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RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS PARTICIPANTS
(Local News ~ 05/13/96)
Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Society Garber's Men's Wear American Red Cross Designing Travel Inc. Show Me Center Elite Travel Inc. Cape Girardeau Central High School Alliance Blue Cross Blue Shield Credit Bureau Services Jayson Jewelers Ervins Metal Smith...
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GENESIS SHIPS GOODWILL COAST-TO-COAST
(Local News ~ 05/13/96)
Just over six years ago, a man named Phil Bridwell showed up unannounced at Genesis Trucking. Kermit "Moose" Meystedt, who owns Genesis with his wife, Sandy, said his life hasn't been the same since. "He came into my office and said he saw our name on a tractor-trailer as it was going down the highway, and he knew he was at the right place," said Meystedt...
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COOK WANTS TO BE FIRST COUNTY NATIVE ELECTED STATEWIDE IN 100 YEARS
(Local News ~ 05/13/96)
If successful in November, Secretary of State Rebecca McDowell "Bekki" Cook will become the first Cape Girardeau County native elected to Missouri statewide office in 100 years. The last was James Monroe Seibert, elected state auditor in 1896. Cook started down the election highway Sunday at the Common Pleas Courthouse, where she formally announced her candidacy for secretary of state. ...
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LAWS SPOTLIGHT DANGERS POSED BY RAILROAD CROSSINGS
(Local News ~ 05/13/96)
Drivers who try to beat lowered railroad crossing gates face stiff penalties in Missouri and Illinois. The fine in Missouri can range from $50 to $500 and up to a week's stay in jail. It's tougher in Illinois -- a "mandatory" fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service work...
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PURCHASE RECALLED
(Local News ~ 05/13/96)
It was a landslide vote to purchase Cape Girardeau's water system -- residents decided the issue 3-to-1 in November 1991. Pamphlets to educate the public didn't mention much about system improvements. One line read: "The ballot choice is whether or not to approve an $11,840,000 water revenue bond issue to finance the purchase and improvement of the system. No taxes will be used."...
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WATER USE TAKES CITY BY SURPRISE
(Local News ~ 05/13/96)
Cape Girardeau voters can expect a sales tax measure on November's ballot, this time for water system improvements. Although it's possible the city won't be able to complete the paperwork in time to place the issue on the fall ballot, Mayor Al Spradling III said officials want to move quickly to protect the water supply...
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KINDNESS IS YEAR-ROUND SALVATION ARMY ACTIVITY
(Local News ~ 05/13/96)
Although this is Random Acts of Kindness Week, Salvation Army volunteers won't have to change their schedules to accommodate any good deeds. The organization helps people all year long. The group will honor some of its own Tuesday night at the Salvation Army Worship and Community Center, 701 Good Hope. There will be a dinner to recognize individuals and organizations that donated their time and money in the last year...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO GET OUT THERE AND BE NICE
(Column ~ 05/13/96)
No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. -- Aesop When George Bush got to the White House a few years ago, he called for a "kinder, gentler nation." I didn't agree with President Bush on many issues (although no one could call his stand on broccoli wimpy), but it's hard to argue when someone says it's time we were all nicer to one another...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 05/13/96)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think of Cape Girardeau's tornado warning system?" Michelle Johnson, Cape Girardeau "I think it is a great thing to have if they would have the sirens. But what they do now is OK, I guess." Paul Lynch, Cape Girardeau...
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MISSOURI WATCH: THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN NIGHTMARE
(Column ~ 05/13/96)
I am not prepared to blame fully the news media for the malaise that is now draped like a shroud over our American Republic, but neither am I willing to absolve it. Although many of its critics have sought to assess the sole blame for general dissatisfaction with government at all levels on the institutions that deliver much of the information we receive from Washington and Jefferson City, the culpability extends much farther than newspapers, radio and television...
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LETERS: LAW OF THE JUNGLE IS DANGEROUS SYSTEM
(Editorial ~ 05/13/96)
To the editor: Many years ago I moved to a city that had a reported population of 8 million inhabitants. While driving down an avenue that day, there seemed to be no semaphores or stop signs. I asked my friend who was driving if they had no traffic laws in that city. Eduardo looked at me and said, "Yes, we have one. It is the law of the jungle." Since then many controls have been added, and the populations is now estimated at 11 million...
