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LETTERS: TIME TO LEAVE OLD NEWS IN THE PAST
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/03/97)
To the editor: As a new member of the Cape Girardeau community and administration at SEMO, I was dismayed by the article regarding the Mitchell-braxong promotion. It read more like an expose of the financial and legal difficulties of the university (particularly the TRIO programs) rather than a story regarding a change in professional appointment...
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ST. FRANCIS HIRES FOUNDATION DIRECTOR
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
Bill Kiel apologized for running a few minutes late for his interview, but St. Francis Medical Center's new foundation director is still learning his way around Cape Girardeau. Learning his way around and meeting people in the region top Kiel's list of things to do in his new job as a fund-raiser for the medical center...
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RUST COMMENTARY: LOTS OF LOOKERS, BUT NO FRONT-RUNNERS YET
(Column ~ 09/03/97)
The race for 2000 begins: One thousand GOP party activists met in Indianapolis over the weekend and heard from a dozen presidential hopefuls. This may be the earliest start to an election in the history of the republic -- November 2000 is 39 months away. Some observations:...
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ENTERPRISE ZONE A GOOD DEAL FOR CAPE
(Editorial ~ 09/03/97)
Cape Girardeau's enterprise zone has generated new businesses, expansions of existing businesses and additional jobs in Cape Girardeau. Since 1986, this tax-credit program has been good business for the city. In the world of economic development, success is measured in jobs and investment. It is estimated that Cape Girardeau's highly successfully enterprise zone has generated an impressive $191 million in investment and nearly 2,400 new jobs...
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SEMO AIMS TO BOOST INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
(Editorial ~ 09/03/97)
Southeast Missouri State University is energizing its recruitment of international students. Dr. Dale Nitzschke, the university's president, wants to reverse a declining international enrollment. The downturn can be linked to a decentralization of the international student program at Southeast about five years ago...
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LETTERS: LAKE `FACTS' SOUND LIKE SUPPOSITION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/03/97)
To the editor: Glory be! I finally received my lake facts in the mail. In fact, I got two of them. One of them was addressed personally to me, because I requested to be put on the Lake Facts Committee mailing list months ago. How stupid of me to assume I would receive any literature before the general public...
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LETTERS: THE EMOTIONAL STATE OF THE NATION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/03/97)
To the editor: This is an article I clipped from The Federalist Digest (www.FederalistDigest.com) which I think points out the emotional state of the nation. Many of the citizens and the three branches of government have abandoned reality and are guided by emotions. I dare say that if this proposal were posted to the public, a significant majority would support the ban. Let us pray that we can soon return to reality...
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SCOTT CITY COUNCIL HIKES PAY; RAISES APPLY TO NEW COUNCILMEN
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
SCOTT CITY -- City council members Tuesday night were divided over an amended ordinance that will give future council members a pay raise. Two weeks ago council members voted themselves an immediate pay raise for attendance at council meetings. The ordinance was found to violate the Missouri Constitution, and an amended version was approved at the council's regular meeting...
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FALL-LIKE WEATHER MOVING IN
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
While it may be too soon to claim an end to summer weather, a cold front pushing through the region should bring relief from summer's heat. Daytime highs today are expected to be between 75 and 80 degrees. "We will probably have some shower and thunderstorm activity moving through ahead of the front," said Butch Dye with the National Weather Services. "Then a little drier and much cooler air will filter into your area."...
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NEVER TOO LATE: 85-YEAR-OLD LEARNS TO READ; CAPE MAN TAKES CLASSES, STUDIES SERIOUSLY
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
At the spry age of 85, Mr. B is learning to read. Everett Barnett -- Mr. B as he prefers to be called -- lives at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center. Until five months ago he didn't know the alphabet or how to tell time. Now, however, Mr. B recognizes letters. He can verbally spell his name and gets outside on time to meet the taxi that takes him to the Cape Girardeau Vocational-Technical School every Monday...
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CANS TO DOLLARS; ALUMINUM CAN RECYCLING GAINS IN POPULARITY
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
Whether it contains beer, soda or juice, the aluminum can is the most recycled material in the nation. More than 63 billion cans are returned annually for recycling. That averages 242 recycled cans for every American. With more than 100 billion cans being produced each year, almost 40 billion cans annually aren't recycled. ...
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TALK OF POLITICS CLOUDS PRISON SITE
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
CHARLESTON -- Politics could stand in the way of a state prison for this job-starved town, some lawmakers suggested. State Sen. Peter Kinder of Cape Girardeau said three lawmakers have implied that he could hurt Charleston's chances to land a new state prison if he proceeds to push the Legislature to override Gov. Mel Carnahan's veto of a bill to ban partial-birth abortions...
