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JUST PLAIN FOLKIES
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
At one time or another during their radio show, all three of the hosts of "Your Folk Connection" are either picking or grinning. "Since I'm a single man, I like to tell Terry and Barney that they're henpecked," said Jim Hickam, who hosts the weekly folk music show with Terry Wright and Barney Hartline...
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SIKESTON SCHOOLS TO OFFER CARDS FOR STUDENT LUNCHES
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Running short of cash is a problem for many youths, but a new lunch plan may make life simpler for Sikeston School District students. The district's food service department this year will begin using a computerized card system for students to purchase lunches...
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PERRYVILLE PICNIC TO MARK 100 YEARS
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- For 99 years, people in Perry County, Mo., have been coming to the grounds of St. Mary's of the Barrens Seminary for the social gathering of the year. Things won't be much different when they gather this year to mark the 100th anniversary of the Perryville Seminary Picnic...
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CHANCELLOR AT WORK: NITZSCHKE GENERATES $4.7 MILLION
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
Dr. Dale Nitzschke believes Southeast Missouri State University is getting its money's worth when it comes to his job of chancellor. Nitzschke stepped down as university president last year but agreed to stay on for two years as the school's first chancellor. He began his new job on July 1, 1999...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: I'LL TELL YOU WANT I THINK... AS SOON AS I REMEMBER
(Column ~ 07/28/00)
I've been a victim of oldtimer's memory loss since I was 16 years old. Since my 16th birthday, actually. That was the day I took my driver's license exam at City Hall in my favorite hometown in the Ozarks west of here. I passed the written test, and the examiner asked me where my car was so we could go take the driving test...
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FUNDS NEEDED TO MAKE STUMP ART
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Artist August Birk soon will begin turning a stump on the Jackson Chamber of Commerce lawn into a sculpture of an Indian brave. Birk has completed his most recent sculpture, a golfer at the Cape Girardeau Country Club, and is working on the design of the Indian brave that will honor the Jackson High School Indians...
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SCOTT CITY UNDER MANDATORY BOIL, CONSERVE WATER ORDER
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Residents in Scott City, Mo., have been put under a mandatory boil water order and asked to conserve water while the city tries to clear up problems with a water well. The issue came Thursday afternoon and took effect immediately. Residents previously had been asked to boil water as a precaution while a new well was being tested by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources...
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'LIFE WITH ROOSEVELT': 'SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO' STARTS TONIGHT (PLAY REVIEW)
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
Sara Delano Roosevelt didn't want her son, Franklin, to marry his distant cousin Eleanor. When he did anyway, the couple discovered on returning from their honeymoon that the elder Mrs. Roosevelt had rented and completely furnished a house for them...
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JACKSON SCHOOLS PITCH VIRTUES TO REALTORS
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
JACKSON -- People used to helping others buy and sell had a good meal while students, school officials and Chamber of Commerce members tried to sell them on the virtues of the Jackson School District during a luncheon meeting Thursday at Jackson Middle School...
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TRANSPLANT PATIENT BETTER
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
Eight-year old Jalisa Durham of Cape Girardeau is breathing without help four days after receiving a double-lung transplant at St. Louis Children's Hospital. A hospital spokesperson said Thursday morning Durham was taken off the ventilator that has controlled her breathing all week. She remains listed in serious condition in the pediatric intensive care unit but may be moved to a regular unit today...
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PURCELL HAS MORE IN BANK; CROWELL DOMINATES SPENDING, RECEIVING
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
Jay Purcell had nearly twice as much money in the bank as either of his primary opponents going into the last five-plus weeks of the Republican campaign for the 158th District state representative seat, which includes most of Cape Girardeau. However, one of those opponents, Jason Crowell, had spent 10 times more than Purcell so far in the campaign...
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IN GOOD SHAPE, KINDER HELPS OTHER REPUBLICANS WITH FUNDS
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
In seeking a third and final term in the Missouri Senate, Sen. Peter Kinder of Cape Girardeau has an easy time, lacking even token opposition in both the primary and general election. With a healthy campaign bank account and no need to wage an all-out campaign on his own behalf, Kinder is using his finances to help other Missouri Republicans...
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BOLLINGER COUNTY COMMISSION RACES CROSDED
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Road improvements and the quest for new business and industry are on the minds of 11 Bollinger County commissioner candidates hoping to fill two open seats on the commission. The August 8 primary will narrow the field to four -- two in each of the two commission districts -- for the November general election...
