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LETTERS: LET US DECIDE HOW TO SPEND MONEY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/08/98)
To the editor: Many applaud the government's assault on tobacco. They feel we are besting a terrible foe. They never stop to realize how many constitutional rights are violated, and the cost will be passed on to us, the taxpayers, we know. The government says we must protect our children, do what is good for ourselves and keep our goals in sight...
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LETTERS: RESOLUTIONS PROTECT RIGHTS OF PEOPLE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/08/98)
To the editor: There is a resolution in the Missouri House opposing biosphere reserve designations in Missouri. The bill also opposes the American Heritage Rivers Initiative. It also opposes another attempt to get around congressional approval of the National Conservation Buffers Initiative. ...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
Monday, April 6 Consent ordinances -- Approved an ordinance establishing the boundaries of Lateral Sewer District No. 14-1-F-8, a subdivision of Trunk Sewer District 14-1-F, approving the plans and authorizing the construction of a system of sanitary lateral sewers under a private contract subject to certain provisions...
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SUNDANCERS RANKED SEVENTH
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
The Southeast Missouri State University Sundancers finished seventh in the 1998 NCAA Division I Dance Team National Championships last weekend in Daytona Beach, Fla. It is the first national ranking in the 25-year history of the Sundancers. "This is a great honor for these talented, young women and the university," said Sundancer Coach Suzanne Vaughan...
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RUST COMMENTARY: FEDERAL HIGHWAY BILL PASSES, AND MISSOURI AWARDS CONTRACTS
(Column ~ 04/08/98)
All nine of the U.S. representatives from Missouri voted YES on the recent highway bill (five Democrats and four Republicans including Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson). In a recent letter from JOE MICKES, chief engineer of the Missouri Department of Transportation, he stated:...
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RIVER CENTER MAY HAVE TOURIST POTENTIAL
(Editorial ~ 04/08/98)
The Mississippi River. Most of us conduct our daily business with little notice of our watery neighbor. Unless floodwaters threaten, the Mighty Mississippi is undervalued and often taken for granted. But each year this imposing river draws tourists by the thousands to Cape Girardeau's river door. ...
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PEER EDUCATORS HELP WITH SEX TALKS
(Editorial ~ 04/08/98)
It has always been hard for parents to talk to their teen-agers about sex. But times have changed, and these little talks should come at a much younger age. Today's children are bombarded by sexual messages and innuendo through television, movies and music...
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VOTER TURNOUT TUESDAY ONLY 13 PERCENT
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
Fewer than 13 percent of Cape Girardeau County's registered voters participated in Tuesday's election. The county has 43,060 registered voters. Only 5,800 cast a ballot. County Clerk Rodney Miller said it is a shame that so few people take time to vote. "What this means, is that on a yes or no question, as few as 2,900 people made a decision in a county with about 60,000 people."...
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ERVIN, CARVER ELECTED TO CAPE SCHOOL BOARD
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
Voters re-elected Dr. Ferrell Ervin and elected newcomer Mark S. Carver to the Cape Girardeau Board of Education Tuesday. Ervin, chairman of the mass communications department at Southeast Missouri State University, currently serves as president of the board and was elected to his second term. He received 1,998 votes, about 33.58 percent of the votes cast...
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2 NEW COUNCILMEN ELECTED
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
There will be two new faces on the Cape Girardeau City Council after Ward 1 incumbent James "J.J." Williamson Jr. lost his bid for re-election Tuesday by a seven-vote margin. In Ward 3, Jay Purcell defeated Gerald Stevens for a two-year unexpired seat on the City Council, 371-210...
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TOW HITS THEBES BRIDGE; FIVE-MILE STRETCH OF MISSISSIPPI CLOSED
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
THEBES, Ill. -- A five-mile stretch of the Mississippi River below Thebes was closed Tuesday after a southbound tow struck the Thebes railroad bridge, sinking three barges and damaging three others. The accident forced a shutdown of river traffic while a search for two of the sunken barges continued into the night...
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SIKESTON VOTERS PASS EDUCATION CENTER TAX
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
SIKESTON -- City voters approved a quarter-cent sales tax Tuesday that will help finance construction of a $4.5 million Sikeston Area Higher Education Center. The tax issue passed by more than a 3-to-1 margin, 1,870 to 532. In the Scott County area of Sikeston, it passed 1,784 to 504. In the New Madrid County section of Sikeston, it passed 86 to 28...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: FLORIDA CONSPIRACY: I FOUGHT THE LAW AND THE LAW WON
(Column ~ 04/08/98)
Not to be a Mulder, but there's a government conspiracy to yank my driver's license. Eleven years of driving in Missouri, four traffic tickets. One year of driving in Florida, three traffic tickets. Coincidence? I don't think so. See, Floridians have a thing about outsiders. It's pretty much: "Come, stay in our motels. Drink our orange juice. Pay our sales tax. But don't, and we repeat, DON'T move here."...
