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LETTERS: LET HANCOCK DO ITS JOB
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/17/96)
To the editor: Let Hancock work. Missouri's elected officials are debating alternatives for cutting our taxes. How does this debate relate to Hancock? Let's step back in time to the spring of 1993. A court ruling declared that the school foundation formula distributing state money to public schools was unconstitutional. ...
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JACKSON PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNOUNCES CLOSING
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
The Jackson Public Library will close Tuesday, March 19 to move to its new facility. The library will reopen Monday, April 1 at 100 N. Missouri St., in the rear of the new City Hall building. The library staff requests that patrons who currently have any library materials checked to hold them for return at the new location...
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ABWA NOW TAKING SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
The Jackson charter chapter of the American Business Women's Association is now taking applications for scholarships for the fall semester, 1996. To qualify for a scholarship, candidates must adhere to the criteria set forth by the ABWA. The criteria includes, but is not limited to:...
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ABWA URGES FORUM ATTENDANCE
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
The 1996 school board candidates for the Jackson R-2 school district will face questions from the public on Tuesday, March 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Jackson Junior High School library. The "Meet the School Board Candidates" forum is sponsored by the Jackson charter chapter of the American Business Women's Association (ABWA) to help voters make informed school board choices...
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`SUPER CITY WALK' SCHEDULED FOR APRIL
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
The sixth annual multiple sclerosis "Super City Walk" will be held on April 14, with registration at 11 a.m. and the three-mile walk beginning at noon. Previously, the walk was held in Cape Girardeau but this year will be in Jackson City Park. There will be free food and drink for those who walk...
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JACKSON SENIORS TEACH AREA YOUTH CPR TECHNIQUES
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
Teaching others what they already know is the goal of three Jackson High School seniors -- how to save lives. Jennifer Craiglow, Debbie Niemeier and Sara Weiss are teaching first aid and CPR to Jackson area youth. All three participated in the American Red Cross' Learn and Serve America Program. The seniors said they learned of the program from their health care teacher Daphana Fielher...
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GLENALLEN RESIDENT HONORED AT LEGISLATIVE DAY
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
Robert Dixon of Glenallen was honored for outstanding service to University Extension at the 1996 Legislative Day, Feb. 27 in Jefferson City. The annual event is sponsored by the University of Missouri Alumni Alliance Association. Dixon received the Presidential Citation from UM President George Russell, who told the 400 legislators, UM alumni and extension council members gathered for the event, "We're here because we share an interest and belief in the role of higher education in society." He said those being honored had "distinguished themselves with extraordinary support for the University of Missouri.". ...
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HANDICAPPED ARTIST PAINTS ROSY PICTURE OF HER LIFE
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
Betty Williams draws every day and has drawn so many pictures over so many years that she couldn't even fathom a guess as to how many she's done. Williams loves to draw outdoor scenes to be displayed in the community room of her apartment complex. She also draws poster calendars that highlight her friends' birthdays...
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MARY MEYER -- NO PRISONER TO MS
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
Mary Kathryn Meyer of Jackson says she isn't living with multiple sclerosis, she's living in spite of it. "It's a spiteful thing," Meyer admits. "I just don't let myself get down because of it. I can't." Strong words, clearly; and looking at her, strong is precisely how she looks. One would be hard pressed to believe that when she was first diagnosed with MS in 1984, doctors told her she would be confined to a wheel chair within five years...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/17/96)
Editor's Note: Many farmers locally have donated hay to the fire ravaged area of northern Oklahoma as well as volunteers showing up to aid in the transportation. According to Gerald Bryant of the University of Missouri Extension Center in Jackson, as of Wednesday about 350 tons (400 large bales and four semi-truck loads of small bales) of hay are on their way to Oklahoma...
