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DOWNTOWN GROUP EXAMINES PROPERTY STANDARDS
(Local News ~ 05/02/94)
Minimum property standards can only be maintained and enforced if the community takes an active interest, according to Cape Girardeau supervisor of building inspection services Rick Murray. "This is something that affects the entire community, not just one or two sections of town," said Murray. ...
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CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS PARK, TRAFFIC SAFETY TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 05/02/94)
Among items on the Cape Girardeau City Council's agenda are parking changes and matters of traffic safety. After listening to several pleas from Michael Ballou and others who live on the 300 and 400 blocks of North Louisiana, the city council elected to put proposed parking changes on the agenda for tonight's meeting...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 05/02/94)
Students at Trinity Lutheran School tell why their mothers are special to them. Mothers' Day is Sunday, May 8. Elizabeth Earl: "My mom helps me learn to do things. She washes my clothes and fixes food for me to eat. She also lets friends spend the night and says what I can't do. But the best reason of all is that she cares and she kisses and hugs me."...
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CONSERVATORY PLANS RECITAL, MUSICAL
(Local News ~ 05/02/94)
Beauty and the Beast will be the musical this year at Keyboards and Kindermusik Conservatory. The dates are June 14 to July 21 and July 5-22. All children ages 4 through high school can participate. Also new piano lessons, Kindermusik and Beginnings will start in June...
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DOUBLE AWARDS, TIES SPARK DRAMA AWARDS
(Local News ~ 05/02/94)
Double awards and ties were in the mix Saturday night when drama awards were handed out at the annual Black Mask/University Players banquet, based on work done during the 1993-94 theatre season of Southeast Missouri State University. Scott Hamann of St. Peters received not only the Critic's Award ("the Judy") for achievements during his entire college career, but also was recognized for Outstanding Service on a Single Production for directing and designing for "Never in My Lifetime."...
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HISTORIC BUILDINGS LEND SOUL TO COMMUNITIES
(Editorial ~ 05/02/94)
Building on our future depends squarely on the past. Often overlooked in this retrospect are hundreds of irreplaceable historic buildings and sites that make our community unique. This is National Historic Preservation Week. Perhaps one exercise we should all consider this week is taking the time to examine our historic treasures in the eyes of a first-time visitor. ...
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MAZIE CROSIER
(Obituary ~ 05/02/94)
CHARLESTON -- Mazie Crosier, 83, of Cairo, Ill., formerly of Charleston, died Sunday, May 1, 1994, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. The McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time...
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CHARLES E. MITCHELL
(Obituary ~ 05/02/94)
PUXICO -- Charles E. Mitchell, 87, of Puxico, formerly of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, April 30, 1994, at the Doctor's Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born July 15, 1906, at Shelbyville, Ill., son of Edward S. and Ada V. Cox Mitchell...
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SCOTT CITY TEEN HURT SUNDAY IN SINGLE-CAR CRASH NEAR KELSO
(Local News ~ 05/02/94)
KELSO -- A 19-year-old Scott City woman was injured when her car ran off County Road 212 Sunday afternoon and overturned. A spokesman for the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Wendy M. Heuring lost control of her vehicle in a curb about a mile west of Kelso, at 5:15 p.m. Sunday...
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ELMA E. HAAS
(Obituary ~ 05/02/94)
Elma A. Haas, 96, of the Lutheran Home, died Saturday, April 30, 1994, at her residence. She was born Jan. 21, 1898, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of John and Lena Nenninger Vandeven. She married Alvin A. Haas in 1917, in Cape Girardeau. He died Dec. 31, 1950...
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MAYME LEE HESS WINN
(Obituary ~ 05/02/94)
ANNA, Ill. -- Mayme Lee Hess Winn, 98, of Anna, Ill., died Saturday, April 30, 1994, at the Union County Nursing Home in Anna. She was born Feb. 7, 1896, at Anna, daughter of Dennis and Nettie Gunter Hess. SHe married Herbert N. Winn, Oct. 19, 1922, at Anna. He died Sept. 16, 1970...
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MAX D. DUKES
(Obituary ~ 05/02/94)
Max D. Dukes, 58, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, May 1, 1994, at his residence. He was born Aug. 19, 1935, at Nevada, Mo., son of Ira Dukes and Leota Dukes Beavers. He married Mary Morgan Thompson, Dec. 27, 1976. Dukes lived in Cape Girardeau since 1985, where he was the former owner and operator of M. M. and R. Transportation...
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CHESTER WESLEY CAMPBELL
(Obituary ~ 05/02/94)
Chester Wesley Campbell, 88, of 2716 Bloomfield Road, died Sunday, May 1, 1994, at his residence. He was born Dec. 21, 1905, at Canalou, son of George Moore and Hattie Ann Lancaster Campbell. He married Norma Robins, Oct. 15, 1926. Campbell was a retired farmer. He later worked as a janitor at the First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...
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THE `FRAMING' OF AMERICA
(Local News ~ 05/02/94)
Why was the Mona Lisa smiling? Art critics have discussed the mysterious smile of Leonardo Da Vinci's most famous painting for centuries. Here's another theory: Perhaps Mona Lisa knew nearly 500 years ago after her smile first appeared that America would be "framed."...
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NEW WINERY: A TOURIST AND ECONOMIC BOOST FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
(Column ~ 05/02/94)
Jerry and Joannie Smith are giving the immediate Southeast Missouri an economic boost in two ways -- through a tourist attraction and a manufacturing and retailing operation. The Smiths operate River Ridge Winery and Vineyards on an 80-acre farm with a quarter-mile frontage on the Mississippi River. The retail sales and actual winery are housed in a century-old farmhouse...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 05/02/94)
The Johnson and Montgomery law firm of Cape Girardeau has become the Johnson, Montgomery and Macguire law firm. Michael H. Macguire, an attorney here since his graduation from Notre Dame University Law School in 1986, recently joined Gerald H. Johnson and Malcolm H. Montgomery, 234 N. Sprigg...
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JACKSON U.S.A. WILL BE PUBLISHED WEEKLY
(Local News ~ 05/02/94)
JACKSON -- The Southeast Missourian's Jackson U.S.A. Signal will become a weekly publication this weekend. Starting Sunday, approximately 10,000 Southeast Missourian subscribers in Jackson, Fruitland, Gordonville and portions of the rural Cape Girardeau and New Hamburg areas will receive the Jackson U.S.A. weekly. Non-subscribers in the Jackson area will receive the newspaper...
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MEMO
(Business ~ 05/02/94)
A number of speakers, including three state lawmakers -- Sen. Peter Kinder and Reps. Mary Kasten and David Schwab -- will be on the "Risk Management for Small Business" program Friday at Drury Lodge. The seminar, for persons interested in business growth with minimum risk and cost, will run from 7:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and is sponsored by the Small Business Committee of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, Missouri Small Business Development Center and University of Missouri Extension...
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