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Speakout 9/10
(Opinion ~ 09/10/04)
Why do the kids have to buy the regular lunch if they want the a la carte? That's the purpose of it to get the a la carte. My granddaughter spent $25 this week trying to get what she wanted to eat. We can't afford that kind of money. Something needs to be done and it needs to be done now...
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Buttrum wins Super Pro at drag strip
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
SIKESTON -- Mark Buttrum of Murphysboro, Ill., won the Super Pro division at the Sikeston Drag Strip on Saturday. Buttrum, with a dial-in of 5.08 seconds, had an elapsed time of 5.095 at 128.93 miles per hour with a reaction time of .504. Brian "BBQ" Bickings of Oran finished second with a dial-in of 7.10 and an E.T. of 7.129 at 94.35 mph with an R.T. of .566...
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Sikeston freshmen defeat Kennett
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
SIKESTON - The Sikeston ninth grade football team won its season opener on Thursday with a 22-6 victory against Kennett at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium. It wasn't a flawless performance, but first year junior high head coach Steve Bays was pleased with how the night went...
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Births (Published 9/10)
(Births ~ 09/10/04)
DEXTER - Victoria Best and James Pullum are the parents of their third child, second son, born at 12:39 p.m. Aug. 9, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Brayden James Pullum weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19 1/2-inches long. Maternal grandparents are Patricia Best and Larry Best...
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Remembrance lunch
(Local News ~ 09/10/04)
Sikeston Department of Public Safety D.A.R.E. officer Keith Hente talks to kindergarten students at the center Thursday during lunch. The Sikeston DPS and Miner police and fire departments were invited to the school for an 9/11 remembrance lunch.
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Combines lead to bigger yields
(Local News ~ 09/10/04)
SIKESTON -- Corn harvest is in full swing with several farmers reaping the benefits of the latest technology. Sitting inside the cab of his combine, Scott County farmer Tim Essner glances at a monitor and automatically he can see how many acres he has covered, how moist the grain is and whether or not his combine is running at its full capacity...
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Preparing for Pet Fest
(Local News ~ 09/10/04)
Rebecca Steward, Bootheel Humane Society board member, prepares a table decoration Thursday for their "Pet Fest." The event will be held at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds Sponsors Building starting at 10 a.m. Saturday. Several activities for family are planned during the day and bands from throughout the area perform. In observation of Patriot Day the event will recognize veterans and those currently serving in the military...
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Bridge work will continue in county
(Local News ~ 09/10/04)
CHARLESTON - Conservation agents may cry fowl, but bridge construction must go on. Mississippi County commissioners agreed during their regular meeting Thursday to proceed on the replacement of the Four Mile Pond Bridge on County Road 518 as proposed by the project's engineers, Smith and Company of Poplar Bluff...
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SHS, Charleston set for 119th meeting
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
CHARLESTON - For seven years the Sikeston Bulldogs have had bragging rights on Charleston in the oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi River. Judging by what transpired last week, Saturday afternoon's 1:30 p.m. game at Marshall Stadium may be Charleston's best chance of snapping the streak...
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Kelly bounces back against Jackson; Sikeston routs E.P.
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
JACKSON -- The Lady Hawks of Kelly exploded for four sixth-inning runs in a 5-1 win over Jackson on Thursday. A RBI single by Rachel Kline broke a 1-1 tie and sent Kelly up 2-1, then a bases loaded triple by Mindy Robert plated three insurance runs...
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Credit card problem discussed
(Local News ~ 09/10/04)
CHARLESTON - Road trips will be cash-only ventures for Mississippi County Detention Center staff from now on. "We have a credit card problem," Presiding Commissioner Jim Blumenberg said during Thursday's regular County Commission meeting. The latest statement for the credit card used by jail staff during the transportation of prisoners included $32 in finance charges indicating a balance of nearly $2,000 has been carried...
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Denver Graham
(Obituary ~ 09/10/04)
SIKESTON - Denver E. Graham, 86, died Sept. 10, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Blanchard Funeral Chapel.
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Audrella Kirby
(Obituary ~ 09/10/04)
EAST PRAIRIE - Audrella Huff Kirby, 67, died at 4:16 p.m. Sept. 9, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 24, 1937, in Dorena, daughter of the late Eddie Watson and Inar Davis Busby, she was a lifelong resident of East Prairie, where she was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church...
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Golf glance: Bootheel Golf Club
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
LEAGUE RESULTS: Sunday Points Game (9-6) First place team: John Owen, Kenny Woodard, Bob Andrews Second place team: Larry Davidson, Aaron Moore Third place team: Dave Huntsman Tuesday Senior League: First place team: White, Hunter, Holliss (57) Second place team: Baldwin, Keck, Margrabe, Gilmer (62)...
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Sikeston, Charleston netters post impressive wins
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
SIKESTON -- The Sikeston girls tennis team avenged a loss early in the week to Jackson with a 6-3 victory against the Lady Indians on Thursday. "The girls played better today," said Sikeston coach Lynne DeWitt. "This is what we want to see. We made some adjustments and improvements over Tuesday's match."...
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Your view: Firing back
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/10/04)
Standards for accuracy in letters offered to a newspaper are either non-existent or ignored, from what I can see over the last few weeks. Possibly they misspeak as a result of honest confusion. A letter offered to the Standard Democrat last week is a good example of this...
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Looking Back 9/10
(History ~ 09/10/04)
SIKESTON - Somewhere in New Guinea, August 1944, Lt. William Sidwell of Sikeston, was married at a native village in New Guinea, to Winifred Easterby, an American Red Cross worker from Hartford, Conn., in what may well have been one of the war's most unique weddings...
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Sikeston soccer falls in double overtime
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/04)
SIKESTON - The Sikeston soccer team dropped a tough game against Notre Dame, falling 1-0 in double overtime. Notre Dame finally broke the shutout with a goal by Elliott Vance at the 96th minute. Vance was able to pick up a deflected cross by Jason Delgado from 20 yards out and sent the game-winning kick into the net on what Sikeston coach Derrick Long called "a great shot."...
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