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FIRM SINKS $75 MILLION IN AREA; NEW SIKESTON MANUFACTURED-HOME PLANT INCLUDED
(Local News ~ 02/19/97)
Holigan Family Investments Inc., a land-development and home-building organization headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is committing to more than $75 million in transactions in Southeast Missouri, including a manufactured-home plant at Sikeston. The investments were announced Tuesday by Herbert L. Annis, new president of the Missouri division of Holigan Homes, and Harold Holigan, chief executive officer of the organization, known as HFI...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: WHY AMERICA WON'T BE BOUGHT BY THE JAPANESE
(Column ~ 02/19/97)
The local science fair restored my faith in American youth. You've heard people talk about the United States being bought up by the Japanese, right? Sure, these people usually stand around swilling beer, wearing jeans cut off above the knee and calling my Toyota a "rice burner," but that doesn't mean their commentary on America's future shouldn't be respected. This is a free country, and if one wants to be a paranoid schizophrenic, he can be, gosh darn it!...
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JACKSON LOOKING INTO SEWER, WATER PROJECT
(Local News ~ 02/19/97)
JACKSON -- The Board of Aldermen is studying the possibility of a bond issue for capital improvements to the city's water and sewer systems. The details of the proposal are still being worked out, including whether a tax levy would be needed to pay back the bonds...
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NEW TRENDS PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON AG OUTLOOK, CROP MARKETING
(Local News ~ 02/19/97)
JACKSON -- Crop marketing, price forecasts and agriculture outlook are among topics to be discussed during the New Trends in Crop Productions seminar Thursday at the Knights of Columbus Hall. The day-long program, which is expected to attract between 175 to 200 people, will also feature topics on herbicide technology and usage, soil fertility and other topics suggested by area farmers during a pre-conference survey...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 02/19/97)
The Southeast Missourian asked people what they thought about a bill being considered in the Missouri General Assembly that would make it legal for farmers to grow industrial hemp. Nique Sawyer: "I'm against drugs, but if they could do it in a controlled way for commercial uses, I would be in favor of it."...
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LETTERS: LIFE IS LIKE GAME OF GOLF
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/19/97)
To the editor: In life as well as in golf, one wants to be near par or better. One of the first rules one learns in trying to play golf is to keep one's eye on the ball. It isn't always easy, but it certainly is basic to the game of golf as it is in life...
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RUST COMMENTARY: MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW FOR INAUGURATION WEEK IN APRIL
(Column ~ 02/19/97)
It's a few weeks off (April 4-12), but it's not too early to put the Inauguration Week events for Southeast Missouri State University President DALE NITZSCHKE on your schedule ... as many could sell out. But most important is the excitement the upcoming events and personalities are generating on the campus. The following editorial from the Feb. 12 issue of the CAPAHA ARROW university newspaper is one any president would be proud of (dangling participle ... but how better can it be said?):...
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REIVEW OF YOUTHS' DEATHS CAN HELP SAVE LIVES IN FUTURE
(Editorial ~ 02/19/97)
When a child dies, people want answers. Helping to find those answers is the Cape Girardeau County Child Fatality Review Panel. The 21-member panel examines any suspicious or unexplained death of a child under the age of 18. The panel's mission isn't one of finger-pointing. ...
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MEADOW HEIGHTS TEACHERS GIVE A LITTLE EXTRA
(Editorial ~ 02/19/97)
Teachers at Marble Hill are learning a second language as a way to reach out to one student. About 15 teachers are staying after school to take sign language lessons to better communicate with the district's single deaf student. In turn, the teachers are practicing with their students so that more children will be able to communicate with the deaf student...
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LETTERS: POSITIVE COMMENTS TOO
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/19/97)
To the editor: This letter is a response to Monday's article, "Land of promise." Let me first admit some ambivalence in writing this letter. While it was nice being mentioned in the article, it would have been nicer if some of my other comments had made their way into the story. I'm an writing with the hope of trying to do just that...
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LOCAL HEALTHSOUTH CENTER NOT AFFECTED BY PURCHASE
(Local News ~ 02/19/97)
The planned acquisition of Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corp. by HealthSouth Corp. will have no immediate effect on services provided by HealthSouth Rehabilitation Center in Cape Girardeau. HealthSouth Corp., the nation's leading medical rehabilitation company, is buying No. 2 Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corp. for about $950 million in stock...
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INTERIM CHIEF AT MEADOW HEIGHTS
(Local News ~ 02/19/97)
PATTON -- Meadow Heights Board of Education has hired an interim superintendent to manage daily operations while Superintendent Gerald Deardorff recovers from heart bypass surgery. Jim Evans, who retired as Gideon schools superintendent last year, was hired during a school board meeting Monday. He will oversee the district for six to eight weeks, the minimum length of time Deardorff is expected to need to recuperate from his Feb. 8 surgery...
