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APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR SPRING FLING CRAFT SHOW
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
MALDEN -- Applications are now available for the Nashakola Ladies Organization's Spring Fling Craft Show March 23 and 24 at the Malden Community Center. Anyone interested in exhibiting and selling hand-made crafts should apply. No flea market or commercial booths will be accepted. Booths will fill on a first-come first-served basis...
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THREE AREA ARTISTS TO BE FEATURED IN ST. LOUIS SHOW
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Works by three area artists will be included in the "Life in Missouri 1991" exhibit, a collection of works by Missouri women artists. The exhibit will run March 1-29 at St. Louis University. Displaying photographs in the exhibit are Cape Girardeau artists Jan Chamberlain and Martha McBride. Displaying an oil painting is Margaret Sorell of Poplar Bluff...
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PADUCAH SHOW SEEKS ENTRIES
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
PADUCAH, Ky. The Woman's Club of Paducah is seeking entries for their 56th annual art show. The show will be exhibited April 20-May 4 in City Hall as part of the Dogwood Celebration and the American Quilter's Society Convention and Quilt Show. Competition is open to artists in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee...
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ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY RELEASES ALBUM
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
ST. LOUIS The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced the release of "The American Album," conducted by Leonard Slatkin. The album features works by Copeland, Gould and Ives, as well as the National Anthem and "America the Beautiful." "Now is the perfect time to reacquaint ourselves with American music," said Slatkin, music director and orchestra conductor. ...
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BRUSH UP ON THE ARTS; SEMO COUNCIL ON THE ARTS DECLARES MARCH AS ARTS AWARENESS MONTH
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
The month of March is going to be a busy one for fans of the arts. It has been proclaimed "Arts Awareness Month" by the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts and the city of Cape Girardeau. As a result, never before have so many art shows, theater performances and craft workshops been offered in the span of just 30 days...
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PEER PRESSURE SUBJECT OF FRIDAY PERFORMANCE
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- "Zoomer's Rap Band," a play about ways to handle peer pressure, will be performed Friday at the Forrest H. Rose Theatre on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. The free performance begins at 7 p.m. and is open to the public...
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YOLANDA KING WILL PRESENT LECTURE FOCUSING ON HUMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Yolanda King, the daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will present a lecture Monday at 7 p.m. at the Show Me Center. The lecture is open to the public. Admission is $1 for students and $2 for all others. Born in Montgomery, Ala., King has been in the midst of the struggle for human rights throughout her life. She has participated in numerous civil and human rights demonstrations and has spoken before countless religious, educational, civic and human rights groups...
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BUTLER COUNTY GOP PLANS LINCOLN DAY EVENT
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
POPLAR BLUFF - Last year's first Poplar Bluff Lincoln Day rally was such a success, according to the Butler County Republican Central Committee and the Young Republicans, that they're going to have another one this year. Featured speakers will be U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, along with two Missouri gubernatorial hopefuls, Treasurer Wendell Bailey and Attorney General William Webster, said Matt Henson, president of the Young Republicans...
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COUNTIES WATCHING LEGISLATION
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
JACKSON - Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney Miller is keeping a close watch on legislation being considered this year that will have an impact on county governments. He is doing so in his role as president of the Missouri County Clerks Association and as past president and a current board member of the Missouri Association of Counties,...
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SEWERS GET TOP BILLING IN CITY PLAN
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The city would spend more than $37 million on capital improvements projects over the next five fiscal years under a plan proposed by the city staff. The $37,275,192 capital-improvements budget proposal to be considered by the City Council in a special study session March 11 is nearly $13 million more than the five-year program approved last year...
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COUNTY PREPARES AMBULANCE CONTRACT BIDS
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
JACKSON - The Cape Girardeau County Commission will meet today with attorney Mike Price to begin reviewing specifications that will be used for bidding the county's ambulance contract. The county has never bid the contract since it began providing a subsidy for emergency ambulance service in 1967, after funeral homes began getting out of the business...
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SEVERAL HIGHWAY, BRIDGE PROJECTS PLANNED
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Missouri Highway and Transportation Department plans to spend over $8 million on bridge and highway construction and traffic-safety improvements in the Cape Girardeau area during the next two years. Another $4.4 million worth of repairs and improvements also is planned in other parts of Southeast Missouri...
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AT HOME, TROOPS' LOVED ONES FEEL ANXIETY
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Wednesday's announcement by President Bush that there would be a cease-fire in the Persian Gulf War, and that the 42-day-old conflict is in its final hours, was welcomed news for area residents with loved ones involved in Operation Desert Storm...
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GULF MAILBAG
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
S. SGT. RANDY G. KIPLINGER U.S. AIR FORCE Sgt. Ki;linger is the son of Neely and Edna McCulley of Scott City and the late Mitchell Kiplinger. He graduated from Scott City High School in 1979, where he played football and was on the wrestling team. He joined the Air Force in 1980...
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WEST PARK MALL TO HOLD WEEKEND GALA FOR ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Lerner's Shops was one of the first 43 retail shops to open in West Park Mall a decade ago. The women's fashion-apparel shop will more than double its current 5,000 square feet of space in the near future. "Lerner's and mall officials are in the final stages of negotiating a contract for two additional spaces," said Elizabeth Chastain, marketing director and assistant manager at West Park Mall. ...
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CLOSED-CIRCUIT BOXING RETURNS TO SHOW ME CENTER MARCH 18
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Closed-circuit boxing returns to the Show Me Center March 18 when Mike Tyson meets Donovan "Razar" Ruddock live from Mirage Casino and Resort in Las Vegas. The exclusive Southeast Missouri-area closed-circuit presentation begins at 8 p.m. with a pre-fight program...
