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LINDSEY H. NOLLEY
(Obituary ~ 07/09/93)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Lindsey H. Nolley of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Richard Britt and Jerry Dudley will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. He was born Oct. 28, 1900, in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., son of L.M. and Frances White Nolley. He and Loduska Bradley were married Sept. 8, 1929, in Lawrenceburg...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: ARTIST SAYS PAINTING NOT RACIALLY INSPIRED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/09/93)
To the Editor: I'm the guy who painted the sign for Hobo's restaurant. My wife and I visited Cape Girardeau a few weeks ago, and a friend of ours asked me to paint a sign for the restaurant she would soon be opening. I agreed to paint her sign. I painted a hobo. He was just a dark tanned man. There was no thought given to his race. He could have been of any race...
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CITY SERVES AN ACE WITH ITS RECREATION PROGRAMS
(Editorial ~ 07/09/93)
Cape Girardeau's summer recreation programs are as hot as the weather. More than 2,000 people are enrolled in the city's recreation classes and leagues, a testimony to the programs' success. In an era when citizens are looking more and more to their local governments to provide low-cost recreational activities for themselves and their children, Cape's Parks and Recreation Department is meeting the challenge...
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IDEA REVISITED: WHY I LIVE WHERE I LIVE
(Column ~ 07/09/93)
At one time, Esquire magazine ran a periodic feature called "Why I Live Where I Live" in which writers of note discussed their hometowns. Usually, the locale featured was of the variety of Key West or Martha's Vineyard or Montana, a place where writer's block finds its remedy in a walk along the seashore or amid the sprawling outdoors...
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FINS, FEATHERS, FURS
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
The Velo Girardeau Bicycle Club will conduct a 30-mile ride into flat rural Scott County roads Sunday. The PP Ride will start from the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport at 2 p.m. Kathleen O'Grady is ride leader. --- The Missouri Conservation Commission recently approved a budget totalling $106,544,453 for the fiscal year which started July 1, including $21,050,000 for capital improvements, and $85,494,453 for equipment, personnel and expenses...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: AMBULANCE SERVICE PLRESIDENT RESPONDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/09/93)
To the Editor: I read a comment from a caller to your Speak Out column in the June 29 edition of your paper which I feel warrants a response. The caller was expressing dismay at Cape County Private Ambulance Service, in regard to the recent responses of the Cape Fire Department to medical assistance calls...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/09/93)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Schaefer, 3621 Engram, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:27 a.m. Friday, July 2, 1993. Name, Laura Rose. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. Third daughter. Mrs. Schaefer is the former Kate Davies, daughter of Nancy Davies of Maryland Heights. She is a commercial artist at Concord Printing Services. Schaefer is an electronics technician at Shivelbine's, and is the son of Jean Schaefer of Cape Girardeau...
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HELEN CONRAD
(Obituary ~ 07/09/93)
Helen Conrad, 89, of Sherman, Texas, died Wednesday, July 7, 1993. She was born March 15, 1904, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Charles Byron and Dora Day Lamb. She and C.C. Conrad were married Aug. 17, 1926, in Cape Girardeau. He died Feb. 15, 1976...
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PAUL M. HADLEY
(Obituary ~ 07/09/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Paul McKinley Hadley, 51, of Scott City, died Wednesday, July 7, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 4, 1942, in Venice, Ill., son of Murphy Paul and Ann Pratt Hadley. He and Billie June Gibson were married Oct. 21, 1988...
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BEULAH I. SIMMONS
(Obituary ~ 07/09/93)
FROHNA -- Beulah I. Simmons, 81, of Frohna, died Thursday, July 8, 1993, at American Care Center in Perryville. She was born Aug. 15, 1911, in Alabama, daughter of Jefferson and Victoria Thorne McKinney. She and James T. Simmons were married Feb. 1, 1942. He died April 23, 1979...
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DONALD L. MITCHELL
(Obituary ~ 07/09/93)
PERRYVILLE -- Donald L. Mitchell, 38, of Perryville, died Thursday, July 8, 1993, at Perry County Hospital. He was born June 12, 1955, in St. Louis, son of John and Ruth Barnett Mitchell. He and Deborah Akridge were married June 29, 1972. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Angela and Debbie Mitchell of Perryville; his mother of Richland; two brothers, Johnny Mitchell of Lebanon, Mo., Joseph Mitchell of Valles Mines; four sisters, Patty Black of Richland, Ruth Hilton of Marshfield, Edith Collins of Fort Leonard Wood, and Mary Burgen of North Carolina.. ...
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WILL CUMMINS
(Obituary ~ 07/09/93)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Will Cummins, 83, of Collierville, Tenn., formerly of Cairo, died Wednesday, July 7, 1993, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. He was born Oct. 16, 1909, in Corning, Ark., son of Felix and Edna Oliver Cummins. Cummins was a retired engineer with Federal Barge Line, and member of American Legion. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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DORENE I. HENLEY
(Obituary ~ 07/09/93)
SIKESTON -- Dorene I. Henley, 77, of Sikeston, died Thursday, July 8, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Feb. 22, 1916, in Lonoke, Ark., daughter of Ross and Mary Clement Leigh. She and Robert "Gabe" Henley were married Dec. 29, 1939, at Charleston...
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JAMES C. MILLER
(Obituary ~ 07/09/93)
MILLERSVILLE -- James C. "Jack" Miller, 91, of College Station, Texas, died Tuesday, July 6, 1993, at his home. He was born Sept. 20, 1901, on a farm near Millersville. He first married Millicent Bate, who died in 1960. He and the former Dorothy Sherrill were married in 1961...
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JOAN F. DUNCAN
(Obituary ~ 07/09/93)
JACKSON -- Joan F. Duncan, 54, Jackson Route 1, died Thursday, July 8, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 10, 1938, in St. Louis, daughter of Roy and Betty Meehan Lefler. She and Jerome Duncan were married in 1958 in St. Louis...
