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Email from Missouri higher ed commissioner about Southeast's plan to offer new degrees
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
The following is the text of an email sent by Robert B. Stein, Missouri's Commissioner of Higher Education, to the presidents and chancellors of higher education institutions in the state concerning Southeast Missouri State University's plan to offer associate of arts degrees at its satellite campuses....
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Number of state workers down by 2,200
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
Despite the biggest contraction of state spending in modern history, so far it appears that many state facilities in Southeast Missouri will continue to operate at or near staffing levels of the past year. In the state budget awaiting action by Gov. ...
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Arab-American crowned 2010 Miss USA; some critics snipe about win
(Entertainment ~ 05/18/10)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant knows how to make headlines. Arab-Americans rejoiced Monday over the crowning of raven-haired beauty Rima Fakih, a 24-year-old Lebanese immigrant from Michigan, calling it a victory for diversity in the U.S., especially at a time when Arabs suffer from negative stereotypes in this country...
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Might be a good year for Peaches
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/18/10)
Our little calico, waiting for the peaches to ripen. Or perhaps keeping and eye out for a juicy bird looking for lunch. Looks like it's going to be a great year for Peaches!
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Cape officials plan June 3 public meeting with casino developers
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will meet in early June with interested casino developers to hear plans and ask questions about how well they will fit into the community. The meeting, which will be open to the public, is set for 6:30 p.m. June 3 at the Osage Community Centre, city manager Scott Meyer said during the council work session. The forum will be a council work session, with council members and city staff asking questions while the public watches...
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The Parker Perspective on Limiting Government
(Submitted Story ~ 05/18/10)
The Parker Perspective... ...on limiting government Our leaders in Washington DC have consolidated power well beyond Constitutional limits and have shown themselves to be corrupt, inept, inefficient and ineffective in dealing with America's problems. ...
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March of Dimes Walk
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/18/10)
Southeast Missouri Hospital team members participated in the March of Dimes Walk on May 1 in Cape Girardeau. From left to right, front row: Pam Price, CRNA, and daughter Ella; Kathy Lambdin, RN; and Joyce Clark, RN. Back row: Julie Schott, RN; Emily Shanks, RN; Glenda Glasco, RN; Susan Stroder, RN; Kala Groves, RN, and son Ethan; Nancy Winchester, OB Tech; and John Heise and Jane Heise, RN...
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Worley named readiness NCO for Cape unit
(Submitted Story ~ 05/18/10)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Sgt. 1st Class John Worley has taken a position as readiness noncommissioned officer for the Missouri National Guard at the 1140th Engineer Battalion's Forward Support Company. The 35-year-old Benton resident has 18 years of military service, most recently as the readiness NCO for the 880th Engineer Haul Team in Perryville...
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Cape pool bathhouse may be replaced rather than revamped
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
City parks director Dan Muser's ideas for revamping the bathhouse at Central Municipal Pool took a beating Monday from the Cape Girardeau City Council. The council on Monday approved two contracts for upgrades at the pool. One is for $378,683 with Arizon Structures Worldwide LLC to replace the air-inflated bubble roof that allows the pool to be used during cold months...
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Jateff graduates from Missouri S&T
(Submitted Story ~ 05/18/10)
Lindsey Marie Jateff of Cape Girardeau, MO recently graduated from Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri with a degree in Ceramic Engineering and minor in Materials Science. Lindsey is a graduate of Central High School in Cape Girardeau, and the daughter of Bruce and Jana Jateff of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Heidi May
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/18/10)
Heidi's favorite activity is pushing the "big ball" around the yard as if it were a sheep. Her other past-time is posing perfectly for pictures.
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Crowd comments on Cape School Board president's appearance in Notre Dame ad
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
A debate over public and private schools was held Monday night during the Cape Girardeau School Board meeting after an audience of several dozen people gathered to comment on the board president's appearance in an ad for Notre Dame Regional High School...
