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NEWSPAPER PROVIDES A DAILY CHRONICLE OF YOUR WORLD
(Editorial ~ 10/16/93)
The daily pages of the Southeast Missourian chronicle the dynamic life of a city and a region. Day after day, year after year, these pages of ink and newsprint are transformed into a history book of Southeast Missouri. As National Newspaper Week draws to a close, it's a good time to reflect on your daily newspaper and the role we fill in the community. "Newspapers -- Covering America with Sunshine" is the week's theme...
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MORE COMMENTS OFFERED ON SCHOOL ISSUE
(Editorial ~ 10/16/93)
In the aftermath of the Oct. 5 election failure of a school improvements package for Cape Girardeau, the second time such an issue has failed, the Southeast Missourian published a clip-and-mail coupon seeking comments on the negative outcome. What follows is a continuation of some of the more detailed responses we received...
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UNIVERSITY STAGES `DOCU-DRAMA' MONDAY
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
When the bell tolls 12 p.m. at Southeast Missouri State University Monday, emergency personnel will come running. The Cape Girardeau Community Traffic Safety Program is hosting its second "docu-drama" at the university, staging a car crash where the actors inside are either seriously injured or killed. The driver will be arrested for driving while intoxicated...
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OZARK SOCIETY WILL HEAR PROGRAM ON EUROPE BIKING
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
The Ozark Society meeting will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Missouri Conservation Building in the Cape County Park. Max and Ann Drake will give the program on bicycling in Europe. They have toured both Denmark and France and will present slides from both countries...
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FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEES WILL GATHER ON TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
The Cape, Bollinger, Scott and Perry County Food Service Association will meet Tuesday at Central Junior High School. Barbra Crowell of St. Francis Medical Center will present the program on "Super Woman Image, Breast Health and Osteoporosis." Registration is at 5:30 p.m. Dinner is at 6, and will be served by Hardin Sysco of Memphis, Tenn...
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NURSING DEPARTMENT GETS COMPETITIVE FEDERAL GRANT
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
The nursing department at Southeast Missouri State University has received its first competitive federal grant from the Division of Nursing, Public Health Service in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will provide financial assistance to three full-time students in the school's graduate nursing program. Valued at $8,764, the grant will cover the students' tuition, fees and book expenses during the 1993-94 academic year...
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GROUP WILL START CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE IN CAPE AREA
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
A group of students from Southeast Missouri State University will soon begin a Civil War Roundtable in the Cape Girardeau area. The roundtable will begin accepting members on Oct. 31, says Nick Probstfeld, spokesman for the group. Membership is open to anyone in the area with an interest in the history of the war - not just Southeast students...
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NURSING PROFESSOR PART OF SURGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
Dr. Catherine Foster, chairperson of the department of nursing at Southeast Missouri State University, left for La Paz, Bolivia Friday on a surgical mission to assist children. She is part of the S.M.A.R.T. (Surgical and Medical Assistance Relief Teams), a non-profit organization based in Overland Park, Kan. The medical teams plan to operate on 40 patients during this visit, according to Teresa A. Searcy, a director of the organization...
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WORKSHOP PLANNED ON THE TOPIC OF ADHD
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
Dealing with a hyperactive child can be a trying experience. Is persuasion through reason the answer? Or should the child be disciplined instead. Too often, in exasperation, the hyperactive child will simply be ignored. But hyperactivity can be treated...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/16/93)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Diebold of Stavanger, Norway, Rogaland Hospital there, 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1993. Name, Casey Gunnar. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Diebold is the former Mona Gentemann, daughter of Maurice and Marge Gentemann of O'Fallon. She is a teacher at the International School of Stavanger. Diebold is a petroleum engineer with Atlas Western International, and is the son of Quentin and Sirphenia Diebold, 1743 Huntington...
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WORK IS STILL PROGRESSING ON HIGHWAY 60
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
Western Kentucky U.S. Rep. Tom Barlow last week introduced an amendment to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to include wording that designates a proposed east-west Interstate 66 would run through Paducah. The concept of I-66 originated with the Cape Girardeau Regional Commerce and Growth Association about five years ago. ...
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ANOTHER MILE-AND-A-HALF SPAN OF IMPROVED ROUTE 3 TO OPEN
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- There will be some detours along Route 3, north of Twente Crossing near here, within a couple of weeks, but Illinois Department of Transportation officials aren't complaining. "We're opening another mile-and-a-half section of an `improved' Route 3," said Bob Zieba, a district engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation at Carbondale. "We haven't hooked the old highway in with the new, so people will have a small detour at each end of the section."...
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FLU SEASON PREDICTED TO BEGIN EARLY AND BE MORE SEVERE THAN NORMAL
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
Public health officials warn the 1993-94 influenza season may start earlier and be more severe than past years, and urge those most at risk to get their flu shots this month. The federal Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga., says confirmed outbreaks of influenza occurred in August and September in southern Louisiana. ...
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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS TO MEET OCT. 23
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
The Midwestern River Cities Chapter of American Association for Medical Transcription will hold its annual Fall Educational Symposium Oct. 23 at St. Francis Medical Center. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Four continuing education credits will be offered through National AAMT. ...
