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LETTERS: LIFE FORCE AFFECTS ARDENT LEADERS MORE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/20/98)
To the editor: With the admission of indescretions by incoming House Speaker Bob Livingston comes perhaps a reminder. That life force that drives us all drives more ardently great and ardent leaders. Those of us who have oggled Clinton's excesses from a position of religious sanctity might take heed also. ...
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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU TO HIRE ADDRESS LISTERS IN MISSOURI; LOCAL WORKERS KEY TO SUCCESSFUL CENSUS 2000
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
The race to the next decennial census is on and the Census Bureau is combing Missouri in hopes of recruiting hundreds of workers to help check and prepare lists for Census 2000. Through these positions, census workers will be able to provide valuable address information about the community in which they live...
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OLIVER HOUSE OPEN TODAY FOR CHRISTMAS TOURS
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
The Oliver House, located at 224 East Adams in Jackson, will be open for tours today from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The home is decorated for Christmas and an area dulcimer group will provide musical entertainment. Refreshments will be served. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children...
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CITY TO OFFER FREE HOME SAFETY INSPECTIONS SOON
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
For the second straight year, the city of Cape Girardeau will offer free home safety inspections. The city's Inspection Services Division will conduct the inspections during January and February. Rob Roberts, the city's building supervisor, said the program allows city inspectors to share their expertise with residents at no cost...
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FORMER JUDGE KEYNOTES KING BREAKFAST
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
Southeast Missouri State University will remember slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with several activities in January and February. Highlighting the events will be the 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast at 8 a.m. on Jan. 18 at the Show Me Center...
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COLLEGES OFFER NEW PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
John A. Logan, Rend Lake, Shawnee and Southeastern Illinois community colleges will jointly offer a one-year surgical technology certificate program. The program will begin in with the fall 1999 semester. For admission and enrollment, contact Tom Cardwell, John A. Logan, (618) 985-3741 (ext. 8497); Wilanna Patton, Rend Lake College, (618) 437-5321 (ext. 251) or Carol Belt, Shawnee Community College, (618) 634-9411 (ext. 277)...
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JACKSON YOUTH RECOGINZED AS UNSUNG HERO OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
A Jackson man recently was honored as the 1998 "Unsung Hero" by the Multiple Sclerosis Gateway Area Chapter. Chad Meyer was recognized for his years of local service to the organization, including co-chairman of the MS Super Cities Walk held each spring. Meyer is a senior at Southeast Missouri State University, majoring in recreational therapy. He will graduate in May. He is also a sales associate at Sears in Cape Girardeau...
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PROF AUTHORS ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY BOOK
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
A Southeast Missouri State University professor has co-authored a book designed to assist families and service providers in making decisions about assistive technology devices for children with disabilities. Dr. Phil Parette co-authored the book, "Assistive Technology for Young Children with Disabilities: A Guide to Family-Centered Services."...
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CAPE COUNTY TAX BILLS ARE DUE
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
All 1998 tax bills for Cape Girardeau County have been mailed, said County Collector Harold Kuehle. Anyone who owns real estate in the county, regardless of when it was purchased, owes real estate tax. Anyone owning automobiles, boats, airplanes or other similar items as of Jan. 1, 1998, owes personal property tax for the year...
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MISSOURI WATCH: THE DAY CONGRESS IMPEACHED SANTA
(Column ~ 12/20/98)
(Scene: House Judgmental Committee hearing on the matter of impeachment of St. Nicholas, a.k.a. Santa Claus) CHAIRMAN HANK HIDE: Members of the House Judgmental Committee, we are gathered here today to consider the question of impeaching an American icon, Mr. ...
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HOSPITAL DISCUSSIONS EXPLORE KEY TOPICS
(Editorial ~ 12/20/98)
Cape Girardeau physicians represented by an ad hoc committee of the local medical society say they support hospital merger talks but aren't ready to endorse the plan. The seven-member committee, formed in October, met this week and decided more information and perhaps changes are needed before an endorsement can be given. The committee was formed by the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society, which represents about 90 percent of the practicing physicians in the county...
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TOUGH SENTENCING LAW SELDOM USED
(Editorial ~ 12/20/98)
Five years after "three strikes" laws to put repeat criminals away swept the country, most states have left the statutes in mothballs. So reported the Associated Press recently. Most of the 23 states that adopted "three strikes" laws in the mid-1990s have each put a half-dozen or fewer people behind bars under their statutes, which create long and usually mandatory sentences for criminals who commit new offenses. ...
