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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: BEAT THE HEAT BY SURFING THE COOLEST SITES ON THE INTERNET (COLUMN 48)
(Column ~ 07/29/97)
It's hot outside with hopefully some relief today. But it might still be a good time to surf some of the coolest sites on the Internet. Cool has a variety of definitions on the Internet. Many of the larger sites pick their daily or weekly favorites, which they term cool sites of the day...
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SUMMER READING PROGRAMS; PROGRAM HELPS CHILDREN'S READING HABITS
(Local News ~ 07/29/97)
Nathan Wibbenmeyer, 9, read "Away Is So Far" byu Toby Talbot at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. he said he hopes to read 10 books this summer. Ian Fitzgerald, 6, right, and Valkyrie Helderman, 4, learned math with a Millie's Math House compact disc computer program...
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FRONT BRINGS STORMS, COOLER WEATHER TO AREA; HOSPITALS TREAT VICTIMS OF HEAT STRESS
(Local News ~ 07/29/97)
Brief but violent thunderstorms heralded the arrival of a cold front in Southeast Missouri Monday night. It sparked fires, caused power outages, tore the underpinnings of some mobile homes loose, and dropped temperatures 15 degrees. After four straight days of heat advisories, the region can feel some relief. The storm came in advance of the front that the National Weather Service predicted would pass through the area before dawn today...
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SCHOOL BOARD NAMES ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS
(Local News ~ 07/29/97)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education Monday filled five elementary school principalships and named a new assistant superintendent after accepting the resignation of assistant superintendent Dr. Richard Bollwerk. In a whirl of names and schools, the board announced a new elementary school administrative lineup that includes recent retiree Barbara Blanchard...
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ROUTE J WORK ON SCHEDULE
(Local News ~ 07/29/97)
FRUITLAND -- New Route J is expected to be open for traffic by Labor Day. Construction is on schedule for the milelong section of road to be relocated at the Procter & Gamble plant to make way for a $350 million plant expansion. The relocation calls for the moving of a 1.1-mile section of road around the perimeter of the P&G expansion area by the Missouri Department of Transportation...
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CAPAHAS NEED HELP WITH TRIP TO WICHITA; MISSOURIAN GETS FUND DRIVE GOING
(Local News ~ 07/29/97)
The Kohlfeld Capahas are in a financial pinch -- and the Southeast Missourian has stepped to the plate first to help get Cape Girardeau's tradition-rich baseball team to the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan. Southeast Missourian Publisher Wally Lage and Editor R. Joe Sullivan announced Monday that the Southeast Missourian has pledged $500 to the Capahas, and challenges other area businesses to do the same...
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YOUTHS IN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION NOT IN VIOLATION OF CURFEW
(Local News ~ 07/29/97)
The July 21, 1997, edition of the Southeast Missourian contained a cover story regarding curfews in Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Accompanying the story was a photograph of four young men. An effort was made by the photographer to obscure the identities of the four individuals in the photo. However, parents of the individuals in the photo and other readers were able to identify them. They are Robert Sterling, Tony Venkowich, Lionel Dixon and Brandon Westfall...
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FOUR OVERCOME BY HEAT
(Local News ~ 07/29/97)
Monday's heat invaded Alliance Blue Cross Blue Shield's new building, forcing four employees to the hospital and sending another 300 home for the day. Firefighters and emergency medical technicians were called to the 7-month-old building on Siemers Drive about 1:30 p.m. Four Blue Cross employees were waiting for them in the main lobby, lethargic and overheated...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/29/97)
I MISSED Mr. Degenhardt's recent letter to the editor to the Southeast Missourian. However, based on the bashing Mr. Degenhardt has been taking in Speak Out, I can only assume he told unassailable truths. I'M CALLING about the recent article in the Southeast Missourian about the new seat belt law. ...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: WHO'S IN CHARGE ON CLEAN AIR?
(Column ~ 07/29/97)
This past winter, in a huge, front-page, Sunday edition story, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch noticed some folks out in the southern Missouri Ozarks who are mightily upset about alleged plans to turn their lands, along with American sovereignty, over to the United Nations. ...
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ARMY ROTC PROGRAM ENDS AT SOUTHEAST
(Editorial ~ 07/29/97)
It is another sign of an age of decreased military tensions that the Army ROTC program has ended at Southeast Missouri State University after 11 years of preparing young men and women to be military officers. Many college students who took advantage of the ROTC programs were able to obtain first-rate educations at institutions like Southeast in return for an obligation to serve eight years in the military. This partnership produced high-quality young officers in the process...
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BEST WISHES TO DEPARTING ARTS COUNCIL DIRECTOR
(Editorial ~ 07/29/97)
Beverly Strohmeyer's departure as executive director of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, based here in Cape Girardeau, ends an era of her personal dedication to arts activities in this community. Strohmeyer, who has been arts council director for 12 years and affiliated with the council for more than 20 years, is leaving for a job with the Missouri Arts Council in St. Louis...
