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LETTER: SCHOOL CHOICE: WHAT IF THE AUTO INDUSTRY HAD BEEN GOVERNMENT-RUN
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/14/96)
To the editor: In order to understand the principle behind school choice, it would be helpful to remove the passion each side feels. Let us assume that 90 years ago we decided that owners of cars had such an economic advantage that something had to be done to ensure everyone had a car. ...
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MAKE-A-WISH LIVES UP TO NAME
(Editorial ~ 02/14/96)
A serious illness is hard enough for a family, but when the victim is a child, the challenges can seem overwhelming at times. Severe medical conditions can also drain family resources, leaving little money for extras. That is where the Make-A-Wish Foundation comes in. It grants wishes to children with terminal illnesses or life-threatening medical conditions. The foundation recently granted wishes to two area youngsters facing medical challenges from rare types of muscular dystrophy...
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SCHOOL PROGRESS
(Editorial ~ 02/14/96)
Meadow Heights school district and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education have set the record straight. Last July, the school board discovered incorrect attendance figures were reported to the state from 1990 to 1992. At least 17 fictitious students were added to the attendance records. These inflated figures were used to calculate state funding for the school district in northern Bollinger County...
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VALENTINE'S DAY LEADS SOME COUPLES TO ALTAR
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
Romance carries some people all the way to the altar -- or the judge -- on Valentine's Day, the holiday devoted to lovers. And the history of Valentine's Day, which is at least 600 years old, has customs and practices dating to ancient Rome. According to legend from the early Christian church, Pope Gelasius I named Feb. ...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
Wednesday, 7 p.m., City Hall Rezone 3 S. Pacific from C-1, local commercial, to C-2, general commercial. Rezone the southwest corner of the southern section of Kingshighway and Bouldercrest Drive and obtain a special use permit for a residential development...
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NOT ALL GLAD AT BUYOUT PROSPECT
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
COMMERCE -- The Mississippi River first attracted Joyce and Tommy Cox to Commerce 20 years ago. It might force them to leave this year. After 24 years of living near the river, Joyce Cox has seen the damage floods can cause even though she's never been directly affected by one. The prospect of living through another flood this spring frightens her...
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CAPE CHURCHES AGREE TO POLICY ON MARRIAGES
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
More than 25 local churches have agreed to adopt a community marriage policy aimed at cutting the divorce rate in the Cape Girardeau area. As of Tuesday, 27 churches had adopted or agreed to adopt the policy, which has been endorsed by the Cape Girardeau Ministerial Alliance. The policy requires premarital preparation and counseling, which is already required in several local churches...
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GROUP MAPS OUT PLAN FOR SCHOOLS
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
A committee has drawn the first lines of a new road map for education in Cape Girardeau public schools, and now it wants to know if it is on the right track. Dozens of teachers and the 40-member committee at Cape Girardeau public schools have developed a proposed set of local educational standards based on the statewide Show-Me Standards approved last month by the Missouri Board of Education...
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MEASURE AIMS TO IMPROVE SENIORS' DRIVING
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
Older drivers are often the object of other motorists' ire. Whether it is deserved or not, even the most powerful senior citizens' group in the country agrees that skills needed to safely drive diminish with age. Under identical bills in both houses of the Missouri General Assembly, older drivers could refresh their skills in a drivers' education course and be rewarded in discounts on their car insurance premiums...
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POWER PLAY: FEDERAL BUILDING CHOICE BIG HAARIG DEAL
(Column ~ 02/14/96)
The proposed new federal building for Cape Girardeau will not be built on the site of old St. Francis Hospital. This should be obvious. Of all the sites suggested, it is the most practical and logical and would provide the most benefit for the city. However, the federal government is not in the business of bothering with such matters. It has a reputation to think of, you know...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 02/14/96)
IN A recently published editorial, you quoted legendary state representative Republican Mark Richardson. Richardson said, "There is a serious concern about the direction education reform is moving in this state." You then said, in reference to Richardson's comment that his was an "understatement." Following that, you wrote, in part that "the so-called academic performance standards recently adopted by the state board have been the subject of frequent comment in this space." Frequent comment? Talk about an understatement. ...
