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PLAYING ON: CAPE GIRARDEAU'S MUNICIPAL BAND CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF MUSIC
(Local News ~ 05/25/01)
Dr. C.E. Schuchert, a dentist who began the Schuchert Band in Cape Girardeau in 1900, championed a campaign that in 1926 brought passage of a bill authorizing municipalities in the state to levy a special tax to support bands. A year later, Schuchert directed the first Cape Girardeau Municipal Band, beginning a tradition that is about to enter its 75th year. The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band plans to celebrate the anniversary with a special concert June 6...
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NEW FEDERAL COURTHOUSE MEETS SNAG
(Local News ~ 05/25/01)
The General Services Administration canceled its contract with a Chicago architectural firm for design of a new federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau after the Office of Management and Budget in Washington concluded the project should be scaled back to one courtroom...
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RECALLING PEARL HARBOR: WORLD WAR II SURVIVOR DOUBTS NEW MOVIE WILL BE TRUE TO LIFE
(Local News ~ 05/25/01)
The movie "Pearl Harbor" opens in theaters nationwide today, but a local survivor said people would be better off reading a book on the subject. "It's bull," said Cape Girardeau native Melvin Bacon, who was a 22-year old machinist's mate aboard the USS Utah when Pearl Harbor, on the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii, was attacked by Japanese naval bombers on Dec. 7, 1941...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: LOOK, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, GO LOOK IT UP YOURSELVES
(Column ~ 05/25/01)
The question was asked at a perfectly lovely dinner this week for a group of visiting Brazilians. One of the American hosts, perhaps saturated with Braziliana, wanted to know from me how the World Famous Downtown Golf Course got started. See? And I thought everyone knew...
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STOLEN RONALD MCDONALD STATUE FOUND IN COUNTY BARN
(Local News ~ 05/25/01)
Ronald McDonald made it back to his bench outside the William Street McDonald's after sheriff's deputies carried the 300-pound statue from a Cape Girardeau County barn Thursday. "He had cobwebs all over him and a good bit of dust all over him," said sheriff's detective Sgt. Eric Friedrich...
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FATAL CRASH VICTIM IDENTIFIED; 7 IN HOSPITAL
(Local News ~ 05/25/01)
FRUITLAND, Mo. -- The person killed in a two-vehicle crash near Fruitland Wednesday was identified as a 19-year-old Fruitland woman. Seven people were injured in the accident and were in stable condition Thursday at a Cape Girardeau hospital. Jennifer Stiagmeyer of Fruitland was pronounced dead at the accident scene by Cape Girardeau County Coroner Mike Hurst. Stiagmeyer died of head injuries, Hurst said, although she was wearing a seat belt...
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MULE DAYS, YARD SALE, RITES SET
(Local News ~ 05/25/01)
The "Dizzy Bat" race is one of 15 events planned at Saturday's Heartland Mule Riders Club's "Mule Days" at Black Diamond Ranch near Jonesboro, Ill. "It's a fun race," said Gary Scott, club member and show coordinator along with his son, club president William Scott...
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CHRISTIAN TEEN CENTER NOW OPEN
(Local News ~ 05/25/01)
Rock music boomed, lights flashed, teen-agers played air hockey in a room illuminated with blacklights while elsewhere others played pool and basketball. A gift shop sold T-shirts and books like "Bad Girls of the Bible." This is Freedom Rock, a youth center and ministry that hopes to provide teens with a positive atmosphere to socialize in...
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DEFENDING STATE CHAMP ST. VINCENT WINS 2-0
(College Sports ~ 05/25/01)
HOLCOMB, Mo. -- The dynamic pitching duo of Derek Kutz and Tyler Wengert helped lead St. Vincent High School's baseball team to the Class 1A state championship last year. Thursday afternoon, the pair came up big again as the Indians stayed on course for a state title repeat with a 2-0 sectional victory over host Holcomb...
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JENKINS LEADS CHS CONTINGENT TO STATE
(High School Sports ~ 05/25/01)
There were two local track athletes with odds-on chances to place high at this weekend's Class 4A state meet in Jefferson City, Mo. One will be there; the other will not. At the 2000 state championship, Cape Girardeau Central scored 20 points, while Jackson had nine. Heather Jenkins produced 12 of Central's 20, while Mario Whitney accounted for all of Jackson's points...
