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JUNIOR GARDEN CLUB TO FORM
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
Youngsters with green thumbs, or who would like to have green thumbs, may join a new junior club called Green Thumbs. The Cape Girardeau Garden Club, the city's oldest garden club, has decided to sponsor a junior club for children in grades 1-8, said club member Betty Kuss...
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STUDENTS WIN MUSIC HONORS
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
Four area youths were named "Outstanding Music Campers" at summer music camp at Southeast Missouri State University. Jill Lowes and Shaun Langford, both 13 and of Jackson, and Rebecca Lewis, 14, of Cape Girardeau, were among elementary and junior high-school students who received the award. Laura Sides, 14, daughter of Harold and Nelda Sides of Millersville Route 1, also received the honored. Sides plays the clarinet...
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SWAN LAKE: GIFT ALSO REPRESENTS CORPORATE COOPERATION
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
Harry Sanders, vice president of M&W Packaging, received a unique birthday present July 31 a pair of swans. The swans were given to Sanders Wednesday morning by Hans Rath, vice president of Saueressig, an engraving company affiliated with M&W. The two swans make their home in a small pond on the M&W property...
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`LANTERNS OF HOPE' CEREMONY SET SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
Area residents will participate in an international observance, "Lanterns for Hope," at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at North Cape County Park Shelter 3. The ceremony consists of songs by area children followed by a candlelight lantern float on the park lake...
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TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INJURES AREA MAN
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
PATTON -- A Patton man was injured Wednesday in a three-car accident near here. A spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol said John Johnson, 71, received moderate injuries when the car he was driving collided with another car and then struck a third...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Billie Ewing, et al, to Alfred D. and Ruth H. LaFleur; Joyce Stovall to Kevin J. and Patricia A. Buelow; Bobby G. and Jacqueline S. Strack to Michael J. Poston...
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COUNTRY SINGER `DIDN'T EXPECT SUCCESS'
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
Travis Tritt's second album, "It's All About to Change," released eight weeks ago, sounds like a declaration. But the country music artist says things actually began to change two years ago when his first album hit the charts. "Things really took off in August of 1989, but I didn't expect it," says the 28-year-old Georgia native. "If somebody would have told me five years ago that I'd be here now, I'd have said they were crazy."...
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FAN & BASKET EXHIBIT OPENS TODAY
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
An exhibit of fans and baskets, illustrating a range of woven structures and created in natural materials, opens today at the Southeast Missouri State University Museum. The exhibit, titled "Move the Air, Catch the Wind: Fans and Baskets from the Collection" will be presented through Aug. 29 at the University Museum Gallery in Memorial Hall...
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KELSO `SOMMERFEST' KICKS OFF FRIDAY NIGHT
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
KELSO -- The 15th annual Kelso Sommerfest kicks off Friday with the crowning of the Sommerfest queen. Other activities during the two-day event include a co-ed volleyball tournament, horseshoe tournament, appearances by Cape Shriner Clowns and an arm wrestling contest...
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COMMUNITY DAYS PICNIC SET FOR SEPT.
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
BELL CITY -- The 11th annual Bell City Community Days picnic is being planned for Sept. 6 and 7. Entertainment for the first day of the picnic will be highlighted by the Mid-South Fair Youth Talent Show. Competition will be in two age groups, 9- to 12-year-olds and 13- to 21-year-olds...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: COUNCIL MUST ACT FOR ALL CITIZENS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/01/91)
Open letter to members of the Cape City Council: I have watched with great interest the problems you have faced with the zoning restrictions on proper facilities to be utilized to provide the city with a bus terminal. As a retired administration executive with some of the largest corporations in America, I sympathize with each of you in personal awareness of the many problems faced in achieving a goal for the common man...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ABANDONED MIAs
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/01/91)
To the Editor: It's been almost 20 years since the Vietnam War ended in 1973, but an issue that has never ended is whether or not our government knowingly abandoned American POWs/MIAs held in Vietnam and Laos. Over the years, stories and photos have surfaced indicating American servicemen are still being held captive by the communists. Recently, more reports appeared on TV and in the newspapers...