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PHYLLIS SCHWAB LEADS SPENDING FOR LOCAL OFFICES
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Phyllis Schwab has raised more than $10,000 and spent over $7,600 in her effort to win the office of Cape Girardeau County public administrator. Through the first six months of this year, Schwab has been the biggest spender among candidates for Cape Girardeau County public administrator and coroner, the two positions where there are contested races in the August primary...
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SUMMER MOVES FAST FOR BILLINGS
(College Sports ~ 07/28/00)
Asked earlier this week how his summer has been going, new Southeast Missouri State University football coach Tim Billings broke out in a big grin. "It's going well. Everybody loves me. I'm undefeated," he said with a laugh. On a bit more serious note, Billings -- a former assistant at Division I-A power Marshall who was hired in December to turn around the Indians' struggling I-AA program -- said he has been received well throughout the community as people seem to be genuinely excited about Southeast football.. ...
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INDIANS FILL OUT STAFF
(College Sports ~ 07/28/00)
Southeast Missouri State University head football coach Tim Billings has finally filled out his staff with the hiring of Mike Chavez as offensive line coach. Chavez, who has 14 years of experience as a collegiate assistant coach, replaces Greg Olejack, who resigned to take a scouting job with the Kansas City Chiefs...
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BRIEFLY: SEMO ATHLETES GAIN OVC MEDALS OF HONOR
(College Sports ~ 07/28/00)
Nine Southeast Missouri State University athletes have been awarded 1999-2000 Ohio Valley Conference Medals of Honor, given annually to the student-athlete who achieves the highest grade-point average in a conference-sponsored sport. Of the 60 athletes who earned medals, 59 achieved perfect 4.0 GPA's. Morehead State led the OVC with 15 Medal of Honor winners while Southeast was second with nine...
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BRIEFLY: PERRYVILLE LEGION FALLS IN ZONE TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 07/28/00)
ST. LOUIS -- The Perryville American Legion baseball team fell into the loser's bracket of the Zone 4 Tournament as Creve Coeur posted an 8-2 victory Thursday night in a first-round game at Heine Meine Field. Perryville (21-11) will play at 1 p.m. today against the loser of Thursday's late game between defending champion Dunklin County and Anheuser-Busch...
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BRIEFLY: LOCAL SOCCER PLAYERS EARN 4A ALL-STAR HONORS
(High School Sports ~ 07/28/00)
Four area high school girls soccer players have been named to the Missouri Soccer Coaches Association Class 4A All-Star Team. Cape Girardeau Central junior Amber Voerg was selected to the first team while her twin sister Ashlie, along with Jackson senior Julie Wunderlich and Jackson sophomore Erin Hartmann, made the honorable-mention list...
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HANSEL HEITMAN
(Obituary ~ 07/28/00)
PATTON, Mo. -- Hansel Walden Heitman, 86, of Patton died Wednesday, July 26, 2000, at Perry County Nursing Home in Perryville, Mo. He was born March 29, 1914, near Patton, son of Emanuel Theadore and Etta Mayfield Heitman. He and Nancy C. Mungle were married April 4, 1935, at Fredericktown, Mo...
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REV. NEIL STEIN
(Obituary ~ 07/28/00)
A memorial service for the Rev. Dr. Neil Leslie Stein of Asheboro, N.C., will be held during the 10:45 a.m. worship service Sunday at Centenary United Methodist Church. Stein, 65, died Saturday, July 22, 2000, at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C...
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MATTHEW MOTLEY
(Obituary ~ 07/28/00)
Matthew William Cecil Motley was stillborn Wednesday, July 26, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Survivors include his parents, Joe and Holly Shearer Motley Jr. of Cape Girardeau; two brothers, David Downey of Chester, Ill., Jacob Motley of the home; a sister, Rebecca Motley of the home; paternal grandmother, Bernice Motley of Jackson, Mo.; and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shearer of Biloxi, Miss...
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DAVID HAWTHORNE
(Obituary ~ 07/28/00)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- David E. "Blackie" Hawthorne, 85, of Perryville died Wednesday, July 26, 2000, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born Jan. 17, 1915, in Blair, Ill., son of James C. and Josie Blair Hawthorne. He and Mildred M. Allison were married Dec. 16, 1933. She died July 5, 1998...
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BENJAMIN ENDERLE
(Obituary ~ 07/28/00)
KELSO, Mo. -- Benjamin Frank Enderle, 99, of Kelso died Thursday, July 27, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 12, 1901, at Kelso, son of Peter and Katherine Gosche Enderle. He and Rosalia Mary Schaefer were married Nov. 6, 1928, in Kelso...
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W.C. PORTER JR.