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RYAN ENTERS RACE; HOPES TO SUCCEED GOV. JIM EDGAR
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- It's official: Republican George Ryan will run for Illinois governor in 1998. Ryan, who is completing his second term as secretary of state, launched his bid for governor Tuesday during an eight-city tour of the state that included visits to every region, including the Carbondale Airport in Southern Illinois...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: HOBBIES MAKE LIFE SEEM MORE INTERESTING
(Column ~ 09/03/97)
What looks better to your boss: downhill skiing or bungee jumping? The form stretched out before me like a 1040-A. They wanted to know everything about me. My nickname. My significant other. My pets. And, yes, my hobbies. Who were these diabolical fiends attempting to tear apart my life? My own smiling co-workers, that's who. They buy you adult beverages one minute, attempt to get into your business the next...
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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: INTERNET PROVIDES FORUM TO MOURN PRINCESS DIANA, CHECK INQUIRY (COLUMN 52)
(Column ~ 09/03/97)
Princess Diana's death has consumed the world's news. Since Saturday night's fatal crash, newspapers, radios and, of course, the Internet have shared the news of her life and death. The Internet is a great place to go for updated information about breaking news with the investigation and funeral plans. You can also find an emotional outpouring about the loss of Diana in zillions of chat rooms...
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PRINCESS DI'S DEATH SADDENS SEMO PROFS
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
The death of Princess Diana saddened Southeast Missouri State University music instructor Paul Thompson. Thompson is a British citizen and an instructor of flute at Southeast. "She was very beautiful and very elegant and kind of charismatic," he said Tuesday...
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CHURCH HITS OPPOSITION TO DAY-CARE PLAN
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
The First Assembly of God Church ran into a power greater than the Cape Girardeau City Council Tuesday evening: subdivision covenants. The church applied for a special-use permit that would allow it to build a playground on part of what is now the back yard of a home that borders on the church's campus at 750 N. Mount Auburn Road. The lot, at 3114 Dogwood, is part of the Westfield Subdivision. The church owns the home and once had a pastor living in it...
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PROPERTY OWNERS GET 5 PERCENT LEVY DECREASE
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
The council recently set the Jackson City property tax rate at 99 cents per $100 assessed valuation. This rate is for residents whose property was in the city limits prior to 1965 who pay city Library tax. Residents who were annexed into the city after 1965 pay Riverside Library tax and their rate will be 87 cents per $100 assessed valuation. ...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
The Southeast Missourian asked students at Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Jackson about their favorite books. Literacy will be promoted next week with the YELL campaign. Alicia Sachse: "I liked reading `Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul.' It tells true stories about life and its most difficult challenges and obstacles. It's a book you can really learn from."...
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CAPE DATA AT BUTTON'S TOUCH
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
Tourists visiting various high-traffic tourism centers throughout Missouri can touch a button at a kiosk and find out about Cape Girardeau. The kiosks are in the Missouri Tourist Centers in Kansas City, Joplin, Rock Port, St. Louis, Hannibal and New Madrid plus Bass Pro Shops, the Country Club Plaza Visitors Center, Union Station, St. Louis Science Center, Grant's Farm and the Anheuser-Busch Brewery...
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COACH'S CORNER: SO FAR, SO GOOD FOR SOUTHEAST
(College Sports ~ 09/03/97)
Saturday's 24-6 season-opening win by Southeast Missouri State's football team over Lambuth may have been the strangest game that I've been associated with. Two lightning delays and torrential rains made for a contest that lasted more than four hours...
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FIT TO BE TIED: TIGERS SALVAGE 1-1 TIE ON LUCKY BOUNCE
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/97)
JACKSON -- Although Tuesday was a steamy afternoon of frustration for more than one participant in the season-opening soccer match for Cape Girardeau Central and Jackson, no one was more distraught than Jeremy Balsman. After shutting out Central for over 79 minutes, Balsman, Jackson's senior goal keeper, allowed a fluke goal and his otherwise stellar performance ended on a sour note and in a 1-1 tie at Jackson Junior High School...
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ND VOLLEYBALL DEBUTS WITH WIN OVER PERRYVILLE
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/97)
Notre Dame High's volleyball team opened the 1997 season Tuesday night with a hard-earned 9-15, 15-6, 15-6 victory over visiting Perryville. "I thought we played really well," said Notre Dame coach Janet Buchheit. "The first game, I think the girls were a little nervous, but after that they pulled themselves together well."...
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BRIEFLY: BUDWEISER WINS REGIONAL
(High School Sports ~ 09/03/97)
ST. LOUIS -- River Eagle Budweiser men's slow pitch softball team captured the NSA Midwest Regional softball championship held this past weekend in St. Louis. The title, following Budweiser's NSA Missouri state championship and Jackson League championship, ended the team's season with an 88-14 record...
