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THE PUBLIC MIND: CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THANK ALL WHO ASSISTED IN COUNTY FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/03/93)
Fellow Citizens: Though the response to the flood of 1993 is ongoing, we feel that recognition is in order for those individual volunteers, businesses, the news media, military and government agencies, and private relief organizations that have worked so well together to mitigate the effects of this great flood...
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RECOLLECTION OF FLOODING SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION
(Editorial ~ 09/03/93)
The water recedes now in the Mississippi River as though going through a drain, and the river stands today at the low level of only three feet above flood stage. The great flood of 1993 passes into our memories, and while the misery that rising waters brought to this area still weighs greatly on our collective psyches, we find in the summer's emergency something to inspire us. If we must take some lesson from the flood of 1993, why can't it lift our spirits?...
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AMERICANS DON'T KNOW ABOUT LEISURE
(Column ~ 09/03/93)
Two holidays put rigid bookends on summer. Setting aside history and intended observances, Memorial Day holds an advantage in popularity, coming as it does on the front end of purportedly carefree times. Labor Day, tribute to workers, proves a scolding school master and slaps us to our senses...
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MOST FIREARMS DEALERS IN CITY WITHOUT STOREFRONTS
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
Bargain firearm shoppers need not wait for Wal-Mart or any other reputable sporting goods stores to carry sales before buying. They just get a little help from their friends. Of the more than 90 federally licensed firearm dealers in Cape Girardeau, only a handful are in it for the profit. The rest are in it to save money on buying firearms for themselves and their friends, says Police Chief Howard Boyd...
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TRAIL OF TEARS FLOOD LOSSES STILL UNKNOWN
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
Park officials at Trail of Tears State Park north of Cape Girardeau are waiting for the Mississippi River to drop further so they can assess flood damages to the park's riverfront. The rest of the park was not affected by last month's record flood crest of 47.9 feet, and remained open. That area will remain open through the fall and winter, weather permitting, said a park spokesman. But the riverfront campsite and picnic day-use area will remain closed until cleanup and repair are completed...
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VIOLENT THUNDERSTROM STRIKES INFLICTING HEAVY DAMAGE HERE
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
A brief but fierce lightning and wind storm struck Cape Girardeau and environs Thursday night, causing at least one house fire and more transformer fires, downing power lines and trees all over the city and flooding out cars on many streets. "Cars are floating in some places," said Officer David E. Felton of the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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TWO REGENTS OPPOSED TO RUNNING FEE OFFICES; PELTS, DOMBROWSLI VIEW IT AS PARTISAN POLITICS
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
Two Southeast Missouri State University regents said Thursday they opposed the idea of the school's foundation operating license fee offices in Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Regents Mark Pelts of Kennett and Ann Dombrowski of Cape Girardeau said they opposed the plan because it smacked of partisan politics. But neither would discuss their opposition at length...
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GENERAL SIGN, NOW OUT OF BANKRUPTCY, TO BE PURCHASED
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
General Sign Co. of Cape Girardeau is out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and operating at full capacity. "We're being purchased by a St. Louis company," said Jack Koutek, CEO of the company. "We have orders to fill, and we have 75 people on the payroll. We're back to full capacity."...
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LEE-ROWAN: ALL 1,200 WORKERS TO BE KEPT BY NEW PLANT OWNER
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
JACKSON -- "They made Sam Walton. Then, they made Desmond Lee." This was the statement of Steve Johnston in expressing his feelings toward the owner of Lee/Rowan, which was sold this week to the Newell Company of Freeport, Ill. "There will always be changes," said Johnston, personnel manager at the Jackson facility of Lee-Rowan. "But, we're sure going to miss Desmond Lee. He's been a great person to work for...
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NEWSLINE: FLOOD OF '93 HIGHLIGHTED IN TODAY'S EDITION
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
The Southeast Missourian publishes, with today's edition, a commemorative issue concerning the flood of 1993. In two sections, the issue includes 47 stories and 43 photographs, 10 of them color. They represent some of the best of information published in the Southeast Missourian this summer during the flood crisis...
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SEMINAR TO FOCUS ON POSITIVE PERSONAL LIFE'S IMPACT ON WORK
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
How a positive personal life impacts work life is the topic for "Personal Blueprint: Choosing to Expand," a seminar sponsored by Southeast Missouri Hospital. Scheduled to be held Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Drury Lodge, the seminar should appeal to paraprofessionals and others who provide support services to licensed professionals...
