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PROGRAMS GIVE STUDENTS EXPOSURE TO THE WORK FORCE
(Local News ~ 05/16/94)
Marie Pontillas has no doubts about her career -- she wants to work in the health care field. "My father is a doctor, and I work in his office," said the sophomore at Perryville High School. "My career interest is in the medical field." Pontillas spent a few hours Friday "shadowing" Southeast Missouri Hospital pharmacy director Jim Hendrickson. ...
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CITY TO LAUNCH POLICING STRATEGY
(Local News ~ 05/16/94)
Kiya Curry turns 21 today, but she feels there's little to celebrate. She is unmarried, has three children -- ages 1, 2, and 3 -- and is without a job. "I want to work, but I can't afford to," Curry said. "I hate being on welfare, but no one can pay me what I'm making by not working. Besides, no one will hire me. I don't have a (high school diploma)...
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COUNCIL TO APPOINT PROPERTY STANDARDS COMMITTEE
(Local News ~ 05/16/94)
If the arrival of minimum property standards could be viewed as a horse race, Cape Girardeau City Councilman Tom Neumeyer would be casting an appreciative glance at the home stretch. "A moment that has taken two-and-a-half years to arrive is finally only two months away," said Neumeyer, who represents Ward 2. "This is something I've been very interested in for a long time. This is the culmination of a lot of work by the board of appeals and has a lot of public support behind it."...
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PARK IMPROVEMENTS, TRASH FACTS TOP AGENDA
(Local News ~ 05/16/94)
Presentations on the Washington Park improvement project and solid waste task force will be among the items addressed at tonight's Cape City Council meeting. City Councilman J.J. Williamson, representing Ward 1, requested an update on the Washington Park project at the last council meeting. The cost of the project is $45,000 and is projected to be finished in the 1998-99 fiscal year...
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CAPE STUDENTS WIN BREAKING TRADITION AWARDS
(Local News ~ 05/16/94)
Careers know no gender, say Ricky Garza and Jeffrey Ostendorf. The two students at Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School were regional winners in the statewide Breaking Tradition contest. Ostendorf is a modern office technology student, and Garza is a commercial foods students. Both courses traditionally attract female students...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 05/16/94)
The Southeast Missourian asked people, "What do you think the future holds for South Africa, and blacks across the world, now that Nelson Mandela is president and the African National Congress has been voted in?" Joe Frazier "I think it's a positive change for the country. If everything goes well, they'll be back on track politically. I'm really glad to see the United States helping out."...
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SEMO BAGS GRANT FOR YOUTH PROJECTS
(Local News ~ 05/16/94)
Jack Stokes believes America's youth can contribute much to their communities. That belief is at the heart of a $10,000 federal grant awarded to the social work and criminal justice departments at Southeast Missouri State University. The "Youth as Resources Project" grant from the National Crime Prevention Council will fund youth groups' community service projects, up to $700 per project. The grant extends through the end of the year...
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COLLEGE ON WAY TO FASTER ACCREDITATION THANKS TO HARRISON
(Editorial ~ 05/16/94)
Cape Girardeau businessman Donald L. Harrison's generous gift to Southeast Missouri State University will play a vital role in the university's efforts to acquire accreditation of its College of Business by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business...
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AIRPORT SHOWS SOLID INCREASE IN USE
(Editorial ~ 05/16/94)
In view of the city's recent investment in renovations at Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport, announcement of record Trans World Express boardings in April comes as good news. TWE boardings in April reached a five-year high of 510, topping April 1993's total by 23 percent. Equally significant is the fact that daily flights have improved from an average of 14.3 in 1992 to an average of 20 in April...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: BIERK DESERVES CREDIT FOR OFFERING AN IDEA
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/16/94)
To the editor: I would like to congratulate Mr. Steve Mosley (Letter to the Editor, May 8) on another fine journalistic achievement. Reading the guest commentary authored by Dr. John C. Bierk and your corresponding rebuttal has allowed me to come to the following conclusions...
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MISSOURI IS NEGLECTING ITS FUTURE
(Column ~ 05/16/94)
Without detracting from a number of achievements by this year's session of the General Assembly, it would be prudent if state officials from the governor down to freshman members of the Legislature were to pay closer attention next year to Missouri's economic development. ...
