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Expressions of displeasure
(Column ~ 07/21/05)
July 21, 2005 Dear Julie, DC and I were moving boxes from the house we used to own next door into the house we still own. It was not going well. "This was supposed to have been done already," read my thought balloon. "I never wanted these boxes moved to the rental house in the first place," was the content of DC's...
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Medicaid workers told calls to lawmakers must stop
(State News ~ 07/21/05)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The head of Missouri's Medicaid program this week told caseworkers in a memo that the calls from aggrieved clients to state lawmakers have got to stop. Janel Luck, interim director of the state Division of Family Support Services, instructed employees not to tell clients to contact legislators when they have concerns about changes in Medicaid eligibility...
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Costs take bite out of Apple Creek bridge progress
(Local News ~ 07/21/05)
Restoration effort stalls while waiting for enough money to buy decking and handrails. A 23-year effort to restore the historic Old Appleton bridge as a pedestrian walkway over Apple Creek is in jeopardy, with the community struggling to come up with $14,000 to pay its portion for the span's decking and handrails...
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REAL ID law may cause fee increases, delays
(Local News ~ 07/21/05)
With the new law, 280 million documents will have to be verified annually. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The days of being able to walk into a Missouri license bureau and walk out with a new driver's license in your wallet could soon be over under federal legislation that sets national standards for issuing licenses...
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Vets home employee camps out to spread word on fund raiser
(Local News ~ 07/21/05)
Eva Cannon of Jackson spent her day off camping -- on the front lawn of the Missouri Veterans Home. The veterans home employee arrived at 7 a.m. Wednesday with her canopy, blanket, pillow and a few other necessities to set up camp until 7 a.m. today...
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Jackson, Perryville both host youth state title events
(Community Sports ~ 07/21/05)
This weekend will determine some youth softball and baseball state champions, an area golf champion and kick off the Show-Me State Games. * The Jackson Boys League will host the Cal Ripken state tournament for boys baseball teams in the 12-and-under division. The eight-team double-elimination tournament begins at 2 p.m. today and concludes Sunday. All games will be played at Brookside Park field No. 9...
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Pujols swats another HR in 4-2 victory
(Professional Sports ~ 07/21/05)
Rodriguez also homered in the Cardinals win against the Brewers. ST. LOUIS -- Albert Pujols is such a consistent producer for the St. Louis Cardinals that his manager believes people expect too much. Pujols homered for the third straight game and the fourth in six since the All-Star break, backing Mark Mulder in a 4-2 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night...
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Whiteside suspended for policy violation
(Community Sports ~ 07/21/05)
The Charleston graduate is out for 15 days. Charleston native Matt Whiteside, the top relief pitcher for the Class AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs, was recently suspended for 15 days for violating Major League Baseball's Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program...
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High blood pressure's hold on America
(Column ~ 07/21/05)
I'm mad as hell and I'm not taking it anymore. You probably think I'm talking about the newly anointed Dr. Tom Cruise and his recent public displays that seem hellbent upon proving the actual necessity for psychiatric treatment. What I am really talking about is hypertension or, as it is known in some circles, high blood pressure...
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Greenspan signals further rate increases
(National News ~ 07/21/05)
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve chairman Alan Green-span said Wednesday the U.S. economy should produce sustained growth with low inflation in coming months and this will mean continued gradual interest rate increases by the central bank. Greenspan delivered an upbeat assessment of the economy's prospects in an appearance before Congress, saying the country weathered a brief slowdown in the spring when inflation appeared to be on the rise...
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Panel recommends killing the alternative minimum tax
(National News ~ 07/21/05)
WASHINGTON -- A presidential panel said Wednesday that the alternative minimum tax, designed to snare affluent tax dodgers but now hovering over the middle class, should be abolished. "I think we have to bite the bullet," Bill Frenzel, a former House lawmaker who served on budget and tax writing committees, said at a meeting of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform...
