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U.S. 60 CONTINUES TO BE A TOP HIGHWAY PRIORITY
(Editorial ~ 06/29/97)
At 7 p.m. Tuesday, a meeting important to all in Southern Missouri will be held at the high school in Van Buren. A group of economic developers, civic and government leaders and highway promoters all along the U.S. 60 highway corridor will meet to highlight the importance of completing improvements to this vital artery. Keynote speaker will be U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau...
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FROM THE PULPIT: JUST THE PROPER TENSION
(Column ~ 06/29/97)
A day or so ago a pastor friend loaned me a guitar. I had told him I was thinking about learning how to play and he offered to loan me one he was not using before I went to the expense of a purchase. Playing a String instrument was not totally new to me I had played an upright bass viol when in high school and I still remember some of the basics. (Even though that is more years ago that some of us would like to remember.)...
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE: SERBIAN APOLOGIES AND HONG KONG PHOOEY
(Column ~ 06/29/97)
This week we will travel to Bosnia, Hong Kong and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Let's start off at This Week in Bosnia-Hercegovina, where the first bit of news comes from the publisher. The note reads: "This Week in Bosnia-Hercegovina will now be produced monthly."...
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LONGEST CAVE IN CAPE COUNTY BEING MAPPED
(Local News ~ 06/29/97)
J.T. Henderson finds a rare area where he can stand in the cave in northern Cape County. A cave, known to the local population for years, in northern Cape Girardeau County is currently being mapped by area speleologists. Richard Young of Pocahontas, Dr. Stan Sides of Cape Girardeau, J.T. Henderson of Jackson and Brad Blackburn of Sikeston are in the process of mapping the cave which has turned out to be the longest lair in Cape County...
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A LOOK BACK AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 06/29/97)
25 years ago, 1972 Variety of matters, ranging from need of additional space for County Public Health Unit through ancient title of judge for County Court members, were discussed by County Court; no action was taken on request by advisory committee to County Public Health Unit for more space in courthouse, but several possibilities were discussed; court, an administrative body, would more correctly be called county council or county board of administrators; Presiding Judge Clarence W. ...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: GOVERNOR WANTS AG TO SUE OVER LAW BOTH ARE SWORN TO UPHOLD
(Column ~ 06/29/97)
Let me see if we have this straight: On Thursday afternoon, Gov. Mel Carnahan signed the bills that make up the $14.7 billion state budget. The big issue was what the governor would do with the House bill appropriating money for the Department of Health. This one contains language prohibiting any state money's going to Planned Parenthood, America's largest abortionist. The language was drafted in the House and approved overwhelmingly by that body and later by the Senate...
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SE MISSOURI GETS BOOST IN STATE SPENDING
(Editorial ~ 06/29/97)
On Thursday, Gov. Mel Carnahan signed into law the bills the General Assembly passed that together make up Missouri's $14.7 billion state budget for fiscal year 1998, which begins July 1. As usual across the state and here in Southeast Missouri, there was both good and bad news for those awaiting the news...
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MISSOURI WATCH: MAYBE WEE NEED A BILL OF RESPONSIBILITIES
(Column ~ 06/29/97)
This is the season of the year in which we Americans celebrate the founding of our nation. We do it by getting into our cars and driving hundreds of miles to celebrate in the midst of strangers as we camp, swim, fish, bike, golf and hike, all the while feasting on charred meat that has been overcooked over an outdoor fire. ...
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I-66 BACKERS MEET MONDAY IN MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 06/29/97)
The state of Kentucky has done a feasibility study for the I-66 proposed highway. Missouri is doing a study regarding the same project. And I-66 backers are scheduled to meet Monday night at Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Ill., as they seek to convince the Illinois Department of Transportation to do a feasibility study for such a route across Southern Illinois...
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CAPE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION REJECTS PAY PACKAGE
(Local News ~ 06/29/97)
Members of the local teacher's association overwhelmingly rejected a salary proposal from the Cape Girardeau school district last week. In a 70-13 vote, the Community Teachers Association voted not to accept the proposal, which included an average 2 percent salary schedule increase across the board and a reimbursement option for teachers who don't use the two personal days they receive each year...
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FIRST WEEK OF PHOTO CONTEST DRAWS MORE THAN 100 ENTRIES
(Local News ~ 06/29/97)
Well over 100 photographs were submitted for the first week of judging in the local Kodak International Newspaper Shapshot Awards. Joyce Hunter, contest coordinator at the Southeast Missourian, feel the judges have their work cut out for them. "Some of these pictures give you the chills. Some just make you go ah-ah-ah. You really feel the emotion with many of these pictures, and you can't help but wonder about the story behind them," she said...
