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CITY OF ROSES MUSIC FESTIVAL GETS NEW LOOK
(Local News ~ 08/23/01)
For the first time, the river and recognizable musicians will play roles when the City of Roses Music Festival is presented downtown next month. The revamped festival also has been expanded from two to three days and has been moved up on the calendar by two weeks in hope of catching warmer temperatures...
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LEARNING THE ROPES WHILE TAKING THE HEAT; AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS BEGIN CLASSES
(Local News ~ 08/23/01)
Aaron Lanigan and Austin Brown put their new school supplies to good use in the kindergarten classroom Wednesday morning. Aaron used his new scissors to cut strips of paper while Austin gave his crayons a test. "I don't even know what I'm drawing," Austin said...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: LULLABIES TO A GENERATION'S SOUL
(Column ~ 08/23/01)
Aug. 23, 2001 Dear Carolyn, At the dawn of the 1970s, I used to go to David N.'s house some mornings to hang out before my first class. David would still be in the throes of returning to reality. I would get a cup of coffee and put James Taylor's new album "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon" on the stereo. ...
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MAN SENTENCED FOR CORSS BURNING
(Local News ~ 08/23/01)
A Sikeston, Mo., man was sentenced to 16 months in prison this week on charges of racial intimidation after he burned a cross in front of a black family's home Nov. 3. In May, Justin Scapino, 23, pleaded guilty to his role in burning the cross. Scapino, who has been in jail since his arrest last November, faced a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and a $250,000 fine by U. S. District Judge E. Richard Webber...
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CELL PHONE COMES IN HANDY DURING BUST
(Local News ~ 08/23/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Talk about killing two birds with one phone. A Cape Girardeau patrolman testified Wednesday he was able to use one suspected drug dealer's cellular telephone to catch a second dealer trying to make a buy. At a preliminary hearing for James Ward Scaggs, officer Daniel E. Seger said he was executing a search warrant on July 23 at an apartment at 45 S. Spanish St...
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FIRST-YEAR RECEIVERS WILL PLAY KEY ROLES
(College Sports ~ 08/23/01)
It is no doubt a sign of how well they have fit in that first-year Southeast Missouri State University wide receivers Willie Ponder and Adrian Sanders were voted by their teammates as two of the six captains for the Indians this season. Southeast coach Tim Billings has been raving for a while about the talents of Ponder and Sanders, a pair of junior-college transfers who joined the Indians in time for spring practice earlier this year. ...
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NOTRE DAME RALLIES TO BEAT CENTRAL 4-3
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/01)
The Notre Dame High School softball team is off to a 2-0 start, thanks to Wednesday's thrilling 4-3 victory over arch-rival Cape Girardeau Central at Arena Park. Notre Dame, which had rolled past St. Vincent in Tuesday's season opener, fell behind Central 3-0 in the first inning but was able to rally for the victory. The Lady Tigers fell to 1-1...
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SPORTS DIGEST: SEMO SOFTBALL WRAPS UP RECRUITING CLASS
(College Sports ~ 08/23/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's softball team wrapped up its recruiting class for the 2002 season recently signing three players, including two from California. The California recruits are sisters Jamie and Kelly Birk from Huntington Beach. Jamie Burk, a utility player who can play a variety of infield and outfield positions, is transferring from Long Beach Community College, which won the 2001 California junior college chamionship...
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SPORTS DIGEST: SEMO BOOSTER CLUB BARBECUE IS TODAY
(College Sports ~ 08/23/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's annual Booster Club Barbecue to kick off the school's sports season will be held today at the Show Me Center. There will be a social hour from 5:30-6:30 p.m., followed by dinner and a short program. All Southeast Boosters are welcome to attend...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/23/01)
Daughter to Paul H. and Detricia D. Boyd of Sikeston, Mo., Missouri Delta Medical Center, 11:52 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17, 2001. Name, Emily Elizabeth. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. Third child, first daughter. Mrs. Boyd is the former Detricia Friend, daughter of Patricia Leible of Sikeston. Boyd is the son of Howard and Pat Boyd of Cape Girardeau. He is a U.S. probation officer...
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ODIS FREEMAN
(Obituary ~ 08/23/01)
Odis Freeman, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Sept. 25, 1929, in Damascus, Ark., son of Lee Irvin and Alpha Fay Bryant Freeman. He and Lola Carrow were married Nov. 8, 1959, at Morley, Mo. Odis farmed in the Morley area from 1955 to 1968. He owned and operated Freeman's Mobile in Cape Girardeau 18 years, retiring in 1987. He was a dispatcher with Ryder Student Transportation from 1989 until his death...
