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LETTERS: NEVER FORGET THE LESSONS OF WAR
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/04/98)
To the editor: For many Americans, the Vietnam War was the determining factor in their lives. For the 58,209 men and women whose names are etched on the black granite panels of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the war in Vietnam marked the end of their lives. We both have many friends and comrades whose names are on those walls. They are people we will never forget. They are people our nation must never forget either...
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WHAT TO HOPE FOR IN 1998
(Local News ~ 01/04/98)
With the new year already four days old it's time to see what state, county, city, community and religious leaders are hoping for during 1998. The question addressed to all of these people was the same. What do you hope for in 1998? The answers varied from the participant's personal and professional lives and some resolutions were also given...
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE: A FINGER LICKIN' MASSACRE
(Column ~ 01/04/98)
News of the massacre of millions of chickens, turkeys and other poultry in and around Hong Kong have Buddhist monks praying to pacify the souls of the slain birds. But sources have confirmed from the netherworld that the prayers aren't working and the dead chickens are staging a massive troop invasion of Hong Kong to free the remaining live birds...
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FROM THE PULPIT: RESOLUTIONS FOR A NEW YEAR
(Column ~ 01/04/98)
As we face the New Year, we again have an opportunity to start over with resolutions, promises and commitments to God, ourselves and others. Many of us want to lose weight or improve ourselves in some other way. These are good if we stick to it. Let me suggest some resolutions for you to consider...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO LIMIT UNION DUES-COLLECTION METHODS
(Column ~ 01/04/98)
Recently we have seen increasing activity in political campaigns by the small-business community. The National Federation of Independent Business represents these folks in a highly effective manner in the halls of your state Capitol and in Washington, D.C., as well...
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MISSOURI WATCH: THE SILENT SICKNESS STRIKES MISSOURI
(Column ~ 01/04/98)
Even before the aborted attempt of a new president of the United States to enact health-care reforms, Missourians were offered numerous proposals to guarantee medical assistance at a price that was at least affordable to a vast majority of families. The plans, more often than not, were offered by officials who knew only too well that their chances for enactment were slim to none. And they were right...
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POLITICAL TENURE: LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING
(Editorial ~ 01/04/98)
Recent days brought news of two veteran Southeast Missouri lawmakers' plans. If reports are accurate, 1998 will have them moving in opposite directions. State Rep. Gene Copeland, D-New Madrid, has long been the dean of all 197 members of the General Assembly, having been first elected in 1960 and every two years since. ...
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CLINTON MOTO: `TRUST IN THE NANNY STATE'
(Editorial ~ 01/04/98)
In the same year that bipartisan progress has brought us close to balancing the federal budget for the first time in 30 years, the seeds are being sown for future fiscal trouble, not to mention more dependency. Principal sower is President Bill Clinton, who wants to sign up 3 million additional children for Medicaid. ...
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A LOOK BACK AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 01/04/98)
25 years ago, 1972 Fire in gas stove threatened to burn down home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Allen near Millersville Friday morning, but was put out by sheriff's department deputy before major damage was done. With tolling of clock at midnight Sunday, terms of 11 Cape Girardeau County officials elected in November begin; out of 11, only three are new to county office, seven are officeholders who simply move into new term and one is former officeholder returning to his old job; new to office are Stanley A. ...
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HALFWAY HOUSE REQUEST WITHDRAWN
(Local News ~ 01/04/98)
The Gibson Recovery Center Inc. has temporarily withdrawn its request to operate a halfway house program because two City Council members serve on an advisory committee for the center. A public hearing and first-round vote on the request was scheduled for Monday night's council meeting...
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TOP 10 LOCAL STORIES OF 1997
(Local News ~ 01/04/98)
Southeast Missouri led the state to a dubious honor in 1997. Missouri, by some calculations, leads the nation in the number of methamphetamine labs. At the same time, law enforcement shut down the illegal drug labs at a rate of more than one a day, also making Missouri the national leader...
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SOCCER PLAYERS INVADE CAPE
(Local News ~ 01/04/98)
Watch a soccer game for a few minutes, and you'll know it's a fast-paced game, with lots of running back and forth. Watch a soccer mom -- or even a soccer dad -- and you'll see just as much running back and forth. Hundreds of soccer moms and dads converged on the Show Me Center this weekend to cheer, and chauffeur, their sons and daughters during the St. Francis Indoor Soccer Invitational, which continues today...
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AGING AMERICANS: TOUGH CHOICES
(Local News ~ 01/04/98)
Editor's Note: This is the first of a five-part series examining issues facing Missouri's growing elderly population. Caring for elderly family members is never easy, but selecting a nursing home is by far the most difficult decision. Cecil Kemp of Jackson recently moved her mother into a nursing home in Advance...
