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LETTERS: WHEN MEMORY FAILS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/28/97)
To the editor: Have you either gone upstairs or to the basement to get something and, once you were there, stood there for awhile wondering what it was you were going to get? If that happens when one is young, you can rest assured that the problem increases with the passage of years. ...
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JAZZ FESTIVAL SLATED
(Local News ~ 02/28/97)
Cape Girardeau Central High School will hold the 18th annual Cape Central Jazz Festival at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the school's auditorium. The festival will run until 5 p.m. High school jazz bands from throughout the region will give ensemble performances. The Southeast Missouri State University Jazz Band will be the featured guests...
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MAN WHO COINED TERM EBONICS TO TALK AT SOUTHEAST
(Local News ~ 02/28/97)
The man who coined the term Ebonics is coming to Southeast Missouri State University. Dr. Robert L. Williams will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at the University Center Ballroom. Williams is professor emeritus of psychology and African and African-American studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He wrote the books, "Ebonics: The True Language of Black Folks" and "The Collective Black Mind: Toward an Afrocentric Theory of the Black Personality."...
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STATE CERTIFIES INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR APRIL 1 VOTE
(Local News ~ 02/28/97)
Secretary of State Bekki Cook has certified a Caruthersville man as an independent candidate for state representative of the 162nd District. The move means voters will have a choice in the special election, set for April 1. Independent candidate Denny J. Merideth III of Caruthersville Route 1 will face Democrat Shirley Kay Davis of Caruthersville...
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SCOTT SPANS CLOSE AFTER INSPECTIONS FROM STATE
(Local News ~ 02/28/97)
BENTON -- Two Scott County bridges were ordered closed to traffic this week, bringing the number of bridge closings to five due to a state inspection. The Scott County road department has seven days to block off bridges on County Road 418 two miles southeast of Perkins and on County Road 244 a mile southwest of New Hamburg. Three bridges in the Vanduser area have already been closed...
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IT'S TIME TO TALK SERIOUSLY ABOUT CUTTING CAPITAL GAINS TAX
(Editorial ~ 02/28/97)
The White House's opposition to a Republican plan to cut taxes doesn't come as a surprise. After all, President Clinton's proposals to balance the budget -- two years after his term expires -- relies on tax increases with some trimming here and there...
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WHITE HOUSE ROOMS SHOULDN'T BE POLITICAL PRIZE
(Editorial ~ 02/28/97)
OK, so you're a little miffed you haven't been invited to spend a night in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House yet. Or maybe that irritability is because you don't think a night in the president's home should be an inducement for big political donations...
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PERRY COUNTY STUDIES BIDS ON NEW HEALTH BUILDING
(Local News ~ 02/28/97)
PERRYVILLE -- The Perry County Commission expects to decide by Thursday who will build the county's Health-Mental Health Building. Commissioners opened bids Thursday but decided to explore all options before making a decision, said County Clerk Randy Taylor. The bids included a main plan and seven alternates...
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BOND, ASHCROFT SEND SIGNAL IN BILL: DON'T CLONE HUMANS
(Local News ~ 02/28/97)
Missouri's two U.S. senators oppose human cloning and want to ban federal funding of human cloning research. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond introduced a bill Thursday to permanently ban the use of federal money for any project that involves human cloning or human cloning research. Sen. John Ashcroft is a co-sponsor of the bill. Both are Republicans...
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JACKSON COMMITTEE HEARS REPORT ON PERRY CIVIC CENTER
(Local News ~ 02/28/97)
JACKSON -- The Multipurpose Building Feasibility Study Committee got some advice Thursday from someone who has been through what they are undertaking. Francis Toohey of Perryville led a similar committee that laid the groundwork for a community center in Perry County. In November, Perry County voters approved a bond issue and one-and-a-half-cent sales tax to fund the project...
