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MARRIED TO THE MUSIC; JEANETTE AND BRIAN DRISCOL HAVE BEEN MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER FOR 25 YEARS
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
In their nearly 25 years together, Jeanette and Brian Driscoll have traveled the land playing country and folk music at festivals, theaters, bars, hoedowns and wherever else listeners gathered 'round. They like the same kinds of music, old buildings and furniture, coffee and cigarettes. She sings alto, he sings baritone and plays guitar, mandolin and fiddle...
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TEEN CHALLENGE TO HOLD GOLF TOURNAMENT
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
Mid-America Teen Challenge is offering a chance to get in all the golf you've missed this summer during their third annual Golf Marathon Oct. 13. The event allows golfers to play all day and raise money for Teen Challenge. It will be held at the Cape Girardeau Country Club...
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QUEEN CONTEST WILL HIGHLIGHT JACKSON HOMECOMERS SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
JACKSON -- Dressed for a ball, young women 16 to 19 years of age from all over the area will be the highlight of Saturday's Jackson Homecomers celebration. This year's Jackson Homecomers Queen pageant theme is "Cinderella." It will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday...
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IN CAPE FASHION: THE CITY'S FASHION TASTES ARE TRADITIONAL, WHETHER AT WORK OR PLAY, IN AFRICAN CLOTHES OR BLUE JEANS
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
Cape Girardeans dress traditionally whether businessman, casual college student, working mother or children. If you want to know what type of people live in Cape Girardeau, look at the way they dress. "In this town, we're a little more traditional; we're a little more casual. People in this town want to look nice but be comfortable," said Lynda Gant, manager and buyer at Sandy's clothing store...
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`WAILING IN THE WOODS' BENEFIT SATURDAY AT BLACK FOREST VILLAGES
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
Headlining the "Wailing in the Woods" music festival Saturday will be Cabin Fever, a five-piece St. Louis-based band that performs traditional and gospel tunes on stand-up bass, banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin and hammered dulcimer. Leader Rick Thum has performed in various rock groups since the 1970s. He also has recorded three albums, including one compilation of hammered dulcimer tunes...
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USE PERMITS HIT SNAG; INSUFFICIENT TIME FOR SCHOOL TRAILERS
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
When the school year starts Aug. 27, kindergartners at Clippard School won't have a trailer to attend class in. Steve Del Vecchio, business manager of Cape Girardeau public schools, went before the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday night to apply for special use permits for temporary mobile classrooms at Clippard, Washington and Jefferson Elementary schools...
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CATHOLIC DIOCESE GETS NEW HEAD OF SCHOOLS
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
Sister Jane Hosch plans to hit the highway this school year, visiting 23 Catholic elementary schools and three high schools she oversees as superintendent of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese's school system. The new superintendent was in Cape Girardeau this week meeting faculty and getting an update on construction of the Notre Dame High School...
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CHANGES RECOMMENDED IN HOTEL, RESTAURANT TAX
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
A city committee recommended changes to Cape Girardeau's hotel and restaurant tax that would cover businesses not now covered. The four-member committee of the Convention and Visitors Bureau advisory board met Wednesday to look over proposed changes in the ordinance written by city attorney Eric Cunningham...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: I THANK YOU GOD FOR MOST THIS AMAZING BEING HUMAN
(Column ~ 08/14/97)
Aug. 14, 1997 Dear Leslie, You don't have to live in New York or Paris or San Francisco to know extraordinary people. They are defined not by where they live but by how. One such human being named Don Ford died here last week. He had played music with my parents for many years and was a friend of DC's parents as well. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/14/97)
I AM really glad to Heidi Nieland's column come back weekly. You always get a good chuckle out of her column, and it makes you feel good. Unlike another reporter who seems to have an ax to grind and does it in a very subtle way. A SPEAK Out caller recently told us Ronald Reagan was responsible for tearing down the Berlin Wall. ...
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PERRYVILLE PARISH PICNIC'S ROOTS RUN DEEP
(Editorial ~ 08/14/97)
Every community has its bedrock institutions -- churches, businesses, civic organizations -- that provide a foundation of stability and support down through the years. If they are strong enough and last long enough, such institutions give the community a sense of well-being...
