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LETTERS: REMINDER OF SACRIFICES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/05/96)
To the editor: I would like to congratulate the Arts & Entertainment channel on cable TV for showing "The Last Days of World War II." I think it should be run at least once a year to let young people know what happened 50 years ago and the sacrifices we made to save our country...
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GIRL SCOUTS EARN GOLD AWARDS
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
Most people wouldn't see a connection between a community paper recycling program, a five-kilometer run and an overnight lock-in, but the nine Girl Scouts working on the projects did -- a Girl Scout Gold Award. Girl Scout members from Perryville and Cape Girardeau received Gold Awards Sunday...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/05/96)
IT IS a travesty that Cape Central High School should invite as its graduation speaker a person who's intellectual dishonesty and ability for deceit to serve pre-determined political beliefs exceeds no other in the nation. He may be a hometown boy, but Rush Limbaugh is probably the greatest enemy of reason and honesty available. What message is the school attempting to convey to graduates with this address?...
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THE FUTURE IN KC
(Editorial ~ 06/05/96)
Missouri officials have reached an agreement on ending the court-ordered desegregation fiasco in Kansas City. But it is too early to cheer. The agreement is expensive. Taxpayers will send nearly a third of a billion dollars to the school district over the next three years if the agreement is approved...
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JACKSON SCHOOLS ARE GROWING
(Editorial ~ 06/05/96)
While Kansas City has squandered money, the Jackson public schools continue to be a sound steward of taxpayers' dollars. But the district is feeling growing pains: 350 new students in the last two years. Projections are for continued growth. The district is proposing a $7.8 million bond issue on the Aug. ...
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LETTERS: ENVIRONMENT RECORDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/05/96)
To the editor: Though poorly rated politicians inevitably disagree, the League of Conservation Voters is a nonpartisan group that evaluates the record of our federal representatives on the basis of their performance in Washington. A number of key votes is evaluated in each house, and the votes of the representatives are measured against those that reflect support for human and environmental health. ...
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LETTERS: IT'S ONLY PAPER AND INK
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/05/96)
To the editor: It's only paper and ink. What power can it hold? How can it influence the mind of man And market items sold? It's only paper and ink. What can it help or harm? How can it change the day ahead With the news it may inform? It's only paper and ink...
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LETTERS: THANKS FOR BOOKMARKS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/05/96)
To the editor: The kindness week was certainly a special time. Thanks to the Southeast Missourian for promoting this event and especially for the bookmarks you gave the library at Schultz School. Your organization does so much for our school. We are very indebted. The bookmarks were distributed to classes and to students as they visited the library. I loved the clever logo. Thanks so much...
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TWO FROM AREA LAND POLITICAL POSITIONS
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
Two Southeast Missouri men will play key roles in election-year political campaigns in the state this fall. Cape Girardeau native Jack Oliver will direct the Missouri Republican Party's campaign on behalf of GOP candidates from Bob Dole on down to state House races...
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SCHOOL LUNCHES: PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 50 YEARS
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
Cafeteria lunches aren't always popular, but when Bessie Mider fixed her vegetable-beef soup at Schoolfield, Va., every student ate lunch in the cafeteria. John Seay has spent almost 50 years since then trying to find anyone who can duplicate Bessie's menus or her cooking. "It was great for a nickel," he said. "The soup was delicious, and I've never had anything like it again."...
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AREA CODE OPTION TO END
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
It's 34 days and counting until area residents will be required to let their fingers walk to 573 instead of 314 to make long-distance telephone calls in Southeast Missouri. More than 1.3 million Southwestern Bell customers will have to break an old habit to conform to the required use of the new 573 area code starting July 8...
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COUNCIL'S TOUR OF CAPE OFFERS INSIGHT INTO ISSUES
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
They filed onto the bus, one city official at a time, preparing for a marathon tour of Cape Girardeau. Their schedule didn't include the Mississippi River, the Show Me Center or any of the city's more popular attractions. Instead, councilmen spent Tuesday looking at roads, unfinished buildings and even junk cars...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: HAVING A GREAT TIME, WISH YOU WERE HERE
(Column ~ 06/05/96)
My battle cry is, "Don't buy that toothpaste! We're saving for a vacation!" At some point this summer, The Other Half and I are getting the heck out of Dodge for the first time since our honeymoon. As you may recall, we took the Official White Trash Honeymoon to St. Louis, and wouldn't have gotten that far if it weren't for a generous wedding gift. If it weren't for that free breakfast buffet in the atrium, the whole thing would have been a bust...
