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MARTHA MCRAVEN
(Obituary ~ 02/18/96)
Martha McRaven, 45, of Anna, Ill., died Saturday, Feb. 17, 1996, at the City Care Center in Anna. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Alto Pass.
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CAIRO REGIONAL AIRPORT: NEW NAME, MANAGER, PLAN
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
CAIRO, Ill. -- The Cairo Regional Airport represents a new name, a new start and a new direction for the former Alexander County Airport in operation near here since 1950. The airport also has a new manager and a new five-year improvement plan. "Our goals are to obtain funding for airport improvements and to build on traffic and business at the airport," said Jim Zimmer, who was recently named manager of the facility...
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OPPONENTS TARGET `REFORMS'
(Editorial ~ 02/18/96)
A grassroots group of parents from across Missouri who are opposed to reforms contained in Senate Bill 380 (the Outstanding Schools Act) gathered for a rally on the capitol steps in Jefferson City on Feb. 7. Five days later, last Monday, a hearing was held by a joint House-Senate committee on the academic performance standards called for in that legislation. Both events are evidence that the controversy over SB 380 isn't going away...
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NEW DRURY HOTEL OPENS AT I-55 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 61 INTERSECTION
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
Approximately 20 new jobs were created with the opening of the four-story hotel. The new, 79-room Drury Inn & Suites that opened at the intersection of Interstate 55 & U.S. Highway 61 Friday, has a new look for a Drury Inn. The four-story structure features bell towers and stucco exterior to reflect traditional Bavarian Style...
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LEARNING THE ABCs
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
Volunteers keep busy at the Thursday School. These ladies are getting Kool Aid and cookies ready for the kids. From the left are Faye Stinnett, Imogene Mayberry, Vivian Petty and Hildred Simmons. In the Bible class at the preschool, teacher Maxine Breezell asks a question that Allie Birk says she can answer...
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HOUCHINS WORKS IN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN BELARUS, POLAND
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
Julie Houchins of Marble Hill, is a junior at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. and is majoring in elementary education. She is the daughter of Tom and Darlene Houchins. But from Dec. 28 through Jan. 9 Houchins traveled on a mission trip to help children in a foreign country...
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WHAT'S TO BECOME OF THE OLD CITY HALL?
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
The lower level of the library is to be used for administrative offices. They own it. Now what are they going to do with it? That's what parishioners of New McKendree United Methodist Church are trying to figure out. After paying $206,000 for the old Jackson City Hall at a recent public auction, they are carefully weighing all of the alternatives...
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`CLOSE-KNIT' VOLLEYBALL CLUB IS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
The club meets each Tuesday for 16 weeks during the school year at R.O. Hawkins Junior High gym. Debbie Yancey, far left, referees the games, as she has for nearly 20 years. A member of the Adult Women's Volleyball Club in Jackson returns a serve. The women say the games are a good way to get exercise as well as maintain lasting friendships...
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INPUT SOUGHT ON NEW JUVENILE CENTER
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
The Cape Girardeau Industrial Recruitment Association is seeking community input about a state juvenile facility that may be built in Klaus Park in Jackson. The secure facility would house up to 30 male delinquents around age 15. It would bring 50 jobs to Cape Girardeau County with an annual payroll of around $1 million and operating expenses of $250,000...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: WORK BEGINS ON REFORM ASSESSMENTS
(Column ~ 02/18/96)
As state school board members continue remorselessly down a road mapped out for them by the thousand-dollar-a-day consultants who've ruined education in so many other states, a potentially explosive scenario is unfolding in another corner of Big Education's empire. ...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: DOLE STUMBLES TO NEW HAMPSHIRE
(Column ~ 02/18/96)
Little old Iowa with its quaint, folksy caucuses may have had its greatest impact yet on modern presidential politics. The shape of the 1996 Republican campaign has been determined in a way that few would have predicted. Sen. Bob Dole's inevitability is now less inevitable. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: CLUELESS ABOUT GOVERNMENT IN THE LAND OF JEFFERSON
(Column ~ 02/18/96)
Although I feel uncomfortable making the statement, the truth is that we Americans are getting the kind of governments we have earned. Notice, I didn't say we're getting what we deserve, because the truth is, we deserve better governments than we're getting...
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PORTS TO THE WORLD
(Editorial ~ 02/18/96)
River sand, rice, grains, coal, road salts, aluminum, lime and fertilizer. Last year saw more than 2 million tons of these products move through our region's seven major river ports. Five of these ports are in Missouri or under construction here. Two others are in Kentucky. ...
