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PANHANDLER WISHES SHE HAD STAYED IN SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
Marie Jenkins is 30 years old and has a ninth grade education. "Mom always tried to get me to stay in school," she said. "Now I wish I had." Jenkins stood at the corner of William and Kingshighway late Tuesday afternoon with a tattered white cardboard sign that read from top to bottom "Homeless, broke, God Bless." A plastic bag with a change of clothes lay at her feet as she watched traffic slow for the stop light...
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CS&N; ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SUPERGROUPS: CROSBY, STILLS & NASH PLAY SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
Though Crosby, Stills & Nash are famous for their glorious harmonies, David Crosby says the three voices shouldn't blend as well as they do. "We have three very odd voices that shouldn't do what they do together," said Crosby, a self-proclaimed "harmony freak."...
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SOUTHEAST PLANS BIG WELCOME FOR STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
The Next Step program, part of Southeast Missouri State University's "welcome back" program for students, has devised a schedule of over 15 entertainment events open to all Southeast students. The events, which include numerous ice-breaking activities and large quantities of chocolate, ice cream, and barbecue, begin today and continue until classes start on Monday...
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REPERTORY THEATER TO HOLD AUDITIONS
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
ST. LOUIS -- The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will hold local auditions fo its 1996-97 season for Non-Equity actors Saturday and for Equity actors Sunday. Adults at least 18 years old should come prepared to deliver both a two-minute contemporary monologue and a two-minute classical monologue...
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SCHOOL BUS SAFETY; DISTRICTS STRESS RIDING RULES TO STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
Narrow roads, blind spots and bad weather cause most school bus accidents. A few safety practices can prevent accidents from those and other causes. Nationwide, in 1995, 32 children were killed in school bus accidents. None occurred in Southeast Missouri...
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BIRTH CERTIFICATES NOW AVAILABLE AT HEALTH CENTER
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
Birth certificates are almost as popular as back-to-school immunizations at the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center these days. Laura Fulks, who handles most of the requests for birth certificates, said the center averages 15 to 20 requests a day...
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CLINTON, GORE EXPECTED TO VISIT CAPE
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore will jump out of the campaign starting gate following next week's Democratic National Convention with a visit to Cape Girardeau. An official with the Democratic presidential ticket's Missouri campaign office in St. Louis said Clinton and Gore are scheduled to visit Cape Girardeau Aug. 30...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: SOMEWHERE BETWEEN KNOWING RIGHT FROM WRONG
(Column ~ 08/22/96)
Aug. 22, 1996 Dear Julie, Feelings are mixed about your decision to end your political career. I'm glad your life once again will be your own but sad for the people you represent. It's certainly understandable. Politics has become so all-consuming and so personal. Ideology? Give us love, beauty and art...
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1137TH MILITARY POLICE RETURN TO MISSOURI HOMES
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
More than 120 members of the 1137th Military Police are back in Missouri. The 121 members of the Missouri National Guard unit were welcomed home with big parades at Kennett in the Missouri Bootheel and at Jefferson Barracks in the metropolitan St. Louis area...
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SLAM FEST AT INDIAN PARK THIS WEKKEND
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
A quiet community park in the heart of Cape Girardeau is going to be transformed this weekend as 100 of the best amateur basketball players in the area descend on Indian Park for the House of Prayer's Slam Fest tournament. The event, which is in its fifth year, has attracted 10-player teams from as far as North Carolina, St. ...
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VETERANS' HOME RESIDENT CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
Pertle Probst knows a little bit about almost everything, but longevity is his specialty. Probst, a Cape Girardeau County native, celebrated his 100th birthday Wednesday at the Missouri Veterans' Home. The party also was sponsored by the Jackson American Legion Post 158...
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COUNTY PLANNING
(Editorial ~ 08/22/96)
As Cape Girardeau County prepares for first-class status on Jan. 1, there's one more second-class option the county should exercise. In second-, third- and fourth-class counties (Cape Girardeau County currently is a second-class county), commissioners have the authority to appoint a temporary zoning board. In a first-class county, establishment of a zoning commission requires a vote of the people -- at least for now...
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CAMERAS ON SCHOOL BUSES
(Editorial ~ 08/22/96)
Surveillance cameras are becoming fairly common on school buses in Missouri and Kansas. It is a sad commentary, but schools don't create disciplinary problems. They just have to deal with them. These discipline problems start, and ultimately must stop, at home...
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LETTERS: GREAT JOB ON GOLF COURSE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/22/96)
To the editor: The staff of the Jaycee Municipal Golf Course and the city of Cape Girardeau are doing an outstanding job with the course. Two thumbs up. BILLY PILGRIM Cape Girardeau
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LETTERS: DIFFERENT, BUT THE SAME
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/22/96)
To the editor: Gov. Mel Carnahan is using $76 million in tax dollars to push his School-to-Work plan. Nothing in School-to-Work gives us any way to better teach Johnny to read and write. Time-consuming, money-consuming, attention-consuming bureaucracies are designed to hide the fact that the emperor has no clothes and this plan has no education...
