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LETTERS: `GREAT PHYSICIAN' RELIEVES ALL PAIN
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/97)
To the editor: People are hurting. They are filled with pain that is almost indescribable. Nevertheless, the pain goes unnoticed by others day after day. Pain is an inner feeling, sometimes noticed by a physical expression. Still, pain is as invisible as the air one is breathing...
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SOUTHEAST GETS READING GRANT
(Local News ~ 10/23/97)
Southeast Missouri State University has received a $750,000 grant to implement a statewide literacy program. The Missouri Statewide Early Literacy Intervention Program will provide the Reading Recovery program to first-graders and literacy support services to children in kindergarten through third grade...
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ALLIANCE BANK OPENS HERE TODAY
(Local News ~ 10/23/97)
Alliance Bank at 217 N. Kingshighway will open for the first time today at 8:30 a.m., said Bryan Pogue, president of the new bank. Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, city and bank officials will gather for an 8:30-a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony. "We're excited about the opening," Pogue said Wednesday. "It's been tough to get to this point."...
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ALL IN THE MARIACHI FAMILY: MEMPHIS FAMILY BAND PERFORMS AT CAPE GIRARDEAU, JACKSON RESTAURANTS
(Local News ~ 10/23/97)
The guitarist fingered the strings during a traditional Mexican song. Beneath the decorations of sombreros, matador posters and brightly colored papier-mache parrots, 7-1/2-year old Rohan Bhatia of Atlanta, Ga., sits with his uncle, Vijay Bhatia of Cape Girardeau, tapping his foot, smiling broadly and singing along with the music...
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CRUISE-LESS CASINOS GET COURT CHALLENGE
(Editorial ~ 10/23/97)
Missourians have been given a "dose of broken promises" as far as riverboat gambling is concerned. That is the opinion of state Rep. Todd Akin of St. Louis, who filed a lawsuit last year challenging the Missouri Gaming Commission decision to allow a permanently docked casino near the Missouri River in the St. Louis area. The case has reached the Missouri Supreme Court, which heard arguments this week...
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SOME ILLINOIS GAMBLERS TURN TO CREDIT
(Editorial ~ 10/23/97)
What happens if Missouri gambling regulators decide to eliminate the $500 loss limit for each visit to one of the state's casinos? One indicator may be next door in Illinois, which allows its casinos to extend in-house credit to gamblers. According to reports issued by the Illinois Gaming Board, The average amount of credit extended by casinos to gamblers was over $5,500 a month...
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LETTERS: SEMO STUDENTS CONDUCT FOOD DRIVE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/97)
To the editor: I would like to draw attention to some positive news about a group of Southeast Missouri State University students. The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and the Alpha Chi Omega sorority have joined forces to conduct a food drive that will help supply needed food for area food banks. ...
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LETTERS: THANKS FOR TOOTSIE ROLL SUPPORT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/97)
To the editor: On behalf of the Fr. Marquette Council NO. 11205 of the Knights of Columbus, we want to sincerely thank the citizens of Cape Girardeau and surrounding areas for their support during our annual Tootsie Roll drive for the mentally handicapped Oct. ...
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LETTERS: CONGRESS HAS VILOATED CONSTITUTION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/97)
To the editor: Why is it that so many supposedly educated people, including most of our congressmen and women and our president, refer to the United States as a democracy? It is an indisputable fact that our country was founded as a constitutional republic. ...
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CHILD CARE ISSUES; SPECIAL PANEL ZEROES IN ON IMPROVING SERVICES
(Local News ~ 10/23/97)
Tonya Merritt finds it difficult to define the work of a statewide commission studying ways to improve child care and education. That is because the commission has a broad task, said Merritt, who serves on the 28-member board. Merritt owns and operates A Step At a Time Preschool, 1003 Perry...
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CAPE SCHOOLS GET ELECTRONIC ITEMS
(Local News ~ 10/23/97)
A recent shopping spree by Chris Cook will mean more electronic technology being available to students in Cape Girardeau public schools. Cook, technology coordinator for the school system, purchased nearly $100,000 worth of electronic equipment -- including televisions, VCRs, computers with CD-ROM applications, tape recorders, laser discs and overhead projectors -- to distribute to schools. ...