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CAPE VOTERS APPROVE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT TAX
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
Voters approved an expansion of Cape Girardeau's hotel-motel-restaurant tax Tuesday. The measure, which expands the 1 percent restaurant tax to include convenience stores, supermarkets and concession areas of large retail stores and the 3 percent hotel-motel tax to include bed and breakfasts, was approved 1,886 votes to 1,384...
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VOTER TURNOUT LIGHT IN SCOTT COUNTY ELECTION
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
Scott County voter turnout was light Tuesday for local, school board and a few special ballot issues. There were few contests in the races for city offices. Slightly more than 20 percent, or 5,324, of the county's 26,019 register voters cast ballots...
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CHAFFEE VOTERS OK SCHOOL BOARD ISSUE
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
CHAFFEE -- Chaffee voters authorized their school board to issue $1.45 million in bonds to build additional classrooms and make school improvements at Tuesday's election. Nearly three-fourths of those voting approved the bond issue by a 289-102 vote. The measure required a 57 percent approval of votes cast...
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CAPE VOTERS OK ALL FEE HIKES EXCEPT HAUNTED HALL OF HORRORS
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
Adults will still pay $3 to get into the Haunted Hall of Horrors this Halloween. But voters approved increasing all of the other user fees on the Cape Girardeau ballot Tuesday. Mayor Al Spradling III said he was happy for the most part with the results, pointing out that everything except the proposal to increase licensing fees for dogs and cats passed by a large margin...
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JOHNSON, RITTER TO ADVANCE SCHOOL BOARD
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
BLOOMFIELD -- Incumbent John Johnson Jr. and Carl Ritter Jr. won seats Tuesday on the Advance School District Board of Education. Mike Scott, the third candidate vying for a three-year term, ran a close third. Johnson received 236 votes, Ritter had 235 votes and Scott received 197 votes in balloting recorded in Stoddard, Bollinger and Cape Girardeau counties. Johnson is a farmer, and Ritter is an insurance agent...
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NEW FACES ELECTED TO SCOTT CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
SCOTT CITY -- The face of Scott City's city council changed dramatically Tuesday when two incumbents lost their re-election bids in an election that saw only 584, or 17 percent, of the 3,389 registered voters go to the polls. A third seat will also see a new council member after a present member chose not to run for re-election...
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PERRY COUNTY INCUMBENTS RE-ELECTED
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
PERRYVILLE -- Perry County voters decided the two contested races on Tuesday's ballot. In Perryville's Ward 1, incumbent Roger Prost won re-election to the city's Board of Aldermen, defeating William D. Richardet by 142 votes to 127 votes. And in Longtown, Darrel Tanz and Roy Lohman won seats on the village Board of Trustees...
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ALDERMEN RUN UNOPPOSED, RETAIN SEATS
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
JACKSON -- The four incumbents for the Jackson Board of Aldermen ran unopposed in Tuesday's election. Alderman Larry Cunningham received 210 votes, Alderman David Reiminger 237 votes, Alderman Fred Leimer 155 votes and Alderman David Ludwig had 193 votes...
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VOTERS PICK WHITENER, TEETERS AT WOODLAND
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
MARBLE HILL -- Voters Tuesday elected sawmill operator Henry Whitener and former teacher's aide Sheila Teeters to the Woodland Board of Education. Teeters was the top vote-getter in the six-candidate field. She received 229 votes, followed by Whitener with 208...
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INCUMBENTS ELECTED TO AREA SCHOOL BOARDS
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
JACKSON -- Incumbents reclaimed more than half of the school board seats available during Cape Girardeau County elections Tuesday. In all, five incumbents were elected to fill available positions on Jackson, Delta, Nell Holcomb and Oak Ridge boards of education. Two, three-year positions were available in each of the school districts...
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SE HOOPS REMAINS IN LIMBO
(College Sports ~ 04/08/98)
Even though today marks the start of the spring signing period when college basketball teams can begin landing players for next season, Southeast Missouri State University's recruiting prospects are on hold until the Indians learn the results of an ongoing NCAA investigation...
