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... AND STATE REP. KASTEN'S LETTER
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/03/98)
To the editor: I am dismayed at the recent misrepresentation by three of my Democratic colleagues regarding House Concurrent Resolution 12. On March 28, these representatives sent a form letter written for them by the Democratic Party to your fine newspaper. ...
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ISSUES ON BALLOT: PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
Amendment No. 3 Ballot reads: Kansas City's board of education may set operating levy at rate up to but not equal to 1995 rate set by court order. Rate equal to or higher than 1995 rate requires voter approval. What it means: The amendment would give the Kansas City school board the authority to maintain a property tax levy of up to $4.95 per $100 assessed valuation once the federal court order on desegregation is lifted. Without the amendment, the tax rate automatically would revert to $2.75...
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ISSUES ON BALLOT: HOTEL-MOTEL-RESTAURANT TAX
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
A proposal on Tuesday's ballot would expand the city's hotel-motel-restaurant tax to include a variety of businesses not covered. The tax rate itself, now 3 percent on gross restaurant receipts and 1 percent on gross hotel receipts, would not increase...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
Mayor Al Spradling III 842 Karau Attorney Elected mayor in 1994 Spradling is seeking re-election "to finish a lot of the projects that were started four years ago that I hope to be able to bring to fruition in the next four years, or at least substantially complete," such as the city's Transportation Trust Fund projects and the upgrading of city sewers and the water plant...
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ISSUES ON BALLOT: CITY OF CAPE USER FEES
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
Voters will decide on 13 new or increased user fees for city services. User fee Current amount Proposed fee Planning Services -- Rezoning/Special Use Permit $25 $50 Application public notice fee -- Board of Adjustment $25 $50...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
Dr. R. Ferrell Ervin (Incumbent) 2221 Earleen Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701 Chairman of the mass communications department Served three years as Board of Education member, currently president of the board. "I'm somewhat unique in that I am involved in education, so I am somewhat familiar with how public schools operate. I think the big issues are tied to the master plan that was developed a few years ago in where the district may want to go."...
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BLUE CROSS LOBBIES AGAINST INSURANCE BILL
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
If the Missouri Legislature allows the state health insurance plan to allow small businesses and other groups in, the state could wind up picking up part of the tab, says the president and CEO of Alliance Blue Cross Blue Shield. John A. O'Rourke said Thursday that a bill approved by the Missouri House of Representatives last month could prove a costly mistake for the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/03/98)
AS A nutritionist, I am calling to express my concern about the Atkins diet or other high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets. I have spent much of my life reading and studying the effects of diet on our health and want to share the following. Such high-protein and high-fat diets can indeed help you lose weight by shifting your metabolic processes. ...
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DEMOCRATS SLING MUD ALL OVER HRC 12
(Editorial ~ 04/03/98)
The harbingers of this year's political campaigns do not make a pretty picture. The rising partisanship of recent years is expected to reach unheard-of heights, and no where is the pitch likely to be higher than in races for the Missouri Legislature...
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GEORGIA SCHOOL CARRIED AWAY BY DOLLARS SIGNS
(Editorial ~ 04/03/98)
There has been a little brouhaha in a Georgia high school over a student who wore a shirt with a Pepsi logo on it on the day officials from Coca-Cola were visiting as part of marketing effort that encourages students to come up with creative ways to distribute discount cards to other students. The Pepsi-sporting student was suspended for -- what? Bad manners, it seems...
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THE TEXT OF HRC 12 ...
(Editorial ~ 04/03/98)
Here is the text of House Concurrent Resolution No. 12 in the Missouri House of Representatives: To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled: We, the 89th General Assembly of the state of Missouri, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent as follows:...
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TRI-COUNTY JAIL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, OPENS AUGUST
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Many of the walls are up, the roof will be on the administration building this month and cell work is under way. The Tri-County Detention and Justice Center is taking shape near the intersection of Interstate 57 and the Ullin Exchange,...
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EXPANSION OF CITY TAX ON TUESDAY'S BALLOT
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
Cape Girardeau voters will decide in Tuesday's election whether convenience stores, supermarkets and other businesses that sell food should have to collect the city's restaurant tax. The measure would expand the city's hotel-motel-restaurant tax to cover a number of businesses now exempt from collecting the tax...
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CHAMBER ANNOUNCES EDUCATORS OF THE YEAR
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce has announced the 1998 Educator of the Year Award winners. Honorees are Barbara Blanchard, administration award; Donna Ellis, secondary award; Joan A. Haring, elementary award; and Dr. David Kunz, post-secondary award...
