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BOARD SHOULD RETHINK WASHINGTON PRINCIPAL
(Editorial ~ 04/01/92)
Dwindling finances have forced the Cape Girardeau Board of Education to make some tough choices. On March 9, the board unanimously voted to cut $1.2 million from its budget. It's no surprise the reductions have stirred some repercussions in the community. Good programs and people should inspire strong loyalties among parents, teachers and staff. Most of the cutbacks seem reasonable, if not necessary, for the district to remain fiscally responsible...
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A DAY TO CELEBRATE OUR FOOLS IS REALLY WHAT AMERICA NEEDS
(Column ~ 04/01/92)
Today is April Fool's Day. No kidding. As holidays go, this is not much. It's like Columbus Day ... only without bank closures or historical controversy. No one speculates on the motivations of those whose actions inspire a day to commemorate fools...
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AREA HIGHWAY NEEDS TOPIC OF MEETING; LEADERS HOPE CONSENSUS CAN BE FORGED ON PROJECTS IN AREA
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
Area civic and government leaders hope to forge a consensus of area highway needs immediate and long range prior to a Missouri Highway and Transportation Department public meeting later this month. About 50 civic and governmental leaders from Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Scott City and Cape Girardeau County met Tuesday to discuss highway priorities for the area in light of passage of a 6-cent state gasoline tax...
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COUNCIL BID: EXPERIENCE IS ASSET, SAYS MELVIN KASTEN
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
Cape Girardeau City Council candidate Dr. Melvin Kasten says his experience in business and "medical politics" gives him the skills needed to govern the sound management of city resources. Kasten has been a Cape Girardeau surgeon since 1955, and has served on local, state and national medical boards and associations...
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TWO MORE FILE FOR SEAT HELD BY EMERSON
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
JEFFERSON CITY - U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, who is seeking a seventh term, drew one new challenger on Monday and two more on Tuesday. The Republican challenger is E. Earl Durnell, a farmer from Cabool. Shannon Russell, a farmer from Gideon, entered the 8th District race as a Democrat on Monday. Filing as Democrats Tuesday were Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney Jon A. Kiser of Piedmont and Dean Burk, a high school teacher in St. Louis who lives near De Soto...
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ASTRONAUT LINDA GODWIN CHOSEN FOR SHUTTLE FLIGHT
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
Astronaut Linda Godwin has been selected as the payload commander of a space shuttle flight scheduled in September 1993. Godwin, a Jackson High School graduate, was in Southeast Missouri this week to talk with students and participate in the Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair...
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ANNUAL AG EVENT HERE IS CANCELED
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
A New Trends in Agriculture extravaganza that was established in Cape Girardeau in 1988 has disbanded. The annual event, which had already been scheduled at the Show Me Center for July 14-15, was canceled recently when three of the sponsors announced their withdrawal from the event...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
ANN K. HAYES Occupation: News Bureau director, Southeast Missouri State University. The Best part of my job is: "Working with the local media and getting the opportunity to cultivate a variety of sources both on and off the campus." What do you do in your spare time: "Read newspapers, walk, and follow St. Louis Cardinal baseball."...
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FIVE PRIMARY RACES IN CAPE COUNTY
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
JACKSON - There will be five primary election contests in Cape Girardeau County in August - two involving county commission seats, two for coroner, and a race for treasurer. Two incumbents, Democratic Assessor Jerry Reynolds and Republican Sheriff Norman Copeland, escaped without opposition as filing for offices on the 1992 ballot closed Tuesday afternoon...
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PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR DINNER THEATER HERE
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
The owner of a dinner theater in Hannibal announced plans Tuesday to open a year-round similar operation in Cape Girardeau next year. Dick McHargue said he will open The Mark Twain Dinner Theater next April. He is the owner of the Molly Brown Dinner Theater in Hannibal, which has operated for six years...
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QUARRY CLOSES; ARCHDIOCESE EXAMINES PURCHASE, LEASE OPTIONS
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
SCOTT CITY -- A spokesman for the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis said Tuesday discussions have been going on for the possible sale or lease of its limestone rock quarry at Grays Point on the Mississippi River east of Scott City. The West Lake Quarry at Grays Point and another at Neelys Landing north of Cape Girardeau were closed without notice late last week. ...
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ABWA WILL GATHER
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
Members of City of Roses Charter Chapter of American Business Women's Association will be held Thursday at Drury Lodge. The social hour starts at 5:30 p.m. Carolyn Brune with Womancare at St. Francis Medical Center will present the program on "The Woman Who Wasn't Born Yesterday."...
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MISSISSIPPI RIVERBOAT GAMBLING INDUSTRY MARKS ANNIVERSARY
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
The roll of the dice and luck of the draw has proven a revenue boon for Iowa in its first year of Mississippi riverboat gambling and state officials said Tuesday they are confident increased competition from Illinois and other states will not have a significant impact...
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GUARDIAN ANGEL SCHOOL WILL HOLD SPRING DINNER
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
ORAN -- The annual spring dinner at the Guardian Angel School in Oran will be held Sunday at the Oran Knights of Columbus Hall from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The menu includes chicken & dumplings, fried chicken, beef & gravy, ham and all the trimmings. The price is $5 for adults, $2.50 for children, with kids under 6 free...
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ELECTION DAY IS EARLY FOR MANY LEGISLATORS
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
JEFFERSON CITY - For members of the Missouri General Assembly Tuesday was a busy day, with sessions scheduled in both houses and a full slate of committee hearings and meetings. But many members found it hard to keep their full attention on legislative duties. Tuesday was the last day candidates could file for offices on the 1992 ballot in Missouri, and members of the House and Senate and their secretaries were alert for reports on new filings...