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Evolution of "the pill": America's favorite birth control method turns 50
(Health ~ 05/18/10)
CHICAGO -- A world without "the pill" is unimaginable to many young women who now use it to treat acne, skip periods, improve mood and, of course, prevent pregnancy. They might be surprised to learn that U.S. officials announcing approval of the world's first oral contraceptive were uncomfortable...
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Jackson baseball ousts top-seed Festus
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/10)
The Class 4 District 1 baseball tournament again was turned upside down Monday as Jackson knocked off top-seeded Festus 6-3 at Strenfel Memorial Field.
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Graduation safety
(Editorial ~ 05/18/10)
Several high school commencements have already been held across Southeast Missouri, and others are scheduled over the next few days. With these special milestones come parties, as befits the occasion. For most, these after-graduation parties will create even more good memories that will last a lifetime...
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Speak Out 5/18/10
(Speak Out ~ 05/18/10)
ON Jan, 22, 2009, President Obama signed an executive order that decreed "the detention facilities at Guantanamo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable, and no later than one year from the date of this order." His self-imposed deadline passed four months ago. Where's the outcry from the media, the liberal elite and those supposed compassionate humanitarians?...
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Prayer 5/18/10
(Prayer ~ 05/18/10)
Look with favor, O God, on all our efforts to help others in need. Amen.
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Study: Cell phone-brain cancer link inconclusive
(Health ~ 05/18/10)
GENEVA -- Cell phone users worried about getting brain cancer aren't off the hook yet. A major international study into the link between cell phone use and two types of brain cancer has proved inconclusive, according to a report due to be published in a medical journal today...
- Contest to kick off 10th annual ArtsCape on Saturday (Local News ~ 05/18/10)
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Mo. lawmakers balk at canceling two state holidays; Nixon axes third
(State News ~ 05/18/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers have saved two state holidays, but Gov. Jay Nixon still plans to keep state government operating on the day after Thanksgiving. Nixon had proposed canceling state holidays for the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman and the Friday after Thanksgiving. Lawmakers did not approve a bill needed to revoke the presidents' holiday. But Nixon still plans to use his executive authority to cancel the day off on the Friday after Thanksgiving...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/18/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/18/10)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs Arrests Summonses Assaults Thefts Property damage Miscellaneous...
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Charles Foster
(Obituary ~ 05/18/10)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Charles Kenneth Foster, 74, of Bell City passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Mo. He was born Nov. 7, 1935, at Bell City, son of Jesse and Jessie Wheeler Foster. Kenny was a retired farm er. He was of the Methodist belief...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/18/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/18/10)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Rev. Louis Derbes
(Obituary ~ 05/18/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Rev. Louis Joseph Derbes, CM, 86, of Perryville died Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Apostle of Charity Residence on the campus of St. Mary's of the Barrens in Perryville. He was born in New Orleans on Jan. 21, 1924, son of the late Charles J. and Carmen Marie Louise Antonini Derbes...
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Elizabeth Reddin
(Obituary ~ 05/18/10)
Elizabeth Ann Reddin, 49, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 9, 2010, at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital in St. Peters, Mo. She was born April 26, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, to the late Narvel and Mary Lou Nelson Reddin. Reddin attended True Vine Ministries in Cape Girardeau and was a member of Someone's Treasure Club House in Cape Girardeau...
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Rebecca Jackson
(Obituary ~ 05/18/10)
LILBOURN, Mo. -- Rebecca L. "Becky" Jackson, 49, of Lilbourn passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010, at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid, Mo. She was born March 3, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, to Jack Pierce of Jefferson City, Mo., and Linda Goodrum Jones of Jackson. She and Jerry L. Jackson were married Jan. 30, 1981...
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Births 5/18/10
(Births ~ 05/18/10)
Son to James Edgar and Tara Lucille Griggs of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:44 p.m. Monday, May 10, 2010. Name, Logan James Christian. Weight, 9 pounds. Second son. Mrs. Griggs is the former Tara Toellner, daughter of Alan and Marcia Toellner of Bunceton, Mo. Griggs is the son of Jimmie and Nelda Griggs of Silva, Mo. He is assistant park superintendent at Trail of Tears State Park...