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`THE MUSIC MAN' MAKES A JOYFUL NOISE (REVIEW)
(Local News ~ 02/28/97)
Meredith Willson grew up in Mason City, Iowa, in the early days of the 20th century, a time and place of innocence. "I didn't have to make anything up for `The Music Man,'" the composer once said. "All I had to do was remember." That innocent world is transported to the Rose Theatre stage by the University Theatre's production of "The Music Man," which begins a seven-performance run at 8 tonight...
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REGENTS REAPPOINTED
(Local News ~ 02/28/97)
Gov. Mel Carnahan has reappointed Donald Harrison of Cape Girardeau and Doyle Privett of Kennett to six-year terms on Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents. But the reappointments Thursday still leave a year-old vacancy on the board created when Lynn Dempster of Sikeston resigned last February after suffering a stroke...
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SE's ELEY JOINS OVC's FIRST TEAM
(College Sports ~ 02/28/97)
Southeast Missouri State University center William `Bud' Eley was named to the six-member All-Ohio Valley Conference first team on Thursday. Southeast pulled in three additional honors. Junior Calvert White was named to the OVC all-newcomer team and Otahkians Jamie Koester and Kim Palmer were honorable mention selections...
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TIGERS CLAIM SECTIONAL SPOT
(High School Sports ~ 02/28/97)
FARMINGTON -- Arch rivals Cape Central and Jackson had split two basketball games this season, with both contests being highly competitive affairs. So nobody had any right not to expect another tense, action-packed battle Thursday night when the squads met in the championship contest of the Class 4A, District 1 Tournament...
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JACKSON GIRLS WIN DISTRICT WITH OT THRILLER 49-45
(High School Sports ~ 02/28/97)
FARMINGTON -- In advancing to the Class 4A Final Four each of the past two seasons, Jackson High's girls basketball team has been in plenty of tough, gut-wrenching games. That experience was probably the main reason why Jackson was able to survive Thursday night's Class 4A, District 1 Tournament championship contest against Poplar Bluff...
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PERRYVILLE BOYS JOIN LADY PIRATES IN DISTRICT FINALS
(Local News ~ 02/28/97)
PARK HILLS -- Perryville's Pirates followed their girls basketball team into the district finals with a solid defensive effort against the Arcadia Valley Tigers Thursday. Scott Kassel poured in 23 points to lead the Pirates (26-2) into the championship game against top-seeded North County. On Wednesday, the Lady Pirates advanced to the finals where they will meet top-seeded Fredericktown. Both Perryville teams are seeded second in the tourney...
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OTAHK GYMNASTS REACH NEW HEIGHTS
(College Sports ~ 02/28/97)
In its next meet, Southeast Missouri State University's gymnastics team will face perhaps its toughest competition of the season -- defending national champion Alabama. If Southeast can build on its last two meets, Alabama may be in for a challenge...
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AUSTIN PEAY RESUMES QUEST FOR TOURNEY TITLE
(College Sports ~ 02/28/97)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Austin Peay opens defense of its Ohio Valley Conference tournament title Friday when the Governors tackle Tennessee Tech at the Nashville Arena. The battle between the No. 1 seeded Governors (16-13) and Tech (15-12), the No. 4 seed, shapes up as a showdown between two of the league's top stars -- Peay's high-scoring Bubba Wells and Tech's 7-foot-1 inside tower Lorenzo Coleman...
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HERMINA GARDINER
(Obituary ~ 02/28/97)
DUTCHTOWN -- Hermina Lenora Gardiner, 89, of Dutchtown died Thursday, Feb. 27, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee after 4 p.m. Sunday. Parish prayers will be at 7. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery...
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FLORENCE MCCORMICK
(Obituary ~ 02/28/97)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Florence E. McCormick, 68, of Olive Branch died Thursday, Feb. 27, 1997, at her home. She was born Sept. 20, 1928, in Olive Branch, daughter of William and Estelle Hibbert Miller. She married Neal McCormick. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Sharon Calvert of Olive Branch; a stepdaughter, Debbie McCormick of Austin, Texas; two sisters, Flossie Snell of Olive Branch, Audrey Bishop of Carrier Mills; a grandson; and two great-grandchildren...
