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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: INTERNET PROVIDES THRILLS AND CHILLS OF NATION'S THEME PARKS
(Column ~ 04/27/99)
Summer is approaching, and we have begun to think about vacations. We visited many theme park Web sites in the past, but they are much improved with more razzle dazzle this year. Let's start with a trip to our closest theme park. You will need the latest version of Shockwave and RealPlayer for many of these sites...
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KINDERGARTEN SIGNUPS SET
(Local News ~ 04/27/99)
Trinity Lutheran School is taking kindergarten enrollment for the 1999-2000 school year. Students must be 5 by Aug. 1. Birth certificate and immunization records are also needed. Trinity Lutheran School offers students a strong academic curriculum along with a strong Christian education. Space is available for kindergarten through grade eight...
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BOOT-SCOOTIN' BOOGIE: AREA CLASSES ALLOW DANCERS TO PRACTICE STEPS BEFORE STEPPING OUT
(Local News ~ 04/27/99)
While Aretha Franklin belted out the lyrics to "Think" Saturday afternoon, wannabe swingers practiced the East Coast Swing in the gymnasium of Evangelical United Church of Christ. The small group is one of many that meets weekly to allow dancers to get the steps to new and old dances down before they step out for a night on the town...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: JACKSON TEACHER HELPS HER STUDENTS LEARN TO LOVE LEARNING
(Local News ~ 04/27/99)
JACKSON -- Harriet Martin thinks a good educator has to believe in her students to help them acquire a love of learning. Children are unique, so teachers often have to slow down and relate learning to what's important and meaningful to students, said the 26-year teaching veteran...
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LOOKING FOR LEAD: LEAD PAINT CAN BE A HAZARD
(Local News ~ 04/27/99)
Editor's note: The following article is being published today in its entirety because a portion of it was inadvertently omitted from Sunday's edition. It's spring, a time when families often beginning scraping or sanding to prepare walls and windows for a fresh coat of paint. However, homeowners or apartment dwellers considering projects should look to see what might be lurking just beneath the surface...
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TEEN CHALLENGE BANQUET SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 04/27/99)
Graduates of Teen Challenge International of Mid-America know that the program works wonders. They will be singing its praises during a spring banquet Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Show Me Center. The banquet includes special music by the New Creations, a choir of Teen Challenge students and testimonials from men who have been students at the center. Choir members tour a 17-state region, singing at churches, civic centers and conventions...
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SHOPKO, INC. OPENS IN CAPE MALL
(Local News ~ 04/27/99)
Grand-opening activities at the new ShopKo Stores Inc. store at West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau will be held this weekend, but area consumers have already had an opportunity to see ShopKo merchandising strategy at work. ShopKo opened last weekend and will remain open in what store officials describe as a "soft opening."...
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BEWARE OF THE SCAM; OFFICIALS WARN AGAINST TELEMARKETING FRAUD
(Local News ~ 04/27/99)
Hang up. Officials with three state agencies offered that advice to senior citizens at a telemarketing fraud seminar Monday in Cape Girardeau. "We'll advise people to hang up, basically to be on the safe side," said Erv Switzer, chief counsel with the attorney general's office in St. Louis...
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BIGGER JAIL: COUNTY TO BEGIN WORK ON ADDITION
(Local News ~ 04/27/99)
JACKSON -- After two years of planning, Cape Girardeau County will break ground on an $8 million addition to the county jail. The ceremony is set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at 216 N. Missouri in Jackson. "We'll have dignitaries, the architect, the general contractor and lots of guests," said Max Stovall, county associate commissioner...
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HEARING ON NEW FEDERAL COURTHOUSE WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 04/27/99)
The proposed location for a federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau will be the focus of a public meeting Wednesday. The hearing will focus on the proposed Happy Hollow site, a nearly six-acre tract west of City Hall. In all, six sites were considered as possible locations for the courthouse...
