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LETTERS: HELP RESTORE CEMETERY'S DIGNITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/17/98)
To the editor: Sometime in the 1906, Delsie and Elsie Hanner, twin sisters, were born and died. Seven years later, 1-year-old Irene Hanner died. Their family members and friends laid them to rest on a two-acre plot of land that W.T. Hanner and Victoria Hanner later in 1914 deeded to the Abernathy Chapel Methodist Church...
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PRESERVATION PANEL JOINS COMMUNITY PRIDE COALITION
(Local News ~ 09/17/98)
Cape Girardeau's Historic Preservation Commission will sign on with the Community Pride Coalition. Commission members voted Wednesday night to join the coalition, a group of several neighborhood organizations working to improve the quality of life in Cape Girardeau...
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TIPS ON PRESERVING NEWS ARTICLES GIVEN
(Local News ~ 09/17/98)
You aren't normally a collector, but this year you have been saving every news item you could find regarding Mark McGwire's record-setting season. Now that you've got it all, what do you do with it? Local gallery owners and art suppliers said temperature, humidity and exposure to light can all shorten the lifespan of newspaper items. Newsprint also has a high acid content that can cause it to deteriorate within its first year if care isn't taken, they said...
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SPLENDOR UNDER GLASS
(Local News ~ 09/17/98)
"If butterflies could only speak, what pretty dreams we'd hear about the flowers. " -- Reikan ST. LOUIS -- You may never look at lepidopterans in the same way again. From the short but stunning film that introduces visitors to the life cycle of the butterfly to the sparkling 8,000-square-foot conservatory housing more than 60 species and more than 400 individual butterflies, the Sophia M. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 09/17/98)
IF PEOPLE are going to quote the Bible, then they must quote it correctly. In a recent comment, someone said the Bible says "Spare the rod and spoil the child." It doesn't say that. It says "If you spare the rod, you will spoil the child." So let's get the Bible quotes right...
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REFUNDS SHOW NEED FOR REAL TAX CUTS
(Editorial ~ 09/17/98)
In the next couple of weeks, Missouri taxpayers will get checks in the mail from the state's Department of Revenue. It is a refund for taxes collected in fiscal year 1997 that exceeded limits established by the Hancock Amendment. Last year, taxpayers got a check for the first two years of overpayments in fiscal years 1995 and 1996. Still to come, probably a year from now, are refund checks for fiscal 1998, which ended June 30...
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YELL SUCCESS: THANK YOU
(Editorial ~ 09/17/98)
When YELL was started several years ago to raise funds for literacy programs and Newspaper In Education efforts, the community responded in a big way by taking to the streets to sell the special YELL newspapers. Never has the enthusiasm been any greater than it was on Tuesday when several hundred pepped-up volunteers started picking up their YELL newspapers at about 5:30 a.m. during a light rain...
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LETTERS: REPEAL INCOME TAX TO FORCE CUTS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/17/98)
To the editor: As was pointed out in Speak Out recently, what is an opinion page without discussing tax cuts? Congress spends a lot of time debating this issue. It has a dilemma. It debates on how to curtail intrusive programs, how to give control of their lives back to the people, how to stop wasteful spending, how to control the IRS, how to expand educational choices and how to help take care of children and the elderly. What is Congress to do? How many programs and debates will it take?...
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LETTERS: HOW CAN WE HAVE CONFIDENCE NOW?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/17/98)
To the editor: Recently I came across a quote by a former president that was made in a commencement address in 1993. I was struck by its relevance for our country today as we are faced with the situation of a president who wants to regain our trust...
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LETTERS: TELL ELECTED OFFICIALS HOW YOU FEEL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/17/98)
To the editor: This is an open letter to all U.S. citizens. The United States survived before Bill Clinton, and I hope it will survive after Bill Clinton. That is why it is so necessary that he be removed as commander in chief of our country. Contact your senators and representatives and tell them to proceed with his impeachment. Nothing less is acceptable...
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LETTERS: WILL CONTINUE TO WRITE LETTERS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/17/98)
To the editor: I would like to respond to criticism of a letter I recently wrote. A Mr. Arnzen of Scott City pointed out that a comment I made regarding pending legislation had the incorrect bill number on it. My mistake. Mr. Arnzen was correct about that. However, that was the only correct statement he made in his entire letter...
