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LETTERS: WEALTH MAKES JOBS IN OUR ECONOMY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/31/98)
To the editor: I have noticed that when I read the newspaper, many articles contain complaints about individuals having wealth. People generally have wealth because they either inherited it from someone who generated it or they generated it themselves. ...
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LETTERS: THREE YEARS OF COLUMN WRITING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/31/98)
To the editor: I wish to invite your readers to make a special effort to read TBY: The Best Years which will be in Monday's paper. I have countless people tell me they enjoy what I write. Sometimes they are referring to a letter to the editor. Sometimes they are referring to my column, "Written From the Heart," in TBY. ...
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LETTERS: BOY, SHE SURE WORKS LONG HOURS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/31/98)
To the editor: I would like to pay a sincere, heartfelt tribute to the person who answers the Speak Out line. I telephone Speak Out all the time and at all hours of the day and night whenever the mood strikes. The woman who answers the Speak Out line has always been there for me when I call. Always...
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OTHER EFFORTS TARGET DOWNTOWN AREA
(Editorial ~ 07/31/98)
As part of the effort to make the most of our history in Cape Girardeau, the idea of a downtown historic district keeps coming up. There already are at least three other efforts under way in this regard: Placing buildings and sites on the National Register of Historic Places, obtaining landmark designation from the Cape Girardeau Historic Preservation Commission and plans to revitalize the downtown area through the Downtown Inc. program...
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CAPE AREA HAS LOTS FOR TOURISTS TO DO
(Editorial ~ 07/31/98)
The new director of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau is looking for information from her advisory board, the community and anyone who can help her understand where the CVB is now and where it should be headed. It is interesting that Terri Clark-Bauer is likely to hear something like this far too often: "We really don't have any big tourism draw in Cape Girardeau."...
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WADING INTO THE WATERS: SAFETY PRECAUTIONS KEY TO BOATING, SWIMMING FUN
(Local News ~ 07/31/98)
Don Carnahan, right, patrolman and investigator with the Missouri State Water Patrol, talked with Earshal Long, left, of Bigger, Ark.; and Lawrence Hamilton of Rector, Ark. after a boat equipment check on Lake Wappapello. Both fishermen wore life jackets even though they are only required to have life jackets accessible in the boat...
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THREE CANDIDATES SEEK NOMINATION FOR 8TH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL SEAT
(Local News ~ 07/31/98)
Richard Kline ran for Congress as a Republican two years ago. This year, he's running again, but as a Democrat. Thad Bullock is running for Congress for the ninth time since 1968. Tony Heckemeyer served eight years as a state representative and 17 years as a circuit judge. Now, he has set his sights on Congress...
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LOCAL SONGWRITERS TO PERFORM IN METROPOLIS SHOW
(Local News ~ 07/31/98)
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- Songwriter's nights are a staple of the music scene in Nashville, where every cosmetologist has a dream and a song up her sleeve. Even the city's professional songwriters are out there displaying their wares at places like the Bluebird Cafe...
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CANDIDATE: CONGRESS MUST QUIT DIPPING INTO SOCIAL SECURITY FUND
(Local News ~ 07/31/98)
Democratic congressional candidate Tony Heckemeyer said Congress must quit dipping into the Social Security Trust Fund to balance the federal budget. He also decried spending cuts in the Medicare program. Heckemeyer spoke Thursday to about 20 elderly residents at the Cape Senior Center...
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MEDICAL SURFARI: BREASTFEEDING BENEFITS BOTH MOTHER, CHILD
(Column ~ 07/31/98)
Suckling is the act of drawing milk into the mouth from a mammary gland (as in a breast or udder). This is one of the characteristics that distinguish mammals from the rest of the animal kingdom. In humans, this is more commonly referred to as breast feeding or nursing. The latter expression comes from the practice of using a "wet nurse," a lactating woman, to breast feed or nurse another's child...
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RIVER CAMPUS TAX TO BE PROPOSED; CITY MAY ASK VOTERS TO DOUBLE MOTEL TAX
(Local News ~ 07/31/98)
Cape Girardeau voters may be asked in November to approve a measure to double the city's motel tax to help fund development of Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. University officials led by Dr. Dale Nitzschke, SEMO president, are scheduled to meet with the City Council at 5 p.m. Monday at City Hall...
