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COMMUNITY HEALTH WILL BE TOPIC
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Floods, earthquakes and understanding community health will be topics during a special meeting sponsored by the village of East Cape Girardeau tonight. "Local, state and federal agencies will have representatives here," said Mayor Joe Aden, who announced the 6:30 p.m. meeting, to be held at the East Cape Girardeau Baptist Church...
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SCHOOLS LOOK TO JUNE BALLOT ISSUE
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Cape Girardeau voters will be asked on June 7 to approve a full waiver of the Proposition C rollback, resulting in a 37-cent property tax increase that would net Cape Girardeau public schools more than $2.75 million in new local and state money. The board of education passed a resolution Monday to place the issue on the June ballot as the first of a two-part plan...
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SCOTT CITY HEARS GAMBLING BIDS
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
SCOTT CITY -- After being turned down in Cape Girardeau on March 8, Lady Luck packed up and moved south. Monday night, the Las Vegas-based gambling company made a $63.2 million, three-phase pitch to the Scott City Council to put a boat at the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority...
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COUNCIL DELAYS HOUSING CODE REVIEW
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
After listening to impassioned testimony on two issues not on the Cape Girardeau City Council agenda Monday, the staff elected to take up both matters at the next meeting. Theresa Wright offered a myriad of examples of deplorable living conditions in her apartment at 238 South Sprigg to urge the city council to take up the matter of minimum standard housing codes as quickly as possible...
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RED CROSS OFFICE HERE STATION FOR NEW EMERGENCY VEHICLE
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
When disaster strikes, American Red Cross emergency relief vehicles move in quickly. "There are 270 of these national ERVs stationed across the United States," said Mary Burton, executive director of Cape Girardeau chapter of the American Red Cross. "Wherever the vans are needed, they go."...
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CAPE UPDATE: REDISTRICTING OFFERS CHANCE TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
In a recent Southeast Missourian editorial the Board of Education was commended for tackling the difficult task of redrawing district boundaries. It must be recognized it is easier to recommend or commend than undertaking and, or accomplishing the task...
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CAPE CITY COUNCILMAN RICHARDS SET TO FILE FOR COUNTY COMMISSION
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Cape Girardeau City Councilman Doug Richards made the decision to jump into the race for the District 2 Cape Girardeau County Commission seat upon realizing he wanted a new challenge. "I've enjoyed the time I spent working on the city council and feel that the time is right to go after a new challenge," said Richards before Monday night's city council meeting...
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ROBERT L. "SONNY" MCCLARY
(Obituary ~ 03/22/94)
Robert L. "Sonny" McClary of 2023 Perryville Road, Cape Girardeau, died Monday, March 21, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was 84. He was born July 31, 1909, in Belleview, Mo., the son of Robert S. and Laura B. Baker McClary. He married Oneita McDowell on Oct. 6, 1957. She survives of the home...
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AUDUBON SOCIETY TO MEET WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Wildlife Rehabilitation will be the focus of the monthly meeting of the Four Seasons Audubon Society Wednesday, beginning at 7:05 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. John Watkins, licensed wildlife rehabilitator, will be the guest speaker. This is an excellent family program and the public is invited to attend. For information, call 334-0840...
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E. RAY BAUGHN
(Obituary ~ 03/22/94)
MARBLE HILL -- E. Ray Baughn, 72, of Marble Hill, died Saturday, March 19, 1994, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind. He was born March 8, 1922, in McClean County, Ky., son of Girtie P. and Lydia Martin Baughn. He and Betty Jean Little were married March 12, 1958. She died Dec. 2, 1986...
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NAOMI L. LUCEY
(Obituary ~ 03/22/94)
BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Naomi Lee Lucey of Bloomfield will be held at 2 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter. The Rev. Jerry Pennington will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Mike Huffman. Burial will be in Hagy Cemetery at Dexter...
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BETTY TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 03/22/94)
Betty Taylor, 65, 1750 Bessie, died Sunday, March 20, 1994, at her home. She was born Feb. 9, 1929, in Decatur, Ill., daughter of Eugene Howard and Alice W. Jenn Scarlett Sr. Taylor was a graduate of Central High School and Southeast Missouri State University. She taught at Central Junior High School, and at a high school in Santa Barbara, Calif...