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REPAIRED BUBBLE PUT OVER CENTRAL POOL
(Local News ~ 09/17/98)
A crew of 25 men Wednesday stretched the three sections of the nylon bubble that covers Central Pool across the pool deck as they began assembling the cover. By evening the bubble was up and work begun to ready the pool for the winter-season opening...
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STUDEENTS GATHER AT FLAGPOLES TO PRAY
(Local News ~ 09/17/98)
Local students raised individual prayers for themselves and their schools, community and country when they gathered Wednesday morning for See You At the Pole Day. "I prayed for healing for me and anybody else that needs healing," said Marquis Brookins, a ninth-grader at Central Junior High School...
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CACHE RIVER DAYS ON TAP AT ULLIN, ILL., THIS WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 09/17/98)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Some events have been added to the annual Cache River Days in Ullin this weekend. The celebration is designed to acquaint visitors with nationally known Cache River. The Cache River Wetlands, a joint venture of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. ...
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REMEMBER WHEN? SOME COUNT FAIRS BY THE DECADES
(Local News ~ 09/17/98)
8,631- 1998 fair attendance through Tuesday evening Vincent and Dorothy Miller took a break from dancing Wednesday afternoon at the SEMO District Fair. "It's great fun," said Vincent Miller. "We've been coming to the fair since it was at the Capaha Park." That was in the 1930s...
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MEET YOUR LEGISLATORS DINNER SET AT ANNA
(Local News ~ 09/17/98)
ANNA, Ill. -- A Meet Your Legislators dinner will be held at the Anna VFW post. "We have invited a number of Southern Illinois legislators to attend," said Janice Corzine of the Union County Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring the event at 7 p.m. Tuesday...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: THE LEGACY OF MIDWAY FLIRTATIONS AND BLUE-RIBBON CHERRY PIES
(Column ~ 09/17/98)
Sept. 17, 1998 Dear Patty, When the minister of DC's church asked the congregation for the usual prayers last Sunday, a kid among the pews brought down the House of God by proposing they give thanks for the fair." She probably meant the carnival atmosphere, of course, but the SEMO District Fair is more than the Doppler screams from the rides and parents' P.A. appeals to children who don't want to be found...
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HISTORIC HOME TOUR TO BE HELD SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 09/17/98)
Michael Thies remembers the picture, standing on the front porch of the home at 534 Washington. The wooden columns were rotted. The porch, like much of the house, was in disrepair. But Thies and Rick Werner saw past the dust and debris to elegance underneath...
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CAPE CENTRAL SET TO FACE MOTIVATD BLYTHEVILLE TONIGHT
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/98)
The Blytheville (Ark.) Chickasaws should be motivated to play Cape Girardeau Central High's football Tigers tonight. Central humiliated Blytheville each of the last two seasons -- 21-0 in 1996 and 41-6 in 1997. But the mood of the Chickasaws should be the least of the Tigers' worries when the teams hook up at 7:30 p.m. at Houck Stadium...
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/98)
Frank McGinty School: Cape Central Sport: Football Position: Quarterback Coach: Jerry Dement This season: In two games -- a loss to Columbia-Hickman and a win over New Madrid County Central -- McGinty has completed 41 of 64 passes for 556 yards and five touchdowns. He has thrown only one interception. Chris Allen has been on the receiving end of 21 of his completions...
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
(High School Sports ~ 09/17/98)
Eliane Hess School: Cape Central Sport: Tennis Coach: Annette Slattery This season: Hess, a senior foreign exchange student from Switzerland, is the Tigers' No. 1 singles player. She has established herself as the top player in Southeast Missouri, with a 6-1 record, including a 4-0 record in dual matches. ...
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NEW CENTRAL TRACK READY FOR OPERATION
(College Sports ~ 09/17/98)
Cape Girardeau Central High School's brand-new track & field venue is now completely ready for use -- which should be good news for a whole lot of people, particularly when the track season rolls around in the spring. "It's totally ready for meets," said Central athletic director Terry Kitchen, sounding almost like a proud new parent as he surveyed the impressive facility. "We'll finally get to have some true `home' meets and it's really exciting...
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OVC SQUADS SUFFER MAJOR BEATINGS AT HANDS OF DIVISION I-A OPPONENTS (OVC NOTES)
(College Sports ~ 09/17/98)
Stepping up in class was not exactly kind to Ohio Valley Conference football teams last weekend. Three OVC squads -- who were all ranked in the Division I-AA national poll -- hit the road to take on unranked I-A opponents. The result was a combined 148-27 shellacking...