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CITY AGAIN WILL COLLECT LEAVES AT CURB SIDES; CAPE GIRARDEAU'S ANNUAL LEAF PICKUP BEGINS NOV. 14
(Local News ~ 10/23/97)
The city of Cape Girardeau will offer curb service for fall leaf pickup again this year. The annual leaf program starts Nov. 10, and city workers will keep vacuuming leaves through Dec. 20. In recent years, more than 800 tons of leaves have been picked up annually around the city. The leaves are composted at sites around town or dumped onto farmers' fields to be tilled into the ground...
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HORSESHOE WATERSHED PROJECT AVAILABLE
(Local News ~ 10/23/97)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Plans and funding for a Horseshoe Lake watershed protection project have been approved. Purpose of the project is to offer landowners an opportunity to create buffer strips along some critical, eroding sections of Pigeon Roost Hollow and Black Creek, said Brent Manning, director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: MAMA BEAR, PAPA BEAR AND GRANDFATHER TREES ARE IRREPLACEABLE
(Column ~ 10/23/97)
Oct. 23, 1997 Dear Pat, Eureka, Calif., has a zoo, a luxury for a city of about 30,000. But the North Coast of California is an isolated spot that has to provide for itself. The city couldn't put much money into the zoo, which didn't even have a real director. The zoo was just one of the resources the administrator had to keep track of...
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JACKSON IN WITH FLINT; INDIANS' HALFBACK SHAPES UP FOR FINAL SEASON
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/97)
Following in the footsteps of bruising runners Glenn Brunke, Travis Reiminger and Nathan Norman, Jackson's Devree Flint had some huge shoes to fill coming into 1997. But Flint took an unorthodox approach to sliding into those bulky cleats. He went out and lost 30 pounds...
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PREP FOOTBALL STARTS SECOND SEASON FRIDAY WITH DISTRICTS
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/97)
The second season has started in Missouri high school football with district competition beginning this Friday all over the state. Several area teams look to have a good shot at advancing into the state playoffs with district championships. Some districts have a clear-cut favorite, but others look wide open...
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COLONELS END RACERS WIN STREAK IN OVC WITH ROUT (OVC NOTES)
(College Sports ~ 10/23/97)
When Eastern Kentucky's football team lost its first three games this season, a lot of people were wondering just what kind of squad the Colonels possessed. Sure, those first three losses had come against teams that were at one time or another ranked among the nation's top 10 NCAA Division I-AA squads...
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ALVIN ENDERLE
(Obituary ~ 10/23/97)
CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Alvin William Enderle of Chaffee will be held at 2 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Wayne Schwiesow will officiate, with burial in St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery. Enderle, 94, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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JOHN FRANKLIN SR.
(Obituary ~ 10/23/97)
WYATT -- Funeral service for John Dee Franklin Sr. of Waverly, Tenn., will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Leroy Thornton will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery near Charleston. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today...
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VIOLA CHRISTOFF
(Obituary ~ 10/23/97)
Funeral Mass for Viola Agnes Christoff of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Vincent's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Art L. Trapp officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 9 a.m. until service time...
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HELEN WORLEY
(Obituary ~ 10/23/97)
MORLEY -- Funeral service for Helen Virginia Worley of Morley will be held at 7 tonight at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton. The Rev. Jack Hargraves will officiate. Friends may call at the chapel from 3 p.m. until service time. Worley, 70, died Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1997, at her home...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/23/97)
Son to Clinton and Tammy Grass of Paducah, Ky., Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Monday, Oct. 13, 1997. Name, Clinton Levi. Weight, 8 pounds 8 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Grass is the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Jack Hargraves of Chaffee. She is a social worker at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. Grass is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grass of Anniston. He is a nuclear engineer at Lockheed Martin in Paducah...
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EULA SIEVERS
(Obituary ~ 10/23/97)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Eula Mae Sievers of St. Charles was held Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The Rev. David Johnson officiated, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Sievers, 60, died Sunday, Oct. 19, 1997, at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles...
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