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MARKING OFF DAYS 'TILL THE HOLIDAY
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
Twenty days and counting. That's right, Christmas is less than three weeks away. Christmas is a busy time for families. But let's not forget that it's also a great time to have some fun, especially with holiday traditions and music. The Internet is bursting with sites for kids -- and adults -- to get you in the Christmas cheer...
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UNDERSTANDING AN UNFAMILIAR LANGUAGE
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
Karla Renya and Jesse Macias-Fernandez giggled when Lana Andrews read them the story of "La Gallanita Roja," who scurried around trying to get the other farm animals to help her plant corn, harvest it and then bake bread. The children, both 5, weren't laughing because the story of "The Little Red Hen" was so comical but because Andrews wasn't pronouncing the words correctly in Spanish...
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THE CASE OF THE WATERMLON PATCH MYSTERY; CHAPTER 11: TIME FOR A SCIENTIFIC WATERMELON TEST
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
LAST WEEK: Eddy the Rac had a news flash for Hank. All those big green things lying on the ground weren't watermelons. Eddy said they were gourds! Then Hank agreed to take a challenge of truth. Eddy the Rac snatched up a cricket in his little fingers and popped it into his mouth. I could hear him crunching...
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LEOPOLD MAN WINS $100,000 IN POWERBALL; PRIZE ARRIVES JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS, SAYS JEFF IRVIN
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Jeff Irvin of Leopold walked around with $100,000 in his wallet for almost a week and didn't know it. The money was in the form of a Powerball ticket -- five out of six numbers for the $105 million Nov. 25 drawing. "I didn't look at the ticket right away," said Irvin, a sales representative for Nu Way Concrete Forms in Jackson, Mo. "I'd heard that nobody won Powerball's big prize."...
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CRIME: AREA FIREFIGHTERS HELP OTHERS DEAL WITH METH
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
Southeast Missouri firefighters have become good enough at handling fires and waste at methamphetamine labs to write the book on it. Three books, actually, which will be distributed to emergency personnel nationally, said John Sachen, training officer for the Delta Fire Protection District...
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EDUCATION: HOLDEN TO ADDRESS SOUTHEAST GRADUATES
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
Governor-elect Bob Holden will deliver the commencement address Saturday at Southeast Missouri State University. Holden, finishing his second term as state treasurer, won the gubernatorial election against U.S. Rep Jim Talent, R-St. Louis, last month and will take office as governor in January...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: HOW THE FLORIDA VOTE BECAME THE FLORIDA DEBACLE
(Column ~ 12/05/00)
I thought the presidential election might be settled before I had to write this column. I never dreamed my good name would become linked to a state with the population density of many foreign countries but with the total brain mass of a Chihuahua. But it's common knowledge that I moved home to Missouri after three years in Pensacola and one in Fort Lauderdale, both Florida cities in the news now that George W. ...
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GOVERNMENT: COUNTY AWARDS MAPPING CONTRACT
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The Cape Girardeau County Commission has awarded a $135,000 aerial mapping contract to Walker Associates Inc. of St. Louis. The firm will take digital photos of the entire county in February and develop computer maps showing every parcel of land...
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PEMISCOT CLEARED IN VOTE SCHEME
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Allegations votes were traded for alcohol in Pemiscot County on Election Day could not be substantiated, state elections officials said Monday. Missouri Secretary of State Bekki Cook received two phone calls on Nov. 7, claiming a Republican operative had witnessed voters in Caruthersville, Mo., being taken from polling places to a liquor store, where they presumably received free alcohol for voting. The county is heavily Democratic...
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SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND NEAR SIKESTON
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Remains of a human body found Sunday will require an anthropologist to determine identification, said Scott County Coroner Scott Amick. The remains were found near a grain bin on County Road 480, a mile west of Sikeston, Sikeston police said...
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WASTEWATER WORK PLANNED FOR JANUARY
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Next month, a Bismarck, Mo., contractor will begin improvements designed to relieve the city's overloaded sewer system. In a 12-minute meeting Monday night that may have set a record for swiftness, the Jackson Board of Aldermen approved a contract with Loana Contractors Inc. for $497,645 to fund the Williams Creek Interceptor Sewer (Reach A) Project. Loana's bid was the lowest of six that ranged up to $773,000...
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EDUCATION: ARTEA DISTRICTS OUTSCORE STATE NORM
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
Improved student achievement on state test scores was among highlights on annual reports recently released by Nell Holcomb, Woodland and Oak Ridge school districts. Students in the three districts continued a regional trend last year of outperforming state averages on most portions of the Missouri Assessment Program exams in mathematics, communication arts, science and social studies...
