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ALTERNATIVE TO DROPPING OUT
(Editorial ~ 11/18/95)
Cape Girardeau public-school students on a dropout path now have an option. The alternative high school program geared up last week. Already 17 students have enrolled, but director Sheldon Tyler expects the final 10 slots to fill up fast. This alternative setting offers a lower student-teacher ratio and will more directly involve parents. The classroom component lasts half a day, and Tyler hopes to include a work component...
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SCHOOL SPENDING
(Editorial ~ 11/18/95)
The Cape Girardeau School Board has approved a $22.6 million budget for the coming school year. The budget expects expenses will exceed revenue and dips into district reserves by $550,000. While deficit spending isn't advisable, the district certainly has ample reserves built up: $4.1 million. ...
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KELLY STUDENTS MAKING CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS FOR GOVERNOR'S MANSION
(Local News ~ 11/18/95)
BENTON -- Visions of sugar plums didn't dance in their heads when fourth-graders at Thomas W. Kelly conjured up thoughts of Christmas this week. The fourth-grade students, who are studying Missouri history, will send 60 ornaments to Jefferson City to help decorate the 18-foot blue spruce tree at the Governor's Mansion...
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CRISP NAMED PHILANTHROPIST OF THE YEAR BY EXECUTIVES
(Local News ~ 11/18/95)
One of Southeast Missouri State University's major financial donors, Rosemary Crisp of Marion, Ill., was named Philanthropist of the Year Wednesday by the St. Louis Chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives. The society has more than 14,000 members nationwide...
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FIELD DAY SET FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEMS
(Local News ~ 11/18/95)
Geothermal heating and cooling will be showcased during a special field day to be held form noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at 280 Cody Lane in Quiet Lane Estates. Architects, engineers, builders and the general public will have an opportunity to see the latest geothermal technology, which uses natural energy stored in the earth to heal or cool a home...
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RIGHT OF CENTER: TIME FOR UNSELFISH RESPONSIBILITY
(Column ~ 11/18/95)
The budget impasse in Washington, which might well be ended by the time this column is published, is an excellent opportunity to assess how far this nation has strayed from its Founding Fathers' vision of a free and prosperous land. It first must be pointed out that the failure of the federal government to agree to a spending measure to enable the bureaucratic machine to continue chugging along is perfectly compatible with the balance of powers so cleverly forged in our Constitution...
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VICTIM DISCUSSES ILLNESS, RECALLS YEARS OF ABUSE
(Local News ~ 11/18/95)
She looks like the all-American girl -- beautiful blonde hair, bright blue eyes and a smile that lights the room. But behind the facade is a confused little girl, a seductress and an intellectual. They have different names, personalities and characteristics...
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ABUSE CAN BE DETECTED AND PREVENTED
(Local News ~ 11/18/95)
By the time Sherry was 2 weeks old, the system already was failing her. She was abused for most of her life -- beaten, raped, cut with knives and left alone. She remembers a social agency stepping in only once, and then, fearing for her life, she convinced investigators that everything was just fine in her home...
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MERCHANTS WANT MERRY SHOPPING SEASON
(Local News ~ 11/18/95)
National economic forecasters are predicting a so-so Christmas shopping season, but local merchants are confident Santa's going to bring them lots of customers. The official shopping season won't start until the day after Thanksgiving, but some merchants report customers are starting early...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: INSURANCE COMPANIES MAKE STRANGE RULES
(Column ~ 11/18/95)
After several years of being gouged and watching The Other Half be gouged by insurance companies, I'm about ready to join the Insurance-Is-A-Racket Clan. You've heard them spouting off their doctrines in the coffee shop. "You pay 'em all these premiums, then you have one accident and what happens? You're outta there!" they say, taking another swig...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/18/95)
EVEN BEFORE I heard about plans to sell the Central Hardware building, it occurred to me that would be an ideal place for the federal building. Now I understand that they are supposed to build that within the business area as of President Carter's resolution. ...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/18/95)
Son to Jennifer Amann of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:17 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1995. Name, Tristan Michael James. Weight, 8 pounds 12 ounces. First child. Miss Amann is the daughter of James L. Amann and Joy A. Amann of Cape Girardeau...
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WALTER W. STELLING
(Obituary ~ 11/18/95)
FROHNA -- Walter W. Stelling, 86, of Frohna died Friday, Nov. 17, 1995, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. He was born Aug. 18, 1910, to Martin and Margaret Beckman Stelling in Perry County. A daughter who resides in California survives. He was preceded in death by four brothers...
