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SHAWNEE: PETROGLYPHS IN FOREST DATE TO 1000 OR 1500
(Local News ~ 02/01/93)
HARRISBURG, Ill. -- They are small figures and symbols carved long ago into the sedimentary bluffs that shoulder the 266,000 acres of Shawnee National Forest. The few remaining petroglyphs, found in "shelters" where rock overhangs have protected them from the weather, are the calling cards of the Mississipian culture that thrived in the region from about 1000 to 1500 A.D...
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OBSERVANCE: CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK IS FILLED WITH ACTIVITIES
(Local News ~ 02/01/93)
Catholic schools are celebrating Catholic Schools Week this week with a variety of activities. The theme, "The Good News in Education: Choose Catholic Schools," invites the community to learn more about Catholic education. In 1991 Catholic schools spent over $11 billion on elementary and secondary education throughout the nation...
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BULLETPROOF VEST DRIVE WILL BENEFIT CAPE POLICE
(Local News ~ 02/01/93)
The Cape Girardeau Jaycees, in cooperation with the Cape Girardeau Regional Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 33, is seeking donations to purchase bulletproof vests for officers of the Cape Girardeau Police Department and other FOP members. Cape Girardeau has the largest police force in the area, and is the only regional department that does not provide vests for its officers...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 02/01/93)
President Clinton tackled several major problems during his first few days in office. The Southeast Missourian asked people how they thought President Clinton handled himself and those issues. Eric Cohoon: "I feel Bill Clinton is faced with many problems and the sooner he gets started correcting those problems the better off he will be and we will all be. He should not be criticized for tackling major issues right now. People put him in office looking for change."...
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ST. MARY'S PRINCIPAL CHOOSES TO CARRY OUT MISSION IN KENYA FOR THREE YEARS
(Local News ~ 02/01/93)
Sister Jeanne Goessling, principal at St. Mary's Cathedral School, leaves in September for three years missionary work in Kenya. She says she doesn't know why she's going; she doesn't know what to expect when she gets there but she knows in her heart it's the right thing to do...
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JOHN E. KAUFMAN
(Obituary ~ 02/01/93)
McCLURE, Ill. John E. Kaufman, 87, of McClure, Ill. died Saturday, Jan. 30, 1993 at Day Star Nursing Home in Cairo. He was born July 7, 1905 at McClure, the son of Eugene and Daisy Mae Lawrence Kaufman. On May 28, 1931, he married the former Ella Mae Burchyett at Cairo. She preceded him in death Feb. 28, 1980...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/01/93)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Allen Friedrich of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:05 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22, 1993. Name, Trent Daniel. Weight, 7 pounds 1 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Friedrich is the former Gayle Wilkinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilkinson of Cape Girardeau. She is employed at Drury Industries. Friedrich is employed at Procter & Gamble, and is the son of Jenny Friedrich of Jackson, and the late Ralph Friedrich...
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DORSIE WAYNE LAUGHLIN
(Obituary ~ 02/01/93)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Dorsie Wayne Laughlin, 84, of East Prairie died Jan. 30, 1993, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born Aug. 5, 1908, in Linn Creek, Mo., the son of the late Alonzo Theodore and Maude May Mann Laughlin. He married Irene Morgan on Dec. 24, 1935. She survives...
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IVON GAINES
(Obituary ~ 02/01/93)
FREDERICKTOWN -- Ivon Gaines, 66, of Fredericktown died Jan. 30, 1993, at his home. He was born at Hahn, Mo., March 27, 1926, to the late King and Ella Deck Gaines. On May 8, 1954, he married Wilma Yates. She survives of Fredericktown. He is survived by one son, Gregory Gaines of Fredericktown; two daughters, Anita Welch of Atlanta, Ga., and Lisa Pushchak of Waterford, Calif.; four brothers, Blois Gaines, of Buffalo Creek, Colo., Theodore Gaines of Delta, the Rev. ...
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JACK PENNINGTON
(Obituary ~ 02/01/93)
SCOTT CITY - Jack Pennington, 70, of Scott City, died Sunday, Jan. 31, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.
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NEVA LOUISE STONE
(Obituary ~ 02/01/93)
Neva Louise Stone, 76, of 1751 Themis, died Sunday, Jan. 31, 1993, in her home. She was born March 4, 1916, in Morley, daughter of Clarence W. and Lula Wolsey Cannon. She married Lloyd Stone on Oct. 14, 1936 in Jackson. He died June 26, 1979. Stone worked in the maternity ward of Southeast Missouri Hospital for 33 years, until she retired in 1989. She was also a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, where she was active in the United Methodist Women and the Quilting Circle...
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COLLEGE COURSE ON CHILDHOOD IS BEING OFFERED AT PERRYVILLE
(Local News ~ 02/01/93)
A college course on early and middle childhood is being offered at the Perryville Extension Center. The course is Human Development and Family Studies: Early and Middle Childhood. It will investigate emotional, cognitive, social and physical development of the child before puberty. It will also explore the role of the adult in the child's development. Different approaches to discipline and their outcomes will be discussed...
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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS HAVE CONTRIBUTED IMMENSELY
(Editorial ~ 02/01/93)
Every now and then those involved in a good cause owe it to themselves to pause and take note of their achievements. So it is with the nation's Catholic schools, which this week celebrate Catholic Schools Week under the theme, "The Good News in Education: Choose Catholic Schools."...
Stories from Monday, February 1, 1993
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