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MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
High Honors Grade 5 -- Noreen Adair, Roderick Alston, Janiece Blake, Whitney Brown, Darron Hyte, Tessa Newhart, Lee Rose, Corinna Sawyer, Sherell Wells. Grade 4 -- Elizabeth Austin, Jeremiah Bankson, Janice Barnett, Candice Bennett, Brittany Biggerstaff, Jessica Cano, Bryan Cravens, Perry Foulks, Brittany Garrett, Leslie Henderson, Akeydra Humble, Jessica Marler, Danielle Thurston, Joseph Tompkins, Erica Wilson...
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SHAWNEE JUNIOR & SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
A Honor Roll 12th Grade -- Gregory Barker, Derek Hanson, Amber Helmus, Misty Jameson, Jennifer Schaefer. 10th Grade -- Amanda Mouser, Amanda Pinnon. 9th grade -- Dasha Mehrle, Derek Winans. 8th Grade -- Sarah Hanneken, Drew Helmus. 7th Grade -- Doug Schaefer...
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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: INTERNET OFFERS PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO CLIMB YOUR FAMILY TREE (COLUMN 40)
(Column ~ 06/03/97)
CYBERTIP: The Southeast Missourian's hands-on Internet training sessions have been extremely popular. Out of six sessions scheduled, 14 open spaces remain June 17, from 10 to noon. Each session is limited to 24, so registrants will have their own computers. ...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: FORMER SCHRADER STUDENT NOW IS SCHOOL'S COUNSELOR
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
Elementary school counselor Julia Unnerstall is an educator today mainly because of the influence of former teachers who worked in the same school years before. Unnerstall is a counselor at Alma Schrader, a school whose desks and halls seem to have grown smaller since she attended the school more than 20 years ago...
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TRIAL OF TEARS STATE PARK: NIGHT WALKS, ACTIVITIES PLART OF SUMMER PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
Folk music concerts, owl prowls and walks in the night are a few activities Trail of Tears State Park staff hope will entice visitors this summer. The park's summer program runs through July 20, and a number of educational environmental activities are scheduled for local and visiting nature lovers. More than 30 events are scheduled this summer...
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PERRY COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
A Honor Roll 8th Grade -- Jamie Amberger, Jamie Brown, Tyler Buchheit, Lindsay Ernst, Melanie Evans, Jennifer James, Katie Martin, Stephen Messer, Brad Neathery, Melissa Riney, MIchael Schmidt, Erik Schnurbusch, Stephanie Schumer, Julie Triller, Jonathan Tucker, Brooke Winkler, Carrie Womack...
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LEOPOLD JUNIOR & SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
A Honor Roll 12th Grade -- Cindy Eeftink, Calvin Horrell, Jill Landewee. 11th Grade -- Jennifer DeBrock, Lisa VanderMierden, John Vandeven. 10th Grade -- Susie Deck, Beth Nenninger. 9th Grade -- Jennifer Elfrink, Dana Nenninger, Amy Stroder, Gwen Vandeven, Jason Van de Ven, Kelly Wesbecher...
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PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
A Honor Roll Grade 12 -- Jenny Anderson, Trish Brandes, Mindy Bruckerhoff, Ryan Buchheit, Teresina Buerck, Angela Burroughs, Jason Carbaugh, Jason Clifton, Lucas Hager, Christie Hoehn, Michele Hurt, Carissa Kutz, Chris Layton, Amy Lorenz, Rececca Naeger, Kristi Oehlert, Celeste Ramsey, Steven Reisenbichler, Jamie Robinson, Cathy Roth, Renee Saindon, Carrie Schamburg, Kim Stakes, Mindy Torbert, Nathan Unterreiner, Gretchen Vowels, Tracey Weber, Mia Yamnitz, Shawna Zahner, Michelle Heider, Karl Kasten.. ...