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DR. CHAPMAN NOT RETIRING, JUST SHIFTING
(Editorial ~ 08/14/97)
Anyone who meets Dr. Jean Chapman likes him right away. He is one of those individuals who makes you feel comfortable, like an old acquaintance, even though you have just met. After 38 years of medical practice, Dr. Chapman is planning to retire. Well, sort of...
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LETTERS: BECOME INFORMED ABOUT ISSUE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/14/97)
To the editor: Well, I opened up the paper to yet another misguided and clueless letter about taxes, welfare and who is responsible for the current state of affairs in America. Why does it always seem to be Person A (supposed literal, communist, gay, Democratic desturctor of America) and Person B (supposed conservative, WASP, homophobe, Republican oppressor of America) are always accusing each other of bringing down the house? Folks, it is time you got past politics. ...
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LETTERS: UPS STRIKE IS FOR TEAMSTERS PENSION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/14/97)
To the editor: I want to express my concern over the recent UPS strike which is adversly affecting millions of businesses, both large and small. Mr. Clinton needs to intervene in this senseless strike and put an end to this situation. This strike is not about wages. ...
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EMERSON SPONSORS ANNUAL FAMILIY PICNIC ON SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
A GOP family barbecue picnic will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday inside the Arena Building. The annual event is a Cape Girardeau County Republican tradition but will be slightly different this year. For the first time, U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will be host of the event...
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POLICE LEARN ARREST TACTICS
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
Cape Girardeau Police officers are learning better forms of persuasion. Officers were introduced to a method of subduing people who are struggling against arrest. Called CLAMP, the technique uses leverage to illicit cooperation. "What we try to do is show the officers a way to control a person in a manner that would mean the most protection to both the person being taken into custody and the officer," said Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Carl Kinnison, a CLAMP instructor...
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SEMO TAPS MINORITY RECRUITER
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
Southeast Missouri State University has hired a new recruiter of minority students as part of the university's efforts to attract more minorities to campus. Gerald Hayes, director of pre-collegiate programs and minority recruitment, starts work Sept. 1. He currently directs the university's Project Upward Bound...
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INDIANS READY FOR CONTACT
(College Sports ~ 08/14/97)
The pace figures to pick up considerably at Southeast Missouri State University's football practices today as the Indians don full padding for the first time. For the first three days of full-squad practice on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the Indians went through their paces in limited gear as required under NCAA regulations...
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HORSESHOE HYSTERIA TO HIT LEOPOLD
(High School Sports ~ 08/14/97)
If one thinks horseshoe pitching is a dying pastime, a visit to Leopold this weekend ought to be a required activity. On Saturday and Sunday, the town of 165 residents will be clanking to the tune of 1,102 horseshoe pitchers in the 17th annual Missouri State Horseshoe Tournament...
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CHS FOOTBALL ENLISTS FEROCIOUS TIGER MOMS
(High School Sports ~ 08/14/97)
Cape Girardeau Central High's football program is having a pre-season session Saturday that Lawrence Brookins says will surely bring a smile to the mothers of all the Tigers. Brookins, in his second season as a Cape Central assistant coach, has been the driving force behind the Mom's Football Clinic that will take place at 9 a.m. on the Tigers' practice field at the high school...
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BRIEFLY: SQUIRES TO ASSIST SE GOLF
(College Sports ~ 08/14/97)
Southeast Missouri has hired Gary Squires to serve as assistant golf coach for the 1997-98 season. Squires, who has served as the head professional at Egyptian Country Club and Benton Country Club in Illinois, is currently teaching golf at Southeast Discount Golf...
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CANDLELIGHT CEREMONY TO DEDICATE PAINTING
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
People traveling north or south on Interstate 55 Friday night might see a field full of candles around a 16-foot-high, 12-foot-wide painting of Jesus. The candles will be part of a ceremony to dedicate the painting, called the Divine Mercy, at what is called the Cemetery of the Innocents...
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GLADYS BECKER
(Obituary ~ 08/14/97)
MILLER CITY, Ill. -- Gladys I. "Mom B." Becker, 94, of Miller City died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 1997, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services of Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Dec. 20, 1902, in Miller City, daughter of Clinton E. and Etta Short Miller. She and Walter L. Becker were married June 2, 1922. He died July 5, 1988...