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MARK MY WORD: PARENTS TACKLE TERROR OF THE TERRIBLE TWOS
(Column ~ 01/04/98)
At our house, 1998 is starting out with a bang. You wouldn't want to store nuclear missiles in our home; they just might go off. That's because our youngest daughter, Bailey, is now 2 years old. She reached that age in early December and within days she underwent a personality change...
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THE LATEST LINE: CHARLESTON DIDN'T ROLL, BUT THE JAYS DID PREVAIL
(Sports Column ~ 01/04/98)
Well, the 53rd annual University High School Christmas Tournament didn't play out exactly like I thought it would because Charleston didn't breeze to the title. But the Blue Jays -- despite several bumps in the road along the way -- did ultimately win their record 12th tourney championship, including their fifth in the last seven year...
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INDIANS ESCAPE MOREHEAD 64-61; SE IMPROVES TO 6-5 WITH WIN
(College Sports ~ 01/04/98)
MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Since joining the Ohio Valley Conference seven years ago, Southeast Missouri State University's basketball Indians have had all kinds of problems on their annual two-game road trip deep into the mountains of eastern Kentucky. Saturday afternoon, despite battling some serious adversity, the Indians took a major step toward ending their road woes in Kentucky...
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INDIANS DEVELOPING, OVERCOMING INJURIES
(College Sports ~ 01/04/98)
MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Southeast Missouri State University's depth-impaired basketball team took another hit Saturday. The Indians were already playing without leading scorer and rebounder Bud Eley, the 6-foot-10 center who broke his foot on Dec. 11 and will remain sidelined for at least another game or two...
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OTAHKIANS BATTLE BACK ONLY TO FALL IN OVERTIME
(College Sports ~ 01/04/98)
MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team staged another big comeback Saturday -- although this time the Otahkians came up empty in the end. As in their previous two Ohio Valley Conference games -- both victories -- the Otahkians wiped out a big deficit and even went ahead late...
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STATE CONSERVATION COMMISSION TO FUNDS SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM
(Local News ~ 01/04/98)
JEFFERSON CITY--The Missouri Conservation Commission approved a request in December to help fund the American National Fish and Wildlife Living Museum and Aquarium in Springfield. "We've never before been presented with the opportunity to reach as many people with our conservation materials and message," said Commission Chairman Ron Stites. ...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: THE MIGHTY OAK IS ABUNDANT IN MISSOURI
(Column ~ 01/04/98)
The forests of Missouri are dominated by oaks and nearly everyone in the state lives beside or within walking distance of one. Of those oaks found north of the Mexican border, 21 species or nearly half are native to Missouri. Collectively, Missouri's oaks that grow above the flood plains, wetlands and river margins make up the oak-hickory forest type. ...
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CENTRAL GIRLS WIN 69-46
(High School Sports ~ 01/04/98)
DE SOTO -- Amy Harris exploded for 28 points Saturday to lead the Cape Central Lady Tigers to a 69-46 victory over De Soto. The victory improved Central to 6-3 overall. "Amy had an outstanding game," said Central coach Paula Watkins. "She played a great all-around basketball game."...
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WILMA JOAN SNODGRASS
(Obituary ~ 01/04/98)
PALMYRA -- Wilma Joan Snodgrass died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1997, at her home in Palmyra. She was 64. She was born Feb. 22, 1933, in Quincy Ill., the daughter of Lawrence and Wilma Reddick Walker. She married James Robert Snodgrass July 23, 1952, at the Little Union Baptist Church in rural Marion County. He survives...
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HOPE NELSON
(Obituary ~ 01/04/98)
SIKESTON -- Hope Nelson, 81, of Sikeston died Saturday, Jan. 3, 1998, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born June 3, 1916, in Casa, Ark., daughter of Homer and Myrtle Alexander Kelley. On May 5, 1934, she married Marvin Nelson in Sikeston. He died Jan. 11, 1987...
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MARY SCHERER
(Obituary ~ 01/04/98)
ORAN -- Mary Augusta Scherer of Oran died Saturday, Jan. 3, 1998, at Christian Hospital Northeast in St. Louis. She was 87. She was born Nov. 13, 1910, in New Hamburg, the daughter of Benedict and Elizabeth Scherer. She was a homemaker and a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran. She also held memberships in St. Ann's Sodality and Oran Senior Citizens Club...