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EDNA L. GRIFFIN
(Obituary ~ 03/22/94)
GIPSY -- Edna Lee Griffin, 72, of Gipsy, died Monday, March 21, 1994, at her home. She was born March 30, 1921, at Watts, Ark., daughter of Sam and Minnie Rains Griffin. She and Hobert Griffin were married July 8, 1948, in Watts. Survivors include her husband; a son, Roger Griffin of Gipsy; two brothers, Douglas Griffin of Vail, Ore., Dafton Griffin of Sikeston; a half brother, Goffrey Griffin of Oklahoma; a half sister, Walsa Treat of Oklahoma City, Okla., and a grandchild...
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ELMER C. HARTLINE
(Obituary ~ 03/22/94)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Elmer C. Hartline, 72, of Dongola, died Monday, March 21, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 18, 1922, in Dongola, son of Cloid and Lura Dillow Hartline. He and Jean Rowe were married Dec. 24, 1947...
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ROBERT E. MCDOWELL
(Obituary ~ 03/22/94)
DITTMER -- Robert Edwin McDowell, 64, of Dittmer, died Sunday, March 20, 1994, at his home. He was born April 21, 1929, at Silver Lake, son of Robert and Mabel Layton McDowell. His wife, Mary Lou, died April 30, 1979. McDowell was a retired transformer winder at Winder Electric...
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CLETIS DAVIS SR.
(Obituary ~ 03/22/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Cletis Davis Sr., 84, of Scott City, died Monday, March 21, 1994, at his home. He was born July 13, 1909, in DuBois, Ill., son of Ike and Effie Mann Davis. He and Sadie Velma Nance were married Feb. 19, 1937, at Jackson. Davis was a self-employed carpenter...
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GLEN E. O'NEAL
(Obituary ~ 03/22/94)
Glen E. O'Neal, 93, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, March 21, 1994, at the Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born June 13, 1900, at Gordonville, son of Edward and Elsie Kinder O'Neal. He married Hazel Statler, Oct. 7, 1922, at Gordonville. O'Neal was a farmer in the Gordonville area, and worked for Cape Egg and Feed in Cape Girardeau for 13 years. He moved to Cape Girardeau from his farm in Gordonville in 1952...
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ALLIED WASTE MANAGEMENT WILL CLOSE JACKSON MUNICIPAL LANDFILL BY APRIL 8
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
JACKSON -- The Jackson city landfill, which has generated considerable controversy and a lawsuit by property owners who live near the facility, is tentatively scheduled to close April 8. The unexpected announcement was made near the end of Monday's Jackson Board of Aldermen meeting by City Attorney David Beeson...
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EASTER EGG HUNT SET FOR SATURDAY IN SCOTT CITY MAIN PARK
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Parks and Recreation Department and Burger King are cosponsoring an Easter egg hunt Saturday. Children 8 and under are invited to the Main Park in Scott City, where they will be broken into two age groups to search for more than 600 eggs on the park grounds. Among real eggs, several plastic eggs will be filled with a variety of surprises for the children...
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VALUES IN EDUCATION: IT IS TIME TO TAKE A STAND
(Editorial ~ 03/22/94)
"A lack of values is not just what's wrong in schools, but what's wrong in society." So lamented Kent King, executive director of the Missouri State Teachers Association in an address at the Southeast Missouri District Teachers Meeting in Cape Girardeau earlier this month...
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FIGHT FREE: SCHOOLS COMBAT VIOLENCE IN HALLWAYS
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Flags line the hallways of May Greene Elementary School, declaring the school fight-free. When students uphold their pledge not to fight, they are rewarded with special programs and recognition. But if a fight occurs, it's serious business for everyone involved...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: DRAWING, PAINTING JUST THE BEGINNING OF SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL'S ART PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Drawing, painting, ceramics, lettering, fashion designing, decoupage. Jim Essner teaches all these art media and more to students in grades kindergarten through high school. Essner has taught art at Scott County Central schools for the past 20 years. He teaches fine arts for kindergarten through seventh grade and senior high art I and advanced art. He also teaches general shop and wood construction...
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CAPE STUDENT TO TOUR EUROPE WITH BAND, CHOIR
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
George D. Aplin of Cape Girardeau will participate with the Missouri Ambassadors of Music in a 16-day tour of seven European countries June 16 to July 1. The Missouri Ambassadors includes select concert and jazz bands and choir. Students were chosen on the recommendations of their high school music teachers...