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PLEASANT WEATHER EXPECTED FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
Fair and pleasant weather with low humidities and high temperatures in the low to mid-80s is forecast for the Labor Day holiday weekend. The last major holiday weekend of the summer season begins at 6 p.m. today and ends at midnight Monday. All federal, state, county and municipal offices, as well as banks and other financial institutions will be closed on Monday...
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SALES-TAX REPORT CHANGE CAUSES CONCERN
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
JACKSON - Cape Girardeau County Auditor Weldon Macke and Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep say they are concerned about a recent letter from the Department of Revenue which could limit their access to information about sales tax receipts. The two officials both complained this week about the letter from Kenneth M. Pearson, administrator of the Tax Administration Bureau. It warns that some sales tax information cannot be disclosed under confidentiality statutes...
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ORDINANCE MAY BE CHANGED TO OUTLAW DOGS' USING YARDS
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
What do you do when your neighbor's dog or cat insists on using your yard as the communal doggie or kitty commode? Right now, not much. In fact, about all that can be done is the owner can be issued a dog-at-large summons by an animal control officer of the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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CHESTER BRIDGE SHOULD REOPEN LATER TODAY
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
McBRIDE, Mo. Officials of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department said Thursday that Route 51 in Perry County between the Chester Bridge and McBride will be opened by 6:30 tonight. Officials advise there may still be some water on the road and motorists should be cautious when traveling the stretch of Route 51 between the Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. and the Chester Bridge...
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PROVOST HOPES TO SEE 10,000 AT UNIVERSITY
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
Southeast Missouri State University officials said Thursday they would like to see higher enrollment. Provost Charles Kupchella said he would like to see the school with an enrollment of 10,000 in four or five years. Southeast's fall enrollment on the first day of classes last month stood at under 7,900...
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FRIEDA MAE LACY
(Obituary ~ 09/03/93)
ADVANCE -- Frieda Mae Lacy, 73, of Perkins, Mo., died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1993, at Perkins. She was born Nov. 21, 1919, at Ironton, Ky., daughter of Lemuel and Mayme Barnett Ingram. She married Elwood Lacy, April 23, 1942, at Charleston. He died. May 4, 1970...
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MARTHA E. DELANEY
(Obituary ~ 09/03/93)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Martha Ellen Delaney, 71, of Cairo, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1993, at Daystar Care Center. She was born March 25, 1922, in Cairo, daughter of Luther and Thelbert Jones Shemwell. She married Harley "Red" Delaney, who died in 1985. Delaney was a retired teller at First Bank and Trust Co. here, and member of Cairo Baptist Church...
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GERALD R. FROEMSDORF
(Obituary ~ 09/03/93)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Gerald R. "Sonny" Froemsdorf of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Paul Winningham will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park at Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today. An American Legion service will be held at 7...
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J.D. GROGAN
(Obituary ~ 09/03/93)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for J.D. "Short" Grogan of East Prairie will be held today at 2 p.m. at Shelby Funeral Chapel. Pastors Larry Smith and Dave Bowden will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park. Grogan, 65, died Thursday, Sept. 2, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...
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PAUL P. HOLMES
(Obituary ~ 09/03/93)
SIKESTON -- Paul P. Holmes, 77, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Sept. 2, 1993, at his home. He was born July 30, 1916, in Blodgett, son of James Clark and Emma Lee Ratley Holmes. He and Imogene Dudley were married Dec. 23, 1938, in New Madrid. Holmes was a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service 28 years, and was assistant basketball coach at Sikeston High School in 1954-55...
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HOWARD D. REECE
(Obituary ~ 09/03/93)
JACKSON -- Howard D. Reece, 72, of Jackson, died Thursday, Sept. 2, 1993, at his home. He was born Sept. 14, 1920, at Bernie, son of Victor and Effie Harvey Reece. He and Velma M. Jauch were married May 18, 1941, in Jackson. Reece was a timber worker 56 years, retiring in 1990. He was a member of Lutesville General Baptist church...
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JESSIE M. KING
(Obituary ~ 09/03/93)
Funeral service for Jessie Mae King of Danbury, Conn., will be held at 1 p.m. next Tuesday at Second Missionary Baptist Church. The Rev. Clifford Mitchell will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at the church Tuesday from 10 a.m. to service time...