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BRIEFLY: SEMO VOLLEYBALL READY FOR KEY OVC HOME MATCHES
(College Sports ~ 09/17/98)
Southeast Missouri State University's five-time defending Ohio Valley Conference championship volleyball team will face a pair of key OVC matches this weekend. The Otahkians will take on Middle Tennessee State at 7 p.m. Friday and Tennessee Tech at 2 p.m. Saturday, both contests being played at Houck Field House...
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JOHN ERVIN
(Obituary ~ 09/17/98)
BENTON -- Graveside service for John Wesley Ervin of Floral City, Fla., will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at Old Morley Cemetery. The Rev. Don Gast will officiate. Ervin, 79, died Oct. 23, 1997, in a Floral City rest home. He was born Feb. 15, 1918, at Benton, son of John and Beulah Minter Ervin. He and Kathern Anolia Bells were married Nov. 16, 1957...
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BILLY BAILEY
(Obituary ~ 09/17/98)
SCOTT CITY -- Billy Joe Bailey, 68, of Scott City died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 28, 1930, in Jasper, Tenn., son of Benjamin Franklin and America Elizabeth Jones Bailey. He and Aimee Vivian Brooks were married Nov. 10, 1952, in Pocahontas, Ark. She died July 19, 1984...
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LANNY ZIMMERMAN
(Obituary ~ 09/17/98)
Funeral service for Lanny Earl Zimmerman of Union will be held at 10 a.m. today at Midlawn Funeral Home in Union. The Rev. Gary Daud will officiate, with burial in Midlawn Memorial Gardens. Zimmerman, 63, died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1998, at his home. He was born March 12, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, son of Burette and Jessie Zimmerman. He and Tina Camp were married in February 1964 in St. Charles...
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NELL QUARLES
(Obituary ~ 09/17/98)
Nell V. Quarles, 85, of Webster Groves, died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1998, at St. Mary's Health Center in Richmond Heights. She was born Jan. 1, 1913, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Williamson Howard and Nell Vogelsanger Quarles. Quarles was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. She was a member of Monday Club of Webster Groves, College Club, St. Louis Study Club, and Pattonville Retired Teachers Association...
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HATTIE HOUSE
(Obituary ~ 09/17/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Hattie B. House, 75, of East Prairie died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1998, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. She was born March 5, 1923, in Biggers, Ark., daughter of J.O. and Alice Griffin Parker. She and Loy Robinson were married in 1938. He died in 1951...
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JULIA TILLIS
(Obituary ~ 09/17/98)
Julia Tillis, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel.
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JACK STEWART
(Obituary ~ 09/17/98)
BENTON -- Former Scott County Deputy Jack B. Stewart, 71, of Benton died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 24, 1927, at Morley, son of Thomas and Mary Cruse Stewart. He and Mary Wilhelm were married April 10, 1948, at Fornfelt...
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JOSEPHINE BEUSSINK
(Obituary ~ 09/17/98)
LEOPOLD -- Josephine Rose Beussink, 93, of Leopold died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 17, 1905, at Leopold, daughter of William and Josephine Nenninger Arnzen. She and John Henry Beussink were married June 26, 1934, at Leopold. He died Aug. 20, 1979...
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HELEN SILER
(Obituary ~ 09/17/98)
PUXICO -- Helen L. Siler, 87, of Puxico died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1998, at Puxico Nursing Center. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico is in charge of arrangements.
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/17/98)
Son to Jeffrey Michael and Stephanie Dawn Vinson of Benton, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:35 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, 1998. Name, Cole Michael. Weight, 7 pounds 9 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Vinson is the former Stephanie Hutson, daughter of Cheryl Montgomery of Benton and Steve Hutson of Marble Hill. Vinson is the son of John Carter and Linda Vinson of East Prairie. He is employed at Gold Star Enterprises in Sikeston...
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THOMAS WOMACK
(Obituary ~ 09/17/98)
Thomas Craig Womack, a Cape Girardeau businessman and lifetime resident, died Tuesday, September 15, 1998, while in compassionate care at St. Francis Medical Center, after a long battle with cancer. He was 62. He was born July 7, 1936, at Cape Girardeau, son of Floyd C. and Ruth Craig Womack. He and Jane Brennecke were married May 28, 1960 at St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau...
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