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GOVERNOR APPOINTS CAPE MAN TO REGENTS
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
Gov. Mel Carnahan appointed Cape Girardeau resident John Tlapek to the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents on Thursday. Tlapek, 39, is part owner of Faz West Inc., a restaurant development corporation, and Cape Electrical Supply Inc. He also operates Auto Tire and Parts in Cape Girardeau...
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SCHOOL CUTS CONSIDERED; BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS BUDGET REDUCTIONS
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
Cape Girardeau Board of Education members Thursday night unanimously favored only one of 14 recommendations they received from school administrators, staff and patrons to reduce the operating budget for the 1998-99 school year The school district has deficit spent in the past three fiscal years and needs to identify ways to cut about $1 million from its operating budget for the coming year. ...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: THIS IDEA FOR A DOWNTOWN GOLF COURSE ISN'T GOING AWAY
(Column ~ 04/03/98)
At least, not if I can help it. Besides, it's a great election-year promise any politician can make. Golfers always vote, you know. Serious golfers have had a good winter. It's been warm enough to play most of the time. And with the arrival this week of balmy (is that humidity in the air?) temperatures, golfing fever has come upon us like a plague...
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CIVIC LEADERS HOPE BILL SPURS CONSTRUCTION
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
Civic leaders in southern Missouri said Thursday that the new federal highway bill would spur construction of needed road improvements for their areas. The House approved a six-year highway bill Wednesday that includes 1,463 specific projects, including four in U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's 8th District...
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DISABLED MEDICARE PARTICIPANTS GAIN PERMISSION TO BUY MEDIGAP INSURANCE
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
More than 86,000 disabled Missourians under 65 years of age will be able to buy supplemental health insurance later this year as a result of a new rule issued by the Missouri Department of Insurance. The new rule, a result of changes in federal and state laws, takes effect June 30...
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GORDONVILLE STUDENTS PUT SPARE TIME TO GOOD USE
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
GORDONVILLE -- For the first time in the school's history, students at Gordonville Attendance Center are benefiting from an on-site library center. Third grade teacher Brenda Crain wrote a successful grant last fall for Literature Works, a program designed to help students improve reading proficiency, create positive reading attitudes, increase recreational reading and build parental involvement with children while they read...
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SE'S ALL SPORT RELAYS BEGIN TODAY
(College Sports ~ 04/03/98)
The annual marquee track and field meet in the area, the All Sport Relays hosted by Southeast Missouri State University, begins today at the Abe Stuber Track and Field Complex with another competitive collegiate field on hand. The 17th annual track and field event, which continues through Saturday, starts today at noon and picks up again Saturday at 11 a.m. Opening ceremonies are scheduled for Saturday morning at 10:30...
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TUMBLING IN TUSCALOOSA: OTAHKIANS' CHENIER, ROBERTS QUALIFY FOR NCAA REGIONALS
(College Sports ~ 04/03/98)
Listening to Malia Roberts' regard for Erin Chenier, it's hard to tell that just a year in school and hundreths of a point in the all-around competition separates the two Southeast Missouri State University gymnasts. "(Erin is) an extremely hard worker and I see her as such a role model," Roberts said. "Just watching her will inspire me. Erin is always a top performer and I totally respect that."...
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OTAHK NETTERS FALL ON ROAD
(College Sports ~ 04/03/98)
MARTIN, Tenn. -- The Southeast Missouri women's tennis team encountered its first OVC tennis loss Thursday against Tennessee Martin, falling 2-7. The Otahkians fell to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in the OVC. Southeast's two victories came in singles, where Isabela Slowikowska won her No. 1 match and Vicki Wood triumphed in her No. 3 match...
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CAPE CENTRAL HANGS ON FOR 9-6 WIN OVER HARRISBURG
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/98)
HARRISBURG, Ill. -- Cape Central senior Tatum Kitchen continued his torrid hitting pace Thursday, going 4-for-4 in a 9-6 win over Harrisburg. Kitchen homered for the second successive game and added a double and three RBIs in the victory. Michael Minner (1-1) pitched four innings for the win, walking no one, as Central improved to 4-1 overall...
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SCOTT CITY COUNCIL RACE: INCUMBENTS CHALLENGED
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
SCOTT CITY -- Two incumbent city council members face challenges and a third has chosen not to run for another term in one of the most contested elections in recent Scott City history. Only one council member up for re-election, Gary Miller of Ward One, faces no opposition in next Tuesday's election...
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SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES SOUND OFF ON ISSUES
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
Although four names will appear on the ballot, voters will only have three candidates to choose from when they fill two Cape Girardeau Board of Education positions Tuesday. Board president Dr. Ferrell Ervin is seeking re-election to a second three-year term. Harry Rediger, a former board member who was appointed to the board after Terry Taylor resigned last April, did not run for another term...
