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JESSE R. WILKINSON
(Obituary ~ 06/14/91)
Jesse R. Wilkinson, 76, of 1005 Jefferson in Cape Girardeua died Thursday, June 13, 1991, at his home. He was born Oct. 11, 1914, at Pueblo, Colo., the son of Guile and Ina Gladish Wilkinson. On Dec. 13, 1946, he married Charlotte Mifflin, who preceded him in death Nov. 18, 1990...
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CAPE STUDENT RECEIVES WOODMEN SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
John A.W. Ireland of Cape Girardeau has been awarded a $2,000, four-year, scholarship by Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal life insurance society with home offices in Rock Island, Ill. Ireland, the son of Mattie Mae Ireland, plans to attend the University of Missouri-Rolla. He is one of 48 scholarship winners selected...
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STUDENT EARNS ENDOWED CASH AWARD FROM COLLEGE
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
Valerie Holland of Cape Girardeau has received the Ellen Bowlin Boulware Endowed Vocal Music Award at Culver-Stockton College. The endowed cash award is presented for development, growth and achievement in the area of vocal music. Holland is the daughter of John and Dorothy Holland of Cape Girardeau...
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MARQUETTE SCHOOL HOSTS REUNION ON SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
The second annual Marquette School reunion and picnic will be held Saturday at Cape County Park Shelter 22. The event begins at 11 a.m., with a meal at noon. All former students, faculty and their families are invited to attend. Those attending should bring a covered dish, drinks, eating utensils, lawn chairs, old photos, yearbooks and other memorabilia...
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ANDREWS AND ALLIED FAMILIES WILL GATHER
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
The Andrews and Allied families will have a reunion June 23 at Cape County Park Shelter 22. The event will start at 10 a.m., with a meal at noon. Those attending should bring their own meat, covered dish and/or dessert, utensils, napkins and drinks...
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VIOLIN STUDENT ACCEPTED TO SUMMER STRING SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
Tarina Kang, 16-year-old violin student, has been accepted to the Encore School for Strings in suburban Cleveland, Ohio. The intensive, six-week course for string students begins June 30 and continues through Aug. 10. The school is beginning its seventh year...
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NURSING HOME RESIDENT EARNS GOLDEN POET AWARD
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
A local nursing home resident has earned the Golden Poet Award for her poem, "My Mother." Eldora Brown, a resident at Cape LaCroix Nursing Center, has won the Golden Poet award four years in a row. She is invited to New York City to present her poem at the Golden Poets round-robin presentation on Sept. 2. She will also appear on the television show "Poetryland The Wonderful World of Poetry."...
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KELLY STUDENT EARNS MIZZOU SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
BENTON -- Lauren Brazel, a 1991 graduate of Kelly High School, has been awarded a Curator's Scholarship at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Brazel, daughter of Larry and Beechy Brazel, Route 2, Charleston, also received the Charles E. Mannschott Jr. Scholarship, the University of Missouri Excellence Award Scholarship and the Sam Stuckey Memorial Scholarship from Kelly High School...
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CAPE WIFE, MOTHER COMPETES FOR MRS. UNITED STATES TITLE
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
Melody Hutson, 37, of Cape Girardeau will represent the state of Missouri in the Mrs. United States Pageant scheduled June 18-23 in Las Vegas. On Jan. 12, just one week after her husband was sent to Saudi Arabia, Hutson won the state competition. The morning of the pageant, she was notified that her daughter, Sheri, who serves in the U.S. Army, would also be serving in Operation Desert Storm. She is also the mother of a 16-year-old son, Matt, who attends Cape Central High School...
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SCOTT CENTRAL SENIOR AWARDS ANNOUNCED
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
MORLEY -- Seniors at Scott County Central High School at Morley have been awarded various scholarships and awards. They are: Mendy Payne: Central Missouir State University Regents Scholarship, Walmart Scholarship, Teacher Education Scholarship, Beta Club Scolarship, Presidential Academic Fitness Award, College Preparatory Studies Certificate, George Washington Carver Award, U.S. Air Force Science and Math Award, Class of 1991 Valedictorian Award...
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NEWTON'S LAW: `I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE FICTION BUT, TRUST ME, IT DID HAPPEN'
(Column ~ 06/14/91)
Here's the problem with life as we know it ... there is no way to know it. Even as you feel your way along and try to keep your jaw from dropping against your chest because of strange things encountered, your capacity for surprise never tops out. To lift a line from Tom Wolfe, the problem with writing fiction is that it is so often diluted by the oddness of reality. In other words, real life is so strange that it sounds made up, so the made-up stuff of writers doesn't stand a chance...
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REGULATING BODIES SLOW TO ACT IN DOCTOR'S CASE
(Editorial ~ 06/14/91)
Abortion remains a frontburner issue in this nation and likely will be so for some time. Beyond the moral and political dilemma this poses for many Americans, there is a medical consideration for those faced with these critical decisions. The current investigation of a Missouri doctor who has performed abortions in Cape Girardeau gives no cause for confidence in the argument that abortion is but a minor surgical procedure...