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NAMES WERE OMMITTED FROM SPEECH AND DEBATE LIST
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
Jennifer Bertrand of Scott City High School and Carrie Peterman of Cape Girardeau Central High School have qualified for state competition in speech and debate. Bertrand placed second in poetry reading and Peterman placed third in original oratory at the district speech contest held at Southeast Missouri State University...
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PEROT BACKER EXPECTS AMPLE SIGNATURES
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
The 8th congressional district coordinator of an effort to place the name of Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot on the presidential ballot says he doesn't anticipate any difficulty garnering sufficient signatures in this area. "I've been calling around to the different counties and I'm finding pockets of support everywhere," said Mike Ponder, a Cape Girardeau attorney. "It's been incredible. The groundswell of support has just been phenomenal."...
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JACKIE LEE MCCAIN
(Obituary ~ 04/01/92)
JACKSON -- Jackie Lee McCain, 45, died at the John Cochran Veterans Administration Hospital in St. Louis Monday, March 30, 1992. McCain, of Pevely, was born Aug. 15, 1946 at Cape Girardeau, son of Jackie Earnest McCain and Dorothy Mae Stanley McCain...
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ROSALIE DOOLEY
(Obituary ~ 04/01/92)
BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Rosalie Dooley of Bloomfield will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Assembly of God Church here. The Rev. Dallas Reagan will officiate, with burial in Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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GENEVA J. WILSON
(Obituary ~ 04/01/92)
Graveside service for Geneva Jane Wilson of Cape Girardeau was held Tuesday at Memorial Park, with Hal Greene officiating. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Wilson, 85, died Monday, March 30, 1992, at Fountainbleau Lodge...
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ANNE B. RUTLEDGE
(Obituary ~ 04/01/92)
PERRYVILLE - Perryville resident Anne B. Rutledge, 78, died Tuesday, March 31, 1992 at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was born Dec. 6, 1913 in Campbell to the late George E. and Lucy J. Schupvach Rutledge. A brother, Richard Rutledge of Cayuga, N.Y., survives. Also surviving is a brother-in-law, Herbert Smith of Salem, and several nieces and nephews...
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OPEN HOUSE SET SUNDAY IN SCOTT CITY
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Historic Preservation Commission is sponsoring a pictorial history of Scott City and the former towns of Ancell, Fornfelt and Illmo, which will be on display Sunday in the City Hall council chambers. An open house will be held from 2-4 p.m...
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`WOMEN IN MEDICINE' WILL BE SUBJECT OF SHOW
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
Dr. Sarah A. Aydt and Dr. Nancy Weber will discuss "Women in Medicine" on this week's "Ask Your Doctor" program. The show airs Thursday at 8 p.m. on cable channel 13. "Ask Your Doctor" features local doctors answering questions from viewers who call in...
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SEMO HUMANITIES GRANT WILL HELP FUND FOREIGN-ISSUES STUDY
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
The Missouri Humanities Council has awarded Southeast Missouri State University a $2,544 grant to support the "Great Decisions in the Missouri Bootheel" program. The program provides for study and discussion of U.S. foreign policy issues. Participants will meet weekly in groups in Cape Girardeau, Malden and Caruthersville...
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INTERACTIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE AT SEMO
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
The department of social work at Southeast Missouri State University is sponsoring "Psychopharmacology: An Interactive Video Conference" Thursday on the Southeast campus. The event will be held from 11:15 a.m.-2:45 p.m. in Crisp Hall's Dempster Auditorium...
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CLICHES THEY SERVE AS FAST FOOD OF THE LANGUAGES
(Column ~ 04/01/92)
Most of the buzz words and buzz phrases we hear and read about today could wind up as cliches tomorrow, granted they prove useful and fall trippingly on the tongue. This being a major election year, the air is buzzing with "electability," a pleasant-sounding term with frightening undertones. ...
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BRIDGE TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD ON APRIL 10-12
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
The annual Showers of Silver Spring Sectional Tournament hosted by the Sikeston and Cape Girardeau duplicate bridge clubs will be held April 10-12. The tournament will be held at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Cape Girardeau with events scheduled for 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Friday, 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. on Sunday (Swiss teams)...
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JACKSON KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT IS FRIDAY
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
JACKSON - The Jackson School District will conduct kindergarten and first-grade enrollment for the 1992-93 school year on Friday, said Joe Crain, director of elementary education. Enrollment will be from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Primary Annex Building on Jefferson Street behind the district's administrative office building at Jefferson and Oklahoma...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: TEACHER STRESSES NEED TO GIVE KIDS SPECIAL ATTENTION
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
Sue Ann Smith believes that children need more individual attention now than ever before. "The world is much more complex today," Smith said, "and is moving at a faster pace. "The attention that a student receives at school may make a lifelong impression...
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AREA FARMERS WINNERS IN CORN YIELD CONTEST
(Local News ~ 04/01/92)
Mike and Nancy Reiminger are looking foward to the 1992 corn-growing season. "We'll be among the hundreds of entries in the corn yield contest again in 1992," said Mrs. Reiminger, who finished third in the yield competition last year. "We've had a high finish the past two years, and will be trying for an even higher finish this year."...
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IT'S NO APRIL FOOLS': TODAY MARKS BIRTHDAY OF LOUIS HOUCK
(Column ~ 04/01/92)
The calendar year has many holidays. Some are vacation days, and some are days to be enjoyed but are work days. April Fools' Day is such a day. Today is April Fools' Day, but more important to Southeast Missourians, it is Louis Houck's birthday. Houck was born in Belleville, Ill., April 1, 1840, and this would be the 152nd anniversary of his birth...
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