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ACT ONE: STUDENTS DIRECT ONE-ACT PLAYS AS PART OF UNIVERSITY'S THEATRE CLASS
(Local News ~ 04/28/98)
Beth Bishop, left, plays a mother trying to convince her daughter, played by Laura Leyes, to have children. Director Kim Westrich, right, coached Beth Bishop, left, and Laura Leyes during rehearsal of the one act play "Fits and Starts." They come to the class from diverse backgrounds and with varying expectations. ...
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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: LISTEN UP: STREAMING AUDIO, VIDEO MAKE SURFING FUN (COLUMN 86)
(Column ~ 04/28/98)
Some of the biggest changes we've seen since we started surfing have been improved sound and animation. Used to be, you had to wait while things downloaded, which took a while. Boring. Web surfers just don't have that much patience. These days, new technology brings music and animation to your computer instantly...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: TEACHER ENJOYS CHALLENGING STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 04/28/98)
Fourth-grade teacher Julie McDonough became a teacher because she enjoys helping others to achieve. Teaching is a constant challenge, she said, but it's very gratifying to see students become excited about learning. "It is nice knowing that the school is a place where the students can count on caring teachers to provide consistent routines for learning," said McDonough, who for the past four years has taught at Nell Holcomb School...
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VENTURE PLANS TO GET RID OF STORES; FUTURE OF CAPE STORE UNCERTAIN
(Local News ~ 04/28/98)
Venture Stores Inc. has announced plans to sell and assign leases on most of its stores and other real estate to Kimco Realty Corp. Under terms of a Monday agreement, Kimco will acquire lease rights to 89 Venture properties. The list includes most of Venture's 73 stores and some of the 20 stores that are in the process of being closed,...
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BURIED IN PAPER: COUNTY CONSIDERS RECORD STORAGE IN EXPANDED JAIL
(Local News ~ 04/28/98)
Facing a problem with mounting paperwork, Cape Girardeau County is considering a new building to store records. On Monday county officeholders and architect John Dudley met to look at the feasibility of a county records and archive center perhaps in conjunction with expansion of the county jail...
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SEMO STUDENTS LEARN PROPER ETIQUETTE; AMBASSADORS GIVEN LESSON FROM EXPERT
(Local News ~ 04/28/98)
Of the 30 students assembled Monday night for a formal dinner and etiquette workshop, none had ever eaten an artichoke before. "Oh, this is going to be fun," said Dorothy Hanrahan, an etiquette consultant billed as "the Emily Post of St. Louis." The students are members of the Presidential Ambassadors, who represent Southeast Missouri State University president Dale Nitzschke at social functions by mingling with visiting dignitaries and making guests feel comfortable. ...
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WHAT'S COOKING? FIND OUT THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 04/28/98)
Southern Living is bringing its road show to Cape Girardeau Thursday. With a technical crew of eight and a slate of on-stage personalities, the Southern Living Cooking School demonstrates food preparation, recipes, and serving techniques. Admission is $3 per person, and seating is first come first served. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and will remain open throughout the day...
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BETWEEN THE LINES: SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS ABOUT THE BEANIE BABIES CRAZE
(Column ~ 04/28/98)
What happens when the Beanie Babies craze dies out? Over the weekend I read with great interest a story about how residents in one Illinois community exchanged their guns for Beanie Babies. I think maybe the Beanie Baby craze has gone too far. I realized this even before reading the story, but never did it seem quite as clear as when it was in newsprint -- and involved guns...
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BALANCING COSTS, ENROLLMENT AT SEMO
(Editorial ~ 04/28/98)
Administrators at Southeast Missouri State University are seeking a delicate balance between the cost of a college education and methods to attract more students to the campus here in Cape Girardeau. Not too long ago, the university set a target of 10,300 students by 2000. Officials say having more than 10,000 students -- up from last fall's 8,200 -- is an achievable goal, although they concede it may take longer than anticipated...
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GUESS WHAT: GAMBLING GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY
(Editorial ~ 04/28/98)
Guess what. A new study shows that riverboat gambling is financially advantageous to Missouri. Guess what. The study was done by a St. Louis group called Civic Progress with close ties to Fleishman-Hillard Inc. Guess what. Fleishman-Hillard, a huge advertising and public relations company, has some riverboat casinos as big clients...
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LETTERS: PUNCTUALITY IS ADMIRABLE QUALITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/28/98)
To the editor: Most of us are apt to be annoyed when someone is late for an appointment. I remember on one occasion a clergyman was about to announce the postponement of a wedding when suddenly the groom arrived explaining that he just couldn't find a taxi...
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LETTERS: SUICIDE ADVOCATES SHOULD BE AFRAID
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/28/98)
To the editor: But I say to you, my friends: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do. But I will show you whom you shall be afraid of. Be afraid of him whom after he has killed has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, be afraid of him. -- Luke 12:4-6...
