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LEONARD V. WALDRON
(Obituary ~ 06/23/91)
Leonard V. Waldron, 76, of 1204 Fairlane Drive in Cape Girardeau died at the Lutheran Home Friday, June 21, 1991. He had been in the Lutheran Home for the past month. He was born Aug. 9, 1914 at Carterville, Ill., son of Elvis and Kate Phillips Waldron...
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HEART ASSOCIATION HONORS DR. KINDER
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Dr. James A. Kinder, a Cape Girardeau pediatrician since 1948, has received the highest state award from the Missouri Affiliate of the American Heart Association (AHA). Kinder practices at his office in the Pediatric Associates building, 1435 Mount Auburn Road. He received the M. Graham Clark Award last weekend in Springfield during the annual meeting of the American Heart Association, Missouri Affiliate...
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STATE, BUSINESS JOIN TO CLEAN UP CREEKS NEAR MARBLE HILL
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
MARBLE HILL -- The Missouri Department of Conservation, in cooperation with a local beer distributor and a number of area businesses and organizations, will sponsor a bank and stream cleanup July 13 along portions of Hurricane and Crooked creeks near Marble Hill...
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MISSOURI DESRVES FAIRT SHARE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS
(Editorial ~ 06/23/91)
A five-year federal highway bill approved by the U.S. Senate last week could bring a long overdue increase in funding to Missouri. Our state operates the sixth largest highway system in the nation, and money has not kept pace with maintenance needs, much less new projects...
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VMI WINS ONE FOR GOOD SENSE OVER THE FORCES OF MODERNITY
(Column ~ 06/23/91)
In tomorrow's edition, our Out of the Past column features the following interesting morsel. "75 Years Ago "June 24, 1916 (Saturday) "Rush H. Limbaugh, former student in Normal School, from which he graduated several years ago with highest honors in his class, has moved to Cape Girardeau and will take up practice of law; he will enter law firm of Davis & Hardesty in First National Bank building."...
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COUNTY SHOUDLN'T THROW BRIDGE ISSUE TO THE COURTS
(Editorial ~ 06/23/91)
To the Editor: We wish to thank the Southeast Missourian for the nice article they put in Tuesday's paper about the Ressel family seeking help from the Scott County Court. The Ressels have a paper which went along with their abstract when they bought the farm, signed by a previous county commission stating it is a county road and that the county would maintain this road since the interstate cut this particular road into when the interstate was constructed. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO 1992 TAX SCHEME
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/23/91)
To the Editor: When is enough, enough. The old saying says, Nothing is certain but death and taxes. Part of that old saying isn't necessarily true. In November, you will have the chance to decide if you want to pay more taxes. Our legislators have already voted for higher taxes. Now they will try to say they are letting us decide but if you buy that, I've got some swamp land in Louisiana I'll sell you...
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GUARDSMEN FROM DEXTER WILL RETURN
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
DEXTER -- Soldiers in the Missouri National Guard's 1221st Transportation Company from Dexter will make the long-awaited journey home from Saudi Arabia this week, according to information from family members and Guard sources. The Guard unit has about 180 soldiers based at its Dexter armory and another 50-plus with its Jefferson City detachment...
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ROBERTA BUYERS
(Obituary ~ 06/23/91)
FORT WORTH, Tex. Funeral services for Roberta Buyers, 69, of Fort Worth, Tex., formerly of Cape Girardeau, were held Wednesday, June 19, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, here. Burial was in Fort Worth. Buyers died Saturday, June 15 at her home. She was born July 7, 1921 in Cape Girardeau to Robert and Amelia Springer Grueneberg. Buyers had lived in Fort Worth for about 40 years...
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ED CAMPBELL
(Obituary ~ 06/23/91)
CHAFFEE -- Ed "Eddie" Campbell, 55, formerly of Chaffee, died June 15, 1991 at his home in Santee, Calif., following an illness of five months. He was born and reared in Chaffee, the son of Ruth "Delezene" Di Mari, also formerly of Chaffee. The Santee Veteran's of Foreign Wars post will conduct a memorial service July 1...