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HORNETS FAIL TO ADVANCE
(High School Sports ~ 05/25/01)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Outstanding pitching and youthful exuberance proved to be a winning combination for the Ellington Whippets. The young, scrappy Whippets rallied for a 4-3 eight-inning win over the host Advance Hornets in a Class 1A sectional matchup Thursday afternoon...
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SIZZLING RED DEVILS SCORCH S. PEMISCOT WITH 10-2 WIN
(High School Sports ~ 05/25/01)
STEELE, Mo. -- It won't go down as one of Matt Stroup's most dominating performances. But it just might have been his most efficient. Stroup, the area's strikeout leader, threw six innings of three-hit shutout ball and needed only 69 pitches to do it as Chaffee (25-2) knocked off South Pemiscot 10-2 in a Class 2A sectional game Thursday...
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CAPE CENTRAL TANDEM TO TAKE COURT IN DOUBLES
(High School Sports ~ 05/25/01)
Cape Girardeau Central's doubles team of Trevor Blattner and Andy Tansil will look to make some noise on a big stage this weekend when the Class 4A state high school boys tennis tournament is held in Springfield, Mo. Play begins today and concludes Saturday at the Cooper Tennis Complex...
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SPORTS DIGEST; ARTEME WILL ATTEND NCAA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
(College Sports ~ 05/25/01)
Southeast Missouri State University track and cross country standout Amy Arteme is one of 300 student-athletes selected to participate in the fifth annual NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference May 28-June 1 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Arteme, a Kelly High School graduate, was the 1999 OVC cross country runner of the year as she won the conference title. She placed second in the 2000 OVC cross country meet and was also second in the 10,000-meters at the OVC outdoor track championships...
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ON AUTO RACING: WEST PLAINS GALA HIGHLIGHTS HOLIDAY WEEKEND
(High School Sports ~ 05/25/01)
Looking for the nation's biggest dirt-track race on Memorial Day Weekend? Go west, race fan. Several local late model competitors could be in the mix Saturday when the ninth annual Show-Me 100 caps three days of qualifying on the 3/8-mile clay oval track in West Plains, Mo. The event ranks as one of the nation's top-paying short-track events with a $35,000 winner's prize and serves as a tuneup for a dirt-track racing first: A $1-million-to-win show at Rossburg, Ohio, in two weeks...
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SIKESTON WINS SECTIONAL
(High School Sports ~ 05/25/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. --The Sikeston High School baseball team moved to within one victory of a berth in the Class 3A state semifinals as the Bulldogs defeated visiting Festus 8-1 in Thursday's sectional round. Sikeston (20-5) will have another home game Saturday, facing Sullivan (11-10-1) at 1 p.m. at VFW Stadium in the quarterfinals...
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RIVERDOGS READY TO LAUNCH THEIR THIRD CAMPAIGN TODAY
(High School Sports ~ 05/25/01)
The Riverdogs - Cape Girardeau's other' summer baseball team for players who have used up their American Legion eligibility -- will begin their third season today. While most baseball fans in Southeast Missouri know all about the tradition-rich Capahas, the Riverdogs are trying to carve out their own niche on the summer circuit...
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ETHEL STORY
(Obituary ~ 05/25/01)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Funeral for Ethel I. Story of Villa Ridge will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Pentecostal Church in Sandusky, Ill. The Rev. Clark Short will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery at Thebes, Ill. Friends may call at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., from 5-8 p.m. today, and at the church after 11:30 a.m. Saturday...
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MAUDE HODGES
(Obituary ~ 05/25/01)
ORAN, Mo. -- Maude Miller Hodges, 100, of Oran died at 2:45 a.m. Thursday, May 24, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 2, 1900, in Benton, Mo., daughter of the late Jesse and Maria Louise Cloar Miller. She and Carl Hodges were married Dec. 23, 1923. He preceded her in death Oct. 16, 1994...