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U.S. REP. WATTS TO SPEAK AT EMERSON CAMPAIGN EVENT, APRIL 7
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
SIKESTON -- U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts Jr., R-Okla., will speak Tuesday at a campaign event for U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson. He will speak at 5:30 p.m. in the banquet room at the Sikeston Ramada Inn. Doors open at 5 p.m. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. All proceeds will benefit the Sikeston Mission Missouri Soup Kitchen and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes...
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HELEN M. JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 04/03/98)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Helen M. Johnson of Mounds died Thursday, April 2, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was 70. Arrangements are incomplete at the Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds.
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DEEDIE CROWLEY
(Obituary ~ 04/03/98)
DEXTER -- Deedie Crowley, 81, of Dexter died Thursday, April 2, 1998, at her home. She was born Aug. 3, 1916, at Bernie, daughter of Ed and Effie Morris Schrader. She and Hershel Crowley were married in May 1935, in Piggott, Ark. He died March 27, 1977...
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JOE HUNTER
(Obituary ~ 04/03/98)
DEXTER -- Funeral for Joe Hunter of Dexter will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Wayne Dismuke officiating. Burial will be in Dexter Cemetery. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home at Dexter is in charge of arrangements. Hunter, 74, died Wednesday, April 1, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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JUNITA MAZE
(Obituary ~ 04/03/98)
BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral for Junita L. Maze of Bloomfield will be held at 2 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The Rev. Jerold Lake will officiate, with burial in Bloomfield Cemetery. Maze, 64, died Wednesday, April 1, 1998, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter...
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MABEL WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 04/03/98)
NEW MADRID -- Mabel G. Williams, 93, of New Madrid died Wednesday, April 1, 1998, at Beverly Health and Rehab Center. She was born Oct. 6, 1904, in Morrilton, Ark., daughter of Samuel and Callie Gordon. She and James Eardy Williams were married June 27, 1920. He died June 28, 1976...
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VELMA REECE
(Obituary ~ 04/03/98)
Velma Mathilda Reece, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 2, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 17, 1914, at Fagus, daughter of Louis C. and Louella Proffer Jauch. She and Howard Reece were married May 18, 1941, in Jackson. He died Sept. 2, 1993...
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JOSHUA SPARKS
(Obituary ~ 04/03/98)
BLODGETT -- Joshua D. Sparks, 22, of Blodgett died Wednesday, April 1, 1998, at Blodgett. He was born July 12, 1975, in Sikeston, son of David and Pam Sparks. Sparks was a 1993 graduate of Kelly High School at Benton, and a member of the Assembly of God Church in Murray, Ky...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/03/98)
Daughter to William Mullins and Melanie Grove of Murphysboro, Ill., St. Joseph Hospital there, 5:35 a.m. Sunday, March 15, 1998. Name, Elissa Blake Grove. Weight, 8 pounds 12 ounces. Second daughter. Son to D.J. and Laura A. Long of Marble Hill, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:59 a.m. ...
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MARY HARLEAN HART
(Obituary ~ 04/03/98)
Mary Harlean Hart, 81, of Chaffee died April 1, 1998 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Sept. 5, 1916, daughter of Charles Edward Little and Barbara Ellen (Lynn) Little. She married Rufus Austin Hart on July 22, 1935 and he preceded her in death on January 25, 1992...
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ILLINOIS AUTHORIZES PAYBACK ON BRIDGE LOAN
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
One of the top multimillion-dollar projects in Illinois' five-year, $5.5 billion transportation plan is $45.4 million for construction of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau. The bulk of the money will be used to repay a $38.6 million loan Illinois got from the Missouri Department of Transportation last year, said Martha Schiegel of the Illinois Department of Transportation...
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SMITHSONIAN CURATOR EMERITUS EXPERT ON AMERICAN INDIANS
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
Dr. Herman Viola thinks all those Westerns he watched at a neighborhood theater as a child must have imprinted his brain with a fascination about the American West and Indians. "I even told other kids I was an American Indian," says Viola, whose parents came from Italy...
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GFWC DISTRICT MEETING SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 04/03/98)
The 9th District General Federated Women's Clubs will hold their district meeting Saturday at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. Between 80 and 100 members from 18 counties are expected to attend. The theme is "Swing into Spring." Host clubs are GFWC Quest, Scope, Tuesday and Wednesday clubs...
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MEDICAL SURFARI: NEGLECT IS MOST COMMON FORM OF CHILD ABUSE
(Column ~ 04/03/98)
Parental care and all that it implies is part of mammalian biology. This, in part, is what distinguishes mammals from the rest of the animal kingdom. The converse of care is abuse and neglect. I cannot help but wonder what brings about this type of behavior among our species. ...
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