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SOUTHEAST ANNOUNCES MERIT AWARD WINNERS
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
Six Southeast Missouri State University graduates received the 2001 Young Alumni Merit Award. The awards were presented by the alumni association at commencement. Recipients of the award were Donna Tuschoff of Arnold, Mo.; Dr. Scott Schubkegel of Mascoutah, Ill.; Jennifer Laiben of Hillsboro, Mo.; Lori Lynn of Cape Girardeau; James David Boyer of Sikeston, Mo.; and Deborah Below of Hillsboro, Mo...
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STUDENTS RECEIVE MEDALS IN VICA COMPETITION
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
Cape Girardeau Skills USA-VICA competed at the 30th annual Missouri State Leadership and Skills Conference in Warrensburg, Mo., on April 26-28. Drew Essner received a silver medal in automotive service technology, while Xavier Harrison received a silver medal in commercial baking...
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STAR TECH: RENOVATION OF ST. LOUIS PLANETARIUM GIVES IT A TRUE OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD FEEL
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Blast off into space when you arrive at the newly renovated James S. McDonnell Planetarium at the St. Louis Science Center in Forest Park. That's the idea. Everything from the floor to ceiling has been renovated to look like it would if you were living and working aboard a space station...
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WIDEMEADOWS: WHO SHALL WE BE TODAY? (A CONTINUING SERIES
(Column ~ 06/19/01)
Editor's note: This is a chapter from Jean Bell Mosley's book "Wide Meadows" that was first published in 1960. Dad waves to us from the camp site where he is just putting the finishing touches on the rustic chairs, and we wave back, wondering what queer peasant that could be, for we are Helene and Sylvia, skipping across the greensward of our stage, deftly avoiding the crawdad holes and other impedimenta of a cow pasture...
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COUNCIL YANKS TASTE LIQUOR LICENSE
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
The Taste Restaurant and Lounge, a popular but troubled nightspot in Cape Girardeau's Good Hope area, will lose its liquor license effective July 1. The loss means that the establishment, whose clientele predominantly is black residents of the city and communities throughout Southeast Missouri, likely will close...
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JONES CRITICIZES JACKSON ROAD PLAN
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones said he wishes the Missouri Department of Transportation would steer clear of plans to include a concrete barrier as part of the $13 million, Highway 34-72 widening project in Jackson...
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HUNDREDS TO RECEIVE NEW FANS THROUGH PROGRAMS
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
High heat and humidity levels over the weekend have prompted some local residents to seek relief from two fan and air-conditioning distribution programs. Temperatures reached the mid-90s Sunday and Monday and are expected to top 90 degrees again today...
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AT HOME IN A SCHOOLHOUSE: FAMILY TURNS OLD OAK GROVE SCHOOL INTO SPECIAL KIND OF RESIDENCE
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- When Cary Winchester told his wife, Melinda, he'd bought a washing machine, she got mad. They already had a perfectly good washing machine. Then Cary showed Melinda the 150-year-old wooden contraption designed for washing clothes manually. This washing machine she loved...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
Monday, June 18 Consent ordinances (Second and third readings) n Passed ordinance authorizing the issuance of special tax bills for the demolition of dangerous buildings under the provisions of Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances. n Passed ordinance adopting the annual operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1...
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FEE HIKES, BUDGET GET OK
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
Cape Girardeau residents and businesses will soon pay more for trash pickup and water service in order to help balance the city's new $33 million operating budget. The council, without comment on Monday, gave final approval to both the budget and the related fee increases, which will take effect July 1 with the beginning of the new fiscal year...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN AGENDA
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19 City Hall Action items Power and Light Committee Executive Session...
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SOUTHEAST PLANNING PARKING GARAGE
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
Southeast Missouri State University is planning to alleviate some of the parking headaches around the campus with construction of a $12 million park-and-ride structure for use by students and faculty. The parking facility will be located at the existing lot off of New Madrid Street, adjacent to the Student Recreation Center and near the Show Me Center...