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ROBERT MARTIN
(Obituary ~ 08/14/97)
Robert Lee Martin, 50, 220 S. Ellis, died Sunday, Aug. 10, 1997, at his home. He was born Feb. 24, 1947, in Cairo, Ill., son of William and Georgia Bankhead Irons. He and Rose Edwards were married March 9, 1985, in Cape Girardeau. Martin had lived in Cape Girardeau since 1982. He had been a custodian at L.J. Schultz School since 1985. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Cairo...
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DEBBIE MAY
(Obituary ~ 08/14/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Debbie Kay May of Mabelvale, Ark., was held Tuesday at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Little Rock, Ark. The Rev. John Connell officiated, with burial in Pinecrest Memorial Park in Little Rock. Roller-Drummond Southwest Chapel was in charge of arrangements...
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HORACE MCKINLEY
(Obituary ~ 08/14/97)
BERTRAND -- Funeral service for Horace Lee McKinley of Bertrand was held Wednesday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Danny Tackett officiated, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. McKinley, 74, died Monday, Aug. 11, 1997, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis...
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JOHN WIGGINS
(Obituary ~ 08/14/97)
ADVANCE -- John "Corby" Wiggins, 98, of Advance died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 1997, at his home. He was born April 19, 1899, at Buchanan, son of John I. and Amanda Jane Corbin Wiggins. He and Carrie Goodman were married June 8, 1918, in Advance. She died April 11, 1993...
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DANIEL GRIFFITH
(Obituary ~ 08/14/97)
SIKESTON -- Daniel Lawrence Griffith, 44, of Walls, Miss., died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 1997, in Hernando, Miss. He was born Nov. 3, 1952, in St. Louis, son of Lawrence A. and Josephine Edwards Griffith. Griffith was an electrician and computer engineer with Industrial Innovations in Hernando...
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JAY DEJOURNETT
(Obituary ~ 08/14/97)
SIKESTON -- J.C. "Jay" DeJournett, 71, of Sikeston died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 20, 1926, in Essex, son of Jessie and Opal Lemons DeJournett. He and Marjorie V. Foster were married April 10, 1943, in Piggott, Ark...
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VIOLA THOMAS
(Obituary ~ 08/14/97)
SIKESTON -- Viola L. Thomas, 88, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1997, at Elm Haven Care Center in Thornton, Calif. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.
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GOLDIE DOWLER
(Obituary ~ 08/14/97)
ADVANCE -- Goldie M. Dowler, 84, of Cassville died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1997, at Cox Medical Center in Springfield. She was born Feb. 28, 1913, at Malden, daughter of Monroe and Mary Mazell Williams. She married Jesse Dowler, who died Nov. 6, 1976. Survivors include two sons, Bill Dowler of Monett, Charles Dowler of Bentonville, Ark.; four daughters, Shirley Caldwell of Galena, Carole Schrader of Monett, Dorothy Dowler and Bertha Winberry of Cassville; two sisters, Iva Powell and Pauline Jarrett of Tulare, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.. ...
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SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL SETS BIENNIAL REUNION
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Activities are planned for graduates of Cairo's old Sumner High School and their families for the 13th biennial reunion scheduled Aug. 29-31. Event treasurer Gloria Patton said the homecoming celebration is for graduates of Sumner High School, the segregated school attended by black students from 1921 to 1967, when the school consolidated with Cairo public schools...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/14/97)
Daughter to Christopher John and Tamara Dawn Everitt, 59 N. Park, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:57 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, 1997. Name, Alana Marie. Weight, 7 pounds 1 ounce. Second daughter. Mrs. Everitt is the daughter of Doug Massey of Vernal, Utah, and Janet Amelunke of Jackson. Everitt is the son of Matthew Everitt of Reno, Nev., and Jacquie Smith of Okeechobee, Fla. He is employed by Welch Concrete...
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BUILDINGS TO EASE JACKSON SCHOOLS GROWTH PROBLEMS
(Local News ~ 08/14/97)
JACKSON -- Jackson residents will continue to see construction projects as school officials contend with record population growth. Dr. Terry Gibbons, assistant superintendent, said the district has enrolled 4,167 students for the school year, an enrollment record and about 100 more students than last year...
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MARVIN H. BORGFIELD
(Obituary ~ 08/14/97)
Marvin H. Borgfield, 78, a resident of the Lutheran Home, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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