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SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS EARN SPOT ON CENTRA HIGH B HONOR ROLL
(Honor Roll ~ 05/13/92)
Eleventh Grade - Timothy Arbeiter, Angela Askew, Traci Baker, Charlotte Balsmo, Eric Bergmann, Sandra Bounds, Micheal Brown, Jennifer Carlton, Heather Case, Sherry Choi, Marla Daume, Sarah Deimund, Christopher Dry, Vicki Eller, Mendi Ferguson, Anna Fornkahl, Shannon Fornkohl, Tim Gifford, Sarah Hermann, Tina Hobbs, Jessica Hogan, Scott Hopper, Kristine Jackson, Mathew Jackson, Tarina Kang, Su-Jin Kim, Cheryl Kluesner, Laura Krone, Lemona Leigh, Heath Lucas, Jason Metheny, Joseph Niswonger, Andrena Pearson, Angela Perry, Joanna Popp, Chad Reimann, Panela Reynolds, Becky Rigdon, Amy Scheer, Ginger Schwab, Lisa Shaw, Jennifer Thompson, Eric Vogt, Jennifer Ward, Danielle Welker, Kathryn Welsh, John Wondel, William Woods. ...
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OFFENDERS PAY BACK TO COMMUNITY BETTERMENT
(Editorial ~ 05/13/92)
Crime doesn't pay. But court-ordered community service is allowing those convicted of misdemeanors to turn their misdeeds into community betterment. And that makes everyone a winner. Locally, the program is coordinated by a not-for-profit business, founded last July to place and keep track of offenders. Community Service Management is aided by faculty and student volunteers from the criminal justice department at Southeast Missouri State University...
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BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE OPEN TEMPORARILY
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
Cape Girardeau motorists may have two more weeks to use the Bloomfield Road bridge that crosses Cape LaCroix Creek, a block south of Kingshighway. The bridge will remain open until about June 1, said Ken Eftink, Cape Girardeau planning coordinator. "At that time, it will be closed for about four months to permit construction of a new bridge...
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PROGRAM ADDRESSES FIGHTS ABOUT MONEY
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
The Community Counseling Center is offering a presentation tonight which will explore the complexities of issues and feelings expressed in "money fights" among couples. Therapist Claire Lafoon will present the program, "Let's Talk, Not Fight About Money," from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Harris Room of the Community Counseling Center. The program is free...
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ORAN STUDENTS EARN STATE RECOGNITION FOR THE FBLA
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
ORAN - Five Oran High School students earned state awards during the 33rd annual Missouri FBLA State Leadership Conference held in Jefferson City last month. Several students from the Oran chapter of the FBLA were among the 1,700 FBLA students and advisers who attended...
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LEND ME YOUR EAR: THOSE NIGGLING LITTLE POINTS OF LIGHT
(Column ~ 05/13/92)
First, let me repeat that firstly, secondly, and thirdly are not condoned by careful writers, and this holds true whatever the length of the list. Policy makers seem not to know this. Usually, if doubt exists, it's safe to cut the final ly off modifiers. President Bush finally got the message about "more importantly", and practiced "more important" throughout a recent TV appearance. This should have earned him at least 10 points of light with the linguistic community...
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SEMO CONSIDERS ALUMNI DUES; PLAN CALLS FOR SERVICES TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
Plans are under way to implement annual membership dues to help fund alumni services at Southeast Missouri State University, with a view toward eventually making the operation self-supporting. "We are moving that way and going to a dues-paying association," Jane Stacy, alumni services director said Tuesday...
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CHAMBER'S ONE-DAY MEMBERSHIP BLITZ SURPASSES GOAL
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce membership is over the 1,100 mark following a one-day recruitment blitz Tuesday that resulted in at least 64 new members. "Our goal for the annual one-day membership drive was 60," said Linda Minner, administrative assistant for the chamber. "The initial count Tuesday evening shows us with 64 new, paid memberships, which puts our membership at 1,107."...
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STUDIES URGED: SOUTHEAST PANEL PROPOSES 19 AREAS BE REVIEWED
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
Southeast Missouri State University's Budget Review Committee has called for further study of university operations in 19 specific areas. The recommendation is included in the budget package submitted by the committee to University President Kala Stroup...