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ZALMA SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
Honor Roll 12th Grade -- Suzanne Dinkens, Alisha Goolsby, A.J. Hamilton, Michael Wade. 11th Grade -- Jessica Burchett, Carrie Hovis, Brandy Lea, Heather Riney, Heather Shirrell, Christina Simmers. 10th Grade -- Josh Boland, Tim Burchett, Chris Hovis, Pam Stroup, Jennifer White...
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ADVANCE JUNIOR & SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
High Honors 12th Grade -- Amanda Broshuis, Nicole Cooper, Katrina Georger, Kim Leadbetter, Tori Phillips. 11th Grade -- LaDonna Crenshaw, Chrissy Fornkohl, Lana Richmond. 10th Grade -- Lacie Baker, Amanda Bond, Erin Jenkins. 9th Grade -- Kyle Becker, Garrett Broshuis, Galen Cooper, Ross McFerron...
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FLOOD RETENTION BASIN MIRED IN COURTS
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
Construction of a flood-control retention basin has been dammed up by problems in securing the 157 acres needed for the project, Cape Girardeau city officials said Monday. Officials said the retention basin would have lessened the problem of flash flooding Friday along Cape LaCroix Creek...
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DEVELOPMENT BLAMED FOR JACKSON FLOOD
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
JACKSON -- The federal government made Barbara and Butch Bennett buy flood insurance. They never figured they would have to use it. But a flash flood Friday night turned Hubble Creek into a river that damaged their home and other low-lying houses in the Sunset Hills subdivision off Highway 61...
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VERDICT NO SURPRISE LOCALLY
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
Local people asked by the Southeast Missourian for their reactions to Timothy McVeigh being found guilty Monday all said they were pleased with the jury's decision and hope he gets the death penalty. McVeigh was found guilty in the April 9, 1995, bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building that killed 168 people and injured hundreds...
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COUNCIL VOTES TO HIKE TRASH PICKUP 60 CENTS
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
Starting in July, Cape Girardeau residents will have to pay 60 cents more each month for trash pickup. It will be the first increase in the basic refuse fee in three years. The City Council Monday voted 5-2 to increase the charge after hearing that the refuse collection enterprise fund's projected income will not quite cover its expenses even with the fee increase. Councilmen Melvin Gateley and Richard Eggiman dissented...
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A LIKELY STORY: VACATIONS HAND REST AREA SON THE ROAD MAP OF LIFE
(Column ~ 06/03/97)
I'd like to be able to just lay my finger on a map and hit the road, but life is never as easy as it is in a song. On the melodically enchanting new Indigo Girls album, "Shaming of the Sun," there's this great song called "Get Out the Map." On it, Emily Saliers sings about deciding on a summer trip by just laying her finger down on a map before hitting the open road with the one she loves...
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PILOTS REMIND THE WORLD OF HISTORIC FLIGHTS
(Editorial ~ 06/03/97)
Two pilots recently completed trips that recreated historic flights, one that ended in triumph and another that ended in tragedy. Bill Signs, a Texas businessman, flew his single-engine plane across the Atlantic Ocean to Paris, following the same route as Charles Lindbergh's history-making flight in the "Spirit of St. Louis" in 1927...
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MISSOURI WATCH: THE DAY I GOT MY COLUMN BACK
(Column ~ 06/03/97)
The morning after IBM's Big Blue had become the de facto world chess champion by defeating Garry Kasparov, I sat down at my desk and flipped on the computer. Waiting for it to warm up, I performed the usual menial tasks that we writers relish because it relieves us of having to think too much. In a few minutes I returned to the computer which was now flashing wildly as if trying to attract my attention. The screen bore a message that read:...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 06/03/97)
What's so unusual about Bill Clinton having to stand trial for harassment while in the Oval Office? Politicians in the White House have been harassing citizens for years. Missouri's 15-year highway plan is reportedly $14 billion short. At this point it seems appropriate to ask: Did anyone ever see a state improvement program that had a surplus?...