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JACKSON KEEPS CHAFFEE BATS IN DEEP FREEZE
(High School Sports ~ 04/08/98)
JACKSON -- Hits were few and far between Tuesday afternoon when Jackson and Chaffee hooked up in a high school baseball game. Of course, hits have been hard to come by for Chaffee all season so far. That trend continued Tuesday when Jackson junior lefthander Chris Kohm fired a one-hit shutout as the Indians defeated the visiting Red Devils 5-0...
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KITCHEN SERVES A NO-HITTER
(High School Sports ~ 04/08/98)
With two four-hit games this season, Cape Central senior Tatum Kitchen has shown the offensive potential to out-hit an entire team during the course of a game. Tuesday against Notre Dame, Kitchen had only one hit -- a first-inning dribbler he was able to leg out for an infield single...
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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: SCOTT CITY SWIM REGISTRATION
(High School Sports ~ 04/08/98)
The Scott City Parks and Recreation Department will be holding swim lesson registration April 23 from 4-8 p.m. at the high school cafeteria and again April 24 from 8 a.m.-noon at the Scott City Park office. An infant and tot class will be added this year. Applications for aides and instructors will also be available at these times...
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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: SEMO HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 04/08/98)
The SEMO Horseshoe Association will held its first tournament of the 1998 season on April 19 at the K.C. Hall in Jackson. The tournament will begin at 1 p.m. and is open to all men, women and youths 13 and over. There will be a draw for partners. Entry fee is $5 per person...
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NOTRE DAME GIRLS SAIL INTO PACIFIC TOURNAMENT FINAL
(High School Sports ~ 04/08/98)
PACIFIC -- Notre Dame High's girls soccer team advanced to Thursday's championship game of the Pacific Tournament by routing Hillsboro 7-1 in Tuesday's semifinals. Jill Edwards netted three goals as the Lady Bulldogs evened their record at 3-3-1. Edwards and Jaymie Frank each scored first-half goals for a 2-0 lead. ...
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SE NETTERS FALL TO EIU
(College Sports ~ 04/08/98)
The Southeast Missouri State University women's tennis team dropped a 6-3 decision to Eastern Illinois in Ohio Valley Conference action Tuesday at Parker Courts. Izabela Slowikowska accounted for Southeast's lone win in singles as she beat Tania Vanstone, 7-6, 6-2. Slowikowska improved to 9-2 on the season...
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ARKANSAS ST. CLOUTS TRIP TRIBE
(College Sports ~ 04/08/98)
JONESBORO, Ark. -- Southeast Missouri State University's baseball Indians had their five-game winning streak snapped Tuesday night when Arkansas State rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to claim a dramatic 5-4 victory. The Indians fell to 20-13 with the non-conference road loss while ASU improved to 19-13...
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KEITH CRACRAFT
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
JACKSON -- Keith Winfield Cracraft, 49, of Jackson died Monday, April 6, 1998, at his home. He was born Jan. 8, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, son of Gene C. and Mary Jane Thompson Cracraft. Cracraft was a 1967 graduate of Jackson High School, and received a degree in architecture from Washington University in 1972...
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JOSIE COPELAND
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
MORLEY -- Josie Copeland, 81, of Morley died Monday, April 6, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born April 15, 1916, at Felder Switch, Miss., daughter of Joe and Georgie Ann Jones Dodd. She and Mathis Copeland were married in 1941 in Monroe County, Miss. He died April 25, 1996...
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HAROLD LEEK
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
DEXTER -- Funeral for Harold Amos Leek of Dexter will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The Rev. Doyle Corlew will officiate, with burial in Memorial Gardens Cemetery at Poplar Bluff. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today...
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WILLIAM LASHLEY
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
William E. Lashley, 50, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 7, 1998, at his home. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance is in charge of arrangements.
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RONNIE GARNER
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
CHAFFEE -- Ronnie Garner, 50, Chaffee Route 1, died Monday, April 6, 1998, at his home. He was born April 18, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, son of Wilburn Lee and Janavee Lena Wilson Garner. He and Kathy Davis were married Jan. 8, 1987. Garner was a construction worker and self-employed farmer. He was a member of Laborers International Union of North America AFL-CIO Local 1104 in Cape Girardeau. He served in the Missouri National Guard...
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WILLIE LEE COOK
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
HOWARDVILLE -- Willie Lee Scott Cook, 81, of Howardville died Friday, April 3, 1998, at her home. She was born April 16, 1916, at Senatobia, Miss., daughter of the Rev. Jeff and Emma Brunt Scott. She lived in Missouri since 1948. She was a member of the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Lilbourn, where she served on the mother board and as president of the choir...
