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Dedication ceremony Sept. 20 will celebrate renovation of Missouri Wall of Fame muralMonday, September 10, 2007The River Heritage Mural Association invites the public to a special dedication ceremony at 5 p.m. Sept. 20 at Hutson's Fine Furniture parking lot in historic downtown Cape Girardeau. The ceremony will celebrate the recently completed renovation to the Missouri Wall of Fame Mural. Featured speakers are Carole Buck, widow of Hall of Fame Cardinal broadcaster Jack Buck, and astronaut Linda Godwin, a Cape Girardeau native. Other speakers will include Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson and Mural Association president Tim Blattner. Well-known Missourians Buck and Godwin are just two of 46 famous individuals depicted on the Missouri Wall of Fame Mural. The people featured on the mural were either born in Missouri or achieved fame while living in the state. The mural was originally designed by Cape Girardeau artist and native resident Margaret Randol Dement. The recently completed renovation project was conceptualized and spearheaded by Chicago muralist Thomas Melvin, who also painted the Mississippi River Tales Mural on the floodwall along Water Street in downtown Cape Girardeau. Featured speakers Blattner encouraged people from the Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois area to attend this free ceremony, noting, "this is a wonderful opportunity to not only celebrate the mural renovation, but to hear the thoughts of two remarkable women. "Carole Buck will offer comments regarding her late husband. Anyone that grew up in the Midwest remembers Jack Buck with fondness. He was the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals. And regarding Dr. Linda Godwin, let me just say that in today's society there is a definite need for positive role models for our young people, boys and girls alike. Dr. Linda Godwin is just such a person." 335-6611, extension 133 Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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Is this a portion of the wall that needs to be rebuilt as reported last week in the newspaper? If so, why dedicate it now?
And regarding all the murals... who's the mental giant that allowed those murals to be painted on the river wall with it being in such bad shape?