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Out of the past: April 25The congregation of Westminster Presbyterian Church honors its pastor and his wife, the Rev. Miles and Caroline White, during an anniversary celebration in the morning; a brunch is served after the worship service; the Whites have been serving the Cape Girardeau church for 10 years; he is the fourth minister for the congregation that began in 1963. ...
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Out of the past: April 24A tax protest filed this week could pose a financial problem for Cape Girardeau, says Mayor Al Spradling III; Cape Girardeau businessmen Jim, Robert and Charles Drury paid their motel and restaurant taxes under protest this week; the protest covers taxes paid by Hampton Inn, Drury Suites, Drury Lodge, Pear Tree Inn, Holiday Inn, Burger King and Victorian Inn; the Jim Drury-led protest centers on his opposition to the River Campus project. ...
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Out of the past: April 23A catastrophic earthquake along the New Madrid Fault likely won’t occur for thousands of years, a University of Missouri-Columbia geologist says; it could take 14,000 years for an earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale to occur, says Joe Engeln, an associate professor of geological sciences; Engeln’s findings were published in Science magazine this week. ...
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Out of the past: April 22Attorney Ben Lewis encouraged volunteers to continue building the walls of the community during the Volunteer Recognition Awards program sponsored by Area Wide United Way and Ameritech yesterday; recipients of awards for the volunteer work they do were Lillian Dean, outstanding youth volunteer; Vicki Rhew, outstanding adult volunteer; Irene Eaker, outstanding senior volunteer; and CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), outstanding volunteer organization. ...
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Out of the past: April 20The old Saint Francis Hospital and its property at Good Hope and Pacific streets have been purchased by a Little Rock, Arkansas, firm that plans to turn it into housing units; the Phillips Cos. of Little Rock purchased the property from 811 Good Hope Co. ...
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Out of the past: April 19After months of debate, the Cape Girardeau Board of Education establishes elementary school boundaries during a meeting at Central Junior High School; board members approve a proposal developed by administrators late last month that slightly modifies the original plan adopted in 1997; under the proposal, most school boundaries would remain the same, with the most significant changes affecting Jefferson and Franklin schools. ...
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Out of the past: April 18Mount Auburn Christian Church celebrates its 30th anniversary during the morning worship service and a potluck dinner that follows; a pictorial display of the church’s history is in the foyer; the church began as New Testament Christian Church with only five families as members; the first service was held in 1970 with only 34 people attending; today there are more than 200 members. ...
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Out of the past: April 17Calvin Bird has resigned as executive director of Southeast Missouri’s federally funded Weed and Seed program; Bird was the first and only executive director for Weed and Seed of Southeast Missouri Inc. and had served since April 1, 1997; the program is a U.S. Department of Justice initiative designed to weed out violent crime, drug use and gang activity in targeted neighborhoods in Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Charleston, Poplar Bluff and Caruthersville; Bird said Friday he resigned to take a position with the Greater Dimension Church of God in Christ in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Out of the past: April 16Taxpayers crowded into the Cape Girardeau Post Office yesterday to mail their tax returns; area residents streamed into the post office throughout the day, most intent on mailing tax returns; "We will cancel 300,000 to 350,000 pieces of mail," predicted Postmaster Mike Keefe; normally, the post office here cancels about 170,000 pieces of mail...
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Out of the past: April 16Taxpayers crowded into the Cape Girardeau Post Office yesterday to mail their tax returns; area residents streamed into the post office throughout the day; “We will cancel 300,000 to 350,000 pieces of mail,” predicted Postmaster Mike Keefe; normally, the post office here cancels about 170,000 pieces of mail. ...
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Out of the past: April 15A proposal to build a 40-unit apartment complex in South Cape Girardeau for elderly and disabled residents was approved last night by the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission; the project would occupy the northeast corner of Linden Street and Parkway Drive and would consist of 10 four-plexes of one and two bedrooms; it would be situated half a block from a similar 44-unit complex, Heritage Manor, built three years ago by the same company, Cape Girardeau Properties II, L.P...