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Rumsfeld preps report on Iraq front for Congress
(National News ~ 07/21/05)
WASHINGTON -- Encouraging progress has been made toward stabilizing Iraq, even while insurgents and foreign fighters "remain effective, adaptable and intent on carrying out attacks," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday. Rumsfeld previewed a comprehensive Iraq report to Congress that was due July 11, the first in a series of required periodic assessments. Lawmakers have been pressing the Pentagon to provide more specific data to measure progress...
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House votes to oppose early pullout from Iraq
(National News ~ 07/21/05)
WASHINGTON -- Calls for an early withdrawal from Iraq are a mistake that will only embolden terrorists, the House resolved Wednesday. The resolution drew opposition from Democrats, who said it implied that questioning President Bush's Iraq policies is unpatriotic...
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Injury may delay Taylor-Hopkins rematch
(Professional Sports ~ 07/21/05)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Any rematch between new undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins will have to wait until at least December. Taylor's promoter, Lou DiBella, said Wednesday the deep cut Taylor sustained from a head-butt in the fifth round of Saturday's bout will prevent him from any contact drills for 45 days...
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Patriots linebacker Bruschi decides to sit out this year
(Professional Sports ~ 07/21/05)
BOSTON -- New England linebacker Tedy Bruschi will sit out this season because of a stroke he suffered 10 days after helping the Patriots win their third Super Bowl in four years. "Tedy ... has declared his intentions to forgo the 2005 campaign," Patriots spokesman Stacey James said in a statement. "The Bruschi family wanted to express their heartfelt appreciation for the tremendous outpouring of support they have received from fans throughout New England and others around the country."...
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Pistons to hire Saunders; Knicks try to lure Brown
(Professional Sports ~ 07/21/05)
Flip Saunders reached an agreement Wednesday to become the new coach of the Detroit Pistons, who wasted no time replacing Larry Brown. The hiring of Saunders, the former coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, was confirmed by an NBA Eastern Conference official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team planned to announce the deal at a news conference today...
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Man awarded $2.7 million for injuries
(State News ~ 07/21/05)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A former popcorn plant worker who claimed his respiratory illness was the result of a harmful chemical used to make butter flavoring has been awarded about $2.7 million in damages. Kenneth Moenning, 36, of Lockwood, is one of about 30 current and former workers at Jasper Popcorn Co. ...
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Germany honors executed Hitler assassination plotters
(International News ~ 07/21/05)
BERLIN -- German political and military leaders commemorated the unsuccessful attempt to kill Adolf Hitler 61 years ago, laying wreaths Wednesday at the former Nazi military headquarters where the plotters were executed. Military chief of staff Gen. Wolfgang Schneiderhan and the supreme court president laid wreaths at the Bendlerblock building, now the Defense Ministry, where the plotters were executed after their plan to kill Hitler with a briefcase bomb failed on July 20, 1944...
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Iraq observes moment of silence for victims
(International News ~ 07/21/05)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqis stepped from their cars, emerged from shops and stood under the blazing sun Wednesday in a moment of silence to honor victims of suicide attacks, the first such memorial in this war-ravaged nation. Traffic came to a halt in Baghdad and other cities at noon as police and citizens alike saluted the Iraqi flag and bowed their heads for three minutes. ...
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Canada legalizes gay marriage
(International News ~ 07/21/05)
TORONTO -- Canada legalized gay marriage Wednesday, becoming the world's fourth nation to grant full legal rights to same-sex couples. Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin signed the legislation making it law, hours after it was approved by the Senate late Tuesday night despite strong opposition from Conservatives and religious leaders...
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Rotary Club names winner of award and fellowship
(Local News ~ 07/21/05)
At its annual officer and board member installation banquet on July 11, the Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau awarded Tracey Glenn the 2004 Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. Rotarian of the Year Award for outstanding service to the Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau. Glenn is public information manager for the city of Cape Girardeau. She currently serves the Rotary Club as a board member, Soap Box Derby chairwoman and public relations chairwoman...