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LETTERS: MORE SUPPORT FOR HOSPITAL MERGER
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/20/98)
To the editor: This is a letter that was sent to Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon: Dear Attorney General Nixon: I am writing to provide additional support for the merger of our two community hospitals here in Cape Girardeau, St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital. In doing so, I would like to address two specific areas that involve improved health care for our city and region...
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LETTERS: SILENT KILLER: NATION'S PORNOGRAPHY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/20/98)
To the editor: By masses, it has entered into our society unlike any other civilization known unto man. This dark, foreboding cloud of sin is a black curse hovering over its victims to smother and destroy. It is a cancer to the mind and soul, eating away every moral fiber of anyone that will partake of it. ...
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A LOOK BACK AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
25 years ago: 1973 Elmer Reisenbichler of Shawnee Township has been elected to replace Robert Nitsch on Cape Girardeau County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee; three-year term of Nitsch expires Jan. 1; he was chairman of committee...
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STUDENTS WANTED FOR 1999 PRIMO OPPORTUNITIES
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
The Southeastern Missouri Area Health Education Center (SEMO AHEC), an affiliate of the Missouri Area Health Education Centers Network (MAHEC) is looking for area junior high and high school students who are interested in primary health care careers to participate in a two or three week summer academy program or a six-to-eight week field internship experience which will give them a head-start on academic courses to prepare them for their primary health care career of choice...
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AG EXPO '99 TO BE HELD IN POPLAR BLUFF JAN. 15-16
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
Circle your calendar for one of the largest farm trade shows in the region. Ag Expo '99 will be held January 15-16, 1999, at the Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff. This annual event is sponsored by the Butler County University Outreach and Extension Council and the Ag Club of Three Rivers Community College...
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TEN MEDICAL SCHOOLS TO HOST FIRST MAJOR STUDY OF ANTIDEPRESSANT TREATMENT IN DEPRESSED PEOPLE AGED 75+
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
(NAPS) -- The fastest growing segment of the American population is made up of people aged 75 and older. As the American population ages, the prevalence of late-life psychiatric disorders -- especially depression -- will increase. The National Institute of Mental Health has called depression in seniors a "public health crisis," and asserts the importance of treating depression in this age group. ...
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FROM THE PULPIT: THE GRINCH CAN'T STEAL CHRISTMAS!
(Column ~ 12/20/98)
For the second year in a row, vandals have damaged our Christmas display in the Jackson City Park. I'm tempted to take it personally, but things like this are happening all over our area. Is vandalism becoming the new holiday tradition? While it's impossible to comprehend why people are bent on such destructiveness, two stories have helped me cope with my frustration and disappointment...
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FRESH COFFEE AND OLD STORIES: COFFEE KLATCH OF 50 YEARS CONTINUES TO MEET
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
This archival photo by longtime Southeast Missourian photographer Garland D. Fronabarger captured the merchants and civic leaders who gathered to drink coffee at the Woolworth Store lunch counter in downtown Cape Girardeau. The photo is believed to have been taken in the 1950s. ...
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CHILDREN'S HOME HAS FAMILY; PROJECT READY FOR NEXT HURDLE
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
Christmas decorations are going up at Shepherd's Cove Children's Home, a sign that things are moving ahead on scheduled. Foster parents Howard and Danielle Bellew and their six foster children moved in to the home near Gordonville last week. The children's home, a project of Abundant Life Church in Gordonville, has been on the drawing board for several years. It's been under construction over the past year and has overcome several hurdles on the way to moving day...
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MISSOURI REACTIONS MIXED ON THE VOTE
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
The fact that the president of the United States was being impeached didn't deter Christmas shoppers Saturday at busy West Park Mall. The consensus of people who were asked whether President Bill Clinton should now resign was no. "He has already asked for forgiveness. He did wrong," said Ella Mae Robinson, 63, of Sikeston. "If we can't forgive him, the Lord will not forgive us."...
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MARK MY WORD: NO NEED TO CELEBRATE: SURPRISE CHECK IN THE MAIL WAS SMALL CHANGE
(Column ~ 12/20/98)
It's everyone's dream. No, not to marry a rich gal or guy, or even a White House intern. No, the dream I'm talking about is securing that big insurance settlement -- the kind that will take you around the world and then some. The other day, the mail brought us a surprise: two checks from the Conservation and Liquidation office of the California Insurance Commissioner. ...
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THE LATEST LINE: OTAHKIANS GET OFF TO A BIG START
(Sports Column ~ 12/20/98)
Gary Garner's Indians aren't the only Southeast Missouri State University basketball team that is opening plenty of early-season eyes around the Ohio Valley Conference. SEMO's women -- the Otahkians of coach Ed Arnzen -- are fast proving that their struggles of the past two years are only a distant memory...
