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CARING COUNCIL GETS GRANTS OF $782,169
(Local News ~ 06/09/99)
Cape Girardeau Community Caring Council will spend more than three-quarters of a million dollars this fiscal year in hopes of strengthening local families and encouraging service agencies to work together. The council, which is the designed community partnership for Cape Girardeau County, will receive $627,456 from the state budget to fund projects...
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KELLY BOND ISSUE: VOTERS AGAIN REJECT HIGH SCHOOL PROPOSAL
(Local News ~ 06/09/99)
BENTON -- Voters in a special election Tuesday rejected a bond issue for Kelly schools by a vote of 439 to 452. It was the second defeat of the proposal this year. Only 49 percent of the 891 voters who cast ballots supported the bond issue, which would have provided $4.5 million to build a new high school. A two-thirds majority, or 67 percent, was needed to pass the measure...
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AZERBAIJANIS STUDY ROLE OF U.S. AGRICULTURE
(Local News ~ 06/09/99)
An agribusiness group from Azerbaijan, an independent republic on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, is in Cape Girardeau this week to study agriculture and techniques of lending money to farmers and agribusinesses. Azerbaijan, a nation of about 33,400 square miles -- about half the size of Missouri -- and more than 6.5 million people, was part of the Republic of the Soviet Union until 1936, when it became a separate republic called Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic...
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WAGE DISAGREEMENT SHUTS DOWN SEMO REC CENTER PROJECT
(Local News ~ 06/09/99)
A labor union's dispute with a painting subcontractor shut down a Southeast Missouri State University construction project Tuesday. Workers in other trades walked off the job Tuesday morning after Painters Local Union 1292 picketed the construction site. Non-union painters remained on the job...
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RIVER TOW RUNS AGROUND SOUTH OF CAPE GIRARDEAU
(Local News ~ 06/09/99)
U.S. Coast Guard personnel from Paducah, Ky., are investigating an accident on the Mississippi River that occurred about a mile south of Cape Girardeau Tuesday afternoon. A Coast Guard spokesman in Keokuk, Iowa, said the southbound motor vessel Sharon Wildman ran aground on a dike while towing 16 barges. He said there was a report of a fuel leak but the amount of the leak is unknown. The barges have been secured...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: HIGH-TECH SNEAKERS DON'T MAKE ME RUN FASTER, JUMP HIGHER
(Column ~ 06/09/99)
To read the tag, you'd think NASA had created my newest pair of walking shoes. The price of exercise shoes these days is utterly ridiculous. Seriously, you almost need a bank loan to buy a pair. And then you need a college degree to understand what they're going to do for your feet...
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RUMORS ABOUT HIV-CONTAMINATED NEEDLES APPEAR TO BE WITHOUT BASIS
(Local News ~ 06/09/99)
The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta has not confirmed the presence of HIV in discarded needles found in theater seats, telephone and/or soda machine coin return areas. "We have received inquiries about a variety of reports about used needles left by HIV-infected injection drug users," said a CDC spokesperson Tuesday...
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LOCAL BLOOD SUPPLIES IN KEEPING WITH U.S. TRENDS
(Local News ~ 06/09/99)
The new millennium may bring more than computer problems as national blood researchers predict that blood supplies will fall short of meeting medical needs next year. Despite these predictions, local experts do not believe such a crisis is easy to predict...
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SCOTT CITY WOMEN HONORED WITH LEADERSHIP AWARDS
(Local News ~ 06/09/99)
SCOTT CITY -- Two Scott City women have been honored with Missouri Governor's Leadership Awards for their efforts in community betterment. Donna L. Burk received the 1998 Governor's Adult Leadership Award. Christina Shaw won the 1998 Governor's Youth Leadership Award...
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PERRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
(Local News ~ 06/09/99)
Board of Education Meeting Wednesday, June 9, 1999 High school library 7:30 p.m. Action Items -- Amend 1998-99 budget -- Consider adjustment in interpreters salary schedule -- Consider temporary budget for 1999-2000 -- Consider bids for food items, basic supplies...
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JACKSON BOARD SETS SALARY SCHEDULES
(Local News ~ 06/09/99)
JACKSON -- School board members began fiscal planning for the 1999-2000 school year by approving salary schedules and federal programming applications during a meeting Tuesday night. The Jackson Board of Education approved pay increases and increases on salary schedules for certified and classified staff during the meeting. Salary schedules are charts that outline specific salary amounts based upon years of service and educational or skill advancement...
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SCOTT COUNTY R-4 (KELLY) SCHOOL DISTRICT
(Local News ~ 06/09/99)
Board of Education June 10, 1999 7:30 p.m. Action Items: -- Consider budget amendments -- Discuss purchase of deep fryer for kitchen -- Discuss purchase of Kelly school sign -- Discuss purchase of pitching machine for softball -- Discuss closed circuit television system...
