Area digest 06/05/04

Rep. Emerson traveling to Normandy for D-Day

U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, is a member of a congressional delegation traveling to Europe this weekend for the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. On Sunday, the delegation will attend a memorial at the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, attend the U.S. France D-Day commemoration ceremony and meet with World War II veterans. Emerson will also visit Utah Beach at Normandy, where U.S. troops landed as part of Operation Overlord in 1944. The delegation will meet on Monday with Gen. B.B. Bell to discuss the quality of life for U.S. soldiers deployed overseas.

Equipment stolen from Cape career center

About $3,500 worth of computer and technical equipment was reported stolen Thursday from the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center at 1080 S. Silver Springs Road. Director Richard Payne said the items -- three laptop computers, a microphone and a channel mixer -- disappeared a couple of weeks ago while school was in session. He said he delayed notifying police because he thought he could recover the items. "I called pawn shops, hoping to try to find them," he said. "The chances of finding the people who did this are very slim. I just wanted to recover the merchandise." Payne said he filed the report for insurance purposes.

Installation ceremony set for Sunday in Jackson

Job's Daughters Bethel No. 60 of Jackson will install officers in a ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Masonic Temple in Jackson. The public is invited to attend.

-- From staff reports