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BETWEEN THE LINES: UNEXPECTED CHANGES BRING APPRECIATION OF ORDER IN LIFE
(Column ~ 04/27/99)
Change has always posed problems for me. Unlike my dear friend Marc, I prefer stability and order over chaos and anarchy. He tends to be a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of guy. He rarely makes commitments or long-term plans (except when a job and salaries are involved). I like to know what's happening an entire week ahead, if possible...
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JARRELL TORNADO SURVIVORS TO SPEAK IN CAPE ON WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 04/27/99)
Survivors of a deadly 1997 tornado in Jarrell, Texas, will speak Wednesday to emergency personnel and others who might respond in case of a tornado in Cape Girardeau County. The program, which is open to the public, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Glenn Auditorium in the Dempster Business Building on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...
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VOTING BY MAIL: DON'T RUSH TO BAD PLAN
(Editorial ~ 04/27/99)
Voting by mail is being used around the country with mixed results. In Missouri, mail ballots are rarely used. Current law limits the procedure to local-issue elections that don't involve candidates. Now both the House and Senate in the Missouri General Assembly have approved similar election bills that include a pilot project that would move vote-by-mail to the big time by using St. Louis County as a guinea pig...
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LETTERS; GREAT BOOKS BETTER THAN WEB PAGES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/27/99)
To the editor: It cannot be worse. Yes, it can. It is worse if we learn nothing from all of this. Rather, we are driven to unfold our road maps again and check where we are going. I think of two topics, among others, which many have voluntarily abandoned for areas which they believed more exciting and relevant, life interests which might have saved us...
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LETTERS: LITTLETON, CAPE ARE MUCH ALIKE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/27/99)
To the editor: As a former Cape Girardeau resident living in Littleton, Colo., I couldn't help but think about my former hometown this week. Like all of the 35,000 residents of Littleton, my wife and I are struggling to cope with the senseless tragedy that occurred at Columbine High School here in Littleton...
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LETTERS: HALLMARK FAR AFIELD ON NOAH'S ARK
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/27/99)
To the editor: Normally, I would look with great anticipation to the Hallmark Hall of Fame programs, as they are usually excellent family-type shows. However, Hallmark should take its own slogan, "When you care enough to send the very best," and apply it to the upcoming program, "Noah." This is the official description of the plot line of the show: "The story of Noah's ark is one of mankind's oldest tales. ...
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CHS TO ANNOUNCE BROOKINS AS COACH
(High School Sports ~ 04/27/99)
After being without a head football coach for more than three months, Cape Girardeau Central High School finally has one. Lawrence Brookins, a Tigers' assistant football coach the past three seasons, will be formally introduced as the new head coach at noon today at the Central Board of Education Office...
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JUST PITCHING IN: ENGELHARDT, SCHMELZ LEAD OTAHK DOMINATION
(College Sports ~ 04/27/99)
There are plenty of reasons why Southeast Missouri State University's softball team has been so dominant over the past several seasons. But Otahkian coach Lana Richmond is sure of one thing: her two senior pitchers, Christine Engelhardt and Debbie Schmelz, have been major factors in all the success...
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SE BASKETBALL ADDS ANOTHER JUCO STAR
(College Sports ~ 04/27/99)
Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball program has landed its second junior-college standout in less than a week. Indians' coach Gary Garner announced Monday that Emmanual McCuthison of Lincoln Trail Community College in Robinson, Ill., has signed a national letter of intent with Southeast...
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BRIEFLY: OPTIMIST SPRING CLASSIC SOCCER TOURNEY
(College Sports ~ 04/27/99)
The Optimistic Spring Classic girls soccer tournament, hosted by both Cape Girardeau Central and Notre Dame high schools, will be held Wednesday through Saturday. Six teams are entered. Notre Dame, Perryville and Marion (Ill.) make up Pool A while Cape Central, St. Vincent and Poplar Bluff comprise Pool B...
