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REGIONAL HISTORY CENTER WILL SPONSOR SCENIC DRIVE
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
Visitors and residents from across the region will be able to drive, eat, dance and camp their way around Southeast Missouri's Mississippi River Valley for five months beginning in August during the annual Mississippi River Valley Scenic Drive fall tour...
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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: SELF-PROCLAIMED HACKERS ARE ABUNDANT ON THE INTERNET (COLUMN 49)
(Column ~ 08/05/97)
CYBERTIP: Even though we use the word hacker to mean the people that break into computers, it is not the correct term. Hackers are just avid non-degree-holding computer programmers/users. The people that do the breaking into computer systems are called crackers. This always seems to be a big source of confusion. The hackers just don't like being confused with the criminals...
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CITY COMMITS FUNDS TO 8-66 LOBBY EFFORT
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
The federal government has no plans to build Interstate 66, but if it does, the Cape Girardeau City Council will commit $10,000 to lobby government officials to route the interstate through the city. The council Monday night unanimously approved money for the lobbying effort...
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AREA FEELS UPS STRIKE
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
Local Teamsters Union members carried picket signs instead of packages Monday, joining union members across the nation in a strike against United Parcel Service. Picketers in Cape Girardeau declined to comment as they sat on lawn chairs in the hot sun...
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PROPOSALS FACE AREA VOTERS
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
Among issues facing Southeast Missouri voters today: JACKSON -- Voters will consider a $10.54 million bond issue to finance improvements to the city's water and sewer system. The bonds would be retired through increases is user fees. MISSISSIPPI COUNTY...
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GOP OPPOSES SESSION ON ROADS
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
Missouri's House Republicans have unanimously opposed a special session to pass a tax increase for transportation. Gov. Mel Carnahan has considered a special session to deal with transportation issues after receiving a report from his Total Transportation Commission last month. The commission's report included a request for a 1-cent increase in the general sales tax, among other steps, to generate between $13 billion and $17 billion for unspecified transportation projects...
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STERLING OPTICAL CO. CLOSES CAPE OPERATION
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
Sterling Optical Co., headquartered in St. Louis, closed its center at 205 West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau, following the business day Sunday. Sterling, which offered eye exams, contact lens, glasses and minor frame repair, opened at West Park Mall in February 1996...
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SHELL AUTO WORLD OPENS
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
The used-car market in Cape Girardeau just got bigger. Bud Shell's Auto World officially opened Monday in Cape West Business Park, 411 Siemers. "We have about 130 cars on hand and hope to have more than 200 on the lot by the weekend," said Robert Shell, who owns and operates Bud Shell Ford in Dexter. Shell's is one of the largest dealerships between the St. Louis and Memphis metropolitan areas...
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FULL-TIME U.S. JUDGE IS NEEDED NOW
(Editorial ~ 08/05/97)
Several months ago there was quite a flurry of activity regarding proposed sites for a new federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau. Nowadays hardly anything is heard about the project. The reason is simple: While funding has been authorized to purchase the land, no construction funding has been approved. ...
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WIMPY'S EARNED A TOWN'S AFFECTION
(Editorial ~ 08/05/97)
Some businesses are so ingrained in a community that they become institutions, a part of the town's history. It is hard to believe that Wimpy's is closed. After all, Wimpy's has been selling hamburgers and providing coffee chatter forever, right? No, just for the past 55 years. But now that era is over. Most Cape Girardeans can't remember life without Wimpy's. It is a nostalgic time for most of the eatery's many customers...
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LETTERS: NEED MORE RESPECT, LESS HYPERBOLE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/05/97)
To the editor: I was just noticing Peter Kinder's rather impassioned diatribe July 29 on environmentalists. He begins by refuting the obviously distorted and sensationalized notion that all southern Missourians are "black helicopter lunatics." What is most troubling to me is that he then launches into a similar volley of equally distorted rhetoric when describing those of the environmental movement. ...