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LETTERS: BILL AFFECTS CHILD-CUSTODY CASES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/28/98)
To the editor: The Missouri Senate passed Senate Bill 651 on a 33-0 vote. The bill now goes to the House where it may meet resistance from the Missouri Bar. SB 651 has provisions that allow people an easier and quicker way to appear in court to resolve child-custody issues without a lawyer...
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MISSISSIPPI QUEEN CANCELS CAPE GIRARDEAU STOP TODAY
(Local News ~ 04/28/98)
The Mississippi Queen riverboat will not dock at Cape Girardeau today because of high water. The Mississippi River stage Sunday was 35.6 feet and falling on the Cape Girardeau gauge, but with rains expected Monday night and today officials of the Delta Queen Steamboat Co. in New Orleans announced Monday that the Mississippi Queen will not be docking here...
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SEMO STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE THIS WEEK
(Local News ~ 04/28/98)
Expanding learning outside the classroom is the purpose of the sixth annual Southeast Missouri State University Student Research Conference. Student presenters who have conducted academic research at Southeast, Mineral Area Community College and Three Rivers Community College are eligible for competition during the conference, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. The conference is open to the public and will be held at the University Center...
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HOSPITAL AFFILIATION TOPIC OF COFFEE
(Local News ~ 04/28/98)
The coffee will be held at the Show Me Center at 7:30 a.m. The hospital administrators will discuss an affiliation plan by the two hospitals. The hospitals announced in December that they are studying the feasibility of an affiliation. A Joint Study Committee made up of representatives from both hospitals' boards and administrations is reviewing a draft of an efficiency study that projects approximately $47 million in savings over a five-year period if the hospitals affiliate...
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JACKSON BOARD OF EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 04/28/98)
Agenda Tuesday, April 28, 1998, 7:30 p.m. Jackson Board of Education Office Action Items: -- Consider request from parents regarding transportation to and from day-care centers. -- Consider summer school budget. -- Executive Session -- Employment, personnel evaluation and real estate. Authority is Section 610.021, Para. 2, 3 and 13, Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended...
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SEPTIC TANK LEAK MAY MEAN NEW SEWER DISTRICT ON PERRYVILLE ROAD
(Local News ~ 04/28/98)
A leaky septic tank may prompt Cape Girardeau to force homeowners along a stretch of Perryville Road to form a sewer district. The tank at the home of Robert and Karen Stevenson, 2932 Perryville Road, has been leaking for several years but the situation became worse after a lateral line of the tank was severed April 1 by a contractor during the reconstruction of Perryville Road, neighbors said...
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POWER SURGE: SE SETS SCHOOL RECORD FOR HRs
(College Sports ~ 04/28/98)
Southeast Missouri State University baseball coach Mark Hogan knew he would have an improved team in the home run department this year. But even Hogan has to be surprised by the Indians' 1998 power surge that has accounted for the most single-season home runs in school history and has helped put Southeast on the brink of hosting the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament...
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OTAHKS CLAIM 4TH STRAIGHT OVC SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
(College Sports ~ 04/28/98)
Without even taking the field, Southeast Missouri State University's softball team has wrapped up its fourth consecutive Ohio Valley Conference championship. Coach Lana Richmond was anticipating having to win at least one game of today's scheduled doubleheader against Tennessee-Martin to clinch the league title...
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SEMO TRACK MOURNS LOSS OF RECRUIT
(College Sports ~ 04/28/98)
A high school senior from Minnesota who had recently signed a letter of intent with Southeast Missouri State University's track and field program was killed over the weekend in an automobile accident. Katie Jo Drentlaw, 18, of Prior Lake, Minn., had driven to the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, to watch the track and field competition that included Southeast's team. She had signed with Southeast just a few days earlier...
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BRIEFLY: VANDEVEN, ELFRINK WIN HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 04/28/98)
BENTON -- Irv Vandeven and Todd Elfrink team up to win the Southeast Missouri Horseshoe Association's competition Sunday at the American Legion Post. Finishing second were Larry Burford and Sheila LeGrand, while Randy Grady and Brad Richardson placed third...
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BRIEFLY: CHS GRAD WEST WINS TWO GAMES
(High School Sports ~ 04/28/98)
Former Cape Girardeau Central High School baseball star Brandon West had the unusual distinction of winning both ends of a doubleheader Sunday. Pitching for Southwest Missouri State, the junior righthander picked up both wins in relief as the Bears swept Illinois State 16-15 and 7-5...