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JESS DU JOUR: IT'S A SPAM WORLD AFTER ALL
(Column ~ 02/18/96)
"Fresh pork butts, just $1.89 a pound." Yesterday I was tooling around town in my Bronco, being pleasantly entertained by my radio. Betwixt two of my favorite songs, however, I was startled by this advertisement for the most revolting type of meat that I have ever heard of...
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A DAY IN THE LIFE: DEATH OF A LEMON
(Column ~ 02/18/96)
I know it's nearly spring because I'm looking for a car. This year's model has joined Fred Sanford and every other car I've ever owned in that big junkyard in the sky. No tears, though, I grew to hate that car. I'm sure you seen it. It was the long, banana-colored Ford Fairmont station wagon with the three guys behind it. Yeah, that was mine. What it lacked in physical appeal, it lacked even more in durability...
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ETHEL MASSIE
(Obituary ~ 02/18/96)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Ethel Massie, 90, of Jonesboro died Saturday at the Jonesboro Healthcare Center. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hileman and Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro.
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DELLA V. LOBERG
(Obituary ~ 02/18/96)
SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Della V. Loberg, 87, of Sedgewickville died Saturday at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was born Sept. 9, 1908, in Lixville, daughter of the late Samuel and Effie Ellen Statler. She married George Roy Loberg on Aug. 10, 1933. He died May 8, 1979...
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CURTIS E. BROWN
(Obituary ~ 02/18/96)
ANNA, Ill. -- Curtis E. Brown, 84, of Anna died Friday at the Union County Hospital. She was born Nov. 21, 1911, in Jackson County, Ill., daughter of the late William R. and Minnie E. Harner Land. She married Jess Casey, who died in 1936. She then married Otis Brown, who died in 1973...
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ADA SCHUCH
(Obituary ~ 02/18/96)
JACKSON -- Ada Schuch, a lifelong resident of Jackson, died Friday at her home at the age of 83. She was born Oct. 14, 1912, in Jackson, daughter of the late Francis and Lula Browning Vangilder. She married Matthew E. Schuch on May 3, 1932. He died Aug. 3, 1979. She then married Joe T. Kurre on Aug. 19, 1983. He died June 3, 1989...
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LEWIS H. CONLEY
(Obituary ~ 02/18/96)
SIKESTON -- Retired Col. Lewis H. Conley, 81, died Saturday, Feb. 17, 1996, at the Sikeston Health Care Center. He was born Sept. 20, 1914, at Sikeston, son of Hester Cutrell Carraway. He and Freda L. Lankford were married Feb. 4, 1940, at Sikeston...
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MARY FRIESE RENDLEMAN
(Obituary ~ 02/18/96)
ALTO PASS, Ill. -- Mary Friese Rendleman, 90, of Alto Pass, Ill., died Friday, Feb. 16, 1996, at the Nature Trail Nursing Home in Mount Vernon, Ill. She was born Oct. 13, 1905, at Alto Pass, daughter of William A. and Ellen Finch Friese. She and James J. Rendleman were married Nov. 4, 1932, at Anna, Ill. He died Dec. 9, 1979...
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D.D. PROCTOR
(Obituary ~ 02/18/96)
POPLAR BLUFF -- D.D. "Don" Proctor, 64, died Friday, Feb. 16, 1996, at the Doctor's Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born June 1, 1931, at Rockford, Ill., son of John and Gladys McDowell Proctor. He and Sally Adams were married Sept. 5, 1954, at Jena, La...
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MICHAEL WENDELL CARLTON
(Obituary ~ 02/18/96)
Michael Wendell Carlton, 50, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Feb. 16, 1996, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Aug. 9, 1945, at Cape Girardeau, son of Lloyd and Juanita Johnson Carlton. He and Cheri Cauble were married Feb. 25, 1972, at Cape Girardeau...
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EARL KOENIG
(Obituary ~ 02/18/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Earl T. "Smokey" Koenig, 75, of Perryville died Friday at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 6, 1920, in Old Appleton, son of the late Arnold and Agnes Rabold Koenig. He married Leola "Lee" Kaempfe on Feb. 7, 1948...
