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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: WEB WEIRDNESS ABOUNDS: NEW BOOK SPOTLIGHTS ECCENTRIC CREATORS (COLUMN 20)
(Column ~ 01/14/97)
Cybertip: To order "The World's Weirdest Web Pages and the People Who Create Them," contact No Starch Press at 1-800-420-7240. The web address is http://www.nostarch.com. It seems reasonably priced at $12.95. Anybody who's ever surfed the web knows there's a lot of odd stuff out there. One new book unveils the darker, stranger side of the web. A San Francisco Bay area author, Hank Duderstadt, has done a lot of research and published his results in "The World's Weirdest Web Pages."...
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MATH FOR WORK, FOR PLAY
(Local News ~ 01/14/97)
Matthew Monroe used a target and tape measure to find a property marker. Most people think they only use the "big four" simple math applications -- addition, subtraction, multiplication and division -- on a day-to-day basis. However, any math teacher will tell you that the majority of jobs require the use of higher math skills people may not even know they use...
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LATE GRADUATE STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF DIPLOMA
(Local News ~ 01/14/97)
Thirteen years ago, the word success meant money to Angela Battles. Now it means living up to her potential and earning her high-school diploma. "I used to think money would give me a perfect everything," said the 31-year-old wife and mother of five. "Now I know success means reaching my potential. I don't see any limitations in my life anymore."...
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SCHOOL BOARD RACES DEVELOP
(Local News ~ 01/14/97)
School board races have developed in a number of districts in advance of today's filing deadline for the April 1 election. Chaffee heads the list with six candidates on the ballot. Four are running for two regular terms on the school board and two are vying to fill a two-year, unexpired term...
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NEW POLICE CHIEF ON JOB; RICK HETZEL SAYS HE WANTS INPUT, IDEAS
(Local News ~ 01/14/97)
A good leader is determined by what he does -- not what he says, said Rick Hetzel, Cape Girardeau's new police chief. "I lead by example," said Hetzel, whose first day on the job was Monday. "But I'm open-minded and believe in learning from other people and letting them lead sometimes. I think that makes for stronger policing."...
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A LIKELY STORY: WRESTLING THE SCALES OF MY OWN FLABBY INJUSTICE
(Column ~ 01/14/97)
When they told me marriage would make me grow as a person, I didn't know they meant in the waistline. "A hundred and eighty-two?" I said to an empty bathroom. I disbelievingly looked down at the scale, but the numbers stared glaringly back, understandably unaffected by my confusion. Scales make no excuses and offer no explanations...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/14/97)
TO THE teen-agers in Cape who say they don't have anything to do at night: Why not attend the great basketball games? Both Central and Notre Dame have great teams to watch play. Central played Carbondale Tuesday night. I bet there weren't 50 students there. Shame on them. That's good clean fun. Great kids were there...
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MISSOURI WATCH: JOHANNES WAS A NERD AHEAD OF HIS TIME
(Column ~ 01/14/97)
Once upon a time, in a land quite far from here, there lived an anonymous youth who exhibited no early signs of genius and was judged by one and all as being something of a nerd. Some, expressing an even less tolerant view, called him a crazy dreamer who would never amount to anything and would no doubt wind up at the county poor farm...
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REALITIES OF SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDING MUST BE CONFRONTED
(Editorial ~ 01/14/97)
Although political pundits and editorial cartoonists are having a field day with projections into the next century for Social Security benefits, it is likely that the federal retirement program will be around in some form for a long time. Claims that the Social Security trust fund is broke just aren't true. ...
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SEEK TREATMENT, NOT SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
(Editorial ~ 01/14/97)
One of the grossest abuses of the Social Security benefits in recent years has been disability payments -- through Social Security Disability Income or Supplemental Security Incomes benefits -- to individuals whose inability to work was due to alcohol or drug abuse...
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INVITATIONS RECEIVED TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
(Local News ~ 01/14/97)
Former congressional candidate Emily Firebaugh can't help feel some disappointment mixed with the excitement. Lifelong Democrat Otis Baker of Cape Girardeau is honored to have been asked to go but can't attend. Portageville's Amy Simpson is just thrilled...