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LADY TIGER SWIMMERS WIN TRIANGULAR MEET
(High School Sports ~ 04/28/98)
ST. LOUIS -- Cape Central's girls swim team accumulated 144 points to defeat McClure North and St. Louis Notre Dame in a triangular meet Monday. Southeast won seven events in beating Notre Dame (114) by 30 points. McClure finished with 71. Cape Central was victorious in three relay events. The Lady Tiger quartet of Mary Beth Owen, Grace Freeman, Jean Maguire and Jennifer Freeze won the medley relay (2:04.91), 200 freestyle relay (1:47.32) and 400 freestyle relay (4:01.12)...
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BARBARA DIEBOLD
(Obituary ~ 04/28/98)
BENTON -- Funeral Mass for Barbara Faye Diebold of Benton will be held at 2 p.m. today at St. Denis Catholic Church. The Rev. Normand Varone will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton from 1-1:45 p.m...
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OMALEA UMFLEET
(Obituary ~ 04/28/98)
ADVANCE -- Omalea Umfleet, 82, of Louisiana, Mo., died Saturday, April 25, 1998, at Pike County Memorial Hospital in Louisiana. She was born Aug. 8, 1915, in Mantee, Miss., daughter of James Caleb and Tinnie Angeline Pennington Tedder. She and Henry R. Umfleet were married Dec. 31, 1930, in Blytheville, Ark. He died Oct. 2, 1985...
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MARY GLEESON
(Obituary ~ 04/28/98)
Memorial Mass for Mary Gleeson of Ballwin will be held at 11 a.m. today at Annunziata Catholic Church in Ladue. Private service was held earlier, with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Schrader Funeral Home in Ballwin was in charge of arrangements. Gleeson, 74, died Tuesday, April 21, 1998, at her home...
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MARGARET WAGNER
(Obituary ~ 04/28/98)
Margaret Wagner, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 27, 1998, at Heritage Gardens Nursing Home in Jackson. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
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OPAL LONG
(Obituary ~ 04/28/98)
BLOOMFIELD -- Opal Long, 88, of Bloomfield died Monday, April 27, 1998, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Nov. 23, 1909, at Bloomfield, the daughter of Prince and Etta Harper Lane. She married James Long on Dec. 19, 1925. He died Dec. 31, 1989...
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DONALD WORTHY
(Obituary ~ 04/28/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral for Donald Lee Worthy of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. Bob Williams and Ernest Brown will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Worthy, 52, died Sunday, April 26, 1998, at his home...
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LAURA SCHAMBURG
(Obituary ~ 04/28/98)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral for Laura A. Schamburg of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The Rev. Donald Loesch will officiate, with burial in Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6:30 a.m. until service time...
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MAE WITHROW
(Obituary ~ 04/28/98)
Mae Alta Withrow, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 26, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born April 18, 1915, at Naylor, daughter of Michael and G. Belle Moutrie Harris. She and Fred Withrow were married Jan. 12, 1941, at Sikeston...
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KATHERINE HAMMER
(Obituary ~ 04/28/98)
Katherine E. Hammer, 73, of Festus died Sunday, April 26, 1998, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Festus. She was born Feb. 19, 1925, in Sikeston, daughter of Jesse E. and Francis C. Black Shrum. She and Virgil F. Hammer were married June 21, 1947, in Cape Girardeau...
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CORENA SEYER
(Obituary ~ 04/28/98)
JACKSON -- Corena L. Seyer, 89, of Jackson died Sunday, April 26, 1998, at Jackson Manor. She was born Sept. 19, 1908, at Oran, daughter of Charles and Ottilia LeGrand Schott. She and Otto Lawrence Seyer were married Nov. 22, 1927, at Oran. He died Feb. 24, 1984...
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LONNIE EDGIL
(Obituary ~ 04/28/98)
ADVANCE -- Lonnie Edgil, 76, of Advance died Monday, April 27, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 2, 1921, in Carbin Hill, Ala., son of Bud and Alice Morrsey Edgil. He and Gladys Welker were married in 1983. She died in September 1993...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/28/98)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Craig Carmichael of Charleston, S.C., East Cooper Regional Medical Center in Charleston, 9:41 a.m. Friday, April 3, 1998. Name, Chase Alan. Weight, 6 pounds 8 ounces. First child. Mrs. Carmichael is the former Paula Burnette, daughter of Henry L. and Linda Burnette of Cape Girardeau. Carmichael is the son of Rick and Shirley Carmichael of Fairbury, Neb...
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GENE NENNINGER
(Obituary ~ 04/28/98)
Gene Nenninger, 66, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, April 27, 1998 at his home. He was born October 18, 1931 in Leopold, MO, the son of Henry J. and Martha Elfrink Nenninger. He married Eleanor Holzum June 13, 1953 in Leopold, MO.Mr. Nenninger was a member of St. Vincent De Paul Church and Men's Association, the Knights of Columbus Council #6405 in Jackson, V.F.W. Post #3838, and was active in Cursillo. He was a past president of the Notre Dame Home and School Association...
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