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LULA MITCHELL
(Obituary ~ 07/09/93)
ANNA, Ill. -- Lula Mitchell, 86, of Anna, died Wednesday, July 7, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Oct. 1, 1906, in Elizabethtown, daughter of Walter and Elizabeth Tomes Hines. Survivors include a son, Harold Mitchell of Anna...
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DUKE WEIDEMANN
(Obituary ~ 07/09/93)
SIKESTON -- Evert Francis "Duke" Weidemann, 88, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, July 7, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Feb. 14, 1905, at Sikeston, son of William Otis and Myrtle Strange Weidemann. He first married Virginia Martin, who died July 17, 1980. He and Pauline L. Harris Smith were married July 2, 1984, at Sikeston...
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LEONA J. VANDOREN
(Obituary ~ 07/09/93)
PERRYVILLE -- Leona J. VanDoren, 68, of Perryville, died Thursday, July 8, 1993, at St. Louis University Medical Center. She was born Dec. 21, 1924, at Yount, daughter of Sylvan and Corinne Whistler Johnson. She and Charles V. VanDoren were married March 9, 1943...
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SUMMERTIME BLUES, GREENS & HIEROGLIPHICS; ART WORKSHOPS ATTRACT MORE THAN 200 AREA YOUTHS
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
Instead of cavorting poolside or chasing lazy fly balls, more than 200 area youths between the ages of 6 and 16 are expanding their creative talents this month through SEMO Council on the Arts summer workshops. Beverly Strohmeyer, director of the council, said classes will be held throughout the month covering drawing, painting and sculpture...
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SOME FIND IT HARD TO LEAVE NEIGHBORHOOD
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
Many people who left Smelterville migrated north to South Cape Girardeau streets that the river couldn't reach. Others said they were leaving for good only to land nearby years later. And a few Smelterville residents have kept their feet stuck firmly in the Mississippi mud...
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FLOODS DASHED SMELTERVILLE'S CHANCES FOR ANOTHER COMBACK
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
(Second in a two-part series) Twenty years ago, on the heels of a campaign to rid the city of substandard housing, the Mississippi River washed away much of what was left of Smelterville. The river reached an all-time high of 45.6 feet and remained in dwellings longer than in previous floods. ...
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FAMILY FIGHTS A LOSING BATTLE WITH WATER
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
After fighting the rising Mississippi River for more than a day, James and Donna Kendrick decided it was a losing battle. Thursday morning, with flood water visibly rising in their home on Highway 177 just north of Cape Girardeau, the couple decided to leave...
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RIVER PRIMED TO MAKE HISTORY; FORECAST CONTINUES BLEAK NEWS
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
The raging Mississippi River is heading for historic proportions. For the eighth time in the past two weeks, the National Weather Service upped its flood forecasts Thursday, a day after torrential rains in central Missouri. The latest forecasts for a crest at Cape Girardeau is a 47-foot reading Thursday. A 47-foot crest would be the highest recorded in almost 150 years of record-keeping. Records have been kept since 1844. The record is a 45.6-foot reading on May 1, 1973...
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NEW PROCEDURE WORRIES LOCAL AMBULANCE SERVICE
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
Officials of Cape County Private Ambulance Service Inc. say they are concerned about "procedural and process problems" in the way city dispatchers handle 911 calls for ambulance service in Cape Girardeau. Dr. John Russell, president of the ambulance service, and Michael R. ...
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COUNCIL MEMBERS PLAN TO `DISSENT' MINIMUM PROPERTY CODE
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
Cape Girardeau City Council members apparently will dissect a proposed minimum property maintenance code before considering passage of the measure. The code was recommended last month by the city's Board of Appeals, which spent more than a year considering various ways to regulate substandard buildings in the city...
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BLOCK PARTY SLATED TO RAISE MONEY FOR NABORS SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
Community events will be held Saturday in the 300 block of South Middle Street in honor of the late Michael S. Nabors and to raise money for a scholarship and a community center. The first such party was held last year in September, and on Sept. 11 the second annual Michael S. Nabors Block Party will be held...
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STUDENTS `UPWARD BOUND' IN EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
Crystal Tripp thought she was in for an easy summer, participating in Project Upward Bound, a federally funded education program. But the 17-year-old East Prairie high school student quickly discovered the six-week summer session at Southeast Missouri State University was anything but a breeze...
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SC, CAPE REPS ATTEND SUBSTANCE ABUSE WORKSHOP
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
Cape Girardeau and Scott City each sent five representatives to a "Community Team Training For Substance Abuse Prevention" workshop in Columbia. The training was held June 21-26 at the Ramada Inn, with the purpose of teaching school and community teams principles in preventing alcohol and other drug abuse; to teach teams more about the effects of different types of drugs on the body; and to help each team come up with a plan they can implement in their communities...
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ADVANCE ROCK FESTIVAL III OFFERS 5 BANDS
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
ADVANCE -- The third annual Advance Rock Festival will be held July 17 in Maberry Park in Advance. The concert, to be held from 4-10 p.m., will feature performances by the bands Human Zoo, Fried Jam, Group Therapy, Dillagence and Glue. Admission to the festival is free. No alcoholic beverages will be allowed in the park...
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LAWRENCE, CHESNUTT, MORGAN, KERSHAW TOP SIKESTON RODEO BILL
(Local News ~ 07/09/93)
SIKESTON -- Tracy Lawrence, Mark Chesnutt, Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw will be the headliners this year in the 41st annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Lawrence will perform Aug. 11, Chesnutt Aug. 12, Morgan Aug. 13 and Kershaw Aug. 14. All performances will begin at 7:30 p.m...
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