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BASIE ORCHESTRA AT CARBONDALE
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The Count Basie Orchestra takes the stage at Shryock Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Feb. 10 to kick off the spring Celebrity Series. Tickets are $14 and $16 for reserved seating and may be ordered by calling 453-2787. They can be charged with Visa, MasterCard or Discover...
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UNIVERSITY FACULTY TO PRESENT `THE LIGHTER SIDE OF AMORE'
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
Everyone is invited to celebrate love with the faculty and friends of Southeast Missouri State University at 8 p.m. Feb. 13 at Academic Auditorium. "The Lighter Side of Amore" is a potpourri of song, poetry and comedy contemplating the humorous side of love. The event is being presented by the music department at Southeast...
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SING IT, WILLIE
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
William Louis Bollinger was 9 and shy when his music teacher, Mr. Collins, convinced him to sing a duet with a sweet-voiced girl in front of the entire John S. Cobb School. "I was scared to death," he recalls. Now 58, it's been a long time since Willie Bollinger was shy about singing in front of people...
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INTERMODAL TRANSPORATION A KEY TO PROGRESS
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
Ask someone to define intermodal transportation and you'll probably get as many answers as people you ask. Despite this obscurity, intermodal transportation plays an important role in our everyday life and economy. When you purchase an appliance, a TV, VCR or new car in Cape Girardeau, it was most likely shipped here by intermodal transportation. In the grocery store, most of the fresh, out-of-season produce comes to Cape Girardeau via intermodal transportation...
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COUNCIL OKs PACT FOR INDUSTRIAL RECRUITMENT
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
The Cape Girardeau City Council took only 14 minutes to dispatch with the evening's business at Wednesday's meeting. However, the council had sufficient time to approve a contract with the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association for services to solicit business, industry and commerce for the area. It also appropriated the city's $50,000 annual fee for the services...
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CAPE COD FIRE CHIEF NAMED TO CAPE GIRARDEAU POST
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
Robert Ridgeway, a 30-year veteran firefighter and fire chief of the Mashpee Fire Department in Mashpee, Mass., was hired Wednesday as Cape Girardeau's new fire chief. Ridgeway, 49, will move from the Cape Cod area of New England to the nation's only inland "cape" and begin work here March 1...
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EX-RESIDENT OF JACKSON DIES IN TRAIN
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
AURORA, Ill. - A former Jackson railroad employee was killed early Wednesday morning when the freight train in which he was riding collided head on with another train on the east side of this community. The Kane County coroner's office identified the victim as Camille Chappius, 29, of Quincy, Ill. The accident occurred at 12:58 a.m., Wednesday...
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MISSOURI LAWMAKERS PRAISE ADDRESS
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson said Wednesday's inauguration was "an uplifting ceremony," while Missouri Sen. John Danforth maintained the orderly transfer of power in this nation is "inspiring." The two Republicans made the comments Wednesday afternoon in response to ceremonies making Democrat Bill Clinton the 42nd president of the United States...
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E-911 PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
JACKSON - An enhanced 911 emergency telephone service for Cape Girardeau County is on schedule for its implementation target date of Nov. 1, members of a committee named to oversee the process reported this week. The county commission agreed with the committee's request to seek bids for the technical components needed to put the system in place...
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HOSPITAL'S NEW STRESS UNIT IS DISCUSSED
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
Note: Event is Monday Dr. Gerrell Driver, psychologist with the Southeast Missouri Hospital stress unit, will discuss the new unit at the monthly meeting Monday of the Depressive and Manic Depressive Association of Southeast Missouri. The meeting will be in conference room B of St. Francis Medical Center at 7 p.m. Anyone may attend...
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ASSESSOR SETS UP ASSISTANCE OFFICES
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
BENTON -- Scott County Assessor Gerald Inman's office will offer temporary offices to help property owners complete 1993 assessment lists and to answer questions about the lists. The offices will be at Sikeston City Hall Monday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and at the Heritage House in Sikeston Monday from 9 a.m.-noon; at Chaffee City Hall Feb. 1 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; and at Scott City City Hall Feb. 1 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m...
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LEAD AND COPPER LEVELS MEET EPA STANDARDS: DRINKING WATER PASSES TEST IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
Recently analyzed water samples taken from 60 Cape Girardeau homes revealed lead and copper levels well below federal regulatory restrictions. That means more to the city than simply clean water. It also means Mid-Missouri Engineers Inc., which operates the Cape Girardeau water system, won't have to comply with a multitude of testing and mitigation measures to remove lead and copper from the water...
