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Heisserer - 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 10/05/08)
KELSO, Mo. -- Don and Wilma Heisserer of Kelso recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. A Mass of thanksgiving was held at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, with the Revs. Oliver Clavin and Jim Seyer as concelebrants. A reception, dinner and dance was then hosted by their children and grandchildren at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Scott City...
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Gross - Roethemeyer
(Engagement ~ 10/05/08)
Carl and Christine Gross of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Diana Gross, to Matthew Roethemeyer. He is the son of Samuel and Marilee Roethemeyer of Jackson. Gross is a 2000 graduate of Jackson High School. She received a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Southeast Missouri State University in 2004, and expects to receive a master's degree from William Woods in December. ...
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Cecil - Helwege
(Wedding ~ 10/05/08)
April Brooke Cecil and Travis Ryan Helwege were married May 31, 2008, at St. Mary's Cathedral. The Rev. Patrick Nwokoye performed the ceremony. Lectors were Lauren Henson, sister of the bride, and Briar Helwege, sister of the groom. The bride is the daughter of Gretchen Pembroke, Charlie Cecil, Glen and Stacy Henson, all of Caruthersville, Mo. The groom is the son of Ray and Christine Fochler of Gallatin, Tenn., and Gary and Sandy Helwege of Cape Girardeau...
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Eftink - Wingo
(Wedding ~ 10/05/08)
Sarah Jane Eftink and the Rev. James Vinson Wingo exchanged wedding vows May 24, 2008, at the Water's Edge in Gordonville. Chief Paul White Eagle performed the ceremony. Recorded music was played. The bride is the daughter of Charlotte Eftink of Jackson, and the late Joseph Eftink. The groom is the son of Dr. Otha and Ann Wingo of Cape Girardeau...
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Rainey - Applewhite
(Wedding ~ 10/05/08)
Jessica Ann Rainey and Kyle David Applewhite were united in marriage Sept. 20, 2008, at Grace Methodist Church in Rockview, Mo. Frank Husted performed the ceremony. Music was by Troy Shy of Oran, Mo., brother of the groom. The bride is the daughter of Barbara Johnston of Cape Girardeau and Donald Rainey of Benton, Mo. The groom is the son of Danny and Marla Shy of Oran...
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Bremer - Brown
(Engagement ~ 10/05/08)
Dale Bremer and Ann Winkler of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Danielle Lea Bremer, to Charles Montgomery Brown. He is the son of Robert Brown Jr. and Doreen Brown of Cape Girardeau. Bremer is a graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School, and is attending Southeast Missouri State University. She is employed by Big River Telephone and is a graphic designer/assistant campus minister for the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan...
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Evans - Engelen
(Engagement ~ 10/05/08)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Theresa Besand of Perryville announces the engagement of her daughter, Angela Anne Evans, to Lariedon Anthony Engelen, both of Perryville. He is the son of Leonard and Barbara Engelen of Leopold, Mo. Evans is also the daughter of the late Robert Evans Jr...
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Harper - Tyra
(Engagement ~ 10/05/08)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo.-- David and Karen Harper of New Hamburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristin Nicole Harper, to Donald Joseph Tyra. He is the son of Allen and Brenda Fry of Dexter, Mo., and the late Charles Tyra Sr. Harper is a 2005 graduate of Kelly High School in Benton, Mo. ...
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Kembel - Morris
(Engagement ~ 10/05/08)
Michael and Diana Kembel of Maineville, Ohio, formerly of Cape Girardeau, announce the engagement of their daughter, Leslie Kembel, to Frank Morris II, both of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the son of Frank Morris of Peru, Ind., and Claudia Henderson of Logansport, Ind...
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Miller - Moore
(Engagement ~ 10/05/08)
Sidney and Alice Miller of Risco, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Star Miller, to Daniel Zachary Moore, both of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Daniel and Shelley Moore of Poplar Bluff, Mo. Miller is a 1997 graduate of Risco High School. She received a bachelor of science degree from Southeast Missouri State University in 2001. She is a job developer with MERS/Goodwill Industries...
