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LETTERS: MOST MISSOURIANS HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/27/96)
To the editor: It is revealing to see the results of a recent poll conducted throughout the state on the environmental attitudes of Missouri's potential voters. Despite, or maybe as a consequence of, the two year war that Congress has waged on human and environmental health, practiced under the banner of their Contract With America, nearly three-quarters of Missourians (both urban and rural residents alike) feel that environmental conditions are either the same or are worse than five years ago. ...
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BALLOON CREWS READY FOR ANYTHING
(Local News ~ 07/27/96)
It seems most ballooners are philosophers. Maybe it is because spending so much time floating in the clouds. When a group of them gather, there are bound to be remarks about the inevitable twists of fate and the unpredictable guile of Mother Nature...
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HIP, KNEE SEMINAR
(Local News ~ 07/27/96)
Southeast Missouri Hospital will sponsor a free seminar on hip and knee pain and what sufferers can do about it on Wednesday. The seminar, led by Pat Kosiba, will be presented at 11 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. in the hospital's Harrison Room. Kosiba will be discussing the causes of hip and knee pain and what treatments are available to help patients ease pain and improve movement...
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CHILD CARE SEMINAR
(Local News ~ 07/27/96)
Southeast Missouri Hospital will offer a free, two-part seminar called "Self Care by Children" Wednesday and Wednesday, Aug. 7 for families considering whether to leave their children home alone after school or for part of the day. The seminar will begin at 7 p.m. both days at the hospital's Jackson Outreach Services at Main Street Fitness Center, 410 W. Main...
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BLOOD DRIVES SCHEDULED
(Local News ~ 07/27/96)
Several American Red Cross blood drives have been scheduled around the area. On Sunday, Aug. 4 from 8 to noon, a blood drive will be held at the St. Denis Parish Center at St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton. The St. Vincent Women's Council will also hold a blood drive Aug. 4 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the St. Vincent DePaul Parish Center meeting room, 742 Forest in Cape Girardeau...
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SAFETY SEMINAR SCHEDULED
(Local News ~ 07/27/96)
"Personal Safety for Women" will be presented Monday, Aug. 5, at Southeast Missouri Hospital's Main Street Fitness Center in Jackson. The two-hour program begins at 7 p.m. and will focus on victimization and Missouri's laws on harassment, stalking and assault. Participants will learn how to reduce vulnerabilities and what to do during a confrontation, during an attack and in the aftermath of an attack...
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FAMILY DOCTOR
(Local News ~ 07/27/96)
Talk about hectic. Four examination rooms, a constantly-ringing phone placed strategically between them, medical supply distributors and sales people standing patiently in the hallway, and a waiting room full of people. Through it all moves Dr. Thomas Sparkman, sometimes at a trot, but never with a trace of confusion or consternation...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/27/96)
OUR FAMILY is really enjoying the coverage of the Olympics, and our hearts go out to Janet Evans. Unfortunately, she has learned a lesson that many young athletes in the Cape area are learning -- life isn't fair. So to Miss Evans and all those young athletes that do play by the rules but still don't make the select or all-star teams. ...
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JACKSON'S BONDS
(Editorial ~ 07/27/96)
The Jackson School District is bulging at the seams. And enrollment continues to grow steadily. Record-setting kindergarten enrollment and sprouting classes have been the rule, not the exception. In the last two years alone, the district has added 350 students...
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PRIVATE SCHOOLS GROW RAPIDLY
(Editorial ~ 07/27/96)
Most public school districts aren't facing Jackson's growth problems. Throughout the region, it is private schools that boast strong and steady growth. Nationwide trends show a 450 percent enrollment in Catholic school enrollment from 1982. The trend has been borne out in Southeast Missouri. Growth has required plans for a new Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau...
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REGENTS WON'T BE LOCKED IN BY PLAN
(Local News ~ 07/27/96)
The Board of Regents won't be locked into a campus master plan for Southeast Missouri State University. The regents discussed the proposed master plan at a special meeting Friday afternoon with the consultants who drafted it. The regents suggested they would approve the 20-year plan at the Aug. 30 board meeting, but only as a very broad guideline. They said university officials will have to get board approval to move departments or make any other changes outlined in the plan...
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SEPTEMBER START FOR NEW RIVER SPAN
(Local News ~ 07/27/96)
The Sept. 3 starting date for construction of the new Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge was heralded Friday by federal, state and local officials who gathered to celebrate the transportation improvement and its impact on the region. "A lot of people are helping to make a dream come true," said Federal Highway Administrator Rodney Slater. "This bridge will connect two great states divided by a river."...
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UNIVERSITY, CAPE SCHOOLS MAY JOIN FORCES ON VO-TECH CENTER
(Local News ~ 07/27/96)
Southeast Missouri State University wants to build a $5.5 million vocational-technical center that would provide training in advanced manufacturing technology. University officials said Friday that a 40,000-square-foot facility could be built in conjunction with plans for a new vocational school for the Cape Girardeau School District...
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BALLOONISTS MEANDER ACROSS SKIES
(Local News ~ 07/27/96)
With a slight stir and the barest sensation of lift, a balloon leaves the ground. At first there is a little apprehension. You are rising quickly to 100, 200, 300 and 400 feet above the ground with nothing more to support you than a few fragile-looking wires and a wicker basket. But soon that feeling is replaced by a sense of comfort. The balloon seems contented and transmits that feeling to its occupants...