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Sibyl Odette
(Obituary ~ 05/18/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Sibyl Odette, 91, of Carbondale, Ill., formerly of Anna, died Saturday, May 15, 2010, at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Ill. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. today at Jonesboro Cemetery, with the Rev. Joe Aldridge officiating...
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Jackson police report 5/18/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/18/10)
Jackson The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Theft Burglary Miscellaneous FIRE Jackson Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Out of the past 5/18/10
(Out of the Past ~ 05/18/10)
About 250 friends and relatives turned out last night for a banquet honoring Rush H. Limbaugh, 93-year-old Cape Girardeau lawyer and civic leader; the event was organized by the Cape Girardeau Rotary Club, of which Limbaugh is a member. Wet Gene's Waterslide, west of Cape Girardeau on U.S. 61, is under new management; Roger Poythress has been named to manage the facility; it will open Memorial Day weekend for the summer season...
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Pioneer breaks ground on new Southeast Missouri plant
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
NEW MADRID, Mo. (AP) -- Pioneer Hi-Bred is building a new $55 million soybean seed production plant in Southeast Missouri. Company officials were joined by Gov. Jay Nixon at a groundbreaking ceremony Monday in New Madrid County. The new plant is on 129 acres and is expected to employ about 50 people once it is fully operational. The plant is expected to begin operation in the fall of 2011...
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Cape County Commission looks into property title issue
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
During its meeting Monday the Cape Girardeau County Commission briefly discussed an issue concerning the SB40 Board, which distributes special tax levies passed to benefit people with developmental disabilities. The board hopes to determine why the titles of various properties were never transferred to Cape Girardeau County...
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Chaffee calls all Dooleys in win
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/10)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Brian Horrell hoped to keep Andrew Dooley off the mound Monday. Chaffee's baseball coach went with Daniel Dooley, Andrew's little brother, to pitch the seventh inning in the Red Devils' Class 1 District 2 opener against Advance...
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Gretchen Wilson now slated to play Sikeston rodeo
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- There has been a change in the entertainment lineup for this year's Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Gretchen Wilson will take the stage Aug. 14, the Jaycees announced. James Otto canceled his Aug. 14 appearance in Sikeston earlier this week because he joined a national tour.
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Oran's big second inning dooms Delta
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/10)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- After scoring three runs in its first two at-bats against Oran, the Delta baseball team appeared to be cruising smoothly in its Class 1 District 2 quarterfinal Monday. "We came out and I was excited. We hit the ball, put the ball in play and were right there," Delta coach Justin Simpher said. "Then the wheels fell off, and when they did, there wasn't no stopping it."...
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Cubs survive dramatic, error-filled game
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/10)
Bell City needed eight innings to oust SCC 9-7 in the first round of district play
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Bulldogs one shot out of second in Class 3
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/10)
Notre Dame was in sixth place after the first round of the state tournament
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Carpenter battles more than iffy fastball
(Professional Sports ~ 05/18/10)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter has flashed a nasty temper in recent starts. It might be related to season-long problems with his fastball. The reigning NL ERA champion took his first loss of the season last week. Right after a verbal clash with the Astros' Carlos Lee, he surrendered a three-run home run to Hunter Pence. Carpenter said he simply hung a cutter...
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High school roundup: State champs Essner, Backfisch return to Jeff City
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/10)
All the area high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Eldora Ogborn
(Obituary ~ 05/18/10)
Eldora Grace Pecord Ogborn, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 17, 2010, at the Lutheran Home. Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Paul Hay
(Obituary ~ 05/18/10)
CAIRO, Ill. — Paul Hay, 64, of Cairo died Monday, May 17, 2010, at the Pilot House. Crain Funeral Home in Anna, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.
