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THANK YOU FOR THE WARM WELCOME
(Column ~ 12/29/93)
One of the dilemmas of being a dad is to know when and whether to discuss the existence of the man in red who whiskered his way down the worlds fireplaces last weekend. Its a dilemma in several ways both for the big guys and the little folks. Whether and when should the kid be told and if so, what? If not told, will the fledgling hold it against dad and mom later in life for deception (this might explain drive-by shootings)? The traumas of school life if he turns out to be the only true believer in his grade could haunt the kid for life. ...
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PRIOR RECORD SHOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN CRIMINAL SENTENCING
(Editorial ~ 12/29/93)
A court of law is meant to reveal truth. Uncovering truth is a challenge, one made more difficult without all facts being disclosed. We believe the judicial process is best served by all available information being brought to light, including that dealing with a criminal suspect's prior offenses. ...
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LAWMAKER SEES SOME OF SAME ISSUES AHEAD
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
SIKESTON -- As he prepares to begin his 14th session in the Missouri House of Representatives next week, state Rep. Dennis Ziegenhorn believes lawmakers will be pretty cautious this year since all House members will be facing voters. "We will have a lot of the same issues before us this year that we have had in the past, and I feel like we are coming off an exceptionally good session in 1993," said Ziegenhorn. ...
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STATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLANS TO CRACK DOWN ON VILENT CRIME
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Just about any time you pick up a newspaper or turn on the television these days, there's a story about somebody getting shot, stabbed or knocked on the head. More and more, violent crimes - especially crimes committed by children - are on people's minds, especially those of lawmakers and Gov. Mel Carnahan, who wants the legislature to do something about the problem during the session which starts Jan. 5...
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CAPE AGENCY GETS GRANT FOR FLOOD
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
A Cape Girardeau non-profit agency was named recipient of a portion of a $72,500 grant for flood recovery programs. The Community Counseling Center, 402 S. Silver Springs Road, will receive about $7,500 to aid flood victims putting their lives back together after the devastating floods of this year...
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CAPE ACCIDENTS RISE DRAMATICALLY
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
The ice and snow which covered Cape Girardeau roadways late Monday and early Tuesday, resulted in only a handful of accidents. But as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, the number of accidents in 1993 were more than 250 ahead of the total number in 1992. At the same time, the number of summonses issued by officers for traffic offenses is down from last year's totals...
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CHAMBER EYES FOUNDATION TO HELP REPLACE LOST INCOME
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce will be perched on a solid foundation next year as the civic organization looks to improve its finances. John Mehner, chamber president, said Tuesday that the organization will establish a foundation in 1994. It will provide a means for the chamber to receive tax-deductible contributions and allow for possible corporate funding from the foundations of such business giants as Monsanto, Wal-Mart and Procter and Gamble...
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STORM, HOLIDAY COMBINE FOR FEW INJURIES
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
The freezing rain, sleet and snow that fell on parts of southern Missouri Monday night and early Tuesday, creating hazardous driving conditions, caused no accidents with injuries, authorities said. Most of the accidents involved cars that ran off the road or into medians and semi-trucks that jackknifed on ice-covered pavement...
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BOARD EYES SCHOOL OPTIONS
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
Cape Girardeau's Board of Education meets tonight to look for the best way to replace old city school buildings. The board meets at 5:30 p.m. A closed session is scheduled at the start of the meeting to discuss a student disciplinary matter. The open portion of the meeting will follow...
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POWER OUTAGE AFFECTS 2,400 IN SCOTT CITY
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
SCOTT CITY -- A burned jumper line is being blamed for an early morning power outage that affected about 2,400 Union Electric Co. customers in Scott City. Union Electric spokesman Virgil Chirnside said the jumper was on a 34,500-volt distribution line that runs between Union Electric's Viaduct Court Distribution Center in southwest Cape Girardeau and East Nash Road, where the fault occurred...
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SCHWAB WILL SEEK FOURTH TERM AS STATE REP
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
JACKSON -- Pledging to work toward changing the way state government does business, state Rep. David Schwab announced Tuesday he will seek election to a fourth term. Schwab, who has a farming operation with his brother near Jackson and a large Christmas tree farm, was first elected to the Missouri House in November 1988...
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SC SCHOOL FILING BEGINS MONDAY
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Persons wishing to run in the Scott City school board election on April 5, can file starting Monday. The seats of Jerry W. Petitt and Robert "Pete" Wadlington are up for election, for three-year terms. Candidates can file beginning Monday at 8 a.m., until 5 p.m. on Feb. 1. Filing can be done at the superintendent's office in the Scott City High School...
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THREE INJURED IN COLLISION WITH TRUCK
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
SIKESTON -- Three Sikeston residents were injured when the car in which they were riding collided with a parked tractor-trailer truck on Highway 61, about three miles north of Sikeston. A spokesman for the Missouri State Highway Patrol said that Michael Haney, 20, of Charleston, had parked a tractor-trailer truck on the northbound shoulder of Highway 61...
