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RALPH TERRENCE POPP
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
MASHPEE, Mass. -- Ralph "Terry" Popp, 58, formerly of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1995, at Falmouth Hospital in Falmouth, Mass. He was born Dec. 16, 1936, at Cape Girardeau. Popp was employed at the Cape Cod Community College as a teacher. ...
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LEND ME YOUR EAR: ONE ANSWER TO QUESTION OF UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
(Column ~ 10/25/95)
First, an explanation of the mixed metaphor perpetrated last time around. My reference to the horse latitudes of educationese, a friendly reader reminded me, was out of sync with a protest against "kids." True, but it was O.J. Simpson's fault. I had just abandoned my desk for a breather, and caught the Not Guilty verdict over radio...
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RISING LOSS LIMIT NO BOON FOR EDUCATION
(Editorial ~ 10/25/95)
My how times have changed. I was taught by my parents that gambling to earn a living or for recreation was economically irresponsible. The best way to prosperity was a good job, sound planning, investment and hard work. Is that the message our children are getting from public schools which are now bragging about large infusions of gambling losses to fund public schools?...
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JACKSON BOARD OKs SCHOOL BUDGET
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
JACKSON -- The Jackson R-II School District will operate within a $16 million budget for the 1995-96 year, reflecting a $1 million increase in salaries and related personnel expenses over last year. It was the first budget for Jackson schools prepared by Dr. Howard Jones, superintendent, and Stan Smee, business manager, who both took their positions at the beginning of the school year...
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ADVERTIESING DIRECTOR WILL SPEAK TO LOCAL AD FEDERATION
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
Ric Anello, senior vice president and creative director of D'Arcy in St. Louis, will speak Thursday to the Advertising Federation of Southeast Missouri and Southeast Missouri State University students. The dinner meeting begins at 6 p.m. at Drury Lodge. Cost is $10 for members and $15 for non-members...
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SCOTT CITY VOLUNTEER RECOGNIZED
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
SCOTT CITY -- After more than 30 years of helping the community, Les Crump has been recognized for his volunteer work. Crump was one of 10 people who received the Governor's Adult Leadership Award at the Missouri Community Betterment Conference. He was nominated by the Scott City Community Betterment Club...
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FIRM DENIES STEELMAN TO JOIN
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
A Cape Girardeau law firm denies a published report that a prominent player in state Republican politics is considering an offer to join the firm. A story in Sunday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that David Steelman, a lawyer with a practice in Rolla, is being courted by the law firm of Thomasson, Gilbert, Cook, Remly and Maguire of Cape Girardeau...
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JACKSON KEROSENE CLEANUP COMPLETE
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
JACKSON -- Children now play on the same land once soaked in kerosene and crawling with environmental cleanup crews, a Co-op Service Center manager said. Jim Hope said Co-op hired the crews in January after neighbors discovered a 13,000-gallon, above-ground kerosene tank on East Main Street had developed a leak and was soaking surrounding soil in the fuel. The neighbors also noticed an oily sheen on top of nearby Goose Creek...
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STUDENTS PROMOTE DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
SCOTT CITY --Although the 14 students in theatrical makeup attended classes Monday at Scott City High School, they pretended not to be there. The students, members of the Key Club, were participating in a "white out" to promote drug and alcohol awareness during National Red Ribbon Week. The goal of the "white out" was to represent the students killed in drug- and alcohol-related accidents...
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ILLINOIS CLEANS UP CERTIFICATION HOOPS FOR ITS TEACHERS
(Editorial ~ 10/25/95)
Illinois has moved to streamline its procedures to certify out-of-state teachers. The change should provide more qualified teachers more quickly for the Land of Lincoln. Unbelievably, certifying teachers who moved into the state had taken months -- even years -- as applications wallowed in a sea of red tape. The bottom line is that Illinois lost qualified teachers because of the bureaucratic paper chase...
