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I LOVE LUCY )WITH TUTUS; LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO HEADLINING CENTRAL REGION DANCE FESTIVAL
(Local News ~ 04/13/01)
You don't have to love ballet to have a good time watching Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, says Tory Dobrin, the company's artistic director. If the old sitcom "I Love Lucy" is funny to you, you'll laugh at the Trocks. The Trocks, a New York City company composed of 13 to 16 male dancers, parody classical ballet. ...
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CAPE POLICE CHIEF RESIGNING
(Local News ~ 04/13/01)
Cape Girardeau police chief Rick Hetzel, a 27-year veteran of law enforcement, said Wednesday he is resigning to become public relations director at St. Francis Medical Center. "I've turned down other opportunities to leave Cape in the past year, but this allows me to keep Cape as my home," Hetzel said...
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TEACHERS FUNDING TAX LEVY PROMOTION
(Local News ~ 04/13/01)
Cape Girardeau teachers will pay to promote a tax increase in August that will pump up their salaries and help maintain new classrooms. By law, school districts cannot use district funds to promote ballot proposals, and committees of community members and school officials often are organized to obtain private backing for such issues...
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PREMIUM ON HOUSING: SOUTHEAST STUDENTS DISGRUNTLED OVER LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
(Local News ~ 04/13/01)
Southeast Missouri State University student Linda Herron walked out of the school's Residence Life office Thursday in tears, angered and frustrated over campus housing arrangements for the next school year that have left her and other students scrambling for rooms...
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JACKSON BRACING FOR BLACKOUT
(Local News ~ 04/13/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- In some parts of Jackson next week, residents won't have to bother turning off their lights for the night. The city will do it for them. The city's municipal utility plans to cut power in the northern and eastern parts of the city Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 1 a.m. ...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: READY, MR. DEMILLE? YOU CAN START THE BIG STORM NOW
(Column ~ 04/13/01)
At least three of the Gospel writers thought it was worth mentioning that when Jesus died on the cross, the "veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom," as Matthew put it. Matthew, Mark and Luke also mention rocks that rent, earth that quaked, graves that opened, dead saints who were resurrected and daylight that darkened...
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AMERENUE REPRESENTATIVE TALKS ABOUT DEREGULATION
(Local News ~ 04/13/01)
Energy deregulation is coming to Missouri. It may not be this year, or next, but the electric utility industry is going to be deregulated. That's what an AmerenUE representative told a group of manufacturing representatives meeting Thursday on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...
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TRANSIT SERVICES PLAN MERGER
(Local News ~ 04/13/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority and a Jackson-based transit service plan to merge in a move that both sides say will improve transportation services in the county. The Transit Authority board and the board of directors of Cape County Transit, a not-for-profit transportation service that operates a fleet of vans, met last month and agreed to proceed with merger efforts...
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JACKSON MAN CHARGED IN SEX CRIMES
(Local News ~ 04/13/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A 49-year-old Jackson man has been charged with rape and sodomy involving a 16-year-old girl, the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department said. Russell D. Jackson was arrested on Wednesday for statutory rape and sodomy. He is being held in the Cape Girardeau County Jail on a $25,000 bond...
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HEILIG-MEYERS CLOSING REMAINING 375 STORES
(Local News ~ 04/13/01)
Heilig-Meyers Co., which specializes in home furnishings, will close its remaining 375 stores, which includes stores in Cape Girardeau, Paducah, Ky., and Carbondale, Ill. The local store does not have all the details on closures, said manager Bill Argo, but, Anita M. Hill, a Heilig-Meyers spokeswoman, said Thursday, that "close-out" sales could start by the end of this month, with stores closing by mid-to-late summer...
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INDIANS SET TO BATTLE LAST-PLACE UT-MARTIN
(College Sports ~ 04/13/01)
Southeast Missouri State University baseball coach Mark Hogan's main objective for the Indians' next Ohio Valley Conference series is that they take Tennessee-Martin seriously. The Skyhawks are in last place in the OVC and have won just five games all season, but Hogan is still concerned about the three-game set that begins today with a 1 p.m. doubleheader. The squads will play a 1 p.m. single contest Saturday...
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OTAHKS DOWN EIU, APPROACH .500 MARK
(College Sports ~ 04/13/01)
It's been a long climb, but Southeast Missouri State University's softball team has almost gotten back to the .500 mark. Primarily because of a brutal early-season schedule, the Otahkians lost their first five games. But Thursday afternoon's 7-3 win over visiting Eastern Illinois has them at 14-15...
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AN EYE ON 600: RICHMOND CLOSES IN ON MILESTONE
(College Sports ~ 04/13/01)
Lana Richmond laughs when she thinks about how she could have just as easily become a lawyer rather than one of the nation's winningest collegiate softball coaches. "I don't think my mother will ever forgive me," said a grinning Richmond. "I was intending to go to law school at the University of Kentucky, then I got a flier about a graduate assistant coaching position at Georgetown (Ky.) College. I applied for it, got it and I don't think I've ever looked back about law school."...
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TWO SOFTBALL PLAYERS THROW NO-HITTERS
(High School Sports ~ 04/13/01)
It was a day for no-hitters in area high school softball Thursday as Scott City's Britne Amick and Advance's Amber Bond both hurled gems to lead their teams to lopsided victories. In Scott City, Mo., the Lady Rams (5-2) rolled past Portageville 7-1. Amick struck out six and walked seven in seven innings...
