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TIME IS RIPE TO END THE INEQUITIES OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
(Editorial ~ 01/12/97)
It appears the debate over the meaning, import and reach of racial and gender preferences and quotas is about to come to Missouri. If so, it will be all to the good. It is past time for Missourians to reflect on what these perversions of the original civil rights revolution have done and are doing to our country -- and whether we want them to continue...
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FROM THE PULPIT: BACK IN THE SADDLE
(Column ~ 01/12/97)
A little more than a decade ago American Christendom celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Sunday School. In the tiny Missouri town of Jonesburg, where I was serving as a pastor then, it was decided to make a city-wide ecumenical celebration of the event with a parade all around the town (actually I think we went twice around - it was a small town). ...
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ROTARIANS LISTEN TO LAKE PROPOSAL
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
MAP (PROPOSED LAKE) W.B. Sandlin and Greg Williams of RCGA talked to the Jackson Rotary on Tuesday about the lake proposal in Cape and Bollinger counties. Proponents of the lake are seeing if people feel that the benefits are worth the effort to build the lake...
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INAUGURAL INVITATION IS ICING ON THE CAKE FOR ABERNATHY
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
(Left to rigyht) The Inaugural Invitation, Inagural Ball Inviation, and the public events itinerary for the inagural festivities. Vicki Abernathy has received an invitation to the Presidential Inauguration and she and Susan Estes, former president of Cape County Women Democrats, leave Jan. 17 for the event...
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FISHING SHOW COMING TO FARMINGTON JAN. 18-19
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
The new Community Civic Center will welcome the 1st Annual Farmington Let's Go Fishing Show on Jan. 18-19. The show offers all levels of fishing enthusiasts the chance to compare and shop from dozens of different fishing tackle and related product retailers...
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GIRL SCOUT TROOP # 48 DEVELOPS PATCH FOR THE oTAHKIAN GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
The Girl Scout Troop #48 of Jackson has developed a patch for the Otahki Girl Scout Council. The name of the patch is "Nuna-da-ut-sun'y" meaning "the place where they cried." Which is one of the names the Cherokee Indians use for what we call "The Trail of Tears."...
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MISSOURI WATCH: CLASSROOMS AND CLOAKROOMS
(Column ~ 01/12/97)
The start of a brand new session of the Missouri General Assembly is not unlike the beginning of school every fall. There is an air of anticipation and expectation when students show up for the first day of school, and there is a bit of the same atmosphere when 34 members of the Missouri Senate and 163 members of the Missouri House of Representatives arrive for the opening sessions of the state legislature...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: LESS THAN UNANIMOUS ON SOCIAL SECURITY
(Column ~ 01/12/97)
Although temporarily eclipsed by the Gingrich ethics situation, the other consequential Washington story this week was the much anticipated report on how to fix the Social Security system. The political edge of the report was blurred a bit since the 13 panel members couldn't agree on the remedies. ...
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DEEP FREEZE GRIPS REGION; MAIL CARRIERS, STREET CREWS BRAVE COLD
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
Lisa Brown, city mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office at Cape Girardeau, is used to bundling up for her work. "But, instead of big, bulky clothes, I wear lots of layers and insulated pants," said Brown, who was delivering the mail in seven-degree temperatures along snow-covered lawns Saturday morning...
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STATE DISPUTES MEAL PAYMENTS TO SCOTT COUNTY
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
BENTON -- A state audit of Scott County government has cooked up controversy over how the sheriff is paid for the feeding of prisoners. Sheriff Bill Ferrell pays for the meals. The County Commission then reimburses the sheriff at a daily rate of $3.30 a prisoner...
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FIDDLER TO PLAY FOR INAUGURATION
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
As she has thousands of times before, Liesl Schoenberger picked up the violin, studied it briefly, and began to play. "That's one of my favorites," Liesl said after finishing the traditional bluegrass tune called "Tom and Jerry." It is possible that this song will be heard by Gov. Mel Carnahan and other high-ranking state officials Monday when Liesl performs in Jefferson City during Inauguration Day activities...
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MERGER OF BANKS FINISHED
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
The Boatmen's Bank name will be around the Cape Girardeau area until some time this summer, but officially it no longer exists. Boatmen's, which has been a part of Cape Girardeau banking scene since 1982, became history last week as NationsBank completed its purchase of one of the biggest banks in the state of Missouri...
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN LAUNCHES CHOCOLATE-LOVERS RECIPE CONTEST
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
Chocolate. Perhaps no other single food can quite inspire such a wide range of emotions: from pure satisfaction to sinking guilt. Even in this day of fitness and fat-free menus, chocolate sales enjoy an all-time high. Rich, dark and creamy -- chocolate is hard to resist, especially in the guise of devilish desserts...
