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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: FUN SITES FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES EASY TO FIND ON THE INTERNET (COLUMN 51)
(Column ~ 08/26/97)
One more day before school starts for both our eldest children. Peggy's is a veteran. She starts first grade. Joni's daughter is starting kindergarten. We considered going to Internet psychiatry pages but instead decided to lose ourselves in fun family pages...
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LOCAL TEACHERS PURSUE DOCTORATE AT MU THROUGH STATE PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 08/26/97)
Five Cape Girardeau residents arrived on the University of Missouri at Columbia campus last month to begin pursuing a doctorate from the MU College of Education as part of the Statewide Cooperative Doctorate in Educational Leadership program. Betty Chong, assistant superintendent for special services for Cape Girardeau public schools; Marty Clay, assistant registrar at Southeast Missouri State University; Rita Fisher, principal of West Lane Elementary in Jackson; Jack Mann, principal of Nell Holcomb; and Rose Tallent, elementary principal of Jackson schools, all are participating in program.. ...
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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT KINDERGARTEN
(Local News ~ 08/26/97)
Kindergartner Ricky Ellis took a nap in Charlotte Edwards' class while other children played. Nell Holcomb kindergartners Tori Ourt, 5, and Artie Maupin, 5, drew pictures of a person in their first art class. Kindergarten students shouldn't chew gum, spit out candy or put water in the glue at school...
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REGENT QUITS TO RECRUIT STUDENTS IN ST. LOUIS AREA
(Local News ~ 08/26/97)
Pat Washington has resigned from the Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents to take a key recruiting job with the school. Washington, 36, of St. Louis resigned Friday. The Board of Regents then held a closed-door meeting Monday afternoon and hired Washington as the school's outreach coordinator in the St. Louis area. She will make a salary of $40.000...
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ELECTRONIC CARD TO REPLACE FOOD STAMP COUPONS (FIRST OF THREE PARTS)
(Local News ~ 08/26/97)
Welfare benefits in Southeast Missouri will enter the electronics age when Electronic Benefits Transfer cards replace paper welfare checks and food stamps next month. Nearly 29,000 southeast Missourians receiving food stamps and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families will obtain their benefits using the EBT card beginning Monday. ...
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FRUITLAND AREA SEWER DISTRICT TO BE DECIDED
(Local News ~ 08/26/97)
Voters in two Cape Girardeau County precincts will decide Nov. 4 whether to form a sewer district in the Fruitland-Pocahontas area. Circuit Judge William Syler last week ordered the vote. Chris Johnson, chairman of a proposed Cape Girardeau County Common Sewer District, said formation of the district is necessary to "make sure our children aren't playing in our own sewage."...
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SCOTT CITY COUNCIL RAISES ON HOLD; IMMEDIATE PAY HIKES QUESTIONED
(Local News ~ 08/26/97)
SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Council voted itself immediate pay raises, action which City Attorney Frank Siebert said violated the Missouri Constitution. Siebert Monday took full blame for the action. He said the council was unaware of a provision in the constitution when it approved the raises, and an amended ordinance would be presented at the next council meeting...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/26/97)
MR. McCULLEY'S information regarding the price of homes adjacent to the proposed Victoria Estates subdivision is inaccurate. Four homes purchased on Ricardo Drive in the last two years were in the upper $80,000 to upper $90,000 range, not below $80,000. The older homes on Stoddard near Perryville Road are smaller and not as well built, and they are indeed valued at below $80,000. These are not the homes that are adjacent to the proposed Victoria Estates...
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MISSOURI WATCH: THE NEW MAN AT MIZZOU
(Column ~ 08/26/97)
As the new president of Missouri's flagship university system discusses his goals and vision for the future, one is reminded of one of his predecessors, Dr. James Olson, who led 01' Mizzou through some difficult times a generation ago. Dr. Manuel Pacheco, the unanimous choice of the Board of Curators to lead the four-campus university system, speaks softly yet convincingly when he outlines his strategy to foster enhanced "partnerships" with corporate businesses, agriculture, other educational institutions, faculties and the general public.. ...
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VETO SESSION TO INCLUDE ABORTION BILL
(Editorial ~ 08/26/97)
On Sept. 10, the General Assembly will return to Jefferson City for the annual two-day veto session. Ordinarily, and especially in recent years, these have been sleepy affairs. It has been some years since a veto override has even been attempted, and none has garnered the required two-thirds margin in both houses since former Gov. Joe Teasdale was overridden back in 1980...
