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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: MORE ABOUT PLURAL, SINGULAR
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/23/93)
To the Editor: I deeply appreciate Associate Judge William Hopkins' Sept. 20 detailed exposition regarding an example I used in my last column about the use of "each chambers" and "one chambers." I assumed my suggestion that "each of the chambers" and "one of the chambers" would sufficiently explain my position. Obviously, I should have added "each chambers" and "one chambers" offended my sensitive ear. Writers on usage have long exercised this privilege in assessing acceptable construction...
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NEW MADRID COUNTY PORT GIVEN GRANT OF $300,000
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
NEW MADRID - A $300,000 grant requested by the New Madrid County Port Authority has been approved by the Missouri Department of Economic Development, State Sen. Jerry Howard, D-Dexter, announced. "The grant will help with construction of a dock and road access to the dock," said Howard. "As a result of the construction, the Louis Dreyfus Corp. plans to expand their rice mill."...
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PERRYVILLE DOWNTOWN RENOVATIONS NEAR COMPLETION
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
PERRYVILLE -- Work on the second phase of a project aimed at sprucing up Perryville's downtown business district is about a month away from completion. Concentrating on the four sides of the city square, workers have been replacing streets and sidewalks and installing new streetlights. It is the last bit of work remaining in a two-year plan that has put a new face on a nine-block square in the city's downtown...
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YOUR PLACE AND MINE
(Column ~ 09/23/93)
Sept. 23, 1993 Dear Pat, Howdy cowgirl. Have you two-stepped into the hearts of any new Virginia boys lately? Your silences I usually take as a good sign that you're working something out. I'm leaving for California tomorrow. I hope to persuade the woman I told you about that Cape Girardeau is a many-splendored burg. Long-distance relationships only are good for phone companies. But I don't know whether I command the words to move her...
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SCOTT CITY BENEFITS FROM E. NASH ROAD
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Four years after becoming a part of Scott City, the East Nash Road Industrial Park is providing a growing impact on the economic development of Scott City. "The East Nash Road Industrial Park is our ticket into the next century," said former Scott City mayor Shirley Young, now president of the Scott City Chamber of Commerce. "The friendly annexation of the East Nash Road Industrial Park was the largest step Scott City has ever taken toward economic development...
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HARVARD LECTURER WILL VISIT SOUTHEAST CAMPUS
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
A senior lecturer at Harvard who is an authority on undergraduate education will visit Southeast Missouri State University, Sept. 30 through Oct. 1. Arthur E. Levine, educational chairman of the Institute for Educational Management in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, will present a lecture on "changes in student attitudes" at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in Academic Auditorium. The public is invited. A reception will follow at 9 p.m. in the University Center...
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CAPE COUNTY MAFCE MEETS IN JACKSON
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
JACKSON -- The quarterly meeting of Cape Girardeau County MAFCE Council was held Sept. 2 at the extension office in Jackson. Helen Friese of Critesville Club gave the devotional. The meeting was conducted by Joan Meyer. She announced the district fall meeting will be Oct. 26 at Sikeston Inn, with registration at 9 a.m. Each club is to furnish an item for a silent auction with proceeds going to flood relief. Cheerful country Doers will provide the door prize...
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REPORT ADDRESSES THE NEED TO REFORM SUPERFUND PROGRAM
(Editorial ~ 09/23/93)
Environmental protection has a nice ring to it. No one finds fault with protecting the surroundings -- air, land and water -- in which we live. The measures by which we achieve this high aspiration, however, provide fuel for considerable disagreement. It has been our belief, and remains so, that the federal government, in enforcing environmental laws, goes to extremes that are detrimental to the American economy. A recent report bears out that belief...
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MANY USED SANDBAGS ARE GOING INTO DITCHES
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
Cape Girardeau County Emergency Operations Center Director Brian Miller says more than one million sandbags were used around the county during the flood of 1993 - nearly half of them at Dutchtown. But with the Mississippi River now barely above flood stage and the cleanup operation under way, what has happened to all those sandbags?...
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SEMO PRESIDENT'S PAY SECOND ONLY TO THOSE IN U OF M SYSTEM
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
Southeast Missouri State University President Kala Stroup had the second highest salary among the presidents of Missouri's public four-year colleges last fiscal year, excluding the University of Missouri system. Stroup's salary of $109,200 was exceeded only by that of the president of Central Missouri State University who made $120,733, according to a survey by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education...
