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AREA GAS PRICES BELOW REST OF STATE
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
Fuel prices in the Cape Girardeau area were as low as $1.17 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline Wednesday, 30 cents below the statewide average. Raymond McClard of Jackson, Mo., one of many customers keeping the pumps busy at Basic Fuel, 2927 E. Jackson Blvd. in Jackson, said the lower price was welcome relief after a long stretch during which prices topped $1.50 a gallon...
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JACKSON FINDS ADMINISTRATOR IN JIM ROACH
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Eight days after city administrator Steve Wilson announced his resignation, the Jackson Board of Aldermen hired his replacement. Public works director Jim Roach has been named to succeed Wilson. He will begin work as city administrator July 13, Wilson's last day on the job...
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THEY CALL IT RODEO: FLICKERWOOD ARENA PREPARES FOR HIGH SCHOOL RODEO FINALS
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A lot is riding on the three days of the Missouri High School State Rodeo Finals beginning this morning at Flickerwood Arena. Just as they do baseball, basketball and football championships, college coaches with scholarships to hand out scout the state rodeo finals looking for young women and men who can perform under pressure. ...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: MAKING YOURSELF NOTORIOUSLY HAPPY
(Column ~ 06/21/01)
June 21, 2001 Dear David, Congratulations on quitting your job. I'm sure Chris and Lily and Carrie feel the same, though the little girls haven't really noticed you're home more. They will accept your new presence as easily as they did your absences that often lasted long into the evenings. You might have more trouble adjusting, but I doubt it...
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UNDERGROUND GAS LEAK REPAIRED
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
AmerenUE workers were repairing an underground gas leak in the second block of Main Street from Broadway Wednesday. The leak, under the paved surface, was reported Tuesday night. "We vented the gas into the atmosphere when it was first reported," said Doug Groesbeck of AmerenUE. Holes were drilled Tuesday night to allow the gas to escape into the atmosphere...
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CAPE SCHOOL OFFICIALS PUSH RAISING LEVY
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
Cape Girardeau school officials are making the rounds at community meetings to explain what the district will gain from a proposed tax hike voters will consider in August elections. Schools superintendent Dan Steska fielded questions during a Noon Lions Club meeting Wednesday regarding the 58-cent operating tax levy increase that goes before voters Aug. 7. If approved, the levy would increase to $3.99 per $100 assessed valuation this year, up from the $3.41 levy voters have paid since 1997...
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HEARING ON CAMPUS PARKING CANCELED
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
Southeast Missouri State University canceled Tuesday's planned public hearing on a new parking structure after no one formally asked to participate. The hearing was scheduled for 6 p.m. in room 127 of Dempster Hall. Only media representatives and a few passers-by showed up...
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JACKSON MAN'S TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR JULY 25
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A 23-year-old man accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing two Scott City, Mo., girls, ages 4 and 7, will appear in court for a preliminary hearing next month, the Cape Girardeau County prosecutor said Wednesday. Samuel Farrow Jr. of Jackson is scheduled to appear before Associate Judge Michael Bullerdieck on July 25 for a hearing that will determine whether he should face arraignment on 16 criminal charges, prosecutor Morley Swingle said...
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CAPE USES BIG INNING TO SALVAGE SPLIT
(High School Sports ~ 06/21/01)
As futile as Cape Girardeau's Ford & Sons American Legion baseball team looked for the first 11 innings of Wednesday night's doubleheader against visiting Sikeston, the local squad must feel pretty good about gaining a split. After being blanked on one hit -- an infield single -- by Gabe Scherer in the 6-0 opener, Cape failed to score in the first four innings of the nightcap, again having just one hit to that point...
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IN THE PROS
(College Sports ~ 06/21/01)
The following is a listing of players from area high schools or Southeast Missouri State University who are competing in professional baseball. Included in the list are each players' local connection, his last year as an amateur and his major league affiliation (if applicable). Statistics are through Tuesday...
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SIKESTON SWEEPS CAPE JR. LEGION
(High School Sports ~ 06/21/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Cape Girardeau's Best Mortgage Junior American Legion baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader to Sikeston Wednesday night, managing only eight hits in 14 innings. Lee Essner suffered the loss in the 4-0 first game. He went the distance and allowed seven hits and one walk while striking out five...
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SPORTS DIGEST: AUSTIN PEAY'S HASSELL OPTS FOR NBA DRAFT
(High School Sports ~ 06/21/01)
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Austin Peay State University basketball star Trenton Hassell has elected to keep his name in the June 27 National Basketball Association draft. Hassell originally submitted his name for the NBA draft May 9. Wednesday was the deadline for any player who has not signed with an agent to remove his name for next week's draft. As a result, Hassell will not return to the Governors for the 2001-2002 season...
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SPORTS DIGEST: ST. LOUIS MAN RECORDS GOLF ACE AT BENT CREEK
(High School Sports ~ 06/21/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Jim Heet of St. Louis recorded a hole-in-one at Bent Creek Golf Course Wednesday as he used a three-wood to ace the 183-yard, No. 8 hole. Playing along with Heet were Don Kettelkamp, Hank Reed and Whitey Herzog, the former St. Louis Cardinals manager who is friends with Bent Creek owner Jack Litzelfelner...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/21/01)
Daughter to Stephen Bradley and Amy Marie Blackman of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:08 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2001. Name, Brielle Elizabeth. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Mrs. Blackman is the former Amy Crosier, daughter of Larry and Kathy Crosier of Cape Girardeau. She is a teacher at Southeast Missouri State University. Blackman is the son of Steve and Mary Blackman of Jackson, Mo. He is a teacher and coach at East Prairie High School...
