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THE KEY TO MARINATED FLANK STEAK? DON'T OVERCOOK IT
(Column ~ 05/23/01)
We are just finishing up a busy weekend. We started with our school play day on Friday, had a wedding and reception on Saturday and then my sister's 50th birthday on Sunday. After an on-the-go weekend, we are ready for a little down time, which includes some easy dinners with quick clean up...
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FIRE CASE CLOSED; FRIENDS MOURNING
(Local News ~ 05/23/01)
FRUITLAND, Mo. -- Trapped with her four children in a burning, smoke-filled bedroom of their small upstairs apartment, Robin Muench had only seconds to act. She threw her 4-year-old son, Joshua, out the second-story window, a decision that saved his life...
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JACKSON SCHOOLS TAX-HIKE VOTE SET
(Local News ~ 05/23/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Voters in the Jackson School District will decide the fate of a 25-cent tax increase Aug. 7. The Jackson Board of Education Tuesday night unanimously approved a resolution calling for the ballot proposal. Voters will be asked to fully eliminate the sales-tax rollback and increase the adjusted operating tax-levy ceiling to $3 per $100 assessed valuation...
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MAN, WOMAN SOUGHT IN FIVE ARMED ROBBERIES
(Local News ~ 05/23/01)
A series of armed robberies over the past two weeks has Cape Girardeau police searching for a woman who asks for directions and a man who shows up later in a ski mask carrying a gun. Police Cpl. Rick Schmidt said the robberies start with the woman, described as 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall with medium build and wearing casual clothes, approaching people on the street to ask for directions...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: THE BUCK STOPS HERE WITH THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
(Column ~ 05/23/01)
My sudden fascination with President Harry S. Truman began with last month's airing of an HBO original movie about his life. I have no life of my own. After watching Gary Sinise play Truman and then doing some research, I discovered Missouri's only president gets short shrift in the history books. He didn't just drop the A-bomb. He had his faults, but he was a good man who cared about people and agonized over the decisions he made...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU TESTS FIRE HYDRANTS
(Local News ~ 05/23/01)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department and city water division will be testing fire hydrants this week as part of a maintenance program. The program is necessary for the city to meet its Insurance Services Office requirements. There are 1,642 hydrants in the city's water system and 300 of them have been installed since 1992. The testing will take several weeks and some hydrants will be added and water mains replaced...
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MAN GETS 10 YEARS FOR BOTCHED ROBBERY, KIDNAPPING ATTEMPT
(Local News ~ 05/23/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- An 18-year-old man who brandished a handgun in a grocery store and attempted to kidnap a man was sentenced to 10 years in prison, the Cape Girardeau County prosecutor said. Shamir Houston of Ullin, Ill., was found guilty of unlawful use of a weapon and attempted kidnapping by Judge William Syler on Monday, prosecutor Morley Swingle said...
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CITY LOOKING FOR SPONSORS FOR JULY 4 FIREWORKS DISPLAY
(Local News ~ 05/23/01)
Cape Girardeau could get a fireworks display for the Fourth of July if the city can find some sponsors. The Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau has said it would fund a display up to $10,000 but is seeking help from area businesses and civic groups...
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RISING RIVER STOPS WORK ON BRIDGE
(Local News ~ 05/23/01)
The flood-swollen Mississippi River has put a temporary halt to construction of a pier for the new Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge at Cape Girardeau, state highway officials said Tuesday. High water has plagued the project in recent weeks, forcing the contractor, Traylor Brothers Inc. of Evansville, Ind., to cut back on construction of the pier in the middle of the river...
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LADY TIGERS TUMBLE
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/01)
FENTON, Mo. -- Cape Girardeau Central High girls soccer coach Tom Doyle probably wishes the first five minutes of Tuesday's Class 4A Sectional game against Rockwood Summit could be played over. Two minutes into the contest at the Anheuser-Busch Conference and Sports Centre, Central standout senior defender Ashlie Voerg had to be helped off the field after suffering a knee injury...
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SPORTS DIGEST: SEMO'S DOEHRING PULLS IN REGIONAL HONOR
(College Sports ~ 05/23/01)
Jenny Doehring of Southeast Missouri State University continues to attract honors, the latest being named to the TPS/ Louis ville Slugger All-Region second team. Doehring, who played shortstop and pitched for the Otahkians, was also recently named the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year. During her sophomore season, Doehring batted .319 with four home runs and 26 RBIs and compiled a 15-10 record on the mound with a 2.36 E.R.A...
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ROBIN MUENCH
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
FRUITLAND, Mo. -- Robin C. Muench, 24, of Fruitland died Monday, May 21, 2001, in a fire at her home. She was born July 9, 1976, at Hannibal, Mo., daughter of Vernon and Jeanne Dameron Norfolk. She and Matthew J. Muench were married April 13, 1996...
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LUCILLE HUNSAKER
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Lucille W. Hunsaker, 97, of Cobden died Monday, May 21, 2001, at City Care Center in Anna, Ill. She was born Sept. 5, 1903, in New Athens, Ill., daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth Schmidt Scherer. She and Dan W. Hunsaker were married Dec. 24, 1924, in Jackson County, Ill. He died Jan. 29, 1962...
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MABEL RAEBLE
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
Mabel C. Raeble, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 20, 2001, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born July 17,1903, in St. Louis, daughter of Charles E. and Lisette Riedesel Murphy. She and Wilmer E. Raeble were married Dec. 7, 1935, at Union, Mo. He died May 15, 1995...
