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WIDE MEADOWS; THE DAYS GO BY (A CONTINUING SERIES)
(Column ~ 05/15/01)
Editor's note: This is a chapter from Jean Bell Mosley's book "Wide Meadows" that was first published in 1960. "Got a calendar today," Grandpa announces. A calendar! Next it will be, "Heard frogs last night." "Here's the sassafras roots." "Saw a robin today." And so on through the year. ...
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ART AFTER HOURS: STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM NIGHT STUDIO CLASS
(Local News ~ 05/15/01)
With as many as a dozen students working in various stages of a project, the art studio at Central High School sometimes gets a little crowded. But there's always room for instructor Robert Friedrich to walk by offering advice and comments-- and sometimes help -- to aspiring art students...
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Vegetable growing big business in region
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
The University of Missouri Extension Service reports that about 19,000 acres of vegetables can be found in Southeast Missouri, accounting for about 60 percent of the vegetable production acreage in the state. Consumers can find fresh produce at farmers markets in Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Poplar Bluff and Kennett. Community markets can also be found at Anna and Carbondale in Illinois and at Paducah, Ky...
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Southeast Missouri Hospital announces new programs
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Business Today Southeast Missouri Hospital has announced the addition of three new programs to its services. The programs are a new oxygen therapy treatment, educational program and health care information on the Web. Southeast will become the first area hospital to offer Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, which is a medical treatment that allows patients to breathe pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber. The treatment will be available in June...
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Men's clothes-cutting factory to close
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
60 to lose jobs at Biltwell By Jim Obert Business Today FARMINGTON -- About 60 jobs will be lost on July 2 when the Biltwell Clothing Co. cutting factory closes here. Fifty workers at the Biltwell distribution center in the city will retain their jobs, according to Peter Ellinger, senior vice president of human resources for Inter-Continental Brand and Apparel, the holding company of Biltwell...
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Cape to widen William Street
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Business Today The city of Cape Girardeau plans to widen William Street from Sprigg to Main streets this year to improve traffic flow in and out of the downtown area, city officials recently said. The city intends to widen the street, one of Cape Girardeau's oldest roads and main arteries, from 32 feet to 40 feet. The project steers clear of the south side of William and St. Mary's Cathedral, an east-side landmark...
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Results of Business Today readership survey
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
In the February edition of Business Today, a comprehensive survey accompanied the nearly 8,000 copies of the business journal that is distributed throughout Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. The results of the 42-question survey have been tabulated and provide a look into the demographics and buying power in the coverage area...
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Health Services Corp. sold to MedAssets
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Business Today Health Services Corp. of America was started three decades ago and became a successful purchasing organization for hospitals. The Cape Girardeau-based company was sold in a multimillion-dollar deal to MedAssets Inc., with offices in Alpharetta, Ga., and Northbrook, Ill...
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Hospital opens new women's center
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Business Today POPLAR BLUFF -- Three Rivers Healthcare's new Women's Health Center opened to patients following a community open house April 22 The 37,390-square-foot Women's Health Center houses the region's newest maternity unit. That unit has nine labor, delivery, recovery (LDR) rooms, 22 postpartum beds, two observations rooms, an on-unit C-section operating suite and a full-term nursery with space to expand...
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H-H Building in downtown Cape sold
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Located at Broadway and Fountain streets Business Today The Himmelberger-Harrison Building, a five-level, brick-and-stone building that opened in 1907, has been sold to John and Jerrianne Wyman. The Wymans are downtown restaurateurs who own Mollie's and N'Orleans restaurants and Europa's Gourmet Market...
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Bingo parlor to open in fall
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Business Today The construction of a bingo parlor in Cape Girardeau began April 27 when a backhoe began digging footings for the foundation. Bingo World, the city's first bingo hall, is expected to open in early September at 823 N. Clark, just south of the Cape Girardeau Senior Center...
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Enviro-wackos want to delay 200 jobs
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Holnam Cement Co., which has cement plants worldwide, says it will build a $600 million plant on 3,600 acres in northeast Ste. Genevieve County. The company says it expects to employ 200 workers with a $10 million annual payroll. The plant will also cover 400 acres across the Isle du Bois Creek in southeast Jefferson County...