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ROBERT LESLIE ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 02/18/96)
CHAFFEE -- Robert Leslie Adams, 42, died Friday, Feb. 16, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born May 19, 1953, at Scott City, son of Arthur Stephens and Alma Faye Welker Adams. He and LaDonna Blattel were married Aug. 19, 1972, at Advance...
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BARBARA JOAN BROWN
(Obituary ~ 02/18/96)
CHARLESTON -- Barbara Joan Brown, 44, of Charleston died Friday, Feb. 16, 1996, at her residence. She was born July 12, 1951, at Lawrenceburg, Tenn., daughter of Stevie and Veliah Simpson Rosson. She and Jimmy Brown were married June 3, 1970. She was employed at the Brown Shoe Co. in Charleston for five years and later worked at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston until she retired in 1993. She was a member of the General Baptist Church in East Prairie...
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LUCK OF THE DRAW OFTEN DECIDES RODEO WINNERS
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
The smell of manure, livestock and hay wafted through the Show Me Center as people dressed in Western shirts, fringed vests, jeans and cowboy hats walked through the doors Saturday night to see the Longhorn World Championship Rodeo. Competition continues today with a 2 p.m. show. During the weekend, more than 250 contestants, three-fourth of them men, will have competed for a $39,000 purse...
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SUPPORTERS CLOSER TO CLOSING THE GAP
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
CHARLESTON -- Transportation officials in Kentucky have taken the first steps toward a link with Missouri, allocating money for a bridge feasibility project. Federal highway funds recently were allocated to the Close the Gap Committee, a bi-state group that wants to link Interstate 24 in Kentucky with Interstates 55 and 57 in Missouri. Kentucky's highway department already plans to make Highway 60 a four-lane road between Paducah and LaCenter, and only 30 miles lay between there and Charleston...
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HIGHWAY 74 OPENS MONDAY
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
Without fanfare or celebration, new Highway 74 from Kingshighway to Sprigg Street will officially open to traffic Monday. Motorists traveling Highway 74 from Sprigg to Kingshighway will encounter only one intersection stop: West End Boulevard, where a traffic light with in-ground sensors has been erected. The other 17 blocks are free of intersections or merging traffic...
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CRAPPIE CROP PROSPERS IN MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Anglers, prepare for lots of days of crappie fishing fun. Some of the best fishing in Missouri this year will be on lakes where crappie swim. Above-average rainfall four of the past five years created perfect conditions for crappie to prosper at many Missouri lakes, including Bull Shoals, Mark Twain and Smithville. And prosper they did -- in number and in size...
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TURKEY HUNTERS FIND WRONG SPRING SEASON DATES IN CODE BOOK
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Turkey hunters, beware; you could get wrong information about 1996 turkey hunting regulations if you aren't careful. Some of the sources might surprise you. For instance, the pocket-sized book, "Wildlife Code of Missouri," published by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) contains inaccurate information about spring turkey season dates and regulations. ...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: FROZEN PONDS DO NOT ALWAYS BRING OUT THE ICY FINGERS OF DEATH
(Column ~ 02/18/96)
Winter's ill effects become quite apparent to us as it plays havoc with our health, but less obvious is its influence on fish and how it may lead to a fish kill. The artic cold snap that occurred last week prompted a lot of phone calls to our office concerning potential fish kills in area ponds and lakes. People would ask me, "Will my fish survive this cold weather?" or Will my fish die if my pond is frozen for a long period of time?" The answer to these questions depends on the type of pond...
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COOL GADGETS
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
Webster's New World Dictionary defines a gadget as "any small mechanical contrivance or device." Perhaps the definition should be rewritten to include the word "electrical" since clerks for area retail stores say the gadget buyer will need batteries or an electrical outlet for the modern toys...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: RESIDUE FROM WATCHING THE BIG TRIAL
(Column ~ 02/18/96)
At 2 a.m. on a cold Tuesday night when snow was everywhere and the furnace was round-the-clock purring, I was aroused from sleep by a dog barking. In the twilight zone between deep sleep and full wakefulness the brain begins to question: "Is this a dream or is there a real live dog barking?" This period, for me, lasted about 10 minutes...
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`MEALS WITH FRIENDS' SET THIS WEEK
(Local News ~ 02/18/96)
The Salvation Army, 701 Good Hope, will serve "Meals With Friends" Feb. 19-23. Serving time is 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Everyone is invited to enjoy a hot, nutritious meal in a friendly atmosphere at no cost. Monday's menu includes sloppy joes, potato chips, baked beans, cole slaw and ice cream...
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