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HOLIDAYS FULL OF YUMMY FOOD
(Column ~ 12/20/00)
Whatever your holiday traditions are I'm sure they involve good food. Our traditions are to have our family Christmas at our house, then travel to Scott's parent's house, all of three houses away. There we exchange gifts and have a wonderful and beautiful brunch. Later in the day we travel to my parent's house to exchange gifts and have Christmas dinner...
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PERFECT PLUM PUDDING: THE SIGNATURE BRITISH DISH IS ALSO A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS DESSERT
(Column ~ 12/20/00)
This is the time of year when security scanners at British airports are overworked. That's because they cannot differentiate between terrorist weapons and that staple of the English Christmas dinner, plum pudding. Plum puddings have what officials refer to as "unusual density," just the thing security monitors are designed to detect. ...
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CAPE SCHOOL PHONE NUMBERS ARE MIA
(Local News ~ 12/20/00)
Had trouble locating Cape Girardeau School District phone numbers in the new Southwestern Bell telephone directory? That's because they aren't there. Apparently due to a clerical error, the phone numbers of the district's schools were omitted from both the white and yellow pages of the latest edition of the directory, which won't be replaced until December 2001...
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THE DEADLIEST YEAR: PERRYVILLE'S FIVE HOMICIDES SINCE JANUARY PUT THE TOWN'S MURDER RATE AT 11 TIMES LAST YEAR'S NATIONAL RATE
(Local News ~ 12/20/00)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Driving past Perryville's strip mall, its outlying cattle ranches, the pickups parked around the fast-food franchises, the gas stations, the blue water tower, one thinks the town could easily switch places with any other small, sleepy Midwestern community...
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BEHIND THE CASE FILES: ELDERLY ENJOY GIFTS, VISITS WITH 'ELVES'
(Local News ~ 12/20/00)
There is little better in life than being surprised by a gift, especially at Christmas. So my mother and I set out on Tuesday morning to deliver a few surprise gifts to people in the Christmas for the Elderly program. Other gifts will be delivered later this week...
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METH COUNTS BRING PRISON TERMS
(Local News ~ 12/20/00)
Two Southeast Missouri men with no prior criminal records will serve five- and seven-year sentences respectively in federal prison for making methamphetamine. "A lot depends on the amount that they are found to be responsible for making," said Teresa Bright-Pearson, assistant federal attorney...
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HURST IS DEMS' CHOICE FOR CORONER
(Local News ~ 12/20/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Mike Hurst's name will be on Gov. Roger Wilson's desk this week after a majority of the Cape Girardeau County Democratic Committee selected him as their nominee for county coroner Tuesday evening. Hurst, who has worked for the Southeast Missouri State University Department of Public Safety for the past four years, had lost his bid to become the county's public administrator in November...
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MAN'S DRUG CONVICTION OVERTURNED
(Local News ~ 12/20/00)
ST. LOUIS -- Citing a lack of evidence to support a guilty verdict, a state appeals court has overturned a Sikeston, Mo., man's drug conviction and has ordered him discharged from prison. In a unanimous decision Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District said a Cape Girardeau County jury erred in convicting Kevin Morris of possessing more than 35 grams of marijuana...
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SCHOOL BOARD FILINGS BEGAN TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 12/20/00)
Filing for local school board elections began Tuesday at many area schools, although lousy weather caused some schools to postpone their filings until classes reconvene after the first of the year. In addition, election filings began for numerous other governmental bodies in the area...
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SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY TO REMEMBER KING
(Local News ~ 12/20/00)
Southeast Missouri State University will remember slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King at several events planned for January and February. Highlighting events will be the 16th annual Martin Luther King Memorial Breakfast on Jan. 15 at 8 a.m. at the Show Me Center...
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SOUTHEAST WANTS TO GIVE CAMELS ANOTHER LUMP
(College Sports ~ 12/20/00)
Campbell University's men's basketball team entered Monday night's game at Middle Tennessee State having lost its last four road contests by an average of 27 points. The Fighting Camels suffered their fifth straight road setback of the season Monday -- but at least coach Billy Lee came away feeling a whole lot better about his squad...
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CROWD HELPED SOUTHEAST PULL OFF BIG WIN OVER BEARS
(College Sports ~ 12/20/00)
Saturday night's 73-71 victory over Southwest Missouri State was a big win for our basketball program and I want to thank all of you who braved the cold and snowy weather to cheer our team on. In a tight game the crowd is important and our crowd was really into the game. Our players fed off that energy and got the victory...
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BLUFF, JACKSON POST CLASSIC BLOWOUTS
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/00)
Most people are expecting some extremely close and exciting games this week during the fifth annual HealthSouth Holiday Classic. The eight-team high school girls basketball tournament at the Show Me Center still figures to feature some thrillers, but that certainly wasn't the case Tuesday night during the event's opening two contests...