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Job's Daughters go to Jeff City
(Local News ~ 07/21/05)
Members of Cape Girardeau's Bethel No. 51 Job's Daughters recently competed in events ranging from performing and visual arts to speech and creative writing at their grand session held in Jefferson City, Mo. More than 400 girls and chaperones from Missouri and Kansas attended. Area attendees were Jennifer Smith, Macayla Hopple, both of Cape Girardeau; Heather Hileman of Jackson; Courtnie Sitzes of Marble Hill, Mo.; Merandia Gifford of Oran, Mo.; and April Dudley of Scott City...
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Community digest 07/21/05
(Local News ~ 07/21/05)
Golf scramble to benefit the Humane Society Donations and team participants for the Century 21 golf scramble to benefit the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri will be accepted up until Friday, the day of the tournament. Lunch will be at noon, tee time will be 1 p.m. at Bent Creek Golf Course. For more information, call Keith Inman at 450-7100 or 334-0125. Team registration can be paid at the tournament. General donations will be accepted...
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Lou Maevers
(Obituary ~ 07/21/05)
Lou Maevers, 88, of Jackson died Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 20, 1916, at Millersville, daughter of Burney O. and Avis Limbaugh Seabaugh. She and Hubert Welker were married in 1936. He died in 1971. She later married Norman Maevers in 1974, who died in 1995...
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Martin Grayson
(Obituary ~ 07/21/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Martin Wayne Grayson, 41, of Sikeston died Wednesday, July 20, 2005, at his home. He was born March 12, 1964, in St. Louis, son of Leonard and Dortha Marie Peters Grayson. Grayson was a chef for Danny's Place and Sikeston Country Club...
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Lee McClellon
(Obituary ~ 07/21/05)
Lee Frank "L.F." McClellon, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 17, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 19, 1936, at Miner, Mo., son of Lee Frank and Eloise Warfield McClellon. He and Ethel Egson were married May 25, 1995. McClellon lived in Chicago 15 years, returning to Missouri in 1971. He was employed with Warfield Construction Co. of Cape Girardeau. He was a deacon at Greater Dimension Ministries...
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Dr. James Fairchild
(Obituary ~ 07/21/05)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dr. James F. Fairchild, 78, of Perryville died Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at his home. He was born April 25, 1927, in Nashville, Ark., son of James and Rubye Anne Nowell Fairchild. He and Anna Margaret Graff were married Dec. 25, 1951. She died Oct. 28, 1992...
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Paul Jackson
(Obituary ~ 07/21/05)
ANNA, Ill. -- Paul D. Jackson, 87, of Anna died Wednesday, July 20, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 18, 1918, in Jonesboro, Ill., son of Marcellus and Shalottie Adams Jackson. Jackson was a retired truck driver and taxi driver. He was a member of Ware United Pentecostal Church and the Teamsters...
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Eugene Green
(Obituary ~ 07/21/05)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Eugene Green, 77, of Sikeston died Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Feb. 15, 1928, in Caruthers-ville, Mo., son of Daniel Sidney "Sid" and Rosie Lee Naile Green. He and Katherine Graham were married July 22, 1954, at Lilbourn, Mo...
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Eva Goddard
(Obituary ~ 07/21/05)
ANNA, Ill. -- Eva Mae Goddard, 90, of Anna died Monday, July 18, 2005, at Union County Hospital. She was born March 23, 1915, in Murphysboro, Ill., daughter of Curt and Alice Roberts Burns. She and Clyde Goddard were married April 12, 1936, in Anna. He died Oct. 15, 1991...
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Automotive column correction
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/21/05)
To the editor : In my last automotive column featuring the Chevy Uplander, I said, "It won't run away from a 255 -horsepower Odyssey, but it will beat it in fuel economy, which GM feels is a more important issue to the average cash-strapped family." That's incorrect...
