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LETTER: AIR FORCE BAND APPRECIATES RESPONSIVE AUDIENCE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/15/95)
To the editor: On behalf of the members of the U.S. Air Mobility Command Band of Mid-America, we would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for all your efforts in making our concert in Cape Girardeau such a huge success. The audience was most responsive and an absolute delight to perform before...
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JACKSON MAN GETS JAYCEES' AWARD AS OUTSTANDING YOUNG MISSOURIAN
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
JACKSON -- There isn't much private time in Steve Popp's schedule. He works as a licensed real-estate appraiser for Cunningham Appraisal Service, serves on the board of directors of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce and the Jackson Industrial Development Authority, and will join the Rotary Club board this summer...
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LEGISLATORS TO HOST CAPITOL TOUR
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
Four Southeast Missouri lawmakers will join together Saturday to sponsor a tour of the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City for schoolchildren and their families. State Rep. Larry Thomason, D-Kennett, began holding the tours about five years ago. ...
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FTC EXTENDS GROCERY-SALE RULING
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
The Federal Trade Commission has extended its review process of Schnucks Markets' bid to buy 60 National Super Stores facilities because it will take longer than was originally anticipated. "The FTC said it needed more time," Schnucks spokeswoman Marie A. Casey said...
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IRS REPRESENTATIVE TO OFFER TAX TIPS AT FEB. 23 MEETING
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
The Internal Revenue Service will present a program on income tax filing tips Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Barb Johnson of the Internal Revenue Service will highlight 1994 changes, filing status, dependency exemptions, earned income credit, common errors to avoid, and will offer tips on other income tax matters...
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THOSE MANDATES
(Editorial ~ 02/15/95)
Meeting recently in Washington, many members of the National Governor's Association embraced House Republicans' pledge to restrict Congress' power to impose on state and local governments those regulations it doesn't pay them to carry out. As Republicans flex their new muscle in Congress, the House GOP has invited Republican governors from across the county to help shape the new agenda. Thus the strong support for measures now working their way through Congress that would end unfunded mandates...
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LAKE'S PLAN TO REFOREST FORUM'S TOPIC
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- The reforestation of Horseshoe Lake refuge will be discussed during a special meeting at the Community Building in Olive Branch tonight between 7 and 9. The flood of 1993 inundated large areas of Horseshoe Lake for extensive periods of time, killing and damaging a number of trees...
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MUSEUM WANTS LANDMARK BILLING
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
The former police and fire station at Frederick and Independence has been an unofficial, local landmark for years. But it soon could be official. If the Cape River Heritage Museum has its way, the city council will recognize the 86-year-old structure that houses the museum as a local landmark...
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SCOTT COUNTY EYES NEW JAIL FINANCING
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
BENTON -- Scott County commissioners learned Tuesday it will cost about $1 million over eight years to finance building a 110-bed county jail. That includes the interest and bond issuance and insurance costs for jail construction estimated at $4.3 million...
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BY THE WAY: SI SWIMSUIT ISSUE WHIPS MARRIAGE INTO BETTER SHAPE
(Column ~ 02/15/95)
Of all the ways to settle a score with your mailman and become reacquainted with your wife, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue might seem like an unlikely source. And yet it happened to a friend of mine in St. Louis. It seems Sports Illustrated became increasingly valuable to my friend Mike because he knew that once a year he could stare at beautiful women and not offend his wife. After all, this was a sports magazine...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 02/15/95)
I SEE that the U.S. House is shoving welfare reform as it concerns the elderly and senior citizens. I regret that very much, and I think they shall also in the long run. We conservatives do not fault a person for accumulating property and leaving it to their heirs. ...
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TREASURER VISITS CAP
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
Missouri Treasurer Bob Holden will hold a town hall meeting in Cape Girardeau Thursday, one in a series of meetings he is conducting around the state. State Rep. Mary Kasten, R-Cape Girardeau, will join Holden at the meeting, titled: "Reconnecting State Government With Its Citizens." The public is invited...
