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FUEMMELERS SHARE CAREERS AS SUPERINTENDENTS
(Local News ~ 12/12/95)
She may be the superintendent now, but Cheri Fuemmeler still likes for children to read to her at Meadow Heights School, including first-graders Dustin Davis, left, and Mandilyn Holt. Marriage is about sharing -- and that means sharing everything from housework to bills, but sharing a career is unusual for most married couples. However, David and Cheri Fuemmeler do just that -- share a career in education...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: CULTURAL EXPOSURE -- NOT DATES, BATTLES -- HELP TEACH HISTORY
(Local News ~ 12/12/95)
Teaching history doesn't mean reciting a list of dates and battles for Daryl Fridley, a seventh-grade social studies teacher at the L.J. Schultz Middle School. "I think it's important that history be taught as more than just a collection of battles and dates," Fridley said. "I like to expose students to different aspects of culture as part of my class."...
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CAPE SCHOOL DECISION TO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY
(Local News ~ 12/12/95)
Cape Girardeau's Board of Education made a unanimous decision about the district's top leadership Monday night then postponed announcing the decision until a 12:30 p.m. press conference today. The announcement will be made at the Board of Education office, 41 N. Clark...
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WOMAN'S HEALTH MAY MEAN BLEAK HOLIDAY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
(Local News ~ 12/12/95)
A family illness casts gloom any time of the year, but during the holidays, illness can be particularly grim for a family. One woman who applied to Toy Box for her two children, a boy, 8, and girl, 4, said that mounting medical bills often mean children have to do without toys at Christmas...
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STATE SENATE CONSERVATIVE RESISTS BONDS FOR HIGHWAYS
(Local News ~ 12/12/95)
JEFFERSON CITY -- The campaign to sell state lawmakers on a $500 million highway construction bond issue has lost a passenger: Sen. Emory Melton, a 23-year veteran legislator whose fiscal conservatism has often led the General Assembly on a right turn...
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SISTERS REUNITED AFTER 53 YEARS
(Local News ~ 12/12/95)
It was 1942, and Ernest and Marie Miner were like a lot of wartime couples struggling to make ends meet. They lived with their two daughters, ages 3 and 6, in Endicott, N.Y. When Ernest decided to join the fighting forces in World War II, Marie decided she didn't want any part of marriage or single motherhood. So she dropped her girls off at a children's home in Binghamton, N.Y., and disappeared from their lives forever...
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MARK MY WORD: WELCOME TO THE WORLD, BAILEY CAITLIN
(Column ~ 12/12/95)
Wow, she has hair! Look at those tiny fingers and toes. When you're the father of a new baby girl, you say stuff like that. Then you go deer hunting. For those of you interested in tax deductions, Bailey Caitlin Bliss arrived Dec. 8, along with the snow storm...
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LORRAINE FIEDLER
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
SHAWNEETOWN -- Lorraine Fiedler, 80, of Shawneetown died Monday, Dec. 11, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Jackson. She was born Feb. 14, 1915, at Shawneetown to Charles and Dora Starzinger Schlimpert. She married Arthur "Addie" Fiedler on May 13, 1934. He died Jan. 24, 1994...
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RYAMOND H. JONES
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
WOODBURN, Ore. -- Raymond Hastey Jones, 81, of Woodburn died Sunday, Dec. 10, 1995, at a hospital in Silverton. He was born Nov. 6, 1914, in Hunterville, son of Columbus and Dora Ruffner Jones. He and Margaret Nell Eggert were married Dec. 30, 1939 in Toledo, Ore...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/12/95)
Son to Sonja Sides of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, 1995. Name, MacLane Alexander. Weight, 7 pounds 15 ounces. Second son. Ms. Sides is the daughter of Donna Wallenmeyer of Jackson and Bill Keller of Cape Girardeau. She is employed at Papa John's Pizza...
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RUTH MILLER
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Ruth Miller, 91, of Tamms, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Feb. 8, 1904, at Thebes, daughter of George and Emma Livingston Gilbert. She and Paul Miller were married Feb. 3, 1935. He died June 29, 1990...
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AUDREY WELKER
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
Audrey Welker, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 11, 1995, at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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ELSIE M. HUBER
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Elsie M. Huber of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent's Catholic Church. The Rev. Kevin Fausz will officiate, with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 4-9 p.m. Friday, and Saturday from 6:30-9:45 a.m. The parish wake will be at 7 p.m. Friday...
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DONALD R. ROBINSON
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
BROWNWOOD -- Funeral service for Donald Ray Robinson of Brownwood will be held at 10 a.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. The Rev. Arvil Croy will officiate, with burial in Brownwood Cemetery. Robinson, 43, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 1995, at his home...
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SYLVIA DENT
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Sylvia M. Dent, 90, of Cobden, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 1995, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. She was born Oct. 16, 1905, in Pope County, daughter of Theophilus "Toddy" and Florence Climer Morse. She and James Mason Dent were married Sept. 30, 1925, in Golconda. He died March 26, 1980...
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CLARA MCINTIRE
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Clara McIntire of Anna will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at First Christian Church, with Steve Shepherd officiating. Burial will be in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Anna from 5-8 p.m. Thursday...
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RAYMOND B. HUNZE
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
Funeral service for Raymond B. Hunze of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Jeffrey Sippy and Adam Mueller will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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EULA POE
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Eula Poe, 88, of Marble Hill, died Monday, Dec. 11, 1995, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born July 19, 1907, at Puxico, daughter of William and Mary Francis Stevens Scott. She and V.E. Poe were married May 26, 1928. He died April 18, 1964...
