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WHITHER WINTER? AREA BASKS IN MISSING SEASON
(Editorial ~ 03/05/92)
These are the comments you prefer not to approach, feeling a jinx is cast on those who make too much of good fortune. All the same, this question begs: What happened to winter? We have braced against what we know it can be in Southeast Missouri, parkas and snow shovels at the ready, only to turn the calendar and discover that March arrived and cold weather never did. It seems odd, but pleasantly odd...
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KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION SET
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
NEW HAMBURG -- Kelso C-7 School District will hold kindergarten screening March 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the school. All parents of children who will be 5 years of age prior to July 1 should attend the meeting. Parents should bring a copy of the child's birth certificate, immunization record and social security number...
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CITY REMINDS RESIDENTS OF YARD WASTE PROHIBITION IN TRASH
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
Pleasant weather has prompted a number of Cape Girardeau residents to begin annual yard work, and the city has issued scores of rejection notices to residents who are placing yard waste in their trash. A Missouri solid waste law this year prohibits yard waste in landfills, but the Cape Girardeau Public Works Department reports that a number of residents apparently are unaware of the mandate...
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MIZZOU LEADS IN FARM RESEARCH
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
University of Missouri-Columbia scientists are trying to genetically engineer plants that can manufacture their own insecticides. That's just one example of the agricultural research going on at the school's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, says Roger Mitchell, dean of the college...
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AND BEHIND THIS CURTAIN: JACKSON, CENTRAL, NOTRE DAME PREPARE SPRING PRODUCTIONS
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
Area high schools will present their spring productions in the coming weeks, bringing on music, dancing and drama for local spectators. The Jackson High School Drama Club will present the first spring production of the season March 12 and 13. "Annie Get Your Gun" includes 45 cast members and an evening of good, clean fun, said Joyce Schroeder, the school's drama coach and play director...
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`PICK THE OSCARS CONTEST' WINNER WILL GET 20 MOVIE PASSES
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
Will Warren Beatty be the king of the Oscars this year? Will "JFK" prevail as the most honored film of the year? No one will know until March 30, but if you'd like be an Oscar critic, you can enter the Southeast Missourian "Pick the Oscars Contest."...
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BIRD EXHIBIT OPENS AT UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
The Southeast Missouri State University Museum this month will feature an exhibit of bird specimens from all over the world. There will be examples of rare and exotic species from six continents that show the plumage preservation by Glen Smart of Cape Girardeau. Smart has maintained the hobby of taxidermy throughout his career as a research biologist and specialist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
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TRAFFIC FATALITIES: DEATHS ARE DOWN IN MISSOURI, ILLINOIS
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
The number of vehicle accident fatalities declined at nearly all levels last year in Missouri and Illinois, show preliminary figures released by the Missouri Highway Patrol and the Illinois Department of Transportation. The Missouri figures do not include traffic deaths that occurred within municipalities...
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PERRYVILLE'S SABRELINER GETS ORDERS
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
PERRYVILLE -- Sabreliner corporation, headquartered in St. Louis, has received the go-ahead on its fourth delivery order to rebuild another 100 T-53 turboshaft engines. The work will be performed at the Sabreliner Perryville facility, where more than 500 persons are employed...
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LIBRARY TO DISCONTINUE SUNDAY HOURS FOR SUMMER
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
The Cape Girardeau Public Library will discontinue its Sunday hours on April 26. Over the summer, library officials will discuss whether to reopen on Sundays in the fall. Bettye Black, assistant director of the library, said when the Sunday hours were instituted in October the plan was to continue through April...
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FILINGS FOR COUNTY OFFICES ARE FEW AS DEADLINE ADVANCES
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
JACKSON -- There has not been a single candidate file for office in Cape Girardeau County since Jan. 16, and the March 31 deadline is now less than four weeks away. Typically, there is a rush of filings around the first day for filing, which this year was Jan. 14. The long gap since then is unusual...
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LEADERS DISCUSS SCHOOLS; MEETING ADDRESSES LONG-RANGE PLANS
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
The Cape Girardeau Citizens Advisory Commission on Education attempted Wednesday to sort through the school district's finance, facilities and education program needs and begin a cohesive long-range planning effort. About 50 of the local business and education leaders who serve on the commission's three committees finance, facilities and programs Wednesday held a joint meeting at the Holiday Inn...
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SEMO FACULTY SENATE RAISES CONCERNS ON PLAN
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
Members of the Faculty Senate at Southeast Missouri State University voiced concern Wednesday about an administration-backed plan to restructure the institution's student affairs division. Faculty members expressed concern that the move would lead to greater bureaucracy at the administrative level and increased costs for the university...
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SEVEN OF BIEHLE'S EIGHT VOTERS ADOPT A TAX
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
BIEHLE -- Seven of this tiny incorporated town's eight registered voters cast ballots for a 1-cent sales tax in a special election Tuesday. The eighth didn't vote. The election was so small that the ballots were mailed to the town's voters. Some of the ballots were then mailed back to the Perry County clerk's office and the rest were brought in by the voters...
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DRISKILL SAYS PSC RATE DECISION BILL A COMPLICATED ISSUE
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Public Service Commission would be given the authority to use new methods for setting rates of telephone companies under a bill sponsored by state Rep. Joe Driskill. The bill has passed the House. By allowing the PSC to determine rates with a method other than on cost of return of providing the service, Driskill said he believes it is more likely that people in rural parts of the state will be able to receive some of the new telephone technology they are not getting now.. ...