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Speak Out 7/21/05
(Speak Out ~ 07/21/05)
Fuel for terrorists; Wholesome activity; Owners responsible; Dirty windows
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Cape says Broadway house may be spared
(Local News ~ 07/21/05)
A 79-year-old brick house-turned-business may survive the Broadway widening project thanks to efforts by Cape Girardeau city officials to work with the property owner who doesn't want to relocate his ethnic foods business out of the structure. "We are trying our best to work with him to be able to keep it there," said Martha Brown, a planner with the city's planning services department...
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Two sue in case connected to former Cape engineer
(Local News ~ 07/21/05)
Men claim wrongful termination, demotion after reporting porn find. MACOMB, Ill. -- A federal lawsuit was filed earlier this month against McDonough County and three current and former county officials making allegations of wrongful termination and demotion because of whistle blowing...
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Region digest 07/21/05
(Local News ~ 07/21/05)
Cape man gets 15 years on federal charges A Cape Girardeau man received a 15-year federal prison sentence Wednesday for trafficking cocaine and firearms posession. Under a plea agreement, Jamie Warfield, 22, was sentenced to 10 years for possessing cocaine base, five years and 10 months for possessing cocaine and five years for possessing a semiautomatic pistol. ...
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Wasted time
(Editorial ~ 07/21/05)
How workers spend their time on the job is a matter of considerable interest to employers who expect performance commensurate with their payroll and benefit costs. So why are so many business owners and state officials scoffing at a poll showing Missouri workers waste more time than employees in any other state?...
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Losing half herself
(Community ~ 07/21/05)
Researchers have found it's easier for overweight people to lose weight than to keep off the pounds they lost. Bonnie Smith of Mounds, Ill. has lost more than 150 pounds over the past two years, but it's not the first time she's lost weight only to see it return...
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Downtown embraces past, future
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/21/05)
To the editor: I am writing to applaud Frank Nickell's outstanding article on the murals of Cape Girardeau. I moved here in 2000 and did not realize the depth of hardships that downtown Cape Girardeau has overcome to become what it is today. It was fascinating to learn about the history of the floodwall and the visionaries who were determined to create a visual testament to ensure that future generations will remember the events that have shaped and defined our town...
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Marriott pleads guilty to 3 counts
(Community Sports ~ 07/21/05)
The Steamboat Classic winner received a sentence of time served and was dismissed from the Marine Corps. Delbert Marriott entered three guilty pleas Tuesday in his court-martial proceedings at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and was sentenced to 76 days of confinement and dismissed from the Marine Corps, according to a spokesman for the Marine Corps...
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Out of the past 7/21/05
(Out of the Past ~ 07/21/05)
25 years ago: July 21, 1980 Young men don't exactly create long lines to register for the Selective Service system, but officials with the Cape Girardeau Post Office report that several dozen 20-year-olds had registered for a possible draft by noon...
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Dennis Staggs
(Obituary ~ 07/21/05)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dennis W. Staggs, 46, of Perryville died Monday, July 18, 2005, at his home. He was born March 15, 1959, in St. Louis, son of Henry D. and Esther Hamblin Staggs. Staggs was a landscaper. He served in the U.S. Army. Survivors in-clude two daughters, Linda and Michelle Presnell of St. Louis; his mother, Esther Thompson of Perryville; a sister, Linda Hall of Sedgewickville, Mo.; two brothers, John Staggs of Perryville and David Staggs of Vancouver, Wash...
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Cornelia Shuford
(Obituary ~ 07/21/05)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Cornelia "Connie" Shuford, 95, of Chaffee died Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Dec. 23, 1909, in Obion, Tenn., daughter of Matty T. and Bertha Lippard McCoy. She and William L. Shuford were married Aug. 10, 1943. He died June 12, 1982...
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University to tear down old home
(Local News ~ 07/21/05)
Southeast Missouri State University plans to demolish an approximately century-old brick house to expand a campus parking lot, a move that local preservationists say goes against the very philosophy of the school's nationally known historic preservation program...