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Kevin Renfrow
(Obituary ~ 05/18/10)
Kevin Alan Renfrow, 52, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 16, 2010, at the home of a friend in Jackson. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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June Garmon
(Obituary ~ 05/18/10)
June Louise Garmon, 86, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010, at the Lutheran Home. Burial will be at a later date in Morgan Memorial Park in Advance, Mo.
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Highway 34 in Bollinger County reduced for repairs
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
Highway 34 in Bollinger County will continue to be reduced to one lane while Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform drainage repairs between Highway 51 and County Road 402. Weather permitting, the work will take place from 8 a.m. to 4: 30 p.m. today...
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Route PP In Stoddard County closed for repairs
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
Route PP in Stoddard County will be closed while Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a drainage pipe beneath the roadway between County Road 271 and County Road 278. Weather permitting, the work will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today...
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GM turns quarterly profit for first time in three years
(National News ~ 05/18/10)
DETROIT -- General Motors Co. rode expense cuts from its bankruptcy and strong sales of redesigned models to its first quarterly net income in nearly three years, drawing the company closer to a stock offering that would repay at least part of its government aid...
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La Russa shuffles Cards in win over Nationals
(Professional Sports ~ 05/18/10)
ST. LOUIS -- Moving Albert Pujols to fourth in the lineup helped the St. Louis Cardinals clean up. The NL MVP had three hits and a walk and helped fuel a four-run first inning from the cleanup spot in the St. Louis Cardinals' 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday night...
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Trinity Lutheran School
(Honor Roll ~ 05/18/10)
Trinity Lutheran School A Honor Roll 5th grade: Tessa Allee, Andrew Aufdenberg, Nathan Aufdenberg, Emily Buerck, Ben Daniel, Natalie Grimm, Emily Killen, Hayden Moll, Katie Richmond, Elizabeth Ustinova, Josh Varnon, Emily Weber, Drew Zieba. 6th grade: Madison Brune, Alaina Childers, Julia Cochrane, Tess Daniel, Ali Galemmo, Trent Waltz, Raegan Wieser...
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Jackson aldermen OK modifications to new stadium
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
Permanent restrooms and a paved parking lot are the new features Whitey Herzog Stadium is expected to take on throughout the next few years. During its meeting Monday, the Jackson Board of Aldermen unanimously approved modifications to a special use permit that will increase parking from 38 to 118 spaces and add permanent restroom facilities. The gravel parking lot must be paved by April 2014 while the restroom facilities must be completed by April 2013...
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Cape man who led officers on chase sentenced to prison
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
A Cape Girardeau man who led police officers on a car chase through the city April 13 was sentenced to prison Monday on two felony charges related to the incident. Circuit Court Judge William L. Syler sentenced Jimmy A. Maglone, 30, to 10 years for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and four years for resisting arrest on a lawful traffic stop. Maglone pleaded guilty to the charges Monday and waived a presentence investigation...
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Forecasters watching rivers closely after recent rains
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
ST. LOUIS -- Several Midwestern rivers are at or near their crests after the latest round of spring storms, but with more rain in the forecast, flood-watchers aren't ready to relax just yet. Heavy rain fell last week and through the weekend, causing the Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Meramec, Grand, Fabius and other rivers to rise. Missouri was hardest hit, but other states in the nation's midsection were seeing mostly minor flooding...
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Country star Miranda Lambert to play Poplar Bluff on Saturday
(Local News ~ 05/18/10)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Platinum recording artist Miranda Lambert, the only solo woman to win album of the year through the Academy of Country Music Awards with two consecutive releases, is making her return to Poplar Bluff, and event promoters anticipate a sell-out performance.
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Missouri launches new university center in KC area
(State News ~ 05/18/10)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- University of Missouri officials are turning their attention to the Kansas City area with an open house for the new "Mizzou Center" in Blue Springs. The event was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in leased quarters in the Kansas City suburb. The rented office space is the first step toward a center that will include university research and economic development offices...
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