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MARK MY WORD: PAPER TOWELS BEST WEAPON IN NIGHTLY SPILL-A-THON
(Column ~ 01/12/97)
Parents with young children reach for the paper towels before the milk even hits the floor. Next to diapers, there isn't anything as important in the arsenal of parents as paper towels. You can't live without them. Without paper towels, your whole house would be just one big ketchup stain. Actually, your whole house would be a montage of soda, fruit juice, ketchup and chocolate milk spots...
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TWO KILLED IN WEEKEND ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
At least two people have died in traffic accidents on Missouri roads this weekend in Southeast Missouri. Terry K. Oxley, 48, of Jackson was killed Friday evening in Cape Girardeau County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. Oxley's car left County Road 349 about five miles west of Jackson and struck a tree...
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HAZELWOOD CENTRAL ENDS TIGERS' STREAK
(High School Sports ~ 01/12/97)
The Cape Girardeau Central High boys basketball team's flurry of 3-pointers in the closing minutes of the first half looked reminiscent of some of the team's play during its nine-game winning streak. Unfortunately for Cape Central, the second half of Saturday's game looked more like the pre-streak Tigers...
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THE LATEST LINE: IT'S EARLY, BUT THREE SQUADS HEAD FIELD IN COLLEGE HOOPS
(Sports Column ~ 01/12/97)
It's still extremely early in the college basketball season, but if you're a true NCAA hoops junkie, it's never too early to start talking about possible national championship contenders. Now, granted, a lot of things can change between now and March, when all the real madness begins...
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SE PULLS RANK ON COLONELS; SHUMATE POCKETS WIN NO. 300 AT SOUTHEAST 70-68
(College Sports ~ 01/12/97)
Ron Shumate gained his 300th victory as Southeast Missouri State University's basketball coach Saturday. But the milestone aside, Shumate was even more pleased with what the pulsating 70-68 win over Eastern Kentucky did for the Indians in the overall picture of the Ohio Valley Conference...
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SE TRACK RUNS AT SIU
(College Sports ~ 01/12/97)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southeast Missouri State University's indoor track and field teams competed in the Saluki Booster's Invitational Saturday in Carbondale, Ill. The Southeast women's team finished eighth in a field of 10 teams with 30.25 points and the men placed eighth out of 11 teams with 23 points...
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OTAHK GYMNASTS PLACE THIRD
(College Sports ~ 01/12/97)
AMES, Iowa -- Southeast Missouri State University's gymnastics team opened the season in a tri-meet at Iowa State Saturday. The Otahkians finished third with a score of 187.400, behind Nebraska's 193.675 and host Iowa State's 191.675. Southeast's Erin Chenier placed third in the individual all-around with a score of 38.050. Nebraska's Heather Brink was the all-around champion with a scored of 39.175...
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EASTERN KENTUCKY DEFEATS OTAHKS
(College Sports ~ 01/12/97)
Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team lost another game Saturday night -- but this time the Otahkians had a right to feel a little better about themselves. Despite dropping a 71-55 Ohio Valley Conference decision to Eastern Kentucky at the Show Me Center, the Otahkians put together one of their best performances of the season...
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AREA BRIEFS: CENTRAL HALL OF FAME
(High School Sports ~ 01/12/97)
Nominations for the Cape Girardeau Central High School Hall of Fame are now being accepted. Anyone wishing to nominate a former Central High athlete should send the nomination, along with a resume stating why that person should be in the Central Hall of Fame, to Central athletic director Terry Kitchen...
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TIGER SHOOTOUT RETURNS TO CENTRAL GYM
(High School Sports ~ 01/12/97)
The second annual Tiger Shootout -- one game bigger and perhaps even a bit better overall -- will be held Saturday at Cape Girardeau Central High School. Central athletic director Terry Kitchen is excited about the four-game event, which features one girls game and three boys contest. Last year's first-ever Tiger Shootout consisted of three boys games...
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ST. JOSEPH'S DEFEATS JACKSON GIRLS IN TRIPLE OVERTIME 52-49
(High School Sports ~ 01/12/97)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis has been a tough place to play this season for Jackson's girls basketball team. Jackson lost to St. Joseph's Academy 52-49 Saturday afternoon in three overtimes. St. Joseph's is rated the top large-school team in the St. Louis area by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
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CAPE CENTRAL GIRLS ROUT HAZELWOOD CENTRAL 63-38
(High School Sports ~ 01/12/97)
When Cape Girardeau Central High's girls basketball team didn't shoot well, it still led. When the shooting heated up, the game quickly turned into a rout. The Lady Tigers went only 5 of 12 from the field in the first quarter of Saturday afternoon's game against visiting Hazelwood Central -- and still took a lead into the second quarter...
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ST. VINCENT GIRLS PICK UP ROAD WIN AT CRYSTAL CITY
(High School Sports ~ 01/12/97)
CRYSTAL CITY -- St. Vincent's Becky Lorenz scored half of her team's points as the Squaws beat Crystal City 40-26 on the road Saturday. Lorenz, a 5-foot-7 senior, led all scorers with 20 points. Fara Galati added 12. Crystal City was led by Miranda Marshall's 12 points...