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LETTERS: NIXON SHOULD ACT, DO WHAT'S RIGHT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/05/97)
To the editor: While the decision in favor of Planned Parenthood was made by a federal judge in Kansas City, it was nonetheless a poor one. To the degree Attorney General Jay Nixon was involved in this conspiracy to overturn state law, I am asking Nixon to use his office to fight it. The attorney general's client is the state, not Planned Parenthood, no matter how much money they give to him and others politically...
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LETTERS: BOOK ON ENVIRONMENT IS GAINING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/05/97)
To the editor: Thank you very much, Gary Rust, for picking up Steve Forbes' comment in Forbes magazine and citing it in your column. I very much appreciate your support of our book. Gradually, we are attracting quite a bit of attention and think that the book will help reform environmental education...
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LETTERS: CAPE'S WARM WELCOME TO CYCLISTS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/05/97)
To the editor: Our daughter was among 12 high school students passing through Cape Girardeau on a transcontinental bicycle trek. My wife and I came to town to wish her a happy birthday and watch the group cross the Mississippi River. We just want to say thanks to your wonderful community for the hospitality shown to these young people. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/05/97)
I SAW in the paper the other day that the Missouri congressional people are up to there usual actions. They are griping and whining about the levees on the Illinois side of the river, and all they want to do is raise the one on this side. The only answer to this problem is to move the levees back several hundred feet and plant trees that can be harvested every year...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN OK PERMIT FOR 132 STORAGE SHEDS
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Aldermen approved a special-use permit allowing J.J. & R. Sander Real Estate, L.L.C. to build and operate a self-storage facility near Old Cape Road and K-Land Drive. During the board's last meeting three homeowners, who have property near the proposed facility, voiced opposition to putting 132 storage sheds near their residential area...
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CAPE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
Monday August 4, 7:30 p.m. Consent ordinances, Second and third readings.: Accepted a permanent easement from Union Electric for sewer maintenance at the La Croix substation. Established the boundaries of Lateral Sewer District No. 8-M, a subdivision of Major District No. 8, approving the plans and authorizing the construction of sanitary lateral sewers in Lateral Sewer District No. 8-M, under a private contract for Forest Hills Estates...
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ARENA RENOVATIONS CONTINUE
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
An ongoing effort to spruce up the 58-year-old A.C. Brase Arena building is continuing this summer with a new paint job and awnings. The remodeling began five years ago when workers replaced the building's ceiling and lighting. Last year, the building underwent its most extensive work with the two-stage replacement of the roof...
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RIVER CITY KIDS DANCERS TO PERFORM WITH BAND
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
The public is invited to bring their lawn chairs for a night of music as the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band presents a concert Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Capaha Park Band Shell. Ronald Nall will be the conductor for the evening, which will feature jazz and swing music. Among the selections will be a medley of big band hits, including "Woodchoppers Ball," "In the Mood," "Leap Frog," "I'll Remember April," "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," "St. Louis Blues" and "Birdland."...
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JACKSON GIRL NAMED LITTLE MISS MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
Andrea Penzel of Jackson was recently crowned the 1977 Little Miss Missouri. The competition was held in mid-July in Mexico, Mo. She performed a gospel song, "I Start My Day," that wowed the crowd. Penzel is the daughter of Sandy and Phil Penzel of Jackson. Her grandparents are Ed and Sharon Pinkerton of Jackson and Gene and Sue Penzel of Jackson...
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WORK ON NEW CHS TRACK IS OUT OF BLOCKS
(College Sports ~ 08/05/97)
It has been about three years since Cape Girardeau Central High athletic director Terry Kitchen helped formulate a plan to raise money through private donations for a new track at the school. Monday, the actual work finally started. And by the end of August, Kitchen said he expects the new track to be ready for use...
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MINNETONKA VS. CHAFFEE III; LOCAL SQUAD WINS ROUND 2 TO SET UP NOON SHOWDOWN
(High School Sports ~ 08/05/97)
CHAFFEE -- There'll be a showdown today at high noon on Harmon Field to determine the top Junior American Legion baseball team in the seven-state region. But the loser won't necessarily be leaving town at sundown. Chaffee, serving as host of the eight-team, double-elimination tournament, stayed alive with two victories Monday to bring the tourney to a winner-take-all final today against Minnetonka, Minn. There will be no admission charge for the championship game...