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HANDS-ON HISTORY: WICKLIFFE MOUNDS RESEARCH CENTER ALLOWS VISITORS TO GET A FIRSTHAND UNDERSTANDING OF ARCHAEOLOGY
(Local News ~ 06/29/97)
WICKLIFFE, Ky. -- Visitors to the Wickliffe Mounds Research Center can see, hear and even taste history during the annual Archaeology Weekend. About 500 visitors are expected to attend the event, which features demonstrators reproducing artifacts of Native American tribes who lived in the area more than 1,000 years ago. Besides watching demonstrators, visitors can try their hand at grinding corn, taste venison jerky or catfish baked in mud and clay, or launch a spear using an authentic atlatl...
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MARK MY WORD: VIRTUAL PETS AREN'T ANYTHING LIKE BABIES OR EVEN FISH
(Column ~ 06/29/97)
Virtual pets beep for attention, but not in our home. They poop, play and need plenty of attention. They're not dogs, cats or even babies. No, these are virtual pets. They are egg-sized toys that depict the life of video animals from dogs to rats on a liquid crystal screen attached to a key chain...
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HOLYFIELD, TYSON IGNORE DEADLINE
(High School Sports ~ 06/29/97)
The heavyweight title fight between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson had not started when the Southeast Missourian went to press Saturday night. Complete details of the fight as well as analysis will appear in Monday's edition.
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THE LATEST LINE: SEMO NEEDS TO TAKE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY
(Sports Column ~ 06/29/97)
You won't get much out of school officials or administrators -- which seems to be pretty par for the course these days -- but some wild and crazy things are evidently going on with Southeast Missouri State University athletics. First we had the men's basketball situation, which began with an in-house review and led to the NCAA investigation that resulted in the firing of coach Ron Shumate...
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CAPAHAS' RECORD IMPROVES TO 18-0
(High School Sports ~ 06/29/97)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- The Kohlfeld Capahas utilized three home runs in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday against Paducah to keep intact a perfect start to the 1997 season. Steve Kress connected for the homer, a ninth-inning, game-winning blast which lifted the Capahas to an 8-7 victory...
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CHAFFEE LEGION POSTS SWEEP OVER VAN BUREN
(High School Sports ~ 06/29/97)
CHAFFEE -- Chaffee Legion swept a district doubleheader Saturday against Van Buren, winning the opener 6-1 and the nightcap 7-2 The victories improved Chaffee's overall record to 16-6 and its district mark to 8-2. Justin Braun pitched a complete game in the opener, allowing just four hits...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: FROG SEASON GETS HOPPING MONDAY NIGHT AT SUNSET
(Column ~ 06/29/97)
Where would you go to experience the following? Flashing lights and a wide variety of sounds that include buzzing, beeping, banging, slurping and splashing. Well, you could go to a video arcade or you could go "frogging." Missouri frog season opens at sunset tomorrow, June 30, and runs through midnight, Oct. 31...
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AUGUST B. KLASING
(Obituary ~ 06/29/97)
August B. Klasing, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 27, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 22, 1910 in Cape Girardeau, son of Barney and Mattie Wickersham Klasing. He married Georgia Hargiss on Dec. 22, 1933, and she survives him...
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WILLING BERBLING GLAAB
(Obituary ~ 06/29/97)
CAIRO, Ill. -- William Berbling Glaab, 85, of Cairo, died Friday, June 27, 1997, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo. He was born May 29, 1912, in Cairo, son of the late William and Dottie Sellars Glaab. He was a salesman for the Bunny Bread Co. before his retirement, and a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church...
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JEROME DANIEL BLACKMON
(Obituary ~ 06/29/97)
HAYWOOD CITY -- Jerome Daniel Blackmon, 43, of Haywood City died suddenly Thursday, June 26, 1997, in a farming accident near Charter Oak. He was born July 31, 1953, in Leland, Miss., son of the late John and Dorothy Mae Selma Blackmon. On July 4, 1978, he married Jeesie Bell Harris, who survives the home...
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RAYMOND HEISSERER
(Obituary ~ 06/29/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Raymond Benjamin Heisserer, 87, of Scott City died Saturday, June 28, 1997, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 3, 1910, in Dutchtown, son of Adam and Katherine Ellinger Heisserer. He married Colletta Brucker on June 7, 1931, and she preceded him in death on April 1, 1949...
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MARIE T. BACON
(Obituary ~ 06/29/97)
Marie T. Bacon, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 28, 1997, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel.
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DOROTHY MAE GIBBS
(Obituary ~ 06/29/97)
MORLEY -- Dorothy Mae Gibbs, 75, of Morley died Saturday, June 28, 1997, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. She was born June 14, 1922, in Morehouse, daughter of Peter James and Sarah Sturgeon Foister. She married Elman Gibbs on April 25, 1947, at Crowder. He survives her...