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Wimberley - Porch
(Engagement ~ 10/05/08)
Jimmy and Lori Wimberley of Sikeston, Mo., and Timothy and Sally Porch of Scott City announce the engagement of their children, Joyce Ann Wimberley and Matthew Clayborn Porch. Wimberley is a graduate of Kelly High School. She is employed by AT&T in Cape Girardeau...
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Wright - Zyduck
(Engagement ~ 10/05/08)
Cleo and Theresa Wright of Scott City announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany Nicole Wright, to Joshua Ryan Zyduck. He is the son of Perry and Sharon Zyduck of Mosinee, Wis., formerly of Scott City. Wright is a 2006 graduate of Kelly High School in Benton, Mo...
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Clyde Besand
(Obituary ~ 10/05/08)
Clyde Besand PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Clyde J. "Blackie" Besand, 74, of Perryville died Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was a resident of the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Oct. 23, 1933, at Perryville, son of Bertrand G. and Frances Ann McCauley Besand...
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Mary Crader
(Obituary ~ 10/05/08)
Mary Crader Mary Helen Crader, 75, of Scott City died Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 10, 1932, at Bell City, Mo., daughter of Jimmie and Sylvia Helen Morris Lee. She and Herman Eugene Crader were married Feb. 28, 1976, at Scott City...
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Nancy Anderson
(Obituary ~ 10/05/08)
Nancy Anderson TAMMS, Ill. -- Nancy R. Dowdy Anderson, 49, of Tamms died Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at her home. She was born Jan. 13, 1959, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of the late Norman and Juanita Bennett Dowdy. Anderson was a beautician. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Brandy and Bradley Clark, Deena and Brent Hart, all of Tamms; two brothers, Jim Dowdy of Tamms, Kenny Dowdy of Ullin, Ill.; maternal grandmother, Zelva Bennett of Tamms; three grandchildren, Steven Raffety, Madalyn Clark and Ella Hart; a dear friend, Herbie Tribout of Tamms; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...
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Couple receives volunteer award
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
At a recent Southeast Missouri Hospital Auxiliary dinner, volunteers reaching service milestones and award recipients were honored; new officers were elected. Volunteers Dick and Helen Hammond received the Ilena Asiln Auxiliary Service Award at the annual recognition dinner for their many contributions to the auxiliary. ...
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Local Boy Scout receives National BSA Certificate of Merit
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
Jacob Thompson was awarded a Boy Scouts of America National Certificate of Merit at a recent troop court of honor. Thompson and Aaron Shive, both 11 years old, were partners during the Scouting for Food last November. When Aaron tripped and cut his head on a set of brick steps, Jacob remained calm and assisted the leader in caring for Aaron. ...
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Rememberance held at Old Lorimier Cemetery
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
An overview of the lives of 15 people interred at Old Lorimie cemetery will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the cemetery in Cape Girardeau. The event is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitor's Bureau, The formal ceremony will be at 2:30 p.m. ...
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Auxiliary elects new officers
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
Newly elected officers for the Southeast Missouri Hospital Auxiliary for 2009 are president Dorothy Taylor, vice president Jeanette Patterson, recording secretary Judy Brown, corresponding secretary Betty Heisserer, treasurer Carolyn Brant. Barbara Campbell will serve on the board as past president...
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Auxiliary honors former board member
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
Volunteer Marian LaFoe received the Margaret Foster Roberts Award at the Southeast Missouri Hospital Auxiliary dinner. The award was established in 2003 to pay tribute to the innovative, enthusiastic and exemplary leadership of the late Margaret Roberts, the award recognizes volunteers with fervor and creativity. ...
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Corporate games results
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
The 5th Annual Corporate Games were held Sept. 14 to 26, in Cape Girardeau. Companies competed in several sports and intellectual competitions to earn points and a win. Events included opening and closing ceremonies, a banner contest, soccer, softball and other games. The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department sponsors the event each year...