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IMMUNIZATIONS: MINORITIES URGED TO GET FLU SHOTS
(Local News ~ 07/31/98)
Health department officials hope to overcome cultural barriers and improve overall health in Cape Girardeau County before flu season rolls around this year. Health department employees met with black community leaders Thursday in the first of a series of meetings to discover why minorities don't participate in flu clinics. ...
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FAIRY RING: MOIST WEATHER BRINGS RARE SIGHT
(Local News ~ 07/31/98)
When Edna Scheeter stepped outside Wednesday morning she was greeted by a fairy ring, a perfect circle of mushrooms that sprouted in her lawn overnight. The ring measures 24 feet across and has more than 130 mushroom caps. She and her husband, Herb, live on Highway 74 near Dutchtown...
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CITY MUST DECIDE USE OF AIRPORT TOWER FUNDS
(Local News ~ 07/31/98)
Cape Girardeau officials haven't decided how to use the money paying for operation of the airport control tower now that the state will pay for tower operations. Gov. Mel Carnahan last month signed legislation creating the Aviation Trust Fund, which, among other things, would reimburse cities up to $125,000 annually for control tower operations at rural airports where operations previously were funded by the federal government. ...
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INFANT FALLS INTO WATER PAIL, DIES
(Local News ~ 07/31/98)
An infant died Thursday night after falling into a 5-gallon bucket of water. Kiana Willis, 10 months old, was admitted to Southeast Missouri Hospital after the accident, which occurred at 2:10 p.m. at 632 Good Hope. She was pronounced dead at 7:42 p.m. by Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Carpenter...
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EAST CAPE PUTS IN NEW NATURAL GAS LINE SYSTEM
(Local News ~ 07/31/98)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- East Cape Girardeau residents will have access to natural gas this winter. Construction of the community's natural gas system is under way and should be completed for winter, said Karl Klein, manager of Cairo Public Utility Co., which is installing the system...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: NO POWERBALL WINNERS HERE, AND NO BOLT OF LIGHTNING EITHER
(Column ~ 07/31/98)
It was a tough choice: a gazillion dollars or being incinerated by a bolt out of the blue. But sometimes you have to rise above the money frenzy. Several of my colleagues here in the newsroom came down with that ailment that was going around this week, loot flu. Maybe you had it too...
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THREE VIE FOR SCOTT COUNTY PRESIDING COMMISSIONER SEAT; FOURTH RELUCTANT
(Local News ~ 07/31/98)
BENTON -- When Scott County Presiding Commissioner Bob Kielhofner decided not to seek re-election, he left the seat up for grabs. It is a hotly contested four-man race in the upcoming primary. With no Republican on the primary ballot, the winner of Tuesday's primary vote will become the next presiding commissioner of Scott County...
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PRESIDING COMMISSIONER RACE HEATS UP IN STODDARD COUNTY; INCUMBENT NORMAN MOORE SEEKS FOUTH TERM
(Local News ~ 07/31/98)
BLOOMFIELD -- None of the other five people running for presiding commissioner of Stoddard County in Tuesday's election has a complaint about the way Norman Moore has done the job for the past three terms. But some say three terms ought to be enough...
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RAIN DELAY PUTS TOURNEY IN LATE ZONE
(High School Sports ~ 07/31/98)
Dunklin County and the rain stole the spotlight Thursday night as the American Legion Zone Tournament got under way at Capaha Field. Dunklin County, coming off a championship in the District 14 Tournament that was also played at Capaha Field, edged Anheuser-Busch 3-2 in the zone opener that was delayed two hours by rain...
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SEMO SOUTH HEADS FOR JR. BABE RUTH REGIONAL
(High School Sports ~ 07/31/98)
A band of Suburbans filled with 15 area youth baseball players began the long journey to Lincoln, Neb., Thursday afternoon for the 1998 Junior Babe Ruth Regional Tournament which begins Saturday morning. SEMO South, a group of 13-year-old Babe Ruth players from four different communities in Southeast Missouri, will begin play Saturday at 10 a.m. against a squad from Iowa. Other states represented at the eight-team regional are Kansas, Minnesota, Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota...
