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Greinke roughed up in Royals lost to Toronto

June 5, 2009 By

Zack Greinke gave up his first two home runs of the season as the Royals lost their eighth in a row, 9-3, to the Blue Jays on Friday night. Lyle Overbay’s homer in the second inning ended Greinke’s string of 111 consecutive innings without allowing a home run.

Adam Lind hit a homer in the fifth, both were solo shots.  Greinke (8-2) allowed seven runs. five earned in five innings as he gave up nine hits and a one walk while only striking out three. 

Jays starter Ricky Romero (3-2) gave up three runs on five hits.  All three runs came on back to homers in the seventh.  First Jose Guillen hit a two run shot and Mike Jacobs followed with a solo blast. 

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Johnson Shut-ins mostly reopening tomorrow

June 5, 2009 By

A big chunk of Johnson Shut-ins State Park reopens tomorrow, more than three years after the Taum Sauk Reservoir flood devastated the park. Acting state parks director Dan Page says much of the visitors’ area is ready to go. Page calls it a "partial opening." The campgrounds and the visitors’ center will reopen later.

The main valley reopens with a new board walk to the Shut-ins, a new picnic area along the east fork of the Black River, and greater use of the valley.

No special ceremonies are planned—-but a big crowd is expected.

The park was devastated when the Taum Sauk Reservoir collapsed in December, 2005, releasing more than one-billion gallons of water that scoured the park, destroying buildings and clogging waterways with debris.

AmerenUE, owners of the reservoir, eventually agreed to a $180-million settlement. More than $50-million of those dollars went to carry out the park’s master redevelopment plan.

The ark will be open 8 a.m.-7 p.m. daily.

Uplink Bob Priddy’s interview with Dan Page (6:57 mp3)

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Court upholds Valley Park immigration law

June 5, 2009 By

A Valley Park ordinance ( Gray v. Valley Park, Missouri ) aimed at cracking down on businesses hiring illegal immigrants has been upheld by a three judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. In a 3-0 ruling, the court affirmed a district court ruling affirming that the St. Louis suburb had the right to enact such a law.

University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School Professor Chris Kobach, lead counsel for the Immigration Reform Law Institute, represented Valley Park. Kobach believes says this is an important legal decision.

"We now have an affirmation of the lower court decision that the Valley Park ordinance is completely legal and constitutional," said Kobach in an interview with the Missourinet. "And it has consequences both for the state of Missouri and nationwide."

Valley Park’s ordinance requires businesses to use a federal worker verification program known as E-Verify to maintain business licenses, a component of the state law.

"Missouri’s omnibus immigration bill, that was passed in 2008, includes employment provisions that are very similar – nearly identical in some sections – to the Valley Park ordinance," said Kobach. "Indeed, the Missouri bill was based, in some sections, on the Valley Park ordinance. And so now that the Valley Park case is over and the city is victorious, now the State of Missouri is on unassailable legal grounds in moving ahead – which it already has done – but moving ahead with the law."

The impact of this decision to any community or state, anywhere in the country, is that such laws are legal and constitutional.

"This decision affirms the order of the district court below, and that order holds that a city is within its rights – and a county or a state is also within its rights – to prevent the employers of illegal aliens, the employers of unauthorized aliens, from retaining their businesses licenses."

The American Civil Liberties Union and others that took Valley Park to court have the option of appealing this ruling to the entire Eighth Circuit Court or directly to the United States Supreme Court.

Download/Listen: Steve Walsh interviews Attorney Chris Kobach (6:30 MP3)

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Talent winners chosen in Miss Missouri Pageant

June 5, 2009 By

Two winners have been named from the second night of preliminary competition at the Miss Missouri pageant in Mexico.

Sydney Friar, Miss Springfield, won the talent competition performing a vocal sommererfriar.JPG presentation "Hit Me with Your Best Shot."

Paige Sommerer, Miss Columbia, won the rookie talent award for a first-year contestant. She sang "I Could Have Danced All Night."

Winners from the first round of the preliminary talent competition included Miss Jackson Mary Bauer the rookie award winner for singing "Loving Angels," and Miss Metro St. Louis Kari Gai, who wowed judges with her tap dance routine to the 1930s swing hit "This Joint Is Jumping."

Today, contestants will participate in the swimsuit competition.

The Miss Missouri Scholarship Pageant concludes Saturday, with the announcement of the Miss Missouri 2009, when Lacey Fitzgerald (Miss Gateway to the West) will hand off the crown.

Lindsay Casmear, Miss Missouri 2005, is emcee of the event.

Photo (from left) Sommerer and Friar.

View all of the contestants in this year’s competition .

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Carpenter, Pujols lead Cardinals

June 5, 2009 By

6-5 Carp.jpg Two days ago it was guys like Brad Thompson and Nick Stavinoha who stepped up for the Cardinals.  Thursday night it was the team leaders who came up big in the 3-1 win over the Reds.

First, I’ll start with Chris Carpenter.  He went the distance giving up just one run on three hits.  He kept the ball down and his off speed pitches were just nasty.  The one run came on a home run from Laynce Nix.  Where did this guy come from?  He knocked the Cardinals around this series.  He was 6 for 13 with three homers and eight runs driven in.

Carpenter is 4-0 with a 0.71 ERA.  He got his offensive support from Albert Pujols who waiting for Aaron Harang to come right at the Cardinal hitters.  Pujols doubled in a run in the sixth to put the Cards up 3-0 after he gave them the lead in the third with his 17th home run of the season.

LaRussa, Pujols, and Carp comment on last night’s pitching gem.

The Cardinals get set for a weekend series with last place Colorado.  They’ve made some roster moves that will affect the pitching staff.  First, Kyle Lohse was placed on the disabled list with Brad Thompson taking his spot in the rotation.  Put any trade possibilities on hold until Lohse comes back.  St. Louis called up pitcher Jess Todd and designated Blaine Boyer for assignment.  Plus good new from Joel Pineiro. He showed no signs of back issues in his bullpen session.  He’ll start on Sunday.

Listen to Cardinals postgame

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