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Parents try to understand special needs trusts
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
The parenting role of caring for special needs children never really ends. Even after a parent's life ends, special needs children will still need financial resources that will enable them to continue enjoying life. Special needs is an umbrella term to include children who need extra care, whether they have a learning disability, mental retardation, terminal illnesses, developmental delays and a myriad of other complications...
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FYI 10/5/08
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
Food pantry in need of stock The Scott City Food pantry is low on canned goods. Cans of fruit, vegetables, meat, spaghetti sauce or cash donations to buy food can be dropped off from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays at 804 Rear Main Street. Tax deductible donations can be sent to Scott City Food Pantry, 900 N. Scott St., Scott City, Mo. 63780-1668...
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Pieces of Peru: Reaching the summit
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
Pieces de Peru is an occasional travel column by Cape Girardeau native Matt Wittmer. On the top floor of the Cafe Andino in Huaraz, Peru, well-to-do Europeans -- not a stitch of natural fiber among them -- lounge like big cats fresh off highland kills. ...
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Knee Deep: Southeast Missourian columnists clean cages at the Humane Society
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
Part IV in an occasional series By Bob Miller and CALLIE CLARK MILLER We arrived at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri on a Thursday morning not long ago, another assignment in our Knee Deep series, the one where we don the boots and gloves and get ourselves dirty...
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Photos, essays on display at Nature Center
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
If you love taking in the outdoors but don't feel like being bitten by the remaining bugs and ticks, the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center will be your ideal destination throughout the month of October. Nature photography will be featured all month at the Nature Center in Cape Girardeau with photographs by Noppadol Paothong, staff photographer for Missouri Conservationist...
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Home course motivates Klaffer
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/08)
Notre Dame senior Dillon Klaffer always runs his best times when competing at his home meet, the Notre Dame Invitational. Klaffer covered the 5-kilometer course in 16 minutes, 23.86 seconds Saturday, finishing first on his team and running the best time of any local runner...
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Pfau surprises self with top-five time
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/08)
Notre Dame senior Tori Pfau hardly could believe her eyes when she glared at the time clock while nearing the finish line at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday. Pfau had been running her 5-kilometer races in the 22-minute range this season before Saturday. She was hoping to run the home course in the 21-minute range...
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Perryville posts two victories
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/08)
The Perryville boys soccer team posted a pair of wins to win the Saxony Lutheran tournament Saturday. The Pirates (13-2) downed Fredericktown 2-1, and edged Kennett 3-2. Tyler Lawrence scored the game-winning goal against Fredericktown and added an assist against Kennett...
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What's happening today 10/5
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
Amelunke reunion The Amelunke family reunion includes a carry-in meal to begin at 12:30 p.m. today at Immanuel Lutheran Church Parish Hall, 496 Route F, Jackson, near Tilsit. For more information, call 243-2788. Trinity Lutheran School supper A fried chicken, ham, chicken and dumplings supper will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran School, Church St., Altenburg, Mo. Child-sized portions discounted. Proceeds will benefit the school building improvement project. Carryouts available...
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Artists display nature-inspired works at event
(Local News ~ 10/05/08)
An army tent set up for sculptors, sidewalks colored with chalk and ink renderings of animals and landscapes were part of the Nature and the Arts program Saturday. The program brought about a dozen artists to the Conservation Campus Nature Center to demonstrate their crafts...
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Central High student achieves Eagle Scout status
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
Jacob R. Gentry, member of Boy Scout Troop 5 ,was recently honored with the rank of Eagle Scout, Scouting's highest award, at a court of honor ceremony held at VFW Post 3838. Gentry's Eagle Scout project was installing an automatic lawn sprinkler system in the prayer garden at La Croix United Methodist Church. Gentry, 15, is a sophomore at Cape Central High School. He is the son of Dick and Susan Gentry of Cape Girardeau...