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CAPS DRAW 2-TIME CHAMP IN NBC OPENER; MCDOWELL FACES LIBERAL (KAN.) TONIGHT
(High School Sports ~ 07/31/98)
Liberal (Kan.) may rate as a favorite over the McDowell Capahas when the annual National Baseball Congress World Series opens tonight. But that doesn't mean Darin Thomas, Liberal's coach, isn't worried about the Cape Girardeau team. "I feel like we've got a really tough first-round draw with Cape Girardeau," said Thomas. "They have a very good reputation."...
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JOSEPH SPANGLER
(Obituary ~ 07/31/98)
PERRYVILLE -- Joseph W. Spangler, 90, of Perryville died Thursday, July 30, 1998, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born Sept. 2, 1907, in Oquawka, Ill., son of Jacob and Mary Spangler. He married Agnes Reynolds, who died April 4, 1991. Spangler had been a painter and home decorator. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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THE REV. NYMAN MATTHEWS
(Obituary ~ 07/31/98)
GAMALIEL, Ark. -- The Rev. Nyman R. Matthews of Gamaliel, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Thursday, July 30, 1998, at his residence. He was born May 11, 1933, in Bertrand, son of Lee and Emma Heath Matthews. He married Mary Louise Hornbeck on March 22, 1953. She survives of the home...
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JAMES MILLIREN
(Obituary ~ 07/31/98)
THEBES, Ill. -- James Orval Milliren, 93, of Thebes died Wednesday, July 29, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 21, 1905, in Lawton, Okla., son of James Edward and Ida Case Milliren. He married the former Irene Jones...
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MABEL GREGORY
(Obituary ~ 07/31/98)
SIKESTON -- Mabel Marie Gregory, 86, of Sikeston died Wednesday, July 29, 1998, at Clearview Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 15, 1912, at Buffington, daughter of George and Kitty Oliver Pack. She and Earl T. Gregory were married July 23, 1927, in Poplar Bluff. He died June 29, 1981...
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GRACE THOMPSON
(Obituary ~ 07/31/98)
BENTON -- Grace W. Thompson, 89, of Benton died Wednesday, July 29, 1998, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 7, 1908, in Flora, Ill., daughter of Ben and Jermina Lawrence Harrison. She first married Tillman Hodgkiss Nov. 27, 1925, at Randles. He died Jan. 22, 1938. She then married Raymond Young Oct. 17, 1942, at Farmington. He died Aug. 18, 1963. She later married Joe Thompson June 8, 1973, at Benton. He died Jan. 13, 1978...
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HERBERT GARRIS SR.
(Obituary ~ 07/31/98)
ANNA, Ill. -- Herbert L. Garris Sr., 63, of Anna died Thursday, July 30, 1998, at his home. He was born Nov. 30, 1934, in Perry County, Mo., son of Beckford and Bessie Crowder Garris. He and Beverly Bequeret were married Dec. 9, 1955. Garris was a painting contractor 26 years and owned and operated H&B Garris Painting. He was a member of Canteen Baptist Church at Canteen, Kiwanis Club in Anna, and Shawnee Chapter of Ducks Unlimited. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/31/98)
Daughter to Rob and Laura Ward of Farmington, formerly of Cape Girardeau, Parkland Health Center in Farmington, 9:32 p.m. Friday, June 5, 1998. Name, Alyssa Lauryn. Weight, 7 pounds 3 ounces. Mrs. Ward is the former Laura Barton, daughter of Brenda and Charles Dickey of Farmington and Ben and Becky Barton of Bismarck. She is a health care worker. Ward is the son of Lisa and Ed Hunt of Farmington. He is a carpenter...
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SUSAN J. STOREY-COBB
(Obituary ~ 07/31/98)
Susan J. Storey-Cobb, 55, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died Thursday, July 30, 1998 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born on October 7, 1942, in Joliet, Ill., the daughter of Heber Von Lauer and Mildred Smith Lauer, she was married to Harold G. Cobb in March 1989, in Cape Girardeau...
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