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VOTERS WILL DECIDE FATE OF USE TAX
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
JACKSON -- A 1.5 percent use tax will go before voters Aug. 6. Aldermen agreed Monday night to put the measure on the ballot. The proposed use tax, equal to the city's sales tax, would replace a portion of a statewide tax struck down earlier this year by the Missouri Supreme Court...
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CITY OF JACKSON UPDATE
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
The council has passed the adoption of an emergency operations plan for the city of Jackson. Councilman Dave Hitt and Fire Chief Gary Niswonger worked very hard to complete our city's first official emergency plan. It details who would be in charge of various activities and where we would go for assistance in case of an earthquake, tornado or other natural disaster. ...
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AREA STUDENTS ON SMSU HONOR LIST
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Southwest Missouri State University named several area students to the spring semester 1996 honor roll. To qualify, students must have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and completed at least 12 credit hours...
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MUNY BAND SEASON STARTS THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
JACKSON -- The Jackson Municipal Band will kick off its 1996 concert season Thursday at 8 p.m. in the city park. Special guest for Thursday's concert will be Johnathan Stewart, a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a degree in vocal performance...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
The Southeast Missourian asked people what they thought about the Jackson Board of Education's plan to develop an alternative education program for at-risk students to would eliminate in-school suspensions. Betty Brooks: "I think that anything that would help the students do something constructive with their time should definitely be considered."...
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BOOK STORE CHANGES READING TIMES
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
Barnes and Nobles Booksellers in Cape Girardeau has changed the times for its summer reading programs. Every Tuesday morning, preschool students will meet at 10 a.m. for story time. Grade school children will meet on Tuesday afternoons at 1 p.m. Thursday will be the day for children of all ages to meet at 7:30 p.m...
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TWO RURAL DISTRICTS ANNOUNCE HIRINGS
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
PATTON -- Like other new school administrators in Southeast Missouri, their names are familiar but their jobs are changing slightly. Gerald Deardorff and Duane Schindler were respectively hired as superintendent for Meadow Heights and Marquand-Zion schools...
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SIX CENTRAL HIGH STUDENTS SELECTED FOR GIRLS STATE
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
Six Cape Girardeau Central High School teen-agers heading into their senior years will attend the 55th session of Girls State, scheduled for June 16-22 at William Woods University in Fulton. Applicants are chosen for their high moral character, good sportsmanship and outstanding leadership abilities. ...
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LLOYD PENNINGTON
(Obituary ~ 06/05/96)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Lloyd Pennington, 71, of Cobden, died Tuesday, June 4, 1996, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro. He was born Feb. 15, 1925, at Parma, son of William and Sadie Ethel Johnson Pennington. He and Cona Jean Hays were married Nov. 7, 1943, at Malden, Mo...
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EUGENE SMITH
(Obituary ~ 06/05/96)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Eugene Wilbur Smith of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. Mike Johnson and Burl Britt will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Smith, 79, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at East Prairie Nursing Center...
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JOSEPH HOOD SR.
(Obituary ~ 06/05/96)
SIKESTON -- Joseph Edward "Joe" Hood Sr., 59, Sikeston Route 1, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Jan. 2, 1937, in St. Louis, son of Bertran and Reva McDowell Hood. He and Flora M. Prince were married Jan. 17, 1956, in St. Louis...
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ETHEL BECHEL
(Obituary ~ 06/05/96)
Funeral service for Ethel E. Bechel of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel, with the Rev. William Matzat officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery. Bechel, 97, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge...
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JOHN LONG
(Obituary ~ 06/05/96)
BLOOMFIELD -- John Albert Long, 54, died Monday, June 3, 1996, in Houston, Texas. He was born Feb. 2, 1942, near Essex, son of Theron Cleveland and Edna Marie Robinson Long. Survivors include two sons, John Long of O'Fallon, Andrew Long with the U.S. ...
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RUTH CHOATE
(Obituary ~ 06/05/96)
Ruth Pauline Choate, 89, died Tuesday, June 4, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 13, 1906, near Advance, the daughter of William Henry and Mary Virginia Fitzwater Yates. She married Elvis L. Choate in 1930 in Jackson. He died March 6, 1987...
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KAREN WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 06/05/96)
A memorial service for Karen Lee Williams of Dallas, Texas, was held May 29 at the home of Bill and Ruth Gene Tucker in Carrollton, Texas. The Rev. Raymond Womack officiated. Williams, 61, died Saturday, May 25, 1996. She was born Jan. 24, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Dr. Joe L. and Dorothy Heggie Moseley of Montgomery City...
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JANE HOLT
(Obituary ~ 06/05/96)
CHARLESTON -- Jane Holt, 88, of Charleston, died Tuesday, June 4, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 1, 1908, in Smithville, Ark., daughter of Benjamin M. and Bernice Baker Hillhouse. She and L.B. Holt were married Aug. 20, 1926. He died Sept. 22, 1969...