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OTAHKIANS FIND OVC WIN COLUMN 75-72
(College Sports ~ 01/14/97)
Relief was etched on the faces of Southeast Missouri State University women's basketball coach Ed Arnzen and his players Monday night. It didn't come without a struggle, but the Otahkians finally picked up their first Ohio Valley Conference victory of the season by rallying to beat Morehead State 75-72 at the Show Me Center...
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OVC ALLOWS AUSTIN PEAY TO WITHDRAW
(College Sports ~ 01/14/97)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Ohio Valley Conference presidents on Monday approved a petition by Austin Peay to remove its football program from conference competition. Monday's action by the OVC presidents allows Austin Peay to continue to compete for conference championships in all sports except football, effective 1997-98. This means that Austin Peay will not compete for the 1997 OVC football championship, although it can continue to play some OVC schools...
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COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE OVC'S FUTURE IN FOOTBALL
(College Sports ~ 01/14/97)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- An Ohio Valley Conference committee will study the league's uncertain football future as two members drop football scholarships and another moves up to Division 1-A. During the OVC's winter meeting Sunday, OVC presidents appointed the committee after three schools expressed an interest in becoming football-playing members. The schools were not disclosed...
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FICK-LE FATE LIFTS SE INTO TIE FOR 1ST; INDIANS DEFEAT MOREHEAD, BOOST OVC POSITION 94-75
(College Sports ~ 01/14/97)
Don't look now, but Southeast Missouri State University's basketball team is tied for first place in the Ohio Valley Conference. And, according to Morehead State coach Dick Fick, the Indians certainly sport the look of OVC contenders these days. Fick got a good view of the Indians Monday night as they routed his Eagles 94-75 in front of 3,132 fans at the Show Me Center...
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BRIEFLY; SEMO NAMES TRAINER
(College Sports ~ 01/14/97)
Lance McNamara, an athletic trainer at Eastern Illinois University since 1991, has been hired as head trainer at Southeast Missouri State University. A graduate of Indiana State with a masters from Ohio University, McNamara was also an assistant professor at Eastern Illinois. He had previously served as a graduate assistant trainer at Ohio University from 1989-91 and as an athletic trainer at the Athens Sports Medicine Clinic in Athens, Ga., from 1988-89...
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NOTRE DAME GIRLS STOP CHARLESTON
(High School Sports ~ 01/14/97)
Notre Dame High's girls basketball team blew open a close game in the second half and beat visiting Charleston Monday night 62-44. The game was the Lady Bulldogs' first since Dec. 21. Notre Dame (8-4) led by four points at halftime, 26-22, before outscoring Charleston 20-2 in the second quarter...
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GILBERT P. BUCHHEIT
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Gilbert P. Buchheit, 67, of Perryville died Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Aug. 28, 1929, in Perry County, son of Thomas and Ida Krieger Buchheit. He had worked for the city of Perryville Maintenance Department, was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Church, was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, was a member of American Legion Post 133, VFW Post 4282, American Veterans Post 94 and Perryville Elks Lodge 2701...
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ALLIE SAUERBRUN
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- Allie Mae Sauerbrun, 88, of Olmsted died Sunday, Jan. 12, 1997, at Charleston Manor in Charleston, Mo. She was born Aug. 4, 1908, in Pulaski County, daughter of Henry Robert and Cora Wright Shafer. She and Thomas William Sauerbrun were married June 5, 1932...
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EFFIE NORMAN
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
SIKESTON -- Effie Norman, 100, of Sikeston died Sunday, Jan. 12, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Nov. 23, 1896, at Crowder, daughter of Willis and Emma Watkins Page. She and Albert G. Norman were married July 31, 1915. He died May 16, 1976...
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LOLA JINES
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
SIKESTON -- Lola Velma Jines, 90, of Sikeston died Saturday, Jan. 11, 1997, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Dec. 12, 1906, in Sikeston, daughter of Edgar H. and Levella Ruffin Smith. She first married Willard Sexton. She later married Jesse Jines, who preceded her in death...