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MARRIAGE LIMITS
(Editorial ~ 05/13/96)
A bill to ban same-sex marriages easily passed the Missouri Senate on Friday and is in the House during this, the final week of the 1996 session of the General Assembly. If House leaders are serious about final passage, there is plenty of time for floor action before scheduled adjournment at 6 p.m. this Friday...
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NO WORKERS' COMP REFORM
(Editorial ~ 05/13/96)
For the third year in a row, the Missouri General Assembly will adjourn this Friday without any significant action on the biggest cost item for Missouri business: workers' compensation reform. Bills proposing comprehensive reforms of the kind that many other states have enacted died without even making it to the floor of either the House or Senate...
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RUTH S. WILKINS
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Ruth Standard Wilkins of Keokuk, Iowa, formerly of Cobden, died Thursday, May 9, 1996, in the Maui Memorial Hospital in Wailuku, Hawaii. She was the daughter of Lester and Emma Treece Broadway Standard. Her first husband, Capt. Eugene Dillow, preceded her in death. She later married J.H. Wilkins on Nov. 3, 1946, in Cobden...
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BARBARA L. BAUERLE
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
Barbara L. Bauerle, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 12, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Funeral Chapel.
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GOLDIA KNIGHT
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
DEXTER -- Goldia Frances Summerfield Wright Kight, 93, died Sunday, May 12, 1996, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Dec. 7, 1902, to the late George and Lizzie Summerfield at Mechanicsburg, Ill. On April 14, 1928, she married John Wright at New Madrid. He died in 1974...
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DONALD BRASE
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
Donald Lee Brase, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 11, 1996, at his home. He was born Nov. 3, 1930, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Martin Louis and Edna Keeton Brase. Brase was a member of the First Church of God and the Faithful Workers and Builders Sunday School Class...
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CLARENCE A. PICKLES
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
ANNA, Ill. -- Clarence A. Pickles, 78, of Anna died Sunday, May 12, 1996, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Marion, Ill. He was born Dec. 8, 1916, in Dongola, Ill., the son of Guy and Nora Hileman Pickles. He was married to Leona Dover, who preceded him in death...
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ROSS LEE HENDRIX
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
Ross Lee Hendrix, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 12, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Funeral Chapel.
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CLEO B. RHODES
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
WHITEWATER -- Cleo B. Rhodes, 74, of Whitewater died Saturday, May 11, 1996, at her home. She was born July 12, 1921, in the Drum community, daughter of John and Katie Mabrey Thiele. She married Harrison Rhodes on July 12, 1959, in St. Louis. Rhodes was of the Methodist faith...
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MARY E. WHITAKER
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
CHAFFEE -- Mary Elizabeth Whitaker, 85, of Chaffee died Saturday, May 11, 1996, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born April 25, 1911, in Piggott, Ark., the daughter of Vernon and Nora Smith Lehman. She married Harland C. Whitaker on June 18, 1932. He died Oct. 25, 1959...
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REBECCA M. WATKINS
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
JACKSON -- Rebecca Marie Watkins died Friday, May 10, 1996, on the day of her birth at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Survivors include her parents, Danny and Tracy Renner Watkins of Jackson; her maternal grandparents, Michael and Brenda Renner of Cape Girardeau; her paternal grandparents, Junior and Connie Watkins of Oran; and several uncles, aunts and cousins...
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WILLA MAE LEHER
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
FARGO, N.D. -- Willa Mae Leher, 78, of Fargo, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, May 9, 1996, in Fargo. She was born Oct. 5, 1917, in Allenville, the daughter of Albert Theodore and Loula Etta Gass Looney. She married Walter G. Leher in Cape Girardeau. He died Sept. 7, 1970...
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VERNON C. ROTH SR.
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
Vernon C. Roth Sr., 68, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 12, 1996, at his home. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford & Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ford & Sons.
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A.C. RAY
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
BENTON -- A.C. Ray, 80, of Benton died Saturday, May 11, 1996, at Crowley Ridge Health Care Center in Dexter. He was born Nov. 17, 1915, near Sikeston, to Jasper Pinklin and Daila Harwood Ray. On Sept. 3, 1939, in New Madrid, he married Marie Buttery...
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IRENE STILTS
(Obituary ~ 05/13/96)
ADVANCE -- Emma "Irene" Stilts, 71, of Advance died Saturday, May 11, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 29, 1925, in Zalma, the daughter of the Rev. James Daniel and Josie Gray Fowler. On Sept. 19, 1942, she married Russell Stilts...
