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CITY COUNCIL GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO PARKING, TRAFFIC MATTERS
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
The Cape Girardeau City Council gave the green light to all matters of parking and traffic safety in Monday's meeting. Michael Ballou, spokesman for a citizens' request for parking changes at the 300 and 400 blocks of North Louisiana, saw the passage as a triumph for ward representation...
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ILLINOIS ACTS ON BRIDGE FUNDING
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
Illinois' funding for a new Mississippi River bridge here is included in its five-year transportation improvement program contingent upon federal funding. "The total cost of the bridge between the two states is about $71.2 million," Martha Schiebel of the Illinois Department of Transportation in Springfield said Monday...
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GAMBLING INTENTIONS PROCEED
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
SCOTT CITY -- As far as the Scott City Council is concerned, it's on a non-stop trip to opening a riverboat casino within the city limits. Having recently given Lady Luck the nod for a Scott City operation, the council's gambling committee announced Monday its intentions to move forward with plans to acquire the services of an attorney to enter into negotiations with the selected operator...
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NIXON HOPES TO CLOSE GAMBLING LOOPHOLES
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon said Monday he is working to close loopholes in the state's riverboat gambling laws. He termed riverboat gambling "a massive law enforcement responsibility." Nixon said Missouri already has one of the strictest gambling laws in the nation, but he has contacted other states about their experience to ensure Missouri has enough safeguards...
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REGENTS TO CONSIDER NEW FOOD-SERVICES CONTRACT
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
The traditional cafeteria serving line could be a thing of the past when Southeast Missouri State University goes to a new food-service operation next academic year, school officials say. University officials have opted not to continue with ServiceMaster, which had operated the food service on campus since 1986...
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LOCAL ANGLES: THE JOYS OF GRAPES AND BOOMERANG BABY SALAD
(Column ~ 05/03/94)
Newspapers get all kinds of press releases, even ones from the California Table Grape Commission. Writing press releases is not a job for just anybody. It takes skill to let all those words ripen on the page. The other day we received a whole packet of news releases about table grapes...
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OPTIMISTS HONOR POLICE OFFICERS AT RESPECT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT DAY
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
Greif, the Cape Girardeau police dog forced to retire after being struck by a car in March, snoozed through most of Monday's Respect for Law Enforcement Day festivities. But his owner, trainer and former partner, Officer Dennis Horn paid attention for both as they were honored Monday by the Evening Optimist Club of Cape Girardeau for service to the community as part of the area Optimist clubs' Respect for Law Enforcement Day...
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WILLIAM H. STICKLER
(Obituary ~ 05/03/94)
William H. Stickler, 72, of 2551 Ranchito died at Southeast Missouri Hospital Monday, May 2, 1994. Arrangements were incomplete at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Chapel.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU FIRE REPORT
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
TUESDAY, MAY 3 At 6:01 p.m. Sunday, firefighters responded to a report of a barbecue grill fire at 802 Perry. At 7:05 p.m. Sunday, firefighters responded to a call for medical assistance at 450 Siemers. At 11:15 p.m. Sunday, firefighters responded to a call for medical assistance at 107 N. West End Boulevard...
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ALTA B. BLUMENBERG
(Obituary ~ 05/03/94)
JACKSON -- Alta B. Blumenberg, 92, of Jackson, died Monday, May 2, 1994, at Heartland Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 30, 1902, at Gordonville, daughter of Arthur L. and Cora Lape Kinder. She and Walter W. Blumenberg were married Oct. 18, 1922. He died Sept. 19, 1991...
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ELIZABETH S. LENCE
(Obituary ~ 05/03/94)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Elizabeth S. Lence, 80, of San Antonio, Texas, died Sunday, May 1, 1994, at Crestway Care Center in San Antonio. She was born March 24, 1914, in Reynoldsville, daughter of Fred and Nora Harvey Smick. She married Russell Lence, who preceded her in death...
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WILLIAM E. WILLYERD
(Obituary ~ 05/03/94)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Graveside service for William Everett Willyerd of Jonesboro will be held at 1 p.m. today at Jonesboro Cemetery, with Jack Musgrave officiating. Friends may call at Norris and Son Funeral Home from 10 a.m. to service time. Willyerd, 96, died Sunday, May 1, 1994, at Jackson County Nursing Home in Murphysboro...
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HAZEL L. MOORE
(Obituary ~ 05/03/94)
MARBLE HILL -- Hazel L. Moore, 80, of Marble Hill, died Sunday, May 1, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 4, 1914, at Shetley Creek, daughter of George and Vina Short Sites. She married James R. Moore, July 29, 1935...