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Holloman returns to Southeast backfield
(College Sports ~ 10/05/08)
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- Timmy Holloman was happy to be back on the field Saturday night. Even if he couldn't do much about Southeast Missouri State's 38-17 loss to host Jacksonville State. Holloman, a senior tailback, returned from his one-year NCAA suspension for undisclosed reasons...
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Jacksonville State rides its standout QB to rout of SEMO
(College Sports ~ 10/05/08)
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- Southeast Missouri State upset Jacksonville State at home in last season's final game, giving the Redhawks hope they could duplicate that feat on the road. But this is a much different JSU squad, thanks in large part to the addition of Ryan Perrilloux...
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Rick Springfield sings for Sahara's legacy
(Local News ~ 10/05/08)
Cape Girardeau is beginning to feel like "home away from home" for Rick Springfield. For that, his fans in Southeast Missouri can thank Sahara Aldridge. Springfield, a Grammy-winning musician and one of the stars of the TV soap "General Hospital," came to Cape Girardeau for a benefit concert between tour dates to promote his new album, "Venus in Overdrive," which includes three songs written about Sahara Aldridge, who died Nov. 5, 2007...
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Judge bars Anna Nicole surgery footage
(Entertainment ~ 10/05/08)
LOS ANGELES -- A judge ordered a Texas doctor and his wife Friday not to distribute videotaped footage of Anna Nicole Smith's breast augmentation surgery in 1994. The order settles a lawsuit filed last year by Howard K. Stern, the executor of Smith's estate, who was trying to stop Dr. Gerald Johnson and his wife from distributing the tapes of the former Playboy Playmate...
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News of the weird 10/5/08
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
Cigarette sets off fireworks in man's car CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- A Rhode Island man faces charges after the cigarette he was smoking inside a car apparently ignited fireworks. Police arrested the 28-year-old Sunday after an officer found a sedan smoking in the middle of the street. ...
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Despite higher cost, healthy school lunches on the menu
(State News ~ 10/05/08)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The buffet offers a variety of pizzas, with whole-wheat crust, organic toppings and hormone-free cheese. The salad bar includes some greens and vegetables grown without pesticides in a nearby garden, perhaps topped with homemade croutons and organic dressing...
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Ambulance service
(Editorial ~ 10/05/08)
A petition drive is underway to put an issue on the Cape Girardeau County ballot next April that would, if passed, establish a property tax to raise funding for a new, tax-funded countywide ambulance service. The Friends of Cape Girardeau County Ambulance District is holding informational meetings and making presentations. The group is proposing a 30-cent tax on each $100 of assessed property value...
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Minimum wage up to $7.05 on Jan. 1
(State News ~ 10/05/08)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri workers earning minimum wage will make an extra 40 cents per hour in 2009. The state Labor Department announced Friday that Missouri's hourly minimum wage would increase from $6.65 to $7.05 starting Jan. 1. Voters in 2006 approved a ballot measure that requires the state minimum wage to increase annually along with inflation...
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Speak Out 10/5/08
(Speak Out ~ 10/05/08)
Remember the veterans FINANCIAL MARKETS aren't the only thing in this country that need fixed. So do our veterans benefits and disability systems. I am a Vietnam veteran. I served three tours of duty. I came home to an airport entryway lined with Americans exercising their right to object to the war. ...
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Up from apartheid, Soweto millionaire becomes role model
(International News ~ 10/05/08)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- When Richard Maponya did well as a clothes salesman, his white boss could not promote him under the rules of apartheid. So the boss offered instead to sell Maponya damaged clothes for cheap. Maponya resold the clothes after work and on weekends, and earned enough to go into business himself...
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Israel accuses North Korea of Mideast proliferation
(International News ~ 10/05/08)
VIENNA, Austria -- Israel accused North Korea on Saturday of covertly supplying at least half a dozen Mideast countries with nuclear technology or conventional arms. The allegation was made at an International Atomic Energy Agency meeting in Vienna where world powers urged the North to stop reactivating its nuclear weapons program...