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WANDA ABERNATHY
(Obituary ~ 08/23/01)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Wanda Abernathy, 59, of Wolf Lake died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.
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REV. FRANK BAUGH
(Obituary ~ 08/23/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The Rev. Frank O. Baugh, 84, of Oklahoma City, Okla., died Friday, Aug. 10, 2001, in Oklahoma City. He was born Nov. 30, 1916, in Jackson, son of Clyde and Sarah Birch Baugh. He married the former Christine Knox. Baugh was a graduate of Jackson High School, and completed his ministry education at Bolivar Baptist College, Baylor University, and Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas...
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BUD KITCHEN
(Obituary ~ 08/23/01)
ORAN, Mo. -- William "Bud" Kitchen, 87, of Oran died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001, at his home. He was born July 11, 1914, at Lenox, Mo., son of William David and Augusta Emma Crow Kitchen. He and Shirley Faye Cook were married Oct. 26, 1960. Kitchen retired as a truck driver for Asa Asphalt Batch Plant in Advance, Mo. He was a member of Teamsters Local 574 in Cape Girardeau and Country CBers in Chaffee, Mo...
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VELMA MCNEELY
(Obituary ~ 08/23/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Velma McNeely, 85, of Jackson died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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LAURA EGNER
(Obituary ~ 08/23/01)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Laura Lynn Egner, 40, of Washburn, Ill., died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001, after an illness. Born Dec. 20, 1960, in Gross Point, Mich., she was the daughter of Frank and Betsy Stats McWain. On Sept. 20, 1997, she was married to K. Stan Egner II...
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LLOYD OGAN
(Obituary ~ 08/23/01)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Lloyd Lee Ogan, 87, of Sedgewickville died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001, at his home. He was born June 6, 1914, at Leopolis, Mo., son of Ira and Mary C. Pearson Ogan. He and Zelma Wisehaupt were married Dec. 24, 1936. She preceded him in death in June 1962. He married Melva Kissinger in April 1972. She died in March 1990...
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LETTERS: SLIPPERY HANDS ARE SLIDING INTO OUR POCKETS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/23/01)
To the editor: With the endorsement ink barely dry on the back of my tax-refund check, I feel the slippery hand of government trying to slide into my back pocket. The only genie that needs to be crammed back into the bottle, with as much force as possible, is the tax genie. ...
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SESSION COULD GET HUNT UP OVER PRESCRIPTIONS
(Editorial ~ 08/23/01)
Gov. Bob Holden has called a special session of the Missouri Legislature to begin Sept. 5. The agenda is limited to three topics, but how long it takes to reach agreement on those agenda items is now in the hands of legislators. The governor hopes the deliberations will only take a week. The session is limited to 60 days by the Missouri Constitution...
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WITH TIGHT BUDGET, MEETINGS LOOK LIKE JUNKETS
(Editorial ~ 08/23/01)
Like attendance at any trade organization's annual conference, there are benefits to be gained by state legislators attending special meetings. Indeed, a good many major pieces of legislation will find their way into statehouses across the nation as a result of these meetings...
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LIBERAL PROMISES REMAIN HOLLOW
(Column ~ 08/23/01)
Liberal Democrats seem to be guided by a worldview that sees man as perfectible and government as the primary change agent. They rarely confront a problem for which they don't envision a government solution. In their single-minded zeal to solve actual or perceived problems, they often ignore balancing considerations and rarely contemplate the detrimental consequences likely to flow from their proposals. ...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/23/01)
Thatcher's tribute I RECENTLY read a speech made by Lady Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of Britain. I would like to share one paragraph: "It always fascinated me that people thought that Ronnie Reagan wasn't a detail man. When he was negotiating or going on a visit he would have everything at his fingertips. ...
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LETTERS: PLAYING STOCKS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR TRUST FUND
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/23/01)
To the editor: Yes, Virginia, there is a Social Security Trust Fund. Prominent naysayers say it's not so, albeit with the purpose to trumpet the privatization of it. Others have the effrontery to contend that the bonds supporting the fund will never be redeemed. Alan Greenspan countered this by saying the trust fund is indeed an asset. These bonds are backed by the full faith and integrity of our government...
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