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SNACK ATTACK: HUNGRY? REACH FOR POWER-PACKED FOODS INSTEAD OF CONVENIENCE ITEMS
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
Whether at work or school, snacking has become part of the American lifestyle, but that increase in snacking doesn't mean everything you munch on is bad for you. Snacking can contribute to healthy eating, if people could choose a more nutrient-dense snack rather than reaching for a candy bar to curb their appetite, dietitians and nutritionists say...
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Congratulations, you're a homeowner
(Column ~ 03/15/01)
The first thought that goes through your head when you buy a house is probably not life insurance. You might be wondering how you're going to make your mortgage payments or afford furniture. So maybe you think it's not the best time to discuss life insurance. Well, it may surprise you, but there may not be a better time...
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New business licenses
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
Following is a listing of new business licenses issued by the city of Cape Girardeau and the Cape Girardeau County collector's office during the month of February. Some franchises may list out-of-town or out-of-state addresses.Cape Girardeau City Business Licenses...
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Major development underway in TIF district
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
$2.7 million project near Highway 60 includes Lowe's store By Jim Obert Business Today SIKESTON -- A local real estate developer has partnered with the city of Sikeston to develop 200-plus acres north of Highway 60 and east of South Main Street for commercial and other uses...
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People News
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
Southeast Missouri Miranda Hilt has joined the staff of Hand and Physical Therapy in Farmington as a physical therapist. Sherry Orr and Karen Wynn have joined A/O Employment Services in Cape Girardeau as program managers. Chris Owens has joined The Computer Store in Farmington as a technician...
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Zimmer Radio wins top ADDY
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
Business Today A Zimmer Radio Group commercial prodding people with rough road problems to use a local paving company's services won the Best of Show award at the sixth annual Tri-State Advertising and Marketing Professionals ADDY Awards ceremony held in Cape Girardeau on March 1...
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Ronald Reagan and economics
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
By Raymond J. Keating Ronald Reagan easily was the most pro-entrepreneur, pro-small business president of the United States over the last 70-plus years. His policies of restraining the growth in federal regulations and slashing tax rates provided a solid foundation upon which our economy expanded over the past two decades...
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Tax and financial reporting
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
Third parties need to know that they can rely on the information in your company's financial statements and that is the job of an accounting firm when they audit your business. Since third parties will be looking at the statements and relying on them to make decisions on loans or investments, a high degree of trust is put in the accounting firm's opinion...
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March Bankruptcies
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
Bankruptcies filed through March 10 for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri's U.S. Bankruptcy Court are listed below with their corresponding case number. The Southeastern Division includes the counties of Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscott, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard and Wayne. Court is held in Cape Girardeau...
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Business Briefs
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
Southeast Missouri Cape Girardeau Siemers Appliance, based in Jackson, has opened a branch here. The manager is Shawn Naeter. Farmington RE/MAX Spirit Real Estate has opened at 1513 Weber Road. The broker/owner is Scott England...
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Cape County Tax Liens
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
Cape Girardeau County tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds, during the month of February are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue except as indicated by IRS designation. For information concerning the dollar amount of the liens, contact the recorder's office at 243-8123...
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Scott County Tax Liens
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
Scott County tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Tom Dirnberger, Scott County recorder of deeds, during the month of February are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue except as indicated by IRS designation. For information concerning the dollar amount of the liens, contact the recorder's office at 545-3551...
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Hey big spender!
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
Many years ago there was a TV ad for cigars in which sultry actress Edie Adams cooed: "Hey big spender, spend a little time with me." When I read the recently released 2001 Study of Missouri State Government Spending, compiled by the state Chamber of Commerce, the catchy "Hey big spender" phrase came to mind. But instead of envisioning a svelte Edie Adams, I see a big, bloated sow wallowing in the feeding trough...
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Stoddard County Tax Liens
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
Stoddard County tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Kay Asbell, recorder of deeds, during the month of February are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue except as indicated by IRS designation. For information concerning the dollar amount of the liens, contact the recorder's office at 568-3444.Tax Liens Against:...
