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LAWRENCE CLEEK
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
SIKESTON -- Lawrence Cole Cleek, 83, of Sikeston died Thursday, April 25, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Feb. 4, 1913, in Bonne Terre to the late Alexander Cole and Stella Carr Cleek. He married Thedamay Kitchen in Farmington in 1940...
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JESS DU JOUR: A LAWNMOWER'S LAMENT
(Column ~ 04/28/96)
My neighbors, the yard Nazis, have been mowing their impeccably trimmed lawn for months. The moment that one can detect visible grass molecules on their front lawn dirt, they fire up the mower and shave it off. Mom tells me that, late at night, she sees them running around in their front lawn barking "Heil John Deere!" and making swastika designs with their azalea patches...
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Rush Limbaugh fans hooked on tie collection
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
Richard Esicar once had a whole closet full of ties. But that was before his wife sold most of them at a garage sale. "I only got about four good ties to wear now," said the Cape Girardeau resident. "What few others I got are out of style." One of Esicar's favorite ties is his Rush Limbaugh tie, a brightly colored affair with a design of red, blue and purple carousel horses on it...
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LONGTIME PUBLIC DEFENDER TAKES A NEW POST
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
The longest-serving district defender in Missouri will leave the public defender's office for the last time Tuesday after almost 19 years on the job. Gary Robbins was hired July 1, 1977, as the first public defender in the Cape Girardeau-Bollinger counties judicial circuit, working in Jackson. More than 25 assistant public defenders later, Robbins is resigning as district defender to become a legal adviser with the Missouri Division of Workers Compensation in Cape Girardeau...
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IN THE SWING OF THINGS
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
Mike Rice putts on the practice green at Bent Creek. Wanda Verhines works on her drives at the Bent Creek practice range. Tom Lovinggood watches his friend Earl Johnston as he putts the ball on the practice green. Bill Minter sizes up his putt. Glen DeBrock spent last Monday practicing at Bent Creek Golf Course in Jackson...
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COUPLE CARES FOR CURIOUS PURPLE MARTINS
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
Autumn and Mike Hughey have turned their property into an official purple martin sanctuary. Autumn Hughey checks the inside of one of their many homes. According to their T-shirts, they're "out of their gourds over purple martins." It's a not-so-obvious play on words if you know very little about purple martins. But Mike and Autumn Hughey of Altenburg don't fall into this category, they know a lot about these migrating birds -- it's their hobby...
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WITH SPRING ARRIVES ALLURING AZALEAS
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
There's never enough time for Haupt to spend in her lovely backyard, full of several varieties of trees and flowers and even a pond. As Marie Haupt walks around her neatly kept backyard, full of beautiful flowers of all shapes and colors, it's obvious she's most proud of her azaleas...
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ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS 10-YEAR-OLDS HOPE TO SAVE THE EARTH; EARTH SAVERS IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST EDUCATION -- IT'S ABOUT ACTION
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
Julie Walker, a Jackson teacher and coordinator of the club, passes out "earth songs" that the club wrote. These girls sing an earth song to the tune of "Bingo." From left are Brandy Hodges, 11; Kelly Rees, 10 and Amanda Benton, 10. Part of the goal of the club is to educate others. They do that by putting on skits for classes that they have to practice for...
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NEWS FROM THE ARMED FORCES
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
Daniel W. Deck Air Force Airman Daniel W. Deck has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization and customs and received special training in human relations...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: CULTURE MAY BE ROOT OF NATION'S WOES
(Column ~ 04/28/96)
"What began to concern me more and more were the clear signs of rot and decadence germinating within American society -- a rot and decadence that was no longer the consequence of contemporary liberalism but was the actual agenda of contemporary liberalism. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: THE BUILD-ME-A-STADIUM STATE
(Column ~ 04/28/96)
There is a certain craziness in state government that seems to have a life of its own. Perhaps it is only a case of memory loss, although if this is true, then our memory is randomly selective. At first glance, it is possible to conclude that examples of psychosis/memory loss in Jefferson City are purely random acts, but since public officials who seek voter approval are always telling us how intelligent they are and how intelligent we are if we vote for them, it seems highly improbable that some of the silliness in the Missouri Capitol is accidental.. ...
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PHONE COMPETITION
(Editorial ~ 04/28/96)
After five years of intense debate and wrangling, both behind the scenes and through broadcast ads, a bill to bring competition to the telecommunications industry has passed the Missouri Senate and appears likely to become law. Senate Bill 507, which is in the House for consideration, is a compromise worked out between sponsor Wayne Goode, D-Normandy, and other lawmakers, state regulators and telephone and cable companies. ...