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SCHOOL TAX HIKE DISCUSSED
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Education Tuesday night discussed the possibility of resubmitting a 35-cent operating tax levy proposal that was defeated by voters last month. "Obviously, the need for more money to operate this school district is no less today than it was back in April," said school Superintendent Wayne Maupin in addressing the possibility of resubmitting the tax levy in August...
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RITTERS WILL BE ON `ASK YOUR DOCTOR'
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
Drs. Ray A. Ritter and Ray A. Ritter Sr. will be guest speakers discussing orthopedics in Cape Girardeau on Thursday's `Ask Your Doctor' program. The show airs at 8 p.m. on cable channel 13. The program is sponsored jointly by St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital, in conjunction with the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society and Channel 13...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
GEORGE FORD Occupation: Custodian Pet Peeve: "When people take cans and bottles ot the park and fail to dispose of them or take them home." What do you do in your spare time? "Garden work, especially flowers." I've always looked up to. Why? "My wife. She is the best person I've ever met...
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LEADERS OF SOUTHEAST HOSPITAL'S CAPITAL CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
Key leaders for a $1.7 million capital campaign at Southeast Missouri Hospital have been announced by the Southeast Missouri Hospital Foundation. Honorary chairmen are Cape Girardeau attorney Rush H. Limbaugh and Martin Hecht of Hecht's Stores. Serving as general campaign chairmen are Board of Trustees President Charles Hutson and Foundation Board President Walter Joe Ford...
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MARBLE HILL AUDIT DRIVE IS SUCCESSFUL
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
MARBLE HILL -- A petition asking the state auditor to investigate spending by the city of Marble Hill has been successful in forcing the city to pay for a state audit, Marble Hill Administrative Assistant David Jackson said Tuesday. City officials twice have tried to invalidate the petition by asking people who had signed it to remove their names. In both cases, enough signatures were declared invalid that those behind the petition had to go out and solicit more...
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ROBERT C. NORMAN
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
DIEHLSTADT -- Robert C. Norman, 76, of Diehlstadt, died Saturday at the Springfield Residential Center. He was born Sept. 8, 1915 in Clinton, Ky., to the late Wilburn Walter and Ann Embry Hilliard Norman. Had lived in Springfield most of his life, where he was a partner in Norman Pack Candies until he retired in 72. He was an Army veteran of World War II...
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JESSE R. ESTES JR.
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
JACKSON -- Jesse Robert Estes Jr., 68, of Jackson, died Tuesday, May 12, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born March 11, 1924, at Portageville, son of Jesse and Ollie Seabaugh Estes. Estes was a farmer, and served in the U.S. Army in 1946-47. He was a member of West Side Church of Christ and Altenthal-Joerns American Legion Post 158 at Jackson, and DAV Chapter 16 in Cape Girardeau...
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MILDRED ELLEN JACKSON
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
ULLIN, Ill. - Ullin, Ill. resident Mildred Ellen Jackson, 70, died Tuesday, May 12, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 30, 1921 in Ballard County, Ky. to Gill and Eunice Magnus Holder. She married Herbert "Red" Jackson, who died Dec. 25, 1987...
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ARTHUR DIRNBERGER
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
ORAN -- Arthur George Dirnberger, 78, of Oran, died Monday, May 11, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Oran on May 21, 1913, son of Frank and Ida Scherer Dirnberger. He married Evelyn Sietmann on Feb. 3, 1937. She survives of the home...
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MINNIE E. DUNN
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Minnie E. Dunn of Marble Hill will be held at 1 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Fred Shrum will officiate, with burial in Baker Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until service time...
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LILLIAN M. SCUDDER
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
SIKESTON -- Lillian M. Scudder, 67, formerly of Blodgett, died Tuesday, May 12, 1992 at her home in Sikeston of natural causes. She was born Oct. 11, 1923 in Blodgett, daughter of Rowlett and Lillie May Rucker Reynolds. She attended Blodgett Baptist Church, and was employed at Graber's Department Store in Sikeston. She also managed the Regal 8 Hotel in Sikeston...
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DOROTHY FLEEK
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
GORDONVILLE -- Dorothy Fleek, 73, of St. Charles, died Monday, May 11, 1992, in a St. Charles hospital. She was born Nov. 12, 1918, at Gordonville, daughter of Joseph and Mable Newburn Ulrich. She had been in the craft business. Survivors include a son, Glenn Fleek of St. Peters; three sisters, Marjorie Medlin of St. Charles, Elsie Eggimann and Bernice Quade of Gordonville; two brothers, Harry Ulrich of St. Ann, Melvin Ulrich of Scott City, and two grandchildren...