(Obituary ~ 07/28/00)
W.C. Porter Jr., 83, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 27, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Aug. 27, 1916, at Commerce, son of William C. and Floy Randall Porter. He and Etta Underwood were married April 24, 1940, in Wickliffe, Ky...
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HELEN DEIMUND
(Obituary ~ 07/28/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Helen Marie Deimund, 84, of Jackson died Wednesday, July 26, 2000, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 9, 1916, in Jackson, daughter of Jessie Herbert and Amanda Emma Kaminskey Morrison. She and Marvin L. Deimund were married Feb. 25, 1935, in Dallas, Texas. He died Sept. 25, 1986...
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ROBERT MORROW
(Obituary ~ 07/28/00)
Robert Ivan Morrow, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 27, 2000, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born May 22, 1922, in Pittsburgh, Pa., son of Howard Raymond and Rosella Faulkenstein Morrow. He and Nancy Vandivort were married in June 1941. She died June 25, 1988...
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JADE LAND
(Obituary ~ 07/28/00)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral for J.P. "Jade" Land of Anna will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ill. The Rev. Raymond Oxford will officiate. Burial will be in Valley Mission Cemetery, with graveside rites by Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455...
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JINDA DEMARCO
(Obituary ~ 07/28/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral for Jinda S. DeMarco of Everett, Wash., will be held at 1 p.m. today at New Life Center in Everett. Announcement courtesy of Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. DeMarco, 45, died Monday, July 24, 2000, in Everett. She was born June 29,1955, in Sikeston, daughter of Jesse Dale and Eulalene Garrison Morris. She married Sam C. DeMarco...
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ORA ROBINSON
(Obituary ~ 07/28/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral for Ora Loueen Robinson will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ponder Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mounds Park Cemetery at Lilbourn, Mo. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today. Robinson, 82, died Wednesday, July 26, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/28/00)
Daughter to Chuck and Kristi Voss of Paducah, Ky., Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, 11:52 p.m. Thursday, July 20, 2000. Name, Sofia Pauline. Weight, 9 pounds 2 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Voss is the former Kristi Bengoa, daughter of Elwood Bengoa and JoAnn Krueger of Metropolis, Ill. Voss is the son of Betty Voss of Cape Girardeau, and the late Henry Voss. He is employed in creative services at WPSD-TV in Paducah...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: TAKE TIME, STUDY JACKSON NEEDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/28/00)
To the editor: On Aug. 8 the voters will decide the fate of the 10-cent bond levy and the 40-cent operation levy increase proposed by the Jackson School District. When considering the 10-cent bond levy increase, I believe it is important to look at the facts available from Board of Education documents...
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LEADERSHIP CAPE PROVIDES GOOD STARTING POINTS
(Editorial ~ 07/28/00)
Since 1986, Leadership Cape has been providing an in-depth look at the community -- problems, needs, concerns, leaders, infrastructure, government organization, successes -- to residents who themselves are in positions to contribute in positive ways to the future of the city...
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WATCH FOR CANDIDATE FORUM ON PUBLIC-ACCESS TV
(Column ~ 07/28/00)
I enjoyed the League of Women Voters' forum for political candidates Tuesday night. A videotape of the forum will be run twice on the local cable company's public-access channel 5. One broadcast will be next Tuesday evening at a time to be announced...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 07/28/00)
In the unlikely event the Democrats reject Al Gore or the Republicans snub George W. Bush, there's always Harry Potter. Between "Survivor" and "Big Brother," contemporary life in America hovers somewhere between roasted rats and televised bathrooms. Welcome to the new millennium...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/28/00)
A SOUTHEAST Missourian editorial described the front of Houck Stadium as looking like "the Clampetts' old home place." So what? I liked the Clampetts' old home place. Instead of renovating Houck Stadium, why don't you compliment it by constructing a couple of cement ponds?...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: DON'T BE PETTY; VOTE YES AUG. 8
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/28/00)
To the editor: When I moved to Jackson 12 years ago and began to study the workings of various local governmental bodies, I was struck by the fact that people elected to these various bodies seemed to come with no personal agenda. From the County Commission down through the Board of Aldermen to the Board of Education, members seemed to come with one idea in mind, and that was to serve. ...
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FOUR-WHEELER MISHAP HURTS AREA THOUGH
(Local News ~ 07/28/00)
A Sedgewickville, Mo., boy was injured in a four-wheeler mishap Wednesday, and two Jackson, Mo., residents were hurt in an accident Thursday. Dustin Mungle, 12, of Sedgewickville was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau Wednesday after the four-wheeler he was a passenger on and another vehicle collided on County Road 236 in Bollinger County. The accident occurred at 5 p.m., north of Route WW...
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