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LETTERS: A BIG NOTE OF THANKS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/10/97)
To the editor: Thank you very much for helping our class get new chapter books. What a great way to start 1997! We read our new books every day for 30 minutes in small groups. The books help us read better and faster. They also challenge us to learn new words. We can't wait to read them all because the titles sound exciting to us...
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LET NEWT GINGRICH DO HIS JOB
(Editorial ~ 01/10/97)
"Let me say to the entire House that two years ago, when I became the first Republican speaker in 40 years, to the degree I was too brash, too self-confident or too pushy, I apologize." -- Newt Gingrich. With those words, the newly re-elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives set the tone for the potential of moving ahead with matters of import without dwelling in the morass of partisan bickering...
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LOW TAX BITE IS NO EXCUSE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO SPEND MORE
(Editorial ~ 01/10/97)
Greetings: The Internal Revenue Service requests the pleasure of your taxes on everything you earned in 1996. Although not worded exactly this way, the tax forms arriving in the mail send a clear message that it is time to start thinking about tax filings and deadlines...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECTS HAVE SHOWN SUCCESS
(Column ~ 01/10/97)
My last offering described how a growing movement for charter schools may just be about to bring to Missouri this promising effort in education reform. Charter schools involve a new model in which some combination of parents, teachers, entrepreneurs or community activists undertake to create a new school or convert an existing school through authority granted by an authorizing sponsor. ...
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FAMOUS NUN WRITES CAPE WOMAN; MOTHER TERESA SENDS LETTERS AFTER GETTING DONATION
(Local News ~ 01/10/97)
Christine Stephens always admired Mother Teresa's work with the poor in India. "She has dedicated her whole life to charity and love," she said. "She sees the love of Christ in every human being." But she never expected to strike up a pen-pal correspondence with the famous nun. ...
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ST. FRANCIS CEO SAYS HOSPITAL MUST READY FOR MANAGED CARE
(Local News ~ 01/10/97)
After nearly two months on the job, the new president and chief executive officer of St. Francis Medical Center doesn't foresee any major changes on the horizon for the hospital. However, Jim Sexton, who took the helm of the Cape Girardeau hospital Nov. 11, said St. Francis must be positioned for the future of a managed-care philosophy in the region's health-care market...
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SOME SEE `GREEN' IN SNOW; SHOVELLING CAN PAY BIG BUCKS
(Local News ~ 01/10/97)
When Scott Bernachi woke up at 5:30 Thursday morning, the winter wonderland he saw was not white: It was green. He was one of several people who saw the 6 inches of snow that came overnight Wednesday as an opportunity, although some others saw service opportunities rather than the money-making kind...
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EMPTY SCHOOLS MEAN FULL DAY-CARE CENTERS
(Local News ~ 01/10/97)
Empty schools Thursday morning meant plenty of school-aged drop-ins at child-care facilities, but workers said they were prepared for the older children. "They just went back to school Monday, so we were pretty used to having them," said Shirley Poole, director of Kids Korner Day Care and Infant Center. "We had them for two weeks over the holidays, and we were still prepared for them."...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: BY THE WAY, I'VE BEEN MEANING TO ASK FOR SOME TIME
(Column ~ 01/10/97)
Not every question has a good answer, but here are my replies to some of your most frequent inquiries. Occasionally, some of you are thoughtful enough to send a note to me. You sometimes praise my writing, or share some of your own experiences, or take exception to something said in jest that inadvertently opened an old wound. Thank you for all of your letters...
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OTAHKS STUMBLE AT HOME
(College Sports ~ 01/10/97)
Things were bad enough for Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team during last weekend's road trip to Tennessee, when the Otahkians lost two games by a combined 56 points. But those defeats came against Austin Peay and Tennessee State, two of the best teams in the Ohio Valley Conference...
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INDIANS RECOVER WIN IN OT; SOUTHEAST BLOWS 18-POINT LEAD TO UTM, WINS 82-72
(College Sports ~ 01/10/97)
From rout to relief. That pretty much sums up Southeast Missouri State University's basketball experience Thursday night. The Indians appeared to be headed for a lopsided victory when they opened up a 61-43 lead over Tennessee-Martin with under 10 minutes to play in the second half...