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LETTERS: LATE SUPPORT FOR TAX CUT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/22/96)
To the editor: Delivering tax relief to Missouri's families has been a goal of mine for over three years now. I tried to get this by sponsoring an idea to eliminate the state sales tax on food (3 cents per dollar) but have been fought by the governor and the House Democrats. What a shock, then, to open the newspaper and find out that these opponents to the plan are now promoting it...
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WOLOHAN'S TO CLOSE IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
Wolohan's Lumber & Home Improvement Center is closing its Cape Girardeau operation. The company, a hardware and building materials firm which opened the local facility in 1990, has informed its 24 employees it will be closing in late September. Wolohan's, headquartered in Saginaw, Mich., purchased the property at 120 N. Kingshighway from Riverside Building Supply and Home Centers, which operated a lumber company more than 85 years before closing in October of 1989...
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LETTERS: FREEDOM IS A CHOICE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/22/96)
To the editor: I read with great interest Jack Stapleton's column, "Voter turnout: Is democracy disappearing?" In it he writes, referring to electoral participation, "The democratic system of our forefathers has slowly eroded over the years." After a comprehensive report on numbers, indicating a lack of voter participation, he concludes that the four out of five voters who didn't go to the polls said the issues weren't important. ...
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LOCAL PARTIES ELECT LEADERS AT MEETINGS TO REORGANIZE
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
JACKSON -- The Cape Girardeau County Republican and Democratic committees each held reorganizational meetings Tuesday night at the county courthouse. Committee officers for both parties were elected to two-year terms. County Democrats elected LaCretia Drum of Jackson chairwoman, Rick Althaus of Cape Girardeau vice chairman, Chris Edwards of Jackson secretary and Simon Ebenstein of Jackson treasurer...
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LOHMANN DECLARED VICTOR IN PERRY
(Local News ~ 08/22/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Several tense days after the Perry County primary election, Dennis Lohmann again was declared winner in the Eastern District commissioner's race. It is on to the Nov. 5 general election for the incumbent. He will face a surprise independent candidate, Gene Tucker. Nobody filed for the seat on the Democratic ticket...
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LUCILLE PHILLIPS
(Obituary ~ 08/22/96)
WYATT -- Lucille Phillips, 84, of Wyatt died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1996, at her home. She was born July 8, 1912, in Charleston, daughter of Ira Raymond and Alpha Cissell Hunt. She and Willie E. Phillips were married Feb. 10, 1951. He died May 25, 1993...
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ROBERT HEIRONIMUS
(Obituary ~ 08/22/96)
CHARLESTON -- Robert Heironimus, 81, of Elsberry died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1996, at Lincoln County Hospital in Troy. He was born Oct. 25, 1914, in Vincennes, Ind., son of William Robert and Ida Wilson Heironimus. He and Nellie Hornbarger were married April 22, 1939...
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KRISTI FLOREK
(Obituary ~ 08/22/96)
MORLEY -- Kristi Ann Florek, 29, of Morley died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1996, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Aug. 12, 1967, at Dexter, daughter of James Earl "J.R." and Glenda Faye Lankford Sullivan. She first married Quenton Small. She and Chris Florek were married July 31, 1993, in Cape Girardeau...
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MARY MYLES
(Obituary ~ 08/22/96)
CHARLESTON -- Mary "MJ" Myles, 71, of Charleston died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1996, at her home. She was born June 17, 1925, in Charleston, daughter of H. and Freddie Whitmore Howard. She and Henry Myles were married Nov. 15, 1964. He died Sept. 21, 1990...
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WARREN STEVEN HASTINGS
(Obituary ~ 08/22/96)
Warren Steven Hastings, 59, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1996, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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NELLIE FREY
(Obituary ~ 08/22/96)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Nellie L. Frey, 78, of Cairo died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Barkett Funeral Home at Cairo is in charge of arrangements.
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/22/96)
Son to Tom Walker and Karen Bartlett of Seattle, Wash., Swedish Medical Center-Ballard in Seattle, 7:15 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, 1996. Name, Brian Kenneth. Weight, 7 pounds 10 ounces. Second child, first son. Ms. Bartlett is the daughter of Ann Bartlett of Cape Girardeau and Donald Bartlett of Arlington, Va. ...
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JENNIE HOWARD
(Obituary ~ 08/22/96)
SIKESTON -- Jennie Howard, 94, of Sikeston died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born May 13, 1902, in Vincent, Ark., daughter of John and Alice Petaway Heck. She and Ed Howard were married Dec. 26, 1920. He died Jan. 9, 1976...
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