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JOBS AVAILABLE; KEY WORD IS SKILL
(Local News ~ 01/16/95)
Perryville wants to grow. Over the past decade Perryville, a town of about 7,000 people has experienced one of the most phenomenal job growth patterns in Southeast Missouri, but the town itself remains about the same size. "We want to find out why our city has remained flat," said JoAnn Sumner, director of Perry County Industrial Development...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: HE `THROWED A ROLL' IN 1976; REST IS HISTORY
(Business ~ 01/16/95)
SIKESTON -- Sikeston's best known restaurant has been nominated for Missouri's top tourism award. Lambert's Cafe, known nationwide as the "Home of the Throwed Rolls," is a nominee for the Missouri Travel and Tourism Hall of Fame Award. Lambert's Cafe has attracted tourists by the busload and from all over the nation to Southeast Missouri...
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BLACKS PREPARE FOR SIKESTON'S KING OBSERVANCE
(Local News ~ 01/16/95)
SIKESTON -- For the first time since it began in 1989, Sikeston's Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade will take an estimated 50 cars outside of Sikeston's west end -- the Sunset Addition. Those cars, adorned with pictures of King, will go through one of the city's most affluent neighborhoods...
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PERRY SCHOOLS ENJOY PROGRESS AFTER ROCKY START
(Local News ~ 01/16/95)
PERRYVILLE -- The 1994-95 school year in the Perry County School District got off to a rocky start. Voters passed two bond issues totalling $6.8 million a year earlier, with the money earmarked for school improvements. When fall rolled around, Penzel Construction Co. of Jackson was still scurrying to put the finishing touches on classrooms...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 01/16/95)
The Southeast Missourian asked people, "Does America need a third major political party?" Bob Etherton: "I think two parties can handle any situation we have. I don't think a third party would necessarily hurt, but it might add to confusion." Debbi Browne: "I don't think it's necessary to have a third party by organization, but people can have as many opinions as they want. If someone wants to run, it's freedom of choice in America."...
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NEW COUPLES COUPLE TO MEET
(Local News ~ 01/16/95)
A new club, named the Heartland Stonecraft Couples' Club, has been formed in the area. The club will meet three times a year, with the first meeting Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the University Center Ballroom and will include a prime rib dinner. Reservations must be made by Saturday...
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GIRL SCOUT COOKIES GO ON SALE IN REGION
(Local News ~ 01/16/95)
The annual Girl Scout Cookie Sale began Friday afternoon, and residents in the Otahki Council's 11 Missouri and Illinois counties can expect to see the green or brown-clad girls at their doors soon. The Girl Scouts will take orders for their eight types of cookies until Jan. 30. Delivery is set for between Feb. 21 and March 10. The cost is $2.50 per box...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/16/95)
I FIND great amusement reading the comments in Speak Out concerning the relationship between the strip bars coming to Cape Girardeau and the coming of the riverboat. I hate to disappoint those people who are trying to draw a correlation between the two. ...
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FORMER SENATOR WILL JOIN PANEL ON BASE CLOSINGS
(Local News ~ 01/16/95)
ST. LOUIS -- Two years after leaving the U.S. Senate, Alan Dixon orchestrates mergers at a St. Louis law firm and heads a panel that will decide the fate of many of America's military bases. "You know I'm not a volunteer," said Dixon, 67, of his directorship of the base-closing panel as he drove recently from his plush law office to a bank where he sits on the advisory board. "They drafted me."...
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DANIEL EUGENE TRUE
(Obituary ~ 01/16/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Daniel Eugene True, 45, of Topeka, Kan., and formerly of East Prairie, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 1995, in Topeka. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.
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EAST PRAIRIE MAN KILLED IN ONE-VEHICLE CRASH
(Local News ~ 01/16/95)
BERTRAND -- An East Prairie man died early Sunday in a one-vehicle crash in Mississippi County, authorities said. Michael Hutchason, 31, was killed when his pickup truck ran off Highway B and overturned in a field about 1:30 a.m., the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The crash happened about five miles south of Bertrand...
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ISABELL AGNES SPRINGER
(Obituary ~ 01/16/95)
Isabell Agnes Springer, 89, of 328 S. Spanish died Sunday, Jan. 15, 1995, at her home. She was born Jan. 17, 1905, in Perry County, the daughter of Martin "J. E." and Charlotte Hoehn Mehner. On Oct. 11, 1925, she married Louis C. Springer at Point Rest. He preceded her in death on Feb. 21, 1974...
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MICHAEL RAY HUTCHASON
(Obituary ~ 01/16/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Michael Ray Hutchason, 31, of East Prairie died Sunday, Jan. 15, 1995, in an automobile accident south of Bertrand. Hutchason was born Oct. 13, 1963, in Charleston, the son of Teddy Hutchason and Ozie Mae Holmes Hatton. Both parents survive of East Prairie...
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ROY VICK
(Obituary ~ 01/16/95)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Roy Vick, 82, of Tamms died Sunday, Jan. 15, 1995, at his home. He was born Dec. 27, 1912, near Tamms, the son of Louis Henry and Saphronia Jane Holshouser Vic. On Nov. 10, 1938, he married Martha Foster, who survives. Vick was a farmer, and was of the Baptist denomination...
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MISSOURI WATCH: MISSOURI'S POLITICAL LEGACY: ENOUGH BLAME TO GO AROUND
(Column ~ 01/16/95)
The Sicilian Mafia has an old saying that perhaps should be chiseled somewhere on a marble wall in the Missouri Capitol. Based on years of experience, the Mafioso believe that "Politics and crime -- they are the same." This is a belief shared by the American public and, in recent times, pretty well adopted by the citizens of Missouri...
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LETTER: SOME TRUSTWORTHY PERSON IS BRIGHTENING THIS WORLD
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/16/95)
To the editor: I would like to express my sincere thanks to Hartline Hardware in Cape Girardeau, which has proven to me that honesty has not gone out of style completely and there are still people in this world who cannot be led astray by the promise of making a quick buck...
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THOUGHTFUL IDEAS WILL HELP RESOLVE CLASS-SIZE ISSUES
(Editorial ~ 01/16/95)
There are few things that can raise tensions in a community like changing public school attendance boundaries or in some other way tinkering with which school your child will attend. There are many reasons, most good and some bad. Geography and where families with school-age children choose to live is a large part of the equation. ...
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BUSINESS CENTER OFFERS COUNSELING
(Local News ~ 01/16/95)
The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions in three areas this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available Jan. 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call (314)-335-3312 for appointment...
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BUSINESS MEMO
(Business ~ 01/16/95)
About 1,000 people will converge on Cape Girardeau July 8 through 14 for a convention of the Masons and Eastern Star members. The Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau announced recently that convention headquarters for the 129th annual Communication of The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F. & A.M. and the 105th convention of Harmony Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will be the Holiday Inn and Victorian Inn...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 01/16/95)
Donna Kerfes of Jackson has joined R. Clifford Smith, Certified Public Accountants, 416 S. Kingshighway, Number 4, of Cape Girardeau as a staff accountant. Kerfes previously worked for Carl Smith, Certified Public Accountant, at Jackson. Thomas R. Higgins, a Cape Girardeau accountant, has been appointed to membership in the Association of Business Accountants...
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