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JEANINE DOBBINS EARNS TEACHING AWARD
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
Missouri educator Jeanine Larson Dobbins of Cape Girardeau recently received a Teacher Leader Award from the Reading Recovery Council of North America. Dobbins received the award for her work with the Reading Recovery program in Missouri. She was one of two recipients of the award, presented at the Reading Recovery Teacher Leader Institute in San Diego, Calif...
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CAPE, JACKSON LEGION TEAMS BATTLE TO DOUBLEHEADER SPLIT
(High School Sports ~ 06/19/01)
The booming bats of Jackson and the strong right arm of Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons pitcher Jason Chavez added up to an American Legion doubleheader split Monday night. In the first game at Capaha Field, Jackson blasted three home runs but needed a run in the top of the eighth inning to squeeze out an 8-7 victory...
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SPORTS DIGEST: ROWLAND LEADS SPRINTS FOR FIRST WIN OF 2001
(High School Sports ~ 06/19/01)
Todd Rowland of Jackson, Mo., led all 25 laps Saturday to win his first sprint car feature race of the season at Auto Tire and Parts Racepark. Rowland started on the front row of a 17-car field and jumped ahead of pole-sitter Lee Dunn to gain an advantage at the start. Dunn, of Dorena, Mo., maintained second after a close race with third-place Robbie Standridge of Springfield, Ill...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/19/01)
Son to Marshall Scott and Tiffany Dawn Kilburn of Chaffee, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:46 p.m. Monday, June 11, 2001. Name, Trevor Scott. Weight, 7 pounds 15 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Kilburn is the former Tiffany Jackson, daughter of Bob and Rene Wilhite of Chaffee. She is employed by Air Evac Aviation at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. Kilburn is the son of Diane Heuring of Chaffee and Tom Kilburn of Puxico, Mo. He is employed at Wilhite's Custom Kitchens and Baths...
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FREDERICKTOWN MAN KILLED; 4 HURT
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- A Fredericktown, Mo., man was killed and his two passengers were seriously injured early Monday when another vehicle crossed the center line and struck his vehicle nearly head-on. Billie J. St. Clair, 21, was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after the 7:22 a.m. accident. It occurred on state Highway 51, just south of County Road 704...
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RUTH SHELTON
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral for Ruthie May Shelton of Sikeston will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Shelton, 71, died Saturday, June 16, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born July 24, 1929, in Piggott, Ark., daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Eula Warren...
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GARY BELT
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Gary W. Belt, 53, of Anna died Sunday, June 17, 2001, at his home. He was born Jan. 7, 1948, in Hardin County, Ill., son of Woodrow W. and Edna F. Cook Belt. Belt was a highway maintenance worker, and member of Landmark Pentecostal Church...
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H.M. MCROY
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Funeral for H.M. McRoy of Bloomfield will be held at 11 a.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home. The Rev. Dale Hendrix will officiate. Burial will be in Walker Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until time of service...
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BESSIE MCKINNEY
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Bessie McKinney, 93, of Scott City died Monday, June 18, 2001, at Perry County Nursing Center in Perryville, Mo. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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BOBBY MARTIN
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Bobby Joe Martin, 57, of Bloomfield died Sunday, June 17, 2001, at Beverly Health Care. He was born Sept. 30, 1943, in Van Vleet, Miss., son of Manly Bruce and Susie Newby Martin. He and Janice L. Brown were married Dec. 4, 1969, at Parma, Mo...
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KEITH LONG
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A memorial service for Keith Allen Long of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. Kelley Grubbs will officiate. Friends may call from 12:30 p.m. until time of service. Long, 39, died Sunday, June 17, 2001, at his home...
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HOWARD LILEY
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Howard B. Liley, 81, of St. Peters, Mo., died Sunday, June 17, 2001, at Garden View Care Center in O'Fallon, Mo. He was born Feb. 2, 1920, in Bollinger County, son of James Arthur and Lorah Vale Vance Liley. He and Amalie Harriet "Mollie" Uhlemeyer were married May 30, 1958...
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REVA CORZINE
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Reva Corzine, 87, of Anna died Sunday, June 17, 2001, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements.
