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ILLEANA MCCOWEN
(Obituary ~ 02/24/94)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Illeana McCowen, of Cairo, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1994, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. The Barkett Funeral Home of Cairo is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.
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DOUG STONE TICKET SALES PICKING UP
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
Ticket sales for Saturday's Doug Stone concert got off to a slow start, but are picking up, organizers say. The country singing star will perform at the Cape Girardeau Central High School Tiger Field House in a fund-raiser for the school's Booster Club...
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SCOTT COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDERS FORM COUNTYWIDE ASSOCIATION
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
CHAFFEE -- A group of North Scott County emergency services providers has formed a countywide association to provide better protection for residents of Scott and surrounding counties. Korky Bryant, secretary-treasurer of the Scott County Emergency Services Association Inc., and a member of the North Scott County Ambulance District, said the association's first meeting was held Feb. 17 at the Chaffee Fire Department...
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PUNISHING CRIMINALS: THE SYSTEM FAILS THE TRUTH TEST
(Editorial ~ 02/24/94)
Most Americans are brought up with a simple but functional understanding of the criminal justice system: you commit a crime, you're caught, you're convicted, you're punished. Though absent the nuances of human behavior and the complexities of judicial machinations, this formula is basically the way it should be. ...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/24/94)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brotherton of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:45 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, 1994. Name, Ashley Ann. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Brotherton is the former Cindy Madalon, daughter of Kent Madalon of Patton. Brotherton is employed at M&W, and is the son of Jack Brotherton and Donna Brotherton of Patton...
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DAILEY B. HOPPER
(Obituary ~ 02/24/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Dailey B. "Dale" Hopper of Rock Island, Ill., was held Monday at First Lutheran Church there. Private burial was Tuesday in Memorial Park Cemetery at Rock Island. Hopper, 83, died Friday, Feb. 18, 1994, at Silver Cross Nursing Center in Rock Island...
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THOMAS C. HILL
(Obituary ~ 02/24/94)
Funeral service for Thomas C. Hill, 1514 Whitener, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. Brant Hazlett will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. Friday. A Masonic service will be held at 7...
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K.D. BLACK
(Obituary ~ 02/24/94)
EAST PRAIRIE -- K.D. Black, 69, of Pocahontas, Ark., died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1994, at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born Dec. 12, 1924, at Matthews, son of Otis and Sarah Penrod Black. Black was lead lineman 30 years with the Chevrolet Division of General Motors in St. Louis. He moved to Pocahontas in 1979. He was a member of VFW and American Legion there. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...
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RUTH W. RUEHLING
(Obituary ~ 02/24/94)
JACKSON -- Ruth W. Ruehling, 86, of Jackson, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1994, at Deal Nursing Home. She was born Sept. 29, 1907, at Pocahontas, daughter of Frank and Minnie Ettlinger Ruehling. Ruehling was a member of Zion Lutheran Church at Pocahontas...
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MARY C. VRBOSKY
(Obituary ~ 02/24/94)
JACKSON -- Mary C. Vrbosky, 81, Jackson Route 2, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born June 30, 1912, near Jackson, daughter of August and Bertha Sternberg Bartels. She and George Vrbosky were married Sept. 30, 1945...
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WILBERT BRUNE
(Obituary ~ 02/24/94)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Wilbert "Wib" Brune of Jackson will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Sam Roethemeyer will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today...
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HOMER J. MITCHELL
(Obituary ~ 02/24/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Homer J. Mitchell, 86, of Perryville, died Monday, Feb. 21, 1994, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Aug. 26, 1907, at Flat River, son of Albert and Emma Eidson Mitchell. He and Mildred C. Kiefer were married July 27, 1946, in St. Louis...
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LOIS SCHULER
(Obituary ~ 02/24/94)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Lois Schuler, of Auburn, Ill., formerly of Cairo, Ill., died Monday, Feb. 21, 1994, at the Parkes Memorial Nursing Home in Auburn. The Barkett Funeral Home of Cairo is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.
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DONNA JO FRITZ
(Obituary ~ 02/24/94)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Donna Jo Fritz, stillborn infant daughter of Michael Paul Fritz and Cheryl Woodridge, of Pulaski, Ill., died at birth Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1994, at the Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. Survivors include her parents; paternal grandparents, Carl and Sue Fritz of Pulaski, Ill.; and maternal grandparents, Earl Woodridge of Tamms, Ill., Patsy Diaz of Maysville, Ky...
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J. HOWARD HAHN
(Obituary ~ 02/24/94)
SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Funeral service for Jesse Howard Hahn of Sedgewickville will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. Billy G. Hahs will officiate, with burial in Cook Cemetery at Scopus. Hahn, 80, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1994, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau...