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WILLIE SHELL
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
SIKESTON -- Willie T. Shell, 80, of Sikeston died Monday, April 6, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 30, 1917, at Zalma, son of Hiram B. and Beulah Howard Shell. He and Betty Summers were married July 25, 1947. Shell had been a route salesman with Hart's Bakery. He was a member of Tanner Street Church of God...
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ZORA MARQUIS
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
Zora Lou Marquis, 70, formerly of Paducah, Ky., and Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 6, 1998, at Beverly Health and Rehab Center. She was the daughter of Roy Earl and Ethel Woods Bruce. She first married Robert Burke, and later married Charles Marquis...
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SHANNON DALTON
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
Shannon Dalton, 20, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 7, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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NIVA GWALTNEY
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
SIKESTON -- Niva Detsel Gwaltney, 86, of Sikeston died Monday, April 6, 1998, at Miner Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 2, 1912, in Missouri, daughter of Arthur and Eva Forsythe Kem. She and Thomas M. Gwaltney Sr. were married Nov. 5, 1932, at Benton. He died Jan. 18, 1981...
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REV. VERNON GUTTENFELDER
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
MORLEY -- The Rev. Vernon H. Guttenfelder, 78, of Morley died Tuesday, April 7, 1998, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. He was born Oct. 16, 1919, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, son of John C. and Stella Sorensen Guttenfelder. He and Martha L. Goerz were married June 16, 1940, in Anderson, Ind...
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ELSIE OLIVER
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Elsie Louise Oliver of Dongola died Tuesday, April 7, 1998, at City Care Center in Anna. She was born in Dongola, daughter of Alfred and Caroline Schluter Brown. Oliver was a member of First Baptist Church, Order of Eastern Star, White Shrine of Jerusalem, Retired Teachers Association, and Royal Neighbors of America...
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ALLIE SITZE
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
MARQUAND -- Allie M. Sitze, 92, of Marquand died Tuesday, April 7, 1998, at Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. She was born April 2, 1906, at Marquand, daughter of Franklin L. and Mary C. Mouser Mooney. She and Willie J. Sitze were married May 16, 1926. He died In January 1959...
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CONNIE HILL
(Obituary ~ 04/08/98)
SCOTT CITY -- Connie B. Hill, 90, of Hazelwood died Monday, April 6, 1998, at Spanish Lake Nurisng Center in St. Louis. She was born Feb. 9, 1908, at Drum, daughter of William Henry and Mary Florence Moore Baker. She and Noah Hill were married June 6, 1924, at Carrier Mills, Ill. He died Sept. 21, 1954...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
The Southeast Missourian asked first-graders at Immaculate Conception Catholic School why Easter is special to them. Christopher Drew: "Easter is fun because you get to hunt for Easter eggs, and you get candy from the Easter bunny. Jesus rose from the dead on Easter."...
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`WELCOME TO JACKSON' SIGN MOVES WEST
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
JACKSON -- The City of Jackson isn't shrinking. The "Welcome to Jackson" sign that greets travelers entering from the east just isn't where it used to be. On Monday, the sign was moved about 150 yards west of its previous location near Sappington Auto Parts on East Jackson Boulevard...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
City Hall 7:30 p.m. Monday Public hearings -- Held hearing to consider the voluntary annexation of property owned by Weiss Land Development, L.C., Paul and Peggy Fisher and the City of Jackson. -- Held hearing to consider the voluntary annexation of property owned by Doyle L. And Robyn M. Morton...
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AK THE VET: TESTS DETECT FELINE LEUKEMIA
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
Question: How can I tell if my cat has leukemia? Does leukemia always cause cancer? Answer: The symptoms you are most likely to recognize are: weight loss, weakness, loss of appetite, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, mouth ulcers, and chronic infections. Leukemia virus in cats can cause cancerous tumors to grow in any organ in your cat's body. ...
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COOKING SEMINAR EMPHASIZES HEALTHY CHOICES
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
Area residents are invited to try something different and enter the world of holistic health through a natural lifestyle vegetarian cooking seminar to be held at Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 820 S. West End Blvd. The program will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 19 and 26 and May 3, 10 and 17...
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SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY REMEMBERS HOLOCAUST
(Local News ~ 04/08/98)
Three survivors of the Holocaust will participate in a panel discussion and a fourth survivor will tell her story during a Common Hour presentation, both events in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Week April 13-17 at Southeast Missouri State University...
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