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A HARTE APPETITE: THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS ARE HOLIDAY TREATS
(Column ~ 11/26/97)
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because, more than any other, it revolves around food. In fact, the first Thanksgiving, nearly 400 years ago, was a celebration of food. The Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock were hardy souls, but even they weren't prepared for the brutality of their first winter in the New World. Nearly half of them did not survive it. No wonder, then, that the next year, when the harvest was bountiful, those who remained celebrated with a feast...
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SCHRADER PTA COOKBOOK SHOWCASES 400 RECIPES
(Local News ~ 11/26/97)
Cooks can go to the head of the class with "A+ Recipes," a book of nearly 400 recipes on sale from the Alma Schrader PTA. About 400 copies of the spiral-bound cookbook remain from the 1,000 first delivered last spring. Michelle Tufts, president of the PTA, feels the reasonable price of the cookbook makes it a perfect Christmas gift. Copies sell for $7 each, or two for $12...
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CELEBRATING `OLD TIMERS DAY'; FIRST AND SECOND-GRADERS AT FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEARN ABOUT THE GOOD OL' DAYS FROM CRAFTERS
(Local News ~ 11/26/97)
Remember the good ol' days, when girls played with Depression dolls, men carved items out of wood and everyone used ... ugh, corn cobs for toilet tissue? First- and second-graders at Franklin Elementary School got to learn about some of those experiences Tuesday when old-time crafters visited the school in celebration of "Old Timers Day."...
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RESTAURANT TAXES: WHO WILL PAY?
(Local News ~ 11/26/97)
A subcommittee reviewing Cape Girardeau's hotel, motel and restaurant tax devised a new definition of restaurant and suggested changes in the tax ordinance for caterers and tax-exempt organizations. The subcommittee met Tuesday afternoon with city attorney Eric Cunningham to discuss their concerns with a proposed revision in the tax that is tentatively slated to go before Cape Girardeau voters in April...
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TOBACCO BAN; TEENS HOPE COUNCIL SENDS PROPOSED LAW UP IN SMOKE
(Local News ~ 11/26/97)
Nearly 30 youth gathered in the Cape Girardeau public library Monday night with local members of the Libertarian party to voice their opposition to a proposed municipal ordinance prohibiting minors from possessing tobacco products. The meeting was in response to an ordinance being drafted by the city's Youth Advisory Council that may be presented to the city council as early as next month. The ordinance would make it illegal for minors to possess tobacco within the city limits...
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ELECTION '98: CITY RACES SHAPING UP FOR SPRING ELECTION
(Local News ~ 11/26/97)
There are now two races on the April ballot for the Cape Girardeau City Council elections. In Ward 3, Jay Purcell, 30, of 315 N. Pacific filed Tuesday for the council. He faces his neighbor, Gerald Stevens, 57, who lives at 329 N. Pacific. Stevens and Purcell are competing for the seat left vacant by Jack Rickard's resignation in October. They are seeking a two-year unexpired term...
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GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
(Local News ~ 11/26/97)
The standard price of turkey this Thanksgiving season is 98 cents a pound, up a penny from the average last year. But nobody pays the standard average price when bargain turkey prices can be found from 34 cents a pound and up. As of Tuesday, the lowest prices in Cape Girardeau were 34 cents a pound for a 10-to-14-pound frozen turkey...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: FLORIDA-INDUCED COMPANY MAKES FOR CHALLENGES
(Column ~ 11/26/97)
Leaving The Other Half with instructions to clean up the house scares me. I'm not going to fool myself. The Other Half and I entertain a lot of company down here. Somebody is staying in our home at least one weekend a month. And that's how we like it -- surrounded by friends from back home who gasp at our beaches and listen to us brag about January weekends spent dipping our toes into the Gulf of Mexico...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/26/97)
I HAVE been reading with much interest the woes of the Cape public schools, and I am sorry for the children and their future outlook. But I would suggest that no one person is to blame but a combination of people and situations. One mistake should not be made. No one should try to be given the title of sainthood nor be completely to blame for the mess the schools are in...
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RUST COMMENTARY: COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!