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Cape Girardeau Tax Liens
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
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 April 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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Optical lab makes glasses for the masses
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Unique to the region By Jim Obert Business Today Roman tragedian Seneca is said to have read "all the books in Rome" by peering through a glass globe of water. A thousand years later, myopic Mandarin monks laid segments of glass spheres against reading material to magnify the letters...
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Group visits lawmakers to promote cement plant
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
By Jim Obert Business Today STE. GENEVIEVE -- Local officials and several landowners met with Gov. Bob Holden and other state authorities April 10 regarding Holnam Cement Co.'s $600 million Lee Island Plant, which is slated for construction in northeast Ste. Genevieve County. Marv Harman, Ste. Genevieve County economic development director, said the visit was arranged at the request of the Ste. Genevieve County Commission...
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May 2001 Bankruptcies
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Bankruptcies filed through May 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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OSHA seminar at Holiday Inn
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
A special seminar will discuss what to do when there is an OSHA inspector in your lobby. The three-hour session, 9 a.m. to noon, will be held at the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau on May 23 and will discuss what triggers an OSHA inspection, how to prepare for an inspection and rights and responsibilities of the employer and employee and the Occupational Safety and Health Act...
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LeeRowan changes name
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Rubbermaid Closet Organization Products (RCOP) is the new name of the company in Jackson that employs about 1,400 workers. LeeRowan, which was founded more than 60 years ago in St. Louis, became a subsidiary of Newell Co. in 1994 when it was purchased by Newell...
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TG Missouri donates to several organizations
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
TG Missouri Corp., a Perryville manufacturer of parts for Toyota Motors and for domestic automakers, has donated a total of $38,890 to seven organizations in Perryville and Perry County for the eighth straight year. The unsolicited donations are the company's way of saying thanks for the community support, say company officials...
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Pipeline safety program May 22
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
The Pipeline Group, with headquarters at Midland, Texas, will host its annual "Public Education -- Contractor Awareness Program" May 22 at the Osage Community Center in Cape Girardeau. The program is sponsored by a group of companies including ExxonMobil Pipeline, Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Co. and Texas Eastern Transmission Corp...
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SEMO Recognition
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Beth McFarland of Monterey Mushrooms in Bonne Terre was recently elected parliamentarian of the Workforce Investment Board (WIB) of Southeast Missouri. McFarland is controller of process operations at Monterey Mushroom and is one of two St. Francois County representatives on the WIB. The other representative is Ron Gardner of U.S. Tool Grinding in Desloge...
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Verizon backs bill regulating use of phones in car
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
To the editor: Ever since the first Model T rolled off the assembly line, people have found ways to become distracted while driving. Whether it's personal grooming, drinking a beverage or operating a radio, drivers all too often take their attention from the road. All of these activities can cause dangerous situations...
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QSTPs -- The right course for college?
(Column ~ 05/15/01)
The prospect of paying for a college education is daunting enough; learning about the various savings options and picking the right one adds yet another degree of difficulty to the challenge. Recently, many parents and grandparents have put qualified state tuition programs (QSTPs) near the head of the class...
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Bush right to reject Kyoto Treaty
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
To the editor: President Bush has made headlines recently for rejecting any U.S. role in what has been known as the Kyoto Treaty to limit greenhouse-gas emissions. Bush was absolutely right to heed the clear message from the U.S. Senate's 96-0 vote to block the United States from being a party to this international agreement...
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Airlines and medical emergency fares
(Column ~ 05/15/01)
My stomach drops and my heart strings tug as I listen to the soft voice on the other end of the phone. It is the type of call I dread -- the death or medical emergency call. Long gone are the days when families grew and lived in close proximity. As travel became an ever easier mode of transportation the family unit weakened as younger members went out to notch their own corner of the world...
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Five musts for buy-sell agreements
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Fifty-three percent of family business owners have a buy-sell agreement. Are you one of them? A buy-sell agreement can protect your business against many unexpected events. When preparing your buy-sell agreement, there are several things to consider, whether you use a redemption or cross-purchase plan...