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JACKSON BOY RUNNER UP IN NATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
JACKSON -- Jesse Perry of Jackson smelled victory in a national essay contest, which asked students to describe their favorite smell to an extraterrestrial pen pal. Perry's description of his favorite smell freshly cut wood was chosen as one of three runners up in the contest...
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REGIONAL SAMPLING
(Editorial ~ 06/14/91)
A U.S. Supreme Court majority has declared the moral ideal by ruling that jurors in civil cases cannot be excluded on the basis of race. ... The problem is, such a decision goes to the heart of a key element of jury selection the preemptory challenge. That is the process whereby trial attorneys on either side are allowed to excuse a limited number of potential jurors without stated cause...
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JOSIE BALL
(Obituary ~ 06/14/91)
SIKESTON -- Josie Ball, 97, formerly of Matthews, died Thursday, June 13, 1991, at the Bluff Manor Nursing Home in Poplar Bluff. Funeral arrangements at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston are incomplete.
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AVIL C. BURGESS
(Obituary ~ 06/14/91)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Avil Cleo Burgess, 79, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, June 12, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 23, 1911, in Lynville, Ky., daughter of Stanley and Ruthie Cook Thomas. She married Walter Burgess Sept. 23, 1939. He died Nov. 29, 1972...
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ROBERT E. DAME
(Obituary ~ 06/14/91)
SIKESTON -- Robert Earl Dame, 64, of St. Louis, died Wednesday, June 12, 1991, at St. Louis University Hospital. He was born Sept. 7, 1926, at Vanduser, son of William Frank and Lydia Isidore Gregory Dame. Dame graduated from Diehlstadt High School in 1944, and served in the U.S. Navy. He formerly owned and operated Fountains Restaurant at Osage Beach, and was a lab technician in St. Louis area hospitals...
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MACEDITH A. RATLIFF
(Obituary ~ 06/14/91)
SIKESTON -- Macedith Anita Ratliff, 77, of Sikeston, died Thursday, June 13, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 13, 1913, at Sikeston, daughter of Henry Truman and Mary Louisa McDonald DeWitt. She attended Temple of Faith Baptist Church...
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DR. C. ADAM TURNER
(Obituary ~ 06/14/91)
ANNA, Ill. -- Dr. C. Adam Turner, 75, of Brookshire, Texas, formerly of Cypress, died Thursday, June 14, 1991, at the VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Crain Funeral Home of Anna is in charge of arrangements.
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/14/91)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. John Covilli of St. Charles, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, 10:22 p.m. Monday, May 27, 1991. Name, Brendon Michael. Weight, 8 pounds 12 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Covilli is the former Marie King, daughter of Lourine King of Scott City. She is a pharmaceutical sales representative. Covilli is manager of Dale Carnegie Institute in the St. Louis area, and is the son of Nell Covilli of St. Charles and the late Art Covilli...
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CABLE RULING MAY RETURN REGULATION POWER TO THE CITY
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
Reaction was mixed Thursday to a Federal Communications Commission decision to allow local governments to regulate the prices charged by about 60 percent of the nation's cable systems. Warren Wells, Cape Girardeau's city attorney, called the decision "encouraging." But Roger Harms, manager of the cable TV system serving Cape Girardeau and Jackson, said rate regulation will ultimately hurt the consumer...
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LICENSING ISSUE GOES TO COUNCIL; GROUP WILL PRESENT CONTRACTOR PROPOSAL
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
A committee that recommended Cape Girardeau adopt a law requiring licensing for essentially all city building-trades contractors met this week to draft amendments to the measure, which was tabled last month by the City Council. At its May 6 meeting, the council approved first reading of the measure, but then tabled the ordinance May 20 after several people questioned the regulations and how they would be enforced...
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COUNTY NATURE CENTER NEARS COMPLETION
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
Construction of a Missouri Department of Conservation nature center and regional headquarters in Cape Girardeau is nearing completion, with a formal ribbon cutting and open house likely to be held around mid-July. David Hurlbut, assistant director of the department, said Thursday he was very pleased with the way the project was progressing and looked forward to having it ready to open soon...
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FOURTH OF JULY ACTIVITIES WILL HONOR TROOPS
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
JACKSON - The Desert Storm Homecoming Committee of Jackson will join with the Jackson Jaycee's Fourth of July celebration to honor local troops. Activities will begin with a parade starting at 9 a.m. The parade will begin in the area of the Jackson Frozen Locker and will end at the Jackson City Park...
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PROPOSED SCOTT CITY TAX WOULD FUND REPAIR OF LEAST 40 STREETS
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
SCOTT CITY -- A proposed half-cent increase in the sales tax rate, if approved by voters Aug. 6, will fund the resurfacing of more than 20 streets in Scott City, and at least 20 more will be sealed and patched. City officials have compiled a list of 140 city streets, their condition and what work is needed to repair them. Some of the streets have been declared in good condition...
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FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT; SENATE COMMITTEE ENDORSES $10 MILLION
(Local News ~ 06/14/91)
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee this week approved funding for several Missouri water projects, including the Cape LaCroix Creek-Walker Branch flood control project in Cape Girardeau. Sen. Christopher S. "Kit" Bond, R-Mo., announced this week that the Senate committee authorized $10 million for the Cape Girardeau project...
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