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SHOW ME CENTER HERE LIVES UP TO OBLIGATIONS
(Editorial ~ 08/01/91)
The Show Me Center remains a showplace for this city. Reports of declining attendance at the center during the last year should not be viewed as a reversal. The facility is living up to its obligation to serve Southeast Missouri State University and the citizens of Cape Girardeau, and it is doing so in grand fashion...
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DIVIDING WHAT ISN'T DIVISABLE; SWEEP OF HISTORY MAY SLIGHT ISRAEL
(Column ~ 08/01/91)
Secretary of State James Baker has completed his political encirclement of Israel. The Arab states and the Palestinians, each for their own reasons and each in their own way, are ready to talk with Israel face to face. Had all of this furious diplomatic maneuvering come into being following the 1967 war, a quick deal might have been struck. ...
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JUST WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MISSOURI DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
(Column ~ 08/01/91)
A knowledgeable political columnist in Washington, who also keeps tabs on politics in our state, recently asked the $64,000 question: Whatever happened to the Democratic Party in Missouri? His inquiry preceded a prediction that incumbent U.S. senator, Christopher S. Bond, would experience little difficulty winning a second term in next year's election, given the absence of a strong opposition challenge...
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CLOSED: STATE RULES BRIDGE CAN'T BEAR TRAFFIC
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
BURFORDVILLE -- The covered bridge at Bollinger Mill State Historic Site has been closed to foot traffic because engineers say it is unsafe. Jack Smoot, director of the historic site here, said gates were erected Tuesday and Wednesday barring access to the bridge. The park and mill remain open to visitors, but they cannot walk across the bridge...
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MAY GREENE PLAYGROUND GETS NEW LOOK
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
The playground at May Greene Elementary School is being transformed to a colorful, new facility thanks to the school's students, teachers and a group of volunteers. New playground equipment is being constructed and the existing equipment painted, said Becky Wachter, student council sponsor and kindergarten teacher at May Greene...
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CENSUS NUMBERS MAY STILL CHANGE
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
The books apparently are yet to close on the final 1990 Cape Girardeau census count, but city officials said any adjustment to the U.S. Census Bureau's January figure likely will be slight. Melvin Gateley, Cape Girardeau's liaison with the Census Bureau, said the city was informed this month that the bureau discovered an error in its record of the city's legal boundary and planned to adjust its report...
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MAIL CENTER PREPARES FOR BIG CHANGES
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
Area businesses and residents will be learning some new mail-handling techniques when a new mail processing center opens in Cape Girardeau this fall. "There will be some very dramatic changes," said Larry Shafer, account representative of the U.S. Postal Service who has the task of preparing businesses for the new changes. "These changes will effect every business and resident in the area."...
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FACULTY WANT PAY SECURITY
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
The Faculty Senate at Southeast Missouri State University recommended Wednesday that a general pay raise be a precondition for faculty merit pay. The action came during a 1-hour meeting at the University Center. Southeast President Kala Stroup, who attended the meeting, said she would present the proposal to the Board of Regents...
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FREDDIE FIRE TRUCK MAKES UNOFFICIAL DEBUT TO SUPRISE KIDS
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
Freddie the Fire Truck made his first public appearance in Cape Girardeau Wednesday, delighting youngsters at the Safety Village. Freddie's size may have something to do with his popularity. He weighs about 80 pounds and is 3-foot tall. Freddie is a fully animated robot that moves, speaks, listens, plays audio cassettes tapes, and sounds his siren and flashes his red lights, all by remote control...
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TREASURER ANNOUNCES STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
One month into the new state fiscal year, State Treasurer Wendell Bailey says revenues are flat and there is no indication the recession is easing in Missouri. "We just haven't seen the up tick in the economy yet that other parts of the country are apparently starting to see," declared Bailey, at an airport news conference Wednesday...