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Cape Girardeau ranch home offers private backyard and above-ground pool
(Community ~ 10/05/08)
If a three-bedroom ranch with above-ground pool and private backyard are what you're after, this could be the home for you. This property has a backyard privacy fence, retaining wall, flower beds bordered in pavestone and a full maintenance-free deck floor at poolside...
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Challenges for gay elders to get closer look from AARP
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
NEW YORK -- Long overlooked by society at large, and even by younger gays, elderly gays and lesbians are emerging as distinct community, getting more help and attention as they confront challenges that differ in many ways from their heterosexual counterparts...
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Courthouse to be dedicated Monday
(Local News ~ 10/05/08)
The name Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. is finally on display at the new federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau. And just in time. On Monday, anywhere from 500 to 700 invited guests are expected to gather on the lawn of the new courthouse, opened in June after years of delay and millions in cost overruns, to dedicate the $62 million facility. ...
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Volunteers get ready for annual charity kit distribution
(Local News ~ 10/05/08)
DEXTER, Mo. -- It is a much-anticipated local event involving many helping hands and generous hearts. It's the Festival of Sharing, and on Saturday, the mini-festival will conduct its sixth annual effort to collect and distribute items to aid the needy in much of the Bootheel...
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Out of the past 10/5/08
(Out of the Past ~ 10/05/08)
25 years ago: Oct. 5, 1983 Rain -- not a little, but a lot -- is welcomed by farmers and home gardeners alike; 2.49 inches of rain was recorded at the municipal airport yesterday and early today. Scott City city administrator Vicki Thompson resigned her position last night; she says she felt frustrated over a "lack of direction in Scott City government."...
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Politics scuttle Bush's plan to put U.S. diplomats in Iran
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has shelved plans to set up a diplomatic outpost in Iran, in part over fears it could affect the U.S. presidential race or be interpreted as political meddling. The proposal to send U.S. diplomats to Tehran for the first time in three decades attracted great attention when it was floated over the summer, but has now been placed on indefinite hold as November's election nears and Iran continues to defy demands to halt suspect nuclear activities, officials said.. ...
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Report faults FAA over maintenance outsourcing
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
WASHINGTON -- Nine major U.S. airlines are farming out aircraft maintenance at twice the rate of four years ago and now hire outside contractors for more than 70 percent of major work, the government says. Contractors overseas handled one-quarter of the outsourced maintenance...
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'Smoot' unit reaches new heights at MIT
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The father of a measurement known as the "Smoot" returned Saturday to be honored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school where he and his fraternity brothers invented it 50 years ago. Oliver Smoot was the shortest pledge in the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity in 1958 when its members decided to lay him on the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge. ...
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Response to rescue package still unclear
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
WASHINGTON -- Getting the financial rescue through Congress may have been the easy part. Getting it to work may prove the tougher task. After two weeks of debate, Congress passed and President Bush signed the plan to save the financial industry and prop up the economy in hopes of avoiding a free fall with Election Day just a month away...
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Jury: O.J. Simpson guilty on all charges
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson, who went from American sports idol to celebrity-in-exile after he was acquitted of murder in 1995, was found guilty Friday of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. Simpson, 61, could spend the rest of his life in prison...
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Galveston islanders who insisted on staying died in Hurricane Ike
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
GALVESTON, Texas -- The final hours brought the awful realization to victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long. This storm wasn't like the others, the ones that left nothing worse than a harrowing tale to tell. George Helmond, a hardy Galveston salt, watched the water rise and told a buddy: I was born on this island and I'll die on this island...
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Judge: Ill. to notify voters of misleading ballot
(State News ~ 10/05/08)
CHICAGO -- Every Illinois voter who goes to the polls next month must be notified of misleading language on the ballot, a judge ruled Friday. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Nathaniel Howse Jr. ordered state election officials to print notices directing voters to disregard the false information, which deals with a referendum on whether Illinois should hold a constitutional convention...