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CAMPAIGN FUND RAISING
(Editorial ~ 04/28/96)
For the last two years, Missouri has been going through fits and starts in attempting to reform the business of how campaigns are financed. Voters passed an initiative in 1994 that enacted the toughest restrictions on donations in the entire country. When challenged, most of that law was tossed out as unconstitutional by a federal judge who was subsequently upheld on appeal by the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis...
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A DAY IN THE LIFE: DON'T CALL ME CRAZY
(Column ~ 04/28/96)
The world is full of all kinds of people and some of these people, well, aren't as sane as others. And sometimes these people call me. "Newsroom, Scott here," I said to the phone receiver in my best Bob Woodward, ala Robert Redford. "Hello, this is Bill and I have called to offer my services," a slow, deliberate voice responded, adding no last name. ...
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ANNA B. RHYNE
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
JACKSON -- Anna B. Rhyne, 70, of Jackson died Saturday, April 27, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 30, 1925, at Sturdivant, daughter of Marshall and Eula Ramsey. She and Herbert Rhyne were married. He preceded her in death. Rhyne had been a resident at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home since 1991...
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WILMA CASEY
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
FOLSOM, Calif. -- Wilma Casey, 76, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, April 24, 1996, at Folsom. She was born Dec. 19, 1919, at Prairie du Rocher, Ill., daughter of John and Olive Auer. She and Frank M. Casey were married in 1944. He died in 1980...
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CLARICE A. JONES
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
ADVANCE -- Clarice A. Jones, 77, formerly of Advance, died Friday, April 26, 1996, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 29, 1919, at Bell City, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Jewel V. Newcomer Winchester. She and Leslie Jones were married Dec. 25, 1934. He died Dec. 26, 1992...
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ROBERT GUY WOLFE
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
ANNA, Ill. -- Robert Guy Wolfe, 77, formerly of Cobden, Ill., died Saturday, April 27, 1996, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. He was born Feb. 3, 1919, at Cobden, son of Guy F. and Carrie I. Clutts Wolfe. He and Helen Kendall were married. She died. He then married Elva E. Hale on Jan. 2, 1956. She died Jan. 10, 1985...
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HENRY ANTONE WILHELM
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
SCOTT CITY -- Henry Antone Wilhelm, 85, of Scott City died Friday, April 26, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Dec. 25, 1910, at New Hamburg, son of John and Leona Wahl Wilhelm. He and Carrie Ruth McClain were married March 29, 1947, at Cape Girardeau. She survives...
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HESSIE SULLIVAN
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
Hessie Boone Sullivan, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 26, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Aug. 22, 1906, in Wickliffe, Ky., to the late Joseph and Elizabeth Dennis Sullivan. He married Eileen Woods on Jan. 27, 1927, in Mound City, Ill...
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LUTHER SMITH
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
SIKESTON -- Luther B. Smith, 95, of Sikeston died Friday, April 26, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Feb. 22, 1901, in Fayetteville, Tenn., to the late Thaddis Clarence and Sadie Mae Barnes Smith. He was a retired farmer and furniture store owner...
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HOWARD BILLMAN
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
BENTON -- Howard E. Billman, 72, of Benton died Friday, April 26, 1996, at his home. He was born May 23, 1923, in Ashtabula, Ohio, to the late Paul Edward and Millie Reed Billman. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and had worked in a box factory. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 3319 in Sikeston, the American Legion Henry Meldrum Post 114 in Sikeston and the Morley VFW Post...
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DOLLIE MAE MILLS
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
Dollie Mae Mills, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 26, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Jan. 20, 1919, at Whittington, Ill., daughter of Willard Pickett and Mazie Whittington Pickett Smith. She and William Arthur Mills were married in 1935 at Commerce. He survives...
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BILLY WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
ELWOOD, Neb. -- Billy Val Williams, 65, of Elwood died Friday, April 26, 1996, at his home after an extended illness. He was born May 4, 1930, at Matthews to the late Val and Lela Lucinda Mainord Williams. We was a Korean War veteran and served in the Seabees and the U.S. ...
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MILES DONALDSON
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
MARIETTA, Ga. -- Miles Robert "Bob" Donaldson, 70, of Marietta, formerly of Charleston, died Friday, April 26, 1996, at the Our Lady of Perpetual Health Hospice House in Marietta. He was born Sept. 21, 1925, in Morehouse, son of the late Tom and Emma Whitlock Donaldson. ...
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AUDIE FISHER
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Audie Fisher, 86, of Dongola died Saturday, April 27, 1996, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Aug. 18, 1909, at Dongola, son of Bona and Alice Earnhart Fisher. He and Georgina Ludlow were married Aug. 24, 1929. She survives...
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JUANITA M. LITCHFIELD
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
PUXICO -- Juanita M. Litchfield, 70, of Puxico died Friday, April 26, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 13, 1925, at Fisk, daughter of Charles Omer and Lula Bell Marler Mondy. She and Carl Litchfield were married Feb. 5, 1944, at Poplar Bluff. He died Sept. 2, 1976...