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DRAGONS FIRE IT UP: STE. GENEVIEVE USES LATE PUSH TO REPEAT AS MEET CHAMPIONS
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/98)
The Dragons Vogt-ed to impeach Seckman High School Saturday night. Five Ste. Genevieve wrestlers, including Adam and Nick Vogt, took first place in their respective weight divisions and catapulted the Dragons to their second consecutive Tiger Classic championship Saturday night at the Tiger Field House...
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HOLIDAY CLASSIC PROVIDED DRAMA
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/98)
The HealthSouth Holiday Classic provided a little bit of everything. Fans couldn't have asked for a more dynamic game in the championship as Poplar Bluff, after trailing most of the game, sealed a dramatic 56-50 win in the closing seconds. The same goes for the semifinals when Poplar Bluff squeaked past Cape Central 66-64...
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BULLDOGS STOP CARROLTON
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/98)
ST. LOUIS -- Notre Dame boys basketball team picked up its first road win of the season Saturday, defeating Carrolton (Ill.) 50-41 in a game played at Webster University. The Bulldogs' 6-foot-7 center Anthony Ressel proved a force throughout the game, finishing with a game-high 19 points while pulling down 10 rebounds and blocking eight shots...
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AREA BRIEFS: SNOWMAN OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 12/20/98)
The third annual Snowman Open Racquetball & Tennis Tournament will be held Jan. 23-24 at Universal Health and Fitness Center. A variety of men's and women's divisions will be held in both singles and doubles. Entry fee with a T-shirt is $20 for the first event and $10 for the second event. Deadline is Jan. 18...
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COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION TAKES U.S. TAXPAYERS FOR A RIVER RIDE
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
Most of the nation's large rivers have been dammed, dredged, straightened, or altered in a variety of ways to accommodate economic development. Altering the natural environment has a high cost, and to maintain an unnatural situation costs more in the long run than the original act to change it...
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ALLEN CARMACK
(Obituary ~ 12/20/98)
SIKESTON -- Allen L. "Buck" Carmack, 81, of Sikeston died Saturday, Dec. 19, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 11, 1917, at Cardwell, son of William and Ella Reeves Carmack. He and Laverne Finney were married on Aug. 5, 1939, in Essex...
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HAZEL SMITH MEYSTEDT
(Obituary ~ 12/20/98)
Hazel Smith Meystedt, 88 years of age, of 1213 Jefferson in Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 1998, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Feb. 15, 1910, in Marked Tree, Ark., worked at the Florsheim Shoe Factory for 15 years and later worked for Buckner-Ragsdale Clothing Store for 20 years as a sales lady...
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STEPHANIE WEBB
(Obituary ~ 12/20/98)
SCOTT CITY -- Stephanie Nichole Webb of Scott City was stillborn Thursday, Dec. 17, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was the daughter of John and Lois Stephens Webb of Scott City. She is survived by three grandparents, John Stephens of Scott City, Linda Cowan of Perryville and Mary Sitzes of Sikeston...
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SYLVESTER LEE HARTLE
(Obituary ~ 12/20/98)
Sylvester Lee Hartle of 1724 Dunklin died Friday, Dec. 18, 1998, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was 77. He was born Jan. 12, 1921, at Morehouse, son of Sylvester Hartle Sr. and Etta Starr Hartle. He married Mildred Sandvoss on Nov. 21, 1948, in Osceola, Ark. She survives...
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IVA E. BRENNECKE
(Obituary ~ 12/20/98)
Iva E. Brennecke, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 1998, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. She was 94. She was born June 5, 1904, at Daisy, daughter of Christian and Margaret Hahs Friese. She married Leon W. Brennecke on April 3, 1942. He died Dec. 23, 1988...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/20/98)
Daughter to Brady Alexandra McConnell of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:43 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, 1998. Name, Kayla-Jade Hope. Weight, 5 pounds 12 ounces. Daughter to Bradley G. and Tammie D. Blattel of Scott City, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:16 a.m. ...
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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, IN 48 HOURS
(Local News ~ 12/20/98)
I am the worst procrastinator I know. Seriously. I'll put off anything until the last minute. Just ask around. Obviously my penchant for procrastination has gotten around the newsroom. My first hint was that I'm the only one left who hasn't even bought wrapping paper, much less wrapped anything in it. And secondly, my managing editor said that we needed to highlight the "12 Days of Christmas" and that I would be great at finding all of the items locally...
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