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FROM THE PULPIT: GOSPEL LESSONS SEEN IN ELISHA'S MIRACLES
(Column ~ 06/13/99)
What a beautiful lesson of the Gospel of God's Free and Sovereign Grace is found here in this passage of scripture before us. Each and every passage of the Bible tells of the "good news" God has for His people in and through the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us look at this one today and see the "Gospel according to Elisha."...
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REMARKS: UNWANTED 'DOTS,' WEIRD SPELLINGS ARE VERY IRRITATING
(Column ~ 06/13/99)
Change makes me mad. I guess if I'm really honest with myself, I have to admit that. Change irritates me -- especially changes that affect me, on which I have no input. I don't recall a Gallup pole, congressional representative or Supreme Court justice ever calling me to solicit my opinion on key (or not-so-key issues)...
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JACKSON WEB SITE CELEBRATES TWO YEARS ON-LINE
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
What started as an idea of two energetic college students has proven to be a boon for Jackson. The Jackson web page has grown in its dimension and scope since its grand opening two years ago this month and is helping spread word of the city across the world's cyber bands...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: FLOWERS WILL GROW ON THE MOUNTAIN
(Column ~ 06/13/99)
Sometimes I read something so precious that I want to quote it, fearing that some others may not have come across it. In this case it is something that Arthur Gordon, former editor of "Guideposts", has passed along. Mr. Gordon says that somewhere in North Carolina, chiseled into a gravestone, are these words:...
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HEAT COULDN'T DETRACT FROM FUN AT 'KIDS DAY IN THE PARK'
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
Miller: Eric Miller of Jackson got a close look at the remote-controlled police car in the Jackson City Park during Kids Day in the Park June 5. Jackson USA Photo/Fred Lynch...
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TRIVIA QUIZ
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
Name the only Jackson High School product to play in an NCAA Division I basketball tournament. Last week's question: Name the late county resident who served as a Jackson city alderman 1951-44 and as a county judge/commissioner 1976-1992. He was also Cape County clerk...
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NEW OWNERS WANT TO SEE ARROWHEAD REGAIN OLD GLORY
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
GRASSY -- Lee Roy Brown and his family were regular visitors to Arrowhead Campground for well over two decades. Brown, who remembers sitting through a heavy rain shower with Jim Hendershoff, watching legendary bluegrass performer Don Brown entertain, wants to see the campground return to its former glory days. He and a concerned board of directors have reopened the camp -- closed in 1998 -- and are trying to once again make it the focal point for family fun in the region...
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BROWN PROVIDES A LINK WITH BLUEGRASS HISTORY
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
GRASSY -- Thirty years ago Don Brown certainly didn't consider himself a champion bluegrass musician or singer. When Brown traveled to Bean Bloom, Ind., for a national bluegrass contest, winning was the last thing on his mind. That was just what he did, though, and in the three decades since, has helped popularize the music in eastern Missouri...
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A LOOK BACK AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
25 years ago: 1974 No new date has yet been set for public hearing on relocation of Highway 72 around Jackson; hearing on relocation originally had been scheduled for June 20 in courthouse, but it was temporarily canceled when Missouri Highway Commission decided it wanted to re-examine recommended corridor and consider alternatives...
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FROM THE PULPIT; HOLIDAYS OF FREEDOM SHOULD BE CELEBRATED
(Column ~ 06/13/99)
Did you ever notice how many of the holidays of summer are patriotic? Memorial Day reminds us to remember especially those who gave their life in military service to our country. We in fact remember all those who hayed served. June 6 marks D-Day, when the Allies landed on Normandy and began to retake mainland Europe from the Nazis. ...
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LETTERS; ANSWERS ARE FOUND IN THE GOSPELS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/13/99)
To the editor: Conyers, Ga. Littleton, Colo. Jonesboro, Ark. Paducah, Ky. And that is only a beginning. It seems that in the past couple of years more and more of our young people are choosing to vent their pent-up rage and hostility by acquiring guns and then randomly or intentionally selecting their victims...
