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CORINA L. DELANEY
(Obituary ~ 10/17/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Corina Lee DeLaney of Scott City died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1991, at her home. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 10/17/91)
Editor's note Because so many calls have been made to Speak Out concerning the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court, we will not publish any comments on the matter after today. Tuesday's column was dedicated almost solely to the subject and so is today's. We have selected comments that most represent the nature of the calls received...
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CRAFT FAIR SET THIS WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
The seventh annual benefit craft fair, sponsored by the Community Counseling Center, will be held Saturday and Sunday at the A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. More than 100 exhibitors are expected to display their hand-made arts and crafts and original designs at the fair, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday...
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`HAUNTED HAYRIDES' BRING SPOOKS TO LIFE AT ROCKY HOLLER
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
A Haunted Hayride is making its first-ever run at Rocky Holler. The 25-minute ride is much like a trip through a haunted house, only it's outside, said Molly Zielinski, manager of Rocky Holler. "It's outside and its eerie," Zielinski said. "People really enjoy it because it's something different."...
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PROFESSOR IS AUTHOR OF POETRY BOOK
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
"Human Weather," a collection of poems by Ted Hirschfield, separates the passions and contradictions of life into four phases: time and place, love, philosophy and religion. Each theme interconnects within a web of paradox. "The reader will be aware as to what life is and what life should be," Hirschfield said...
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AMY GRANT WILL BRING TOUR TO CAPE; TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
Amy Grant, the one-time gospel music great who's now making it big on the pop charts, will return to the Show Me Center Nov. 15. Grant's current release, "Heart in Motion," has spawned the hit singles "Baby, Baby" and "Every Heartbeat." The winner of five Grammys, Grant has sold over 10 million records worldwide...
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`BOOTHEEL VS. THE BIG APPLE'; AUTHOR'S `MEMORIES' LEAD TO BOOK FAME
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
NEW YORK -- New York author Terry Teachout isn't particularly surprised that northeastern critics relate favorably to his new book an autobiographical account of growing up in the Missouri Bootheel. Teachout, who was born in Cape Girardeau in 1956 and reared in Sikeston, is the author of "City Limits: Memories of a Small-Town Boy." He will return to the area this weekend to promote the book and visit his family...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: JOYCE HELDERMAN TEACHES THIRD GRADE AT DELTA ELEMENTARY
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
Joyce Helderman has been around children all her life. That's why she enjoys teaching third grade at Delta R-5 elementary school. "Being the oldest of eight children," Helderman said, "I was always around `kids.' I believed that working with children would be one of the most rewarding things to do, and it is!...
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ENTHUSIASM INCREASES FOR BUSINESS BUILDING
(Editorial ~ 10/17/91)
There is something to be said for vision, a musing of something fruitful to come. More can be said of a tangible presence. Such is the case with the long-planned College of Business Administration building on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. ...
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STEPHEN W. WALLACE
(Obituary ~ 10/17/91)
PERRYVILLE -- Stephen W. Wallace, 16, of Perryville, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1991 in Perryville as the result of an automobile accident. He was born Dec. 28, 1974 in Wurtsmith, Mich., son of Philip J. and Gertrude A. Hoge Wallace Sr. who survive of Perryville. Other survivors are one brother, Philip J. Wallace Jr. and one sister, Tamara Wallace, both of Perryville...
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ENCAMPMENT SET AT MASSAC
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- This weekend the sound of fife, drums and bagpipes performing 18th century military tunes, punctuated with the sound of cannon and gunfire from flintlock muskets, will combine with the colorful military pageantry of the 1700s during the 18th annual Fort Massac Encampment...
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ELSIE A. PRITCHETT
(Obituary ~ 10/17/91)
BLOOMFIELD -- Elsie Ada Pritchett, 94, of Bloomfield, died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1991, at Bloomfield Nursing Center. She was born Oct. 30, 1896, at Zadock, daughter of Bennett and Susan Capps. She married Guy Pritchett Dec. 22, 1916, who died Dec. 18, 1963...
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AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY BODY FOUND IN RIVER
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
CAIRO, Ill. -- A body that was found in the Mississippi River near Thebes in May was identified on Wednesday as that of a St. Louis man, authorities said. Alexander County Coroner David W. Barkett said the body was identified through forensic dental records as that of Eric D. Murphy, 28, who had been missing since May 13...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/17/91)
Son to Lester C. Chapman Jr. and Tracy Hindman of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:51 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, 1991. Name, Corey Allen. Weight, 5 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Miss Hindman is the daughter of Darrell and Joyce Hindman of New Baden Ill. Chapman is the son of Lester Chapman Sr. and Charmaine Chapman of Grassy...