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CHARLES JUNIOR SELF
(Obituary ~ 05/16/94)
ANNISTON -- Charles Junior Self, 73, of Anniston, died Saturday, May 14, 1994, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Feb. 6, 1922, at Charleston, son of Charles Watson and Katie Kathryn Misner Self. He married Nadine Armer, Feb. 7, 1941, at Charleston...
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VELMA M. MATHERS
(Obituary ~ 05/16/94)
JACKSON -- Velma M. Mathers, 83, of Jackson died Sunday, May 15, 1994, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 5, 1911, in San Francisco, Calif., the daughter of Jesse and Frances Mathers. She is survived by a cousin, Fred Ernest of Cape Girardeau...
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EULA NORMA SLINKARD
(Obituary ~ 05/16/94)
JACKSON -- Eula Norma Slinkard, 81, of Jackson, died Sunday, May 15, 1994, at the Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill, where she had lived for the last two months. She was born Sept. 25, 1912, at New Bethel, daughter of Levi and Frances Medlock Walker...
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CLARENCE B. MANNON
(Obituary ~ 05/16/94)
MARBLE HILL -- Clarence B. Mannon, 79, of Marble Hill, died Sunday, May 15, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 5, 1914, at Rector, Ark., son of Matthew L. and Lois Pendgrass Mannon. He married Carma Graham, Feb. 10, 1977...
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HARVEY L. GREEN
(Obituary ~ 05/16/94)
Harvey L. Green, 76, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, May 15, 1994, at his residence in Bradenton, Fla. Ford and Sons Funeral Homes of Cape Girardeau are in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.
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MILFORD M. COOK
(Obituary ~ 05/16/94)
Milford M. Cook, 69, of 105 Green Acres, died Friday, May 13, 1994, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Feb. 23, 1925, at Marquand, son of Dock and Ida Stevens Cook. He married Amanda Tripp, Oct. 24, 1942, at Jackson. She died Sept. 12, 1967. He then married Viola Cole Webb, Dec. 27, 1968...
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DAY AT COMMODITIES MARKET CAN BECOME MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE
(Column ~ 05/16/94)
"At first glance the floor appeared to be in total chaos." "It's interesting to see how easily money is made and, or lost." "The amazing thing is that the system actually works." Those were some of the observations of members of the futures seminar class at Southeast Missouri State University after they visited Chicago recently and returned with a valuable learning experience...
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STORAGE: CURE FOR `FILLED TO THE BRIM' DILEMMA
(Local News ~ 05/16/94)
Cabinets -- for that matter, closets, drawers, garages, under beds, attics, tool sheds and the trunk of the family car -- are meant for filling. But when "filled to the brim" puts homeowners -- or even some major businesses -- in a dilemma, the solution may be just around the corner in one of America's more than 30,000 mini-storage facilities...
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LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD RECEIVES HIGH RATING
(Local News ~ 05/16/94)
JACKSON -- SEMO Branch 8252 has received Lutheran Brotherhood's "superior" rating for its community service activities in 1993. The rating recognizes the local service group for its effectiveness in bringing Lutheran Brotherhood's fraternal (charitable and benevolent) resources into the local area...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 05/16/94)
Michelle Tucker has joined Heartland Telephone Services as a sales representative. Tucker is a graduate of Shawnee High School in Southern Illinois and Mineral Area Community College at Flat River, Mo. She recently completed an AT&T sales training course at Chicago, Ill, and will be selling AT&T products to small and medium businesses. She previously worked in management with Drury Restaurants, Inc...
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MEMO
(Business ~ 05/16/94)
The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions in three areas this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available May 25, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call 335-3312 for an appointment...
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ST. LOUIS FEDERAL BANK PRESIDENT WILL KEYNOTE COPPER DOME DINNER
(Local News ~ 05/16/94)
Thomas C. Melzer, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, will present the address at the annual Copper Dome Dinner June 17 in the Show Me Center. The event, which recognizes donors to the Southeast Missouri University Foundation, will begin with a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by a dinner at 7 p.m...
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