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NOTRE DAME BREAKS GROUND ON NEW HIGH SCHOOL
(Editorial ~ 06/14/97)
Notre Dame broke ground on its new high school last Sunday. It was a momentous occasion, capping an impressive $5 million fund drive. The new high school will be built on a hill overlooking Route K, about two miles past the western edge of the city. Work will begin immediately, with a targeted completion date in September 1998...
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WOMAN, 33, STRUCK ON WAY TO MAILBOX DIES FROM INJURIES
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
A Cape Girardeau County woman who was crossing the road to her mailbox died after being hit by a van Thursday. Susan Parker, 33, was in the middle of Highway 177 four miles east of Fruitland at 5:18 p.m., when she was struck by a westbound van driven by James Vincent of Dahlgren, Ill., said Timothy J. Meyer of the Missouri Highway Patrol...
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VFW AUXILIARY PRESENTS FLAG TO LEARNING CENTER
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
"Cool," said Wesley Keller, 8, as he knelt down to tie his shoe. His gaze looked upward toward an American flag. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3838 presented the Care Bears Learning Center with a 1-by-1 1/2-foot flag Thursday for its monthly Americanism project...
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SUMMER ACTIVITIES CAN CAUSE STRESS TO JOINTS
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
After a long winter of indoor activities, many people overextend themselves in summer. Without proper conditioning, physical therapists warn, that may lead to joint dysfunctions. "Basically, people try to overdo," said Frankie Erlacker, a physical therapist at Physical Therapy Associates in Cape Girardeau. "After several months of inactivity people try to rebound back."...
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BABY-SITTING CLASS SET
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
A baby-sitting course will be offered from 1 to 4 p.m. on June 19, and July 10, 17 and 31, at the St. Francis Center for Health and Rehabilitation at 28 S. Mount Auburn Road. The course will be taught by Kathy Casteel and Debbie Hahs. The class will cover safety, emergencies, feeding, diapering, bathing and bedtime care...
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HAND CENTER OPEN HOUSE
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
The Hand Center at Orthopaedic Associates will hold an open house at 9 to noon, Friday in the lower level of the Orthopaedic Associates building at 48 Doctors Park. The Hand Center is celebrating Hand Therapy Awareness Week. The public is invited to meet the staff and learn how hand therapy can help keep you healthy and active this summer. Refreshments will be served...
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DISABILITIES UNIT TO MEET
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
The Region IX Council on Developmental Disabilities will hold an open meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday at the St. Francis Medical Center. The topic will be the development of the budget for the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities for the fiscal year 1999...
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WOMAN-TO-WOMAN LUNCH
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
The 1997 Woman-To-Woman Luncheon series will feature the topic of "Menopause: What Mother Didn't Tell You" from noon to 3 Thursday at the Drury Lodge. Speakers will be Dr. Ann Behrend-Uhls, OB/GYN; Ruth Mcdonnell, nurse at the Cardiovascular Services at St. Francis; Mike Brown, owner of the Natural Health Organic Foods of Cape Girardeau; Barbara Crowell, nurse; and Virginia Heston of the Center of Health and Rehabilitation...
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APPLICATIONS TAKEN
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
The family support council will take applications for its stipend and loan programs for families who have members who are developmentally disabled. The stipend program consists of a monthly check for families to use to meet their needs. To find out how to qualify for the programs, call 573-472-5300 or 1-800-492-4647...
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TWO-DAY CAMP SLATED
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
A day camp for children with diabetes will be held on July 21 and 22 at the Main Street Family Fitness Center and in the Jackson City Park. Campers will learn from one another about living with diabetes. In addition camp organizers said the youth will have two days of fun...
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SINGLE AGAIN MEETING
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
The support group "Single Again," sponsored by the St. Francis Medical Center, will conduct a series of meetings on topics of interest to adults who find themselves single from divorce or the death of a spouse. Upcoming topics are June 20, common money mistakes; July 18, personal safety; Aug. 15, self-help for insomnia and other sleep disturbances; Sept. 19, biofeedback...