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S. SPRIGG BRIDGE, ROADWORK WELCOME INDEED
(Editorial ~ 06/03/97)
The opening of a new and improved South Sprigg Street recently came as good news to motorists who have depended on out-of-the-way detours for 14 months. The road had been closed for the construction of a bridge over Cape LaCroix Creek and raising a portion of the street that was prone to flooding...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/03/97)
IF THE City Council wants to exclude mobile homes from the city on private property, it should state the real reasons: property values and snobs. When I read in the paper that mobile homes adversely affect the character of the neighborhood, it makes me furious. ...
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EAST PRAIRIE SCHOOL VOTERS TO DECIDE BOND ISSUE
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Voters in East Prairie will consider a bond issue today that would help ease overcrowding for the 1,243 students in the school district. If passed, the issue would raise approximately $1.7 million over the next 18 years to pay for a new school and completely renovate another building. The issue would increase property taxes 10 cents per $100 assessed valuation. Property owners currently pay $3 per $100 assessed valuation...
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MUNY BAND CONCERT WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will hold its first regional concert of the summer at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Bandshell in Capaha Park. Ronald Nall, band director, and Mayor Al Spradling III, celebrity concert director, will lead a concert titled "Strike up the Band."...
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SHRINERS FORCED TO CANCEL POKER RUN
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
An attempt by the Cape Girardeau Shriners Club to hold their first poker run in Arena Park Sunday was forced to fold by a continuous rain. "It was too slick out there to ride," Shriners president Ron Clark said. He said organizers would try to reschedule the event for sometime in September...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
Monday June 2, 1997Consent ordinances:Accepted a quit-claim deed for a strip of land at the intersection of Kell Farm Drive and Bloomfield Road. * Accepted a utility easement from Karen S. Lewis. * Accepted a general warranty deed from Clyde L. and Norma B. Trickey for the Cape La Croix/Walker Branch flood control project...
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MEESE, EVANS LECTURES TO AIR ON CHANNEL 5
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
Lectures by Edwin Meese III and M. Stanton Evans, which were taped when they spoke in Cape Girardeau, will be replayed Wednesday as part of expanded programming for Cape Girardeau's Public Access Channel 5. The Meese lecture will air at 7 p.m. and Evans' lecture at 8:15 p.m. The same two presentations will be aired again on June 18, starting at 7 p.m...
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FLOODS CAUSE CROP DAMAGE
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
Flash flooding over the weekend caused crop damage along creek bottoms in Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Perry counties and along the Mississippi River Diversion Channel. "There is a lot of concern," said Gerald Bryan, University of Missouri extension agent in the Jackson office. "Some have had 400 to 500 acres under water. Damage could range from 25 to 50 percent in those areas."...
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SEMO MUSEUM RECEIVES FEDERAL GRANT
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
The Southeast Missouri State University Museum has been awarded a Museum Assessment Program grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Through guided self study and on-site consultation with a museum professional, the grant will enable the museum to evaluate its current practices, establish priorities to achieve professional museum standards and plan how to best serve the community...
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UNIVERSITY SATELLITE SITE FOR WORKING WOMEN'S SUMMIT
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
Southeast Missouri State University is one of 400 sites nationwide that will be involved in the National Working Women's Summit Thursday. An estimated 20,000 women nationwide are expected to participate in the summit. "Economic Equity: Equalities, Responsibilities and Rewards" is the theme for the interactive satellite broadcast that will be held June 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the University Center Missouriana Room at Southeast Missouri State University...
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CANDIDATE NO. 1; FORT HAYS' GARNER: `THERE IS GREAT POTENTIAL HERE'
(College Sports ~ 06/03/97)
Potential. That's a word Gary Garner focused on several times Monday as he met the media during his visit to Southeast Missouri State University. Garner, one of four finalists for the vacant position of head men's basketball coach, was the first finalist to visit the Southeast campus this week...
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BRIEFLY: SEMO WOMEN WIN OVC TITLE
(College Sports ~ 06/03/97)
What had been known for the past several weeks was officially announced Monday when Southeast Missouri State University repeated as champion of the Ohio Valley Conference women's all-sports trophy for 1996-97. The all-sports trophy is a symbol of overall athletic excellence in conference-sponsored championships...