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IDEAS FOR NEW LICENSE PLATES
(Editorial ~ 10/25/95)
Missouri may be getting a new look for its license plates. A special committee has been directed to hold hearings on new plates for cars, trucks, boats and bicycles. Granted, it is not an earth-shattering matter. Many Missourians couldn't care less about the color or design of their plates...
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MARY H. EIMERS
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mary Helen Eimers of Anna will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. James Hardway will officiate, with burial in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. today...
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MARY A. SMITH
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Mary Ann Smith, 77, Cobden Route 3, died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 1, 1918, in Anna, daughter of Frank and Mary Ann Fann West. She and Rufus Eldon Smith were married May 14, 1938, in Jackson...
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ALICE B. EATON SANDOZ
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Alice B. Eaton Sandoz, 84, was held Tuesday afternoon at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. Sandoz died Friday, Oct. 20, 1995, at the Fountainbleau Lodge Nursing Facility in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 25, 1911, at Stanford, Ark., daughter of Morgan and Molly Jetton Vanpool. She and Davis Eaton were married July 5, 1931. He preceded her in death. She later married Emil Sandoz who preceded her in death in 1972...
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RUBY A. KING
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
PARMA -- Ruby A. King, 82, of Parma, died Monday, Oct. 23, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 25, 1913, in Kennett, daughter of Henry and Martha Jane Shultz Biggs. She and Lee King were married in 1939 in New Madrid. He died in June 1979...
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RUBY C. RICE
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Ruby C. Rice, 83, of Perryville died Monday, Oct. 23, 1995, at Perry Oaks Nursing Center here. She was born May 11, 1912, at Perryville, daughter of William and Rose Tucker French. She married Giles P. "Jack" Rice on Oct. 9, 1935, at Arnold. He preceded her in death Sept. 20, 1984...
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MILDRED M. SIEGMUND OEHL
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Mildred M. Siegmund Oehl, 70, of Perryville died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1995, at her home. She was born Aug. 5, 1925, at Perryville, daughter of Joseph and Louise Difani Siegmund. She married Wallace E. Oehl on April 17, 1949, at Perryville...
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ANDREW J. LAYTON
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Andrew J. Layton of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. The Rev. Dale Merritt will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Layton, 68, died Monday, Oct. 23, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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WILLIAM R. HARDIN JR.
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
BENTON -- William Robert Hardin Jr., 69, of Benton, died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1995, at his home. He was born May 17, 1926, in Camden, Tenn., son of William R. and Martha Gertrude Sterling Hardin Sr. He and Elsie Jean Florence were married May 20, 1950, in East Prairie. She died Jan. 3, 1971. He later married Peggy J. Poley Dec. 10, 1975, at Miner...
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THELMA REYNOLDS
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Thelma Bonnie Reynolds of Advance will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel. Speaker will be Harold Althen. Burial will be in Morgan Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10:30 a.m. to service time...
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R. LEE WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for R. Lee Williams of Anna will be held at 1 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. Steve Shepherd will officiate, with burial in Trinity Cemetery. Williams, 86, died Monday, Oct. 23, 1995, at Hillside Terrace Nursing Home in Cobden...
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JAMES A. GRACE
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
ESSEX -- James Allen Grace, 65, of Benton, Ky., died Monday, Oct. 23, 1995, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. He was born March 16, 1930, in Essex, son of Edgar Earl and Leora Ross Grace. He and Thelma Grace Johnson were married Jan. 11, 1948, in Morehouse...
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BILL PULLUM
(Obituary ~ 10/25/95)
ESSEX -- Funeral service for Bill Pullum of Essex will be held at 1 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The Rev. Doyle Corlew will officiate, with burial in Essex Cemetery. Pullum, 67, died Monday, Oct. 23, 1995, at Dexter Memorial Hospital...
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SOUTHEAST REDUCES BAD DEBT
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
Southeast Missouri State University finds a way to make most students pay. In the past four years, the university has reduced from $360,000 to $58,000 in students' bad debt. During fiscal 1995 which ended June 30, the school wrote off only $58,000 out of the $29.5 million in charges billed to students...
