-
LETTERS: EXPRESS YOUR APPRECIATION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/20/96)
To the editor: With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it can be a reminder to us of the role appreciation plays in our lives. While appreciation is one of the things we most like to receive, it can also be one of the things most difficult to express -- not usually because we don't want to give appreciation, but because we don't know how to express it or it feels awkward or we're not sure how it will be received...
-
CHAFFEE TRIES TO LURE BUSINESS TO OLD PLANT
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
CHAFFEE -- The new Chaffee city administrator is in the process of earning his keep. Ron Eskew, who was appointed in August as Chaffee's first full-time city administrator, is attempting to fill the portion of the city's industrial park that was left vacant when Thorngate Ltd. closed its factory in the summer...
-
FORMER CAPE GIRARDEAN WINS MISS WHEELCHAIR TENNESSEE
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
Carrie Smith Padgett, formerly of Cape Girardeau, has been named Miss Wheelchair Tennessee. She was honored for her accomplishments in volunteer activities, purpose, goals in life and talent. Padgett is a spinal cord peer counselor for Easter Seals, volunteer GED teacher for handicapped persons, and a participant in the Easter Seals Children's fishing tournament. ...
-
`INDEPENDENCE' PROVACATIVE LOOK AT A FAMILY FALLING APART (PLAY REVIEW)
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
Tis down in yonder garden green, Love where we used to walk, The finest flower that e'er was seen Is withered to a stalk. -- 17th Century Scottish Border Ballad The scenario presented by Lee Blessing's play "Independence" is a theatrical fixture: the family precariously orbiting a wounded, unstable and perhaps dangerous patriarch or matriarch. The members of the family search for their identities and a little hope within the ruins usually left behind by the time the curtain comes down...
-
THANKSGIVING MEMORIES: TEEN GROUP PREPARES DINNER
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
In many homes and hearts, tradition could be defined as Thanksgiving. A girls' teen group from Cape Bible Chapel set about making some early Thanksgiving memories a few days ago. They planned, prepared and served a traditional Thanksgiving Day meal for several people who attend their church...
-
SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/20/96)
TO THE person who quoted Joyce Kilmer's "Trees" in Speak Out last week: This 12-line gem is truly uplifting, sending a powerful message to everyone. But line 10 reads: "Who intimately lives with rain," not "immediately.' This correction is intended only to set it straight for readers who may want to copy or quote the poem, not to censure the person who offered it. ...
-
CASELOAD SUPPORTS NEED FOR FULL-TIME FEDERAL JUDGE HERE
(Editorial ~ 11/20/96)
The numbers speak for themselves. In 1991, there were 154 civil and 43 criminal cases filed in the Southeast Missouri division of U.S. District Court. So far this year, 193 civil cases and 72 criminal cases have been filed. Cape Girardeau's caseload merits a full-time federal judge...
-
LOOKING FOR WAY TO OFFER AFFORDABLE LEGAL AID
(Editorial ~ 11/20/96)
The Missouri Bar Association is looking at ways to expand legal services to more Missourians. MBA President Charles Weiss said legal services should be available for those who need them, not just those who can afford them. He rightly observed that many middle-class people can't afford the $80- to $100-an-hour attorney fees...
-
CAPE OFFICE 1 SUPERSTORE, OTHERS CLOSING
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
Office 1 Superstore Number 118 is closing. Number 118 in the retail chain of office products, furniture, computers and electronics is situated at 214 S. Silver Springs Road in Cape Girardeau. It is one of 35 stores that will close as part of a court-ordered liquidation...
-
STUDENTS DEBATE WORLD ISSUES IN MOCK U.N.
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
Delegates from Iceland, concerned about the proliferation of nuclear weapons, suggested that the Model United Nations approve a resolution to dismantle weapons of mass destruction. "We just felt that if this was the real United Nations this would be a real asset to the world," said Ben Askew, a delegate from Iceland and student at Sikeston High School...
-
CHAMBER, CITY ADDRESS LITTER
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
Things are getting better, but some areas of Cape Girardeau remain covered in food wrappers, cigarette butts and soda cans. The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce wants it cleaned up completely. Chamber Beautification Committee members met with city officials over the problem and discovered the Public Works Department already took the first steps toward solving it...
-
SALARY HIKES: NOT ALL LAWMAKERS IN MISSOURI SEE A NEED
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
Some Missouri lawmakers object to a plan that would raise their salaries 30 percent over the next two years. But reaction to the overall pay plan is mixed. The Missouri Bar favors the plan because it would boost judges' salaries next year by 13 to 23 percent...