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: CHANGES AFFECT PEOPLE, OPINION AND TV LISTINGS
(Column ~ 03/17/96)
There are changes occurring at the Southeast Missourian. That isn't so unusual, because change for the better is progress. I thought you might be particularly interested in three areas of change: -- On page 3A of today's paper there is an announcement of some staff changes. ...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: ECONOMIC TRENDS ARE CLINTON WARNING
(Column ~ 03/17/96)
Is Bill Clinton a lead-pipe cinch for re-election in November? Judged against history, economic numbers increasingly show profound vulnerability plaguing the incumbent's efforts to win another term. Bruce Steinberg, senior economist at Merrill Lynch, forecasts that gross domestic product will rise a measly 2 percent, at best, this year. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: MISSOURI TAKES ITS TURN
(Column ~ 03/17/96)
It may have been surprising, but it was not incomprehensible that a majority within a minority of Missouri's registered Republican voters would choose a familiar outsider to lead the 1996 presidential campaign. Numerous observers predicted Pat Buchanan would run ahead of Bob Dole in the March 9 caucuses, and while some were more accurate than this writer, virtually anyone even remotely in touch with the electorate sensed that Missourians were anxious to send a message to their party leaders and the country's political elite.. ...
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POST-IRON CURTAIN
(Editorial ~ 03/17/96)
March 5, 1946. The rhetoric was as stirring as it was, for that time, controversial: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent. Behind it lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Eastern and Central Europe: Warsaw, Prague, Berlin, Sarajevo, Sofia."...
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SB380, HANCOCK CLASH
(Editorial ~ 03/17/96)
State Auditor Margaret Kelly stepped forward last week to declare that 88 Missouri school districts have been hit, courtesy of Gov. Mel Carnahan's Senate Bill 380, with $10 million in unconstitutional tax increases. The conflict is between the Hancock Amendment limiting tax increases and a provision of SB380 requiring local districts to have minimum property tax levies of $2.75 per $100 of assessed valuation, combined with a law passed last year that allowed school boards to waive earlier property tax rollbacks without voter approval. ...
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LETTERS: SCHOOL APPRECIATES HELP
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/17/96)
To the editor: L.J. Schultz Middle School is deeply appreciative of your continuing support through the cultural enrichment programs you have provided. We were blessed to receive two programs of outstanding value this year. NIE, the certificate programs, the printing of our school paper and countless other benefits -- all these things help us do a better job of public education. And we could not do it as well without the Southeast Missourian...
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LETTERS: TELL GSA TO KEEP MONEY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/17/96)
To the editor: Most everyone agrees we need less government, a lower deficit and lower taxes. Cape Girardeau has a unique opportunity to be a leader and set an example. Let's not debate where a new federal building should be. Let's tell the GSA to keep its money and reduce its budget. We don't need to build government. We need to reduce its size. If our Washington representatives can't figure out how to stop the hemorrhaging, maybe we should show them how to start...
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FEED AND SEED STORE CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
Rex Meyr, left, and Glen Meyr, right, purchased Shawneetown Feed in 1984 from Clarence Schlimpert, center. The Shawneetown Feed & Seed Store, located at the intersection of Highway 61 and Route CC, celebrated its 50th anniversary on March 5 with a luncheon attended by over 300 area farmers and residents...
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HIGH-WATER INSPECTION TRIP SET
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
Happenings along the lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans over the past six months will be discussed during the Mississippi River Commission's weeklong high-water inspection trip March 25-29. Brig. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers' lower valley division, will deliver a state of the valley report aboard the Motor Vessel Mississippi during four public-hearing stops between Cairo, Ill., and New Orleans...
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A DAY IN THE LIFE: VOTING FOR GOV. MOON BEAM LIKE NOT VOTING AT ALL
(Column ~ 03/17/96)
It was lunchtime and the conversation had turned ugly. "Why would you want to write-in Jerry Brown for president?" I asked Mike, one of the gentlemen I was having lunch with. You may remember Jerry Brown from the presidential primaries four years ago when he ran against fellow Democrats Bill Clinton, Paul Tsongas and others, for the chance to unseat George Bush. Brown is the former governor of California and has a reputation for being, um, for lack of a better word, a bit flaky...
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HENRY C. VOSS
(Obituary ~ 03/17/96)
Henry C. Voss, 66, of 1645 N. Spanish died Friday, March 15, 1996, at his home. He was born April 24, 1929, at Cape Girardeau, son of Henry George and Matilda Werner Voss. He and Betty Stringer were married June 21, 1953, at Lawton, Okla. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Deward Voss of Prospect, Ky., Charles Voss of Paducah, Ky., and John Voss of Sheboygan, Wis.; two sisters, Irma Keller of Gordonville and Gertrude Heider of Jackson; and five grandchildren...