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Ron Eakins
(Obituary ~ 10/05/08)
Ron Eakins PACIFIC, Mo. -- Ron E. Eakins, 56, of Pacific died Friday, Sept. 26, 2008. He was born Nov. 21, 1951, at Cape Girardeau, son of Carl and Dorothy Boggess Eakins. Eakins served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was a Vietnam veteran. Survivors include a son, Eric Eakins of Cape Girardeau; his mother; a brother, Steven Eakins of San Diego; a sister, Sheri Mott of Pacific; and three grandchildren...
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Report: N. Korean leader makes public appearance after weeks out of spotlight
(International News ~ 10/05/08)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's official news agency said leader Kim Jong Il attended a soccer game in Pyongyang -- his first public appearance in more than a month. The Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday that Kim watched a game held to mark the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the university named after his late father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung...
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Billy Joe Todd
(Obituary ~ 10/05/08)
Billy Joe Todd CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Billy Joe Todd, 77, of Chaffee died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, at Chaffee Nursing Center. He was born Oct. 2, 1931, at Oran, Mo., son of Elree and Elizabeth Kaylor Todd. He and Velma Jean Hurt were married in 1974. She died in 1990...
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Husband agonizes over wife's infidelity
(Column ~ 10/05/08)
Dear Dr. Dobson: My wife has been involved in an affair with her boss for six months. I've known about it from the beginning but just haven't been able to confront her. Melanie acts like she doesn't love me anyway. If I give her an ultimatum, I could lose her completely. Can you assure me that won't happen? Have you ever offered the Love Must Be Tough advice and had it backfire, ending in divorce?...
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McCain advisers: Campaign to increase attacks to close gap
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
WASHINGTON -- One month before Election Day, Barack Obama sits atop battleground polls in a shrinking playing field, the economic crisis is breaking his way and the Democrat has made progress toward winning the White House. The onus is on Republican John McCain to turn the race around under exceptionally challenging circumstances -- and his options are limited...
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Club news 10/5/08
(Community News ~ 10/05/08)
Presbyterian Women The first quarterly meeting of the Jackson Presbyterian Women's 2008-2009 year was held Sept. 26 at the church. Copies of the minutes from the August coordinating team meeting and the last quarterly meeting held in May, along with copies of the treasurer's report were distributed...
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Ill. woman's $1.75 bid wins abandoned Saginaw home
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
SAGINAW, Mich. -- With a winning bid of just $1.75, a Chicago woman has won an auction for an abandoned home in Saginaw. Joanne Smith, 30, recently was the top bidder for the home during an auction on eBay, The Saginaw News reported. Her bid was one of eight for the home...
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Decoys wanted: Online ad drew look-alikes for Washington thief
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
MONROE, Wash. -- An online advertisement offered $28.50 an hour to anyone who wore a blue, long-sleeved shirt, yellow safety vest, eye protection and ventilator mask and waited near a bank. Apparently, it should have been labeled "decoys wanted." Police said a number of people wearing the specified outfit were waiting near a Bank of America branch Tuesday when a similarly dressed man accosted a Brinks armored truck guard with pepper spray during a cash delivery in Monroe, a town about 25 miles northeast of Seattle. ...
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U.S.: Iraqi killed in helicopter collision
(International News ~ 10/05/08)
BAGHDAD -- Two U.S. helicopters collided while landing at a base in Baghdad on Saturday, killing one Iraqi soldier and wounding four people, including two Americans, the military said. It was the second helicopter crash in two weeks. The U.S. military said hostile fire did not appear to be the cause...
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Fire Report 10/05/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/05/08)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday: n At 4:32 p.m., fire alarm at 535 Broadway. n At 5:09 p.m., fire alarm at 535 Broadway. n At 8:33 p.m., emergency medical service in the 400 block of Marie Street. Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Area calendar
(Community Sports ~ 10/05/08)
Golf n Industry appreciation tourney: The 2008 Industry Appreciation golf tournament will take place Monday at Bent Creek Golf Course. The four-person scramble will begin with a light lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. Cost: $115 per person. Info or to register: Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce, 335-3312...