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JACKIE LEE WEDDINGTON JR.
(Obituary ~ 11/18/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Jackie Lee Weddington Jr., 37, of East Prairie died Thursday, Nov. 16, 1995, from injuries sustained in a automobile accident near Anniston. He was born Feb. 9, 1958, in Festus to Jackie Lee and Mildred White Weddington. He married Debbie Bratton on Aug. 11, 1993. She survives...
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LYNN EDWARD CARTER
(Obituary ~ 11/18/95)
Lynn Edward Carter, 33, of 324 S. Hanover died Friday Nov. 17, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Algee Memorial Chapel in Cape Girardeau.
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PEARL L. KOCH
(Obituary ~ 11/18/95)
Pearl L. Koch, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Nov. 17, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel.
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ARTICE G. HILL
(Obituary ~ 11/18/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Artice Glen "Art" Hill of Marble Hill will be held at 11 a.m. today at Liley Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The Rev. Gene Robbins will officiate, with burial in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery. Hill, 79, died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, at Jefferson Oaks Home Care Center in Festus...
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RUTH A. MCHANEY
(Obituary ~ 11/18/95)
Ruth Amanda McHaney, 94, of Jefferson City, died Thursday, Nov. 16, 1995, at Capital Region Medical Center-Memorial Campus. She was born April 22, 1901, in Cainsville, daughter of Robert A. and Bernice May Shaw Chambers. She and John William McHaney were married Oct. 1, 1928...
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JOSEPH F. SEIB
(Obituary ~ 11/18/95)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Joseph Francis Seib, 61, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, Nov. 16, 1995. He was born July 18, 1934, in Cape Girardeau, son of Austin and Sylvia Seib. He and Jo Ann Edwards Stephens were married Nov. 18, 1976, in Clay County, Ark. Seib was a 1956 graduate of St. Louis College of Pharmacy. He was chief pharmacist at Kneibert Clinic Pharmacy, where he had worked 33 years...
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DOUGLAS N. ROE
(Obituary ~ 11/18/95)
ADVANCE -- Private memorial service for Douglas N. Roe of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, will be held today at Morgan Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Virgil Bunch will officiate, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park. Roe, 81, died Wednesday, Nov. 8, 1995, at his home...
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OPERATING ROOM NURSES: THEIR ROLE HAS BECOME MORE PATIENT-CENTERED
(Local News ~ 11/18/95)
Operating room nurses don't spend a lot of time handing over instruments and wiping sweat from surgeons' brows anymore. "Most work as what we call circulators, which is someone who prepares the patient for surgery, presents them on the table and kind of follows them through the procedure," said Susan Thiele, education coordinator for operating room nurses at Southeast Missouri Hospital...
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SUPPORT GROUP TO MEET
(Local News ~ 11/18/95)
"The Importance of Exercise to Lyme Patients" will be the topic of the Nov. 28 meeting of the Lyme Disease Support Group. The support group, which is open to Lyme disease patients, their families and others, will meet at 7 p.m. at the center for Health and Rehabilitation, 28 S. Mount Auburn Road...
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FOCUS ON DIABETES
(Local News ~ 11/18/95)
The Thursday broadcast of "Ask Your Doctor" will feature Dr. Daniel S. Duick and Jennal Johnson, RNC, FNP, discussing diabetes mellitus management. The program, jointly sponsored by the Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Society Inc., St. Francis Medical and Southeast Missouri Hospital, airs Thursday nights at 8 on Cable Channel 5...
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EXPLORER GROUP MEETS
(Local News ~ 11/18/95)
Explorer Post 4077 will meet at 7 p.m. in Classrooms A and B in the Regional Cancer Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The post is designed to assist young people interested in a specific career and to learn as much as possible about that field. For more information, call Barb McKeon at 651-5546...
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BLOOD DRIVES SCHEDULED
(Local News ~ 11/18/95)
Several blood drives are scheduled throughout the area by the American Red Cross. The Cape Naval Reserve Center, 2530 Marie Louise Lane, will hold a blood drive Sunday from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Advance High School's Beta Club will hold a blood drive Monday, at the Advance Elementary School at Highway 91 and School Street from 2 to 6 p.m...
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5K AND FUN RUN SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 11/18/95)
The fourth annual Thanksgiving 5K and Fun Run to promote organ and tissue donation will be held in Cape Girardeau Sunday 19 at 1 p.m. The race begins and ends at Health South, 28 Mount Auburn Road, and is dedicated in memory of Lonnie Joe Grebe of Oak Ridge, who died in August while awaiting a heart transplant...
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