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LETTERS: MORAL OBLIGATIONS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/23/96)
To the editor: A few weeks ago I ran across a new word. I had never seen it in a school curriculum or listed as a university course. The word was "diontology." The definition given was the study of moral obligation. I though that perhaps it was a study which should have been included long ago...
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JACKSON SCHOOL GROWTH DISCUSSED
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
JACKSON -- It was fitting for Jackson Chamber of Commerce members to discuss the school district's growth at the middle school. After all, the state-of-the-art building was constructed in 1994 to accommodate Jackson R-2 School District's burgeoning student population...
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JACKSON R-2 BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m. Jackson Middle School Library A. Payment of bills. B. Acceptance of financial report. C. Consider adding Spanish III to the high school curriculum for 1996-97. D. Consider bids for buses for 1996-97. E. Consider school board planning retreat topics...
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CANDIDATES FILE IN SCOTT COUNTY
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
CHAFFEE -- Candidates filing for office in Scott County have kept city clerks and board secretaries busy the past few days. Six people have filed for three seats on the Chaffee Board of Education. Each seat is for a three-year term on the board. The majority of candidates are newcomers to an elected post. They include Alvin Vandeven, Bill McFerron, Candi Witcher, Kelley Stafford-Petitt and Kathy Kinsey and Randy Dooley, an incumbent. Dooley has served on the board since 1993...
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SOME FARM BILL POSSIBILITIES
(Editorial ~ 01/23/96)
In January and February, row-crop farmers will be planning and in some cases planting (in the Deep South, Texas, Arizona and California) Their 1996 crops with no knowledge of what the U.S. Department of Agriculture will require of them in terms of program crop acres or acreage set-aside requirements. ...
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CAMPAIGN REFORM
(Editorial ~ 01/23/96)
Let's see if the current state of Missouri's tangled law on campaign finance can somehow be sorted out: In 1994 the General Assembly, casting a nervous glance at an initiative petition drive to place a tough reform measure on the ballot, passed into law Senate Bill 650. ...
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LETTERS: TREE OF LIGHTS THANKS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/23/96)
To the editor: I want to thank you for the excellent support the Southeast Missourian gave The Salvation Army during the "Tree of Lights" campaign. Without this support it would not have been possible to reach our goal. thank for reporting the progress of our campaign to the public as well as showing the public the needs of our community. It is amazing to see the generosity of the people in this community once they are aware of the needs...
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LETTERS: NEW SCHOOL, OLD REPAIRS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/23/96)
To the editor: I have read with interest about the collapse of the wall on the roof at Schultz Junior High School. I graduated from there in 1925 when it was known as Central High School. Many beautiful memories of our principal, Belmont Farley, and instructors come to mind. However, Central High appeared old at that time and didn't compare to the newly built schools of today with their modern technique. The building didn't seem stable in 1925...
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COUNTY ACCIDENTS INCREASE 17.7 PERCENT
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
While motor vehicle accidents in Southeast Missouri as a whole rose by only 2.1 percent in 1995, Cape Girardeau County contributed more than its share with a 17.7 percent increase in accidents. "Cape County led the league this year," said Sgt. Brent Davis of the Missouri Highway Patrol. "That's a first. Butler County generally is number one."...
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COUNCIL PROHIBITS PARKING AT SPRIGG-74
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
The city of Cape Girardeau will prohibit on-street parking along most of the 500 block of South Sprigg because of safety concerns tied to new Route 74. The City Council voted 3-2 Monday night to allow continued parking along most of the east side of that block. But the majority vote wasn't enough; the measure failed because it didn't get the necessary four votes...
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MARK MY WORD: BEWARE OF THE DASTARDLY DIAPER SPIES
(Column ~ 01/23/96)
There's nothing worse than a dastardly diaper spy. Imagine trying to sneak out of a diaper factory with the secrets of absorbent layers and velcro tabs. A Bernie man was arrested last week for trying to sell Procter & Gamble's dandy diaper technology to a competing firm...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/23/96)
TO THE person who wants to send all the Republicans to Bosnia, they're already there. There's an old saying, "There are no atheists in foxholes and no Democrats on the front line." They get you in these Democratic wars, but very quickly people become Republicans. They want to get out of those wars. If the people who want to go to these wars go, then they could enjoy the fruits of what the Democrats always get us in. Every war has been started by a Democratic president, just like this one...
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CITY COUNCIL HIRES ERIC CUNNINGHAM FULL-TIME CITY ATTORNEY
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
Eric Cunningham has handled the job of Cape Girardeau city attorney for several months. Now it will be permanent. City Manager Michael Miller appointed Cunningham and the City Council consented Monday night. Cunningham, 38, had served as interim city attorney since Warren Wells resigned in August to take a job as legal counsel with Northeast Missouri State University at Kirksville...
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VISION 2000 GIVES AWARDS
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
Steadily moving toward turn-of-the-century goals, Cape Girardeau philanthropists stopped to honor some of their own Monday with Awards of Distinction. It was the seventh year for the special breakfast sponsored by Vision 2000, Cape Girardeau's goal-setting group established in 1987 to better the community...