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MYRTLE M. DALTON
(Obituary ~ 05/03/94)
JACKSON -- Myrtle M. Dalton, 89, of Jackson died Monday, May 2, 1994, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 21, 1904, in Jackson, daughter of Henry F. and Annie Taylor Dalton. Surviving is one brother, John W. Dalton of St. Louis. Three brothers preceded her in death...
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PATRICIA J. GRAHAM
(Obituary ~ 05/03/94)
PATTON -- Patricia Jean Graham, 43, of Patton, died Monday, May 2, 1994, at Madison County Memorial Hospital in Fredericktown. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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HATTIE L. HOLT
(Obituary ~ 05/03/94)
BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Hattie Louise Holt of Bloomfield will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Lonnie Club will officiate, with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery near Bloomfield. Holt, 62, died Friday, April 29, 1994, at Baptist Central Hospital in Memphis, Tenn...
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VELMA L. PROST
(Obituary ~ 05/03/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Velma Lee Prost, 75, of Perryville, died Sunday, May 1, 1994, at her home. She was born Feb. 4, 1919, at Parma, daughter of Jesse and Nannie I. Barnhart Rushing. She and Gilmore Prost were married Jan. 14, 1939, at Perryville. He died May 21, 1993...
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DR. HENRY E. LESTMANN
(Obituary ~ 05/03/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Dr. Henry E. Lestmann, 71, of Perryville, died Saturday, April 30, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 21, 1923, in San Bernardino, Calif., son of Henry Emil and Bessie C. Walker Lestmann. He and Dorothy A. Pryor were married Aug. 10, 1947, in Pasadena, Calif...
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MAZIE C. CROSIER
(Obituary ~ 05/03/94)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Mazie C. Crosier, 83, of Cairo, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Sunday, May 1, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born March 7, 1911, at Willard, daughter of Carl and Novella Lee Simpson Bauer. She and Robert L. Crosier were married April 27, 1932...
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BURTON H. NOTHDURFT
(Obituary ~ 05/03/94)
GORDONVILLE -- Burton Harold Nothdurft, 81, of Farmington, died Monday, May 2, 1994, at his home. He was born April 17, 1913, at Gordonville, son of Robert and Minnie Schreiner Nothdurft. He first married Ruth Tisdale, who preceded him in death. He later married Louise Shannon Pies...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: CARTOON WAS MEANT TO BE OFFENSIVE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/03/94)
To the Editor, I would like thank the gentleman who responded to my earlier letter and cartoon about riverboat gambling. You are correct in stating that riverboat gambling is about economics (money). I guess we differ as to how we reason with these truths. Webster defines gambling as: 1. play a game for stakes; 2. bet; 3. take a chance; N. risky undertaking...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: A RIVERTOWN
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/03/94)
Dear Editor, Cape Girardeau is located where it is because of the river; its very existence was dependent upon it when the town was established. Fortunately, our downtown area still retains much of the character of a river town. Every town or settlement has a quality or character which is the result of its initial function and subsequent evolution. ...
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GUEST COMMENTARY: PRISONERS OF THE BODY AND SPIRIT
(Column ~ 05/03/94)
Alexis de Tocqueville, that trenchant observer of the American scene, and whose work Democracy in America is still the best book ever written about the American political character and experience, stated in 1839 that after freedom is won, all the rest of history is a constant and continuing battle for equality...
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MISSOURI, ILLINOIS SCORE LOW IN TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN
(Editorial ~ 05/03/94)
Asked to inventory the resources of Missouri, people immediately list such things as plentiful timber regions, abundant mineral deposits, rich farm land and access to major rivers, among other things. In fact, the most valuable resource this state, and any state, has is its people. ...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION WEEK
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/03/94)
To the Editor, During National Historic Preservation Week, I hoped to share with your readers an explanation about the connection between historic preservation and economic development. Economic development remains one of the biggest arguments for historic preservation today. ...
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UNIVERSITY BAND TO GIVE CONCERT WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
The Southeast Missouri State University Concert Band will perform its final spring concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Academic Auditorium. The band, under the direction of Barry Bernhardt, director of activity bands, will open with "Symphony No. 1: In Memorium Dresden" by Daniel Bukvich...