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CRIME STOPPERS IS ALREADY MAKING A DIFFERENCE
(Editorial ~ 06/14/97)
Crime stoppers can stop crime in the region. In its first two weeks, the organization is already making progress as tips are coming in on the special Crime Stoppers hotline, 573-332-0500. In only its second week of operation, two juveniles were arrested for car theft -- thanks to an anonymous tip to the Crime Stoppers hotline. The two had reportedly stolen the car late Tuesday and led police on a brief chase before they abandoned the stolen car. An unsuccessful manhunt followed...
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SUPERMAN ACTIVITIES TODAY, SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- A year ago, a man entered the antique telephone booth inside the Metropolis Chamber of Commerce. A few seconds later, he merged with a Superman T-Shirt. The quick-change artist was in town for the annual four-day, Superman Celebration held in this community of 7,000 residents...
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TAYLOR TO QUIT SCHOIOL BOARD; BOARD TO NAME REPLACEMENT
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
Cape Girardeau Board of Education member Terry Taylor has submitted his resignation from the board effective July 1. Taylor, 45, serves as vice-president of the school board. He is being relocated by his employer, Jimmy Dean Foods, to Scottsdale, Ariz., and will be unable to complete the last year of a three-year term...
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ASBESTOS DUMPING AT TRANSFER STATION COSTLY
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
At least four times in the last two months, workers at Cape Girardeau's waste transfer station have caught contractors trying to dump asbestos there. Taking asbestos to the transfer station is illegal. Asbestos is a powerful carcinogen if its fibers are inhaled or swallowed...
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PLENTY OF GOOD FOOD AVAILABLE
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
Go ahead: Eat that favorite Riverfest food and enjoy it. After a brief shower Friday morning, final festival preparations were taking place, including the opening of Riverfest food concessions. A wide range of food includes funnel cakes, pizza, shish-ka-bobs, taffy, roasted almonds, ice cream, and crab ragoon.20All concession stands are on Water and Themis streets...
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RIVERFEST '97: RIVERFEST OPENING WASHED OUT
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
Leslie Jenkins of Jackson won the Miss Riverfest title Friday night. The Coast Guard gave tours aboard its Sumac during Riverfest Friday evening. The Sumac will be open for tours from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. today during Riverfest. A severe thunderstorm packing heavy rain washed out the opening night of Riverfest Friday.The storm swept the city at about 8 p.m., and Riverfest was forced to close down for the night about an hour later.Riverfest activities will resume at 10 a.m. ...
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EDUCATORS, POLICE MEET TO DISCUSS COMMUNITY ISSUES
(Local News ~ 06/14/97)
Prevention and responsibility were the themes during a joint conference held Friday for people working in the fields of law enforcement and education. The conference, held in Robert A. Dempster Hall at Southeast Missouri State University, was entitled "Violence, Crime and Racial Conflicts -- How Public Schools and Police Can Address These Issues." About 100 educators, police and juvenile officers, parents and community members from throughout southern Missouri attended the conference, which was co-sponsored by the Girardeau School District, U.S. ...
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THE WIZARD GOES `POOF' ON CAMPERS
(College Sports ~ 06/14/97)
Scott Blank understands why a lot of people are upset because Ozzie Smith didn't make it into Cape Girardeau Friday for the Capaha Field Baseball Camp. Blank, one of the directors of the two-day camp that concluded Friday, said camp organizers feel extremely bad and are planning to get the future Hall of Fame shortstop back here for a visit in July...
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EX-COLLEGE STARS, RAIN POUR IT ON
(College Sports ~ 06/14/97)
The head of the class in Friday night's 15th annual Kohlfeld Riverfest Run featured a definite Southeast Missouri State University flavor. Former Southeast runner and assistant coach Joe Dandridge was the overall men's winner of the 5.25-mile race while current Southeast assistant coach Amy Giblin captured the 5.25-mile women's title...
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THOMPSON, CAMPBELL TIED AT HOOTERS
(High School Sports ~ 06/14/97)
SIKESTON -- Dicky Thompson and Chad Campbell moved into a share of the lead atop a congested leaderboard after Friday's second round of the NGA-Hooters Golf Tour $100,000 KFVS12 Classic at the BootHeel Golf Club. The pair is deadlocked at 11-under-par 133 to lead a group of four by a stroke. Thompson, of Peachtree City, Ga., fired a 66 to follow up his first-round 67 on Thursday. Campbell, of Andrews, Texas, fired a 67 after a first-round 66...