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PERRYVILLE SLIPS PAST NOTRE DAME
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/97)
PERRYVILLE -- When putting together a basketball team, most coaches look for a solid inside-outside scoring combination to put on the court so opposing teams can't concentrate their efforts to stopping just one offensive threat. Tuesday night on Senior Night at the Perryville gym against the Notre Dame Bulldogs, Pirates' coach Rick Francis got balanced scoring on the inside from 6-foot-11 senior Bruce Weinkein and outside points from his younger brother, Paul, to help the Pirates come away with a 50-46 win.. ...
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CHARLESTON NETS REVENGE VICTORY; WITHOUT OWEN, JAYS UPEND CENTERAL, WIN LEAGUE CROWN
(College Sports ~ 02/19/97)
How much does Nathan Owen mean to Cape Girardeau Central High's basketball team? In Central's 10-point win over Charleston in the semifinals of the University High Christmas Tournament, Owen led the Tigers with 23 points. Tuesday night, Central was without Owen in the teams' much-anticipated rematch that decided the SEMO Conference title...
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OVC TAKES NO ACTION AGAINST AP
(College Sports ~ 02/19/97)
Ohio Valley Conference official say they have decided that the wild closing seconds of a recent basketball game between Austin Peay and host Southeast Missouri State University warrant no specific action being taken. The game, played on Feb. 3 at the Show Me Center, was won by Southeast 73-72. Austin Peay apparently believed a foul should have been called on a follow shot at the buzzer and several players appeared to charge after the officials...
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OVC BASKETBALL RACE LIKELY TO GO DOWN TO VERY LAST DAY
(College Sports ~ 02/19/97)
There doesn't appear to be any doubt that none of the top few positions in the Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball race will be decided until after Saturday's final games of the regular season. Which will continue to make things extremely exciting for fans -- but extremely tough on coaches...
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HOOP SCOOP: BIG WINS PUT INDIANS BACK IN OVC RACE
(College Sports ~ 02/19/97)
Two great nights of basketball at the Show Me Center have put Southeast Missouri back in the race to host a first-round game in the Ohio Valley Conference post-season tournament. First of all, let me tell you that it is great to be able to say we are definitely in the tournament after not being eligible the last five years. Saturday night's 78-65 win over Tennessee Tech secured a spot in this year's tourney and it is exciting to think that we will again be in post-season play...
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SCOTT CITY SIZE TOO MUCH FOR BELL CITY; DELTA RIPS CHAFFEE
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Scott City's decided height advantage made a major difference Tuesday night as the Rams posted a 92-61 boys basketball victory over visiting Bell City. The Rams improved to 20-4 while the Cubs fell to 6-13. "We played well," said Scott City coach Derek McCord. "Our size gave them problems. And and we really got after them with our presses. But Bell City has a really scrappy team."...
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BRIEFLY: AUSTIN PEAY NAMES SCHMITZ FOOTBALL COACH
(College Sports ~ 02/19/97)
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Bill Schmitz was named head football coach at Austin Peay State University Tuesday. Schmitz has been head coach at the Division III U.S. Coast Guard Academy for the past four seasons, earning a 20-19 record. The Bears went 8-2 in 1996 and won their first Freedom Football Conference title...
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AREA BRIEFS: KELLY ALUMNI BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SLATED
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/97)
BENTON -- Kelly High School will hold its alumni booster club tournament March 21-23. There will be three divisions: Women's Competitive, Men's Competitive and Men's Non-Competitive. Entry forms are needed by Feb. 29. Teams will consist of a minimum of five players. Participants are allowed to move up or down one year from their graduation year...
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AREA BRIEFS: JACKSON MEN'S SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEEDS TEAMS
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/97)
JACKSON -- The Jackson's Men's Slow-Pitch Softball League has openings for three teams. Entry deadline is Sunday, Feb. 23. A league meeting will be held Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. in the lower level of the Jackson Elk's Lodge. New teams' sponsor fee of $150 is due at the meeting. Old teams' sponsor fee of $125 is also due at the meeting...
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LUCILLE ROLOFF
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
Lucille Roloff, 86, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1997, at Southeast Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
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MARY HALL
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
ORAN -- Funeral service for Mary Lee Hall, Oran Route 1, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Victor Williams will officiate, with burial in Haywood City Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 9 a.m. to service time...
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EVALINE RITCHIE
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
ESSEX -- Funeral service for Evaline Ritchie of Essex will be held at 1 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter. The Rev. Maxwell Lewis will officiate, with burial in Essex Cemetery. Ritchie, 66, died Monday, Feb. 17, 1997, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter...