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Variety is the spice of vacations
(Column ~ 03/15/01)
Life is a pressure cooker! As I browse the aisles at the local grocery store, I often relate to the poor little lobster with his tiny little claws rubber-banded together, pacing in circles in his little glass world waiting for the big boiling pot at the end...
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Tax deferred exchanges -- the last great tax savings tool
(Business ~ 03/15/01)
Since the 1950s the tax-deferred exchanges have been used to structure creative real estate transactions. The nontaxable exchange of real estate, sanctioned by Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, may be the last great tax savings tool still available to all property owners...
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CENSUS: ALEXANDER POPULATION PLUMMETS
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Alexander County gained the unwelcome distinction as the most departed county in Illinois, 2000 census figures released Wednesday revealed. The population of the economically depressed county, which sits at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, declined by more than 1,000 people from 1990 to 2000 or 9.7 percent. It was the highest percentage of decrease in the state, although other counties lost more in actual numbers...
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SOUTHEAST BASKETBALL RECRUIT CHARGED WITH FORGERY, FRAUD
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
Charges of forgery and credit fraud were filed Wednesday against a Southeast Missouri State University basketball recruit, the second player to be accused of crimes in a week. The latest, Bobby L. Smith, 22, arrived with his attorney about 2 p.m. Wednesday to turn himself in at the Cape Girardeau County Jail in Jackson, Mo...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: SMOKE GETS IN MARTHA STEWART'S EYES...AND OUR HOUSE
(Column ~ 03/15/01)
March 15, 2001 Dear Patty, DC called me at work this week to report a disaster. For DC, the word disaster has many meanings. It could mean that one of her fish seems to be swimming lethargically, it could mean a tornado is bearing down on the house. This disaster had the sound of something in between...
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NOMINATIONS TRICKLE IN TO AREA WIDE UNITED WAY
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
The Area Wide United Way has received only a handful of nominations for its 14th annual Volunteer Recognition Awards. Kathy Denton, assistant director of the Area Wide United Way in Cape Girardeau, expects to receive more nominations before Monday's deadline...
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COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS RAISE QUESTIONS
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
About a fifth of U.S. colleges and universities do not require the SAT or ACT for some or all high school applicants, a survey released Wednesday found, reflecting the latest assaults on admissions tests. FairTest, a Cambridge, Mass., group that advocates less reliance on testing, said it counted 383 out of 1,788 four-year schools that do not want entrance exams at all or that sometimes exempt applicants, say for a high class rank or great grades...
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COED REPORTS ROBBERY ON CAMPUS
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
A 19-year-old Southeast Missouri State University coed was robbed in a campus parking lot this week by a man who said he had a gun. The victim said she had parked her car in the Towers lot Monday night and was headed to her dorm when a man wearing a black ski mask approached her, campus police chief Doug Richards said...
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CAPE GOBBLES LIONS' PANCAKES
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
The Cape Girardeau Lions Club served more than 10,800 pancakes to 3,500 diners at the A.C. Brase Arena Building on Wednesday. The Pancake Day fund-raiser grossed more than $15,000 for the group to use toward sight conservation, said club member John Mehner. Lions work with local eye doctors so those in need can have examinations and glasses...
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MORE TESTS ORDERED FOR ACCUSED KIDNAPPER
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A second mental evaluation of a 23-year-old man accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing two girls was requested by his defense attorney Wednesday. Samuel J. Farrow Jr. of Jackson will undergo mental examinations by a Kansas City psychiatrist, with a report of results due before Associate Circuit Judge Michael Bullerdieck by May 16...
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BIG MUDDY: BRIDGING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
If Big Muddy, the new journal of the Mississippi River Valley published by Southeast Missouri State University, looks like the brainchild of an historian and a poet, it is. Dr. Frank Nickell, director of the Center for Regional History at Southeast, and English professor Dr. Susan Swartwout view the journal as a bridge that can link everyone who lives in the river valley...