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BRIEFLY: CAPE SR. BABE RUTH TO DEBUT
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/97)
Cape Girardeau's Senior Babe Ruth baseball team for 16-18-year-olds, the Commerce Bank White Sox, opens its season today with a 6 p.m. doubleheader against Marion, Ill., at Capaha Field. Coached by Steve Williams, Gregg Muench and Aaron Bruening, the squad will feature 18 players...
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CAPS WIN 19-8
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/97)
ST. LOUIS -- The Cape Girardeau Kohfeld Capahas remained unbeaten, pounding out 21 hits in a 19-8 win over the St. Louis Sox Monday. The Capahas (3-0) scored 10 runs in the first six innings then added five more in the seventh and four in the ninth for an easy win...
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BRIEFLY: JACKSON LEGION DROPS OPENER
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/97)
FESTUS -- Jackson's Senior Legion saw its debut end in rainy defeat Sunday in a 4-2, five-inning loss to Festus. Christopher Leimer suffered the loss for Jackson. Greg Lincoln accounted for three of Jackson's seven hits while Justin McCullough belted a solo home run...
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LEOLA SILVERTHORN
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
SIKESTON -- Leola Silverthorn, 89, of Sikeston died Sunday, June 1, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 15, 1907, in Fordsville, Ky., daughter of Theodore and Effie Ralph Roach. She and Lawrence E. Silverthorn were married Feb. 17, 1927. He died June 9, 1981...
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COLBY CURTIS
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
Funeral service for Colby Albert Curtis of Belton was held May 26 at Belton United Methodist Church. Private burial was in Belton Cemetery. Curtis, 79, died Friday, May 23, 1997, at Beautiful Savior Home and Manor in Belton. He was born Sept. 3, 1917, in Manchester, Iowa, son of Colby Allen and Sarah Katherine Curtis. He married the former Ruth Alice Hardison...
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GLADYS DREWES
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
THEBES, Ill. -- Funeral service for Gladys A. Drewes of Garden Prairie was held May 7 at Davis United Methodist Church near Garden Prairie. The Rev. Richard C. Wisdom officiated, with burial in Shattuck Grove Cemetery near Garden Prairie. Buck-Wheeler-Hyland Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...
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SHELVIA TREAT
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
CYPRESS, Ill. -- Shelvia Leon Treat, 53, of Paradise, Texas, formerly of Cypress, died Sunday, June 1, 1997, at his home. He was born March 26, 1944, in White Hill, son of Charles and Regina Littleton Treat. Treat was a corrections officer at Wachenhut Pre-release Facility in Bridgeport, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army from 1965-85...
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MYRTLE SHY
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
Funeral service for Myrtle Louise Shy of Affton was held Monday at Kutis Affton Chapel. Burial was in Lake Charles Cemetery. Shy, 88, died Friday, May 30, 1997, in Eureka. She was born Oct. 14, 1908, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of James Monroe and Ella W. Cross Shy...
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HOWARD DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
SIKESTON -- Howard Willis Davis, 79, of Eldon died Sunday, June 1, 1997, at Eldon Health Care Center. He was born July 16, 1917, at Charleston, son of Marion and Mattie Davis. Davis was a self-employed truck driver. He was formerly of Sikeston, and attended First Assembly of God Church. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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MICHAEL KITTEL
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Michael T. Kittel, 69, of St. Louis died Friday, May 30, 1997, at his home. He was born Jan. 26, 1928, in Venice, Ill., son of Ollie and Bertha Reynolds Kittel. Survivors include a sister, Catherine Southard of Cape Girardeau. He was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters...
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JUANITA GOODWIN
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
MOREHOUSE -- Funeral service for Juanita Lucille Goodwin of Morehouse will be held at 10 a.m. today at First Pentecostal Church. The Revs. Jimmie Vent and Nathaniel Lewis will officiate. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston. Goodwin, 81, died Sunday, June 1, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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KEVIN MORGAN
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
Kevin Patrick Morgan, 22, of Dallas, Texas, died Sunday, June 1, 1997, in an automobile accident near Giddings, Texas. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo.