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CPL. BRENTON COMTE
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
THEBES, Ill. -- Cpl. Brenton Carr Comte, 22, of Thebes, died Sunday, May 20, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, from injuries received in a motorcycle accident. He was born May 16, 1979, in Cairo, Ill., son of Bert Ray Carr and Nancy Marie Comte...
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EDNAM MAE JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Edna Mae Johnson, 58, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 17, 1942, in Bernie, Mo., daughter of Douglas and Minnie Reed. She married Andy Johnson Sept. 16, 1961, in Portageville, Mo...
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MARY LOUISE GREER
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Mary Louise Greer, loving, devoted mother and grandmother, 89, died Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Dec. 1, 1911, on Rural Route 1, Chaffee, Mo., daughter of Frank and Katherine Schmitt. Since she was a granddaughter of immigrant German farmers, she spoke German in her youth as her primary language. She attended St. Lawrence School in New Hamburg, Mo., where she learned to speak English...
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NOTA SUMMERS
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- Nota E. Summers, 96, of Morehouse died Monday, May 21, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. She was born May 20, 1905, in Pine Bluff, Ark., daughter of Alexander Everett and Margaret Ada Breedlove Graves. She and Arthur William Summers Sr. were married Feb. 17, 1981, at Pine Bluff. He died April 12, 1981...
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MILDRED LOYD
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Funeral for Mildred M. Loyd of Puxico will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance, Mo. The Rev. Wayne Burchett will officiate. Burial will be in Bollinger County Memorial Park at Marble Hill, Mo. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 9 a.m. until service time...
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MARY ELFRANK
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
Funeral for Mary Elfrank of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. Jim Matthews will officiate. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel from 4 to 8 p.m. today...
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ANGELA, PHILLIP AND NICHOLAS MUENCH
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
FRUITLAND, Mo. -- Angela Merle Muench, 5, Phillip Matthew Muench, 2, and Nicholas William Muench, 1, died Monday, May 21, 2001, in a fire at their home. Angela was born Sept. 13, 1995, at Moberly, Mo. Phillip was born June 23, 1998, in Cape Girardeau. Nicholas was born March 17, 2000, in Staunton, Ind. They are the children of Matthew J. and Robin C. Norfolk Muench...
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SCIENCE-FAIR WINNERS ARE SOURCE OF PRIDE
(Editorial ~ 05/23/01)
Students Amanda Busby and Kendra Riddle from Southeast Missouri decimated stereotypes about women and science, impressing the world with their grasp of chemistry. The two competed this month in the International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, Calif. Busby, a Kennett High School senior, took home a $1,500 award, a full tuition scholarship to the University of Missouri-Rolla and a $200 award from the American Chemical Society for her study "Glass I-V: Toward a Standard."...
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MISSTEPS CAST MORE BAD LIGHT ON THE FBI
(Editorial ~ 05/23/01)
The latest in a string of missteps by the Federal Bureau of Investigation has government watchdogs calling for a change in the make-the-bureau-look-good attitude among agents. Well, they should. Something has to change. The latest embarrassment has to do with the worst tragedy in the nation's recent history: the death of 168 men, women and children in the 1995 bombing of the Murrah federal office building in Oklahoma City...
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LETTERS: ADVICE FOR BUSH: LEAVE NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN ALONE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/23/01)
To the editor: George Bush's choice of a "comprehensive national energy plan" seems like a throwback into the Clinton years. During the Clinton years we had Hillary Clinton's "comprehensive national health-care strategy," Robert Reich's "comprehensive national industry strategy" and Al Gore's "comprehensive national Internet strategy."...
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LEGISLATORS JOCKEY FOR PARTISAN POWER
(Editorial ~ 05/23/01)
State Sen. Peter Kinder prowls the floor of the Missouri Senate like a lion. Quiet. Reserved. Alert. Then, when opportunity arises, he pounces. Last week at the end of the legislative session, the opportunity presented itself during the debate about Gov. Bob Holden's transportation plan, which was to be financed by the largest tax increase in state history...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/23/01)
A haiku Oil prices sky high We bomb some Arabs It's Democrazy? Give customers jobs BILLIONS OF dollars of the trade deficit, included in Washington's numbers, are dollars paid to large American-owned companies which operate their plants in China to take advantage of lower wages. Washington should start putting pressure on these companies home to employ thousands of their own customers...
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LETTERS; TAKING NUTRIENTS AWAY FROM FETUS SAME AS MURDER
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/23/01)
To the editor: In response to the Speak Out caller who said life does not begin at conception. I would like to use an analogy to show that the fertilized egg is a person. When the sperm interacts with the egg, new growth begins like a baby's growth when her mother feeds her. ...
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REUBEN AMELUNKE
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Funeral for Reuben Edward Amelunke of Jackson will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The Rev. Richard Northcutt will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. today...
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JASON ROBINSON
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Jason Maresse Robinson, 22, of Sikeston, was found dead Saturday, May 19, 2001, along County Road 480 near Sikeston. He was born March 27, 1979, in Sikeston, son of Carolyn Randle Davis and Willie Little. Robinson was a 1997 graduate of Sikeston High School. He attended True Christian Pentecostal Witnesses Church in Cape Girardeau...
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BYFORD LOWRY
(Obituary ~ 05/23/01)
Byford L. Lowry, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at the home of a son in Jackson, Mo. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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