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Out of the past: April 15A proposal to build a 40-unit apartment complex in South Cape Girardeau for elderly and disabled residents was approved last night by the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission; the project would occupy the northeast corner of Linden Street and Parkway Drive and would consist of 10 four-plexes of one and two bedrooms; it would be situated half a block from a similar 44-unit complex, Heritage Manor, built three years ago by the same company, Cape Girardeau Properties II, L.P. ...
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Out of the past: April 14Cape Girardeau has received a commitment for a $600,000 community development block grant for water and sewer line improvements at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport; the preliminary grant award will help the city provide water service to the airport and surrounding businesses...
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Out of the past: April 13The Cape Girardeau Board of Education remains much the same after being reorganized last night; new board officers were elected and appointed; Dr. Ferrell Ervin, in his third term as board member, was re-elected board president for a third year; Mark Carver, who is serving the second year of his three-year term, was elected vice president of the board; incumbents Bob Blank and the Rev. ...
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Out of the past: April 12Downtown living is making an impressive comeback in Cape Girardeau; a nationwide trend is luring a diverse population — singles, couples, retirees — back downtown to Main Street; and, in downtown Cape Girardeau, that means upscale loft dwellings, second-floor apartments which overlook the Mississippi River, and a new four-family condo; Aquamsi Bluff Townhouse is expected to be ready for occupancy in the 200 block of South Spanish this fall; it’s the first new residential structure in the immediate downtown area in almost a quarter-century. ...
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Out of the past: April 11Former leaders of the now dissolved Cape Community Concert Association have donated $3,216 to Southeast Missouri University Foundation to support the River Campus project at Southeast Missouri State University; the gift represents residual funds from the former Community Concert Association, which became inactive a few years ago. ...
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Out of the past: April 10School district administrators say a federal law that governs special education programs has handcuffed their ability to discipline students; about 40 Southeast Missouri educators from 18 school districts met with U.S. Sens. John Ashcroft and Christopher “Kit” Bond yesterday at the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School; they said the federal Individuals with Disabilities Act also has saddled the nation’s school districts with burdensome and expensive disciplinary procedures; Ashcroft and Bond pledged to work toward improving the law. ...
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Out of the past: April 9Speaking at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee at the Show Me Center, James Gray, a member of the British Parliament, suggests “perhaps we should set up a ‘sister-city’ relationship” between Cape Girardeau and his home town in England, Chippenham in Wiltshire County; Gray, a Conservative Party member of Parliament, is guest of U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, who is also a speaker at the coffee; another guest at the event is Ronald C. Gladney, a St. Louis attorney, who is Emerson’s fiance. ...
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Out of the past: April 8Gov. Mel Carnahan wants the Legislature to appropriate $4.6 million for development of Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus; his action Wednesday prompted the House Budget Committee to include the project in its capital improvements funding bill; university and Cape Girardeau city officials cheer the developments as positive signs that the project will proceed. ...
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Out of the past: April 7They don’t have a site yet, but the Lutheran High School Steering Committee has selected its name; Saxony Lutheran High School is expected to open its doors, wherever it might be, by fall 2000; the name was selected from 35 suggestions submitted by school-age children; the name reflects the region’s Lutheran heritage...
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Out of the past: April 6The Cape Girardeau County Commission will establish a county archives center that will be open within a year; the county purchased a building at 112 E. Washington that formerly housed a Texaco station; the building is directly across the street from the County Administration Building in Jackson; the new structure will provide storage for county records, as well as access to historical documents for researchers; the county will hire a director and use volunteers to operate the center...
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Out of the past: April 5Jayne Ervin is the newest member of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce board of directors; Ervin, a jeweler at Jason Jewelers Ltd. and Ervin’s Metalsmiths Inc., was named to fill the vacancy left by Jim Sexton, former Saint Francis Medical Center president and chief executive officer, who left Cape Girardeau in January to become president and CEO of North Iowa Mercy Health Center and Network in Mason City, Iowa. ...
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Out of the past: April 4Easter Sunday. People begin gathering as early as 4 a.m. at the Bald Knob Cross near Alto Pass, Illinois, to take part in Easter sunrise service; but rainy conditions force the outdoor service inside into the welcome center; speaker is the Rev. Larry Johnson. ...