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LURA FRIESE
(Obituary ~ 06/14/97)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Lura Friese of Anna will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro. The Rev. Alonzo Dale will officiate, with burial in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-9 p.m. Sunday...
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DELORIS REYNOLDS
(Obituary ~ 06/14/97)
DEXTER -- Deloris Reynolds, 90, of St. Charles County died Thursday, June 12, 1997, at St. Peters Manor in St. Peters. She was born Dec. 6, 1906, at Essex, daughter of Oscar and Stella Eddington Maddox. She and the Rev. Joe Arthur Reynolds were married Nov. 25, 1922. He died May 29, 1969...
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CHARLES DILLE JR.
(Obituary ~ 06/14/97)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Charles E. Dille Jr., 82, of Memphis, Tenn., died Thursday, June 12, 1997, at Baptist Medical Center in Memphis. He was born Dec. 7, 1914, in Cairo, son of Charles E. and Mary Pettis Dille. Dille served as an Alexander County commissioner in the 1970s. He was a member and former elder at First Presbyterian Church, member of Cairo Elks Lodge, and former member of Cairo Rotary Club...
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SUSAN PARKER
(Obituary ~ 06/14/97)
JACKSON -- Susan Marie Parker, 33, of Jackson died Thursday, June 12, 1997, after being struck by an automobile on State Highway 177. She was born May 17, 1964, at Fredericktown, daughter of Frank and Anna Lee Moll Yount. Parker was a graduate of Metro Business College. She was employed at Horizon Music Co. in Cape Girardeau...
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NORA PRUITT
(Obituary ~ 06/14/97)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Nora E. Pruitt of St. James was held Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home in St. James. Larry Morris and Dan Richardson officiated, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Pruitt, 90, died Saturday, June 7, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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BERTIE CRUMP
(Obituary ~ 06/14/97)
CHAFFEE -- Bertie E. Crump, 58, Benton Route 1, died Thursday, June 12, 1997, at her home. She was born Nov. 18, 1938, in Geronimo, Okla., daughter of Delos W. and Carrie Mae Thweatt Kilbourne. Crump was a technician at TG(USA) in Perryville. She was a member of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau; Eagles Aerie and Amvets in Perryville. She moved to Benton a few months ago from Chaffee...
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FRANCIS HIMMELSBACH
(Obituary ~ 06/14/97)
Francis J. Himmelsbach, 82, 223 Hillview, died Thursday, June 12, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born April 28, 1915, at Chaffee, son of Joseph A. and Bertha Seyer Himmelsbach. He and Lorena Compas were married Oct. 18, 1941, at Chaffee...
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WILSON SOEHLIG
(Obituary ~ 06/14/97)
ORAN -- Wilson "Glick" Soehlig, 84, of Oran died Friday, June 13, 1997, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 8, 1912, in Jackson, son of Albert F. and Katie Jones Soehlig. He and Dorothy Williams were married Dec. 25, 1943. Soehlig had been a salesman with Suedekum Electric in Cape Girardeau. He was a member of First Baptist Church, and former music director and Sunday School teacher...
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MARY MCEWING
(Obituary ~ 06/14/97)
Mary Ann McEwing, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 13, 1997, at the Lutheran Home. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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LINNIE SIMPKINS
(Obituary ~ 06/14/97)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Funeral service for Linnie Louise Simpkins of Wheatfield, Ind., will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro. Burial will be in Lindsey Cemetery at McClure. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/14/97)
Daughter to Tod Lewis Daniels and Melissa M. McDowell of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 29, 1997. Name, Logan Taylor. Weight, 9 pounds. Second child, first daughter. Ms. McDowell is the daughter of Wayne and Margaret McDowell of Cape Girardeau. Daniels is the grandson of Leon Daniels, Buddy Harrell, and Skeeter Harrell, all of Mounds, Ill. He is employed at Gates Rubber Co...
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VERNON C. BARRING JR.
(Obituary ~ 06/14/97)
Vernon C. Barringer Jr., 56, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, June 13, 1997, at his home. Arrangements were incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
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