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LENA INMAN
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Funeral for Lena Kathryn "Katie" Inman of Jonesboro will be held at 1 p.m. today at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna, Ill. The Revs. Joe Aldridge and Gene Hart will officiate. Burial will be in Jonesboro Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of service...
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ED BYRD
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- James "Ed" Byrd, 81, died Sunday, June 17, 2001, at Clearview Nursing Center. He was born April 22, 1920, in Kuttawa, Ky., son of Samuel Louis and Rosie Lee Sanders Byrd. He and Betty Jo Crowell were married Aug. 15, 1942. She died April 20, 1994...
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RICHARD FARRAR
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Richard A. Farrar, 64, of Imperial, Mo., died Sunday, June 17, 2001, in the Emergency Room at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born April 8, 1937, in Perry County, Mo., son of Valle Marvin and Mary Theresa Farrar. He and Agnes L. Hotop were married Sept. 26, 1964...
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EMMA COBB
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- Emma Jane "Nanny" Cobb, 90, of Glen Allen died Sunday, June 17, 2001, at her home. She was born Sept. 8, 1910, at Glen Allen, daughter of Noah J. and Agnes Zimmerman Burns. She and E.M. "Jack" Cobb were married Aug. 18, 1945. He died Dec. 8, 1986...
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ARTHUR GOODMAN
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Arthur Goodman, 76, of Anna died Sunday, June 17, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements.
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RICHARD SUTHERLAND
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Richard L. Sutherland, 76, of Charleston died Monday, June 18, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born on April 23, 1925, in Charleston, son of Frank Russell and Margaret Adeline Farmer Sutherland. He and Louise Blaylock were married Sept. 22, 1949...
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EDNA WINEINGER
(Obituary ~ 06/19/01)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Edna Stilts Wineinger, 84, of Puxico died Sunday, June 17, 2001, at her home. She was born Aug. 30, 1916, at Arab, Mo., daughter of Perry Francis and Alma Mae Shell Staats. She and Dale Stilts were married April 4, 1942.. He died March 24, 1974. She and H.C. "Junior" Wineinger were married April 19,1980, at Puxico. He died Nov. 22, 2000...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/19/01)
I AM truly sorry to see in the past weeks the pettiness of the people in our community. To actually try to compare the worth of each individual's career to another is very small. We all depend on each other. We are all dependent upon the fire department, police department, farmer, banker, grocer, factory worker or any other job. ...
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FLAWED ARGUMENTS AGAINST SDA
(Column ~ 06/19/01)
There was a method to the left's madness in tagging Ronald Reagan's proposed nuclear missile defense shield as "Star Wars." It effectively painted his vision for a land, sea and space-based missile defense infrastructure as offensive in nature. You will note that the left is still using that image in furtherance of its ardent opposition to the Strategic Defense Initiative. The characterization of a missile "defense" as "offensive" was misleading then, and it is misleading now...
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GOVERNOR TAPS FARM BUREAU LEADER FOR PANEL
(Editorial ~ 06/19/01)
Gov. Bob Holden has named a task force on the future of agriculture, consisting of 38 members and including the Missouri Farm Bureau's president, Charles Kruse of Dexter. Inclusion of Kruse should be applauded, especially given the falling out between the governor and Farm Bureau over the contentious issue of the governor's transportation bill in the just-completed legislative session. With its statewide membership, the Farm Bureau has considerable clout...
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THERE'S HOPE VITAL FUNDING WILL BE RELEASED
(Editorial ~ 06/19/01)
Cape Girardeau School District officials are hoping for release of $1 million in capital-improvement funds for the Cape Girardeau Area Career and Technology Center that have been long withheld. And last week, Gov. Bob Holden allowed some hope that these hopes may be fulfilled. First some background...
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LETTERS: DEATH PENALTY UNDERMINES VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/19/01)
To the editor: Wednesday's paper reported that a jury in Kenya deadlocked about imposing the death penalty for one of those responsible for the bombing of our embassy. They were concerned, and rightly so, that they would be creating a martyr. Other governments have found that to be true, to their sorrow...
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