-
CHAMBER GEARS UP FOR HOLIDAY OF LIGHTS
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce wants city home and business owners to light up for the holiday season, making Christmas 1996 another "Holiday of Lights." The program, sponsored by the chamber's Beautification Committee, began in 1990. Citizens nominate homes and businesses in seven sections of Cape Girardeau for annual awards, then Beautification Committee members serve as judges...
-
STRANGER THAN FICTION: HOUSEHOLD FALL CLEANING INCLUDES DOCTORING THE RUGS
(Column ~ 11/20/96)
As usual, the world's worst procrastinators put off their spring cleaning until fall. Living in rental property is somewhat akin to living in hell. Of course, some places are better than others. I lived in a funeral-home-turned-apartment-building in Sikeston that was absolutely wonderful. It cost $300 a month and was located conveniently near the Piggly Wiggly...
-
ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
The Southeast Missourian asked, "How do you spell RELAX?" Lindy Schloss: "B-E-A-C-H-E-S. The sound of the ocean is very relaxing." Ruth Faries: "F-L-O-R-I-D-A. I like walking along the beaches." Margaret Aufdenberg: "A-R-M-C-H-A-I-R. Right after work."...
-
ALDERMEN OK COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
JACKSON -- Jackson Mayor Paul Sander said the city took a big step toward orderly growth Monday night when they approved a contract with Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission to update the city's comprehensive plan...
-
DISTRICT LOOKS AT LONG-RANGE NEEDS
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
JACKSON -- Long-term goals were the focus of the Jackson School Board during its meeting Tuesday evening. According to administrators, changing needs for a rapidly growing district required planning and goal setting now in order to meet future needs...
-
ALVIN HUTER
(Obituary ~ 11/20/96)
NAMPA, Idaho -- Alvin Huter, 96, of Nampa died Monday, Nov. 18, 1996, at a nursing home in Nampa. He married Alma Bodenstein of Gordonville on April 1, 1924. She died Dec. 15, 1992. He is survived by five sons, Raymond and Norman Huter, both of Callwell, Idaho, and Melvin, Earl and Marvin Huter, all of Nampa; a sister, Wilma Roth, of Scott City; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren...
-
BARBARA GREER
(Obituary ~ 11/20/96)
SIKESTON -- Barbara Guthrie Greer, 65, formerly of Valencia and Palm Desert, Calif., and Sikeston, died Nov. 15, 1996 at the Rancho Mirage Health Care Center in Palm Springs. She was born May 8, 1931, at Belle, Mo., daughter of Winifred Hulen Guthrie, who survives of Sikeston, and the late Robert Logan Guthrie...
-
MAXINE WILSON
(Obituary ~ 11/20/96)
JACKSON -- Maxine Gholson Wilson, 73, of Newark, Del., died Thursday, Nov. 14, 1996, at her home. She was born May 19, 1923, in rural Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gholson. She married George C. Wilson of Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1946, in Alexandria, Va. He survives...
-
LLOYD E. WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 11/20/96)
Lloyd E. Williams, 57, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 29, 1939, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Josh and Lula Cardwell Williams. He attended J.S. Cobb School in Cape Girardeau, moving to Chicago in 1946. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War from 1962-1966. He worked as a nurse at the Hines Veterans Hospital in Chicago for 22 years...
-
CURTIS MAYBERRY SR.
(Obituary ~ 11/20/96)
ANNA, Ill. -- Curtis Ray Mayberry Sr., 60, of Anna died Monday, Nov. 18, 1996, at Red Hill Health Care Center in Sumner. He was born Oct. 4, 1936, in Pulaski, the son of Dewey and Bessie Poole Mayberry. He was married to Alice Fay Schlichting on Sept. 25, 1965, in Ullin...
-
JAMES MARTIN
(Obituary ~ 11/20/96)
James Martin, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1996, near Detroit. Arrangements are incomplete with Ford & Sons Funeral Home.
-
LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 11/20/96)
Cape Girardeau County Diana Lynne Meyer to Diana Lynne Meyer Trust. Arvin N. and Gwendolyn A. Napier to City of Cape Girardeau. Lawrence D. and Tina S. Bill to Naomi Warren. Richard Gilmore to Jack and Sonia Proffer. Cheryl Ann and Darrell W. Rodenberry to Cathryn A. Estraca...
-
JAMMIE LYNCH
(Obituary ~ 11/20/96)
BERTRAND -- Jammie Allen Lynch, 21, of Bertrand died Sunday, Nov. 17, 1996, at his home. He was born March 27, 1975, in Sikeston, son of Brenda Moreland Gross of Bertrand and Chris Allen Lynch of Charleston. Lynch lived all his life in Mississippi County and was employed by Mar-Nor Aluminum in Sikeston. He was baptized in the Catholic faith...
Stories from Wednesday, November 20, 1996
Browse other days