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ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS TOPIC OF MEETING
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
JACKSON -- The League of Women Voters of Cape Girardeau County will sponsor a meeting here Wednesday via satellite on a number of environmental matters. The town meeting will address the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, reduction of pollution from agriculture, development of effective wellhead programs, and mobilization of citizens to protect their groundwater...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: AMERICA'S `FRUITED PLAIN' TAKES ON NEW MEANING
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
LEOPOLD -- Angela Carlisle assigned her second grade students to illustrate scenes from the song "America the Beautiful." While overseeing their efforts, she noticed one child drawing pictures of fruit falling from an airplane. "I was sure he had misunderstood the assignment until he explained he was drawing the `fruited plane,'" Carlisle said...
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TESTS: ACT, SAT SCORES KEY TO UNIVERSITY ADMISSION
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
When it comes to the ACT and SAT college entrance exams, some high school students take them again and again in hopes of obtaining better scores. It's easy to see why. Many colleges across the country have tightened their admission requirements and scholarship money often hinges on such test scores...
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CAPE UPDATE: VISITING CAPE JR. HIGH SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES
(Column ~ 05/03/94)
During the past week I've had the opportunity to visit two specific classes at Central Junior High School. Rich Payne and Charles Schroeder's sixth and seventh period social studies classes, respectively, studied poverty and wealth and the elements of economics. Both classes had student enrollments which spanned the academic spectrum from the academically talented to the at-risk. To quote from a group in the seventh period, "a group of wonderful and intelligent students." This they were!...
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SOUTHEAST STUDENT HONORED AS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
Southeast Missouri State University student-journalist Charles Miller IV has been named the Robert Knight Journalist of the Year. The award was presented by the Missouri College Media Association at its annual convention April 8-9 on campus. The Journalist of the Year Award has been presented for a number of years by the college association. The award was renamed this year for the late Robert Knight, longtime director of scholastic press programs in Missouri...
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ELK'S LODGE HONORS TWO STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
Danielle Roussel and Mary Kay Richards have been named Students of the Month for April by Cape Girardeau Elk's Lodge 639. Roussel, 18, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Roussel of Cape Girardeau. She is a senior at Central High School. She has been named to Who's Who Among American High School Students and participated in varsity and junior varsity softball and junior varsity basketball...
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DRIVER EDUCATION CLASS AT CAPE CENTRAL HIGH STARTS ON JUNE 13
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
A summer class in driver education will be taught on the campus of Cape Girardeau Central High School starting June 13. The first meeting will be held in the driver training building on Whitener Street just south of the gymnasium. The class starts at 8 a.m...
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CAPE WOMAN AWARDED CONTINUING EDUCATION GRANT
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
Shirley Kossman of Cape Girardeau has been awarded a grant from the PEO Program for Continuing Education. She was recommended by Chapter LY of Cape Girardeau. Kossman is working toward her master's degree in human environmental studies with an emphasis in gerontology at Southeast Missouri State University, and expects to graduate in May 1995...
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NOTRE DAME STUDENT TO ATTEND SCHOLARS ACADEMY
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
Jennifer A. Layton, a student at Notre Dame High School, has been selected to attend the 10th annual Missouri Scholars Academy June 12-July 2 at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The academy is a residential program for 330 of Missouri's gifted students who are ready to begin their junior year in high school...
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DELTA TAU ALPHA PLACES FIRST IN NATIONAL AGRICULTURE BOWL
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
The Agriculture Bowl Team, consisting of members of the Southeast Missouri State University chapter of Delta Tau Alpha, successfully defended its title April 7-9, capturing first in the national competition for the second straight year. "This is the first time in national Delta Tau Alpha history that this has occurred," said Danny Terry, chairman of Southeast's agriculture department...
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SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN AT SOUTHEAST PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
A number of science scholarships were presented at the College of Science and Technology honors program April 12 at Southeast Missouri State University. Marta Retherford of Millersville was awarded a Betty Berry Glenn Science Scholarship, which goes to any high school graduate who is a major in any field of science. Retherford is a sophomore at Southeast majoring in human environmental studies with emphasis in diet...
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MINOR RECEIVES COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
Tina Minor of Cape Girardeau has been awarded a Community College Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University. She is enrolled for this fall. The scholarship is a renewable award of $1,000 for the academic year up to a maximum of four semesters to students transferring from a community college to Southeast. To be eligible, students must hold a 3.5 grade-point average with 24 transferable credit hours...
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AREA STUDENTS HONORED IN MATHEMATICS CONTEST
(Local News ~ 05/03/94)
Area students earned honors at the ninth annual Missouri Student Mathematics Contest at Southeast Missouri State University. The five highest scores in each event at each grade level were awarded a ribbon. The first-, second- and third-place winners are eligible to participate in the state contest Saturday...
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