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BRANONS, DEVELOPMENT LIKELY SPECIAL-SESSION TOPICS
(Editorial ~ 08/26/97)
Under the Constitution, it is within the governors' powers to call the General Assembly into special session and to specify the subjects to be addressed. Gov. Carnahan has added to speculation that he may do so this year by dangling certain subjects for public discussion. ...
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SEMO HAPPENINGS: MITCHELL-BRAXTON GETS NEW SEMO JOB
(Local News ~ 08/26/97)
Debra Mitchell-Braxton, whose race-discrimination lawsuit against Southeast Missouri State University was settled out of court, has been hired as director of a federally funded program at the school. University officials announced the hiring Monday afternoon. Mitchell-Braxton currently is assistant director of the Campus Assistance Center at Southeast...
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COUNTY SELLS DELINQUENT-TAX PROPERTIES
(Local News ~ 08/26/97)
JACKSON -- Danny Stratton figured it was worth the gamble. The Oak Ridge man Monday morning bought seven properties totaling about 5.5 acres at Cape Girardeau County's annual land auction designed to recover back taxes. None of the property is prime real estate. But that doesn't bother Stratton, whose feelings were reflected on his T-shirt...
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SEMO HAPPENINGS: ADMINISTRATOR HIRED TO HELP BOOST ENROLLMENT
(Local News ~ 08/26/97)
Southeast Missouri State University has hired a Kentucky college administrator to head up enrollment management. The Board of Regents, meeting in closed session Monday afternoon, approved the appointment of Dr. Robert Parrent. Parrent actually has been working in his new position since Aug. 18. He will make a salary of $80,000...
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INDIANS ANXIOUS FOR '97 OPENER
(College Sports ~ 08/26/97)
Southeast Missouri State University's football team has spent the past few weeks focusing primarily on itself during fall workouts. This week, the Indians will finally get to direct their attention toward an opponent. It's game week at Southeast as the Indians gear up for Saturday's 7 p.m. season opener against Lambuth at Houck Stadium...
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FIRST ROUND? SE'S ELEY AMONG TOP NBA PROSPECTS
(College Sports ~ 08/26/97)
The start of Southeast Missouri State University's basketball season is still more than two months away but senior William "Bud" Eley is already drawing plenty of national attention. Eley, the Indians' 6-foot-10, 240-pound center, is ranked 19th out of 75 players on the `Don Leventhal NBA Draft Report' that was recently published...
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GYMNASTICS COACH TO BE NAMED
(College Sports ~ 08/26/97)
Southeast Missouri State University plans to hire a new women's gymnastics coach this week. The school will hold a Wednesday afternoon press conference to introduce the successor to longtime coach Bill Hopkins, who resigned earlier this summer after 18 seasons on the job...
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PREP SOFTBALL TEAMS READY TO TAKE THE FIELD (1997 PREP SOFTBALL)
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/97)
The Kelly High Lady Hawks might be the smallest area school to field a girls softball team, but the Class 2A state runners-up will return plenty of talent when the fast-pitch season begins this week. Kelly returns seven starters from last year's 16-4 team that came within one win of a state title. Perryville also returns several players from last year...
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JOHNSON MOVES ATOP MIR CAREER WIN LIST
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/97)
BENTON -- Terry Johnson of Benton became the all-time leader in victories at Missouri International Racepark, picking up his 10th win of the season and 31st of his career during action Saturday night. Also Saturday, Keith Brugger, Billy James, Tony Palmer and Shawn King all took feature wins in their divisions...
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COUNTY MULLS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ANIMAL CONTROL
(Local News ~ 08/26/97)
FRUITLAND -- The victim of a dog attack in Fruitland says the incident seemed almost unavoidable at the time but he'd like to see ways found to prevent future attacks. John Stroup of Birch Drive said he was walking his poodle on Hawthorn when a neighbor's Rottweiler escaped from his owner and attacked Stroup and his dog...
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JAMES ALLEN
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
CHARLESTON -- James Lee Allen, 59, died Saturday, Aug. 23, 1997, at Charleston Manor. He was born May 17, 1938, in Muscogee, Ga., son of Ollie and Dorothy Drennan Allen. He and Suzanne Maquire were married in 1972. Allen was an electronic engineer in Oceanside, Calif., until he retired because of ill health...
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LYDA FORNKAHL
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
Funeral service for Lyda Jean Fornkahl of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. David Griesemer will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...
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JANETTA VANDEMARK
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
MOREHOUSE -- Graveside service for Janetta Othal Vandemark of Morehouse will be held at 10 a.m. today at Matthews City Cemetery in Matthews. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Sikeston is in charge of arrangements. Vandemark, 77, died Friday, Aug. 22, 1997...