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DAVID CLEM
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
JACKSON -- David Lee Clem, 57, formerly of Jackson, died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1997, at the home of a sister in Kokomo, Ind., following a brief illness. He was born Jan. 1, 1940, near Bringhurst, Ind., son of Fred and Mary Sandifur Clem. He was a 1959 graduate of Flora, Ind., High School, and served in the U.S. Army from 1961-64...
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CLAYBORN MCKINLEY
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
BERTRAND -- Funeral service for Clayborn James McKinley of Bertrand will be held at 1 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Jerry Reynolds will officiate, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. McKinley, 81, died Monday, Feb. 17, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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PAUL MCCLOUD
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Paul McCloud, 82, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1997, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Oct. 24, 1914, in Reynoldsville, son of Ernest A. and Lula Mae Adkins McCloud. He and Edna Morgan were married March 23, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She died Oct. 23, 1991...
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ROY HOCKERSMITH
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
Roy Clifton Hockersmith, 85, of Missouri Veterans Home died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1997, at the facility. He was born Aug. 15, 1911, in Mississippi County, son of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Alice Edgman Hockersmith. He and Flossie Gladys Nance were married Dec. 21, 1948, at Jackson. She died Nov. 30, 1979...
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BEULAH NIELSEN
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
Beulah C. Nielsen, 86, 1803 Hutson, died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 5, 1910, in Chicago, daughter of Herman and Bessie Kurtz Nielsen. Nielsen was a machine operator at Ace Fastner staples factory, retiring in 1971...
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FRANCIS OWEN
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Francis Edward Owen, Scott City Route 2, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. William Dickey will officiate, with burial in Lightner Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 5 p.m. today...
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MARY BRANDOM
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
SIKESTON -- Mary Doak Brandom, 95, died Monday, Feb. 17, 1997, at Clearview Nursing Center. She was born May 31, 1901, in Carrollton, daughter of William and Florence Land Smithpeter. She and Thomas Martin Brandom Sr. were married Oct. 8, 1919, at Bogard. He died Feb. 11, 1966...
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BEULAH LOVELESS
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
MARBLE HILL -- Beulah O. James Loveless, 90, of Arnold died Monday, Feb. 17, 1997, at Westview Nursing Home in Herculaneum. She was born Nov. 8, 1906, near Marquand, daughter of William and Mary Smith Cloninger. She first married Jesse James April 27, 1923. He died April 6, 1976. She later married Marion Loveless Sept. 8, 1977. He died Oct. 4, 1994...
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DESSA JAMES
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
Dessa Viola James, 80, of Malden died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1997, at Malden Nursing Center. She was born Oct. 6, 1916, at Daisy, daughter of Julius and Maudie Freese Crites. She and Jessie James were married March 19, 1932, at Jackson. He died in 1974. James had been a cook at Southeast Missouri Hospital, McMullen Nursing Home, and Wimpy's Restaurant. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church and VFW Auxiliary...
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NAOMI WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
Naomi B. Williams, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 17, 1997, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Oct. 27, 1909, in Pollard, Ark., daughter of Robert Lee and Mary Ann Rich Braden. She first married W.H. Little in September 1927, at Benton. He died in 1951. She then married Joseph Reddick in 1951 in Piggott, Ark. He died in 1959. She later married John F. Williams in 1962 in Cape Girardeau. He died in 1989...
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LUCAS BLES
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
BENTON -- Lucas L. Bles, 89, of St. Louis died Monday, Feb. 17, 1997, at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born Dec. 31, 1907, at Benton, son of John and Amelia Quillmach. He first married Edna Buhs, who preceded him in death. He later married Golda Rain, who died July 4, 1989...
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MARVIN ISOM
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Marvin James Isom, 68, of Olive Branch died Monday, Feb. 17, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Feb. 29, 1928, in Roxana, Ill., son of John Nelson and Dorothy Trey Isom. He and Louise Bridges were married July 7, 1951...
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JACK E. HIMMELBERGER
(Obituary ~ 02/19/97)
Jack E. Himmelberger, 79, died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
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SOCIETY TO HOLD DINNER
(Local News ~ 02/19/97)
The Four Seasons Audubon Society of Southeast Missouri will host its members arts and images potluck dinner tonight at First Christian Church, 2411 Abbey Road. The event begins at 6 p.m. Those interested should bring slides, photos, art work, craft items, and a dish of food. Door prizes will be given...
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USED BOOKS STORES AN ECONOMICAL HAVEN FOR COMPULSIVE READERS
(Local News ~ 02/19/97)
Jennifer Adams, left, looked over the book The Utmost Island with her friend Kristy Stovall in the children's books at the Book Bug in Cape Girardeau. There is something inordinately comforting about a well-worn book. The spine fits snugly in your hand and the pages fall open to your favorite passage without prompting...
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