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TAXPAYERS SHOULD ACT, NOT REACT, TO SCHOOL CUTS
(Editorial ~ 11/13/91)
Voters spoke clearly on Proposition B. Now, it's education's turn to talk candidly about finances. The future of our schools may come down to a simple matter: expectations. Citizens must decide what they expect from our schools and what they are willing to pay for those services...
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FRANKLIN SCHOOL WILL HOST SERVICE FAIR
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
A free community service fair will be held at Franklin Elementary School Thursday from 7-9 p.m. Service organizations, community programs and Cape Girardeau city programs will be represented. The fair is open to the public and two door prizes will be awarded...
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LOCAL YOUTHS IN `NUTCRACKER'
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
More than 35 local youngsters will be featured in the upcoming production of "The Nutcracker," scheduled for Dec. 10 at the Show Me Center. The Tulsa Ballet Theatre has requested a cast of about 37 dancers, age 6-12, to perform as angels, mice, rabbits, clowns, soldiers and bakers...
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REGENTS TO REVIEW ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT TODAY
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
The Board of Regents at Southeast Missouri State University today will review the annual financial statement for the previous fiscal year. The financial report for fiscal 1991 was done by the accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand. The board will convene at 10 a.m. in Lynn Dempster Auditorium of Crisp Hall...
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INDIANS TAUGHT PIONEERS OF WILDERNESS RESOURCES
(Column ~ 11/13/91)
From the time Cape Girardeau became the home of pioneers, the major concern was food, especially if they arrived after it was too late to plant a garden. Indians of the area who befriended them taught them many things, although they resented their intrusion...
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AMERICANS MIGHT YET PREVAIL, BUT WILL THE GOVERNMENT HELP?
(Column ~ 11/13/91)
This was a scene played out in a thousand humdrum movies that enjoyed, if that is the proper word, hillbillies and moonshiners as their protagonists. Inevitably in these films, a shotgun blast would rattle through a forest and one of the hillfolk, standing watch over a copper pot loaded with corn squeezin's, would ask what in tarnation the gunman was aiming at...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 11/13/91)
Gov. Mario Cuomo says he won't be "stampeded" into making a decision on running for president. It's probably wise, however, if he decides by Nov. 3, 1992. --- Attorney General Bill Webster says someone leaked information about his appearance before a federal grand jury. Incontinence has always been an occupational hazard of politics...
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PROJECT PARTNERSHIP GEARS UP
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
Cape Girardeau public schools are gearing up for a local education summit, a community survey, and a series of open forums. The activities are part of "Project Partnership: Schools and Community," a vehicle to gather community input on expectations for the school district...
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LEXINGTON INTERSECTION WORK LAUNCHED
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
City and Missouri Highway and Transportation Department officials Tuesday broke ground on the next segment of Cape Girardeau's $3 million Lexington Avenue arterial project. The newest segment will consist of a five-lane road and bridge over Cape LaCroix Creek between Mount Auburn Road and Lexington. Also, traffic signals will be installed at the intersection of Kingshighway and Mount Auburn...
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DEER: COLLISIONS WITH CARS INCREASING
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
When it comes to driving this time of year, failing to keep a careful lookout could cost a motorist "deerly." Deer-vehicle collisions in Cape Girardeau are up. From October to Tuesday, motorists reported hitting seven deer, said Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Al Moore. Last year motorists reported hitting only two deer within the same time period, he said...
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AMICK WILL MOVE INTO NEW DISTRICT
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
SCOTT CITY - After the Missouri House reapportionment process left his hometown split between two legislative districts, state Rep. Ollie Amick has decided to change his official residence to Benton. That means Amick will be in the new 160th District, which includes the city of Sikeston, where six-term state Rep. Dennis Ziegenhorn lives...
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JACKSON SCHOOL BOARD: A GLOOMY FISCAL OUTLOOK
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
JACKSON -- In the wake of a resounding defeat last week of Proposition B, Jackson School Superintendent Wayne Maupin decided to change the title of his usual superintendent's report to the Jackson R-2 Financial Outlook Report. The bottom line was somber and to the point: "Very simply, our expenditures are outstripping our receipts," Maupin told a Jackson Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. ...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
BESIM ACAR Occupation: Waiter, bartender at Mollie's. What do you do in your spare time? "I like to ride my bike or go hiking." The book I'd recommend is: "`Metatrends 2000' by John Naisbitt." Describe your oddest experience: "Trying sky diving when I was in high school."...
