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POLICE DOG'S VEST RARE, NEWER THAN HANDLER'S
(Local News ~ 04/11/01)
Cape Girardeau's police dog has body armor. Seven-year-old Jupp tried on his bulletproof vest for the second time on Tuesday. His muted whines weren't to protest the vest, said officer Dennis Horn, Jupp's handler. "He's just not sure about all the attention he's getting," Horn said...
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FORMING THE RECYCLING HABIT: CAPE GIRARDEANS EMBRACE CITYWIDE RECYCLING
(Local News ~ 04/11/01)
The long row of carefully labeled, green metal bins sits silent on a Saturday morning, save the occasional rustle of folded newspaper and assorted cereal boxes. The unusual quiet in the city's drive-in recycling building lasts an entire two minutes...
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NITZSCHKE COULD STAY AS SEMO CONSULTANT
(Local News ~ 04/11/01)
Southeast Missouri State University Chancellor Dr. Dale Nitzschke may continue working for the school as a fund-raising consultant once his chancellor's job ends June 30, school officials said. Nitzschke, who lives in a Cincinnati suburb, stepped down as Southeast's president in summer 1999 but agreed to stay on for two years as the school's first chancellor...
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UNITED WAY OFFERS GRANTS TO PEOPLE IN THE REGION
(Local News ~ 04/11/01)
The Area Wide United Way is offering one-time grants to programs that address transportation, affordable housing, youth substance abuse and assistance to low-income families. The grants are funded by a percentage of the United Way's 2000 campaign contributions. Grant applications are available by calling the United Way office at 334-9634. Deadline is April 30...
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STUDENTS AIM FOR BLOOD DRIVE RECORD
(Local News ~ 04/11/01)
Central High School students hope to enjoy good food and prizes, break a state record and maybe even save a few lives this summer with blood collected at the school's annual blood drive being held today. The school's 20th annual blood drive to benefit the American Red Cross will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the old gymnasium. Successful donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, and not have given blood in the past six weeks...
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PANEL REJECTS CAPE MAN'S APPEAL
(Local News ~ 04/11/01)
A Cape Girardeau man's appeal of narcotics convictions was refuted Tuesday by judges on the Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals. The opinion in 25-year-old Dmitri Bell's case was given without comment by the three-judge panel after receiving written briefs from lawyers on April 4...
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MOORE NAMED WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT SEMO
(Local News ~ 04/11/01)
Dr. Ginny Moore, associate professor of accounting, finance and business law at Southeast Missouri State University, has been named coordinator of the Women's Studies Program at the school. Moore began teaching business law at Southeast five years ago and was promoted to associate professor last year...
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JACKSON SCHOOL BOARD REORGANIZES
(Local News ~ 04/11/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Newly elected member Jim Woeltje assumed his seat on the Jackson Board of Education during a reorganizational meeting held Tuesday night. Voters elected Woeltje, a former principal in the district for many years, and incumbent Gerald Adams during elections last week. School boards must meet within a week of municipal elections each April to accept election results and elect new officers...
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REMEMBERING AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN SUFFRAGIST
(Local News ~ 04/11/01)
Anna Howard Shaw graduated from Boston University with doctorates of divinity and medicine at a time when women didn't do that. She didn't marry or have children. Editorial writers seemed to find her unattractive and had questions about her sexual orientation. And at a time when women weren't encouraged to speak up, especially in public, she spoke tirelessly to promote the American women's suffragist movement...
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JACKSON LOSES HANDLE ON GAME, FALLS TO ND
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/01)
Kyle Diveley didn't just take one for the team. He took one for the win. Diveley was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth as Notre Dame beat visiting Jackson 8-7 in a crazy, sloppy game that the Indians gave away in the bottom of the seventh...
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MU PLANS RENOVATION IF BID FOR ARENA FAILS
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/01)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri will pursue a renovation of the Hearnes Center if efforts in the Legislature to replace the 29-year-old sports facility fail, the university's athletic director said this week. However, for the moment the university is continuing a full-court press to win support for a $75 million new arena to be funded in part by Missouri taxpayers...