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BAILY ADOPTS CAMPAIGN SLOGAN: `NOT FOR HIRE'
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
In 1988 when he was seeking re-election as state treasurer, Wendell Bailey campaigned around the state in an antique armored car. Now, as part of his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor, Bailey is waging a three-week tour of Missouri in a 1972 Checker taxi cab to emphasize that "this candidate is not for hire."...
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MOTHER OF THREE UNDERGOES TRANSPLANT; FUNDRAISING DRIVE UNDER WAY
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
When Linda Douglass visited her doctor to undergo a mammogram and physical exams last September, the possibility of cancer was ruled out. But just three months later, Douglass was told she was suffering from severe inflammatory breast cancer, which had progressed to a near-fatal stage. She is now depending upon a costly bone marrow transplant procedure to save her life...
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YOUTH IS EAGLE SCOUT
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
Lance Gragg of Cape Girardeau received the Eagle Scout award this spring. The Eagle Scout award is the highest honor in scouting. To earn this award, Gragg earned 25 merit badges and devoted 40 hours completing his service project. Gragg has been a member of Troop 16 for seven years. Troop 16 is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Hall in Cape Girardeau. The scoutmaster is Jack Craig...
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CAPE COUNTY FOSTER PARENTS PLAN PICNIC
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
The Cape Girardeau County Foster Parent Association will hold its annual picnic Aug. 8 at 5:30 p.m. in the Cape County Park North. The association meets the first Thursday of every month at the Mt. Auburn Christian Church in Cape Girardeau. The group has 30 licensed foster families providing care for the foster children from Cape County...
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CAPE RESIDENT EARNS HER DOCTORATE DEGREE AT SIU
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
Nancy Westrich Baker will receive her doctorate degree Saturday from Southern Illinois University at the SIU Arena. In June, Baker defended her dissertation, "The Effect of Portfolio-based Instruction on Composition Students' Course Grades, Final Examination Scores, and Attitudes Toward Writing."...
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STUDENT TO DEAN'S LIST
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Cindy Keele White of Sedgewickville was named to the dean's list at Central Missouri State University. She earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average. White is a junior at the university majoring in special education. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Keele of Sedgewickville...
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STEPHEN R. FRANKLIN
(Obituary ~ 08/01/91)
Stephen R. Franklin, 42, of Bridgeton, died Monday, July 29, 1991, when a tree fell on him during a fishing trip near Boulder, Wyo. He was formerly of Cape Girardeau. He was born June 13, 1949, in Memphis, Tenn., son of Clyde and Teresa Spuzzello Franklin. He was a 1967 graduate of Central High School, and 1971 graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla...
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EDNA MAYBERRY
(Obituary ~ 08/01/91)
ANNA, Ill. -- Edna Mayberry, 86, of Anna, died Wednesday, July 31, 1991, at City Care Center here. She was born April 16, 1905, in Anna, daughter of Alonzo and Margaret Wallace Crowell. She married Ed Mayberry, who died July 23, 1964. Mayberry was a member of First Christian Church here...
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LEON W. ZIMMERMAN
(Obituary ~ 08/01/91)
Leon W. Zimmerman of Vassar, Mich., died Wednesday, July 31, 1991, at his home. He was born July 3, 1918, at Delta, son of Dallas H. and Ella Waddle Zimmerman. He was a graduate of Delta High School, and served with the U.S. Marines in the Pacific Front during World War II. Zimmerman retired from Eaton Manufacturing Co. in Vassar...
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WANDA L. PHILLIPS
(Obituary ~ 08/01/91)
BLOOMFIELD -- Wanda Lee Phillips, 74, of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, July 31, 1991, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 9, 1916, in Jonesboro, Ark., daughter of Ralph and Elsie Johnson Short. She married Marvin Phillips June 10, 1933. Phillips attended Mt. Pisgah General Baptist Church at Aquilla...
