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HAVE FUN THIS SUMMER BUT BE SAFE
(Local News ~ 05/10/97)
For many, the coming of summer promises refreshing opportunities for favorite outdoor activities to chase away the winter blahs. And for every activity -- from gardening to water skiing -- there is a safe way to do it and important tips to keep in mind, said Tori Pobst, health and safety instructor for the American Red Cross...
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STALEMATE FRUSTRATES LAWMAKERS
(Local News ~ 05/10/97)
Southeast Missouri lawmakers left the state Capitol Friday night frustrated over a legislative stalemate that prevented them from finalizing the budget."I have not seen brinkmanship like this in my five sessions up here," said state Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau."I think it is regrettable that we couldn't strike an agreement and go home," he said. ...
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STATE HIGHWAY FATALITIES DECLINE; PATROL SURPRISED IN VIEW OF HIGHER SPEED LIMIT
(Local News ~ 05/10/97)
All the worry that boosting the speed limit to 70 mph would cause more fatalities may have been for naught. After only a slight increase in highway fatalities in 1996, numbers have plummeted this year, said Lt. Ron Beck, a public-information officer for the Missouri Highway Patrol in Jefferson City...
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EXPANDED RECYCLING: MORE ITEMS BEING TAKENEXPANDED RECYCLING
(Local News ~ 05/10/97)
Junk mail? Yes! Steel cans? Yes! Egg cartons? No! The list of items that the city of Cape Girardeau will accept for recycling has just gotten longer and, some say, confusing. "We've added junk mail and residential mixed paper to the list -- minus staples," said Pam Sander, solid-waste coordinator for the city...
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MISSOURIAN SPORTING NEW DESIGN
(Local News ~ 05/10/97)
That cute weather picture and the news you look for at the top of the Southeast Missourian's front page each day have a new home. The information boxes at the top of the page have been redesigned and moved to several sections throughout the paper. The boxes have a flexible new design that allows the Missourian to provide more information to readers quickly...
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STUDENTS SAVE SCIENCE SAMPLER
(Local News ~ 05/10/97)
Students at Clippard Elementary enjoyed an afternoon of exploration and wonder during the fourth annual Science Day Friday. Students in grades three through six participated. Parents, business representatives and college staff gave science presentations related to their jobs or interests...
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LAWMAKERS APPROVE AREA SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS
(Local News ~ 05/10/97)
The Missouri legislature Friday agreed to spend $5 million for three Southeast Missouri educational building projects. Lawmakers appropriated $2 million for a new technology center at Southeast Missouri State University, $1.5 million for a new Cape Girardeau vocational-technical school and a similar amount for a Sikeston education center...
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BUCKING THE SYSTEM: CLIMATE CONTROL ISN'T AN ENERGY BOOSTER IF ALL YOU DO IS STAY INSIDE
(Column ~ 05/10/97)
We have become a generation of wimps who suffer sunstroke while going out to the mailbox each afternoon. Every parent I knew growing up had a stock phrase that they uttered without even looking up if a child came inside the house before dusk. They told us to "stay in or stay out."...
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LETTERS: SELF-EXAMINATION IS NEEDED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/10/97)
To the editor: In March, Gary and Mrs. Rust traveled to Japan and Thailand. The Opinion page of the Southeast Missourian carried a brief but well-written synopsis of this journey, which clearly indicated they were there. The commentary spoke chiefly of that continent's future...
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LETTERS: THANKS FOR INTERNET CURE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/10/97)
To the editor: I would like to thank the area Internet service provider, LDD, which has been taking a lot of undeserved heat lately. In reality, LDD has done me and countless subscribers a very big favor. Not long ago, I and other LDD users received a letter. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/10/97)
YOU CAN'T fool us. You can call it county ordinances or whatever you want, it's still planning and zoning, and we don't want it. THE CURFEW in Scott City is too late for our children to be out. It isn't only up to the police but also the parents. If you care for your child, the law and parents should be stricter. ...
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CRUCIAL CHOICES IN FINAL WEEK OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(Editorial ~ 05/10/97)
Monday morning begins the final, hectic week of the 1997 session of the General Assembly, which will adjourn at 6 p.m. Friday. As this was being written, action had been taken on all but three of the major appropriations bills that fund state government. Those three were still hanging fire as the constitutional budget deadline of 6 p.m. Saturday loomed...
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KID'S HEALTH-CARE PLAN IS A BACK-DOOR SCHEME
(Editorial ~ 05/10/97)
Gov. Mel Carnahan has proposed a major health-care initiative that is contained in House Bill 811. The measure narrowly passed the House and awaits Senate action. Mark it down as one of the worst ideas of this or any other year. As is increasingly common these days, left-wing notions are couched in the cause of aiding children. ...