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WILLIE MAE HOLLOMAN
(Obituary ~ 06/05/96)
HOWARDVILLE -- Willie Mae Holloman, 77, of Howardville died Sunday, June 2, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born May 5, 1919, in Alamo, Tenn., daughter of Ellis and Cora Matthis Fisher. She is survived by a son, Henry James Holloman of Springfield; three daughters, Cora L. Fisher Winfield and Shelley Holloman, both of Howardville, and Annett Fisher of Malden; one sister, Gearline Davis of Chicago; 20 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren...
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SCIENCE-BY-MAIL AVAILABLE
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
The 1996-97 Science-By-Mail brochure/application is now available. Science-By-Mail is a national pen-pal mentor program for children in grades 4-9, linking them with volunteer scientists. During the course of the school year, members receive two hands-on, thematic activity packets. Topics for the 1996-1997 year are simple machines and flight. The packets contain materials to perform a variety of experiments which culminate in a "Big Challenge," tying the experiments together...
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AUSTIN WINS MATH AWARD
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
Travis Austin of Cape Girardeau has received the Outstanding Senior in Mathematics Award at the 1996 Academic Honor Awards Assembly at Northeast Missouri State University at Kirksville. Austin is a senior majoring in mathematics. He is the son of Edward and Margaret Austin. While attending Northeast, Travis has been involved with Phi Eta Sigma, Kappa Mu Epsilon and the Mathematical Association of America...
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HISTORY DAY WINNERS
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
More than 400 students participated in the annual District 9 History Day at Southeast Missouri State University. The theme of this year's contest was "Taking a Stand in History." Students in grades four and five competed in the Elementary Division. Students in grades six to eight competed in the Junior Division, and those in grades nine to 12 competed in the Senor Division...
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STUDENTS RECEIVE AWARD
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
Gennifer Owen and Jason Azuma have each received an agriculture scholarship from the Spiese Fund at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri. Owen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David I. Owen of Oran. She plans to study agricultural economics...
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JACKSON TEACHER HONORED
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
A Jackson elementary school teacher was honored as an Olympic Hero last week by WPSD-TV in Paducah, Ky. Debbie Lusk, a special-needs teacher at Orchard Drive Elementary School, was nominated for the award by a student's parent. Lusk was treated to a special luncheon during the Olympic Torch Relay on Memorial Day. WPSD-TV sponsored the local contest...
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BRYANT EARNS NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
Adam Bryant, a senior at Cape Girardeau Central High School, has been awarded a National Merit Scholarship and an Honor Scholarship from Iowa State University. Bryant was named a National Merit finalist based on his scores on the PSAT and SAT tests, and academic achievements. The two scholarships from Iowa State will pay tuition, room and board for four years. The scholarships total worth is $48,000...
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KELLY ELECTS OFFICERS
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
Kelly High School has elected new Student Council officers for its 1996-97 school year. The new members are as follow: Crystal Russell, president, and Amy Arteme, vice president. The Senate: Senior Delegation: Vanessa Burger, president; Rebecca Messmer, vice president; Jaclyn Welter, secretary; and senators Suzanne Urhahn, Amy Shanks Molly McKinney and Shawn Koch...
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FFA INSTALLS OFFICERS
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
The Kelly-Benton FFA chapter recently installed new officers for the 1996-97 school year. The officers for 1996-97 are Brian Heuring, president; Vanessa Cook and Eric Seiler, both vice presidents; Jarett Seiler, treasurer; Shawn Koch, assistant treasurer; Chris Beardslee, secretary; Daniel Mothershead, reporter; Beth Gluek, assistant reporter; Derek Emerine, sentinel; Matt Richborg, chaplain; and Douglas Felter, historian...
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PARKER EARNS SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
Sarah Parker, a senior at Scott City High School, has been awarded a cheerleading scholarship to attend Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff. Parker, daughter of Verlon and Melba Parker of Scott City, has been a high school cheerleader the past two years. She has also been active in other school sports and clubs and has been president of her class all four years of high school. (PICTURE)...
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STOP TO SMELL THE ROSES; THE ROSE DISPLAY GARDEN AT CAPAHA PARK HAS GAINED NATIONAL FAME
(Local News ~ 06/05/96)
Visitors to the Rose Garden can see many varieties of roses. The Rose Garden consists of 40 beds of roses. "Perfect Moment" is one of the rose varieties in the garden. A guest book is available for visitors at a kiosk next to the garden. Cape Girardeau's Rose Garden has gained a measure of national fame since its founding in 1953...
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