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WILLIAM K. LAKENAN
(Obituary ~ 08/01/91)
PERRYVILLE -- William K. Lakenan, 83, of Perryville, died Wednesday, July 31, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Feb. 17, 1908, at Perryville, son of William A. and Mary M. Kinnison Lakenan. He and Ruby E. Nelson were married April 29, 1929...
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EDITH HECHT
(Obituary ~ 08/01/91)
Edith Cobden Hecht, 89, of New Orleans, La., died Wednesday, July 31, 1991, in a New Orleans hospital. She was born Dec. 23, 1911, in Wichita, Kan. She married Irving Hecht, who died July 14, 1982. Hecht moved to Cape Girardeau in 1935 from Wichita, and was a lab technician at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She and Georgia Tenkhoff opened the Main Street Store Feb. 12, 1965. Her husband operated Irvin's Men's Store on Main Street many years...
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MARZELLA EDWARDS
(Obituary ~ 08/01/91)
VANDUSER -- Marzella Edwards, 92, of Jacksonville, Ark., formerly of Vanduser, died Monday, July 29, 1991, at Rebsamen Regional Medical Center in Jacksonville. She was born March 4, 1899, in Golconda, Ill., daughter of Jason and Jeanette Lee Knight Unsell. She married Robert Hosea Edwards Oct. 14, 1916. He died July 30, 1979...
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NELLIE J. GOODALL
(Obituary ~ 08/01/91)
WYATT -- Nellie Janette Goodall, 72, of Wyatt, died Wednesday, July 31, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Aug. 12, 1918, in Wyatt, daughter of Mack and Izora Forgey Corbitt. On Feb. 14, 1940, she married Joe Goodall. Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Linda Ruge of Stone Park, Ill., Jo Nell Beaver of Glen Ellyn, Ill., Rachel Boyd of Charleston; two sisters, Catherine Padgett of Wyatt, Ethel Zanoni of San Jose, Calif.; five grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.. ...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/01/91)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. David Cherry of Scott City, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:54 a.m. Thursday, July 25, 1991. Name, Dylan Samuel. Weight, 6 pounds 10 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Cherry is the former Ruth McMillan, daughter of Bill and Jane McMillan of Scott City. She is employed at Blair Industries. Cherry is employed at Industrial Fuels and Resources of Missouri, and is the son of Leon and Lola Cherry of Cape Girardeau...
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NELLIE SHERRILL
(Obituary ~ 08/01/91)
ANNA, Ill. -- Nellie Sherrill, 86, of Anna, died Wednesday, July 31, 1991, at Union County Hospital here. She was born April 25, 1901, at Anna, daughter of Thomas and Addie Trees Sherrill. Sherrill was a retired clerk and bookkeeper. She had also worked at Colleen's and Treece's Sweet Shop in Anna...
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HOUSE APPROVES WATER PROJECTS
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
WASHINGTON, D.C. Several water projects in Southeast Missouri won overwhelming House approval late Wednesday, according to Rep. Bill Emerson. The vote, 399-32, now sends the measure to the Senate, where it is expected to be considered within a few days...
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DELTA QUEEN PLANS MORNING STOPOVER AT CAPE RIVERFRONT
(Local News ~ 08/01/91)
The Delta Queen steamboat will dock at the Cape Girardeau waterfront this morning, a spokesperson for the Delta Queen Steamboat Co. in New Orleans said. Laurel Adkisson of the Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau said the boat may dock as early at 7 a.m. The company notified the tourism bureau late Wednesday that it would stop between 7 and 9 a.m. today...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/01/91)
WHEN THE TOTAL cost of the Cape school board meeting at Paducah's Executive Inn is available, please multiply the cost by the number of school boards in Missouri to get what the total cost would be if all Missouri school boards had meetings in some other locations. By the way, I hope there was a good show at Paducah's Executive Inn while the school board was there...
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