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INFORMATION WOULD HELP UNDERSTANDING IN MEADOW HEIGHTS
(Editorial ~ 07/26/95)
The Meadow Heights School District in northern Bollinger County and Superintendent Tom Waller have been embroiled in controversy for several years. Matters came to a head July 11 when Waller resigned. But his resignation hasn't quelled the controversy. Too many unanswered questions remain...
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MISSOURI RICE ACREAGE DOWN; COTTON UP THIS YEAR
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
Rice production in Missouri will be down and cotton agreage up this year. "The price of rice was down and the price for cotton was up in 1994," said Dave Emslie of the Missouri Agriculture Statistical Service in Columbia. "Some farmers are cutting back on rice and planting more cotton."...
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MUNICIPAL BAND CONCERT TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will perform tonight at 8 p.m. at the Capaha Park band shell. The concert is free. Donna Hanschen, chairman of the 1995 Area Wide United Way campaign, is the celebrity guest conductor. The band will perform "Gallito," a Spanish march; "Il Re Pastore" by Mozart; "Annie Laurie," featuring a tuba solo by Charles Kelly; "An American In Paris" by George Gershwin; "Manhattan Beach March" by Sousa; "Malaguena;" "Phantom of the Opera" and selections from "Aladdin."...
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SEMO ALUMNI, MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS NAMED
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
The Alumni Association of Southeast Missouri State University has selected five alumni and a Southeast professor to receive the school's annual Alumni and Faculty Merit awards. The six will be honored at a dinner at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Show Me Center...
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CHAMPION TREES BEAR STORMS AND SEASONS
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
James Hartmann likens his state champion white oak tree to a big umbrella that bends but never succumbs to the sudden impulses of Mother Nature. "It seems like it's just impossible for a storm or a drought to tear that big umbrella up," said Hartmann, who lives just west of Gordonville behind the Zion Methodist Church...
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SENATORS WANT CARNAHAN OUT OF DESEG TALKS
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
Four Republican state senators are urging Gov. Mel Carnahan and Dr. Robert Bartman, commissioner of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, to remove themselves from desegregation negotiations between the state and the Kansas City public school system...
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REGENTS TO NAME INTERIM PRESIDENT
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
The Board of Regents will appoint an interim president at Southeast Missouri State University until a permanent president is hired. The interim president won't be a candidate for the job and will be named before the current president, Dr. Kala Stroup, steps down at the end of August, the regents said Tuesday...
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2 HURT WHEN PICKUP HITS WARNING TRUCK ON I-55
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
Two people were injured Tuesday when a pickup truck struck a warning truck involved in a spraying operation on Interstate 55 near Old Appleton. At 2:15 p.m., Bradley Hutchinson, 22, of Perryville was northbound in the pickup on I-55 just north of Route KK when he attempted to pass a pickup driven by Janet Keesee, 51, of Jackson, and hit the truck...
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BY THE WAY: VIOLINIST GIVES RICH RIVERSIDE DESSERT
(Column ~ 07/26/95)
If Forrest Gump walked along the banks of the Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau, he might find an assortment of chocolates as interesting as the kind I encountered the other night. The woman who joined me on a stroll along the river thought she was savoring one of the most unique desserts she had ever experienced...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/26/95)
I THINK this Operation Weed and Weed in Sikeston is a shameless political stunt by the U.S. attorney. The primary law enforcement in any community is local law enforcement. ON JULY 19th we were in a van behind a woman speeding in a car. We got her license number. ...
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WORK UNDER WAY ON SUPER PRISON
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Groundwork and sanitary sewer installation work is under way at the site of the new Illinois Super Max Prison, scheduled to open near here in 1997. "Weather has been a problem recently but we're still within our time frame for a two-year construction period with a 1997 opening," said Dan Duffy of Kenny-M.K...
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SOUTHEAST SETS GRADUATION
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
Southeast Missouri State University biology professor Christina Lee Frazier will deliver the summer commencement address Aug. 4. Commencement exercises are set for 7 p.m. Eighty-five graduate students will receive diplomas. The 180 undergraduates who completed their degrees this summer were allowed to participate in the spring commencement or wait for the fall commencement in December...
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NUTRITION CLASS STARTES TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
A nutrition seminar featuring low-fat and low-cholesterol cooking to develop a healthy lifestyle will begin Tuesday at Cape Girardeau Seventh-day Adventist Church. The five sessions will cover nutritious breakfasts, meatless main dishes, low-fat sauces and gravies, naturally sweet desserts and a study on ways of preventing health problems...
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GOSPEL STATION WILL SIGN ON AUG. 1 ON 24-HOUR-DAY BASIS
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Radio listeners will have another station to tune in next month. KQUA-FM 104.1, "the home of southern gospetality," will operate 24-hours a day beginning Aug. 1. It is the only FCC-licensed radio station in Bollinger County. The station is owned by Harold Lawder of Murphysboro, Ill. A sister station in Ava, Ill., was voted the No. 1 southern gospel station in 1991...
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GEORGIA THOMURE
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Georgia Thomure, 88, of East Prairie died Monday, July 24, 1995, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 20, 1906, at East Prairie, daughter of John Thomas and Georgia Ann Willis Anderson. She and William O. Thomure were married on Dec. 10, 1931, at New Madrid. He preceded her in death on July 8, 1962...
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DENZEL WATKINS
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
JACKSON -- Denzel Watkins, 77, of Jackson, died Tuesday, July 25, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 24, 1918, at Oriole, son of Clarence and Maude McLain Watkins. He and Mildred Trickey were married Oct. 20, 1938...