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Out of the past: April 3Steve Wright of Cape Girardeau, 48, formerly a member of the Cape Girardeau Board of Education, was killed in a car accident in Tennessee Thursday; his wife, Kathy, a teacher at Cape Girardeau Central High School, was seriously injured in the accident, and his son, Scott, received minor injuries; the three were traveling to South Carolina to visit an older son, Corey, who serves in the military. ...
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Out of the past: April 2A car driven by an 86-year-old Cape Girardeau woman crashed through the front door of the Corner Pub at Independence and Frederick streets just before 4 p.m. yesterday; two patrons of the bar were trapped briefly, but weren’t injured; the driver of the car had a minor injury; police say she was westbound on Independence when her vehicle was struck by a northbound vehicle; the collision caused her car to spin around and into the bar. ...
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Out of the past: April 1Needing more space to accommodate the expected crowds Sunday for Easter worship, Lynwood Baptist Church announces its morning service will be at the A.C. Brase Arena Building, while the Osage Centre will house First Assembly of God’s morning worship. ...
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Out of the past: March 30The recent rescue of the pilot of a downed American stealth fighter in Yugoslavia triggered memories for ex-Marine Matthew Morton; the 24-year-old Jackson man knows about rescuing pilots in the Balkans; Morton, then a lance corporal, was part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit that rescued Air Force Capt. ...
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Out of the past: March 31Preserving Cape Girardeau's historic resources is a daunting task because so many elements of historic architecture and design are scattered around the city; but a historic preservation study recommends creating conservation zones or districts to help preserve the historic sites in Cape Girardeau; 24 people attend a public hearing at City Hall to learn more about the plan; if Cape Girardeau adopts a conservation zone approach, it could be one of the first communities in the state to do so...
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Out of the past: March 29The Vernon Rhodes Family Trust pays a $200,000 bank note, temporarily underwriting Shepherd's Cove Children's Home in Gordonville; if the debt is repaid within one year, the family trust will donate $10,000 toward the project; the foster home is associated with Abundant Life Church, also in Gordonville...
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Out of the past: March 28Palm Sunday; a procession of palms is held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel during the morning worship service; 11 children are confirmed: Amanda Carr, Jonathan Fritzler, Amanda Herbst, Darren Neels, Dean Richardson, Kyle Schuessler, Kristin Smith, Andrew Tiehes, Lauren Touchette, Calen Wills and Paul Wunderlich. ...
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Out of the past: March 27Repair work on the Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau continues another day next week, but travelers should expect additional repairs to be scheduled in the coming months; this week, work went slower than expected because of rain early in the week and an equipment breakdown Thursday; Tuesday, the bridge will be closed to one lane of traffic from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. ...
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Out of the past: March 26Motorists are facing an economic pinch at the pumps as fuel prices continue to climb near the dollar mark for regular unleaded gasoline; the increase follows an agreement among the world’s top oil producers to curtail production and end a global oil glut; prices in the area range from 86.9 cents a gallon at Jackson Basic Fuel to 95.9 cents at Scott City Citgo and Cape Girardeau BP. ...
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Out of the past: March 25Student fees were increased by the Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents yesterday, a move regents say was unavoidable; the university raised tuition and general fees and also boosted room and board charges for the 1999-2000 academic year; as part of the fee hikes, the regents approved an $8.7 million operating budget for residence life, the university department that runs campus housing...
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Out of the past: March 23Southeast Missouri State University students can expect to pay more to live on campus next year; the university's Board of Regents will consider raising room and board charges as well as tuition and other fees when it meets tomorrow in the University Center Ballroom; a non-scholarship, undergraduate student living in campus housing and taking 24 credit-hours over two semesters would pay $6,697 to $7,797 next school year, under the proposed fee increases...
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Out of the past: March 24A fisherman found the skeletal remains of an unidentified person Sunday near Tower Rock in Perry County; Perry County Sheriff Gary Schaaf says the remains were found on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River; the FBI has been called in to investigate...