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ADDIE SAGER
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
Funeral service for Addie Ardina Sager of Pocatello, Idaho, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Colonial Funeral Home in Pocatello. Bishop Dennis Howell will officiate, with burial in Mountain View Cemetery. Sager, 87, died Friday, Aug. 22, 1997, in a care center in Pocatello...
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ARTHUR FRENCH
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Arthur French of Perryville will be held at 2 p.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Bradley Smith will officiate, with burial in Whitewater Christian Cemetery near Yount. French, 96, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 1997, at Perry Oaks Healthcare...
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LOUIS LOOS
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
JACKSON -- Louis "Bud" "Shorty" Loos, 76, died Monday, Aug. 25, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home at Jackson.
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JAMES SMITH
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
DEXTER -- James Luther Smith, 71, of Dexter died Sunday, Aug. 24, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 4, 1926, at Steele, son of John Thomas and Ella Elizabeth Copeland Smith. He and Geneva Deloris Alsup were married Sept. 23, 1944, at Blytheville, Ark. She died Nov. 19, 1982...
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EDGAR BLECHLE
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Edgar L. Blechle, 86, of Perryville died Sunday, Aug. 24, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 14, 1911, at Biehle, son of Joseph and Ida Bahnert Blechle. Blechle was a livestock and agriculture farmer. He was a member of St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle...
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SONNY KINDER
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
Graveside service for Oliver Charles "Sonny" Kinder of Dallas, Texas, was held Monday at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. The service was originally set for today. McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau was in charge of arrangements. Kinder, 50, died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1997, in Dallas. He was formerly of Jackson and Cape Girardeau...
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ALBERTA NETHINGTON
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
Alberta Nethington, 91, died Friday, Aug. 22, 1997, at Parkland Health Center in Farmington. She was born March 4, 1906, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Alonzo and Wilhelmina Windisch Foreman. She married Howard L. Nethington, who died in 1961. Nethington was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. She taught at Bonne Terre Public Schools many years...
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RALPH BARNES
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
Memorial service for Ralph C. Barnes of Cape Girardeau was held Monday at Memorial Park Mausoleum. The Rev. Wes Wright officiated. Ford and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Barnes, 84, died Saturday, Aug. 23, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...
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IVAN CLARK
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
Ivan Clark, 70, of Missouri Veterans Home died Saturday, Aug. 23, 1997, at the home. He was born Aug. 8, 1927, in Peoria, Ill., son of Glen and Bertha Ensminger Clark. Clark was a self-employed mechanic. Survivors include a sister, Virginia Thompson of St. Louis...
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ERIC KNOEPPEL
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
SIKESTON -- Eric Dean Knoeppel, 44, died Monday, Aug. 25, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.
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LEEMON ABBOTT
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
OLD APPLETON -- Leemon Boyd Abbott, 84, of Old Appleton died Monday, Aug. 25, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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PHILIP LEIBLE
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
Philip J. Leible, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Aug. 25, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/26/97)
Son to William Gerry Keene III and Dr. Jayne F. Scherrman of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:58 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, 1997. Name, William Gerry IV. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. First child. Dr. Scherrman is a pediatric dentist. She is the daughter of Patrick and Betty Anne Scherrman of Dyersville, Iowa. Keene is the son of Rosemary Keene of Marblehead, Mass., and William G. Keene II of Silver Spring, Md. He is a certified financial planner with First Financial Planners...
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ELTON WALKER
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
PARMA -- Elton Hayes Walker, 80, of Rogers, Ark., died Saturday, Aug. 23, 1997, at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Ark. He was born May 10, 1917, in Marmaduke, Ark., son of Charlie and Ethel Penny Walker. He and Eleanor Hardesty were married Aug. 4, 1945, in Piggott, Ark...
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RAYMOND HALE
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
GRAND CHAIN, Ill. Raymond E. Hale, 82, of Grand Chain, died Monday, Aug. 25, 1996, at Southgate Nursing Home in Metropolis. He was the son of John and Emma Wilson Hale. He first married Dora Millspaugh, who died in 1977. He later married Reba Kotter...
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MARY CRABTREE
(Obituary ~ 08/26/97)
Mary Crabtree, 79, of Commerce, Texas, died Monday, Aug. 25, 1997, in Irving, Texas. She was born Oct. 11, 1917, in Cincinnati, the daughter of Oliver Percy Mann and Lillie Newton Martin. On Dec. 23, 1917, she married Cape Girardeau native William "Bill" Crabtree in Paris, Ky. He died Jan. 18, 1996...
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