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RYAN WHITE HELPED `PUT A FACE' ON AIDS
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
Though the latest public figure to put a face on AIDS is Magic Johnson, Ryan White was the first. Diagnosed in 1984, when he was just 13, White became nationally known as the boy who was barred from his Indiana school because he had contracted the disease...
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LIGHT POLE LISTS, BURDEN DISPUTED
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
The fate of a damaged street lamp and pole at the intersection of Kingshighway and Broadway could be decided later this week. The pole, apparently the casualty of a misguided vehicle, has listed badly for the past two months. But city officials said Tuesday they've been unable to determine who is responsible for the repair...
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FRED A. ROBINSON
(Obituary ~ 11/13/91)
Fred A. Robinson, 81, Cape Girardeau Route 2, died Monday, Nov. 11, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 11, 1910, in Cape Girardeau County, son of Goley and Alvina Schrader Robinson. He and Erna A. Keller were married Nov. 7, 1931, in Cape Girardeau. He died June 7, 1986...
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MARGARET C. WESTRICH
(Obituary ~ 11/13/91)
Margaret C. Westrich, 84, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Nov. 11, 1991, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. She was born April 8, 1907, at Blodgett, daughter of Jacob and Josephine Pfefferkorn Welter. She married Beno Westrich April 30, 1929, at Benton. He preceded her in death...
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BERTHA DUMEY
(Obituary ~ 11/13/91)
ORAN -- Funeral mass for Bertha Dumey of Oran was held Monday at Guardian Angel Catholic Church. The Rev. Normand Varone officiated, with burial in St. Denis Catholic Church Cemetery at Benton. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home of Oran was in charge of arrangements...
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FRANCIS F. RINK
(Obituary ~ 11/13/91)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Francis F. Rink, 75, of Anna, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1991, at his home. He was born July 6, 1916, at Cairo, son of Leonard A. and Augusta Koch Rink Sr. Rink was owner of Rink's Grocery Store here, retiring in 1987. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and Cairo KC Council 1027. He had lived in Anna two years, and attended St. Mary's Church there...
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CHARLES W. FOWLKES
(Obituary ~ 11/13/91)
CHARLESTON - Charleston resident Charles W. Fowlkes died Monday, Nov. 11, 1991 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was 69. He was born May 22, 1922 in Charleston to the late Robert L. and Della C. Chamberlain Fowlkes. He lived in Charleston most of his life. Fowlkes graduated from Charleston High School, where he worked as a teacher, and the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1948 with a degree in electrical engineering. He served in the Navy during World War II...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/13/91)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Steve LeGrand, 3618 Hopper Road, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:54 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, 1991. Name, Adam Paul. Weight, 7 pounds 9 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. LeGrand is the former Mary Johnson, daughter of Kevin and Thelma Johnson of Pekin, Ill. She is employed at Alma Schrader School. LeGrand is employed at Potlatch Corp., and is the son of Ralph and Verneda LeGrand of Cape Girardeau...
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WORK PROGRESSING ON THIRD PHASE OF ROUTE 3
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
Construction work on a 4.3-mile section of Illinois Route 3 between Thebes and Olive Branch is progressing. The work is the third phase of a 7.5-mile Southern Illinois highway project that includes a new, scenic drive along the Mississippi River from Gale to Thebes and a new bridge leading into Thebes...
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DALLAS HAROLD GLODO
(Obituary ~ 11/13/91)
JACKSON -- Dallas Harold Glodo, 47, of Jackson, formerly of Grand Tower, Ill., died Monday, Nov. 11, 1991 at Jeffersonville, Ind. He was born in Murphysboro, Ill, May 3, 1944, the son of Francis Glodo of Grand Tower, Ill. and the late Mildred Latchshaw Glodo...
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CAPE COUNTY TAX BILLS OUT EARLIER THIS YEAR
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County's 1991 tax bills - nearly 52,000 of them - are in the mail. Collector Harold Kuehle, who mailed annual tax greetings to county residents for the 25th time in his career, said he is pleased the bills were able to be processed and mailed earlier than the last few years...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 11/13/91)
Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: The Morris C. and Betty L. Montgomery Trust to M. C. Montgomery, doing business as Monty's Mobile Home; Beacon Industries Inc. to Thomas G. Medlock; David M. Bumpus to D & D Pizza Inc...
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WOES OF MISPLACED PHRASES
(Column ~ 11/13/91)
My Cedar Rapids friend Madeline Morrin raises a question about beginning a sentence with a participial phrase. I know of no rule regarding this construction, but many speakers and writers are guilty of dangling opening phrases. Or else the dangles wind up modifying the wrong referent...
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