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BOARD MOVES UP KINDERGARTEN SCREENING DATES
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
JACKSON -- Citing the inconvenience of having kindergarten screenings in late June or early July, the Jackson Board of Education voted Tuesday to move the dates up this year. Incoming 1996-97 kindergarten students will be screened the first week of June. According to Rose Tallent, principal at the Primary Annex, this will be better for both students and teachers...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
The Southeast Missourian asked, "Why do we have Valentine's Day?" Jacob Sailer: "We have it to give Valentines to people we care about and love. When I get one I feel glad." Candace Payne: "It's a way that you can show that you care about other people by giving them a Valentine."...
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JACKSON CHAMBER COMMENTARY
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
Jackson has welcomed several new businesses recently, including industries, retail and food service establishments, communication and information systems and financial service institutions. Other existing businesses have expanded or modernized their facilities, and many have declared 1995 an excellent year for sales despite a struggling economy nationally...
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SEMO SPRING HEADCOUNT STANDS AT 7,520
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
Southeast Missouri State University has 7,520 students enrolled this semester, an increase of 35 over a year ago. The final census, compiled after the first four weeks of the spring semester, shows an increase of 203 students over the first-day headcount, school officials said...
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CAPE TEEN HONORED FOR VOLUNTEERISM
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
When Traci Taylor was in the hospital as a cancer patient she thought children needed something to make hospital stays a little easier. Working with her family and a local church, she built the Toy Train. Taylor, a Cape Girardeau Junior High School student, stocks a cart with toys for children who are patients at Southeast Missouri Hospital and raises money by speaking to local service clubs and encouraging donations...
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UNIVERSITY NAMES DEPARTMENT CHAIRMAN
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
Dr. Carol Scates literally has come out on top as chairman of the English department at Southeast Missouri State University. "Life for me begins at 12,000 feet," Scates said. Besides being an avid mountain climber and backpacker, Scates enjoys racing sailboats and traveling throughout the country...
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DONALD BARBER
(Obituary ~ 02/14/96)
DEXTER -- Donald L. Barber, 67, of Dexter, died Monday, Feb. 12, 1996, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 12, 1929, at Dexter, son of John Lewis and Stella Nelson Barber. He and Donnie Link were married March 12, 1949, in Piggott, Ark. Barber was a sales representative in Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas with Daycoa Lighting Co. ...
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NOAH AND ARTHUR GILTNER
(Obituary ~ 02/14/96)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Noah Ervin and Robert Arthur Giltner, twin sons of Bruce and Alyce Giltner of Villa Ridge, died at birth Sunday, Feb. 11, 1996, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. Survivors include their parents; a brother, Neal Giltner of Villa Ridge; maternal grandparents, Arthur and Wanda Ervin of Villa Ridge, and paternal grandparents, James and Bonnie Giltner of Brookport...
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DELORES FIELDS
(Obituary ~ 02/14/96)
SIKESTON -- Delores Fields, 58, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.
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SHIRLEY GREEN
(Obituary ~ 02/14/96)
DEXTER -- Shirley Green, 49, of Dexter, died Monday, Feb. 12, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 28, 1946, in Broseley, daughter of Pete and Catherine Kiger. Green was a certified nurse assistant and had worked at area nursing homes...
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GENIE HARVEL
(Obituary ~ 02/14/96)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Genie Harvel, 90, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1996, at Three Springs Lodge and Nursing Home in Chester, Ill. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hileman and Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro.