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TALLENT AT MERCHANTS MEETING TODAY
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
Dr. Dan Tallent, Cape Girardeau's newly appointed superintendent of schools, will be guest speaker at the January meeting of the West End Merchants Association today at 5:30 p.m. at H.R. Dumplins'. Tallent will discuss goals of the public school system and how it effects the economic growth of a community...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/23/96)
Daughter to Dr. Jesse and Kimberly Ramsey of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:12 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, 1995. Name, Maci Elizabeth. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. Fifth daughter. Mrs. Ramsey is the former Kimberly Wallace, daughter of Bud and Sharon Wallace of Birmingham, Ala. She is a pediatric registered nurse for private intensive care cases. Ramsey is the son of Ray and Maxine Ramsey of Ft. Worth, Texas. He is an emergency room physician at Southeast Hospital...
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MEADOW HEIGHTS BOARD ON HOLD WHILE STATE DECIDES ISSUES
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
PATTON -- Meadow Heights school board members have yet to hear when any decisions will be made about a conflict-of-interest question or if the district must repay state money earned by falsified attendance records. Delayed decisions from both the Missouri attorney general's office and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education have left the school district unsure how to plan for the upcoming year...
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CLARA E. OWENS
(Obituary ~ 01/23/96)
LEORA -- Clara Edna Owens, 87, of Godfrey, Ill., died Monday, Jan. 22, 1996, at D'Adrian Convalescent Center in Godfrey. She was born July 28, 1908, in Leora, daughter of Mose and Harriet Lufcy Kimbrel. She and Cyrus Luther "Dock" Owens were married Feb. 6, 1932. He died March 23, 1972...
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BEA GILLILAND
(Obituary ~ 01/23/96)
SIKESTON -- Bernice W. "Bea" Gilliland, 73, of Sikeston, died Monday, Jan. 22, 1996, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. She was born May 27, 1922, in Blytheville, Ark., daughter of Dean and Minnie Lee Adams Gilliland. Gilliland had been a beauty school instructor and secretary at Sikeston Public Schools. She was a member of First Baptist Church and St. Mark's Chapter Order of Eastern Star, both in Cape Girardeau...
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WILMA N. LUDWIG
(Obituary ~ 01/23/96)
JACKSON -- Wilma N. Ludwig, 87, of Jackson, died Monday, Jan. 22, 1996, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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FLEETA M. JONES
(Obituary ~ 01/23/96)
JACKSON -- Fleeta Marie Jones, 67, of Jackson, died Monday, Jan. 22, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 11, 1928, in Essex, daughter of T.J. "Jeff" and Era Westbrook Parkman. She and Robert Hess were married Sept. 17, 1946. He preceded her in death. She later married Clint Jones July 13, 1957, in Mt. Vernon. He died Aug. 25, 1987...
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REBA MOBBS
(Obituary ~ 01/23/96)
BELL CITY -- Reba Mobbs, 80, of Bell City, died Monday, Jan. 22, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.
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LUCILLE POINSETT
(Obituary ~ 01/23/96)
WHITEWATER -- Lucille Poinsett, 93, formerly of Whitewater, died Monday, Jan. 22, 1996, in Brookhaven, Miss. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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PUPILS NAMED TO DEAN'S LISTS
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
Area students recently named to the fall semester dean's lists include Lynn Craft of Cape Girardeau at Fontbonne College in St. Louis; Chris Alan Edwards of Sikeston, Ken A. Petzoldt of Frohna, Amanda S. Kutz and Rebecca Ann Steffens, both of Perryville, at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg; Sheila Lynn Millburg of Cape Girardeau at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.; Tricia L. ...
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PAGEANT APPLICANTS SOUGHT
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
Applications are now available for the 1996 Ms. Senior Missouri Pageant. The pageant, sponsored by the Christian Hospital Northeast-Northwest, is open to women 60 or older. Winners of the pageant, to be held in St. Louis in March, will advance to national competition in September...
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STUDENTS NAMED TO LIST
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
Eight graduate students from Southeast Missouri State University were recently named to the Who's Who in American Colleges list. Area students include Jan Goncher of Cape Girardeau; Sandra Flentge and Barbara Hayes, both of Perryville; Agatha French of Sikeston and Rick McClard of Jackson...
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EMERSON EYES AG CHAIRMANSHIP
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
If a vacancy develops for chairmanship of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Bill Emerson is interested in the job. The sitting committee chairman, Rep. Pat Roberts, is pondering a possible Senate run in 1996. Emerson, a Cape Girardeau Republican, said he would like to succeed Roberts should the Kansas Republican move to the Senate...
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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS GOOSE HUNTERS HAVING GOOD YEAR
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
The 1995-1996 goose hunting season is winding down in the Southern Illinois Quota Zone. The season, which opened in early November, closes Jan. 31 in the four-county quota zone of Alexander, Union, Jackson and Williamson counties after an 89-day run...
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SEVERAL AREA STUDENTS LISTED IN `WHO'S WHO'
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
Area students are included in the annual edition of Who's Who Among American High School students. The 29th edition of the books features 6 percent of the nation's 12 million high school. Students are nominated by high school principals and guidance counselors, national youth groups, churches and educational organizations based on academic achievement and extracurricular activities...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: TEACHER USES EXPERIENCE TO TEACH STUDENTS AT ORAN
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
ORAN -- Terri Edney tries to teach her students by using her own life experiences. Edney teaches a seventh- and eighth-grade combination class at Guardian Angel Catholic School. Because the school is small, Edney teaches more than just the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic. She also teaches Spanish, religion and art classes for the junior high students...
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BEYOND BASKETBALL: THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 01/23/96)
Kara Brase worked on leg extensions in the Jackson High School weight room during fitness class. Linda Adams discussed volleyball technique in her physical education class at Jackson High School. Physical education these days is more than tossing students a basketball and letting them go at it for an hour...
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