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RECORD-KEEPER: SCOTT CITY MAN TENDS TO IRAQI PRISONERS OF WAR
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
SCOTT CITY -- A Scott City serviceman who has been in Saudi Arabia since mid-January is doing his part in handling the thousands of Iraqi prisoners of war who have surrendered to U.S. forces. Randy Zimmerman, an Army 2nd lieutenant, is in charge of records at one of the enemy prisoner of war camps in the Saudi Arabian desert...
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CITY POLICE TO BE GIVEN LESSONS ON DEFENSIVE DRIVING
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Defensive driving is being made a required course for Cape Girardeau Police officers. "The idea is to prevent officers in our department from having accidents," said Cape Police Sgt. Carl Kinnison. "It lets them know their own ability, number one; plus the ability of the automobile that they drive."...
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HENRY L. HURST
(Obituary ~ 02/28/91)
CHAFFEE -- Henry L. Hurst, of Route 2, Chaffee, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee.
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FLORENCE E. BOYT
(Obituary ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Mrs. Florence E. Boyt, 727 Bellevue, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Revs. Wallace Brown and Larry Long will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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JOE E. WOODEY
(Obituary ~ 02/28/91)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Joe Elmer Woodey of New Madrid will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Raymond Britt will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Jerry Dudley. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...
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FRANK D. BEUSSINK
(Obituary ~ 02/28/91)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Frank D. Beussink of Farmington was held Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. The Rev. John Bolderson officiated, with burial in New Calvary Cemetery. Cozean Funeral Home of Farmington was in charge of arrangements. Beussink, 51 years old, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 1991, at his home...
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ALBERT B. FIEDLER
(Obituary ~ 02/28/91)
ALTENBURG -- Funeral service for Albert B. Fiedler of Altenburg will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev. Willard Kassulke will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons East Perry Chapel after 4:30 p.m. Friday...
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MARILYN STEVENSON
(Obituary ~ 02/28/91)
THEBES, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mrs. Marilyn Stevenson of Thebes will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Crain Funeral Chapel in Tamms. The Rev. Carl D. Fisher will officiate, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery at Thebes. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...
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ZETTIE B. HAMPTON
(Obituary ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Mrs. Zettie Bell Hampton, 417 S. Fountain, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Bethel Baptist Church. The Rev. Johnny Thomas will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 6-9 p.m. Friday...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/28/91)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Sargent of Sikeston, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:58 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, 1991. Name, Emily Jones. Weight, 6 pounds 4 ounces. Fourth daughter. Mrs. Sargent is the former Janeane Jones, daughter of Merlin and Margene Jones of Las Vegas, Nev. Sargent is employed at Waters and Associates, and is the son of Dr. John and Edna Sargent of Sikeston...
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CLOLA MAE FANN
(Obituary ~ 02/28/91)
JACKSON -- Clola Mae Fann, 75, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1991 at her daughter's home in Jackson. She was born April 14, 1915, in Millersville to John Calvin Pulliam and Frona Looney Pulliam. In 1943, she married Charlie Floyd Fann. He proceeded her in death July 6, 1982...
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EVELYN SCHNEIDER
(Obituary ~ 02/28/91)
LUTESVILLE -- Funeral service for Mrs. Evelyn Schneider of Athens, Ga., will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Liley Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Charles Whittom will officiate, with burial in Hahn Chapel Cemetery near here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...
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LEABERN HOPKINS
(Obituary ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Leabern Hopkins of Herrin, Ill., was held Tuesday at Johnson Funeral Home in Herrin. Burial was in Wolf Creek Cemetery there. Hopkins, 63 years old, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 1991, at Herrin Hospital. He was born Dec. 24, 1927, son of Hersel and Maggie Hopkins...
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EVENTS SET AT COUNSELING CENTER
(Local News ~ 02/28/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Community Counseling Center will present a series of classes and lectures beginning in March. Three classes will be offered during March and April: active parenting, assertiveness training and active parenting of teens. Classes will meet once a week for five weeks and will cost $30 for an individual or $50 for a couple...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 02/28/91)
I WOULD LIKE to commend Dennis Stockard and staff for their excellence in reopening the N'Orleans Restaurant. I was there last Saturday night and it was better than ever. Cape Girardeau is so fortunate to have this elegant, historic restaurant. I would also like to mention how nice it was to see all the N'Orleans people back. Thank you...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 02/28/91)
I JUST WANTED to comment about the Sunday, Feb. 24, newspaper and the testimony on the front page by Mrs. Low. I just wanted you to know it was really nice to pick up the newspaper and read a real touching story like that and see the face that Mrs. Low has. It was really nice. Thank you...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 02/28/91)
First-month lobbyist reports show some legislators received as much as $200 in free meals in a 30-day period. All that rich food in Jefferson City is giving Missourians a bad case of indigestion. --- We find it strange that no one in Missouri's 170-year history ever thought until this year to ask the question: Who audits the state auditor?...
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WAR WAS SHORT BUT LET'S HOPE THAT PEACE IS LONG
(Editorial ~ 02/28/91)
Six weeks ago today, our editorial started this way: So, it is war. Now, by the grace of God, it is not. Peace sounds no sweeter than the moment the shooting stops. Forty-two days after announcing to Americans that his armed forces had joined those of other nations to battle Saddam Hussein, President Bush issued orders Wednesday night to stop the shooting. The just cause had a just result. The aggressor had been turned back; Iraq was evicted from Kuwait...
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