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STUDENTS DESIGN PLAN FOR SABBATICAL CABINS AT FROHNA LUTHERAN RETREAT
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
A study retreat center may be developed at the Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna thanks to the help of a dozen Southeast Missouri State University students. The study retreat center could be used by seminarians, theologians and secular faculty wishing to have a quiet place to write and reflect...
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GOP NEEDS TO ADDRESS ISSUES IN CONGRESS
(Editorial ~ 06/13/99)
These aren't exactly salad days for congressional Republicans, in the majority now for their fifth straight year and facing next year's all-important, winner-take-all elections. In 2000, unlike any recent American election, all three branches of the federal government are on the line. ...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY; CLINTON'S WAR: HE WON IT HIS WAY
(Column ~ 06/13/99)
It was "Clinton's War." He won is his way. Frank Sinatra and Gen. Billy Mitchell would be very proud. The "experts," on the other hand, were all wrong. Clinton won it solely with air power and without sustaining a single combat casualty. Why were the experts so off the mark?...
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BIKERS TRAVEL THROUGH AREA
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
Almost 300 bicyclists from 25 states will participate in Cycle Across Missouri Parks '99 next Sunday. The riders will begin a 400-mile ride through Southeast Missouri that lasts one week. The tour will begin and end in Ste. Genevieve. In addition to visiting the Felix Valle House State Historic Site, other overnight stops on the loop route include St. ...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: FORMER CLINTON ADVISER QUESTIONS HILLARY'S POLITICAL SAVVY
(Column ~ 06/13/99)
Longtime Clinton Svengali Dick Morris had some tough things to say about likely New York Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. Writing recently in National Review, Morris reviewed "The First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton," by Joyce Milton, the new biography of the first lady. ...
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FREE FISH ARE GOOD IN MODERATION, BUT WATCH OUT FOR BOTTOM-FEEDERS
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
Hundreds of people accepted Missouri's offer of a day of free fishing without a license Saturday, but government officials are cautioning that catches from certain regions of the state be eaten in moderation. The Missouri Department of Health recently released a report that advised against eating fish caught in Missouri streams and rivers more than once per week. ...
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1999: THE FLOOD THAT FEW EVEN NOTICED
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
The Mississippi River flood of 1999 will make history not for the devastation and damage it caused but because almost no one noticed. This year the river at Cape Girardeau got as high as 37.7 feet, well below the record-breaking flood of 1993 when the river topped 48 feet, but high enough to cause city officials to take notice...
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RIVERFEST CRAWFISH CHAMPION DEFEATED
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
For seven years one man has defended the crawfish eating title at Riverfest, but as Don Greenwood left the table Saturday afternoon he had to concede defeat. "There's always some young punk gunning for you," Greenwood joked. The Cape Girardeau resident is originally from New Orleans and knows his crawfish, but then so does the new champion Paul Maret of Cape Girardeau...
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MARK MY WORD: PEDAL POWER: GIRLS FIND JOY SPEEDING ON LIFE'S RACE TRACK
(Column ~ 06/13/99)
There's nothing like a set of wheels to make you feel wild and free. Our daughters have been pedaling like crazy this week. Seven-year-old Becca has a new bicycle. Three-year-old Bailey has her own new set of wheels -- a tricycle. They love to race along our dead-end street...
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LYNWOOD CHURCH GROUP INVOLVED IN BUS CRASH
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
A bus carrying Lynwood Baptist Church youth home from youth camp was involved in an accident Friday near Bolivar. Two people were injured in the crash. The young people were returning from a week-long youth camp at Southwest Baptist College. According to an accident report from Missouri State Highway Patrol, Michael C. Ruzicka, 39, of Brighton was traveling south on Mo. Highway 13. He was driving a Ford tractor which was pulling a hay bine...
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CLASSIC HANGS IN BALANCE
(High School Sports ~ 06/13/99)
Balance appears to be the key word regarding the second annual Capaha Classic American Legion Baseball Tournament being played in Cape Girardeau. After the first two days of pool play Friday and Saturday, all of the nine tourney teams have at least one loss. That means things are wide open heading into the final three pool play games today, which will help determine the championship game at Capaha Field...