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WALTER J. `DUB' NISWONGER
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
Walter J. Niswonger, 67, 257 Capaha Trail, died Tuesday, July 25, 1995, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel.
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PAUL S. MCCARVER
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
Paul Sylvian McCarver, 85, of East Prairie died Tuesday, July 25, 1995, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born July 14, 1910, in St. Francois County to the late John Perry McCarver and Hannah Simpson McCarver Woodward. He lived in Mississippi County since 1916, where he was a retired farmer and livestock dealer. He was a member of the First Christian Church in East Prairie. On July 14, 1935, he married Mildred Bain...
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VERNON PRESSON
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
CHARLESTON -- Vernon Presson, 73, of Charleston died Tuesday, July 25, 1995, at his residence. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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CHILTON M. RAMSEY
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- Chilton M. Ramsey, 84, of Olmsted, died Monday, July 24, 1995, at Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis. He was born Aug. 7, 1910, in Marion, Ky., son of Shirley and Florence Holman Ramsey. Ramsey was a retired construction foreman. He was a member of Gospel Assembly Church in Sikeston, Mo., and Laborers Local 773 in Cairo...
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FANNIE SANDERS
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Fannie Sanders of Sikeston was held today at Ponder Funeral Home, with Jerry Hicks officiating. Burial was in Simmons Burial Park at Catron. Sanders, 101, died Monday, July 24, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Dec. 25, 1893, in Pemiscott County, daughter of Will and Silvia Sanders...
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HELEN V. WHITE
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
SIKESTON -- Helen Vera White, 74, of Montross, Va., died Thursday, April 20, 1995. She was born April 26, 1921, at Sikeston, daughter of Col. Harry E. and Mary Jane Thomas Dudley. She and Leslie Turner White were married in 1947. He preceded her in death...
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CATHERINE L. HURST
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
ST. MARYS -- Catherine Louise Hurst, 88, of St. Marys, died Monday, July 24, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 21, 1907, at St. Mary's, daughter of Charles R. and Mary Catherine Lawbaugh Bartels. She married Edward R. Hurst, who died July 18, 1991...
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THEODORE H. DEEVERS
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
Theodore H. "Ted" Deevers, 82, of Davenport, Iowa, died Sunday, July 23, 1995, at Bettendorf Health Care Center in Bettendorf, Iowa. He was born Dec. 28, 1912, in Cape Girardeau, son of John Edward and Esther Mary Cambron Deevers. He and Meredith U. Tucker were married Dec. 25, 1935, in Cape Girardeau...
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RUTH B. BROWN
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
Ruth B. Brown, 75, of Oroville, Calif., died July 17, 1995, at Olive Ridge Care Center. She was born July 23, 1919, at Liberty, daughter of Clyde and Katherine McElreath. She married Otto E. Dietrich Dec. 30, 1944. He died in November 1951. She later married Charles L. Brown July 7, 1956, in St. Louis. She was a graduate of Randles High School...
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CARL R. HAGEN
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
Carl R. Hagen, 85, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, July 25, 1995, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Dec. 31, 1909, in St. Louis, son of Auguste and Ida Schweinhagen. He and Gladys Irene Owens were married June 27, 1935, in St. Louis. She died Aug. 15, 1992...
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ALVA M. WHITE
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Alva M. "Whitey" White, 88, of Anna, died Monday, July 24, 1995, at his home. Friends may call at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna after 6 p.m. Thursday. Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. John Shelton and Todd Hawk officiating. Burial will be in Anna Cemetery...
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DOROTHY M. BROWN
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
Dorothy M. Brown, 82, of Murray, Ky., died Monday, July 24, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born July 31, 1912, in North Wales, Pa., daughter of Clarence and Ida Hittle Nuss. She married Lt. Col. Malcolm Z. Brown, who died in 1985. Brown was a member of Kirkwood United Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary, Sojourners and Kirkwood Kultivators...
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CLETA BENNETT
(Obituary ~ 07/26/95)
ZALMA -- Funeral service for Cleta Bennett of Zalma will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. The Rev. Naamon Eaker will officiate, with burial in Berrong Cemetery at Gipsy. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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GORDONVILLE FIRE DISTRICT BOOSTER CLUB PLANS PICNIC
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
GORDONVILLE -- The Gordonville Volunteer Fire District Booster Club will hold a picnic Aug. 5 at the park. Gates open at 10 a.m. There will be a horseshoe tournament, mud races and games. For information about the horseshoe tournament, call Don Henley at 243-0561. To register for the mud races, contact Keith or Trish Quade at 335-0761...
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HUMANE SOCIETY PLANS PET DAY
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri will hold an Adopt-A-Pet Day and free dog dip from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 5 at 338 Christine. Humane Society representatives will also be available to answer questions about adopted animals. Dog owners can bring their pets by for a free flea dip and receive a free collar from the society...
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LADYBUG: WET WEATHER MAY BE TAKING ITS TOLL ON TOMATO PLANTS
(Column ~ 07/26/95)
The tomato glut is on. Every year at this time garden tomatoes all seem to ripen at once. Unless they are canned or made into juice, there seem to be more than can be used. Also about this time, leaves on some vines begin to turn yellow and drop off. This is particularly true this year...
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VEGETARIAN EATING
(Local News ~ 07/26/95)
Cucumber slices are part of a vegetarian diet. Victoria Beasley, left, and her vegetarian roommate, Dawn Clinard, shopped for vegetables at the Farmers Market in Cape Girardeau. There are choices made with every trip to the refrigerator. Food combinations that spell delicious for one person may do little to whet another's appetite...
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