REASONS TO CELEBRATE: The 1989 Fourth of July celebration was special to Jackson. The city was also celebrating its 175th anniversary. Here Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney Miller celebrated a point won by his team of Jackson City Hall employees, during mud volleyball competition.
RETURNING HERO: Linda Godwin, an astronaut with NASA and a 1970 graduate of Jackson High School, served as grand marshal for the July 14, 1989 parade. Alongside her were her niece and nephew, Laura and Patrick Green of Bartlesville, Okla.
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