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NELEY WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 06/21/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Neley Shelton Williams, 69, of Kansas City, Mo., died Thursday, June 14, 2001, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City. She was born Sept. 9, 1931, in Benton Harbor, Mich., daughter of Odell Hawkins and Lizzy Burnett. She married Thedosuis Williams in 1950...
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LESTER DILLOW
(Obituary ~ 06/21/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Lester J. Dillow, 76, of Anna died Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at Union County Hospital. He was born March 20, 1925, in Union County, son of Claude E. and Dessie Casey Dillow. He and Elizabeth "Liz" McMillion were married Oct. 24, 1944, in St. Louis...
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LORETTA MILLER
(Obituary ~ 06/21/01)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Loretta Miller, 67, of Murphysboro, formerly of Anna, Ill., died Wednesday, June 20, 2001, at the Rehab and Care Center of Jackson County. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna.
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CHARLES HESS
(Obituary ~ 06/21/01)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Charles W. Hess, 71, of Bell City died Wednesday, June 20, 2001, at his home. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.
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CHARLIE HINKLE
(Obituary ~ 06/21/01)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Charles S. "Charlie" Hinkle, 88, of Advance died Tuesday, June 19, 2001, in St. Louis, after an extended illness. He was born Feb. 7, 1913, at Brownwood, Mo., son of William and Bess Reed Hinkle. He and Berniece "Sis" Rhodes were united in marriage Jan. 19, 1946. She survives of the home...
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SHARON GRIFFIN
(Obituary ~ 06/21/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Sharon Ann Griffin, 44, of Sikeston died Wednesday, June 20, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born July 14, 1956, in Sikeston, daughter of Dafton and Willalee Griffin. Griffin was an Avon representative. Survivors include her mother of Sikeston...
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DONALD BUTLER
(Obituary ~ 06/21/01)
Donald Keith Butler, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 20, 2001, at Heartland Care Rehab Center. He was born March 5, 1923, in Cape Girardeau, son of William and Inez Boswell Butler. He and Leona "Peggy" Wilhelm were married July 31, 1948, at Scott City, Mo...
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FRANCIS SCHUMACHER
(Obituary ~ 06/21/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Francis Xavier Schumacher III, 61, of Sikeston died in an automobile accident Tuesday, June 19, 2001, on the Western Kentucky Parkway near Beaver Dam, Ky. He was born Oct. 28, 1939, in Cape Girardeau, son of Francis Xavier and Alma Jean Morgan Schumacher Jr. He first married Mary Doris Wright Dec. 2, 1972, at Sikeston. She died March 18, 1994. He and Kathleen McDonald Snow were married Aug. 24, 1996, in New York City...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/21/01)
THERE YOU go again, David Limbaugh. To posit that it is "morally imperative" to proceed with Star Wars will no doubt have the dubious distinction of being ranked No. 1 by whoever decides to write an up-to-date history of hyperbole. TEACHERS DO not get summers off. ...
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A DIFFERENT BRAND OF FAITH
(Column ~ 06/21/01)
I often marvel at the leaps of faith required to allow one to believe that the miracle of human life just spontaneously evolved from nothingness. I've always believed that it would take far more faith not to believe that God created man and the universe than to believe that he did...
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BIBLE-CLASS RULING SHOULD EASE SCHOOLS' FEARS
(Editorial ~ 06/21/01)
It is surprising that a lawsuit centering on whether a children's Bible study class can meet at a public school ever reached the highest court in the land. But it did, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that if Milford Central School in upstate New York lets the Boy Scouts and 4-H club meet at the school, the Good News Bible Class can do the same...
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MISSOURI'S JUVENILE SYSTEM SHOULD BE PROUD
(Editorial ~ 06/21/01)
Missouri's juvenile justice system is a good indication that most wayward youths can be helped through rehabilitation as opposed to incarceration. The American Youth Policy Forum, a not-for-profit group in Washington, D.C., recently declared Missouri's juvenile system a national model for successfully dealing with young offenders. And the statistics cited by the group certainly support its conclusion...
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LETTERS: ABORTION BOAT LEAVES NOBODY ACCOUNTABLE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/21/01)
To the editor: The world's first abortion boat, Sea Change, is the project of Women on Waves and Rebecca Gomperts, a Dutch abortion practitioner who wants to do abortions in international waters for women who cannot legally have them in their native countries...
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LETTERS: GLOBAL WARMING: GOVERNMENT ISN'T ANSWER TO STUDIES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/21/01)
To the editor: In a recent Speak Out comment, one of your callers suggested that studies debunking global warming were obviously biased because they were funded in part or in whole by businesses that had a vested interest in debunking the theory. The caller suggested that only studies conducted by groups that were supported by the government were to be trusted, since the government has no vested interest in the results...
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