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WORKING UP A SWEAT TO KEEP HEALTHY
(Local News ~ 10/26/96)
Gail DiPrete, left, watched Dr. William Thorpe, the team physician, as he checked out a knee injury. Kris Ottensmeir, left, a student trainer at Southeast filled up water bottles at a football practice while Ed Finan and Gail Di Prete watched the players work out...
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CELEBRATING BEING DRUG-FREE: CREATIVITY IS KEY IN CONTINUING ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE
(Local News ~ 10/26/96)
Drug awareness programs are feeling the pinch in schools everywhere as budget cuts reduce funding. And some educators say recent negative publicity about DARE programs may cause even lower funding in the future. But area schools are refusing to allow the cuts to stop their participation in events like Red Ribbon Week...
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CELEBRATING BEING DRUG-FREE: AREA SCHOOLS MARK RED RIBBON WEEK WITH ACTIVITIES
(Local News ~ 10/26/96)
Students at St. Denis Catholic School in Benton stretched a ribbon around their school Friday as part of Red Ribbon Week. Several schools wrapped up Red Ribbon Week in creative style Friday; others are kicking off their celebration this weekend. Students from schools all around the area are joining in the celebration of a drug-free lifestyle through Oct. 31 and are learning to stay away from drugs, alcohol and tobacco products...
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FALLING BACK: TIME CHANGE, OUTAGES AFFECT DOWNTOWN CLOCK
(Local News ~ 10/26/96)
The responsibility for setting Cape Girardeau's downtown clock has fallen to Charlie Hutson for the past decade. So either late tonight or early Sunday morning, he will stand at the intersection of Themis and Main streets, stopping time for an hour...
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WHITE HOUSE ADVISER SELLS SCIENCE, CLINTON, NOT MISSIONS TO MARS
(Local News ~ 10/26/96)
President Bill Clinton was urged in August by then-White House adviser Dick Morris to call for a manned mission to Mars within five years. But instead, Clinton decided to convene a space summit in November, said White House speech writer Rick Borchelt...
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AUTUMN'S LEAVES ARE HAZARDOUS FOR DRIVERS AND STORM DRAINS
(Local News ~ 10/26/96)
They're beautiful as their colors begin to change and they light up the sky with shades of red, yellow and purple. But once the leaves start to fall, they become a colorful problem. Tuesday's high winds and rain stripped a great number of leaves from their limbs and deposited them on streets where they added to the already rain-slicked roads and clogged storm drains...
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SOUTHERN EXPOSURE: REFLECTIONS ON A DISMAYING LACK OF EX-WIVES
(Column ~ 10/26/96)
I was sitting at the Bel Aire Grill watching the Braves get beat, sipping Rhino Chaser Ale and reflecting on my past relationships. I was the first of a small group of people who were meeting for drinks and discussions of work that night so I had plenty of time to think before they arrived...
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HOMECOMING EVENTS OFFER PLENTY TO DO
(Editorial ~ 10/26/96)
Strike up the band. Pull out your red jackets or sweaters and black pants and get ready to cheer. It is Homecoming weekend at Southeast Missouri State University. One of the most popular offerings of Homecoming -- the parade -- will begin at 9 o'clock this morning at Capaha Park and wind down Broadway to Main Street. ...
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AMENDMENT 8 RETAINS SALES TAX FOR PARKS AND EROSION CONTROL
(Editorial ~ 10/26/96)
Constitutional Amendment 8, which will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot, will allow Missouri voters to decide if a one-tenth-percent sales tax should be extended for 10 more years. The sales tax, first approved by voters in 1984, is used to operate the state parks system and to help stop soil erosion. The current sales tax is the primary source of funding for both these efforts. Neither is funded by general revenue...
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SCHOOL OFFICIALS NEED TO HEAR PUBLIC'S REACTION TO PLAN
(Editorial ~ 10/26/96)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education has unveiled a long-range plan for the school district. The board is actively seeking input from the community over the next month. Here is your chance. Now is the time to ask questions and make suggestions about the plan: Do you like the proposed grade configurations? Is the tax increase within reason? What schools would be replaced? What's in it for me?...
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LETTERS: KOPPEL SHOULD SEEK TRUTH
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/26/96)
To the editor: An infamous man once asked, "What is truth?" That man was Pontius Pilate. He was replying to Jesus' statement that Jesus had come to testify to the truth. More recently, on an episode of "Viewpoint," Ted Koppel made the statement that news reporters were not in the business of reporting the truth but were instead in the business of reporting the facts. ...
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LETTERS: JOBS CREDIT GOES TO BUSH
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/26/96)
To the editor: In 1991, President Bush signed legislation providing $151 billion for public works projects such as highways and bridges. This appropriation did not go into effect until 1993, which n ow explains the thousands of high-paying construction jobs across the country...
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COALITION OF AGRICULTURAL LEADERS BACKS EMERSON
(Local News ~ 10/26/96)
"The Nov. 5 election will be very important to Missouri agriculture and it is important that the media and the public know that the major commodity, livestock and agribusiness groups here in southern Missouri are behind Jo Ann Emerson's candidacy," said Farm Bureau President Charles Kruse...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/26/96)
Daughter to Dr. Bambi Robinson of Cape Girardeau, Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, 4:02 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, 1996. Name, Pendleton "Penny" McVickar. Weight, 6 pounds 10 ounces. First child. Dr. Robinson is the daughter of John and Elizabeth Robinson of New Vernon, N.J. She is a philosophy professor at Southeast Missouri State University...
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CLARENCE E. COFFELT
(Obituary ~ 10/26/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Clarence E. "Jim" Coffelt, 76, of Perryville died Friday, Oct. 25, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Oct. 2, 1920, at Silver Lake, son of Walter C. and Clara M. Henderson Coffelt. He was an electrical lineman and a World War II Army veteran. He was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church at Silver Lake, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, AmVets, Elks and the American Legion...
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PRUDENCE ROSS
(Obituary ~ 10/26/96)
Prudence Lee Ross, 89, of Puxico died Thursday, Oct. 24, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 28, 1906, at Burfordville, daughter of Fred and Rosa Ates Runnels. She and Dennis Ross were married June 5, 1929, in Cape Girardeau. He died March 8, 1957...
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GLENN CHILDERS
(Obituary ~ 10/26/96)
SIKESTON -- O. Glenn Childers, 79, of Sikeston died Thursday, Oct. 24, 1996, at his home. He was born July 14, 1917, in Cache, Ill., son of Orville and Eugenia Siers Childers. He was raised by his grandparents, Walter and Eliza Flowers Childers. He and Molene Hagler were married June 26, 1937, at Charleston...
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