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LETTERS: 21 YEARS LATER, ESSAY IS STILL VALID
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/09/99)
To the editor: In an era when the phrase "character counts" is commonly heard, to our family and others in Cape Girardeau, Paul Ebaugh Sr. was a walking metaphor worthy of emulation. Your paper has chronicled many of his extensive accomplishments, but his most favorite and revered title was not "president of the company," "civic leader" or even "chairman of the board," but rather "granddad." In addition to being one of the most well-read intellectuals I have ever met, his working knowledge of children's books was exceeded only by his love of children.. ...
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RUST COMMENTARY: BIG-BAND EVENING FEATURES FIRST-RATE MUSICIANS, SINGERS, DANCERS
(Column ~ 06/09/99)
One of the more enjoyable evenings I've spent in recent years was delivered by the big-band performance of the JERRY FORD ORCHESTRA in CONCERT last week. Besides the individually talented members of the orchestra ... the lighthearted but informative introductions of each performer lent a positive respect to the players' talents, which let us audience members just feel good...
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PAUL EBAUGH WAS GENUINE HERO TO MANY
(Editorial ~ 06/09/99)
Cape Girardeau lost one its most remarkable and beloved leaders in the passing of Paul Ebaugh this week. Here was a Christian gentleman and superb family man who was a world traveler, an accomplished international construction executive, a leading banker and a nearly peerless civic leader for Cape Girardeau and Missouri. He was a hero to many...
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VANDALISM IS A SENSELESS CRIME
(Editorial ~ 06/09/99)
Recently vandals struck the Cape Rock Park -- ruining carefully planted and tended flower beds. Members of the American Legion help maintain the park, which includes a scenic overlook of the Mississippi River. Over the years, volunteers have added trees, flag poles and flower beds...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/09/99)
I'M CALLING in response to the comment where someone referred to school uniforms as being a lot like Hitler's uniforms and said uniforms bring bad memories. The uniforms in which that person was speaking of were Hitler Youth uniforms. That's right. We do the same thing only we call it Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts. ...
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GOLFERS: GRANDAD, DAD IS 'DA MAN'
(High School Sports ~ 06/09/99)
JACKSON -- It is widely believed that Tiger Woods is responsible for the golf revolution among today's youths. But according to a handful of young golfers at the Heartland Junior Championship at Bent Creek Golf Course on Tuesday, the feisty and heavily publicized Woods wasn't a major influence on their introduction to the sport...
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BRIEFLY: TILGHMAN WINS TYWAPPITY TRAILS 5K
(High School Sports ~ 06/09/99)
CHAFFEE -- Ross Tilghman of Cape Girardeau won the 4th annual Tywappity Trails 5K and Fun Walk. Tilghman won in a time of 21 minutes, one second, finishing 18 seconds ahead of Ben Haas of Poplar Bluff. Carlen Keller won on the women's side with a time of 24:35. Susan Judd of Scott City placed second...
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AREA BRIEFS: HANDICAPPED FISHING CLINIC IN PERRYVILLE
(High School Sports ~ 06/09/99)
PERRYVILLE -- The Perryville Bass Casters Bass Club will hold a fishing clinic for the handicapped June 13 at Meyers Lake in Perryville. There is no charge for the clinic and lunch will be served. For more information, call Don Koehler at 334-3118 or Adrian Moll at 547-4157...
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AREA BRIEFS: CAPE CENTRAL TO HOLD SOCCER CAMP
(High School Sports ~ 06/09/99)
Cape Girardeau Central High School will hold a soccer camp June 14-18 at the Central High football practice field. Grades K-4 boys and girls will work out from 8-10 a.m.; grades 5-7 boys and girls will work out from 10 a.m.-noon; and grades 8-12 boys only will participate from 5-7 p.m...
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AREA BRIEFS: SHAWNEE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS
(High School Sports ~ 06/09/99)
Several men's and coed slow-pitch softball tournaments will be held in the upcoming weeks and months at the Shawnee Park Sports Complex in Cape Girardeau. On June 12, the 2nd annual Budweiser Classic Invitational men's Class `D' and `E' tournament will be held. Entry fee is $100...
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RALPH EXLER
(Obituary ~ 06/09/99)
Ralph Benjamin Exler, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 7, 1999, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Jan. 17, 1915, in Cape Girardeau County, son of Benjamin and Clara Niedling Exler. He first married Eva K. Brinkmann May 23, 1943, at Egypt Mills. She died May 23, 1971. He later married Marie G. Weber Nov. 11, 1973, in Paris, Tenn...
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PAUL EBAUGH
(Obituary ~ 06/09/99)
Funeral for Paul L. Ebaugh of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Grace United Methodist Church. Dr. Larry Gallamore will officiate. Entombment will be in Memorial Park Mausoleum. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. today...