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HOT HAND BURNS JACKSON IN THIRD QUARTER
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Jason Elliott hit seven 3-pointers -- including three in a crucial 90-second span in the third quarter -- as Graves County (Ky.) defeated host Jackson 58-52 in high school boys basketball action Tuesday night. "There was a minute-and-a-half stretch where the Elliott kid got hot and we didn't adjust," said Jackson coach Mike Kiehne...
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HAZEL STROBEL
(Obituary ~ 12/20/00)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Mama Hazel E. Strobel, 85, formerly of Advance, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at Bertrand Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 21, 1915, at Advance, daughter of Charles and Myrtle Presley White. She and John Henry Strobel were united in marriage Dec. 23, 1931, at Swinton, Mo. He preceded her in death March 12, 1998...
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VIRGIL SUTTON
(Obituary ~ 12/20/00)
THEBES, Ill. -- Virgil Sutton, 83, of Thebes died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2000, at his home. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery...
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CLARICE DEVENYNS
(Obituary ~ 12/20/00)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Clarice L. Devenyns, 91, formerly of Perryville, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, in Cheyenne, Wyo. She was born Aug. 27, 1909, at Belgique, Mo., daughter of Peter and Pauline Modde Steinbecker. She and Ed Devenyns were married Oct. 3, 1928. He died March 16, 1989...
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CORINE SCHOTT
(Obituary ~ 12/20/00)
ORAN, Mo. -- Corine Schott, 84, of Oran died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 29, 1916, at Gordonville, Mo., daughter of G.W. and Irene Abernathy Tisdale. She and Joseph Raymond Schott were married March 31, 1948. He died Feb. 26, 1996...
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GEORGIA BADART
(Obituary ~ 12/20/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Georgia Cline Badart, 92, of Sikeston died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2000, at Hunter Acres Caring Center, where she had been a patient since Nov. 24. She was born Aug. 21, 1908, in New Madrid, Mo., the daughter of Ben S. and Mary Jane Hart Mason. She married Elmer H. Cline in 1923. He preceded her in death. In 1955 she married Oscar J. "Frenchi" Badart, who died in 1981...
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DORIS STALLINGS-MCGUIRE
(Obituary ~ 12/20/00)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Doris Stallings-McGuire, 56, of East Prairie died Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at her home. She was born April 17, 1944, in East Prairie, daughter of Royce and Pauline Ward Woods. She and David Wesley McGuire were married Nov. 17, 1990...
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NAOMI GARNER
(Obituary ~ 12/20/00)
Funeral for Naomi Gertrude Garner of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Philip N. Curran will officiate. Entombment will be in Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum. Friends may call at the chapel from 4-8 p.m. today. A VFW Auxiliary service will be held at 7...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/20/00)
Son to Christopher "Shawn" and Regina Diane Naeter of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:06 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000. Name, Chase Alexander. Weight, 8 pounds 1 ounce. Mrs. Naeter is the former Regina Moss, daughter of Richard and Karen Moss of Tamms, Ill. She is employed at The Brace Place. Naeter is the son of Debbie Naeter of Cape Girardeau, and the late James Christopher Naeter. He is employed at Heilig-Meyers FurnitureCo...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/20/00)
AFTER EIGHT years of vicious attacks on the Clinton administration, an election that is highly suspect and that razor-thin majority in both the Senate and the House, I have to agree thoroughly with the caller who said, "There ain't no honeymoon after a shotgun wedding." As my old friend from West Virginia used to say, "This is getting-even time." We feel we had an election stolen, and we will have a long and bitter memory. Bush wants to heal the wounds, but the Democrats want to wound the heel...
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GOP IS BREAKING RACE BARRIER
(Column ~ 12/20/00)
In this year's inevitable election post-mortem, I think Republicans should seriously consider why they haven't been able to break the race barrier. Given their new president, they couldn't be better positioned to tackle this problem. First, let me clarify something. ...
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LEGISLATORS CAUTIOUS ABOUT CORPS FINDINGS
(Editorial ~ 12/20/00)
Washington's reaction to a surprising Pentagon report that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers doctored a construction-needs study was anything but surprise. Some Washington officials said such manipulations are to be expected, considering many legislators have rivers running through their districts and depend on the Corps of Engineers for the big-money projects constituents want...
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JEAN CARNAHAN PLANS TO HAVE CAPE OFFICE
(Editorial ~ 12/20/00)
Missourians are moving past the oddity of November's U.S. Senate race in which the late Gov. Mel Carnahan beat out incumbent Sen. John Ashcroft. Then Jean Carnahan, the governor's widow, was tapped to fill the seat. But there's one more wrinkle. Ashcroft shared offices in six Missouri cities, including Cape Girardeau, with fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Christopher Bond. It allowed them to have more offices across the state at less cost, because they shared their allotments for state offices...
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GUEST EDITORIAL: BUSTING THE FEE BONANZA
(Editorial ~ 12/20/00)
The Missouri Supreme Court has opened the way for the Missouri Legislature to cancel the big payday that a few politically connected lawyers expected at the end of the settlement of the lawsuit against the tobacco industry. Judge Ronnie White, writing for a unanimous court, ruled that the lawyers' fees must be approved by their clients: the people of Missouri. ...
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