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DELPHINE BACKFISCH
(Obituary ~ 06/29/97)
BENTON -- Delphine Backfisch, 73, of Route 1, Benton, died Saturday, June 28, 1997, at her home in Benton. She was born Sept. 24, 1923, at Kelso, daughter of Paul Joseph and Anna Helen Scherer Glastetter. On Sept. 14, 1943, she married Charles William Backfisch at Kelso. He preceded her in death on Nov. 10, 1980...
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MARY LEONA GRIM
(Obituary ~ 06/29/97)
Mary Leona Grim, 1525 Mississippi, died Friday, June 27, 1997, at the Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was 101 years old. She was born March 8, 1896, daughter of James and Mary Wright Hill. On March 24, 1918, she married James Clinton Grim in Bloomfield. He preceded her in death on Oct. 3, 1948...
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LYMAN COOK
(Obituary ~ 06/29/97)
JACKSON -- Lyman Cook, 88, of Jackson died Friday, June 27, 1997, at the Heartland Care and Rehabilitation Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 30, 1908, in Mayfield, son of Benny and Eva Cook He married Eula James on Aug. 24, 1930, and she survives him...
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LARRY WAYNE GREENE
(Obituary ~ 06/29/97)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Larry Wayne Greene, 46, of Virginia Beach, Va., died Wednesday, June 25, 1997, at his home. He was born in Atlanta, son of Loren and Bette Manning Greene. He was the grandson of Loren and Louise Buckle Greene of Villa Ridge, Ill...
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LEWIS MOORE
(Obituary ~ 06/29/97)
SIKESTON -- Lewis "T-Baby" Moore, 49, of Sikeston died Wednesday, June 26, 1997, as a result of a farming accident near Charter Oak. He was born Oct. 26, 1947, in Drew, Miss., son of Mary D. Moore and L.C. Barker. He graduated from Sikeston High School in 1967 and was a member of Travelers Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Sikeston. ...
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WILLIAM E. FOSTER JR.
(Obituary ~ 06/29/97)
SIKESTON -- William E. Foster Jr., 71, of Sikeston died Friday, June 27, 1997, at Lake Wappapello. He was born Feb. 15, 1926, in Scott City, son of W.E. and Laura Boss Foster Sr. He owned and operated mobile home parks in California and attended the United Pentecostal Church in Morehouse...
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SEMO HAM RADIO CLUB IN CONTEST
(Local News ~ 06/29/97)
SEMO Amateur Radio Club members bounced radio waves off the ionosphere Saturday afternoon as part of a contest that covered most of North America. Ralph Frye, club president, said the contest was to see how many contacts the club could make during a 27-hour period that included this morning. Clubs from throughout the nation and Canada participated...
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EMERSON WALKS IN CANCER FUND-RAISER
(Local News ~ 06/29/97)
It's not very often people get emotional about walking the track at Southeast Missouri State University's Recreational Center. Saturday was different as about 350 people participated in the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life fund-raiser. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson walked more than 20 laps around the indoor course. ...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: SHIFTING SCENERY ALONG WAY
(Column ~ 06/29/97)
Like Maeterlinck's Blue Bird of Happiness, I have found much joy along the way in my own back yard where the crickets fiddle, the rabbits play, the hollyhocks soar and the butterflies flutter. Any time of the day -- when the dew sprinkles diamonds in the grass, when the sun stands at nigh noon, when, at twilight the birds begin to sing their muted vespers -- there is an unrolling tapestry of life for me to participate in or just sit back and enjoy. ...
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WOODEN TRUNKS CARRY PAST INTO THE PRESENT
(Local News ~ 06/29/97)
Mike Wood looked at the lock on a steamer trunk that received a patent for the trunk in September 1869. Wood makes keys for the trunks after he restores them. Estelee Wood covered the inside of this oak trunk with a teady bear pattern quilt. Mike Wood left the original photo inside the trunk lid of a trunk made in the late 1800s while refinishing it. The pine wood trunk will be restored using the original metal bracing...
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OPENINGS REMAIN FOR ART WORKSHOPS
(Local News ~ 06/29/97)
Openings in most classes still exist for "ExplorArt," the Summer Art Workshops for children ages 6-17. Openings are available in the week-long classes for Drawing, which meets 8:30-11:30 a.m. July 77-11; in both 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. session of Painting, which meets July 14-18, Sculpture, which meets July 21-15, and Multi-Media, which meets July 28-Aug. 1...
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PWP TO MEET WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 06/29/97)
The Cape SEMO Chapter of Parents Without Partners will hold an orientation for prospective new members at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Harris Room of the Community Counseling Center on the corner of Silver Springs and Bloomfield Road in Cape Girardeau. Parents who are divorced, widowed, legally separated, or never married are encouraged to come...
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