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GO-CART TRACK OPPONENTS GAIN REPRIEVE
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
Armed with a petition bearing the signatures of more than 100 Cape Girardeau residents, opponents of a go-cart track on North Kingshighway assailed the city council Wednesday and thwarted final approval of the proposal. The council approved first reading of the measure at its meeting Feb. 7, but on Wednesday agreed to table final passage until March 7...
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MCPOLICY: SMOKING, BURGERS DON'T MIX
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
Smoking and Big Macs don't mix -- at least not in McDonald's company-owned restaurants in the United States and Canada. McDonald's Corp. Wednesday banned smoking in all of its company-owned stores in both countries. The move, effective immediately, comes about a year after the fast-food giant began testing the concept in 40 of its U.S. outlets...
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1994 PROGRESS EDITION WILL BE INCLUDED IN FRIDAY PUBLICATION
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
Concentrating this year on the impact business has on the people and institutions of this region, the Southeast Missourian will publish its annual Progress Edition Friday. The 62-page special section will be included with Friday's edition of the Southeast Missourian...
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COUNCIL DELAYS ANY DECISION ON PUBLIC HOUSING
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
The Cape Girardeau City Council Wednesday tabled any action to appoint a public housing commission, despite prompting from members of a citizens advisory committee. The committee, the Cape Girardeau Housing Task Force, in December recommended that the council appoint a committee to set up a public housing authority in the city...
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RENAISSANCE FAIR AT SCHULTZ SPARKS ENTHUSIASM
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
The halls at L.J. Schultz Middle School were alive with various sights and sounds of medieval culture Tuesday night. From cardboard swords and armor fashioned out of tin foil to stained glass to Duke Robert's Castle dramatization it became apparent that an idea by the faculty had reached fruition...
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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AREA TO BENEFIT FROM HOUSING GRANTS
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
VIENNA, Ill. -- More than 19 percent of the homes in Vienna were built before 1939. Some of them have crumbling foundations, sagging roofs and porches, and windows are in need of repair. Due to changes in building codes, many of the homes now violate plumbing and electrical codes...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: REMEMBERING MORRY, THE BARTENDER-POET
(Column ~ 02/24/94)
Feb. 24, 1994 Dear Pat, Do you remember Morry Herman? He was a bartender at the Jambalaya back when we were reporters at the Times-Standard. I wrote a story about him then because I heard he was a poet as well as bartender. The combination inexplicably made me imagine a bard of the bars, a California Dylan Thomas. Morry, bearded and a little formal despite the sweatshirt with the cutoff sleeves, stared at my romanticism...
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MCDONALD'S STRAWS FOUNDATION OF RETIREE'S HOBBY
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
It all started innocently enough. When the McDonald's restaurant opened in Perryville more than 13 years ago, Kenneth and Wanda Corse, who then lived in rural Perry County, began eating there. After his wife, Wanda, would finish her Diet Coke, Kenneth Corse would pocket a couple of the colorful McDonald's straws...
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ARE WOMEN BARRACUDAS? SPEAKER SAYS THEY CAN BE
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
Women, your sister in the workplace may be undermining your efforts, spreading gossip about you and taking credit for your work. Judith Briles, author and speaker on women's issues, says sabotage happens everywhere, especially among women, and it's on the rise...
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SATELLITE SEMINAR SCHEDULED
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
"Competitive strategy" will be the topic of a satellite seminar to be presented at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus tonight. The speaker will be Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School. "Porter is the nation's leading guru on competitive strategy," said D.K. "Skip" Smith, a professor of the Harrison College of Business at Southeast Missouri State University, which is sponsoring the local program along with Cybertel...
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THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH SOUNDS OF MUSIC
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
Jeremy Welch and Kelly Russell are attuned to two versions of "The Sound of Music". One version is for Southwest Missouri State University to call, informing them that they have been chosen for drama scholarships from among more than 40 applicants. Considering the fact that this would lead to work with directors from New York in a studio funded by John Goodman, such a call would be music to their ears...
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`KRAZY KAMP': JACKSON HIGH TO STAGE COMEDY MARCH 10-11
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
JACKSON -- Jackson High School will raise the curtains on its March 10-11 production of "Krazy Kamp" at 7:30 each night. Cast members will be selling tickets for reserved seats. Tickets are $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for students. Part of the proceeds from the play will go toward the Jackson High Drama Club Scholarship Fund. One scholarship will be awarded to a senior at the end of the year...
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CANCER GALA SLATED FOR FEB. 26
(Local News ~ 02/24/94)
The official theme for the 1994 American Cancer Gala in Cape Girardeau is "discover the secret garden". Embedded in that theme are seeds of giving, remembering and celebrating the precious gift of life. "People I care about have had cancer and passed away and there are others who have it now," said Betsy Richey, who is one of the chairpersons for the event, scheduled to take place Saturday. "This is just a really good way to raise money and awareness of the illness while having fun."...
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