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LETTERS: THE DAY AMERICA DIED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/24/98)
To the editor: America has died, and someday when they dig through the ashes they will say, "This was a great nation once, but it became more interested in sordid details of a personal mistake than it was in focusing on what was important." William Jefferson Clinton committed some indiscretions to which he admitted. He expressed sorrow. And he asked for forgiveness. Is that why America died? No...
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BLOOD DONORS ARE NEEDED
(Editorial ~ 09/24/98)
Folks in this area are known for their generosity throughout the year. One way they give is by donating blood at various American Red Cross blood drives. Because of demand, blood supplies in this region are very low, and the Red Cross is having to borrow blood from other areas to maintain adequate supplies at our hospitals. ...
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NEIGHBORHOOD SEEKS TO KEEP IDENTITY
(Editorial ~ 09/24/98)
Cape Girardeau is full of lovely, well-maintained residential areas. Many of these neighborhoods have that settled, established look that comes with gracious homes, mature trees and lovingly tended yards full of green lawns and bright flowers. One such neighborhood is between Capaha Park and the campus of Southeast Missouri State University generally along Normal Avenue, Park Avenue and West End Boulevard. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 09/24/98)
THE IRONY of releasing the grand jury tapes is that it is embarrassing to the president when he has already embarrassed the whole country. What a ridiculous argument. WELL HERE we go again. I just finished reading my morning newspaper, and there's someone who doesn't have a life, meddling about somebody else who's doing a good job. ...
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THE TEMPTATIONS: LEGENDARY MOTWON GROUP TO PERFORM AT HOUCK STADIUM SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 09/24/98)
If there has been one constant in the nearly 40-year history of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recording group the Temptations, it is the inevitability of change. And yet, even in the midst of many of the changes that have taken place within the group since they were formed in the early 1960s, there has been a consistent and unfailing commitment to music and entertainment...
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MANY ITEMS STUDIED FOR HIGHWAY LIST; SAFETY ON JACKSON ROUTE A KEY CONCERN, SAYS STATE
(Local News ~ 09/24/98)
When Missouri Department of Transportation engineers and consultants established priorities on road projects for Cape Girardeau County, they used a checklist of criteria. Some 25 to 30 indicators were studied, including a project's impact on wetlands and endangered species, noise, building displacement, safety, traffic and cost...
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STUDENTS SEEK ANTI-GUN PLEDGE; JACKSON PREPARES FOR DAY OF NATIONAL CONCERN
(Local News ~ 09/24/98)
JACKSON -- A junior high school student is leading efforts in Jackson to prevent gun violence from invading the schools. Jennifer Rhodes, 13, an eighth-grader at Jackson Junior High, is spearheading a pledge drive in Jackson that asks students to promise they will never carry a gun to school, will never resolve disputes with a gun and will use their influence with friends to keep them from resolving disputes with guns...
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'WORLDWALKER': EXRAORDINARY TRIP SHOWS LOVE'S POWER
(Local News ~ 09/24/98)
On April Fool's Day 1983, Steven Newman set out on a long walk. Four years, 15,000 miles and five continents later, he came home to Ohio with a new insight: The world is a wonderful place. "The real hero is you: the people of the world," Newman said. ...
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PANEL OF PROFESSORS AREES CLINTON WON'T QUIT
(Local News ~ 09/24/98)
Resign. That is the advice one liberal college professor would give President Clinton. Dr. Michael Levy, an assistant professor of political science at Southeast Missouri State University, offered that advice during a panel discussion Wednesday. But Levy and his colleagues agreed that Clinton likely will ride out the political storm surrounding the White House sex scandal and serve the remaining two years of his term...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: THE EXCESS BAGGAGE OF OLD T-SHIRTS AND MYSTERY BOXES
(Column ~ 09/24/98)
Sept. 24, 1998 Dear Julie, DC was rearranging some drawers when she came across a cache of my old T-shirts and wondered if some could be given to the Salvation Army. This was like Patton asking Rommel if he'd like to give up some of his land. Especially coming from a woman who has filled our basement with boxes of things that are only rumors to me...
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ROBINSON LOVING LIFE IN THE BIG LEAGUES
(College Sports ~ 09/24/98)
Kerry Robinson is finally living the life of a major-league baseball player -- and he's loving every minute of it. Robinson, a former Southeast Missouri State University standout, was called up to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays late Friday night and joined the team Saturday...
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DEMENT TO BE HONORED SATURDAY
(College Sports ~ 09/24/98)
Former Southeast Missouri State University football great Kenneth Dement will be honored at halftime of Saturday night's game against Tennessee-Martin at Houck Stadium. Dement, who earned All-American honors while playing offensive and defensive tackle for Southeast from 1951-54, earned college football's highest honor in August when he was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame...
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DEMENT CREDITS FOOTBALL, EXERCISE FOR HIS RECOVERY
(College Sports ~ 09/24/98)
Southeast Missouri State University football legend Kenny Dement never misses an opportunity to tell people what working out has meant to his life. "I know what exercise can mean to your health," he says emphatically. "A lifetime of working out saved my life 14 years ago when fast living, rich food and long hours of working almost killed me with a stroke...