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ROBERT GENE KEMP
(Obituary ~ 04/28/96)
ANNISTON -- Robert Gene Kemp, 59, of Anniston, died Friday, April 26, 1996, at his home of an extended illness. He was born Feb. 25, 1937, at East Prairie, son of John Shelby and Lillian Thrasher Kemp. He and Dorothy Mae Coleman were married Jan. 30, 1976. She died May 28, 1995...
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BEEF PRICES DECLINE; CORN PRICES RISE
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
Beef prices are down and corn prices up. That comes as good news to farmers who expect to increase corn acreages this year. But it is bad news to beef producers, who already have watched choice steer prices dip more than $10 below the 1995 level of $73.11 per 100 pounds...
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COMMUNITY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION BEGINS
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
It's hard to imagine Cape Girardeau without the Show Me Center or even the Arena Building. City and civic leaders figure that same sentiment will apply to the Osage Park Community Center when it opens this fall. The current schedule anticipates the structure will open in October or November...
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BLACK FOREST CRAFTSFEST CONTINUES TODAY
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
Amid the gunshots and clouds of smoke, a man who had been shot during a Civil War re-enactment arose to show his wounded arm to a group of children Saturday at the Black Forest Villages. The mangled, rubber hand was tucked in his pocket while Syd Safriet of Belleville, Ill., as the company doctor, bandaged his arm...
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STATE CONSIDERS CONCEALED GUNS
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
From officials in the legislature to buddies in the coffee shop, Missourians bicker about the concealed weapons issue. In March, a bill proposing to put a right-to-carry law to a Missouri Senate vote was narrowly defeated. A similar joint resolution is alive in the legislature, but local lawmakers predict it won't be considered before the end of the session May 17...
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ARKANSAS EXPERIENCES RUSH FOR SPECIAL WEAPONS PERMIT
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Missouri's southern neighbor may provide some insight into what would happen if a right-to-carry law were passed. The Arkansas legislature passed such a law in late 1995, requiring an extensive background check and firearm training certificates. Gun owners rushed to get concealed weapons permits, said Capt. Bill Young of the Arkansas State Police...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: MISSOURI TO CELEBRATE PUBLIC LANDS MONTH
(Column ~ 04/28/96)
The month of May has been designated Public Lands Month by the director of the Missouri Department of Conservation. As a thanks to Missourians who have supported the purchase of Conservation lands totaling nearly 900,000 acres, the Southeast Service Center in Cape Girardeau will be offering special programs for the young and young-at-heart in the region...
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RUSH LIMBAUGH FANS HOOKED ON TIE COLLECTION
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
Richard Esicar once had a whole closet full of ties. But that was before his wife sold most of them at a garage sale. "I only got about four good ties to wear now," said the Cape Girardeau resident. "What few others I got are out of style." One of Esicar's favorite ties is his Rush Limbaugh tie, a brightly colored affair with a design of red, blue and purple carousel horses on it...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: SOMETIMES A FLOOD IS NECESSARY
(Column ~ 04/28/96)
My first spring visit to the creekside was purposely delayed. For one thing, it took a long time for the days to get warm enough to enjoy strolling up and down the banks. I didn't want to go before the meadowlarks were singing and the red-wing blackbirds were on the wind...
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TIE ONE ON: GONE ARE STAID TIES OF OLD, TODAY'S TIES ARE BRIGHT AND BOLD
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
Ties from the Nicole Miller Collection. When men tie one on today, it can range from Tabasco sauce to endangered species. Tools, pasta and flag-waving Americana can be found in tie designs. Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters have taken shape on neckwear in recent years. Sports themes also can be found on ties...
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AREA BLOOD DRIVES SET
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
The Chaffee High School Future Business Leaders Association will sponsor a blood drive for the American Red Cross on Thursday, May 9, from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Chaffee High School gym, 109 N. Fifth St., in Chaffee. On Friday, May 10, the JCPenney Co. at West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau will hold a blood drive from noon to 4 in the store's training room...
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SCOUTS COLLECT PAPER, CANS MAY 11
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
JACKSON -- The Girl Scouts of Tsalagi Service Unit in Jackson and Oak Ridge will collect newspapers and aluminum cans for recycling on Saturday, May 11. Residents are asked to bring the items to the Wal-Mart parking lot in Jackson between the hours of 8 a.m. and 2 p.m...
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LYME DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP MEETS
(Local News ~ 04/28/96)
The Lyme disease support group will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m in classrooms A and B of Southeast Missouri Hospital's Regional Cancer Center. Dr. Khondra Andrews of Andrews Chiropractic and Acupuncture Center of Southeast Missouri will present "Acupunction and Health."...
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