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TOMMIE MCENTIRE
(Obituary ~ 05/25/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Tommie Joe McEntire, 70, of Charleston died Wednesday, May 23, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Jan. 2, 1931, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., son of Jess Jewell and Jewell Irene Holder McEntire. McEntire lived in Mississippi County most of his life, and was a member of Charleston Church of Christ...
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WILLIAM LAFOON
(Obituary ~ 05/25/01)
William D. LaFoon, 86, of Cairo, Ill., died Thursday, May 24, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo, Ill.
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CRAIG WINCHESTER
(Obituary ~ 05/25/01)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Craig Alan Winchester, 40, of Springfield, Mo., died Wednesday, May 23, 2001, at Cox Medical Center in Springfield. He was born Aug. 6, 1960, in Fairfield, Calif., son of the Rev. Bob and Mary Bond Winchester. Winchester was an artist, and a member of the Assembly of God Church...
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ROBERT MCCHRISTIAN
(Obituary ~ 05/25/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Robert E. McChristian, 87, of Cairo died Wednesday, May 23, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 25, 1913, in McCracken County, Ky., son of Charles and Emma Moss McChristian. McChristian retired as a machine operator with Coca-Cola Bottling Co. He was a member of First Christian Church...
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FRANCES STAFFORD
(Obituary ~ 05/25/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Funeral for Frances Hart Stafford of Nixa, Mo., will be held at 3 p.m. today at Rainey Funeral Home in Dexter. The Revs. Wayne Dismuke and Vaughn Wright will officiate. Burial will be in Dexter Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 p.m. until service time...
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PATSY KILLIAN
(Obituary ~ 05/25/01)
Patsy Lee Killian, 72, of Joplin, Mo., died Wednesday, May 23, 2001, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin. She was born Aug. 18, 1928, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of William and Gladys Poe Green. She and James H. Killian were married May 27, 1950, in Cape Girardeau. He died in November 1992...
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VERNA GURLEY
(Obituary ~ 05/25/01)
Verna I. Gurley, 85, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Wednesday, May 23, 2001, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Sept. 30, 1915, at Matthews, Mo., daughter of Barney and Grace St.Clair Dubois. She and Ralph Gurley were married June 24, 1938, at Charleston, Mo. He died July 29, 1984...
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DOROTHY BOTSCH
(Obituary ~ 05/25/01)
BERNIE, Mo. -- Dorothy Lee Quinn Botsch, 70, of rural Bernie died Wednesday, May 23, 2001, at her home. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. today at the Rainey Funeral Home in Bernie. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Rainey Chapel.
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JEANETTE ELMORE
(Obituary ~ 05/25/01)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- Jeanette G. Elmore, 77, of Belleville, Ill., formerly of Puxico, Mo., died Thursday, May 24, 2001, at Grand Court in Belleville. She was born Jan. 23, 1924, at Puxico, daughter of Clayton and Lucy "Pearl" Maddox Smith. She and Glendon Elmore were married. He preceded her in death...
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KOFI ANNAN, U.S. CRITIC AT LARGE
(Column ~ 05/25/01)
Critics of the United Nations are getting more ammunition each week to prove that this international body is not exactly an America-friendly entity. Ironically, the ammunition is coming directly from that hallowed organization itself. A few weeks ago, the United States -- the most humanitarian nation in world history -- was expelled from the U.N. Human Rights Commission mainly by countries specializing in human rights abuses...
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CAPE, JACKSON HAVE SPLENDID REPRESENTATION
(Editorial ~ 05/25/01)
Cape Girardeau and Jackson have a new goodwill ambassador, and he's perfect for the job. Ten-year-old Evan Henry, who lives in Jackson, was the winner of this year's St. Francis Medical Center Soap Box Derby organized by the Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau. In addition to a trophy almost as tall as he is, Evan will represent the area at the national Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, in July...
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MORAL TIDE IS REFLECTED IN NEW CENSUS FIGURES
(Editorial ~ 05/25/01)
It really hasn't been that many years since "living in sin" had a social connotation that served as a societal barrier to out-of-wedlock living arrangements. Those also were the days when babies born to unwed mothers didn't get listed in newspaper birth notices...
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