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Internet applications service providers
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Are ASPs right for your business ? Internet-based e-commerce business activity is growing rapidly and application service providers (ASPs) are the latest resource designed to help you better manage and operate your company. This is the good news, but the bad news is that few business owners are even aware of this new technology...
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People News
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Southeast Missouri Penny Tanner has been promoted to property accountant at Westfield Shoppingtown West Park in Cape Girardeau. Diana Caldwell has been named executive director at Beverly Health Care in Cape Girardeau. Chrissy Harrison has joined Catt Chiropractic in Jackson as a massage therapist...
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Global warming a political agenda
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
To the editor: About a decade ago Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader and international environmental activist, declared "environmentalism is the guiding light of the New World Order." In order to establish a one world government there must be a common cause to justify uniting the nations...
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Planning for the extra-long retirement
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
You've undoubtedly seen the headlines. Tantalizing hints from laboratory research suggests that medical science may soon break the "age barrier" of 120 years, and gene manipulation will allow people to live to 140 or even 150 years. Much of this speculation is based on work with fruit flies, and such breakthroughs, if they occur, are probably years away. ...
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Scott County Tax Liens
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Scott County tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Tom Dirnberger, Scott County recorder of deeds, during the month of April 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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New Business Licenses
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
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 April. Some franchises may list out-of-town or out-of-state addresses.Cape Girardeau City Business Licenses...
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Business Briefs
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Southeast Missouri Cape Girardeau River Realty has moved to 517 N. Silver Springs Road. The formerly home-based business is owned by Bradley Haertling. Love Creations Beauty Salon has opened at 110 S. Sprigg. The owner is Mary Sloan...
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Building will be climate-controlled warehouse
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Business Today The former Edward's Sportswear building, one of Cape Girardeau's largest industrial properties, has been leased. Tom Kelsey, broker with Lorimont Place Ltd., who was involved in the transaction, said the 104,825-square-foot structure on five-plus acres at 334 Broadview has been acquired from the Edwards family on a long-term lease, with an eventual purchase arrangement by Russell Gadberry, who also owns Steel Structures, a commercial construction company...
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Stoddard County Tax Liens
(Business ~ 05/15/01)
Stoddard County tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Kay Asbell, recorder of deeds, during the month of April 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 568-2444...
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FLOODWALL SEPARATION NOT SERIOUS, SAYS CORPS
(Local News ~ 05/15/01)
When Gerald Boren noticed what appeared to be a crack in the floodwall at Water and Independence streets, he was concerned enough to phone the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. No need for worry, said the corps, which is monitoring the spot to make sure no further changes occur...
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MISSING NO LONGER
(Local News ~ 05/15/01)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- For nearly three decades, Doris Isom didn't leave her home without tacking a note to the door in case her Bubby came home. They were little shards of paper, covered in plastic if it looked like rain, explaining that she was out of town visiting family, or grocery shopping, or at a neighbor's house for a visit...
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CAPE YOUTHS INJURED IN ATV ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 05/15/01)
A Cape Girardeau boy suffered moderate injuries Sunday when the all-terrain vehicle he was riding on overturned one mile north of Cape Girardeau. Tony Tucker, 13, was taken to St. Francis Medical Center after the 12:45 p.m. accident on Hilltop Lane...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: ON MOMS, SONS AND FALLING OUT OF TOUCH
(Column ~ 05/15/01)
Mother's Day provides the perfect opportunity to explore the relationship between men and their mothers. Unenlightened males sometimes spout off about women and their mothers. "You wanna know what your girlfriend is going to be like in 20 years? Look at her mother," they say...
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'LION KING' ROARS WITH LAUGHTER
(Local News ~ 05/15/01)
By now it is almost a given that director Mike Dumey's annual spring musical at L.J. Schultz School will be a triumph. This year's show, "The Lion King," is a spectacle of inventively costumed giraffes, gazelles and zebras, of charming and often hilarious portrayals and of Elton John's warm-hearted songs...
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TWO ARE STUDENTS COLLECT SCIENCE HONORS
(Local News ~ 05/15/01)
Two area students were among those collecting honors and scholarships at the International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, Calif., Friday. Kennett High School senior Amanda Busby and Sikeston High School junior Kendra Riddle were the top winners among a handful of Missouri students recognized at the global competition...
