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CHAFFEE CLINIC BUSY; FIRST DAY WITH NEW NAME
(Local News ~ 04/23/91)
CHAFFEE -- The North Scott Medical Center, formerly Chaffee General Hospital, began operation of a full-time clinic Monday. The clinic, called MedNow, will be open on an out-patient basis from noon to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. The center's administrator, Cindy Mix, said the clinic will fill a growing need for out-patient medical care in Chaffee and its surrounding communities...
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MISSOURI TAKES THE LEAD IN OVERSEEING I-66 STUDY
(Local News ~ 04/23/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - When consulting firms are asked this spring to outline their interest in conducting a feasibility study for a proposed east-west interstate highway, they will be given an opportunity to dream. "We want to try to make this study as broad as possible so as not to throw out any feasible concept at all," explained Lew Hancock, assistant division engineer in the planning division of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department...
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RIVER HERE WON'T HIT FLOOD STAGE; MORE RAIN COULD ALTER PREDICTION
(Local News ~ 04/23/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau is forecast to crest Wednesday just below flood stage at 31.7 feet. For now, the river is expected to remain in its banks from St. Louis to Cape Girardeau. But the National Weather Service says that could change if more rain falls...
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CLASS OF '91 FINDS TOUGH JOB MARKET
(Local News ~ 04/23/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Southeast Missouri State University senior Rhonda Dohack figures she has a tough job search ahead of her. And with her graduation less than a month away, Dohack, though a governor's scholar, is somewhat worried. "School's only about three more weeks and I have to find some way to pay the bills," said Dohack, 21, of St. ...
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PARENTS AS TEACHERS TO MEET TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 04/23/91)
CHAFFEE -- The Parents as Teachers program serving Chaffee, Delta, Kelly, Kelso and Scott City schools will host a program on discipline tonight. The meeting will be held at the Parents as Teachers office, 109 N. Fifth Street in Chaffee, and begins at 7 p.m...
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EDUCATION FUNDING RALLY TO BE HELD MAY 1
(Local News ~ 04/23/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Education organizations are calling for one-third of Missouri's general revenue to be spent for public schools. An alliance of education groups, called Coalition for Our Children's Future, is sponsoring a rally May 1 in Jefferson City to show support for a constitutional change. The coalition supports a proposed constitutional amendment requiring the state to require the level of spending on elementary and secondary education to be at least one-third of general revenue...
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COUNTY SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR INTIAL SENIOR SERVICES BOARD
(Local News ~ 04/23/91)
JACKSON - Cape Girardeau County citizens interested in serving on the Senior Services Board that will determine how to spend a 5-cent property tax levy for senior citizen programs should submit a letter of application, Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep said Monday...
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KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP BEGINS IN CAPE SCHOOLS
(Local News ~ 04/23/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Cape Girardeau schools are rounding up next year's kindergarten students this week. Pre-enrollment began Monday at Charles C. Clippard (Hawthorn) and May Greene schools. Today students will be rounded up at Jefferson and Washington schools...
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MCCLURE WATER IMPROVEMENTS SLATED
(Local News ~ 04/23/91)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Construction of a new well and improvements to the existing water treatment facility at McClure will get under way within the next 10 days. "Our water system has been in existence here more than 20 years," said Clyde ("Bud") Pearce Jr., chairman of the McClure-East Cape Girardeau Public Water System. "Due to new Environmental Protection Agency regulations, we have to upgrade our system."...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/23/91)
THIS CALL IS in response to a Thursday, April 18, Speak Out comment concerning public versus parochial school education. I have relatives who have taught in either public or parochial schools, and I have attended both public and parochial schools as a student. ...
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BE OUR GUEST
(Column ~ 04/23/91)
Dr. Haskell Monroe serves as chancellor for the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has served in that position since July of 1987. Mr. Kinder, in a recent column, makes a good point regarding increased funding to support education in Missouri there is no place in this important debate for political rhetoric and mislabeling. ...
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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS EARN RESPECT FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL REFORMERS
(Column ~ 04/23/91)
Did you know that in New York City, Catholic schools educate low-income, disadvantaged students for less than half the money spent in the public school system, while a) suffering fewer dropouts; b) producing better test scores; and c) sending more graduates on to college? (Don't tell me the difference in performance is explained by differences in family background or socio-economic status, either. ...
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VIP CONTINUES TO BREAK NEW GROUND FOR DISABLED
(Editorial ~ 04/23/91)
VIP Industries continues to open the doors of opportunity for adults who are handicapped in the region. The group's latest accomplishment is the opening of a 20-unit apartment complex in Cape Girardeau this past weekend for people with mental, physical or developmental disabilities. Similar 15-unit complexes will open in Jackson next month, and in Marble Hill in about two-and-a-half months, all sponsored by VIP Industries...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/23/91)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mattingly of St. Marys, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:49 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 1991. Name, Nicole Sue. Weight, 7 pounds 15 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Mattingly is the former Jeanne Rauh, daughter of Ray and Ruth Rauh of Perryville. She is a respiratory therapist at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital. Mattingly is an electrician at Southeast Hospital, and is the son of Cullen and Novona Mattingly of St. Marys...
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CARLA R. COOKSEY
(Obituary ~ 04/23/91)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Carla Renee Cooksey of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel here. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today. Miss Cooksey, 25 years old, died Monday, April 22, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center, from injuries she received Saturday when she fell off a horse...
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JOHN H. WINSCHEL
(Obituary ~ 04/23/91)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for John Henry Winschel of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Church in Apple Creek. The Rev. Norbert Ernst will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Drayton Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today. A wake will be held at 7...
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VIRGINIA K. SEABAUGH
(Obituary ~ 04/23/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Mrs. Virginia K. Seabaugh of Arnold was held April 15 at Heiligtag Funeral Home in Arnold. Burial was in Shepherd Hills Cemetery there. Mrs. Seabaugh, 68 years old, died Monday, April 15, 1991, in Arnold. She was born Jan. 26, 1923, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of August and Agnes Balsman Hotop. She married Aaron Seabaugh...
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CHARLES E. MCREYNOLDS
(Obituary ~ 04/23/91)
PULASKI, Ill. -- Funeral service for Charles Eric McReynolds of Largo, Md., will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. The Revs. Charles Metcalf and Jerry Herring will officiate, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Mounds after 5 p.m. today...
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DENNIS J. BUTLER
(Obituary ~ 04/23/91)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Dennis James Butler of Gene Autry, Okla., will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at First United Pentecostal Church here. The Revs. Guy and Jim Roam will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday...
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MEALS WITH FRIENDS SET
(Local News ~ 04/23/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Salvation Army is serving Meals with Friends this week from 4:30-6 p.m. at 701 Good Hope. The meals are free to everyone. The menu for the week is: TUESDAYMacaroni & cheese, hot dogs, jello salad, applesauce, cookies. WEDNESDAYMeatloaf, mashed potatoes & gravy, corn, bread & butter, spiced apple rings, pumpkin surprise...
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LIBRARY FRIENDS ELECT OFFICERS
(Local News ~ 04/23/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- New officers were elected recently for the Friends of the Cape Girardeau Public Library. New officers are Alice Irvine, president; Marilyn Ritter, vice-president; Phyllis Jackson, secretary; Sally Owen, treasurer. Library director Terry Risko said, "The friends are an extension of the library board; promoting public relations in the community, supporting library activities, volunteering when needed...
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