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BRIEFLY: SEMO'S JOHNSON GAINS BASEBALL HONOR
(College Sports ~ 04/27/99)
Southeast Missouri State University's Jeremy Johnson has been named the Ohio Valley Conference co-baseball player of the week. A junior center fielder, Johnson batted .500 (10-for-20) last week, with two home runs, two doubles, a triple, four stolen bases, six runs batted in and eight runs scored...
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BRIEFLY: SEMO GYMNASTS SIGN FLORIDA STANDOUT
(College Sports ~ 04/27/99)
Southeast Missouri State University gymnastics coach Kris Buchheister has announced the signing of Candice Spicer of Jacksonville, Fla. Spicer is a Level 10 Junior Olympic national qualifier who will compete at the nationals in May. "Candice is a great athlete who should give us immediate help on bars and in vaulting," said Buchheister...
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KELLY OUTSLUGS JACKSON FOR 16-11 VICTORY
(High School Sports ~ 04/27/99)
BENTON -- In a day that belonged to the hitters, Kelly's bats produced the most damage for a 16-11 victory over visiting Jackson Monday. Kelly, which improved to 11-2, accounted for 22 of the game's 35 hits with eight coming in a decisive eight-run sixth inning...
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BERTRAND HOLLOWAY
(Obituary ~ 04/27/99)
OAK RIDGE -- Bertrand Holloway, 78, of Oak Ridge died Sunday, April 25, 1999, at his home. He was born June 6, 1920, in Opp, Ala., son of Joseph Monroe and Olivia White Holloway. He and Lola Earnshaw were married June 1, 1941, in San Francisco, Calif...
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GRACE LALUMANDIER
(Obituary ~ 04/27/99)
Funeral for Grace E. LaLumandier of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. Dr. Clayton Smith and the Rev. James Sanderson will officiate. Entombment will be in the family mausoleum at Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel from 11 a.m. until service time...
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EDNA FRANKLIN
(Obituary ~ 04/27/99)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Edna Irene Franklin, 82, of Marion died Monday, April 26, 1999, at Calhoun Care Center in Hardin. She was born May 16, 1916, in McClure, daughter of Everette E. and Julia Mary Riehl Eudy. She and George H. Franklin were married in 1936 at Reynoldsville. He died March 17, 1998...
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MATT ALLGOOD
(Obituary ~ 04/27/99)
Funeral for Waldo E. "Matt" Allgood of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The Rev. Fred Ritter will officiate. Burial will be in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Marble Hill. Friends may call at the funeral home until service time...
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FRANKIE ESTES
(Obituary ~ 04/27/99)
Frankie Marie Estes, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 25, 1999, at her home. She was born June 11, 1909, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Francis M. and Anne Huey Williams. She and W.H. "Dutch" Estes were married April 20, 1930, at Marble Hill. He died Sept. 4, 1998...
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DONALD BRADY SR.
(Obituary ~ 04/27/99)
Graveside service for Donald E. Brady Sr. of Rochester, Minn., will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the gazebo in Memorial Park. The Rev. Charles Lance will officiate. Military rites will be conducted by the Southeast Missouri Veterans Honor Guard of Poplar Bluff...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/27/99)
Son to Gregory and Leslie Kriete of Cape Girardeau, St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond Heights, 7:21 p.m. Sunday, April 18, 1999. Name, Connor Robert Gregory. Weight, 1 pound 12 ounces. First child. Mrs. Kriete is the former Leslie Smith, daughter of John Z. and Gladys Smith of Scott City. She is general manager at Pizza Hut on Broadway. Kriete is the son of the Rev. Robert and Nancy Kriete of Sikeston. He is employed at Ryder Integrated Logistics...
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JAMES ARNOLD
(Obituary ~ 04/27/99)
SIKESTON -- Funeral for James M. "Pick" Arnold of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. The Rev. Rick Lasley will officiate. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Arnold, 75, died Sunday, April 25, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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