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THOMPSON NEW PRESIDENT AT AMERIFIRST
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
Stan Thompson has assumed the responsibilities of president and chief executive officer of AmeriFirst Bank of Cape Girardeau. D.L. Harrison, chairman of the board at the bank, announced Thompson's appointment this week. Thompson, who has 30 years experience in banking, has been overseeing AmeriFirst's loan portfolio as senior lender and executive vice president...
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CENTRAL HOSTS 13TH ANNUAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
Cape Girardeau Central High School will host the 13th annual Jazz Festival Saturday. Performances by area jazz bands are scheduled from 9:30 a.m. through 3 p.m., said Ron Nall, director of the Central High School band. The festival is open to the public. ...
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CAREER AWARENESS AIMS AT `REAL WORLD'
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
The Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School and Southeast Missouri Hospital have teamed up this spring for some career awareness from the "real world" for high school students. Judy Holshouser, guidance and placement counselor at the vocational school, along with members of the hospital staff have visited each of the eight area high schools that send students to the vocational school...
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CHARLES J. RHODES
(Obituary ~ 03/05/92)
DELTA -- Charles J. Rhodes, 80, of Delta, died Wednesday, March 4, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Oct. 25, 1911, at Whitewater, son of Martin and Effie Huckstep Rhodes. He and Floy Overbey were married Jan. 1, 1980, at Delta. Rhodes was a lifelong resident of the Delta/Whitewater area. He had worked for Frisco Railroad, had been a self-employed farmer, and had been a construction worker. He was a member of First Baptist Church here...
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CLARENCE KERN
(Obituary ~ 03/05/92)
NEW HAMBURG -- Clarence Kern, 76, of Rockford, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1992, in the Swedish-American Hospital, after an extended illness. He was born June 6, 1915, at New Hamburg, son of William and Bertha Schlitt Kern. He and Velma Nelson were married Jan. 16, 1949. She died April 2, 1989...
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WOODROW J. "PEDRO" SIMMONS
(Obituary ~ 03/05/92)
CHARLESTON -- Woodrow J. "Pedro" Simmons, 79, of Charleston, a former, longtime Mississippi County official, died Tuesday, March 3, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 25, 1912, in Mississippi County, son of George and Ida Jackson Simmons...
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RUTH STURGEON
(Obituary ~ 03/05/92)
MARSTON -- Ruth Sturgeon, 52, of Marston, died Tuesday, March 3, 1992, at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti. She was born Feb. 1, 1940, in East Prairie, daughter of James and Irene Stockman Cave. Sturgeon moved to Marston seven years ago from East Prairie. She was a secretary at MFA Grainery in Caruthersville, member of Church of God in Portageville, and Order of Eastern Star in Charleston...
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OCTA BECKMAN
(Obituary ~ 03/05/92)
BLOOMFIELD -- Graveside service for Octa Beckman of Bloomfield, will be held at 10 a.m. today at West Pleasant Valley Church Cemetery near here. The Rev. Harold Ferrell will officiate. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Beckman, 96, died Tuesday, March 3, 1992, at Bloomfield Nursing Center...
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DELAPHINE THOMPSON
(Obituary ~ 03/05/92)
SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Delaphine Thompson, 72, of Sedgewickville, died Tuesday, March 3, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 12, 1919, at Portageville, daughter of Charles and Amy Carnahan Johnson. She married Merrill Thompson May 14, 1936. He died Sept. 12, 1983...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 03/05/92)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Ford of Dexter, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:32 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, 1992. Name, Courtney Paige. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Ford is the former Wendy Husk, daughter of Sue Husk of Cape Girardeau and the late Donald Husk. Ford is employed at Corder and Moore Auto Body, and is the son of Bob Ford of Austin, Texas...
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CLARENCE SPECK
(Obituary ~ 03/05/92)
JACKSON -- Clarence Speck, 81, of Jackson, died Wednesday, March 4, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Oct. 20, 1910, near Anna, Ill., son of Crawford and Ethel Kirby Speck. He and Agnes Hartline were married June 27, 1936. Speck was a retired supervisor at International Shoe Co. here, and attended the Methodist church. He was a veteran of World War II...
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JOSEPH T. JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 03/05/92)
CHARLESTON -- Joseph Thomas Johnson, 39, of Crystal City, died Tuesday, March 3, 1992, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital there. He was formerly of Charleston. Johnson was born March 17, 1952, in Mississippi County, son of Tom and Clara Hale Johnson. He and Mary Vaughn were married Nov. 21, 1971...
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NORMAN W. CARRON
(Obituary ~ 03/05/92)
PERRYVILLE -- Norman W. Carron, 75, of Perryville, died Wednesday, March 4, 1992, at Perry County Hospital. He was born Oct. 1, 1916, at Bloomfield, son of Peter E. and Eleanor Sucher Carron. He and Georgia Lea Stearns were married Jan. 4, 1942. Carron was service manager at the Chevrolet Garage in Perryville 30 years...
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JULIA MADELINE NOON
(Obituary ~ 03/05/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Julia Madeline Noon, 72, of Scott City, died Wednesday, March 4, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 17, 1919 in Parsons, Kan., daughter of Walter A. and Elizabeth Haley Smith. She married Oral F. Noon on Feb. 17, 1944. He survives...
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FOLEY SLATED FOR `ASK YOUR DOCTOR'
(Local News ~ 03/05/92)
Dr. Jonathon K. Foley will discuss laproscopic surgery on tonight's edition of "Ask Your Doctor." The program airs Thursday nights at 8 p.m. on cable channel 13. "Ask Your Doctor" is a local medical show sponsored by St. Francis Medical Center, Southeast Missouri Hospital, the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society and channel 13...
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