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GERTRUDE M. HACKER
(Obituary ~ 06/23/91)
PERRYVILLE -- Gertrude M. Hacker of Perryville, died Friday, June 21, 1991, at the Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. Hacker, 64, was born Feb. 20, 1927 in St. Louis, daughter of Fred and Emma Potthoff Toensjost. She married Herbert W. Hacker on Sept. 25, 1948. He survives...
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BILLY L. FRYMIRE
(Obituary ~ 06/23/91)
MARQUAND -- Billy L. Frymire, 31, of Marquand died Friday, June 21, 1991, at Cascade. He was born Oct. 19, 1959 at Lutesville, son of Albert and Opal Robbins Frymire, who both survive of Marquand. Also surviving are three brothers, Harold, Jack and Darrell Frymire, all of Marquand; three sisters, Shirley Watts and Juanita Moody, both of Marquand, and Marie Green of Hiram...
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ZITA F. CLIFTON
(Obituary ~ 06/23/91)
PERRYVILLE - Zita F. Clifton, of Perryville, died Saturday, June 22, 1991 at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was 86. Clifton was born April 2, 1905 at Crosstown, the daughter of the late Alvina Eichorn. Only Clifton's mother's name was available...
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CLYDE F. MONTGOMERY
(Obituary ~ 06/23/91)
ADVANCE - Advance resident Clyde F. Montgomery, 70, died June 22, 1991 at his home. Montgomery died after an extended illness. He was born at St. Louis Dec. 9, 1920 to the late Frank and Hattie Vessels Montgomery. Montgomery had worked as a machinist for Wagner Electric in St. Louis. He married Dorothy Pratt April 22, 1974 in Chester, Ill. She survives...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: CURRENT SCHOOL BOARD INHERITED PHOTOGRAPHY DILEMA
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/23/91)
To the Editor: The Southeast Missourian ran a headline June 12 which stated "Photographers bemoan contract policy." A sub-headline stated "School board told process is unethical". I am the parent of a high school junior and also a photo studio owner who delivered a prepared address to the school board June 11, complaining that parents and students are being forced to use an official photographer for their yearbook pictures. ...
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DISTRICT ENGINEER LEAVES FOR CAPITAL ASSIGNMENT
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
SIKESTON -- Missouri Highway and Transportation Department District 10 Engineer Bob Sfreddo will resign his post here Aug. 1 to become head of the state's design division. Sfreddo, who has spent 30 years with the highway and transportation department, is moving back to the department's headquarters in Jefferson City, where he'll be responsible for roadway plan preparation for the nation's sixth largest state highway system...
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DEVOTED FANS TREK ACROSS NATION FOR SCI-FI ADVENTURE; NEARLY 600 ATTEND STAR TREK MEETING WHICH ENDS TODAY
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
They came from all over the United States, many donning polyester jump suits to replicate their television heroes. But don't call these die-hard Star Trek fans weird, they're just devoted, says Richard Arnold, research consultant for "Star Trek: The Next Generation," the popular television series spawned by the original Star Trek series of the 1960s...
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UTILITY BILL POWERS CONCERN; MUNICIPAL UTILITIES WOULD PAY HEFTY PRICE FOR NEW CUSTOMERS
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Legislation passed this year could have a serious impact on the ability of municipal utilities to provide service to future areas annexed by their own cities. Under the legislation, municipal utilities could be required to pay up to 400 percent of the annual bills in compensation for each customer they take over from a cooperative or investor-owned utility...
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WARRANT ROCKS CROWD OF 3,413 AT SHOW ME CENTER ON FRIDAY
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
If an audience could ever be put in the palm of a hand, the hard rock group Warrant would surely have the 3,413 people, who attended the band's concert at the Show Me Center Friday night, well in its grasp. The quintet from L.A. drowned the crowd with fine waves of double-bass drum beats, explosions, swirling lights, powerful bass and guitar rhythms, and acoustic, passionate ballads...