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NEW FEATURES POTLIGHTS SEMISSOURIAN.COM WEB STIE
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
Today I am kicking off a new feature about the Internet and Southeast Missouri. Regularly in this space I will write about some of the latest Internet developments -- with particular focus given to semissourian.com, the Web site affiliated with the Southeast Missourian newspaper and other regional media organizations...
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GOVERNMENT: CITY ORDERS THREE STRUCTURES DEMOLISHED
(Local News ~ 12/05/00)
City officials met for less than 10 minutes Monday night, approving a variety of housekeeping measures. Three condemned Cape Girardeau structures will be torn down after the city approved demolition contracts with two companies. To be torn down are properties at 629 Terry Lane, 24 S. Pacific St. and 228 S. Pacific St...
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: SE RIVAL SIU WILL PAY VISIT TONIGHT
(College Sports ~ 12/05/00)
Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball team has been up and down through the first six games of the season, with a few solid performances mixed in with several sub-par outings. But Southeast coach Gary Garner knows the Indians better be a lot more up than down tonight if they hope to have any chance of finally beating regional rival Southern Illinois...
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: TOP-SEEDED EAGLES FLY BY TIGERS 73-53
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The No. 1 seed hasn't won the Sikeston Invitational boys basketball tournament since 1996 and there's certainly no guarantee it will happen this year. But New Madrid County Central definitely looks like it will make a strong run to break the above trend this week. The top-seeded, defending Class 3A state champion Eagles got off to a solid start Monday night by knocking off No. 8 Cape Girardeau Central 73-53 in the tourney opener...
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OTAHKS LOSE FOURTH STRAIGHT IN OVERTIME
(College Sports ~ 12/05/00)
ITTA BENA, Miss. -- The losing streak for Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team reached four games Monday night, thanks to a 69-63 overtime loss to host Mississippi Valley State. Southeast, which fell to 2-5, held a 29-19 halftime lead and the Otahkians were ahead 53-50 in the closing moments...
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: LADY TIGERS SLIP PAST MT. VERNON AT THE WIRE 54-53
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/00)
Heather Jenkins broke loose for a layup with two seconds remaining as Cape Girardeau Central nipped Mt. Vernon, Ill., 54-53 for an exciting home victory Monday night in girls basketball action. Cape Central (3-1) lost to Mt. Vernon last season and again found itself trailing Monday 41-37 at the start of the fourth quarter. The Lady Tigers took their first fourth-quarter lead, 50-49, with about three minutes left on a 3-pointer by Jessica Sinn...
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ROBERT COLYER
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
MCCLURE, Ill. -- Robert Eugene "Cherry Top" Colyer, 67, of McClure died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, at the Ratliff Care Center. He was born Sept. 24, 1933, in McClure, the son of Mose and Dona Johnson Colyer. He married Carol L. McKinney on April 20, 1957, at Corinth, Miss. She survives...
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DONALD F. CONFER
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Donald F. Confer, 71, of Grassy, Mo., and formerly of Connecticut, died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 17, 1929, in Battle Creek, Mich., son of Oren and Beatrice Preston Confer...
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HELEN RUNQUIST
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
ANNA, Ill. -- Helen L. Runquist, 76, of Anna died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, at Union County Hospital in Anna. She is formerly of the Carthage, Ill., area. She is survived by a daughter, Connie Derossett of Wolf Lake, Ill. Funeral will be held Thursday. DeJong-Printy Funeral Home in Carthage is in charge of arrangements...
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MILDRED F. CARNEY
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mildred F. Carney, 87, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, at Perry County Nursing Home in Perryville. She was born on March 14, 1913, on Kaskaskia Island, Ill., daughter of Francis J. and Winifred E. Davis Gendron. She married Joseph H. Lawrence. He died in 1958. She then married Garva A. Carney on April 28, 1962. He died March 10, 1985...
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VERNICE YOUNT
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
Vernice P. Yount, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 4, 2000, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 15, 1909, in Crump, Mo., daughter of Francis M. and Lillie Mae Ackman Craft. In 1968, Yount retired from Snyder Barge Co. in Cape Girardeau, where she had been a cook for 20 years. She was a member of Bethlehem General Baptist Church in Crump...
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FLORA CANADA
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
KARNAK, Ill.-- Funeral for Flora Mae Beck Canada, 90, of Karnak was held Monday, Dec. 4, 2000, at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak. Burial was in the Masonic Cemetery in Cypress, Ill. Canada died Friday, Dec. 1, 2000, at Magnolia Manor Care Center in Metropolis, Ill...