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WORK UNDER WAY ON $4 MILLION PARKS PROJECT
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
A $4 million parks and recreation project commenced this week with the start of grading work at Shawnee Park in south Cape Girardeau. The $623,000 dirt-work contract with Dumey Excavation will be completed within 90 days, weather permitting. It includes the necessary grading at the city's newest park, Osage, at the intersection of Mt. Auburn and Kingshighway...
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RAINS KEEPING RIVER UP
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
Two weeks ago, it seemed as if the "The Flood of 1993" at Cape Girardeau would be history by this time. The National Weather Service predicted the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau would drop below flood stage (32 feet) by today, ending more than three consecutive months of flooding...
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FOUR LOCAL DOCTORS CALL IT `RATIONING'
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
Four local physicians patiently watching President Bill Clinton's health-care-reform pitch Wednesday night agreed that behind the pomp and circumstance of the president's speech, the bottom line reality of the plan is rationing of health care for all Americans...
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`ALADDIN' TO BE SHOWN AT SEMO
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
The film "Aladdin" will be shown at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. today in the University Center on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. It will be shown in the Ballroom/Party Room. Tickets are $1 for students, $2 for the general public. Free soda and popcorn will be provided...
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SCOTT COUNTY HOPES FOR FLOOD DISASTER ASSISTANCE
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
BENTON - Scott County Presiding Commissioner Durward Dover says he is still hopeful that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will determine that his county qualifies for disaster public assistance. A representative from FEMA has visited the county three times so far, including on Monday, in an attempt to assess flood damages in Scott County. He will return again on Friday to tour a six-mile section of road east of Commerce that runs toward Big Island...
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RUTH E. LOONEY
(Obituary ~ 09/23/93)
PUXICO -- Graveside service for Ruth E. Looney of Puxico will be held at 10 a.m. today at Puxico Cemetery, with the Rev. Wiley McGhee officiating. Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico after 9 a.m. Looney, 84, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1993, at Puxico Nursing Center...
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LESTER L. MCCULLEY
(Obituary ~ 09/23/93)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Lester Lee McCulley of Sikeston will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. Burial will be in Morgan Memorial Park in Advance. There is no visitation. McCulley, 44, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1993, at Sikeston Health Center...
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JOHN D. BOWEN
(Obituary ~ 09/23/93)
Funeral service for John D. Bowen of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Charles Grant will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 5-7 p.m. today...
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HOMER J. COLLINS
(Obituary ~ 09/23/93)
MARBLE HILL -- Homer J. Collins, 77, of Marble Hill, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1993, at Bond Nursing Care Center. Baker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/23/93)
Daughter to Dr. and Mrs. Dean A. Edwards of Nashville, Tenn., Vanderbilt Hospital there, 4:39 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, 1993. Name, Katherine Rebecca. Weight, 8 pounds 6 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Edwards is the former Lorrie Suggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Suggs of Cape Girardeau. Edwards is a physician at Vanderbilt Hospital, and is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Edwards of Cape Girardeau...
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RONALD RADFORD: PLAY OUT YOUR DREAMS
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
In his hometown of Tulsa, Okla., Ronald Radford's high school friends and family must have thought all that Gypsy music he was listening to and playing had singed his brain. Over their protests, the former rock 'n' roller had decided he was going to New York City to become a flamenco guitarist...
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NO-PAIN PIANO WORKSHOP: PLAY WITHOUT READING MUSIC
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
The No-Piano Piano Workshop is meant for adults who want to play the piano without reading music. The workshop, taught by Don and Janet Presson of Keyboards and Kindermusik Conservatory, will be offered from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2. The teachers say the workshop is geared for beginners and note-readers alike, but is not for those who want to perform classical pieces...
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TEA AT THE GLENN HOUSE SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 09/23/93)
The Glenn House, 325 S. Spanish, will hold an afternoon tea Sunday from 1-4 p.m. Pastries and beverages will be provided for visitors who can browse the Glenn House's vintage clothing and antique teapot and kettle displays. Admission is $3 per person, and a "Cinderella" coach carriage rides are available for an additional charge...
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