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THE LATEST LINE: SOME FORMER AREA BASEBALL STARS FARING WELL IN MINORS
(Sports Column ~ 06/13/99)
The road to the major leagues is generally a long and tough one for most professional baseball players. Several former local baseball stars are trying to navigate that road successfully, a few of them having already been there before but now attempting to make it back...
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BONUTTI ON TRACK TO REPEAT AS KELSO KLASSIC CHAMPION
(High School Sports ~ 06/13/99)
KELSO -- Pre-tournament favorite Meierhoffer Fast Pitch from Savannah and defending champion Bonutti Softball Club lived up to their advance billing as the Kelso Klassic trimmed its 16-team field Saturday at Kelso City Park. Bonutti and Savannah were both still alive and well in the winners' bracket Saturday night...
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CAPE JR. LEGION CRUISES IN VICTORY
(High School Sports ~ 06/13/99)
PARIS, Tenn. -- Wood & Houston Cape Junior Legion Post 63 set up a pool showdown in the 12-team Paris (Tenn.) Flames Tournament with a pair of victories on Saturday. Cape improved to 9-2 on the season by going 3-0 in pool play. It will face Mayfield, Ky., today at 1:30 p.m. with the winner playing in the tournament's championship game at 6...
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AREA BRIEFS: SHAWNEE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS
(High School Sports ~ 06/13/99)
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 19, the 2nd annual Miller Lite Invitational Men's and Coed Softball Tournament will be held. Entry fee is $100...
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AREA GOLF: THREE ACES AT KIMBELAND
(High School Sports ~ 06/13/99)
Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson was the scene of three holes-in-one. Clyde Huff of Cape Girardeau used a 7-wood from the 165-yard blue tees on No. 6 to garner his third career ace. Playing partners were Clay Hunter and Dean Little. Also on No. 6, Scobie Robert used a 6-iron from the 140-yard white tees for his first ace. He was playing with Patsy Robert...
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AREA BRIEFS: 2ND ANNUAL PARKS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION MEN'S TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 06/13/99)
The 2nd annual Parks Development Foundation golf tournament will be held July 17-18 at Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. The two-day, 36-hole event is a men's individual stroke-play tournament. Entry fee is $60, which includes a cart. Entry deadline is July 14. Cash prizes will be awarded...
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AREA BRIEFS: 5TH ANNUAL CHILDREN'S BENEFIT GOLF TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 06/13/99)
The 5th annual Children's Benefit Golf Tournament will be held Monday, July 19, at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. Entry fee for the three-person scramble is $85 per person, which includes lunch and a post-tournament reception. The tournament will have three flights with prizes for the top three finishers in each. A number of special hole and door prizes will be awarded...
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AREA BRIEFS: RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM GOLF TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 06/13/99)
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program Golf Tournament will be held Friday, July 23, at the Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. The tournament has a four-person scramble format and begins at 1 p.m. Entry fee is $65 per person, which includes lunch. There will be four hole-in-one prizes, including a car...
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AREA BRIEFS: SEMO TENNIS COACH TO HOLD SUMMER CAMPS
(College Sports ~ 06/13/99)
Donna Ryan, the head women's tennis coach at Southeast Missouri State University and also the tennis director at University Health & Fitness Center, will hold several summer camps. Following is a rundown of the camps. --A camp for intermediate and advanced players will be held in two sessions at Universal Health & Fitness. Session I will be June 15, 16 or 17 and Session II will be July 6, 7 or 8. The cost is $150. For information or to enroll, call 243-6246 or 651-2548...
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AREA BRIEFS: CAPE CENTRAL TO HOLD SOCCER CAMP
(High School Sports ~ 06/13/99)
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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OUTDOOR CORNER: POP QUIZ: MISSOURI'S STATE INSECT STAYS AS BUSY AS A ...