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SOUTHEAST `EXPANDS' ITS REACH
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
Students at a Jefferson County community college could obtain bachelor's degrees from Southeast Missouri State University without ever stepping foot on the Cape Girardeau campus, under a plan announced Wednesday. Officials at Southeast said the plan calls for the university to offer upper-division courses in four academic areas at the two-year Jefferson College in Hillsboro, and allow students there an opportunity to earn bachelor's degrees...
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STOCKS SOAR TO RECORD; DOW HITS NEW HIGH OF 3,061.72 POINTS
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
The stock market ended the day Wednesday at a record high, but local stockbrokers spoke of no surprise. "The recession is over and people are looking forward to next year and a better overall economy," said Marsha Limbaugh, branch manager and vice president of A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. at 97 N. Kingshighway. "I think the market right now is going up due to improvement ... and third-quarter earnings that are being announced, and future earnings for next year."...
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ON TRACK: RAIL SPUR PROGRESSES AT PORT SITE
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
SCOTT CITY - Work is progressing on the construction of a railroad spur into the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority, and completion of the project could come by early next summer. Jim Lawson of the Jackson engineering firm of Bowen and Lawson, hired by the Port's board of commissioners to design and monitor construction of the railroad, told the board this week that a lot of dirt has been moved but this first phase probably will not be completed until next spring...
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TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT PROPOSAL RAISES QUESTIONS
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep says he is confused over exactly what the chairman of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority's board of commissioners wants to do by forming a special transportation district. On Monday, at the port authority's monthly meeting, Board Chairman Morty Potashnick of Sikeston called for the formation of a transportation district in Cape and Scott counties to help expedite funding for the extension of Nash Road into the port...
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RCGA MAKES PLANS FOR ANNUAL BANQUET
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
At its October general membership meeting Wednesday, the Regional Commerce and Growth Association announced plans for its annual banquet, to be held Nov. 7. Also, Walt Wildman, executive director of the RCGA, said he will schedule a news conference prior to the banquet to announce the start of the feasibility study for I-66. The East- to West-Coast interstate highway proposal is the brainchild of the RCGA...
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BUREAU KEEPS ADS IN-HOUSE
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
The Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau has initiated an in-house advertising agency to plan its advertising campaign. "We plan to budget the same dollar amount of $45,000," said CVB Director Lyn Muzzy. "But we'll be realizing more money for actual advertising with savings realized by not using an outside agency...
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JACKSON WAITS ON SIGNAL EASEMENT
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
JACKSON -- An easement is needed from a property owner before traffic signals can be installed at the intersection of East Jackson Boulevard and Donna Drive, said a Missouri Highway and Transportation Department official in Sikeston. District Maintenance and Traffic Engineer Mike Perry said Wednesday that a request for the easement was submitted about three weeks ago to D&D Investments Inc. The firm owns the property on which the Jackson Wal-Mart store is situated...
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STEAMBOAT MAKES AN UNSCHEDULED STOP
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
The Mississippi Queen steamboat made an unscheduled stop at Cape Girardeau Wednesday afternoon, to discharge a passenger who became ill while traveling on the boat. Capt. Lawrence Keeton of the Mississippi Queen said the female passenger was experiencing difficulty in walking and asked to be let off the boat at Cape Girardeau so she could be hospitalized...
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WARM WEATHER REPLACES RECORD LOW WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
Wednesday's frosty, record-low temperature at the airport will be temporarily replaced by unseasonably warmer temperatures on Friday, before more seasonable, cooler and drier air returns to the area for the weekend. But the National Weather Service says above normal temperatures are expected to occur from mid-October to mid-November through much of the central and southeastern United States, including Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. ...
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CRASH KILLS PERRYVILLE TEEN, INJURES TWO
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
PERRYVILLE -- A 16-year-old Perryville youth was killed and two Fredericktown people were injured Wednesday morning when their vehicles collided on Route J in Perry County. The Missouri Highway Patrol reported that Stephen W. Wallace of Route 5, Perryville was killed after he apparently lost control of his car in a corner about eight-tenths of a mile west of Yount Road...
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MUSIC STUDENTS BEGIN FRUIT SALES AS FUNDRAISER
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
The vocal music department of Cape Central High School will begin its annual fruit sale fund raiser Monday. Money raised from the sale will be used for choir equipment, costumes and the annual choir tour, said high school Music Director Judy Williams...
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DELTA JUNIOR HIGH OFFERS HOMEWORK HOTLINE
(Local News ~ 10/17/91)
DELTA -- The Delta Junior High School is offering a Homework Hotline for seventh and eight grade students. This is second year the school has offered the service. The hotline is simply a telephone number students or parents may call to get homework assignments for the school day...
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