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DOWNTOWN MARKETING SURVEYS TO BE COLLECTED
(Local News ~ 05/15/01)
Old Town Cape representatives and volunteers will pick up marketing surveys from businesses throughout its Main Street area Friday. The surveys were passed out earlier this month. "We would greatly appreciate the community's help in answering the questions on the surveys," said Catherine Dunlap-Stock, executive director of Old Town Cape...
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ALL TOP FOUR SEEDS REACH TODAY'S SEMIFINAL ROUND
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/01)
The top four seeds all posted relatively routine victories Monday as the Class 2A, District 2 baseball tournament got under way in Cape Girardeau. And in the process, the defending 2A state champion was eliminated from the postseason field. Crystal City was the surprise 2A champ last year, but the Hornets were seeded just fifth for the eight-team District 2 field. They were bounced by fourth-seeded Woodland, which posted a 6-1 victory at Central High School...
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CONFERENCE GIVES DETAILS ON TOURNEY
(College Sports ~ 05/15/01)
Pairings and times have been set for this week's Ohio Valley Conference postseason baseball tournament in Paducah, Ky. The six-team, double-elimination event will be will be played Wednesday through Saturday at renovated Brooks Stadium as it shifts to a neutral site for the first time...
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ST. VINCENT LEADS 1A FIELD AFTER FIRST ROUND
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- St. Vincent of Perryville is one round away from breaking Gallatin's two-year grip on the state title as it grabbed a nine-stroke lead in the first round of the Missouri Class 1A High School Golf Championships at the Bill and Payne Stewart Golf Course...
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ND NIPS SQUAWS IN 2OT
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/01)
Notre Dame soccer fans, players and coaches breathed a collective sigh of relief as the Lady Bulldogs escaped with a win over St. Vincent Monday night. Notre Dame (13-10-3) squeaked out a 1-0 win in two overtimes to advance to the semifinal round of the Class 1A-3A, District 1 tournament at Notre Dame High School...
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CENTRAL, JHS TO MEET FOR 4A DISTRICT SOCCER TITLE
(College Sports ~ 05/15/01)
As expected, rivals Cape Girardeau Central and Jackson will square off for the championship of the Class 4A, District 1 girls soccer tournament. Both squads posted first-round victories Monday at the Southeast Missouri State University Intramural Field as the four-team event got under way...
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JACKSON CHAMBER PLANS SHOWCASE FOR CITY'S BUSINESSES
(Local News ~ 05/15/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Some 32 Jackson Chamber of Commerce members have signed up for a daylong Business Showcase next month. The show will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. June 13 at the Jackson Jaycees Community Center on Highway 72, west of Jackson, across the highway from Pioneer Orchards...
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VERA OVERBECK
(Obituary ~ 05/15/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Funeral for Vera B. Overbeck of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The Rev. Jimmy Corbin will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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WELDON WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 05/15/01)
JACKSON, Mo. Weldon Williams, 82, of Jackson passed away Saturday, May 12, 2001, at Jackson Manor. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, followed by interment in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. Dr. Brian Anderson will officiate...
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HELEN BAKER
(Obituary ~ 05/15/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Helen Mae Berry Caldwell Baker entered this world Dec. 7, 1914, at Marble Hill, the youngest of seven children born to John H. and Ida Kirkpatrick Berry. She left her earthly home to be welcomed into her heavenly, eternal home Sunday, May 13, 2001. She was 86 years of age...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/15/01)
Son to Thomas Marion and Lesley Nicole Hunter of Sikeston, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:23 a.m. Thursday, March 8, 2001. Name, Parker Davis. Weight, 9 pounds 1/2 ounce. First child. Mrs. Hunter is the former Lesley Parker, daughter of Steve Parker and Carrie Parker of Sikeston. She is employed by Parker Brothers Farm. Hunter is the son of Henry Hunter and Mary Ann Hunter of New Madrid, Mo. He is employed by city of New Madrid...