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INDIANS EXPLODE ON MEMPHIS
(College Sports ~ 04/11/01)
Mark Hogan's 200th victory as Southeast Missouri State University's baseball coach was not nearly as easy as the final score indicates. The Indians used an enormous eighth inning -- scoring eight runs on 10 hits -- to break open a tight game and beat non-conference foe Memphis 14-4 in front of 711 fans at Capaha Field Tuesday night...
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DOEHRING LIFTS SOUTHEAST TO SWEEP OF UTM
(College Sports ~ 04/11/01)
Southeast Missouri State used the arm and bat of Jenny Doehring to sweep a Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader from Tennessee-Martin on Tuesday. Doehring shut out UTM in a 2-0 win in the opener, then hit two home runs and drove in six runs in the nightcap, an 11-3 Southeast victory...
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WOODLAND'S LONG FIRES NO-HITTER AT ADVANCE
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/01)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Kyle Long hurled a five-inning no-hitter and added a two-run home run for good measure as the Woodland Cardinals remained unbeaten on the season with a 14-1 victory over Advance Tuesday. Long obtained all but one out by the strikeout, fanning 14 batters. He walked five and allowed one unearned run...
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COL. WILLIAM LOUGHNANE
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Col. William Loughnane, 81, of Morley died Monday, April 9, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.
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BOBBY VANPOOL
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Bobby Gene Vanpool, 68, of Sikeston died Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at Clearview Nursing Center. He was born May 15, 1932, in Bertrand, Mo., son of Hal and Grace Brashears Vanpool. He and Margie Hust were married Jan. 26, 1984. Vanpool lived in Bertrand most of his life. He had worked at Flair Inc...
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LUCILLE HATCH
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Lucille R. Hatch, 98, of Mounds died Monday, April 9, 2001, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Ill. She was born Jan. 29, 1903, in McCracken County, Ky., daughter of John Linford and Lula Terry Rudd. She married Benjamin Hatch, who died April 9, 1976...
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JOE JACKSON
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Joe Louis Jackson, 87, of East Prairie died Monday, April 9, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 6, 1914, at Randles, Mo., son of James Monroe and Rhoda Editha Trout Jackson. He and Effie Mae Morgan were married July 28, 1935, at Benton, Mo. She died Aug. 1, 1997...
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FLORA WEINRICH
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Flora B. Weinrich, 84, of Perryville died Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 12, 1917, in Pemiscot County, Mo., daughter of George and Mina Loberg Bishop. She and Elmer Weinrich were married Aug. 7, 1945. He died in January 1981...
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HAROLD LICHTENEGGER
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Harold Lichtenegger, 58, of Wappapello died Monday, April 9, 2001, at Three Rivers Health Care South Campus in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born March 16, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, son of Melvin and Norma Meyer Lichtenegger. He and Anita Seabaugh were married June 6, 1965, in Jackson, Mo...
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ANNA JENKINS
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
Anna Bertha Jenkins, 98, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born March 8, 1903, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Jacob R. and Bertha Milde Schwab. She and Lionel Jenkins were married Feb. 19, 1945, in Cape Girardeau. He died Jan. 3, 1987...
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MILDRED NEWELL
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Mildred L. Collins Newell, 82, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at Monticello Skilled Facility in Jackson, Mo. She was born July 17, 1918, at Schlatz, Mo., daughter of John and Ethel Shell Collins. She and Herbert Harris Newell of Greenbrier, Mo., were married Nov. 1, 1939. He preceded her in death Jan. 26, 1981...
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FRIEDA EGGIMANN
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
GORDONVILLE, Mo. -- Frieda S. Eggimann, 92, of Gordonville died Monday, April 9, 2001, at Saxony Village in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 18, 1909, in Gordonville, daughter of Martin and Ida Muster Hellwege. She was raised by William and Mary Sander. She and Lewis H. Eggimann were married Dec. 31, 1933. He died July 15, 1984...
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DON KRUEGER
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
Funeral for Don A. Krueger of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Ron Watts will officiate. Entombment will be in Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum. Friends may call at the chapel from 4-9 p.m. today...