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KATHERIN BODINE
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
She was born in Union County in Illinois, daughter of Clarence and Rosann Bracken Corzine. She married Alger Bodine on Aug. 3, 1957. He died Oct. 19, 1983. She was a member of Second Baptist Church in Salem. Survivors include two sisters Betty Dudley of Salem and Norma Jean Slone of Fairview Heights, Ill...
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JOSEPHINE DUNGER
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Josephine Bernice Dunger, 78, of Scott City died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, at her home. She was born Feb. 25, 1922, at St. Louis, the daughter of the late Lawrence and Ruth Zoeller Barbareck. She married Albert Dunger on Nov. 23, 1944, at Scott City. He died Sept. 13, 1998...
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MILDRED MENZ
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
ORAN, Mo. -- Mildred Menz, 88, of Oran died Monday, Dec. 4, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 3, 1912, in Hyman, Mo., daughter of Alvin R. and Virgie Nichols Dick. She married Frank "Butch" Menz on Feb. 22, 1927. He died Nov. 12, 1992...
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MARY CROSWHITE
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Mary Croswhite, 89, of Advance, died Friday, Dec. 1, 2000, at Advance Nursing Center. She was born on March 19, 1911, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Comelous and Althea Zimmerman Cox. She married Ralph Croswhite on Nov. 22, 1949. He died Feb. 1, 1997...
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ARTHUR ERVIN
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Arthur S. Ervin Jr., 73, of Villa Ridge died Monday, Dec. 4, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 21, 1927, in Pulaski County in Illinois, son of Arthur and Josie Schultz Ervin Sr. He was a veteran U.S. Army, serving in the Korean Conflict. He retired from the Army Corps of Engineers Dam 53 in Grand Chain, Ill...
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ERWIN A. DREYER
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
Erwin A. Dreyer, 85, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, at his home. He was born on May 27, 1915, in Frohna, Mo., son of Joachim and Anna Schlimpert Dreyer. He was baptized, schooled, and then confirmed in 1929 at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. He first married Lucille Gerharter, June 7, 1936, in Shawneetown, Mo. She died March 19, 1974. They were blessed with two children, a son, Leonard and a daughter, JoAnn, who died in 1963...
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LILLIAN STRONG
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
Lillian Marygold Strong, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 4, 2000, at Beverly Health Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born on Jan. 5, 1918, in Neelys Landing, Mo., daughter of Charles and Stella Unger Walker. She married William "Jack" Strong on April 3, 1937. He died Nov. 5, 1984...
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LETTERS: DEMOCRATS USED WAR TO PROMOTE U.S. PROSPERITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/05/00)
To the editor: I noted that W.L. Hatch in his letter to the editor was only able to remember the Republican presidents over the past 71 years. He made no mention of Franklin Roosevelt's inability to solve the Depression of the 1930s without involving the United States in a world war. ...
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RIGHTS OF LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS ARE UPHELD
(Editorial ~ 12/05/00)
In a ruling last week, the U.S. Supreme Court tried to distinguish between police roadblocks aimed at catching lawbreakers who are an immediate threat to society and other roadblocks likely to collar miscreants whose crimes, while serious, may not be a threat to other motorists...
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SAM MCVAY TAKES HIS SKILLS TO STATE LEVEL
(Editorial ~ 12/05/00)
Since 1993, when Sam McVay became administrator of the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, the facility and its staff have received numerous state and national awards befitting a well-run public institution. Starting last week, McVay is the new executive director of the Missouri Veterans Commission, which oversees all seven state veterans homes and four veterans cemeteries...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/05/00)
IT IS unbelievable how the Republicans mess up everything from domestic to foreign relations. George W. Bush was able to get a fair and uninterrupted count in New Mexico and Oregon but is not letting the same happen in Florida because he knows that he did not win the election fairly. ...
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LETTERS: MARQUETTE HOTEL REPRESENTS CITY'S CULTURAL HERITAGE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/05/00)
To the editor: Cape Girardeau's heritage is under attack. First it was the old St. Francis Hospital building which was recently torn down. Now it's the Marquette Hotel. The city has given the owner 120 days to sell the Marquette Hotel or make needed repairs after which the city can proceed with demolition...
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PATRICIA HILL
(Obituary ~ 12/05/00)
Patricia Hill, 48, of Jackson, Mo., died Monday, Dec. 4, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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