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HARRY CARBAUGH
(Obituary ~ 01/04/98)
SCOTT CITY -- Harry Curtis Carbaugh of Jefferson City, formerly of Scott City, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 1998, at his home in Jefferson City. He was 71. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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OTTO A. KAMP
(Obituary ~ 01/04/98)
JACKSON -- Otto A. Kamp, 83, died Friday, Jan. 2, 1998, at the Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 24, 1914, at Tilsit, son of William and Bertha Pensel Kamp. He married Virgia Statler on Oct. 29, 1938, at St. Louis. She died May 1, 1993...
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O.J. SEABAUGH
(Obituary ~ 01/04/98)
JACKSON -- O.J. Seabaugh, 65, of Jackson died Friday, Jan. 2, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Feb. 27, 1932, in Jackson, the son of Jesse and Lelia Reynolds Seabaugh. He married Helen Hayden June 28, 1952. She survives. He was a 1951 graduate of Jackson High School and worked at the former Jackson Hosiery Mill and Kasten Brick Yard in Jackson...
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HOLLIN NEALY PENDER
(Obituary ~ 01/04/98)
Hollin Nealy Pender, 99, died Friday, Jan. 2, 1998, at The Lutheran Home, 2825 Bloomfield Road. He was born Dec. 22, 1898, in Anna, Ill., the son of Richard and Alice Toler Pender. He married Eula Linebarger on June 16, 1923, in Jackson. She died Oct. 19, 1991...
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RICHARD HOTOP
(Obituary ~ 01/04/98)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Richard Lewis Hotop, 31, of Route 1, McClure, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 1998, at Salt Peter Cave Park near Murphysboro. He was born April 5, 1966, at Cape Girardeau, the son of Robert William and Mary Allyene Switzer Hotop. He was baptized at St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. He graduated from Cape Central High School in 1984 and attended DeVry Technical Institute in Kansas City...
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WILLARD TREAT
(Obituary ~ 01/04/98)
CYPRESS, Ill. -- Willard Treat, 85, of Cypress died Friday, Jan. 2, 1998, at home. He was born Nov. 10, 1912, in Logan, the son of Charley and Gussie Vaughn Treat. He married Sarah Mathis on March 31, 1934, in Johnson County. He was a member of the West Eden United Methodist Church and was a retired truck driver for H&K Trucking Service...
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LILLIE DICKERSON
(Obituary ~ 01/04/98)
Lillie Lucille Dickerson, 88, of 104 S. Sunset died Friday, Jan. 2, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Sept. 5, 1909, south of Burfordville, the daughter of Alfred and Florence Jones Reynolds. She married William "Pearl" Dickerson in 1931. He died in 1962...
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CLARENCE SHAFER
(Obituary ~ 01/04/98)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- Clarence A. Shafer, 87, of Olmsted died Saturday, Jan. 3, 1998, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Sept. 2, 1910, at Olmsted, the son of Henry Robert and Cora Wright Shafer. He married Freda Sauerbrunn on March 12, 1932, in Olmsted...
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LUCILLE C. RAY
(Obituary ~ 01/04/98)
PERRYVILLE -- Lucille C. Ray of Perryville died Thursday, Jan. 1, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was 82. She was born Feb. 21, 1915, in Perry County, the daughter of Henry and Emma Hoffman Mattingly. She married Andrew Ray on Jan. 11, 1957, in Perryville. He died Feb. 1, 1968...
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TOP 10 LOCAL STORIES OF 1997: CRIME, CRIME FIGHTING, ECONOMIC CHANGES TOP THE NEWS
(Local News ~ 01/04/98)
An ongoing story concerning the growing traffic in methamphetamine in Southeast Missouri along with an efforts to combat crime of all kinds topped the local news in 1997. Also on the Southeast Missourian newspaper's Top 10 list, were yes votes to build Cape Girardeau schools and a Mississippi County Courthouse and goodbyes to Southeast Missouri State University basketball coach Ron Shumate and Boyd Gaming Corp. ...
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FOR MOST OF THE CENTURY: THE GREEN FOUNTAIN PEN (PART 23)
(Column ~ 01/04/98)
Jean Bell Mosley's new autobiography, "For Most of the Century," is only available in serialized form in the Southeast Missourian. Return each week for her continuing story. The great fashion, when I got to high school, was for the girls to wear a fountain pen suspended from a black ribbon worn around their necks. ...
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CAPE AARP TO MEET MONDAY
(Local News ~ 01/04/98)
The Cape Girardeau County Chapter of American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Grace United Methodist Church, Broadway and Caruthers. The program will be given by a representative from the A.P.P.L.E. Project, which offers assistance with paperwork for Medicare and Medicare Supplement...
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