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Nation briefs 7/21/05
(National News ~ 07/21/05)
Eastman Kodak targets 10,000 more job cuts ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Eastman Kodak Co. said Wednesday it is cutting as many as 10,000 more jobs as the company that turned picture-taking into a hobby for the masses navigates a tough transition from film to digital photography. ...
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Prosecutor will not review funding for minor-league baseball stadium in Marion
(Professional Sports ~ 07/21/05)
Williamson County official said there is no evidence to support Republican claims. MARION, Ill. -- There is no evidence to back Illinois Republicans' claims that a $3 million state grant for a minor-league ballpark project headed by a Democratic donor violates state ethics laws, Williamson County's prosecutor said Wednesday...
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Another Armstrong teammate wins stage
(Professional Sports ~ 07/21/05)
Savoldelli captured the 17th stage, while Armstrong retained his hold on first place. REVEL, France -- Lance Armstrong claimed the yellow jersey for the 79th time in his career Wednesday at the Tour de France in a stage won by Discovery Channel teammate Paolo Savoldelli...
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Blair proposes conference on eliminating Islamic extremism following bombings
(International News ~ 07/21/05)
LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday he was considering calling an international conference on how to eliminate Islamic extremism following the London suicide bombings, while a Pakistani intelligence official said authorities had arrested an "important" suspect in the attacks...
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Area sports digest 7/21/05
(Other Sports ~ 07/21/05)
Local gymnasts place in AAU national meet The Heartland Gymnastics team had 14 top-six finishes from seven gymnasts in June at the AAU Age Group National Championships in Orlando, Fla. Ethan Osburn had seven top-four finishes in the boys Level 4.5, including a first on the high bar with a score of 9.5. He also was second on the floor exercise, third on the vault, fourth on the pommel horse, fourth on the still rings, fourth on the parallel bars and fourth in the all-around...
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Parties prepare their stances on nominee
(National News ~ 07/21/05)
Conservatives purchase ads supporting Roberts, pro-choice group stages demonstration. WASHINGTON -- John Roberts clerked at the Supreme Court for William H. Rehnquist, the current chief justice, and has argued cases there many times. Now he's asking the Senate to send him back for a new job, one that comes with a wardrobe -- justice...
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Scott County ousts Dunklin County
(Community Sports ~ 07/21/05)
The No. 6 seed eliminated the top seed from the double elimination event. SENATH, Mo. -- Dunklin County entered the American Legion District 14 baseball tournament as the top seed with a 33-12 overall record and a 4-1 mark in district games. But when Scott County Post 369 (Medicap) shocked Dunklin County with a 9-8, extra-inning victory Wednesday afternoon at the Senath-Hornersville Baseball Complex, Dunklin County's campaign came to a screeching halt...
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Wie, Sorenstam struggle in France
(Professional Sports ~ 07/21/05)
Stupples finished her opening round at even-par 72, six strokes off the lead. Michelle Wie and Annika Sorenstam struggled Wednesday in the opening round of the Evian Masters in Evian, France. Wie, a 15-year-old amateur from Hawaii, shot a 3-over 75 -- nine strokes off the lead -- and said she had "bad breaks everywhere."...
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Players expected to vote today on new agreement
(Professional Sports ~ 07/21/05)
TORONTO -- The road leading to the Hockey Hall of Fame here is plastered with posters proclaiming, "It's Your Game. Play On!" The NHL is getting close to doing just that. At the conclusion of a two-day players' association meeting that began Wednesday, union members will cast ballots in a ratification vote that will determine if the NHL lockout is at its end...
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Going for the gravy
(Community Sports ~ 07/21/05)
Former Jackson High School football and baseball standout Tyler Profilet has dreams of being a sports commentator as he pursues a broadcasting degree at the University of Missouri. Before Profilet heads to the press booth, or maybe the set of ESPN, he'll have one more weekend in the sun to finish out his playing days in style...
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