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CENTRAL WINS FIRST TWO GAMES IN MISSISSIPPI
(High School Sports ~ 04/13/01)
SOUTHHAVEN, Miss. -- The Cape Girardeau Central High School baseball team won its first two games in the DeSoto Times Today Classic, but Tigers' coach Steve Williams knows the real tests will come today. That's when Central faces two of the premier teams in the Memphis (Tenn.) area. The Tigers will play 15-1 Bolton (Tenn.) at 3 p.m. and 18-3 Southhaven (Miss.) at 7 p.m. Southhaven, the tournament host, is the defending Mississippi state champion...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/13/01)
Son to Gary and Tammy Elders of Warsaw, Ind., Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw, Thursday, March 29, 2001. Name, Samuel James. Weight, 9 pounds 4 1/2 ounces. Fourth child, second son. Mrs. Elders is the former Tammy Morgan, daughter of Gordon and Fawn Morgan of Cape Girardeau. She is a nursing student at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne. Elders is the son of Paul and Judy Elders of Scott City, Mo. He is a manager at Wal-Mart...
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CAROLYN BRADLEY
(Obituary ~ 04/13/01)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Carolyn Bradley, 62, died Wednesday, April 11, 2001, at St. Mary's Hospital in Clayton, Mo. She was born Feb. 2, 1939, in Jonesboro, daughter of Robert and Madge Dillow Bradley. Bradley was employed in lab research. Survivors include her mother of Granite City, Ill...
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BILLIE REED
(Obituary ~ 04/13/01)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Billie Marie Reed, 82, of Cobden died Wednesday, April 11, 2001, at Carbondale Health and Rehab Center in Carbondale, Ill. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Cobden is in charge of arrangements.
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PATSY VONNIDA
(Obituary ~ 04/13/01)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Patsy M. VonNida, 69, of Granite City, Ill., died Wednesday, April 11, 2001, at Sikeston Health Center in Sikeston, Mo. She was born Dec. 22, 1931, daughter of Ernest and Nellie Wiggs Stokes. She first married Bill Alexander, and later married Edwin VonNida. Both preceded her in death...
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CHARLES WIPFLER
(Obituary ~ 04/13/01)
OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- Funeral for Charles Zyrick Wipfler of Oak Ridge will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, Mo. Msgr. Edward Eftink will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until service time...
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JASPER TRIPLETT
(Obituary ~ 04/13/01)
ESSEX, Mo. -- Jasper J. Triplett, 82, of Essex died Wednesday, April 11, 2001, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter, Mo. He was born Nov. 23, 1918, at Essex, son of Charles and Nell Williamson Triplett. He and Allean Hunt were married March 27, 1950, at Bernie, Mo...
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EDDIE CHILDERS
(Obituary ~ 04/13/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Graveside service for Eddie Wayne "Baby Bull" Childers of Sikeston will be held at 1 p.m. today at Odd Fellows Cemetery near Charleston, Mo. Steve Palmer will officiate. Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie, Mo., is in charge of arrangements...
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GLENN GOLIGHTLY
(Obituary ~ 04/13/01)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Glenn Golightly, 84, of Dongola died Wednesday, April 11, 2001, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. He was born Aug. 22, 1916, in Sikeston, Mo., son of William and Irene Baugh Golightly. He and Lillian Johnson were married Aug. 2, 1936. She preceded him in death...
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YARDS OF THE MONTH
(Local News ~ 04/13/01)
Larry Essner, left, presented the Yard of the Month Award for April to Craig Schnurbusch, who lives with his wife, Ann, at 2754 Adeline. The monthly landscape awards are intended to generate friendly competition for citizens to enhance the appearance of their lawns. Nominations may be directed to the chamber office, 335-3312...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/13/01)
I'D LIKE homeowners to drive down their street late at night and find out if they can see their house address. What if an emergency service couldn't find your home? Probably 95 percent of homes don't have reflective lettering for their addresses. THOMAS PAINE said it best, in his pamphlet "Common Sense" when he wrote: "Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived." President Bush is an honest man and of great worth to our nation and society and to the world. ...
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LEGAL ABUSES MUST BE MONITORED
(Column ~ 04/13/01)
Courts are supposed to be arbiters of legal disputes, not weapons for partisan politicians to punish their opponents. It is time to start demanding accountability from politicians who exploit the legal system for political ends. Bill Clinton browbeat the Justice Department into reversing its position not to bring a civil suit against the tobacco companies. ...
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MISSOURIANS DESERVE BETTER ROAD PLAN
(Editorial ~ 04/13/01)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri's roads are in disrepair, and our transportation system must be expanded. Investment in a better transportation system, if well-spent, will make our roads safer and enhance economic development. These facts would seem to argue for Gov. ...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU RECYCLING CONTINUES TO GROW
(Editorial ~ 04/13/01)
In the almost 10 years since the city began an official recycling program, Cape Girardeau residents have gradually warmed to the notion. Currently, 45 percent of the city's households participate in recycling by either putting out items to be collected once a week or by visiting the recycling center on North Broadview Street...
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SB 40 BOARDS NEED TO HAVE LOCAL AUTHORITY
(Editorial ~ 04/13/01)
When legislation was passed in the late 1960s to set up county boards across Missouri to administer sheltered workshops and levy taxes to support those workshops, a giant step forward was taken on behalf of mentally and physically disabled workers. Thanks to the workshops, thousands of otherwise unemployable workers have had productive and fulfilling jobs...
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