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FOR GOP, PRIMARIES LAY GROUNDWORK FOR GAINING HOUSE MAJORITY
(Local News ~ 07/27/96)
JEFFERSON CITY -- The Aug. 6 legislative primaries are just a warmup for a longer, tougher fall campaign -- a fight that Republicans contend will end with them controlling the Missouri House for the first time in two generations. The GOP needs to hold its 74 seats and pick up seven more to seize a House majority. ...
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POWER PLAY: LIFE, DEATH, HUMOR AND MOSTACCIOLI
(Column ~ 07/27/96)
For some unknown reason, mostaccioli is the food of choice for large Catholic gatherings. There must be some sort of religious connection. Maybe it was a side dish at the Last Supper. Bread and wine are the only victuals mentioned in the Gospels as being served at the Last Supper, but perhaps like many other items in the New Testament, perhaps the complete menu was omitted or altered during the various translations from the original Greek into Latin and the vernacular languages...
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STRIKE ZONE: ONE STRONG EVENT HELPED MAKE UP FOR LOST GROUND
(High School Sports ~ 07/27/96)
It must be the "in" thing over a 17-day stretch of summer. Walk the streets of Atlanta, read the papers, watch the news reports and everybody, it seems, has an Olympic-sized complaint. And there have been plenty bouncing around, especially from the media actually covering the events...
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ESTELLE JENNINGS
(Obituary ~ 07/27/96)
BELL CITY -- Estelle Jennings, 82, of Bell City, died Friday, July 26, 1996, at the home of a daughter in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 30, 1914, at Bell City, daughter of George and Ada Summers Garner. She and James Paul Jennings were married Dec. 28, 1931. He died Dec. 27, 1994...
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WOODROW MCKINLEY
(Obituary ~ 07/27/96)
SIKESTON -- Woodrow W. McKinley, 79, of Sikeston, died Thursday, July 25, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Dec. 26, 1916, in Baxter, Tenn., son of Homer L. and Daisy Mae Jarred McKinley. He and Charity B. McClain Walker were married Nov. 19, 1955, at Bertrand. She died Oct. 20, 1995...
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LELIA THOMASSON
(Obituary ~ 07/27/96)
Memorial service for Lelia Thomasson of Columbia will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church in Columbia. Thomasson, 98, died Thursday, July 24, 1996, at Lenoir Retirement Community in Columbia. She was born Aug. 9, 1897, in Fredericktown, daughter of Felix J. and Minnie Parkin. She and Robert Raphael Thomasson were married in 1920. He died in 1967...
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GOLDIE ALLEN
(Obituary ~ 07/27/96)
Goldie Alene Allen, 78, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, July 24, 1996, at Heartland Care Rehab Center. She was born May 6, 1918, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Issac Harrison and Clara E. Crites Doggett. She and Paul Allen were married in 1938. He preceded her in death...
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MAXINE WILLIAMSON
(Obituary ~ 07/27/96)
BLOOMFIELD -- Maxine Williamson, 70, of Bloomfield, died Friday, July 26, 1996, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. She was born Jan. 13, 1926, at Chaffee, son of Clyde and Carrie Cleveland Stephens. She and Rex Williamson were married July 9, 1946. He preceded her in death...
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RUTH FREEMAN
(Obituary ~ 07/27/96)
CHAFFEE -- Ruth Marvolin Freeman, 75, of Chaffee, died Friday, July 26, 1996, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born July 22, 1921, at Sikeston, daughter of William Gaines and Mary Demetrius Black Freeman. Freeman had been a secretary at Ann's Insurance and at Florsheim Shoe Co. in Chaffee. She was a member of First Christian Church...
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CURTIS CARMACK
(Obituary ~ 07/27/96)
Curtis D. Carmack, 85, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Tuesday, July 23, 1996, at Columbia Edward White Hospital there. He was born Dec. 11, 1910, in Anna, Ill., son of James and Mae Richardson Carmack. He and Mildred Kistner were married March 19, 1935, in Cape Girardeau...
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ELMER SPERLING
(Obituary ~ 07/27/96)
Elmer J. Sperling, 90, of Webster Groves, died Friday, July 26, 1996, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. He was born Nov. 25, 1905, in Cape Girardeau, son of William John and Minnie Deneke Sperling. He and Virginia Schuler were married in 1937. She died in 1992...
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JOHNNY THURSTON
(Obituary ~ 07/27/96)
ZALMA -- Johnny S. Thurston, 62, of Zalma, died Thursday, July 25, 1996, in Poplar Bluff. He was born Dec. 17, 1933, in Burbank, Mo., son of Sylvester and Eunice Mullins Thurston. Thurston was a retired truck driver. He was a member of Zalma General Baptist Church, and VFW at Wappapello. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/27/96)
Son to Tammy Michele Jett and Michael Thomas Layton of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:17 p.m. Friday, July 12, 1996. Name, Joshua Thomas. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. Miss Jett is the daughter of Don and Judy Morehead of St. Louis. She is a student at Southeast Missouri State University. Layton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Layton of St. Charles. He is a television producer/director...
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PINNELL HUNTER
(Obituary ~ 07/27/96)
SIKESTON -- Funeral Mass for William Pinnell Hunter Sr. of Sikeston will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. The Revs. Amel Shibley and Robert Schumacher will officiate, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery at New Madrid...
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MAN DIES IN CRASH ON HIGHWAY 25
(Local News ~ 07/27/96)
A man was killed Thursday morning when his truck was struck from behind in New Madrid County. Daniel Lee, 80, of Malden was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:33 a.m. by the New Madrid County coroner after his 1991 Mazda pickup was hit after he stopped in traffic, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said...
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