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MDC SHOOTS DOWN MOUNTAIN LION TALES
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Two men illegally shoot a mountain lion in Carter County. A group of people in Reynolds County videotape a live cougar in the presence of a conservation agent. A woman catches another cougar on videotape in her yard on the outskirts of Springfield. What do you conclude?...
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JANUARY DEER HARVEST HELPS SET OVERALL RECORD
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri's first January firearms deer season added 7,691 to the annual deer harvest, pushing the 1996-97 deer kill to a new record. Officials with the Missouri Department of Conservation are pleased with results from the hunt on Jan. 4 and 5, saying it is one step toward developing ways to keep deer numbers in northern Missouri and around the St. Louis and Kansas City metropolitan areas at acceptable levels...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: MISSOURI AMONG TOP EAGLE STATES
(Column ~ 01/12/97)
Look, up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Well, it could be either one. But if it's a bird that looks as big as a plane, then chances are pretty good that you are seeing a bald eagle. While bald eagles have been designated as an endangered species by the Federal government since 1978, they are relatively common throughout Missouri and Southern Illinois during the winter months. ...
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JEANETTE BECK
(Obituary ~ 01/12/97)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Jeanette Beck, 65, of Mound City died Friday, Jan. 10, 1997 at the Daystar Center in Cairo. Beck was born Oct. 26, 1931 at Cairo, the daughter of Murlie and Goldie Hensley Dorsett. She and Malcolm Beck were later married. She was a member of the Mound City United Methodist Church, the Mounds City Women's Club, the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and she was a retired educational secretary for the Meridian School District 101...
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TERRY OXLEY
(Obituary ~ 01/12/97)
Terry K. Oxley, 48, of Jackson died Friday, Jan. 10, 1997. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home.
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BESSIE Q. SIMS
(Obituary ~ 01/12/97)
CHARLESTON -- Bessie Q. Sims, 91, formerly of Charleston, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 1997, at the Bertrand Nursing Facility. She was born Oct. 25, 1905, in Dresden, Tenn., daughter of Clarence I. and Nora Insco Grubb. She was a member of the Baptist church. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and was a Gold Star Mother of World War II. She lived in Mississippi County most of her life...
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BABY BOY SCHLEMEIER
(Obituary ~ 01/12/97)
Baby Boy Schlemeier died Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The infant boy was born Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997, son of Dan Schlemeier and Angela Branscum. He was survived by his parents; his grandparents, Kenneth and Delaine Schlemeier of Farmington and Ray Branscum of Hillsboro and Donna Lucas of DeSoto...
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DANNY RAY RAINES
(Obituary ~ 01/12/97)
SIKESTON -- Danny Ray Raines, 46, of Sikeston died Saturday, Jan. 11, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 27, 1950, at Sikeston, son of Cordie Raines and Evelyn Ryan Raines. He is survived by four brothers, Jim Ryan, Richard Raines and Tony Raines, all of Sikeston, and Corky Raines of Arbyrd; and two sisters Pat Gregory and Martha Bradley, both of Sikeston...
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FRED KHOURIE
(Obituary ~ 01/12/97)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Fred Khourie, 81, of Cairo died Saturday, Jan. 11, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo.
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MRS. ORA DOVER
(Obituary ~ 01/12/97)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Mrs. Ora Allen Dover, 92, of Olive Branch, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 22, 1904, at Mill Creek, Ill., daughter of Sidney J. and Ida Catherine Cauble Allen. She married Robert Dover on July 18, 1931. He died May 4, 1987...
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HENRY CHANNELL
(Obituary ~ 01/12/97)
DEXTER -- Henry Wayne Channell, 61, of Dexter died Friday, Jan. 10, 1997, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born May 30, 1935, at Selmer, Tenn., son of Johnson J. and Mamie Emmons Channell. He and Helen Julian were married Sept. 30, 1967, at Kennett...
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PAUL LASATER
(Obituary ~ 01/12/97)
Paul Henry Lasater, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 10, 1997, at his home. He was born July 23, 1908, at Old Greenville, son of David Andrew and Lucy Louisa Bollinger Lasater. He and Edna Mae Arrandale were married July 1, 1934. She died Sept. 7, 1984...
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BEATLEMANIA '97; WE LOVE YOU, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH
(Local News ~ 01/12/97)
Josh Hogan, 21, wasn't even born when the Beatles recorded their last song. But that hasn't stopped him from considering himself a Beatlemaniac and the biggest Beatles fan in Cape Girardeau. "Without a doubt, they wrote and performed the best music of all time," Hogan said. "Every other band pales in comparison."...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: THIS OLD WINTERTIME HOUSE
(Column ~ 01/12/97)
It is always somewhat surprising to me that in January the coldest part of winter descends upon us. It seems that with the days becoming infinitesimally longer, the rising sun starting back up the northern horizon, that we'd be over the cold. But not for this hemisphere. ...
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