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RIMES ADDS MAJESTY OF `VOICE'; JACKSON APPEAL (CONCERT REVIEW)
(Local News ~ 05/10/97)
From established country star Alan Jackson, Thursday night's sold-out audience at the Show Me Center got the expected high-tech hit parade most had come to hear. From 14-year-old LeAnn Rimes, the audience got affirmation that hers already is one of the great voices in country music...
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TIGERS `RAMMED' IN OPENER; SCOTT CITY, JACKSON ADVANCE
(High School Sports ~ 05/10/97)
The Scott City Rams didn't treat Big 8 host Cape Central very kindly Friday night in their first round game at Capaha Field. The Rams, behind three-hit pitching from Jason Landis, knocked the Tigers into the consolation bracket with an impressive 4-2 victory...
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NOTRE DAME DANCES PAST DEXTER 4-1
(High School Sports ~ 05/10/97)
Prom night isn't usually a big deal for a high school freshman, but Notre Dame freshman pitcher Brian Oberman had a night to remember Friday night in the Bulldogs' opening game of the Cape Central Big 8 Tournament. With several of his upperclass teammates thinking of the Notre Dame prom to follow after the game, Oberman pitched three scoreless innings of no-hit ball for a save in the Bulldogs 4-1 win over Dexter at Capaha Field...
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MIKE KNUDSON
(Obituary ~ 05/10/97)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Mike Knudson, 45, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, May 8, 1997, at St. Louis University Hospital. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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WERNOLD PEPMUELLER
(Obituary ~ 05/10/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Wernold "Pep" Pepmueller, 79, of Perryville died Thursday, May 8, 1997, at Perry Oaks Healthcare Center. He was born March 10, 1918, in Klinger, Iowa, son of Louis and Sarah Hecht Pepmueller. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, its Men's and Adult Choirs; Veterans of Foreign Wars; and American Legion. He was a veteran of World War II...
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DELBERT ZOELLNER
(Obituary ~ 05/10/97)
CHARLESTON -- Delbert Joseph Zoellner, 76, of Charleston died Friday, May 9, 1997, at his home. He was born May 13, 1920, at Biehle, son of Adolph and Elizabeth Renaud Zoellner. He and Mary Doris Winger were married Oct. 20, 1945. Zoellner owned and operated Zoellner's Lawn Service a number of years, retiring in 1978. He was a member of St. Henry's Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and received three Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart...
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JANET LINDSLEY
(Obituary ~ 05/10/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Janet L. Lindsley, 45, of Perryville died Thursday, May 8, 1997, at St. Mary's Health Center in St. Louis County. She was born Feb. 5, 1952, in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., daughter of Theodore and Ethel Fruin Passer. She and Craig M. Lindsley were married June 18, 1974...
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HELEN BRUCE
(Obituary ~ 05/10/97)
JACKSON -- Helen Bruce, 74, of Jackson died Friday, May 9, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 14, 1922, at Tilsit, daughter of Louis and Hulda Werner Aufdenberg. She and Irwin Bruce were married Jan. 15, 1949. Bruce had worked at International Shoe Co. in Jackson. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, and former member of Immanuel Lutheran Church at Tilsit...
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EDWARD DYAS
(Obituary ~ 05/10/97)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Edward F. Dyas, 93, of Villa Ridge died Friday, May 9, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born July 29, 1903, in Cairo, son of Edward and Minnie Wallbum Dyas. He married the former Catherine G. "Katie" Sweeney, who died April 17, 1995...
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SUSIE PREWITT
(Obituary ~ 05/10/97)
Susie Beatrice Prewitt, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 9, 1997, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services. She was born Nov. 16, 1904, at Pauldon, daughter of Peter and Dona Mae Huddleston Snell. She and Robert C. "Sherman" Prewitt were married Aug. 4, 1923, in Cairo, Ill. He died March 1, 1974...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/10/97)
Daughter to Don Lloyd and Myrnita Kathleen Smith Jr., 1803 Huntington, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:18 p.m. Friday, May 2, 1997. Name, Michelle Leigh. Weight, 6 pounds 15 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Smith is the former Myrnita Grantham, daughter of Myrnita B. Grantham and Scott Grantham of Cape Girardeau. She is a teacher's aide at L.J. Schultz School. Smith is the son of Joan Smith and Don L. Smith Jr. of Millersville. He is employed at Lee-Rowan...
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ROBERT WISE
(Obituary ~ 05/10/97)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Robert B. Wise, 80, Mounds Route 1, died Friday, May 9, 1997, at Countryside Health Care Center in Bardwell, Ky. He was born May 9, 1917, in Mounds, son of William and Effie Laws Wise. Wise retired as a clerk at Cairo Post Office. He was a member of Cairo Masonic Lodge 237 AF&AM...
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