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JOHN STEWART
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
SIKESTON -- John Hill Stewart, 76, of Sikeston died Monday, June 2, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Nov. 26, 1920, in Fayette County, Ala., son of John Leslie and Julia Ann Phillips Stewart. He and Esther Mae Mays were married July 31, 1939, in Hamilton, Ala. She died March 26, 1997...
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WILSON BARTELS
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
WHITEWATER -- Wilson S. "Bart" Bartels, 84, of Camarillo, Calif., died Sunday, June 1, 1997, in Camarillo. He was born Dec. 10, 1912, at Whitewater. Bartels was a teacher in Missouri during the 1930s, and later was a space craft manager with NASA for three of the Gemini projects at McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis. He retired as an electronics engineer with Pt. Mugu. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
Monday Public Hearings A public hearing was held to consider a special-use permit for the operation of a beauty salon in a single-family residential district at 1316 W. Jackson Blvd. as submitted by Marsha Kay Seyer. Action Items Power and light committee...
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JOHN HENDERSON
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
PERRYVILLE -- John F. Henderson, 84, of Perryville died Monday, June 2, 1997, at his home. He was born Oct. 18, 1912, at Desloge, son of Gilbert and Cecelia Gibbar Henderson. He and Helen Muench were married Aug. 29, 1934. Henderson retired after 36 years at International Shoe Co., and also worked 10 years for the city of Perryville. He was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church...
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TROY HARTLE
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Troy E. Hartle of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home. The Rev. O. David Griffin will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday. A Masonic service and American Legion honor guard service will begin at 7 p.m...
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MARY HENRY
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
GRAND CHAIN, Ill. -- Mary Henry, 56, of Cypress, Ill., died Monday, June 2, 1997, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was born Oct. 5, 1940, in Bona, Mo., daughter of Henry and Twila Neill. Henry was a member of Living Hope Fellowship Church in Grand Chain...
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JACKSON BOARD LETS EMMA STREET PAVING PROJECT
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
JACKSON -- Lappe Cement Finishing Inc. beat out two other companies Monday night to win the Emma Street paving project in action at the Jackson Aldermen meeting. Lappe's bid of $35,269.75 was about $10,000 less than city engineers had projected for the project. It was also more than $11,000 less than a bid from Fronabarger and more than $22,000 less than Thiele's bid...
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HEAD-ON ACCIDENT KILLS PB WOMAN
(Local News ~ 06/03/97)
POPLAR BLUFF -- A Poplar Bluff woman was killed and three of her granddaughters seriously injured Sunday in a motor vehicle accident on Highway 142. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that Arie Ellis, 71, was killed when her vehicle was struck head on by a pickup truck that had crossed the center line. Three passengers in her car, granddaughters Tasheka Dudley, 11, Breanna Ellis, 1, and Felecia Ellis, 3, all of Poplar Bluff, were taken to area hospitals with serious injuries...
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REV. JOHN HOPKINS
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
GREENVILLE -- The Rev. John Truman Hopkins, 92, of Greenville died Sunday, June 1, 1997, at Advance Nursing Center in Advance. He was born Nov. 6, 1904, at Zalma, son of John and Ila May Hembree Hopkins. He married Margaret Hendricks, who preceded him in death...
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THELMA GREEN
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
Thelma E. Green, 85, of Bourbonnais, Ill., died Monday, May 26, 1997, at Riverside Medical Center. She was born Nov. 13, 1911, at Toga, daughter of Harve and Etta Ervin Lizenbee. She and Thomas Ragain Green were married Nov. 27, 1927, at Jackson. Green was a member of First Church of the Nazarene in Kankakee, Ill., and member of Women's Christ Temperence Union...
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JOHN J. HILL
(Obituary ~ 06/03/97)
CAIRO, Ill. -- John Joseph "Jack" Hill, 70, of Cairo died Monday, June 2, 1997, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Blytheville, Ark. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo.
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