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Area digest
(Community Sports ~ 10/05/08)
Howard, Glasscock capture senior title The team of Dave Howard and George Glasscock scored a 59 to win the championship flight of the senior two-man scramble at the Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. The team of Clinton Ruppel and Robert Hedden was second with a 63, while Ray Wilhelm and Harold Schott shot a 64...
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U. of Colo. fraternity house firebombed; brawl follows
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
BOULDER, Colo. -- Someone tossed a firebomb into a fraternity house about a block from the University of Colorado, setting off a brawl in a nearby alley that sent one man to the hospital, police said. The firebomb early Friday caused no injuries or significant damage, and residents had put the blaze out by the time firefighters arrived, police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley said...
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Episcopal diocese to split from church
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
MONROEVILLE, Pa. -- Clergy and lay members of the Pittsburgh diocese have voted to break from the Episcopal Church. The Pittsburgh diocese is one of several that disagree with the U.S. church regarding Biblical teachings on salvation and issues including homosexuality...
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Endangered turtle pair fails to produce offspring
(International News ~ 10/05/08)
SUZHOU, China -- She's around 80 years old. He's 100. Breathless scientists watched as the world's most endangered turtles successfully mated. But the attempt to breed the species' last known female with the last known male in China has failed because the eggs didn't hatch, disappointed conservationists said Saturday...
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Police Report 10/05/08
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/05/08)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A 16-year-old boy was cited into juvenile court for false declaration and curfew violation. n Derek D. Renshaw, 18, 1700 County Road 651, was arrested on suspicion of being a minor in possession of alcohol by consumption...
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No immediate answers found in Fossett crash
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
RENO, Nev. -- The sky was clear that morning, the wind light. Steve Fossett took off alone from hotel magnate Barron Hilton's ranch about 70 miles southeast of Reno in a blue and white stunt plane with orange stripes and blue sunbursts on the wings...
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Jewish 'modesty patrols' sow fear in Israel
(International News ~ 10/05/08)
JERUSALEM -- In Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where the rule of law sometimes takes a back seat to the rule of God, zealots are on a campaign to stamp out behavior they consider unchaste. They hurl stones at women for such "sins" as wearing a red blouse, and attack stores selling devices that can access the Internet...
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Developed countries push back against pirates
(International News ~ 10/05/08)
DEAUVILLE, France -- Armed pirates aboard fast-moving skiffs have increasingly turned the shipping lanes off Somalia into a lucrative hunting grounds: commandeering vessels large and small and leaving the world's maritime powers frustrated about how to stop the seafaring bandits...
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Economic worries looming large in Mo. presidential vote
(State News ~ 10/05/08)
HERMITAGE, Mo. -- Recently retired, Floyd and Gail Worley aren't supposed to be worried about the economy. They have no jobs to lose, after all. But low interest rates and falling stock prices have put their retirement savings in jeopardy. So is the economy an important factor in their choice for president?...
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Las Vegas rolling the dice on mob museum to open in 2010
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas hopes its newest museum will be a hit. The city is opening The (redacted) Museum: The Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, which will showcase southern Nevada's colorful and storied past in organized crime...
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Supreme Court term begins quietly in campaign season
(National News ~ 10/05/08)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is doing its best to stay out of the spotlight in the final days of the presidential campaign and while the other two branches of government struggle to deal with turmoil in the financial markets. The justices open their new term Monday with no cases on abortion, race or other social issues that might split the court and the nation...
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Tour de Cape draws more than 300 riders; downtown benefits from extra dollars
(Local News ~ 10/05/08)
Bicyclists galore arrived in downtown Cape Girardeau Saturday morning for the ninth Tour de Cape. Many riders brought friends and relatives. The fundraiser drew 321 cyclists, nearly 50 more than last year, who spent $15 to pedal one of four long-distance routes, ranging from 15 to 100 miles. ...
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