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BUSINESS MEMO: CHAPMAN SYMPOSIUM HELD
(Business ~ 05/13/96)
The first annual Jean A. Chapman Allergy & Asthma Symposium was held recently at the St. Francis Medical Center Education Center in Cape Girardeau. The symposium, which offers 6.75 hours of CME Category I credit, attracted a large number of faculty members, including Emil J. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: JUNGLE GEMS RECOGNIZED
(Business ~ 05/13/96)
Jungle Gems, a pet supply store in West Park Mall at Cape Girardeau, has been selected as one of Pet Product News "Fantastic 50 Pet Stores" in the United States. The local store is owned by Chery L. Randy and Crystal Scott, and provides pet gifts and supplies for pets. The store also has birds and tropical fish...
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BUSINESS MEMO: AREA FLORIST IS RECOGNIZED
(Business ~ 05/13/96)
Arrangements by Joyce, 100 S. Sprigg St., has been recognized for quality achievement by the FTD Association, a trade organization of more than 23,000 retail florists. FTD has approved certification of the florist shop as a "Quality Plus Florist" for providing good service and a wide selection of fresh flowers...
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BUSINESS MEMO: PEST FIRM OFFERS NEW PRODUCT
(Business ~ 05/13/96)
Quality Pest Control has taken on a new product for protecting structure against subterranean termites. The company has been authorized to use the Sentricon Colony Elimination System to eliminate termite colonies. "With Sentricon, we can eliminate the entire termite colony," said Norman Craig, owner of the company...
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BUSINESS MEMO: M&W EARNS SUPERIOR RATING
(Business ~ 05/13/96)
M&W Packaging U.S., Inc. recently received a "Superior" rating, the highest possible rating, from the American Institute of Baking (AIB) following the annual inspection of plant safety and cleanliness. "AIB gave us an `Excellent" rating each of our first two years in the program," said Glen Wooley, M&W's manager of safety and environmental control. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BUSINESS SESSIONS ON TAP
(Business ~ 05/13/96)
The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions in four areas this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available May 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call (314)-335-3312 for appointment...
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BUSINESS MEMO: HOME BUILDERS WILL GATHER
(Business ~ 05/13/96)
"Improving Employee Efficiecy" is the topic of the Southeast Missouri Home Builders Association meeting, Tuesday at the Port Cape Girardeau, 19 N. Water St. A representative of the George S. May International Co., management consultants, will be guest speaker...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: SPEC BUILDING NEARLY COMPLETE
(Business ~ 05/13/96)
A new 200-by-300-foot, 60,000-square-foot speculative building on an eight-acre tract in Nash Road Industrial Park, is 97 percent complete. "There's some interest in the building and we're already showing it," said Mitch Robinson, executive director of the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: CELLULAR WORLD OPENS HERE
(Business ~ 05/13/96)
Cellular World has opened a branch in West Park Mall. The company, headquartered in Dallas, is an agent to Southwest Bell Mobil Systems and provides accessories and four lines of telephones. Located in the JCPenney wing of the mall, Cellular World is open during mall hours, seven days a week...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: MOVES TO NEW LOCATION
(Business ~ 05/13/96)
First Financial Planners Inc. has opened a new office at 720 Forest Ave. in Cape Girardeau and will hold an open house Friday. The financial planning and investment company was established here by Richard Cuba more than 12 years ago. Cuba, a retirement planning specialist from Cape Girardeau, was a member of the group which founded First Financial Planner, starting with 15 representatives. The company now has more than 600 representatives throughout the country...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 05/13/96)
Dr. William Seabaugh of Cape Girardeau has received a 50-Year Physician pin from the Missouri State Medical Association (MSMA). Seabaugh was among physicians honored during ceremonies at the MSMA Convention, held recently at Lake of the Ozarks. Following retirement, Seabaugh founded and managed the Sprigg Street Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, which served more than 3,000 people who had no access to medical care, during its yearlong existence...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: LOOKING TO OPEN IN JUNE
(Business ~ 05/13/96)
Noble House Antique Mall is expected to open in Cape Girardeau next month. The mall will be in the former IGA Grocery at 80 Plaza Way in Town Plaza Shopping Center. "We're in the process of renting booth spaces and taking employment applications," said William H. Gerhardt, a spokesman for the company...
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