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TIM EDWARDS
(Obituary ~ 02/14/96)
John Timothy "Tim" Edwards, 35, of Valley Park, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1996, at his home. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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GLADYS LEATHERS
(Obituary ~ 02/14/96)
DEXTER -- Gladys Leathers, 82, of Dexter, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1996, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Dec. 14, 1913, in Chaonia, daughter of Joseph Lee and Addie Bowes Stephens. Survivors include a son, Harold Swatzell of Troy, Mich.; a daughter, Sandra Quick of Arnold; a brother, Howard Stephens of Decatur, Ill.; two sisters, Dorothy Estes of East Alton, Ill., Mary Mallory of Holden; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren...
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NORMA BODENSCHATZ
(Obituary ~ 02/14/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Norma Anna Bodenschatz, 87, of Perryville, died Monday, Feb. 12, 1996, at Memorial Hospital in Chester, Ill. She was born Sept. 4, 1908, in Friedheim, daughter of Henry and Pauline Hanp Isenberg. She and Oscar E. Bodenschatz were married Sept. 5, 1926. He died March 21, 1995...
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REV. DAVID LOESCH
(Obituary ~ 02/14/96)
PERRYVILLE -- The Rev. David John Otto Loesch, 86, of Perryville, died Monday, Feb. 12, 1996, at Perry Oaks Healthcare. He was born May 13, 1909, in Jefferson City, son of William and Nannie Beck Loesch. He and Alice Amelia Koeppel were married June 27, 1934, in Cape Girardeau...
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RUTH UMBECK
(Obituary ~ 02/14/96)
Funeral service for Ruth B. Umbeck of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Joe McCullough will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. today...
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CURTIS L. ESKEW
(Obituary ~ 02/14/96)
DEXTER -- Curtis L. Eskew, 86, of Dexter, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1996, at Crowley Ridge Care Center. He was born May 1, 1909, in Dexter, son of Andrew Jackson and Mary Rankin Eskew. He and Eva Martin were married Jan. 16, 1932, at Bloomfield. Eskew was a retired farmer and truck driver, and had worked at Ringer Hardware. He was a member of Sweet Prospect Baptist Church...
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CAPE WOMAN WINS TOP JAYCEES AWARD
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
It is no wonder Laurel Adkisson was recently chosen one of the 1996 Ten Outstanding Young Missourians by the Missouri Jaycees: She has a good track record for volunteering and knows how to develop leadership potential in others. Adkisson, who works as a financial services officer with Commerce Bank, was nominated for the award by Matt Hopkins and the Cape Girardeau Jaycees...
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SHOP 'N SAVE WILL CLOSE CAPE STORE
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
More than 70 jobs will be affected with the closure of Shop 'n Save, a 60,000-square-foot grocery market in Cape Girardeau. Shop 'n Save Warehouse Foods Inc. announced this week that the company will try to transfer some workers to other stores. This, however, would require a move for employees. The bulk of Shop 'n Save stores are in the St. Louis metropolitan areas in Missouri and Illinois...
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CAPAHA FIELD KEEPS NAME, BUT MAY ADD HALL OF FAME
(College Sports ~ 02/14/96)
Monday night's meeting of the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Board included discussion that will likely lead to the erection of some kind of local hall of fame monument at the primary baseball field in Capaha Park. The park board was responding to a letter from Southeast Missouri State University president Dr. Bill Atchley to Cape Girardeau mayor Al Spradling III that proposed the city give serious consideration to changing the name of Capaha Field to `John "Doc" Yallaly Stadium.'...
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CONSERVATION DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING PLANNED
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
The Scott County Soil and Water Conservation District Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 29, with a meal at 6:15 p.m. at St. Denis Parish Hall in Benton. The program will include Von Priggel as speaker who will talk about his trip to Australia, recognition of outstanding conservation farmer, special service award, 1995 poster contest winners, door prizes and an election...
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SOUTHERN SEVEN HEAD START TO HOLD MEETING
(Local News ~ 02/14/96)
TAMMS, Ill. -- The Southern Seven Head Start Center at Tamms, formerly known as Tamms Head Start, will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, to discuss a reunion. Interest has been expressed to hold a reunion for all Head Start families, employees and community friends involved with the Tamms Head Start center from 1973 to the present...
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