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JAMES EDGE
(Obituary ~ 06/09/99)
PARMA -- James Frank Edge, 93, of Parma died Tuesday, June 8, 1999, at the General Baptist Nursing Center in Campbell. He was born July 10, 1905, in Guntown, Miss., son of William Lee and Linnie Parker Edge. He and Hattie Gadberry were married Sept. 22, 1929, in Lepanto, Ark. She died Jan. 20, 1998...
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JERRY WEAKLEY
(Obituary ~ 06/09/99)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Jerry Lee Weakley, 52, of East Prairie died Tuesday, June 8, 1999, at his home. He was born Oct. 22, 1946, in Cairo, Ill., son of Charles Walter and Mary Virginia Ledbetter Weakley. He and Regina Sue Nunn were married Dec. 17, 1980. Weakley had lived in East Prairie 12 years. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War...
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MARY ASHBY
(Obituary ~ 06/09/99)
CHARLESTON -- Funeral for Mary Jane Ashby, formerly of Mississippi County, will be held at 11 a.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Gerald Collier will officiate. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until service time...
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LORENE FRIESE
(Obituary ~ 06/09/99)
FRIEDHEIM -- Funeral for Lorene A. Friese of Friedheim will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Revs. Wayne Palmer and Adam Mueller will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4 to 8 p.m. today...
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WILLARD WARREN
(Obituary ~ 06/09/99)
JACKSON -- Willard Warren, 75, of Jackson died Monday, June 7, 1999, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 3, 1924, son of Earl and Trula Griffaw Warren. He and Jean L. Powell were married June 13, 1947. Warren was retired from the Department of Defense. He was a member of American Legion Post 133, VFW Post 3838, AmVets Post 94, and DAV Chapter 45...
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HENRY KRUEGER
(Obituary ~ 06/09/99)
SCOTT CITY -- Henry Carl Krueger, 81, of Scott City died Tuesday, June 8, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 22, 1917, in New Design, Ill., son of Moritz and Maime Hagiemeir Krueger. He first married Ola May Billingsley June 12, 1947. She died Dec. 28, 1959. He and Emagene Littlepage Lance were married March 20, 1966, at Scott City...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/09/99)
Daughter to Gene and Candi Murphy of McClure, Ill., Carbondale Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill., 4:11 a.m. Thursday, May 27, 1999. Name, Amber Nicole Maracyn. Weight, 5 pounds 8 ounces. Second child. Mrs. Murphy is the former Candi Hensley, daughter of Cynthia Letgrate of Chaffee and Wayne Letgrate of Scott City. Murphy is the son of Mary Murphy Kerr of Tamms, Ill., and Gene Murphy Sr. of Marion, Ill. He is a merchandiser with Sugarloaf of Missouri...
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RUSSELL MCCOMMONS
(Obituary ~ 06/09/99)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Funeral for Russell McCommons of Dongola will be held at 11 a.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola. The Rev. Paul Sadler and Everett Frizzell will officiate. Burial will be in American Legion Cemetery. McCommons, 89, died Monday, June 7, 1999, at Jonesboro Health Care...
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CAPE MUNICIPAL BAND PERFORMS AT 8 TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 06/09/99)
The first regular performance of the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the band shell in Capaha Park. "Strike Up the Band" is the theme, with Ronald Nall conducting. Nona Chapman, a soprano soloist, will be guest entertainer, and Cape Girardeau Mayor Al Spradling will be the celebrity guest director...
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ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI: THE ATTACK BEE AND AUNT DOTTIE
(Column ~ 06/09/99)
The summer of 1956, my 14-year-old Aunt Dottie and cousin Charlene came to visit. It was decided that we would journey to Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tenn. This destination always included a visit to Rock City atop the famous Lookout Mountain. At that time every barntop across the Southland was painted bright red and yelled to you that your life would never be fulfilled if you didn't see Rock City and Lookout Mountain...
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A HARTE APPETITE: DESSERTS WITH UNUSUAL NAMES AMERICAN TREATS
(Column ~ 06/09/99)
What could be more American than apple pie? How about a slump, buckle or grunt? Though these might sound like expletives from a Saturday morning television cartoon, they are, along with pandowdy, crisp, crunch, cobbler and brown betty, some of the "strange" names, to use the word of the late gourmet James Beard, which Americans have over the years given to their down-home fruit desserts...
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RECIPE SWAP: NUMEROUS DESSERT RECIPES ARE AVAILABLE FOR DIABETICS
(Column ~ 06/09/99)
Nearly all of us know someone who is affected by diabetes, either personally, a family member, a friend or co-worker. Diabetes is a condition who knows no stranger, regardless of age. I have a friend who, at age 7, is insulin dependent. Bethany is a sweet little girl who misses her special treats and desserts. Can you imagine being 7 and going to your friend's birthday party and not being able to enjoy birthday cake and ice cream like the other children?...
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