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KAYLA NICOLE THORNTON
(Obituary ~ 03/17/96)
BUNCOMBE, Ill. -- Graveside service was held Saturday for Kayla Nicole Thornton, who died at birth Thursday, March 14, 1996, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. The service was held at Cedar Grove Cemetery at Buncombe. The Rev. Oral Perry officiated...
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WILLIAM H. HAYNES
(Obituary ~ 03/17/96)
William H. Haynes, 87, of Cape Girardeau died at Ratliff Care Center Saturday, March 16, 1996. He was born Oct. 29, 1908, at Woodville, Miss., son of Nathan and Olivia Minor Haynes. He married Malinda L. Ward Dec. 25, 1939, at Blytheville, Ark. She survives...
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FRED W. KURRE JR.
(Obituary ~ 03/17/96)
Fred William Kurre Jr., 78, a native of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, March 15, 1996, at Morton Plant Mease Healthcare Center in Clearwater, Fla. He was born Feb. 20, 1918, at Cape Girardeau, son of Fred and Flora Thomas Kurre. He married Marge Trickey Aug. 14, 1943, at Cape Girardeau. She survives...
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JESS DU JOUR: AN ITSY-BITSY, TEENIE-WEENIE, BLACK-AND-WHITE STRIPED BIKINI
(Column ~ 03/17/96)
I am hungry. A cheeseburger or two, or twelve, would taste really scrumptious right now. I could just cruise into town, waltz into McDonald's, and nonchalantly order twelve cheeseburgers. In fact, I know someone who works there. I'm sure that if I told him I had been starving myself so I could fit into a small black-and-white bikini, he would just lop a few burgers off the top of the grill and stuff them into a "to-go" bag for me for free. But alas, I cannot...
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EARL DEAN POWELL
(Obituary ~ 03/17/96)
DEXTER -- Earl Dean Powell, 58, of Dexter died at his home Saturday, March 16, 1996. He was born Oct. 18, 1937, at Campbell, son of George C. and Louella Crowley Powell. He married Sylvia Lou Maddox in Poplar Bluff on Feb. 20, 1950. She survives. Powell, formerly of Malden, moved to Dexter in 1973. He was employed at Arvin Automotive in Dexter as a fork-lift driver. He was a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church...
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HERMAN L. CHAILLAND
(Obituary ~ 03/17/96)
BELL CITY -- Herman L. Chailland, 79, of Bell City died Saturday, March 16, 1996, at the Advance Nursing Center in Advance. He was born April 9, 1916, at Caruth, son of Edward and Verna Evans Chailland. He was a retired farmer. He and Veda Bennett were married Nov. 9, 1944, at Piggott, Ark...
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MARY M. ATCHLEY
(Obituary ~ 03/17/96)
MATTHEWS -- Mary M. Atchley, 87, of Matthews died Friday, March 15, 1996, at Sells Rest Home here. She was born Aug. 15, 1908, at Tilden, Ill., daughter of George and Martha Otteson Bicket. She married William Cecil Atchley on April 29, 1927, at Sparta, Ill. He died July 9, 1987...
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MATTINGLY AWARD-WINNER NAMED
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
Debra Reid, a 1982 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, will receive the 1996 Arthur H. Mattingly Award in historic preservation. The award will be presented at the Historic Preservation Association's spring banquet and lecture Saturday at the Port Cape Girardeau River City Yacht Club...
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OLD-TIME MUSIC DANCE MARCH 30
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
Cape Friends of Old Time Music and Dance will offer an evening of square and contra dances March 30 at Southeast Missouri State University. The event will run from 7-10 p.m. in the Parker Dance Studio, situated east of the North Henderson Street tennis courts...
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DALE POTTER
(Obituary ~ 03/17/96)
PUXICO -- Dale Potter, 66, of Puxico died Thursday, March 14, 1996, at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born April 28, 1929, at Puxico, son of John L. and Gertrude A. Smith Potter. He served in the Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Nashville Association of Musicians Local 257. He was a member of the Edgefield Lodge 254 F & AM in Nashville, Tenn., and the R.O.P.E. of Nashville...