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Out of the past: March 22A Mississippi timber hauler escapes injuries after the cab of his truck becomes impaled by logs on Jackson Boulevard in Jackson; the driver of the truck, David Mooneyham of Randolph, Mississippi, is following another loaded timber truck when a vehicle pulls into the path of the lead truck; as the lead truck comes to a sudden stop, Mooneyham can’t avoid striking it and the timber it’s carrying; the driver ducks just in time to avoid being struck by logs coming through his windshield. ...
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Out of the past: March 21The “Song of Mark”, a collection of stories from the gospel and set to music, is performed in the afternoon at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson; musicians and vocalists from Catholic churches in the area perform the musical by Marty Haugen. ...
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Out of the past: March 20The new waterfall in front of Kent Library on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University has been activated, while university construction crews continue their work on it; water cascades over limestone boulders five feet into a reflection pool...
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Out of the past: March 19A small tear in the rubber blade of a windshield wiper made the difference between excellent and perfect during Jackson School District's spring bus inspection yesterday; three hours and 54 buses later, the school district posted a near perfect inspection score of 98.1%, well above the state average of 85.3%; this achievement also earned the district the distinguished Fleet Excellence Award, given school districts that score 95% or higher on the annual spring inspection...
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Out of the past: March 18More than 20 years after the death of Leroy Mason, longtime director of Southeast Missouri State University's Golden Eagles Marching Band, a university scholarship named for Mason isn't fully endowed; Vicki Litzelfelner Abernathy, who was a majorette and drum major for the Golden Eagles from 1966 to 1971, has organized a benefit '60s dance aimed at raising some of the approximately $3,600 still needed to fully endow the scholarship at $10,000; the dance is set for April 16 at the Show Me Center...
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Out of the past: March 16Southeast Missouri State University wants to hike tuition and general fees, and add a student health fee; combined, the fees would total $107.50 a credit-hour for in-state undergraduates, a $4 hike from the current rate; the university also wants to increase fees for out-of-state undergraduate and in-state graduate students by $7 a credit-hour; the Board of Regents will consider approving the fees at its March 24 meeting...
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Out of the past: March 17Southeast Missouri State University expects to spend about $71 million to educate students next fiscal year; university officials are crafting a budget that calls for spending some $3 million more for general operations than was budgeted for the current fiscal year that ends June 30; the increase is based on getting added state funding of more than $2 million plus about $755,000 in added revenue from hikes in student fees; none of this is set in stone; the Missouri Legislature has yet to approve an estimated $46.4 million in state funding for Southeast for fiscal 2000, and the Board of Regents still has to vote on the administration's plan to raise student fees.. ...
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Out of the past: March 15With just a week of winter left on the calendar, Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois got hit by a storm that left more than a foot of snow in some areas; snow began falling early yesterday morning and ended shortly after noon; Cape Girardeau County was hard hit, receiving 14 inches of snow in some spots; Jackson reports drifts reaching 20 to 30 inches, while Cape Girardeau had 6 to 8 inches by noon Sunday. ...
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Out of the past: March 14The Perpetual Help Mission Club marked its 50th anniversary recently with a Mass celebrated by the Rev. Al Hoernig; the only charter member left in the club is Vera Lohmann, a parishioner at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church; the group began in 1949, when the Rev. Paul Tong began seeking help for mission work in Brazil; women from St. Vincent's and St. Mary's Cathedral started the club; over the years, the club has kept supporting the work of the Brazilian church...
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Out of the past: March 13Even though the new millennium doesn’t start until 2001, plans are being made to celebrate it on Dec. 31 with a massive New Year’s Eve party at the Show Me Center; making plans for the celebration are Cape Girardeau businesswoman Judy Wilferth and friends; the party, expected to cost more than $100,000, will feature dinner, dancing, musical entertainment from two bands — the Jerry Ford Orchestra, a local swing band, and Atlantic Express, a rock dance band from Kansas City — champaign, party favors, a millennium breakfast and indoor fireworks. ...
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Out of the past: March 12The committee redrawing Cape Girardeau’s elementary school boundaries changed the line dividing Franklin and Jefferson schools, but made no other changes; the group decided yesterday it shouldn’t negotiate with parent groups; instead, the committee recommended that parents take their suggestions to the school board; the change between Franklin and Jefferson schools was needed because children in the neighborhood between William and Independence streets were inaccurately counted. ...