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AREA CRASHES KILL TWO, INJURE OTHERS
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Two St. Louis men were killed Friday when their car collided with a pickup truck on Highway 67 near Silva in Southeast Missouri. Also Friday, a Cape Girardeau woman was injured in an accident near Patton, said a spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol in Poplar Bluff. The fatal accident occurred at 10:20 p.m. in Wayne County. Killed were Thomas Anderson, 23, and William Anderson, 22...
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DOZEN BULGARIAN VISITORS ON 21-DAY TREK THROUGH AREA
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Twelve visitors to Cape Girardeau, who arrived Friday, are not the stereotypical tourists with cameras around the neck, wearing baggy Bermuda shorts and gaudy Hawaiian shirts. The dozen are visiting from Bulgaria for a 21-day trek through the area to learn about small business development and operations...
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CAIRO GETS JUMP ON JULY 4 CELEBRATIONS WITH RIVERBOAT DAYS
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Cairo, located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, will get the jump on the Fourth of July holiday this year. "Our second annual Riverboat Days will be held the final weekend of June," said George Bell of the Cairo Chamber of Commerce. "This will be followed by a special one-day celebration of `Queens' on July 2."...
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LOCAL FIRM TAKES ON ARIENS LINE
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
JACKSON -- Albert Sander True Value Hardware has been named a Ariens dealer for the local area. Ariens, based in Brillion, Wisc., manufactures a variety of lawn and garden equipment. "We are pleased to offer Ariens equipment to our customers," said store spokesman Randy Sander. Sander will carry Ariens walk-behind and riding mowers, yard and garden tractors, garden tillers, commercial lawn care equipment, snow blowers and gas-powered trimming products...
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VAN MATRE BUICK RECEIVES `BEST IN CLASS' AWARD
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Van Matre Buick of Cape Girardeau has earned the "Best In Class Award" from Buick Motor Division of General Motors. The agency received the award for the fifth consecutive year. According to Buick's Memphis regional office, fewer than 150 Buick dealers across the nation earn the award annually. It said the award is based on ratings for "customer satisfaction and overall operating professionalism."...
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SAVE THE SEEDS: WE MAY HAVE TO START ALL OVER
(Column ~ 06/23/91)
There are countless persons like me who love to plant a seed, almost any old seed, watch for it to come up, see the tiny leaves unfold, feed it, water it, and just generally give it tender loving care. Somehow it seems you've performed a miracle. The miracle, of course, is in the seed. You've only helped it to become all it could be...
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MARKETPLACE A.D. 29: AREA CHURCHES ALLOW CHILDREN TO RELIVE BIBLICAL TIMES AT VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLS
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Children dressed in desert robes sat on blankets outside a tent eating freshly baked bread and fruit. Goats roamed the camp, scavenging scraps of bread and raisins. The children made a trek across the desert (behind the church) to hear from the storyteller. Two donkeys lead by shepherds accompanied the caravan, with each tribe displaying banners...
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LADYBUG SAYS ... `PILGRIMAGE' TO AREA GARDENS REVIVES COMMUNITY TRADITION
(Column ~ 06/23/91)
Do you recall when a big spring-summer event was the annual Pilgrimage of the Cape Girardeau garden clubs, and when local residents opened their homes and gardens for a tour? These were so popular that residents waited anxiously each year for the announcement of places to be visited. These tours went by the wayside, but four years ago the Lutheran Family and Children's Services revived the visits, and on Sunday, June 30, will hold their tour from 1 to 5 p.m...
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AREA STUDENTS EARN VALEDICTORIAN SALUTATORIAN HONORS
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Cape Central Derek Chong is valedictorian and Daniel Hilty is salutatorian of Cape Girardeau Central High School's class of 1991. Chong's high school activities include executive board of Student Council, secretary/treasurer of National Honor Society, varsity tennis, Letterman's club and Senior Beta Club...