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CHARLES MAYFIELD
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
PATTON -- Funeral service for Charles Mayfield of St. Louis was held Monday at Stygar and Son Funeral Home in St. Louis. Burial was in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Announcement courtesy of McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Mayfield, 86, died Friday, Jan. 3, 1997, at Christian Northeast Hospital in St. Louis...
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MARY KELLICK
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
BERTRAND -- Funeral service for Mary Virginia Kellick of Bertrand will be held at 2 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Revs. Lee Fansler and C.D. Lynch will officiate, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Kellick, 86, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 1997, at Bertrand Nursing Facility...
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ALBERT LAYTON
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
Albert S. Layton, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 12, 1997, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. He was born May 15, 1914, in Perryville, son of Henry N. and Emma Guessel Layton. He and Elvira Oberndorfer were married June 8, 1937. She died Nov. 29, 1989...
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GLEN SEABAUGH
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Glen Franklin Seabaugh of Jackson will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Pastor David V. Dissen will officiate, with burial in Sedgewickville Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...
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HENRY WOHLWEND
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Henry L. "Doc" Wohlwend Jr., 69, of LeRoy died Sunday, Jan. 12, 1997, at St. Joseph Medical Center Skilled Care Unit in Bloomington. He was born July 9, 1927, in Cobden, son of Henry L. and Anna Singler Wohlwend. He and Gail England were married Sept. 2, 1956, in Champaign...
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LOUIS SEABAUGH
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
DUTCHTOWN -- Funeral service for Louis E. Seabaugh of Robinson, Ill., was held Sunday at Highland Avenue Baptist Church in Robinson. The Rev. Jerry McDaniel officiated, with burial in Robinson New Cemetery. Goodwine Funeral Home in Robinson was in charge of arrangements...
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REV. MICKEY VINSON
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
BERTRAND -- The Rev. Mickey Joe Vinson, 50, of Bertrand died Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, at his home. McMikle Funeral Home at Charleston is in charge of arrangements.
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JAMES BOZEMAN
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
EAST PRAIRIE -- James C. Bozeman, 80, of Walls, Miss., died Sunday, Jan. 12, 1997, at his home. He was born Feb. 9, 1916, in St. Louis, son of Ed and May Jeter Bozeman. He and Greachann Larkins were married June 24, 1939. Formerly of East Prairie, Bozeman had lived in Walls since 1964. He was a retired road and levee construction worker. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Walls...
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EDMOND CLARK
(Obituary ~ 01/14/97)
MOREHOUSE -- Edmond Monroe Clark, 79, of Ste. Genevieve died Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born March 10, 1917, in Whitehall, Ark., son of Jeff and Estella Rakes Clark. He and Fannie Lucille Groves were married Dec. 11, 1937, at Caruthersville...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/14/97)
Son to Gregory Dean and Laura Jean Criddle of Burfordville, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:05 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, 1997. Name, Tyler Jesse. Weight, 7 pounds 9 ounces. First child. Mrs. Criddle is the former Laura Moore, daughter of Doris Engert of Benton and Larry and Norma Moore of Marble Hill. She is a teller at Boatmen's National Bank in Cape Girardeau. Criddle is the son of Carl and Geraldine Criddle of Burfordville. He is a cell technician at Dana Corp., and is employed by Criddle Farms...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: TEACHER STAYS BECAUSE STUDENTS PRODUCING
(Local News ~ 01/14/97)
Pat Andrews has been about the business of teaching business and English in the Scott City school system for 24 of her 27 years of teaching. She said she's stayed around not because of the money but because the students are producing. "Most of the time, you know when the kids like and respect you, because they produce for you," she said. "When you've been in the profession this long, and at the same school, it certainly isn't for the money."...
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PEOPLE AND THINGS: FENWICK NAMED EXCHANGE CLUB STUDENT OF THE MONTH
(Community News ~ 01/14/97)
Derek Fenwick, 18, was Notre Dame High School's Exchange Club student of the month for December. He is the son of Steve and Nancy Fenwick of Cape Girardeau and ranks third of 79 in his senior class. Derek was his class president during his sophomore and junior years, and he served three years on the Student Council before serving as president this year. ...
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