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A BUSINESS THAT'S FOR THE BIRDS
(Local News ~ 11/16/95)
Between jobs and school-age children involved in soccer and football games, dance classes and Brownies, sisters-in-law Brenda and Mary Beth Fluegge decided they needed a hobby. They came up with an unusual one: making birdhouses. Not just any birdhouses, though, but rustic-looking creations made from the bark of hemlock and poplar, with curled handles fashioned from jack pine. The woods are imported from the Appalachian Mountains...
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DARYLE SINGLETARY: SMALL TOWN, BIG DREAM
(Local News ~ 11/16/95)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Life couldn't get much more exciting for Daryle Singletary. He just got married, his achy single "I Let Her Lie" rose to number two on the country charts this week, and when he takes the Show Me Center stage Friday night he'll be fronting his very own band for the first time...
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HAROLD O. GRAUEL, LONGTIME SOUTHEAST PROFESSOR, DIES AT 94
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
Dr. Harold O. Grauel, a longtime professor at Southeast Missouri State University with a love for literature, died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was 94. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel...
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COMMERCE, CAPE PROCEED WITH FLOOD BUYOUT PLANS
(Local News ~ 11/16/95)
As flood buyouts in Cape Girardeau and Commerce proceed, officials predict some property owners might have their checks in hand as soon as January. Demolition work could be under way by February. Cape Girardeau city officials hope to have flood-prone homes appraised, bought and demolished by April, although the program might extend into the summer...
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE SEEKS BROADER SURVEY
(Local News ~ 11/16/95)
After gathering more than 400 ideas on Cape Girardeau School District needs, the first thing the newly-expanded Vision Planning Committee wants to do is conduct a public survey. About 30 people attended a meeting Wednesday night to decide how the additional surveys will be distributed and what steps the newly-expanded group should take to help develop a five-year strategic plan for the school district...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: A POCKET FULL OF KIBBLE, A GENTLEMAN OF LETTERS
(Column ~ 11/16/95)
Nov. 16, 1995 Dear Pat, The first snow to stick around fell early yesterday, covering the ground but only wetting the streets. The kind of snow that could make a schoolchild cry. DC turned on the TV early, just as we always did as children, and was disappointed when the local news anchor didn't even mention a single school closing. She was rooting for the kids and for sleds and hot chocolate...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/16/95)
I THINK the Republican hankering about the shutting down of the government is a lot of hypocrisy. This is precisely the kind of minimalist government that the Republicans and the Congress want to have. I would think they would be overjoyed that the government is going to be brought down to it's absolute essential services. I think the president here is the only one acting responsibly...
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PALMER HAHN
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
EGYPT MILLS -- Palmer Frederick Hahn, 83, of Egypt Mills, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 5, 1912, in Egypt Mills, son of Henry and Clara Schrader Hahn. He and Lillian E. Gerlach were married April 13, 1941, in Egypt Mills. She died May 22, 1995...
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NORMAN H. PHELPS
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Norman H. Phelps, 92, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson.
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GENEVA BEAL
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
SIKESTON -- Geneva Beal, 87, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Aug. 28, 1908, in Hayti to John Henry and Sally Christine Chism Jones. On March 29, 1937, in Dyess, Ark., she married Fred Beal, who died Jan. 1, 1969...
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RITA BATES
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
MOREHOUSE -- Funeral service for Rita C. Bates of Morehouse will be held at 1 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Morehouse. The Rev. J.D. McClard will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m...
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RUBY BAKER
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
DEXTER -- Ruby M. Baker, 84, died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born March 6, 1911, at Gray Ridge, daughter of John and Mary Louella Renfro Sherwood. Baker had lived in the Gray Ridge and Dexter areas all her life. She retired from Elder Manufacturing Co. in Dexter, and was a member of Gray Ridge General Baptist Church...
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GENNIE JENKINS
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
BELL CITY -- Gennie V. Jenkins, 56, of Bell City, died Monday, Nov. 13, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 7, 1939, in Bell City, daughter of Lonnie and Elvira McDowell Sawyer. Jenkins had worked at Arvin Automotive in Dexter. She was a member and Sunday School teacher at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church...
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LYDIA GROMMISCH
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Lydia Grommisch, 92, of Cobden, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1995, at Hillside Terrace Nursing Facility. She was born April 22, 1903, in Batavia, daughter of Herman and Elizabeth Porr Grommisch. Survivors include a sister, Dorothy Rausch of Estherville, Iowa...