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PLAYING THE ODDS; LOCAL LOTTERY SPENDING GROWS DURING FIRST DECADE IN MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
If a pot of gold exists at the end of the rainbow, Missourians are out to prove it. During the past decade, not only Missourians but residents of neighboring states, have plunked down $2.5 billion for a chance at finding that pot of gold. Since the first lottery ticket was sold 10 years ago, the Missouri Lottery has grown from $207 million in annual sales to more than $412 million a year...
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OTHER SITES FOR JUVENILE CENTER EYED
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission is looking at additional sites in hopes of landing a Division of Youth Services juvenile detention center in the county. Commissioners originally had proposed offering the state several acres of land in Klaus Park, but that plan has run into public opposition...
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STEP AT A TIME, SIKESTON BRIDGES GAP
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
SIKESTON -- A year ago Sikeston was a city of chasms: Blacks and whites, the educated and uneducated, police officers and regular folks ... all were separated. Community meetings, when attempted at all, were occasions for finger-pointing. And the thought of people from wealthy First Baptist Church attending services at West End Baptist, situated in the city's worst neighborhood, was almost laughable...
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MISSOURIAN ANNOUNCES NEWSROOM PROMOTIONS
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
John Ramey, a veteran member of the Southeast Missourian news staff, has been named news editor, and Jeff Breer, a member of the sports department since 1992, has been named sports editor of the Southeast Missourian. Marc Powers, who covers politics for the newspaper, has been promoted to the copy desk as a copy editor, and Peggy Scott, a Southeast Missourian reporter for the past 10 years, is now in charge of news and features graphics. She will continue to write for the newspaper...
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OPTIMIST CLUB OF CAPE EARNS RECOGNITION
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
The Optimist Club of Cape Girardeau was one of three Optimist clubs in the world to earn Triple Distinguished Club honors for its work in the community. The three honored clubs are among 4,200 Optimist clubs worldwide, said Henry Adams, club president...
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REGENTS TO CONSIDER FEES MONDAY
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents will set incidental and residence hall fees for the 1996-1997 academic year when it meets at 1:45 p.m. Monday in the University Center Ballroom. Christie L. Johnson of Cooter will be sworn in as the new student regent at 1:30 p.m. She replaces Jennifer Bertrand of Scott City, whose term expired. Johnson was appointed by Gov. Mel Carnahan and confirmed by the Missouri Senate...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: YOUR YARD CAN BECOME A REFUGE
(Column ~ 03/17/96)
Managing your yard properly can attract wildlife. As the icy grip of winter gives way to the mild temperatures of spring, our thoughts turn to a variety of outdoor activities. We begin to make all kinds of plans. For many of us, those plans will include some form of "yard work." Even more of us will make plans to simply "get out" and enjoy the wildlife and flowering plants that abound in early spring. ...
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HUMMINGBIRDS TO BEGIN ANNUAL MIGRATION INTO MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
JEFFERSON CITY -- It's hard to imagine anyone being captivated by a three-inch long bird weighing less than an eighth of an ounce. That is, until you realize those measurements give only a basic description of hummingbirds. As you learn more about the characteristics of the smallest of Missouri's birds the human fascination with them is easily understood...
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CAPE GETS ITS IRISH UP IN DONNYBROOK
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
Never a people to be overlooked, the Irish have a way of making their presence known. Even in predominantly German Cape Girardeau, the Irish were able to make their mark, leaving as their legacy the Donnybrook neighborhood, a small Irish enclave on North Main Street near the old shoe factory...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: MAKE YOUR OWN DIVISIONS OF THE CENTURY
(Column ~ 03/17/96)
The decade is half over. The century wanes. We all wane with it. Some will have experienced most of the hundred years. Some, all of it and a few, all of it and more. For those who have lived through most of it there will be different ways of summing it up, or dividing it into sections such as career changes, different home places, or merely childhood, adulthood and old age...
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IT'S A GRAND DAY FOR THE IRISH; EVERYBODY'S IRISH ON ST. PAT'S DAY
(Local News ~ 03/17/96)
Everybody's Irish on St. Patrick's Day. And who wouldn't want to be? Who but the Irish possess the gift of gab, the blessing of blarney and the sheer genius for alternately charming the socks off and infuriating to apoplexy their friends, enemies and anybody else who happens to wander by?...
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