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NEW CITY BOSS SEEKS TEAM MANAGEMENT
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
Cape Girardeau City Manager Michael Miller doesn't want team players; he wants team management. City employees need freedom to ask why things are done a certain way and to recommend changes, Miller told about 20 businessmen at the West End Merchants' Association meeting Tuesday night at Drury Lodge...
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EDGAR TAPS SOUTHERN TOWN FOR NEW PRISON
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. -- Pinckneyville will be the site for a new 950-cell medium security prison in Southern Illinois. "We're excited," said Kirwan Heisner, mayor of this small community of about 3,400 people. "We've had a depressed economy over the past few years, with our unemployment rate running between 12 and 15 percent."...
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UNITED WAY FUND DRIVE SHY OF HALF ITS '95 GOAL
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
With about a month left in its annual fund-raising campaign, the Area Wide United Way has reached 47 percent of its $500,000 goal. As the deadline nears, public support is crucial, said Donna Hanschen, chairwoman of the 1995 campaign. The different divisions of the campaign "have been working very hard" to reach the goal, she said...
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POWER PLAY: KARAOKE IS DEAD AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS
(Column ~ 10/25/95)
Cape Girardeau night life is, shall we say, adequate. The variety is not the greatest, but for a town this size it's good enough. You have your standard college bars, neighborhood pub-type places, pool halls, sports bars, cheesy gimmick chain franchise joints attached to restaurants and other sub-species of Taverns Drunkenius and all have positive and negative qualities...
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POPLAR BLUFF MAN KILLED IN TWO-CAR CRASH NEAR BERNIE
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
BERNIE -- A Poplar Bluff man was killed Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle accident in Stoddard County. The accident occurred at 10:25 a.m. about 10 miles west of Bernie on Route U. Glenn Phipps, 35, of Poplar Bluff was killed in the accident. He was thrown from his vehicle when it overturned several times. He wasn't wearing a seat belt, said a spokesman for the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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MARTHA SHORT NAMED TOP TEACHER
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
FRUITLAND -- Martha Short, a teacher at Jackson North Elementary, was named Elementary Teacher of the Year by the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She has been a fifth-grade teacher in the system for 18 years and was honored for her dedication to the best math education possible for the students in her classroom and across the state...
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CHAMBER PLANS LAST FRIDAY FORUM
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
JACKSON -- The Jackson Chamber of Commerce will conduct its October Last Friday Forum at noon Friday at Delmonico's. Participants will use the luncheon to discuss upcoming events and concerns among merchants. They also will discuss the new Jackson Christmas ornaments on sale for $10 each to raise money for various projects. Local merchants will sell the red ornaments, which feature Jackson's new city seal...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
The Southeast Missourian asked people in Jackson what they thought about the recent drug bust in their town. Robert Morrison "I don't think Jackson has a drug problem. As long as I have been up here we have never seen any of that." Jane Kracke "I don't think any town is clean of drugs, and I think the police should continue looking at this problem."...
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KIDS AND THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
Fear is a fuse that can be lit by circumstances beyond number. Every adult knows fear, most having become acquainted with it on some level as a child. "Everyone has fears, every child has fears," explained psychologist Ken Callis. "Most fears are temporary, or at least, from a development standpoint, expected at a certain age."...
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LADY BUG: PUMPKINS HAVE THEIR DAY ON HALLOWEEN
(Column ~ 10/25/95)
Halloween has become a much celebrated holiday. Visitors from other countries are surprised at all of the Halloween decorations for sale in commercial establishments and how they are used to decorate the outside of homes as well as yards. This practice has come about mostly within the past 10 years...
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WALK SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 10/25/95)
SIKESTON -- The 22nd annual Kenny Rogers Cerebal Palsy Center Charity Walk will be held Saturday. The walk will begin at K-Mart with restistration at 9 a.m., with the walk starting at 10 a.m. The walk will proceed along South Main to Tanner Street, go left on Tanner Street to North Kingshighway to North New Madrid to West Center then left to North Kingshighway to East Malone, right on East Malone to North Stoddard to the Eagles Lodge where it will end...
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