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LETTERS: THANKS FOR GYMNASTICS MEMORIES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/29/97)
To the editor: This letter is to the friends of Southeast Missouri State University gymnastics: For the past 18 years I have had the honor and privilege of being the head coach of the Southeast gymnastics team. It has been a great 18 years: two national championship teams, nine regional championship teams, seven individual national champions, 50 All-Americans, 63 U.S. Collegiate National Team awards, four resolutions from the Missouri Senate and House of Representatives and more and more...
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MAGICIAN IN SHOW AT LIBRARY
(Local News ~ 07/29/97)
Magician Chris Egelston of Carterville, Ill., will perform at 1 and 3 p.m. on Friday at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Egleston was last summer's biggest draw in the Fantastic Fridays program, said Ann Randolph, the library's youth services coordinator...
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IT'S JUST A GAME: CARDS NEED PRODEUCTION, NOT MCGWIRE, TO WIN NLC
(High School Sports ~ 07/29/97)
Look at the St. Louis Cardinals roster and tell me what this team is missing. I've looked, and I just can't figure out what it is. Players and fans have been begging for Cardinals' General Manager Walt Jocketty to make a trade, but whatever it is the Cards are needing, it's my bet they won't find it in any of the trade rumors that have circulated around St. Louis...
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CAPAHAS LOSE GAME, STARTING INFIELDER
(High School Sports ~ 07/29/97)
VALMEYER, Ill. -- The Cape Girardeau Kohlfeld Capahas lost 13-7 to Valmeyer (Ill.) Saturday night, but more importantly may have lost starting second baseman Darrick Smith for the upcoming National Baseball Congress World Series. Smith, a veteran leader and one of the top batters on the Capahas, had surgery on his nose Saturday night after a bad-hop ground ball hit him in the face in the sixth inning. ...
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CHARLES NIEMEYER
(Obituary ~ 07/29/97)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Graveside service for Charles Thomas Niemeyer of Granite City, Ill., will be held at 3 p.m. today at Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie. Pastor Larry Smith will officiate. Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie is in charge of arrangements...
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NORBERT EPPLER
(Obituary ~ 07/29/97)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Norbert Eppler, 57, of Dongola died Saturday, July 26, 1997, on arrival at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Dec. 18, 1939, in St. Louis, son of Peter and Margaret Hoffman Eppler. Survivors include his stepfather, Anthony Muckensturm of Belleville...
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EUGENE THOMPSON
(Obituary ~ 07/29/97)
Funeral service for Mason Eugene Thompson of Jerseyville, Ill., was held Sunday at Crawford-Holden Funeral Home in Jerseyville. The Rev. Tim Garrett officiated. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery, with military rites conducted by American Legion Post 492 and VFW Post 4528...
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JOSEPH EAVES
(Obituary ~ 07/29/97)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Funeral service for Joseph R. Eaves of Tamms will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms. The Rev. Ernest Browning will officiate, with burial in Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds. Eaves, 28, died Sunday, July 27, 1997, on Highway 37 two miles south of Olmsted, in a single vehicle accident...
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DOROTHY BUTLER
(Obituary ~ 07/29/97)
A memorial service for Dorothy Damm Butler of East Longmeadow, Mass., will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at First Congregational Church in East Longmeadow. Hafey East Longmeadow Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Butler, 74, died Sunday, July 20, 1997, in a nursing home...
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CITY BAND TO PERFORM
(Local News ~ 07/29/97)
The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will hold its weekly concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Capaha Park. The theme for the concert is "March Spectacular." Special entertainment will be provided by the "Spotlight Tonight" singing group. The program will feature selections from John Philip Sousa's comic opera, "El Capitan," highlights from "The Music Man" and the marches "Ramah," "Amparito Roca," "Thunder and Blazes," "Invercargill" and "The Freelance."...
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CLAYTON VAN WAGNER
(Obituary ~ 07/29/97)
MIAMI, Fla. -- Funeral service was held July 14 for Clayton Bender Van Wagner of Miami, Fla. Burial was in Woodlawn Park South Cemetery in Miami. Van Wagner, 17, died Thursday, July 10, 1997, in a go-cart and automobile accident. He was born Dec. 9, 1979, in Miami, son of John and Rebecca Bender Van Wagner...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/29/97)
Son to Andy and Tammy Stephens of Wingo, Ky., Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union, Tenn., 5:33 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, 1997. Name, Austin Thomas. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Stephens is the former Tammy Morton, daughter of Ralph and Retha Morton of Jackson. She is a student at Paducah Community College in Paducah, Ky. Stephens is the son of John Stephens of Fulton, Ky., and the late Sue Stephens. He is a truck driver with Griffin Industries...
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LUTHER GEORGE
(Obituary ~ 07/29/97)
SIKESTON -- Luther George, 69, died Sunday, July 27, 1997, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. He was born June 6, 1928, in Converse, La., son of M.P. and Becky Fletcher George. He and Margaret Ann McCraney were married June 19, 1950. She preceded him in death. He later married Berniece Adams Dec. 22, 1979, in Morley...
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