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CAPAHAS' TOTE BOARD AT $1,300
(High School Sports ~ 08/05/97)
A jam session Sunday in Capaha Park helped provide part of the approximately $1,300 that has so far been raised through local donations to support the Kohlfeld Capahas baseball team. Local musicians and baseball fans Kelly Keene, Bob Camp and Keith Knudson provided the entertainment for about three hours. People who attended or just passed by were encouraged to donate money...
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STAHLEY VICTORIOUS AT MIR
(High School Sports ~ 08/05/97)
After a couple of weeks off from racing competition at Missouri International Racepark, Randy Stahley made fans and racers aware of his return. Stahley of Cape Girardeau dominated the Modified Feature to pick up his second feature win of the 1997 season...
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BRIEFLY: GARNER COMPLETES SEMO STAFF
(College Sports ~ 08/05/97)
Southeast Missouri State University men's basketball coach Gary Garner has completed his staff with the hiring of Keno Davis as restricted earnings coach. Davis comes to Southeast from Southern Indiana, where he served as assistant coach since 1995 and helped lead the team to a 48-9 record and two conference titles...
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LINUS CRITES
(Obituary ~ 08/05/97)
JACKSON -- Linus Truman Crites, 77, of Jackson died Monday, Aug. 4, 1997, at Jackson Manor. He was born Feb. 7, 1920, at Sedgewickville, son of Rudolph C. and Cora Alice Seabaugh Crites. He and Verna L. Friese were married Oct. 13, 1953. She died Feb. 3, 1984...
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RAYMOND JETT
(Obituary ~ 08/05/97)
MILL CREEK, Ill. -- Raymond A. Jett, 86, of Mill Creek died Monday, Aug. 4, 1997, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Hileman & Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro.
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LAVERN RAMPLEY
(Obituary ~ 08/05/97)
BELL CITY -- Deloris Lavern Rampley, 67, of Bell City died Sunday, Aug. 3, 1997, at Beverley Health Rehabilitation Center in Bloomfield. She was born Jan. 18, 1930, in Stoddard County, daughter of Att and Eva McKee Cook. She and Carmen Wayne Rampley were married Jan. 15, 1948, in Piggott, Ark. He died March 6, 1989...
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VICTOR ELFRANK
(Obituary ~ 08/05/97)
SIKESTON -- Victor Albert Elfrank, 63, of Sikeston died Monday, Aug. 4, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Oct. 1, 1933, at Oran, son of John Theodore and Lorena Urhahn Elfrank. Elfrank was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church. Survivors include a brother, Elmer Elfrank of Oran; and a sister, Dorothy Seyer of Jackson...
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BETTYE LATIMER
(Obituary ~ 08/05/97)
Funeral service for Bettye Jean Latimer of Santa Maria, Calif., was held Monday at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Santa Maria. Burial was in Santa Maria City Cemetery. Latimer, 64, died Friday, Aug. 1, 1997, in a Santa Maria hospital. She was born May 22, 1933, at Marble Hill, daughter of Daniel Benjamin and Dora Welker Cobb. She and Lloyd Latimer were married Dec. 26, 1951...
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SC DISCUSSES TRASH COLLECTION
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
SCOTT CITY -- A pair of car mats led Scott City to opt for caution over courtesy. The City Council and Public Works Department received a complaint from a city resident, who said the city's trash collectors took a pair of car floor mats that were near her garbage cans last week when they came to empty her trash. The cans were near a back porch about 10 feet inside the woman's property...
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RIVER SWIMMER TO ARRIVE TODAY
(Local News ~ 08/05/97)
Nick Irons has an ambitious goal. To help Irons meet that goal, his entire family has gotten into the swim of things. But Irons is doing the swimming. Irons, 25, is swimming the Mississippi River in almost its entirety, from Minneapolis to Baton Rouge -- a distance of about 1,500 miles...
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EDITH SCHINDLER
(Obituary ~ 08/05/97)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Edith Schindler, 85, of Cairo died Monday, Aug. 4, 1997, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo.
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