(Column ~ 11/26/97)
Count your blessings: What with the state of life in Haiti, Bosnia, China, Africa, Cuba etc. etc. etc., we should all be thankful for being able to live in this free country and land of opportunity. There's an old song that recommends falling asleep not by counting sheep but by counting one's blessings. This THANKSGIVING let's all give thanks for the blessings we have and save what's wrong for another day...
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CHARLESTON: WINNING SITE FOR NEW PRISON
(Editorial ~ 11/26/97)
Success at last. Charleston celebrated the news with a toast of apple cider at City Hall. Months of hard work and hope had paid off: The Southeast Missouri town of 5,000 was chosen as the site for one of two new maximum-security prisons. The other will be built in Licking in south-central Missouri...
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NO NEED TO CHANGE GAMBLING LOSS LIMITS
(Editorial ~ 11/26/97)
Missouri's $500 loss limit is bad for the state's 16 casinos. That is the determination of study after study on the issue. Interestingly enough, the studies are all funded by the casinos, which have a definite stake in the matter. The loss limit really has nothing to do with dollars and cents. ...
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LETTERS: I'LL DECIDE, NOT SOME ELECTED OFFICIAL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/26/97)
To the editor: Every time someone tells me that an elected official knows what is best for me, it sends shivers down my spine. I know what I think is best for me. I work full-time and attend college. I do not accept federal aid, including student loans, because it benefits my conscience. ...
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LETTERS: BOND HELPED BROKER HIGHWAY FUNDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/26/97)
To the editor: As of this past Sept. 30, federal funds for highways, transit and safety programs stopped, threatening Missouri's transportation construction program. For months, front-page headlines warned of the consequences that would occur if a short-term bill was not approved. ...
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LETTERS: TAX INCREASES COME IN BIG BITES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/26/97)
To the editor: In 1994 my wife and I relocated from Pennsylvania to escape harsh winters and high property taxes. We chose Cape Girardeau. While we did manage to escape most of the harsh winters, we certainly made a mistake regarding property taxes...
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RSVP HOLDS ANNUAL RECOGNITION BANQUET
(Local News ~ 11/26/97)
More than 500 special volunteers were honored for their work at an appreciation banquet held last week at Drury Lodge. The banquet is an annual salute honoring the 532 members of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. The seniors, all of whom are 55 years of age or older, donated more than 80,000 hours last year to 100 not-for-profit agencies...
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MAGNOLIA MANOR SET TO OPEN FOR HOLIDAY TOURS AND BAZAAR; 45TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY HOUSE OPENS THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 11/26/97)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Last year, Lynne Deweese took the tour of the Magnolia Manor's Holiday House and fell in love with the historic mansion. This season, Deweese volunteered to help and has been driving the 30 miles from her home in Clinton, Ky., since July...
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COURT SESSION: INDIANS LOOK FORWARD TO BRADLEY TEST
(College Sports ~ 11/26/97)
We got our first win of the season last Friday night with a 94-78 win over Central Methodist, but the game was not without its anxious moments for Southeast Missouri State. We came out with not much intensity in the first half and Central Methodist shot the ball extremely well to take a 48-44 halftime lead...
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MUMFORD REMAINS INDIANS' CHIEF; FOOTBALL COACH GETS 1-YEAR CONTRACT
(College Sports ~ 11/26/97)
Southeast Missouri State University head football coach John Mumford will remain in charge of the Indians for at least the 1998 season as the school announced Tuesday it had extended his contract for one year. The announcement came just a few days after the Indians closed out the 1997 season on Saturday with a 32-27 home loss to Tennessee State, dropping Southeast to 4-7 overall and 1-6 in Ohio Valley Conference play...
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SOUTHEAST TAKES BRAVE APPROACH TO SELF DISCOVERY
(College Sports ~ 11/26/97)
Gary Garner is constantly trying to find out as much as he can about his first Southeast Missouri State University basketball team. Well, Garner figures to learn a whole bunch tonight when his 1-1 Indians face their biggest early home test of the season, taking on the 1-2 Bradley Braves in a 7:30 p.m. tipoff at the Show Me Center...