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GEESE MOVING IN, GOOD NEWS FOR UNTERS
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Billings Hunting Club shut down operations early Tuesday. "We shot out," said Darold Billings. Billings, owner and operator of the goose-hunting club alongside Route 3 near Horseshoe Lake Wildlife Refuge, looked over one of the nearby fields...
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UNION ELECTRIC RATE INCREASE BEGINS TODAY
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
Union Electric Co.'s 22,000 natural gas customers in Cape Girardeau, Stoddard and Scott counties will be paying more for natural gas beginning today. The increase reflects a change in wholesale supplier rates, a company spokesman said. Under present rates, a typical residential customer using about 23,600 cubic feet of gas in January will pay an additional $3.59, an increase of about 3.1 percent. ...
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SCOTT CITY SCHOOLS SEEK ATTENDANCE BOOST
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Scott City R-1 School District Superintendent Doug Berry wants to see more students attending school. At the December meeting of the Scott City school board, Berry said that despite good overall attendance, the school is losing thousands of dollars each year in state aid due to absenteeism...
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CHRISTMAS FOR ELDERLY SURPASSES GOAL AGAIN
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
Nurses with the Cape Girardeau County Health Department delivering gifts from Christmas for the Elderly were greeted with hugs and tears of happiness last week. The ninth year of the program came to a close Christmas Eve as the last of the gifts were delivered...
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OPAL DAY GOLDEN
(Obituary ~ 12/29/93)
Opal Day Golden, 73, of 131 S. Henderson Ave. died Monday, Dec. 27, 1993 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 21, 1920 in Egypt Mills, the daughter of Henry and Mary Day Commer Fornkohl. On Sept. 2, 1944, she married Raymond Golden in Benton, Ark. He died in March 1990...
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ESTHER RANDOL MAST
(Obituary ~ 12/29/93)
MCCLURE, Ill. -- Funeral service for Esther Randol Mast of Maryville will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The Rev. Doyle Randol will officiate, with burial in Lindsey Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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FLORA V. SIMS
(Obituary ~ 12/29/93)
BERTRAND -- Flora Victoria Sims, 89, of Bertrand, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1993, at Bertrand Retirement Facility. She was born Dec. 21, 1904, in Stone County, Ark., daughter of Jack and Sylvania Ledford Pruitt. She and James Robert Sims were married in 1923. He died July 14, 1986...
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ALMA A. SUVER
(Obituary ~ 12/29/93)
SIKESTON -- Alma A. Suver, 80, of Sikeston, died Monday, Dec. 27, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Aug. 28, 1913, in Kelso, daughter of John S. and Mary Dohogne Enderle. She and Virgil Suver were married June 2, 1938. He died Nov. 1, 1986...
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CHARLES T. MCCAULEY
(Obituary ~ 12/29/93)
CHARLESTON -- Charles Terry McCauley, 34, of Bloomington, Ill., died Friday, Dec. 24, 1993. He was born Nov. 29, 1959, at Wyatt, son of Charles L. and Arcola Rateliff McCauley. McCauley was a 1978 graduate of Charleston High School, served in the U.S. Marines, and was a former recruiter with Charleston National Guard...
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JOSEPH L. RODGERS
(Obituary ~ 12/29/93)
CHARLESTON -- Joseph Lee Rodgers, 19, of Charleston, died Monday, Dec. 27, 1993, in Cairo, Ill. He was born Feb. 19, 1974, in Charleston, son of William Taylor of Albany, Va., and Cindy Rodgers of Charleston. Rodgers attended Charleston High School, and was involved with Job Corp in St. Louis. He was a member of Perry Chapel AME Church...
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BLOOD DONORS NEEDED TODAY
(Local News ~ 12/29/93)
The American Red Cross has issued an emergency appeal for blood donors. Red Cross officials said the current supply cannot meet the blood needs of the 120 regional hospitals. In the Missouri/Illinois Blood Services Region supplies are at an emergency level. The Red Cross supply of type O is at only 26 percent, type B is at 29 percent and type A is at 60 percent...
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FLOYD C. HITT
(Obituary ~ 12/29/93)
MORLEY -- Floyd C. Hitt, 78, of Lake Worth, Fla., formerly of Morley, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1993, at a hospital in Lake Worth. He was born July 17, 1915, at Morley, son of John C. and Nelia Van Bryant Hitt. He was a graduate of Morley High School...
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LADYBUG: WITH TIMELY ATTENTION, GIFT PLANTS LAST AWHILE
(Column ~ 12/29/93)
Each year more and more holiday decorations are of flowering potted plants. All too often gift plants, or those which have added a desirable splash of color for decorating, are neglected during the rush of the busy season. With a bit of timely attention poinsettias, cyclamen, gloxinia, amaryllis, Christmas cactus, kalanchoe, azaleas, Christmas peppers and Christmas cherries will last for quite awhile...
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