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ATV ACCIDENT KILLS BOY, 12
(Local News ~ 01/10/97)
HARVILL -- A 12-year-old boy was killed Thursday in an ATV accident about three miles south of Harvill. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Michael Smody of Neelyville was killed when the 1989 Yamaha 4-wheeler he was driving jumped a dirt pile and overturned on him around 11:55 a.m. on a private drive off Route BB...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/10/97)
Son to Roderick Leroy Marks and Erin Chauncy Brown of Sikeston, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:48 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1997. Name, Roderick Leroy II. Weight, 6 pounds 15 ounces. First child. Ms. Brown is the daughter of Evedean Brown and Jesse Brown Jr. of Sikeston. Marks is the son of Arnita Marks of Charleston and John L. Marks of Sikeston. He is serving in the U.S. Army...
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NEOMA YOUNG
(Obituary ~ 01/10/97)
Neoma Ruth Young, 57, 510 S. West End Boulevard, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 17, 1939, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of John Edward and Flora Tune Stephens. She and Robert M. Young Sr. were married in January 1958, in Cape Girardeau...
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MILDRED DICK
(Obituary ~ 01/10/97)
BENTON -- Mildred Dick, 72, of rural Benton and formerly of East Prairie died Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997, at her daughter's home in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 21, 1914, at East Prairie to Hollie and Ethel Mayberry. She was reared by the late Susie Aycock...
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JOHN HOLDER JR.
(Obituary ~ 01/10/97)
SIKESTON -- John W. Holder Jr., 62, of Sikeston died suddenly Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1997, at his home. He was born March 24, 1934, at Commerce, son of John W. and Marie Kidd Holder Sr. Holder was a manager and delivery truck driver 25 years with Empire Gas Co. in Charleston and Sikeston. He was stationed with the U.S. Army in Germany from 1956-58...
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REV. C.E. FLESHMAN
(Obituary ~ 01/10/97)
The Rev. Clarence E. Fleshman, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997, at the Lutheran Home. Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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CATHRON COLON
(Obituary ~ 01/10/97)
Funeral service for Cathron Colon of Aurora, Colo., will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Johnny Thomas will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 6-9 p.m. today. Colon, 104, died Friday, Jan. 3, 1997, at Cherry Creek Nursing Center in Aurora...
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STELLA SEVERS
(Obituary ~ 01/10/97)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Stella Severs, 85, of Dongola died Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 25, 1911, in Ullin, daughter of George and Sarah Seals Jameson. She married Perry A. Severs, who died Nov. 29, 1977...
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PAUL HENDRICKSON
(Obituary ~ 01/10/97)
Paul Hendrickson, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Sept. 23, 1918, in Arkansas. He and Velma Murray were married in 1941 in Piggott, Ark. She died May 1, 1992. Hendrickson was a machinist. He was a former VFW post commander, and member of National Rifle Association. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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DONALD ESTES
(Obituary ~ 01/10/97)
SCOPUS -- Donald Earl Estes, 62, of Fenton died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1997, at Deaconess Central Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 19, 1934, at Scopus, son of Lee and Maudie Cook Estes. He and Dorothy Roe were married Nov. 12, 1955. Estes had worked at Couples Products Co. 38 years...
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MARY STEVENS
(Obituary ~ 01/10/97)
ANNA, Ill. -- Mary Ellen Stevens, 97, of Anna died Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997, at her home. She was born Feb. 11, 1899, in Harrisburg, daughter of Charlie and Eva Ann Dunn Oatman. She and Glen George Stevens were married in 1935. He died in 1979. Stevens was a member of First Evangelical Presbyterian Church...
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REV. WALTER DECK
(Obituary ~ 01/10/97)
MARBLE HILL -- The Rev. Walter I. Deck, 80, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 3, 1916, at Glen Allen, son of Ira W. and Ruie Frances Reason Deck. He and Margie N. Moyers were married Nov. 30, 1939...
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MILDRED CRITES
(Obituary ~ 01/10/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Mildred Faye Crites, 75, of Scott City died Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997, at her home. She was born Oct. 5, 1921, at Fornfelt, daughter of Lester and Tessie Nolan Pinkston. She first married Ted Wolfe May 20, 1939. He died Feb. 17, 1968. She later married Basil Crites April 29, 1972, at Kelso...
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JESSICA KEITH
(Obituary ~ 01/10/97)
LEOPOLD -- Jessica L. Keith, 16, of Leopold died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1997, in a car accident near Marble Hill. She was born Feb. 23, 1980, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Melvin and Debbie DeBrock Keith. Keith was a junior at Leopold High School, where she was a member of Beta Club and the volleyball team. She attended St. John's Catholic Church and was a member of the Catholic Youth Conference...
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