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GLADYS HELMS
(Obituary ~ 09/03/97)
MATTHEWS -- Funeral service for Gladys Helms of Matthews will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. The Revs. John Thompson and Jerry Turner will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery at Sikeston. Helms, 81, died Saturday, Aug. 30, 1997, at Life Care Center in LaCenter, Ky...
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MARION HENRY
(Obituary ~ 09/03/97)
Marion Helene Henry, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 1, 1997, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born June 20, 1908, in Syracuse, N.Y., daughter of Augustus J. and Dorothea M. Hulsebus Koch. She and James Henry were married Aug. 12, 1931, in Syracuse. He died Dec. 30, 1981...
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JACOB FULTON
(Obituary ~ 09/03/97)
FREDERICKTOWN -- Funeral Mass for Jacob Hadley Fulton of Fredericktown will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Farmington instead of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Fredericktown. Burial will be in Reagan's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery at Patton...
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THOMAS BYRD
(Obituary ~ 09/03/97)
CHARLESTON -- Thomas A. Byrd, 97, of Charleston died Monday, Sept. 1, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 16, 1899, in Charleston, son of James L. and Lucy Hunter Byrd Sr. He and Helen Swayne were married June 2, 1930. She died June 13, 1996...
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LESTER STOKER
(Obituary ~ 09/03/97)
DEXTER -- Funeral service for Lester W. Stoker of Dexter will be held at 2 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Gerald King will officiate, with burial in Hill Cemetery near Dexter. Stoker, 84, died Monday, Sept. 1, 1997, at Dexter Nursing Center...
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CHARLES CAMPBELL
(Obituary ~ 09/03/97)
JACKSON -- Charles William "Red" Campbell, 70, of Jackson died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 28, 1927, in Cape Girardeau, son of Fred and Dessie Runnels Campbell. Campbell was a member of the state championship baseball team in Cape Girardeau in 1943. ...
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OLLIE CARROLL
(Obituary ~ 09/03/97)
CHAFFEE -- Ollie Raymond Carroll, 63, of Chaffee died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1997, at his home. He was born Aug. 4, 1934, at Chaffee, son of James Edward and Amanda Marie Willie Carroll. He and Jo Ann Kinder were married Feb. 5, 1969. Carroll had been a truck driver with Atlas Plastics in Cape Girardeau. He retired three years ago as a truck driver with Supervalu in Scott City. He was a member of Teamsters Local 574 in Cape Girardeau...
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RUTH MOORE
(Obituary ~ 09/03/97)
Ruth Mae Moore, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 19, 1926, at Canalou, daughter of Isreal Paul and Lillie B. Ray Porter. She married Eddie Moore in Springfield, Ill. Moore lived in Springfield, Ill., many years. She worked in the laundry department at St. John's Hospital there 35 years. She moved back to Cape Girardeau in 1996. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Springfield...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/03/97)
Son to C.B. Blissett and Stephanie Michelle Pruitt of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:16 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1997. Name, Dashaun Marquise. Weight, 9 pounds 14 ounces. First child. Ms. Pruitt is the daughter of Sharon Pruitt of Cape Girardeau and the late Vernon Pruitt. Blissett is the son of DeLois Jackson of Cape Girardeau and Charles Blissett of Sikeston. He is a student at Central High School...
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MARY CARROLL
(Obituary ~ 09/03/97)
SIKESTON -- Graveside service for Mary Carroll of Sikeston will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at Ponder Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m. today. Carroll, 91, died Sunday, Aug. 31, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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LOCAL WOMAN ATTENDS NATIONAL CONVENTION
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
Glenneta Vogelsang of Cape Girardeau was among approximately 5,000 who participated in the 84th National Convention of the Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars. The convention was held Aug. 16-21 at Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah...
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EMERSON OFFICE HITTING THE ROAD
(Local News ~ 09/03/97)
The mobile office of U.s. Rep. Jo Ann emerson, R-Mo., hits the road this week to give constituets a chance to contact their federal representative. The office makes at least one scheduled stop in all 26 counties each month. Today, the office will stop at Winona, Mountain view, Alton and Thayer. ...
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A HARTE APPETITE: NEW YORK RESTAURANT CUISINE AMONG BEST
(Column ~ 09/03/97)
What's the greatest restaurant city in the United States? I'd put New Orleans near the top of the list. Also San Francisco and Los Angeles. Washington and Chicago wouldn't be far behind either. But as a frequent visitor to New York City, I am persuaded that the Big Apple stands alone as the nation's premiere culinary destination...
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