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SUPERWOMAN SYNDROME IS TOPIC FOR LUNCHEON
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
The Superwoman Syndrome is the topic of the October Woman to Woman luncheon Oct. 21 at St. Francis Medical Center. Barbara Crowell, patient care manager in the Womancare Department at St. Francis, will be the featured speaker. She will discuss the difficulties women face trying to balance a career, family, friends and a home -- being perfect at everything to everyone...
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OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATES EXPANSION OF CANCER CENTER
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Memorial Hospital of Carbondale will be hosting an open house Oct. 24 to celebrate the grand opening of the expansion of the Cancer Treatment Center. The open house will be held from 2-4 p.m. in the center, adjacent to the hospital. Tours will be given and the staff will be available to answer questions...
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NUTRITION PROGRAM TO HELP PEOPLE BE `HEART-SMART
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
A three-part program aimed at helping people control their weight and reduce their risk of heart disease will be held at St. Francis Medical Center in November. The program, titled "Don't Eat Your Heart Out!," will begin Nov. 4 in the medical center's Health and Education Centre. The second and third parts of the program will be held on Nov. 11 and 18. Each of the two-hour programs begins at 7 p.m...
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STUDENT DEBATE ON GAMBLING SET
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
Students for Progress, an organization which supports riverboat gambling in the city, has announced Thursday that the issue will be debated Wednesday at Southeast Missouri State University. Two students and a faculty member representing the group will debate a like team representing Students Against Riverboat Gaming...
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ORCHESTRA CONCERT SLATED
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
The Cape Girardeau Central Junior and Senior High School string orchestras will perform Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Central High School auditorium. Admission is free and the performance is open to the public. The junior high orchestra will be performing music of composers Jacques Offenbach, Elliot Del Borgo, Ken Keuning and Robert Frost...
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BURLEE A. WYLDE
(Obituary ~ 10/16/93)
CHARLESTON -- Burlee Ann Wylde, 69, of Charleston, died Thursday, Oct. 14, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born March 10, 1924, in Vale, Tenn., daughter of John Wesley and Mamie Mae York Evans. She and Ira Joseph Wylde were married Nov. 27, 1937. He died Sept. 11, 1979...
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FREDDIE J. HURLEY
(Obituary ~ 10/16/93)
CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Freddie Joe Hurley of Charleston will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at McMikle Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Gerald Penn will officiate, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today...
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MARTHA A. PAYNE
(Obituary ~ 10/16/93)
KELSO -- Funeral mass for Martha Agnes Payne of Kelso will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine Catholic Church. Msgr. John Westhues will officiate, with burial in Lightner Cemetery at Scott City. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today, and beginning at 8 a.m. Sunday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City. The Ladies Auxiliary to Post 6407 will have a service at 5 p.m. Sunday, followed by parish prayers at 6:30, and KC service at 7...
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WARREN G. HARDING
(Obituary ~ 10/16/93)
Warren G. Harding, 71, 2006 Sherwood, died Friday, Oct. 15, 1993, at his home. He was born April 21, 1922, in Harrisburg, Ill., son of Clyde C. and Margery Millner Harding. He and Hortense Hahn were married Jan. 30, 1948, in St. Louis. She died Oct. 11, 1979. He later married Linda P. Pirtle Nov. 27, 1981, in Cape Girardeau...
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LEOLA SCHUKAR
(Obituary ~ 10/16/93)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Leola Schukar, 88, Ullin Route 1, died Friday, Oct. 15, 1993, at Jonesboro Health Care Center. She was born April 16, 1904, in St. Louis County, daughter of George and Wilhelmina Luecke Taake. She and Alvin Schukar were married Oct. 8, 1938, in Olmsted...
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BILLY J. MCCLAIN
(Obituary ~ 10/16/93)
SIKESTON -- Billy Joe McClain, 55, of Sikeston, died Friday, Oct. 15, 1993, at Miner Nursing Center. He was born July 2, 1938, in Mississippi County, son of Semon and Florace Hunter McClain. McClain lived in Mississippi County most of his life. He was a heavy equipment operator with Potashnick...
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CAPE FIRE REPORT
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
SATURDAY, OCT. 16 3:39 p.m. Thursday Extrication call, Highway 177. 4 p.m. Thursday Call to Drury Lodge on Cedar St. 5:49 p.m. Thursday Call to 2012 William. 11:49 Thursday Extrication call, Highway 22. 12:25 a.m. Friday Call to 40 S. Sprigg. 3:43 a.m. Friday Call to 40 S. Sprigg...
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WOMAN INJURED IN ONE-CAR WRECK
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
MILLERSVILLE -- Mary Barnes, 52, of Jackson remains in satisfactory condition at St. Francis Medical Center where she was taken following a one-vehicle accident late Thursday night. Barnes was driving northbound on Route B, about four miles north of Millersville, when her vehicle ran off the road and struck an embankment...
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10 WOMEN INJURED IN VAN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 10/16/93)
EGYPT MILLS -- Ten women suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious when a large passenger van left the roadway and crashed into an embankment on Highway 177 near Egypt Mills Friday afternoon. Most seriously injured were Cindy Rankin, 33, of Cape Girardeau, and Janet Wiley, 32, Cape Girardeau, who were admitted to Southeast Missouri Hospital. Both were reported in fair condition late Friday...
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MARJORIE CHAPMAN
(Obituary ~ 10/16/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Marjorie Chapman, 59, of Scott City died Friday, Oct. 15, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Service arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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