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EVA B. BOYCE
(Obituary ~ 09/03/93)
Eva Belle Boyce, 88, of St. Louis, died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1993, at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton. She was born Feb. 22, 1905, in Duck Hill, Miss., daughter of Willis and Louvenia Benford Eskridge. She first married Avery Townsend March 10, 1924, at Duck Hill. He died Sept. 6, 1952. She later married William Boyce Aug. 23, 1962, in St. Louis. He died in April 1983...
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THELMA M. KELLER
(Obituary ~ 09/03/93)
CHAFFEE -- Thelma Marie Keller, 74, of Chaffee, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 1993, at her home. She was born May 30, 1919, at Chaffee, daughter of Otis A. and Mabel Jennie White Keller. Keller was a tracer at Florsheim Shoe Co. in Chaffee, retiring in 1981. She was a member of First United Methodist Church...
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WILLIAM HEUSCHOBER JR.
(Obituary ~ 09/03/93)
William H. Heuschober Jr., 617 S. Pacific, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 4, 1922, in Cape Girardeau, son of William and Celis Brown Heuschober. He and Maxine Heisserer were married June 5, 1948, at Dutchtown...
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LETIS N. RODGERS
(Obituary ~ 09/03/93)
JACKSON -- Letis N. Rodgers, 66, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1993, at Vencor Hospital in St. Louis. She was born May 28, 1927, daughter of Jesse and Alma Perkins Morlan. She and Orville Rodgers were married Aug. 5, 1947. Rodgers worked at International Shoe Co. here 20 years. She was a member of Good Life Fellowship Church at Gordonville, and worked in its daycare facility...
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RISING RIVER BROUGHT METHODICAL MISERY TO REGION
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
The Great Flood of 1993 arrived not as a swift knockout punch but as a TKO by a methodical heavyweight of a river, wearing down its opponent round after round until the almost anticlimactic end. In the end, the Mississippi River crested at an all-time record 47.9 feet at Cape Girardeau in early August, nearly 16 feet above flood stage. ...
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HANGING BY A THREAD: MISSOURI FIBER ARTISTS EXHIBIT NOW AT UNIVERSITY MUSEUM AND GALLERY
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
Some are astonishing, like Marilyn Grisham's "From the Grey Area," a 90-by-60-inch, three-panel hand-woven tapestry made of cotton, wool, rayon, and metallic and mixed fibers. It shimmers and invites the viewer to explore contours that seem to have been taken apart and put back together in a new way...
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STRIKING UP THE BAND
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
When conductor Gregory C. Fox strikes up the Compton Heights Concert Band Monday evening, the audience will be treated to toe-tapping John Philip Sousa marches and a spectacular fireworks display scored by Tchaikovsky's "1812" overture. Now that Cape Girardeau's own municipal band has wrapped up its season, St. Louis' Compton Heights Concert Band will play summer into the sunset with a 6 p.m. performance on Labor Day at the Capaha Park Band Shell...
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KINGSBURY TRIO TO PERFORM TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
The Department of Music at Southeast Missouri State University will present a Baroque music concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Old St. Vincent's Church. Performing will be the Kingsbury Trio, an ensemble composed of Jacob Berg, principal flutist of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Maryse Carlin, harpsichordist and a faculty member of the St. Louis Conservatory of Music; and Sara Edgerton, assistant professor of cello and string bass, and director of the University Orchestra at Southeast...
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FLAMENCO GUITARIST TO PERFORM FOR SCHOOLS, IN PUBLIC CONCERTS
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
Flamenco guitarist Ronald Radford will return to Cape Girardeau area schools Sept. 27-29 to do performances with a drug-free message, and will perform two public concerts Sept. 30. Radford has played at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and is a protege of Carlos Montoya. He is the only person ever to be awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in Flamenco...
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EAST PERRY FAIR SEPT. 24-25
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
ALTENBURG -- The East Perry Community Fair will be held Sept. 24-25 in Altenburg. The fair, which bills itself as "The Best Little Fair in the Land," will feature exhibits, livestock shows and entertainment. A parade at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 24 will serve as the fair's official opening. The parade will originate on Main Street and proceed to the fairgrounds...
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NEW GROUP ORGANIZES SEPT. 13; MISSION IS TO BRING GREAT BOOKS, READERS TOGETHER
(Local News ~ 09/03/93)
An organizational meeting for the Great Books Program will be held from 2-3 p.m. Sept. 13. The program's purpose is to bring great books and great readers together. The meeting will be held in the Missouriana Room at the University Center, Southeast Missouri State University...
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