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CORA M. LOONEY
(Obituary ~ 01/21/93)
Cora Mae Looney, 89, of 927 South Ellis, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1993 at the Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. She was born Dec. 29, 1903, in Alto Pass, Ill., to Wesley and Mary Elen Walker Underwood. She was married to Harry O. Looney on March 22, 1925, in Caruthersville...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/21/93)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. David Harline, 1917 Longview, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:12 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, 1992. Name, Eric David. Weight, 8 pounds 14 ounces. Fourth child, first son. Mrs. Harline is the former Kathy Sargent, daughter of Dr. John and Edna Sargent of Sikeston. She is a registered nurse at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Harline is vice president at AmeriFirst Bank in Cape Girardeau, and is the son of Lloyd and Kay Harline of Orem, Utah...
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WALLACE GRIMAUD
(Obituary ~ 01/21/93)
PERRYVILLE -- Wallace Grimaud, 85, of Perryville died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1992, at the Perry County Nursing Home in Perryville. He was born July 23, 1907, at Crosstown, the son of James and Cecelia Niehaus Grimaud. On Aug. 11, 1928, he married Ruth Dietrich, who survives of Perryville...
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HANNAH HOBBS-SHEEHAN
(Obituary ~ 01/21/93)
Private graveside service for Hannah Rachel Camille Hobbs-Sheehan was held Tuesday at Memorial Park with the Rev. Rick Price officiating. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home at Jackson was in charge of arrangements. The infant, 17 days old, died Thursday, Jan. 14, 1993, at St. Louis Children's Hospital...
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LOYD SLINKARD
(Obituary ~ 01/21/93)
Loyd Slinkard, 68, 1117 N. Fountain, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Nov. 22, 1924, at Burfordville, son of Leo and Emma Ervin Slinkard. He and Benita "Peggy" Benton were married Jan. 4, 1947, in Wickliffe, Ky...
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VIOLA A. GODWIN
(Obituary ~ 01/21/93)
Viola A. Godwin, 82, 1628 Perryville Road, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 29, 1910, in Bollinger County, daughter of Grover C. and Rhoda James Crites. She and John Woodrow Godwin were married April 12, 1929, at Jackson...
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AREA LEGISLATOR WILL HELP DRAFT NEW FORMULA
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
A circuit court ruling last week that Missouri's school foundation formula is unconstitutional will increase the incentive members of a joint legislative Education Finance Task Force have to come up with an acceptable new formula. State Rep. Marilyn Williams, D-Dudley, is one of seven House members serving on the 14-member committee and the only legislator from Southeast Missouri...
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STORE'S FOOD DRIVE WILL HELP FEED SHELTER ANIMALS
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
A new drive is under way to feed the homeless dogs and cats, that is. Cats and dogs at the local animal shelter will benefit from the drive, which began Tuesday. Patterned after one held over the Christmas season, the Schnucks store at 19 S. Kingshighway is serving as a collection point for dog and cat food, and cat litter...
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NEW HOSPICE PROGRAM TO HOLD TRAINING SESSIONS THIS MONTH
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
A training program for hospice program volunteers will be held Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and repeated Jan. 30 at the same times in conference room A of St. Francis Medical Center. The training is for a new hospice program sponsored by the Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri and the medical center. The program will provide home care to the terminally ill and support for their families...
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CARNAHAN BEGINS WORK AS NEW GOVERNOR
(Column ~ 01/21/93)
A couple of days following his inauguration, a new Missouri governor is required to stand in front of a joint session of the General Assembly and deliver what in recent years has been called the "State of the State" address. Simply put, the speech is designed to inform legislators of the needs of Missourians, as if they needed reminding, and outline the new chief executive's plans and programs~ as if they needed to be repeated after months and months of political campaigns...
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REBIRTH OF DOWNTOWN PAYS OFF FOR ENTIRE CITY
(Editorial ~ 01/21/93)
A decade ago, Cape Girardeau's downtown was faltering. Plagued by empty store fronts, the merchants devised a plan to revitalize Cape Girardeau's historic business district. In 1984, the Cape Girardeau City Council approved the final redevelopment plan, and this extraordinary undertaking began in earnest. Downtown merchants can feel proud of their accomplishments. The transformation has been remarkable, and redevelopment efforts are continuing...
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INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION BRINGS PRESS TO ROMANIA
(Local News ~ 01/21/93)
An example of intermodal transportation at work is now under way at the Southeast Missourian. A web press formerly used by the paper is being dismantled for shipment to a newspaper in Romania. After the press is dismantled, it will be placed in three container vans...
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