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CLEO BOHNSACK
(Obituary ~ 02/28/97)
ADVANCE -- Cleo C. Bohnsack, 75, of Advance died Thursday, Feb. 27, 1997, at his home. He was born July 19, 1921, son of Roy and Lottie Bitterman Bohnsack. He and Frieda Newell were married Jan. 26, 1946, at Zalma. Bohnsack was a foreman 28 years at Inland Shoe Factory. He was a member and deacon of Ladds Chapel Church. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star...
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DOROTHY FREDRICK
(Obituary ~ 02/28/97)
Dorothy M. Fredrick, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born May 22, 1921, in Millville, N.J., daughter of Martin Victor and Bessie Mae Whaley Wolfbrandt. She and Russell J. Fredrick were married Feb. 5, 1951, at Desloge...
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ADA DREXLER
(Obituary ~ 02/28/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Ada Elizabeth Drexler, 83, Scott City Route 1, died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1997, at her home. She was born July 29, 1913, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Robert M. and Emma J. Farrow Hartle. She and Claude Emeral Drexler were married April 1, 1940, at Charleston...
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HUNTER GREEN
(Obituary ~ 02/28/97)
HIRAM -- Hunter Anthony Green, 2 days, died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1997, at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Feb. 24, 1997, at St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis, son of Eddie and Angela Nanney Green of Hiram. Survivors include his parents; paternal grandparents, Edgar and Thelma Green of Hiram; maternal grandparents, Tony and Bernie Nanney of Leopold; and maternal great-grandparents, Chester and Irene Nanney of Marble Hill...
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TILMAN LOCKARD
(Obituary ~ 02/28/97)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Tilman M. Lockard, 82, of Florissant, Mo., died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1997, at Manor Care Health Service in St. Louis, Mo. He was born March 16, 1914, in Jonesboro, son of Henry Edward and Effie Manus Lockard. He and Harriet Irwin were married Sept. 10, 1938. She died Jan. 26, 1967. He later married Barbara Sheeks Aug. 21, 1982...
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HUBERT CAMREN
(Obituary ~ 02/28/97)
ADVANCE -- Hubert "Bud" Camren, 75, of Advance died Thursday, Feb. 27, 1997. He was born Oct. 27, 1921, at Greenbrier, son of Audie and Pearl Borders Camren. He and Bertie Lou Harrell were married Oct. 4, 1952, at Sank. Camren was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife; five brothers, Hurshul, Harold and J.T. Camren of Advance, Bill Camren of Collinsville, Ill., Herbert Camren of Pocahontas, Ark.; two sisters, Lucille Scott of St. Louis, and Eula Brown of Millersville...
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NAOMI MOLL
(Obituary ~ 02/28/97)
JACKSON -- Naomi Moll, 76, of Jackson died Thursday, Feb. 27, 1997, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 21, 1920, at Pocahontas, daughter of Otto and Julia Hemmann Leimbach. She and Oscar Moll were married June 1, 1940. He died Oct. 26, 1984...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/28/97)
Daughter to Gary W. and Leah Ann Watson of Chandler, Ariz., Desert Samaritan Hospital, 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1997. Name, Alexandra Lynn. Weight, 8 pounds 10 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Watson is the former Leah Reed-Hane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Hane of Incline Village, Nev., and Keith M. Reed of Cape Girardeau. Watson is the son of Jesse Watson of Puxico, and the late Paul Watson. He is assistant manager of Cellular One in Tempe, Ariz...
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DAVID VINYARD
(Obituary ~ 02/28/97)
JACKSON -- David R. Vinyard, 78, of Jackson died Thursday, Feb. 27, 1997, at his home. He was born May 1, 1918, at Jackson, son of Charles and Mary Steimle Vinyard. He and Ann King were married Aug. 20, 1962, in Poplar Bluff. Vinyard owned and operated Vinyard Plumbing Service more than 20 years, retiring in 1996 due to ill health...
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