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MARSHALL BRYANT
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
MOREHOUSE -- Marshall Bryant, 76, of Morehouse, died Monday, Dec. 11, 1995, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. He was born March 10, 1919, in Clarksville, Tenn., son of Richard and Viena Heffner Bryant. He and Mavis Brawley were married Feb. 1, 1941. She died March 7, 1994...
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ROBERT W. HILL
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Robert W. Hill, 69, of Anna, died Monday, Dec. 11, 1995, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, from injuries received in an automobile accident. Crain Funeral Home at Anna is in charge of arrangements.
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ANDY SWALLOWS
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
DEXTER -- Andy Swallows, 76, of Dexter, died Monday, Dec. 11, 1995, at his home. He was born Feb. 9, 1919, near Essex, son of Charlie A. and Lula R. Swan Swallows. He and Ines Irene Patterson were married April 27, 1941, in Dexter. She died Feb. 7, 1970...
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WINSTEAD W. HILL
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Winstead W. Hill, 56, of Anna, died Friday, Dec. 8, 1995, in Mt. Vernon, from injuries received in an automobile accident. Crain Funeral Home at Anna is in charge of arrangements.
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MARK H. ARCHIE
(Obituary ~ 12/12/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Mark Hal Archie, 75, of East Prairie, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born June 6, 1920, in the Sugar Tree community near East Prairie, son of Walter Cleveland and Molly Vera Jackson Archie. He and Betty Sue O'Dell were married Feb. 14, 1948...
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LETTERS: `TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CREDIT-CARD EXPLOSION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/12/95)
To the editor: 'Twas the night before Christmas When all through the night My wife thought she'd charge Almost everything in sight. The car was all gassed, All ready to go, In hopes that the roads Would be free of snow. She was dressed all in black From her head to her toes,...
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LETTERS: PLENTY OF GOOD TOWNS AND NO NEED FOR FROWNS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/12/95)
To the editor: Cape Girardeau and Jackson Are good towns, you see. But don't forget the town of Chaffee. It's a good town, and it's not Far from my residence in Scott. Dutchtown too is a town of renown. When one thinks of it, one doesn't frown. Gordonville too is not very far...
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NEW LIGHT, BIG HELP
(Editorial ~ 12/12/95)
Sometimes it is a little change that makes a big difference. Take the new street light at the entrance to the Cape County Park where there are nearly 150 sparkling holiday displays. Concerns that the dark entrance was a safety problem didn't go unheeded...
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MISSOURI WATCH: PRE-FILED BILLS BRING THE CUSTOMARY HOLIDAY CHEER
(Column ~ 12/12/95)
'Tis the season for ... . You thought I was going to say Christmas shopping and holiday festivities, didn't you? Well, in the great world of Missouri politics, shopping and festivities have their place, but right now, this is the time of the year for the "Pre-Files."...
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CVB BOARD CAN DO THE JOB
(Editorial ~ 12/12/95)
When Councilman Melvin Gateley proposed the creation of another city board to oversee economic development and public-private partnerships that could benefit from Cape Girardeau's motel-restaurant tax, he clearly wanted to be all things to all people. But the existing city ordinance that created the tax and provided for its administration seems to do already what Gateley is proposing...
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LETTERS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/12/95)
EDITOR'S NOTE: A letter to the editor in Friday's edition, "A plea from Sikeston," was signed by D. Friend. The letter wasn't written by either Doug Friend or David Friend and does not represent the views of either of them. Normal procedures for verifying the letter were followed prior to publication of the letter...
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TEACHERS LEARN FIRE SAFETY
(Local News ~ 12/12/95)
Scott County teachers learned about fire safety last month when members of the NBC Fire District presented a workshop. Teachers at Scott County R-IV schools learned how to properly use a fire extinguisher, and teachers at Kelly School learned about first-aid techniques...
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EARNING CENTER ACCREDITED
(Local News ~ 12/12/95)
The Southeast Missouri Easter Seal Society's Early Learning Center received accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The Early Learning Center is one of 4,500 programs nationwide to be recognized. The accreditation process is a voluntary one in which the program must meet national standards of excellence...
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TODDARD EMS OFFERS SERVICES
(Local News ~ 12/12/95)
The Stoddard County Ambulance District will offer its 10th annual "Home for the Holiday" service Dec. 24-26. "In keeping with the spirit of the season, we will provide a means of transportation so that these folks can be home for the holidays," said Manager David Cooper. "This will be the district's gift to these patients."...
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UE's DOLLAR MORE HELPS THOSE IN NEED
(Local News ~ 12/12/95)
The warmth of human kindness will help keep the homes of more than 7,000 families warm this winter. Dollar More, one of Union Electric's Energy Plus programs, provides temporary financial help to the elderly, disabled and families facing financial difficulties...
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TWO SC POLICEMEN DESTINED FOR BOSNIA
(Local News ~ 12/12/95)
SCOTT CITY -- History has a way of repeating itself. About five years ago, Randy Zimmerman, a Scott City police officer, received a call to active duty and served five and one-half months in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm...
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SCHOLASTIC TEAM WINS FIRST
(Local News ~ 12/12/95)
The Central Junior High School scholastic team has won first place in the Questions Unlimited Electronic Scholastic Tournament. In addition to placing first in the state, the team also won third-place honors in the central division and 11th in the nation...
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