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NORMAN J. MURRAY
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
Norman James Metcalfe Murray, 80, of Cambridge, Md., died Monday, May 11, 1992, at his home. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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L. CLARK THORNBERRY
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for L. Clark Thornberry of Scott City will be held at 11 a.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. William Dickey will officiate, with burial in Lightner Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until time of service...
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AFTON M. GARROTT
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
ANNA, Ill. -- Afton M. Garrott, 77, of Anna, died Tuesday, May 12, 1992, at Union County Hospital. She was born June 16, 1914, in Balcom, daughter of Homer and Fanny Viola Davis Garrott. Garrott was retired as office manager at Anna Quarries Inc. She was a member of Big Creek Baptist Church, and Daniel Chapman Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution...
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REV. HERBERT F. VANDENBERG
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
PERRYVILLE -- The Rev. Herbert F. Vandenberg, 82, of Perryville, died Monday, May 11, 1992, at St. Mary's Seminary. He was born Sept. 9, 1909, at Racine, Wis., son of Theodore and Martha Bleidorn Vandenberg. Vandenberg was ordained June 15, 1935, at St. Mary's. From 1935-49 he served in China, and then in Dallas, Texas; Chicago, Los Angeles, San Antonio, Texas, and 20 years in Taiwan. He retired in 1980 and came to the seminary here...
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WILBERT NAGEL
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
JACKSON -- Wilbert "Bill" Nagel, 75, of Jackson, died Tuesday, May 12, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born April 6, 1917, at Jackson, son of Paul and Ida Koechig Nagel. He and the former Virginia Mason were married March 15, 1942, at Benton...
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LUCILLE SITZES
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
Lucille Sitzes, 76, 1923 Belleridge Pike, died Tuesday, May 12, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born June 20, 1915, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Julius and Reva Seabaugh Bollinger. She married Zenas W. Sitzes Feb. 8, 1939, in Cape Girardeau...
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VIRGINIA E. SPERLING
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
WEBSTER GROVES -- Virginia E. Sperling, 83, of Webster Groves and formerly of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 11, 1992, at Mari de Ville Retirement Home in Town and Country. She was born Dec. 17, 1908, at Cape Girardeau, the daughter of John and Ermine Hazelwood Schuler. She was married to Elmer John Sperling, who survives of Webster Groves...
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CAROLYN SHELL
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
ZALMA -- Carolyn Shell, 48, of Zalma, died Sunday, May 10, 1992, at St. Louis University Medical Center. She was born Oct. 27, 1943, at Puxico, daughter of Charles and Clara Peters Hopkins. On March 1, 1967, she married Frederick Shell. Survivors include her husband; three brothers, Ray Hopkins of St. ...
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EDNA L. BAILEY
(Obituary ~ 05/13/92)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Edna Lillian Bailey of East Prairie will be held at 1 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. James Bolden will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park. Bailey, 72, died Monday, May 11, 1992, at her home, following an extended illness...
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CITY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN EXPENSES DOWN
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
Thanks to a small field of candidates, which precluded a primary election, Cape Girardeau City Council candidates this year spent considerably less on their campaigns than in the last city election. Melvin Gateley was the top vote-getter in the April 7 election, and he also spent the most. Gateley spent $1,575, barely exceeding the $1,555 spent by Melvin Kasten also in a successful bid for the council...
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STUDENT ORCHESTRAS WILL PERFORM HERE TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 05/13/92)
The Cape Girardeau Central High and Junior High School string orchestras will perform Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Central High School auditorium. The performance is open to the public. The high school orchestra will perform "Allegro from the Water Music," by G.S. Handel, featuring soloists Mala Ahuja, Casi Krauss and Robin Waldo...
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BLUE ANGELS COMPLEMENT LONG AVIATION ACHIEVEMENTS OF AREA
(Column ~ 05/13/92)
Last weekend will be remembered as when Cape Girardeau hosted the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and a group of balloonists from throughout the country in Aviation Days '92, during the observance of our bicentennial year, 1992-93. Joining in the entertainment was the Cape Girardeau Parachute Club, whose members made jumps that thrilled the spectators. ...
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