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PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS HONORS STUDENT FROM ESSEX
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Krista Frazier of Essex has been named Youth of the Year for 1994 by the Gateway Regional Council of Parents Without Partners. Her mother, Dottie Frazier, is a member of the Cape SEMO Chapter of Parents Without Partners. The award honors the recipient as the most successful in adjusting to life in a single parent family. The region includes St. Louis, Southeast Missouri and parts of Illinois...
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LKS CLUB NAMES STUDENTS OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Christy Renee Wren and Cynthia Grooms have been named students of the Month for March by Cape Girardeau Elk's Lodge 639. Wren, 18, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Wren of Cape Girardeau. She is a senior at Central High School where she is involved in varsity softball, varsity cheerleading, the Letterman's Club, DECA, and Young Life. She was also named to Who's Who Among American High School Students...
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BREAKFAST EXCHANGE CLUB NAMES YOUTH OF THE MONTH
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Victor Patterson of Cape Girardeau has been named the Breakfast Exchange Club of Cape Girardeau Youth of the Month for March. Patterson attends Notre Dame High School where he participates in basketball and Scholar Bowl. He attended Boys State, Missouri Freedom Forum and Camp Enterprise. He also has worked with the school musical and is active on TEC retreats...
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LOCAL BOY HONORED AT MILITARY ACADEMY
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Alex Barney, a student at Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Mo. was recently honored and promoted. Barney was promoted to the rank of cadet private first class. A freshman, he was also awarded the Soldier's Bar for outstanding military courtesy, neatness, bearing, attitude and performance of duty...
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BENTON STUDENT NAMED TO HONOR SOCIETY
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Rachel Lynn Record of Benton has become a member of Cardinal Key National Honor Society at Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville. Record, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Record of Benton, is a sophomore majoring in nursing at Northeast...
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TWO WORKSHOPS PLANNED FOR TEACHERS, PARENTS
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Workshop on Wheels is planning two workshops for preschool educators and parents. The first will be held Thursday at the Early Childhood Center, 1912 Broadway, at 7 p.m. Martha Zlokovich will discuss "Infant Development: Milestones, Norms and Range of Variability." She will discuss physical developments that can be expected from birth to age 2 and the role day-care workers play in recognizing delays and reassuring parents. Call Donna or Rhonda at 335-1114 to register...
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SCOTT CITY HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTS NEW MEMBERS
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
The National Honor Society of Scott City High School inducted eight members March 15. Inducted were: Keri Baber, Brandon Swanner, Angelia DeLaCruz, Tait Phillips, Benjie Ferguson, Jennifer Page, David Glaus and Brant Gunther. President Sarah Noon was in charge of the induction ceremony. Kala Stroup, president of Southeast Missouri University, was the speaker...
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NEW OFFICERS NAMED FOR WILLING WORKERS 4-H CLUB
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
The Tri-City Willing Workers 4-H Club of Scott County installed new officers for 1994. Conducting the ceremony was community leader Mike Burger. Assuming offices were Travis Burger, president; Sonya Siebert, vice-president; Lori Arnzen, secretary; and Dale Burger, treasurer...
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FORENSICS TEAM MEMBER PLACES AT TOURNAMENT
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Jason Green of Cape Girardeau earned three awards in the Mid-America Forensics League Tournament March 6 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is a member of the Nebraska Wesleyan University forensics team. Green placed first in communication analysis, first in extemporaneous speaking, and fourth in impromptu speaking...
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SOUTHEAST CONFERS DEGREES DURING FALL COMMENCEMENT
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Degrees were conferred upon 453 undergraduates and 25 graduate students during fall commencement exercises Dec. 11 at Southeast Missouri State University. The following area residents, as listed by hometown, received advanced degrees and/or graduated with honors:...
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STUDENT HONORED BY UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
(Local News ~ 03/22/94)
Krista Faith Bridges of Cape Girardeau has been named to the University of Kentucky's College of Nursing dean's list for the fall semester. A freshman majoring in nursing, Bridges lives at 947 Karau Lane. Students named to the dean's list were among the top 5 percent of undergraduate students at UK...
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