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OTAHKS THANKFUL FOR 1ST WIN OF SEASON 70-68
(College Sports ~ 11/26/97)
Relief was the big word for Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team Tuesday night. Entering their game with Western Illinois, the Otahkians had not experienced a victory for more than nine months -- and it probably seemed a lot longer than that...
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ND GIRLS WIN PERRYVILLE TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 11/26/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Notre Dame's girls basketball team received 25 points from Randi Senciboy to edge Perryville 60-58 Tuesday night and win the round-robin Perryville Tournament. Senciboy hit four 3-pointers and was the only Lady Bulldog to reach double figures. Notre Dame (2-0) will face St. Pius (0-2) tonight in tournament play, but already has clinched the tournament title with wins over Farmington (1-1) and Perryville (1-1)...
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BRIEFLY: VOLLINK EXCELS AT QUINCY
(High School Sports ~ 11/26/97)
Notre Dame High graduate Matt Vollink had an impressive freshman season playing for the Quincy (Ill.) University soccer team. Vollink, who led the Hawks with eight goals and added four assists to tie for the team lead in points with 20, was chosen as a second-team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference selection...
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ALICE HAHS
(Obituary ~ 11/26/97)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Alice L. Hahs of Jackson will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The Rev. Albert Nyland will officiate, with burial in Sargents Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 4-8 p.m...
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DAISY HONEYCUTT
(Obituary ~ 11/26/97)
DEXTER -- Daisy M. Honeycutt, 72, of Dexter died Monday, Nov. 24, 1997, at her home. She was born Jan. 22, 1925, at Cedar Creek, daughter of Fred and Cordia Macom Sommers. She and O. Hubert Honeycutt were married Dec. 7, 1946, in Morrillton, Ark. He died Sept. 26, 1992...
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WALTER P. BARR
(Obituary ~ 11/26/97)
Walter P. Barr, 38, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, died Monday, Nov. 24, 1997, at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis. He was born March 27, 1959, in Mount Pleasant, son of Virgil Barr and Barbara Cutts. He worked for the city of Cape Girardeau and had attended the Open Bible Church in Mount Pleasant before moving to Cape Girardeau...
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RUBY WOODS
(Obituary ~ 11/26/97)
CRUMP -- Ruby J. Woods, 87, of Crump died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home at Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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RONNIE SEYER
(Obituary ~ 11/26/97)
JACKSON -- Ronnie Gene Seyer, 50, of Jackson died Monday, Nov. 24, 1997, at his home. He had been in ill health two years. He was born May 17, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, son of Edwin W. and Dorothy Schrock Seyer. He and Marilyn Dudley were married June 3, 1967, in Cape Girardeau...
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RACHEL HENSLEY
(Obituary ~ 11/26/97)
FARMINGTON -- Rachel Renee Hensley, 16, of Farmington died Monday, Nov. 24, 1997, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, from injuries received in an automobile accident. She was born Dec. 3, 1980, at Butler, daughter of Ricky Carl and Vicky Lee Ellis Hensley...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/26/97)
Son to Michael E. and Jennifer J. Rutherford of Chaffee, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:09 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1997. Name, Morgan Avery. Weight, 7 pounds 9 ounces. Fourth child, third son. Mrs. Rutherford is the former Jennifer McCoy, daughter of Karen Cook of Marble Hill and Bob McCoy of Fruitland. Rutherford is the son of Ron and Debbie Anglin of Chaffee. He is employed at Havco Wood Products...
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TRAFFIC ON BRIDGE IS LIMITED
(Local News ~ 11/26/97)
JACKSON -- Traffic on the Washington Street bridge over Hubble Creek has been reduced to one lane and a 6-ton weight limit. The restriction by the Jackson Department of Public Works is a precautionary safety measure that resulted from a structural inspection of the bridge...
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WILLIAM ROSCOE "SCOE" NEWBERN SR.
(Obituary ~ 11/26/97)
William Roscoe "Scoe" Newbern of Cape Girardeau departed life at Southeast Missouri Hospital Thursday, Nov. 20, 1997, at the age of 71. He resided at The Lutheran Home, 2825 Bloomfield Road. He was born March 7, 1926, in Ripley, Tenn., the son of Q.T. and Gustee Newbern. He married Mintry V. Sullivan April 19, 1946, in Corinth, Miss...
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