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DON TANNER
(Obituary ~ 05/15/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Graveside service for Don Tanner of Dexter will be held at 1 p.m. today at Essex Cemetery in Essex, Mo. The Rev. Tim Russell will officiate. Tanner, 65, died Sunday, May 13, 2001, at his home. He was born Sept. 27, 1935, at Holcomb, Mo., son of Loran Houston and Elva Marie Atteberry Tanner...
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EDWIN EASTWOOD
(Obituary ~ 05/15/01)
KARNAK, Ill. -- Edwin Eastwood, 84, of Karnak died Monday, May 14, 2001, at his home. Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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JANET SMITH
(Obituary ~ 05/15/01)
Janet L. Smith, 60, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 14, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 14, 1940, at LaPlata, Mo., daughter of Harry and Eva Shockey Davidson. She and Edwin Smith were married June 13, 1964. Smith previously taught art and English in Missouri and Kansas schools. She also worked at Famous-Barr in Cape Girardeau more than 20 years...
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REWARD OFFERED IN SIKESTON FIRE
(Local News ~ 05/15/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A reward of up to $5,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in connection with a structure fire that occurred April 17 at 215 N. Stoddard in Sikeston. The reward is offered by the state fire marshal...
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LUCILLE VOELKER
(Obituary ~ 05/15/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lucille M. Voelker, 93 of Perryville died Sunday, May 13, 2001, at St. Agnes Home in St. Louis. She was born Sept. 30, 1907, at Perryville, daughter of Felix J. and Catherine Moranville Seems. She and Glenn C. Voelker were married June 27, 1930. He died April 7, 1988...
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LETTERS: READING HELP IS BETTER THAN GRADE RETENTION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/15/01)
To the editor: You recently published a letter decrying the effort to amend a law passed two years ago that requires school districts to retain students who cannot read by the end of the third grade. While we wholeheartedly agree with the letter's contention that "requiring schools to teach children to read by the third grade ... ...
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LETTERS: NO DISCUSSION WITH EAST COUNTY ON NORDENIA PLAN
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/15/01)
To the editor: Your May 7 article suggested that the Fruitland fire district would operate the new Nordenia fire station and suggested that the company is "still negotiating" with the East County fire district. Both of these statements were false. I have the privilege of serving as the East County attorney, and I can assure you that neither Nordenia nor the county nor the Fruitland fire district has been in contact with us. ...
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BLACK-BERET PROJECT HAS BECOME A FIASCO
(Editorial ~ 05/15/01)
Those black berets to be worn by every soldier in the U.S. Army have been nothing but trouble since the plan was first announced. Black berets have long been a symbol of the Army's elite special-forces units. But a few months ago Gen. Eric Shinseki, Army chief of staff, thought a nice way to celebrate the Army's birthday on June 14 (also Flag Day) would be to give a black beret to everyone...
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SPY PLANE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK IN CRATE
(Editorial ~ 05/15/01)
Speaking of the U.S.-China spat over the spy plane: It should have come as no surprise that China would pout if the United States resumed its reconnaissance flights along the Chinese coastline. Sure enough, the day after an Air Force RC-135 resumed the spy missions, the Chinese expressed their concerns...
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HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A PARTY SCORNED...
(Column ~ 05/15/01)
How dare Ted Olson thwart Al Gore's attempted coup of the presidency? Well, for some Democrats, it's now payback time. Senate Democrats are refusing to confirm Washington super-lawyer Ted Olson as solicitor general if Democrats can call their chief lobbyists with law degrees super-lawyers, I'm certainly within bounds to call a real lawyer a super-lawyer...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/15/01)
THE OVERTHROW of Missouri's state government would be unjustified, illegal and require a counter-revolution to restore law and order. The chances of that happening may seem remote to most. However, I think it is a distinct possibility if the Missouri General Assembly drops the ball and the Cardinals go bye-bye...
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LETTERS: SPECIAL WEEK WOULD THANK OUR PARAMEDICS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/15/01)
To the editor: All nurses everywhere are certainly deserving of the honor, praise and appreciation they were shown May 6-12. How appropriate it would be to set aside a week in giving recognition to our fine paramedics who often risk their lives to save the lives of others. Realize, if you will, the trauma that would appear if there were no paramedics to rely upon. My own encounter with a frightening happening was only a small example of the kindness shown by paramedics...
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