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EAGLE SCOUT HONOREES ANNOUNCED
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
More than 80 Boy Scouts from the area received their Eagle badges Saturday at a court of honor ceremony at Southeast Missouri State University. The following Boy Scouts earned their Eagle Scout award. Shawnee District Ryann Patrick Shell Juden, James Derek Chenoweth, Brian C. ...
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CAPE BOARD OF EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
Board of Education Conference Room, 61 N. Clark. Monthly report of the superintendent. Student recognition. NEA/CTA. Other. Reports of Finance Committee, Building and Grounds Committee, treasurer, secretary. Payment of bills. Miscellaneous. A. Action items...
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DEVELOPMENT CORP. CHOOSES FIVE NEW DIRECTORS
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
Five new members have been elected to the Greater Cape Girardeau Development Corp. Board of Directors. Virgil Chirnside, David Hahn, Judy Wilferth, Stan Grimm and Al Spradling III were all elected to the three-year terms. The Greater Cape Girardeau Development Corp., which was founded by a group of business people more than 35 years ago, works to develop the Nash Road Industrial Park south of Cape Girardeau, which is home to several industrial and manufacturing concerns...
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JACKSON SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO MAKE ADA IMPROVEMENTS
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
JACKSON -- The Jackson public schools' five wheelchair-bound students will move around school facilities a little easier following this summer's capital improvements. The school board voted Tuesday to approve the list for the 1995-96 year, including $10,000 for districtwide renovations to bring schools further into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/15/95)
Daughter to Gary and Leah Watson of Mesa, Ariz., Desert Samaritan Hospital, 10:23 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 1995. Name, Samantha Paige. Weight, 8 pounds 12 ounces. Mrs. Watson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Hane of Incline Village, Nev., and Keith M. Reed of Cape Girardeau. She is a psychiatric technician at Desert Samaritan Hospital. Watson is an inventory specialist with Bell Atlantic, and is the son of Jesse Watson of Puxico and the late Paul Watson...
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WILLIAM O. MORRISON
(Obituary ~ 02/15/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Graveside service for William O'Neal "Alabama" Morrison of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Morris Cemetery near New Hope, Ala. Shelby Funeral Home of East Prairie is in charge of arrangements. Morrison, 66, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 1995, at East Prairie Nursing Center, following a brief illness...
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ARCHIE NEWTON
(Obituary ~ 02/15/95)
SIKESTON -- Archie Newton, 68, of Sikeston and formerly of St. Louis, died Tuesday Feb. 14, 1995, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Dec. 9, 1926, at Clarksville, Ark., the son of John Oscar and Bertha Lee Johnson Newton. For 19 years he was an office clerk for Service Box Paper Co. in St. Louis. In 1985 he retired from the company and moved to Sikeston...
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TRAVELOGUE PLANNED ON THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
Vernon R. Meyr of Altenburg will be the next speaker at the Cape Girardeau Public Library's Third Thursday Travelogue series, scheduled Thursday at 7 p.m. Meyr will speak about the Inca Indian civilization and his travels through Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. He has bachelor's degrees in general studies and history and currently is pursuing a master's degree in history. His travels have taken him to 47 countries...
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LADY BUG: GARDENERS CAN COUNT ON ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS WINNERS
(Column ~ 02/15/95)
Each year numerous seed company and university trial gardens are visited by designated judges to select winners of the All-America Selections. They view hundreds of new flowers and vegetables to select those which have proved superior in many objective testing locations...
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BUTTON, BUTTON, SHE'S GOT THE BUTTON
(Local News ~ 02/15/95)
"A blue-eyed, chubby little girl Whose curly hair is brown Went visiting her grandmother Who lived across the town. Her grandma said, 'Why, Nancy dear, I'm glad you're here today, For Ritchie just came over, too; Now both of you can play. You cousins come on up the stairs,...
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