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LETTERS: FINANCIAL LITERACY SHOULD BE GOAL OF OUR SCHOOLS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/11/01)
To the editor: Recently, Alan Greenspan said, "Improving basic financial education at the elementary and secondary school level is essential to providing a foundation for financial literacy that can help prevent younger people from making poor financial decisions that can take years to overcome."...
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NEW MU ARENA: IS THIS WHAT TAXPAYERS WANT?
(Editorial ~ 04/11/01)
He's 76 now, but former Missouri Gov. Warren Hearnes is far from trading in his remarkable legal and political career for a pair of pruning shears and an easy chair. He's active in community affairs in Charleston, Mo. He passionately follows state politics. And he is very in touch with the people of Missouri -- the people who elected him governor on two occasions in the 1960s...
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GRADUATE, 81, IS INSPIRATION TO ALL STUDENTS
(Editorial ~ 04/11/01)
Leon Smith didn't pay much attention in his resume writing class. After all, he's going to vacation in Florida after his May graduation from college instead of looking for a job. A spoiled rich kid? A slacker with no future plans? Hardly. Smith is an 81-year-old grandfather who simply wants a degree like his son and two granddaughters have. And Southern Illinois University is prepared to give him one in aviation management...
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CARDINAL PLANSTILL NEEDS GUARANTEES
(Editorial ~ 04/11/01)
Earlier this week a committee of the Missouri House made significant changes to a plan to build a new professional baseball stadium in St. Louis, then passed the modified plan onto the full House. The changes make the proposal much more palatable. Among the modifications: The House plan requires the Cardinals to make $100 million in investments above and beyond the land they have already committed before any state money is spent. ...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/11/01)
I regret having to make this Speak Out comment, but I do not apologize for it. The American hostages in China are being held hostage to the concerns of U.S.-based multinational corporations and Big Business interests. This is in addition to a growing body of evidence indicating increasing human rights abuses in China. ...
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LETTERS: OAK RIDGE VOTERS CONTINUE TO SHOW SCHOOL SUPPORT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/11/01)
To the editor: The approval of the April 3 bond issue is once again evidence of continued support for the children of the Oak Ridge School District. This district is small but progressive. It strives to provide optimum educational opportunities. The district -- 127 years strong -- has always been proud of its traditions and extremely interested in the success of its students. Voter support is evidence of this...
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MILDRED FULFORD
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
Mildred Fulford, 79, of Lincoln, Ill., died Sunday, April 8, 2001, at Christian Village in Lincoln. She was born Oct. 6, 1921, in Marion, Ill., daughter of Henry Louis and Anna Singler Wohlwend. She and Earl Howard Fulford were married June 29, 1952, in Cape Girardeau...
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CONNIE FARRELL
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Connie Farrell, 49, of Charleston died Monday, April 9, 2001, at her home. She was born Feb. 9, 1952, at Matthews, Mo., daughter of Curtis and Mabel Givens Hunsperger. She and Kenneth Farrell were married in December 1977. He died Jan. 16, 1998...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/11/01)
Son to Mark Louis and Deborah Jean Spinner of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:29 a.m. Monday, April 2, 2001. Name, Ethan David. Weight, 7 pounds 11 1/2 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Spinner is the former Deborah Boedefeld, daughter of Gary and Barbara Boedefeld of St. Louis. Spinner is the son of George and Carolyn Spinner of Cape Girardeau. He is a physical therapist assistant at Health Facilities Rehab Services...
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GERALDINE MUNGLE
(Obituary ~ 04/11/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Geraldine Mungle, 58, of Charleston died Monday, April 9, 2001, at her home. She was born Nov. 2, 1942, at Charleston, daughter of Isaac "Ike" and Laverne Glass Bone. She and Kendall Mungle were married Dec. 3, 1964. Mungle had been manager of the women's department at Wal-Mart. She lived in Charleston most of her life and attended First Assembly of God Church...
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RECIPE EXPLAINS THE STORY OF EASTER
(Column ~ 04/11/01)
With Sunday being Easter, we have a special cookie recipe to share with you. Sherry Hoernig of Benton, Mo., shares her recipe for Resurrection Cookies that are to be made the Saturday night before Easter morning. This is a wonderful activity to do with children to help explain the wonderful and remarkable Easter story...
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