 24, 1948, in Steele, Mo., son of Sam and Mabel Austin Lack. He and Annette Minyard were married May 12, 1990, at Fisk, Mo. He was a plumber and farmer and served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. A former resident of Steele, he had lived in Dudley since 1965...
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ELSIE WILSON
(Obituary ~ 11/18/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Elsie Ada Wilson, 81, of Sikeston died Thursday, Nov. 16, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Feb. 12, 1919, in Paragould, Ark., daughter of Ed and Arizona Cook Wilcoxson. She and Elmer Albert Lee Wilson were married Dec. 22, 1935, in Paragould. He died Sept. 13, 1987...
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PAUL HEATLEY
(Obituary ~ 11/18/00)
Paul R. Heatley, 38, of Fresno, Calif., died Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000, in California. He is survived by his father and stepmother, Mrs. and Mrs. Melvin Heatley of Jackson, Mo. Arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel.
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NOAH WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 11/18/00)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Noah Williams, 57, of Mound City died Thursday, Nov. 16, 2000, at his residence. He was born April 6, 1943, in Bell City, Mo., son of Charlie and Dollie Skefes Williams. He was an auto mechanic and had worked for Murphy's Service Station and Calvin Watson in Cairo, Ill. He was a fisherman and hunter...
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LEE PROFFER
(Obituary ~ 11/18/00)
WHITEWATER, Mo. -- Lee Proffer, 96, of Whitewater died Friday, Nov. 17, 2000, at Whitewater. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, Mo.
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NORMA DOERING
(Obituary ~ 11/18/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Funeral for Norma S. Doering of Arlington Heights, Ill., was held Friday at St. John Chapel of the Lutheran Home. Burial was in Chapel Hill Cemetery in Freeport, Ill. G.L. Hills Funeral Home in Des Plaines, Ill., was in charge of arrangements...
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WALTER MARTIN
(Obituary ~ 11/18/00)
ST. MARY'S, Mo. -- Walter Keith "Waltman" Martin, 46, of St. Mary's died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000, in Perryville, Mo. He was born Oct. 19, 1954, in St. Louis, son of Oliver J. and Maxine Barger Martin. Martin worked at TG/Missouri in Perryville. Survivors include a son, David Martin of Greenwood, Ark.; his parents of St. Mary's; a sister, Barbara Guyott of Arnold, Mo.; four brothers, Gary, Tom, Charles and Mark Martin, all of Perryville...
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ROBERT MENZ
(Obituary ~ 11/18/00)
PERKINS, Mo. -- Robert "Robby" Menz, 77, of Perkins died Thursday, Nov. 16, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 30, 1923, at Randles, Mo., son of Tony and Mary Patterson Menz. He and Vivian M. Dortch were married Oct. 12, 1942...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/18/00)
Daughter to Jason Michael and Amy Nicole Hamm of Benton, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:42 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000. Name, Madeline Paige. Weight, 8 pounds 15 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Hamm is the former Amy Canady, daughter of Doyle and Cindy Canady of Morley, Mo. Hamm is the son of Vicki and Ray Spears of Oran, Mo., and Mike Hamm of Benton. He is employed at Delta Supply Co...
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MAN HELD FOR DRUG POSSESSION
(Local News ~ 11/18/00)
BENTON, Mo. -- A 40-year-old Sikeston, Mo., man is being held on a $300,000 bond for marijuana possession, the Scott County Sheriff's Department reported. County and federal investigators had been looking into drug activity at the residence of Christopher J. Hawkins for some time, Sheriff Bill Ferrell said. After obtaining a warrant, officers seized more than 267 grams of marijuana...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/18/00)
ALL DURING his campaign, George W. kept telling the American people he trusted them, unlike his opponent who trusted big government. What Bush failed to add was that he trusted the American people to do everything except count ballots. TO THE Speak Out writer who said we haven't had a president for the past eight years, I would remind him of those previous 12 president-less years of Reagan and Bush...
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ELECTION QUIPS, GOVERNMENT FLIPS, THREE-CENTURY CLIPS
(Column ~ 11/18/00)
It doesn't matter who you vote for. The government always gets in. -- Anonymous I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy: "Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide." -- John F. Kennedy...
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SCOUTING FOR FOOD: TODAY'S THE PICKUP DAY
(Editorial ~ 11/18/00)
Energetic Boy Scouts and fraternity members will be roaming area neighborhoods today scouting for food -- a task hopefully made easier by hundreds of residents who have put canned goods on their front doors. It's the 15th year for Scouting for Food, an effort that locally helps supply the Salvation Army, Fish, Safe House for Women, Gibson Recovery Center, Jackson Ministerial Alliance and Senior Food Pantry...
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RENAISSANCE CLUB LIVES UP TO ITS NAME
(Editorial ~ 11/18/00)
How proud Cape Girardeau can be of Central High School's Renaissance Club, which honors area veterans with an annual program. Nov. 10 marked the sixth year for the observance, which pays tribute to veterans of all wars, peacetime military, Red Cross representatives, Gold Star Mothers who lost children during wartime and others who made sacrifices for their nation. Included among those remembered during this year's event were 65 Central High School graduates who died in the line of duty...
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LETTERS: GOVERNOR'S AUTHORITY DATES BACK A WAYS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/18/00)
To the editor: I read that state Sen. Peter Kinder could not find in the Missouri Constitution the authority for a governor to appoint a lieutenant governor if that post were vacant. Article IV, Section 4, states: "The governor shall fill all vacancies in public offices unless otherwise provided by law, and his appointees shall serve until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified."...
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