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ATTEND SEMINAR
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Ed and Sharon Meadows of Broadway Medical Equipment, 724 Broadway in Cape Girardeau, recently attended the National Association of Medical Equipment Supplies (NAMES) 1991 spring convention at San Francisco, Calif. While in San Francisco, Sharon Meadows, a fitter for the local firm, attended a training seminar on breast prosthesis, sponsored by SPENCO Medical Corporation, manufacturers of the prosthesis...
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NEW DESK EDITOR
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Jill Harte recently assumed the position of desk editor at the Tyler (Tex.) Courier-Times, an afternoon newspaper of about 50,000 circulation. Harte, an honor graduate at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, also does occasional special assignment reporting for the paper...
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NEW NEAMES IN FIREWORKS PATRIOT, SCUDBLASTER COULD BOLSTER SALES
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
The Patriot Missile, the Stealth Rocket, Scudbuster Rockets, the Scudblaster. These are familiar names from Operation Desert Storm, but they're new on the list of fireworks which are now available in the area. "Several fireworks items have been named in honor of the operations in the Persian Gulf," said E. C. Younghouse of Younghouse Distribution Co., Inc., Interstate 55 and Highway 74. "We feel some of the new items will be big sellers between now and July 4."...
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RESTAURANT OFFERS VARIETY OF SERVICES
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Business people and over-the-road drivers can now have a meal and call the office simultaneously at a new local restaurant. Twelve tables at the new Milestone 101 restaurant are equipped with telephones. The restaurant, located in the new Rhodes Travel Center across Interstate 55 from the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport, opened earlier this month...
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JOINS KBSI-TV
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Beth Engram has been named Southern Illinois Regional Sales Manager for KBSI Fox 23. Steven Engles, president and general manager of the Cape Girardeau television station, announced Engram's appointment recently. Engram has lived in Southern Illinois 22 years and has sales experience for television stations in Cape Girardeau and Mt. Vernon, Ill...
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ATTENDS SEMINAR
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Dr. Michael C. Wulfers of Cape Girardeau recently attended the Pediatric Update Conference in Columbia. The conference was sponsored by the department of Child Health of the University of Missouri. Topics during the two-day diagnosis and treatment of cough and pediatric asthma, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), pediatric orthopedics, and pediatric infectious diseases...
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COMPLETES STUDY
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Dr. Robert Kessinger, a chiropractor at Cape Chiropractic Life Center, 1434 Kurre Lane, Cape Girardeau, attended post graduate studies in Spartanburg, S.C., recently. The upper cervical specific technique classes were held at the Kale Chiropractic Hospital and Research Center...
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TG PROMOTION
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
PERRYVILLE -- Randy Taylor has been named assistant foreman of the TG (U.S.A.) Corporation's molding department. Taylor, one of the original production employees hired by TG in February of 1987, started with the company in the steering wheel department as a painter, and was named to team leader six months later...
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SALES HONOR
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Ken Campbell of Cape Girardeau, agent for the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies the past 12 years, has been honored for outstanding sales achievement during 1990. Campbell will attend the four-day "Topper Club" convention to be held next month at Chicago, where top Farmers agents will have an opportunity to discuss local and national trends affecting the insurance business...
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EMPLOYEE HONORS
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
A. Clay Ancell, deputy director, programs production and operations of the Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Centers, has been honored as outstanding federal employee in the "manager/executive" category by the St. Louis Federal Executive Board. Ancell was cited for being directly responsible for the Aerospace Center's massive mapping, charting, and digital data support to Operation Desert Storm...
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OLMSTED BANK GETS `A' RATING
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
OLMSTEAD -- The First State Bank of Olmstead is one of six banks in Illinois to rank in the 99 percentile by a Texas company. The bank received an A+ rating in the process, which only the top 10 percent of the 1,087 banks in the state attain. Sheshunoff and Company of Austin, Texas, made the selection, using financial information from state and federal banking regulators. ...