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TEENS FACE MORE CHARGES IN CRIME SPREE
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Additional burglary and theft charges were filed against two 18-year-olds on Wednesday who led police on a multi-state manhunt last month, the Cape Girardeau County prosecutor said. Benjamin H. Brase of Sikeston, Mo., faces five additional felony charges and Michael Dean Wilkins of DeSoto, Mo., has one more felony after further investigation of burglaries and car thefts along a county road near Whitewater, Mo., prosecutor Morley Swingle said...
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PATTON JUNCTION LIVESTOCK AUCTION
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
Tuesday receipts: 1703. Last week 1761, last year 865. Compared to last week, steers steady and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 lower. Demand and supply moderate. Cows made up approximately 10 percent of the run, 90 percent feeders. Steers made up approximately 56 percent of the feeder offerings and heifers 44 percent...
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TWO CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY FARMERS HONORED
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
Lawrence McBryde keeps erosion to a minimum on his farm near Jackson, Mo. He has constructed ponds for erosion control and livestock water. He uses rotational grazing practices and sound pasture- and hay-management techniques. McBryde was honored for land practices at the family's 500-acre farm during a Cape Girardeau County Soil and Water Conservation District's open house Wednesday...
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FRUITLAND LIVESTOCK REPORTS
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
Cattle receipts: 935, week ago, 449. Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower. Demand and supply moderate. Cows made up approximately 36 percent of the offering, feeders 64 percent...
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LEGION TO LEASE LAND FOR TOWER
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
Cell phone users rejoice. The days of seeing "no service" on your mobile phone while in northern Cape Girardeau may be drawing to a close. Wednesday, the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission granted a special-use permit to American Legion Post 63 for a 120-foot Southwestern Bell telecommunications tower to be built on Legion property at 2751 Thomas Drive...
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KAVERMAN: ARRESTS ARE ISOLATED
(College Sports ~ 03/15/01)
Two male basketball players being arrested and charged with felonies in a span of six days is definitely not the kind of publicity Southeast Missouri State University's athletic department is used to. Southeast athletic director Don Kaverman, while obviously disturbed by the events of recent days, insists that what has taken place is in no way a reflection of the Indians' basketball program, which has been void of virtually any kind of incidents or controversy since coach Gary Garner took over four years ago.. ...
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GIRLS TEAMS WANT TO HIT GROUND RUNNING
(High School Sports ~ 03/15/01)
Three of the area's five high school girls soccer teams Cape Girardeau Central, Jackson and Perryville reached district championship games last season while compiling impressive records and all should be strong again this year. Notre Dame and St. Vincent didn't quite attain that level of success a year ago, but those squads also have high hopes for the new campaign...
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TIGERS HOPE TO BUILD ON GREAT YEAR
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
With spring rapidly approaching, boys high school tennis teams in Southeast Missouri are working hard to prepare for the upcoming season. The Cape Central Tigers are aiming for a repeat as Class 4A, District 1 champions after claiming their first title in 15 years...
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PREP GOLFERS READY TO EMBARK ON ANOTHER SEASON
(College Sports ~ 03/15/01)
It should prove to be an exciting campaign for local high school athletes participating in golf as some teams and individuals are coming off stellar 2000 seasons. The caliber of golf has been on the rise in Southeast Missouri in recent years as Jackson, Poplar Bluff, Dexter, Sikeston and St. Vincent of Perryville, in particular, have fielded very competitive squads...
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DOROTHY BRUST
(Obituary ~ 03/15/01)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Dorothy Brust, 75, of Mound City died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Barkett Funeral Home in Mound City.
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FLAY DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 03/15/01)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Flay Lyman Davis, 83, of Advance died Tuesday, March 13, 2001, at his home. He was born Dec. 13, 1917, in Octa, Mo., son of James Martin and Birdie Mae Drew Davis. He and Eglenna Ruth Scott were married June 5, 1949. Davis received a master's degree in vocational agriculture from the University of Missouri at Columbia. He was active statewide in the vocational agriculture program...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 03/15/01)
Daughter to Timothy Daniel Slinkard and Susan Marie Lowe of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:20 a.m. Thursday, March 8, 2001. Name, Destiny Sharon. Weight, 6 pounds. Third child, second daughter. Ms. Lowe is the former Susan Fanter, daughter of Karen and Bob Prince of St. Louis. Slinkard is the son of Michael Slinkard of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at Concord Publishing House Inc...