(Column ~ 06/13/99)
Can you name the Missouri state insect? Fourth Graders around the state can! They have to study Missouri history, and the honeybee is just one of Missouri's symbols they learn about. Well if the honey bee is required learning then perhaps it warrants a closer look. There are lots of things about honeybees of which most people are unaware. Let's see what we can uncover about this little yard visitor...
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EVELYN ROACH
(Obituary ~ 06/13/99)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Evelyn Fleming Roach, 72, of Sikeston and formerly of East Prairie, died Friday, June 11, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Aug. 1, 1926, in East Prairie, daughter of William and Mary Adams Roach. She and James D. Roach were married Feb. 13, 1943...
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VIOLET LOMAX
(Obituary ~ 06/13/99)
SIKESTON -- Violet Lomax, 97, of Sikeston, died Friday, June 11, 1999, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born May 17, 1902, at New Madrid, daughter of William and Frances Hall Rhodes. She and James Lomax were married March 16, 1919, in New Madrid. He died Jan. 29, 1968...
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PEARL BURRIS
(Obituary ~ 06/13/99)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Pearl O. Burris, 81, of Springfield and formerly of Alto Pass died Friday, June 11, 1999, at St. John's North Hospital in Springfield. He was born Aug. 27, 1917, at Jackson County, son of Marion and Minnie Thompson Burris. He and Pauline Childers were married in 1940 at Jackson. She died in 1979...
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RONNIE MEDLOCK
(Obituary ~ 06/13/99)
GORDONVILLE -- Ronnie Medlock, 56, of Gordonville died Friday, June 11, 1999, at the Missouri Veterans Home at Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 4, 1942, at Delta, son of R.B. and Pearl Hodge Medlock. He and Shirley Nussbaum were married July 22, 1960...
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RUBY DOWNEN
(Obituary ~ 06/13/99)
BLOOMFIELD -- Ruby Downen, 91, of Bloomfield died Friday, June 11, 1999, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center at Bloomfield. She was born April 4, 1908, at Stoddard County, daughter of Charles L. and Eliza Cleveland French. She married William J. Downen Oct. 28, 1934, at Hunterville...
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BERNICE TANNER
(Obituary ~ 06/13/99)
PUXICO -- Bernice C. Hart Tanner, 77, of Wappapello, died Friday, June 11, 1999, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born March 16, 1922, in Festus, daughter of Robert and Catherine Huckup Pringen. She and Thomas Hart were married. He preceded her in death. She later married James "Star" Tanner June 24, 1981, at Puxico...
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JACK WIDNER
(Obituary ~ 06/13/99)
Jack D. Widner, 69, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, June 12, 1999, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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KELLY MOUSER
(Obituary ~ 06/13/99)
MORLEY -- Kelly Mouser, 63, of Morley and formerly of Marble Hill died Friday, June 11, 1999, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born Dec. 2, 1935, near Lutesville, son of Robert Melvin and Ivy Shell Mouser. He and Elsie Cheek were married Nov. 6, 1953...
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ZITA O. HESS
(Obituary ~ 06/13/99)
Zita O. Hess of Kelso passed away on Thursday, June 10, 1999, at the Lutheran Home. She was born on February 10, 1912 in Scott County, the daughter of Adam B Schaefer and Rufina Schlosser. She married Joseph Marion Hess on April 19, 1938. Mrs. Hess was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, St. Ann's Ladies Sodality of Church, and active in Senior Citizens of Kelso. She was a homemaker...
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LUCENE M. WORLEY
(Obituary ~ 06/13/99)
Lucene M. Worley, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 11, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born July 23, 1915, in Chicago, Ill., daughter of Alexander and Lucene Loba McConnell. She married Frank Worley on July 24, 1937, at Evanston, Ill. He died June 1...
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SUMMER BOREDUM BUSTERS
(Local News ~ 06/13/99)
Players have a crab walk relay race at Semo girls basketall. The Teeball league is a great way for kids to have fun and be outdoors. The jubilation that accompanies the arrival of summer vacation quickly turns to days of monotony for youngsters. But never fear, boredom busters in the form of camps, carnivals and classes are here...
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