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TO NEW OFFICE
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Ken Callis, a licensed psychologist, is moving his office to a new location. The new office will open July 1 at 2858 Professional Court, just off Independence. "The new office will offer better parking and more space," said a spokesperson of the office...
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IN NEW POSITION
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Wayne Wilson, a long-time member of a the Craftsman Office Supply Company staff in Cape Girardeau, has been appointed director of physical stores. Wilson, who joined Craftsman in 1984, has worked in areas of systems furniture installation and receiving. His newest responsibilities include inventory control and supervision of physical operations of the downtown Cape Girardeau store...
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JOINS CAPE FIRM
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Gina Dillon, a sales representative with Johnson Communications, 1213 N. Kingshighway, has earned a bachelor's degree in public relations from Southeast Missouri State University. She handles sales of cellular phone systems, answering services and pagers...
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COMPLETES COURSE
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Nick Greer, a field technician at Square One Electronics, Inc., 1749 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau, recently completed Scientific Atlanta's course for video and data distribution. The course, held at St. Louis, is designed to provide technicians with hands-on and formal training. Participants learned how to install, splice, and connect fiber optic on coaxial distribution systems...
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JOINS KFVS-12
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Fred Pennington of Cape Girardeau has joined the staff of KFVS-12 television as a news photographer, according to news director Mike Beecher. Pennington will graduate in August with a bachelor of science in mass communications. He was formerly assistant director of the Cape Girardeau Civic Center and residential supervisor for the Gibson Recovery Center...
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EDUCATION HONOR
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
John E. Carpenter, vice president of Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau, has received a plaque for his completion of voluntary continuing education from the Missouri Institute of Funeral Professionals. Carpenter received the plaque from Jim Pittman, president of the Missouri Funeral Directors Association, during a meeting of the group at Springfield last week...
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OPENS NEW CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Former Cape Girardeau resident Gary Arnold has returned to the city and started a construction contracting business. He is building two homes in Northfield Subdivision now. After leaving Cape Girardeau, Arnold was involved in construction in Dallas, then Memphis. He built homes and did interior finishing for two years in Dallas. In 1988 he built a commercial strip center in Memphis that housed retail and entertainment businesses. He has been involved in residential construction since then...
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REAL ESTATE UPDATE
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Birdie Rader of Cape Girardeau has received several awards for outstanding real estate sales during the first quarter of 1991. Rader, of Century 21 Key Realty, received recognition in four categories. Top Closed Units, second runner-up. Top Gross Closed Commissions...
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MDA TRUSTEE
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
Dr. Robert Fox, a Cape Girardeau dentist, has been elected to a three-year term as trustee of the Missouri Dental Association. Fox, who represents the Southeast Missouri Dental Society, joins seversl other trustees on the MDA Board, the body responsible for governing the statewide dental association...
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SERVICE OFFERS PAINTING, AND HOME REMODELING
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
John Bowman has been involved in the home-building industry about 11 years, but for the past six years, he been more into the home improvement business. "I started in the industry building houses in the St. Louis area," said Bowman. "After about five years, I got involved in remodeling and improving existing homes, and after a few years of working with other contractors, I started on my own."...
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SALVATION ARMY LOANS FANS TO NEEDY IN AREA
(Local News ~ 06/23/91)
The Salvation Army's Loan-A-Fan program began last week to help people in need keep cool. Jackie Thieke, a case worker for the Salvation Army, said 26 fans were given away in the first three days. Thieke said that individuals eligible for a fan are senior citizens 60 years old or higher, families with children under five years of age or handicap individuals...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/23/91)
Aileen Lorberg of "Lend Me Your Ear" feels duty-bound to correct her well-intentioned corrector regarding the verb stink. The principal parts are no longer confined to stink, stank, stunk. Recent dictionaries, including The American Heritage, Second College Edition, and Webster's Ninth New Collegiate give the past tense as either stank or stunk, with stank preferred. ...
Stories from Sunday, June 23, 1991
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