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MARTIN BRICKHAUS
(Obituary ~ 03/15/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Martin H. Brickhaus, 94, of Perryville died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Oct. 1, 1906, in Perry County, son of Frederick and Louisa Lowes Brickhaus. Brickhaus was a retired farmer. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and Perry County Farm Bureau...
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SHERON SEYER
(Obituary ~ 03/15/01)
Sheron R. Seyer, 57, of Bolivar, Tenn., died Tuesday, March 13, 2001, at Bolivar General Hospital. She was born Dec. 21, 1943, in Memphis, Tenn., daughter of Lawrence and Amelia Menz Reinagel. She and Marvin J. Seyer were married Oct. 28, 1961. Seyer was formerly of Cape Girardeau. She lived in Memphis from 1962-95, and in Bolivar since 1995. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bolivar...
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ROGERS' CENTER TELETHON PLANS NEAR COMPLETION
(Local News ~ 03/15/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Plans are being finalized for the annual Kenny Rogers Children's Center's Telethon scheduled March 24 and 25. As part of the event, a sports card and collectible show will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 24 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 25 in the Sikeston High School Field House...
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KATHLEEN JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 03/15/01)
Kathleen Johnson, 80, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at Sikeston Health Care. She was born May 5, 1920, in Crump, Mo., the daughter of Linder R. and Lettie Mae Poinsett McCullough. She married Donald R. Johnson. He died in March 1990...
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LETTERS: CAPE DISTRICT STILL HAS NEEDS THAT MUST BE MET
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/15/01)
To the editor: I feel compelled to write this letter in response to the controversy over the firing of Randie Fidler as principal at Central High School. I am an employee of the school district. I have absolutely nothing negative to say about Fidler. He has always treated me with the utmost respect...
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A SUNDAY OF MEMORIAL AND FINE MUSIC
(Editorial ~ 03/15/01)
On Sunday, Cape Girardeau County's prosecuting attorney, Morley Swingle, delivered an emotional tribute to former Southeast Missourian editor John Blue. When he was about 9 years old, Swingle's father passed away. Soon after, Morley, his widowed mother, and his 6-year-old sister began eating dinner weekly with John and Mary Blue, who lived up the street. ...
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RULING ON BALLOTS IS BEST FOR MISSOURI
(Editorial ~ 03/15/01)
The U.S. Supreme Court decided, appropriately, that Missouri cannot use election ballots to brand congressional candidates as opponents of term limits, a practice known as "scarlet letter" labels. The court would have established dangerous precedence had it upheld the practice...
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SECURITY EQUIPMENT SHOULD WORK AT ALL TIMES
(Editorial ~ 03/15/01)
With a rash of commercial burglaries in Cape Girardeau, it becomes more important that businesses keep their security cameras, alarms and other anti-burglary systems in good, working condition. Police say the majority of the 37 burglaries reported since February remain unsolved. Twenty-six of them were at businesses...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 03/15/01)
THANKS TO the caring person who paid my gas bill after I had gas put in my car at a station. I am 84 years old and work part-time to make ends meet. I volunteer at a hospital. I don't know who the kind person is, but God does. Thanks again. It was greatly appreciated...
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LETTERS: BROKEN BODY, NOT HEALING, IS BEST SYMBOL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/15/01)
To the editor: I am writing in response to the March 13 letter on the Great Physician. While I rejoice with Ron Farrow over his divine deliverance from the sniffles, I find his theology both simplistic and dangerous. Such thinking has been used for centuries in western culture to oppress people with disabilities. That Christ did not always choose to heal becomes evident simply by looking at his nail-scarred hands...
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