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OVC PLAY FIGURES TO HEAT UP THIS WEEKEND (OVC NOTES)
(College Sports ~ 09/24/98)
Ohio Valley Conference football play gets going in earnest this weekend. After only a pair of league games in the first three weeks of the season, there will be three conference matchups Saturday. Two of the OVC contests are of particular interest because they feature teams who are expected to be among the major contenders for the league championship...
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MICHEL HURLS ANOTHER GEM FOR CENTRAL
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/98)
It's probably getting to sound like a broken record, but Kathy Michel continued to dominate opposing batters Wednesday as Cape Girardeau Central High's softball team defeated visiting Hillsboro 3-1. Michel has been the area's hottest pitcher recently and she was coming off a Monday no-hitter...
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/98)
MATT JENKINS School: Perryville Sport: Football Position: Tailback Coach: Jerry Tucker This season: In three games, a 21-0 win over Farmington, a 27-7 loss to Ste. Genevieve and an 18-14 win over Jackson, Jenkins has rushed for 241 yards on 42 carries and has scored three touchdowns. He also starts at cornerback, where he has registered six knockdowns and 14 tackles on the season...
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/98)
Beth Becker School: Jackson Sport: Softball Position: Pitcher Coach: Becky Riney This season: Becker is 9-2 with a 0.76 earned run average in 74 innings pitched. She has faced 310 patters and has allowed 43 hits, 37 walks and 18 runs (eight earned). Becker is not a power pitcher: her strike out total is a modest 47. Her only losses are to St. Louis-Notre Dame and Kansas City-Blue Springs...
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EVELYN TOLER
(Obituary ~ 09/24/98)
ANNA, Ill. -- Evelyn June Toler, 71, of Anna died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 11, 1927, in Carterville, Ill., the daughter of Irving E. and Morine Reeves Milton. She married William Franklin Toler April 23, 1953, in Anna...
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JACK CARSON HIGH
(Obituary ~ 09/24/98)
Jack Carson High was born May 17, 1921 in Commerce, Missouri to Ambrose High and Ruth Jane Carson High. Jack was baptized in the United Methodist Church in Commerce. His folks moved to Aurora, Illinois in 1926. He was raised near Aurora, Illinois, Jack was of French-Indian-American nationality. ...
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SYLVIA PLEMMONS
(Obituary ~ 09/24/98)
DEXTER -- Funeral for Sylvia L. Plemmons of Rockford, Ill., will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The Revs. Jimmy Kirby and Ronnie Parker will officiate, with burial in Brown Chapel Cemetery at Broseley. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today...
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DEANA PEARSON
(Obituary ~ 09/24/98)
ANNA, Ill. -- Deana Lyn Pearson, 27, of Anna died Monday, Sept. 21, 1998, in Panama City Beach, Fla. She was born Sept. 26, 1970, in Carbondale, daughter of Richard and Janice Brasmer Pearson. She was formerly of Makanda. Pearson served in the U.S. Marine Corps. She was a corrections officer at Tamms Correctional Center...
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JETTIE BARKS
(Obituary ~ 09/24/98)
JACKSON -- Jettie M. Barks, 90, of Jackson died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1998, at Jackson Manor. She was born Jan. 20, 1908, at Whitewater, daughter of August and Annie Baker Gartung. She and the Rev. Loy Barks were married Oct. 1, 1927. Barks had worked at International Shoe Co. in Jackson and Chaffee. She lived on the family farm all her life, with the exception of the past 2 years. She was active in the former Calvary Baptist Church and had been a Sunday School teacher in the junior department...
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JAMES POINSETT
(Obituary ~ 09/24/98)
PERRYVILLE -- James Arvel Poinsett, 73, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1998, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born May 8, 1925, in Cape Girardeau, son of Elmer and Naomi McClain Poinsett. He and Dwenda Speer were married Sept. 14, 1946...
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LORRAINE HART
(Obituary ~ 09/24/98)
PATTON -- Lorraine Theresa Hart, 46, of Patton died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1998, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 25, 1952, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Eugene and Pearl Teaford Hart. Hart was a graduate of Central High School, member of Grace United Methodist Church and VFW Auxiliary to Post 3838, all in Cape Girardeau...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/24/98)
Son to Paul Don and Lori Rose Rich of Jonesboro, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:38 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, 1998. Name, Tyler Paul. Weight, 5 pounds 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Rich is the former Lori Parnell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Caldwell of Tamms, Ill., and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Parnell of Dupo, Ill. She is employed at Anna Junior High School. Rich is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Rich of Anna, Ill. He is a self-employed farmer...
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TEXAS MAN KILLED
(Local News ~ 09/24/98)
MARSTON -- A Texas man was killed early Wednesday when his tractor-trailer hit another truck on Interstate 55. Clarence Allen, 54, of San Antonio, Texas, was pronounced dead at the scene about two miles north of Marston in New Madrid County. The driver and a passenger in the other truck suffered minor injuries. Driver Junior Wells, 33, and passenger Erica Drummond, 25, both of McComb, Miss., were transported to Pemiscot Memorial Hospital...
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ALMA GREBE
(Obituary ~ 09/24/98)
JACKSON -- Alma B. Grebe, 95, of Jackson died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1998, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 13, 1903, in Gordonville, the daughter of Albert and Bertha Lange Schwab. She married Albert Grebe on July 21, 1928, and he preceded her in death on June 24, 1986...
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