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LOIS FARMER
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
Lois Frances Farmer, 79, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1995, at her home. She was born July 8, 1916, in Purdy, daughter of Ervin Adam and Ora Frances McCampbell Morlan. She and Lynval Wayne Farmer were married June 2, 1946, in Joplin. He died Dec. 7, 1957...
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ALBERT SCHAMBURG
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Albert H. "Aubie" Schamburg Jr., 76, of Perryville, died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born April 21, 1919, at Friedenburg, son of Albert and Louise Ochs Schamburg Sr. He and Cletea Mae Tucker were married Aug. 14, 1954...
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TERRY ROBISON
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
SIKESTON -- Terry Michael Robison, 54, of rural Sikeston died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, at the Altoona Hospital in Altoona, Pa., following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 11/16/95)
ADVANCE -- When students in Lois Vavak's English class read `Romeo and Juliet,' they were excited. "Usually Shakespeare is intimidating, but this group really enjoyed it and wanted to do something to show how they felt," Vavak said. So the 17 freshman students are hosting a Shakespeare festival tonight to show everyone what they learned...
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EXIT INTERVIEW SHOWS SCHOOLS NEED STRATEGIC PLAN
(Local News ~ 11/16/95)
A team of visiting educators say Cape Girardeau can improve its public schools by developing long-range plans for buildings, maintenance, finances and classes. The Board of Education is in the process of making those plans and received praise at Thursday's Missouri School Improvement Program exit interview for efforts under way...
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POLICE GET CELLULAR PHONES
(Local News ~ 11/16/95)
Cape Girardeau joined 12 other Midwest cities Wednesday that have free cellular phones and pagers through Ameritech's Cellular Patrol Program. Five phones were donated to the department by the cellular company. Four community police officers and the K-9 officer will be issued the phones, said Police Chief Howard "Butch" Boyd Jr...
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OVA HURLEY
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
BERTRAND -- Ova Hurley, 87, formerly of Bertrand, died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Jan. 27, 1908, in White County, Ark., daughter of George F. and Clara Belle VanWinkle Nelson. She and Russell Hurley were married Oct. 28, 1926. He died June 22, 1984...
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ARNOLD FRENZEL
(Obituary ~ 11/16/95)
JACKSON -- Arnold E. Frenzel, 82, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 20, 1913, in Chicago, son of Arnold and Catherine Beattie Frenzel. He married the former Sally Kanton. Frenzel was a tool and die maker at Richardson Co. in Melrose Park, Ill., a number of years. He was a member of Eagles Aerie in Cape Girardeau...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: D.C. TRIP IS LIKE A VOYAGE TO UNREALITY
(Column ~ 11/16/95)
A quick trip to Washington, D.C., from Sunday through Tuesday morning to attend a meeting gave me a chance to see our nation's capitol close-up for the first time in some months. I arrived, of course, at the time that the local D.C. news media were simply going berserk over the impending shutdown of the government -- or rather what is called, in the current, rather delicate phrase -- shutting down the government's "non-essential services." There were banner headlines in all the papers and almost round-the-clock television stakeouts, complete with man-on-the-street interviews with ordinary citizens.. ...
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SCHOOL PLANNING
(Editorial ~ 11/16/95)
For more than a month, the Cape Girardeau Vision Planning Committee has held meetings throughout the community. The purpose was to solicit help from school district employees and patrons in laying the groundwork for district long-range planning. A strategic plan for the school district is overdue, and the planning meetings were successful to the extent they will help bring about such a plan...
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FOOD STAMP APPLICATIONS BEING TAKEN
(Local News ~ 11/16/95)
While the contest of wills between President Clinton and Congress continues, so does the processing of food stamp applications, state officials said. Associated Press reports on the government shutdown said no new applications would be accepted during the budget impasse, but that's not the case, said James Woodsmall, assistant to the director of the Missouri Division of Family Services...
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SOME WILL PUT OUT SMOKES TODAY
(Local News ~ 11/16/95)
Dana McDonough, 19, a biology and Spanish major at Southeast Missouri State University, started smoking three years ago. McDonough and millions of other smokers are being given the incentive to kick the habit today during the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout...
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THREE ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOWS ON TAP THIS WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 11/16/95)
The granddaddy of this weekend's crafts events is the 25th annual Christmas Arts & Crafts Bazaar put on by the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri at the Show Me Center. The bazaar annually draws 10,000 to 12,000 people to the building and this one will offer about 350 booths...
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