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Out of the past: March 11Six Southeast Missouri Democratic lawmakers were among Democrats who defied the governor and their own party's leadership to help defeat the state's collective bargaining bill; the House defeated the controversial bill Tuesday by a vote of 73 for and 88 against...
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Out of the past: March 9The likelihood of losing your wheels to a car thief is decreasing, especially if you live in Cape Girardeau; the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that 23,163 vehicles were stolen statewide in 1998, a decrease of 4%; Cape Girardeau police say local auto theft is down from 102 in 1997 to 46 in 1998, a decrease of 55%...
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Out of the past: March 10"Heroes and Legends: An Aerial Tribute to U.S. Veterans" is the theme for this year's three-day Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival; groups like the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts across Southeast Missouri have expressed interest in helping promote the show, scheduled for July 10-12 at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport...
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Out of the past: March 8Following a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday, the Good Hope Neighborhood Police Station is open for business at 629 Good Hope St.; Cape Girardeau police are hoping the opening of the substation in the Haarig area will take a bigger bite out of neighborhood crime; the newly-remodeled facility is in Dr. George Ringland's former office...
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Out of the past: March 7The Cape Girardeau school board will consider whether to continue a second class preparation period for secondary teachers, during a meeting March 15; board members requested the item be added to the next meeting’s agenda during a half-day study session yesterday; a decision must be made about the preparation periods before mid-April, because it could impact the number of secondary teachers rehired for next school year. ...
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Out of the past: March 6Cape Girardeau Board of Education's annual retreat is held at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce board room and is open to the public; members of the board discuss long-term budget projections and class scheduling; not scheduled for discussion is a proposal submitted by the Attendance Area Study Committee last month, which deals with boundary changes for the district's elementary schools...
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Out of the past: March 5Missouri Secretary of State Bekki Cook won’t seek re-election or run for any other public office next year; the 48-year-old Democrat from Cape Girardeau says she will leave public office when her term ends in January 2001; however, she also indicates she won’t rule out running for governor some day; less than an hour after Cook made here announcement yesterday, House Speaker Steve Gaw said he would run for the office Cook is vacating. ...
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Out of the past: March 4Southeast Missouri can claim its share of the 5,000 inductees in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame: Billy Swan of "I Can Help" fame, Narvel "Reconsider Me" Felts and Dennis "Lover Please" Turner; the newest inductee is Louis "Lou" Hobbs, the 57-year-old Cape Girardeau singer-guitarist who has been a fixture on the local music scene for a long time...
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Out of the past: March 3Aircraft manufacturer Zenair of Canada Ltd. and Independent Manufacturing and Development Co. might start assembling planes in Cape Girardeau within 60 days; Independent Manufacturing president Mathieu Heintz was in Cape Girardeau yesterday to announce his company has agreed to produce the FAA-type certified CH2000/CH2T aircraft at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport...
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Out of the past: March 2Jackson has been rated first among 62 cities seeking approval of projects under the State Revolving Loan Program; acceptance into the program should save the city about $3.1 million in interest over the life of sewer and water bonds authorized by voters in August...
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Out of the past: March 1NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Southeast Missouri State University’s bid for its first-ever NCAA Division I basketball tournament berth was thwarted yesterday by Murray State in a 62-61 loss in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship game; for the second time this season, Murray State’s Aubrey Reese hit a game-winning shot at the buzzer to beat the Indians; and also for the second time this year, Reese’s shot negated the heroics of Southeast’s Kahn Cotton, who swished a 27-foot 3-pointer with 5 seconds left that gave Southeast a temporary 61-60 lead. ...
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Out of the past: Feb. 29Absent from today’s “Out of the Past” column are events from the years 1949, 1974 and 1999. Those were not leap years. Leap Day. At least eight Cape Girardeans are members of the 29’ers Club; today they celebrate a birthday anniversary delayed for four years; they are Joseph Baumgartner, Ernest Sawyer, Mrs. E.P. Vaeth, Mrs. Ollie Crump, Hilda Fisher, Mrs. C.B. Crabtree, Joe Sciortino and Norman J. Schwab. ...
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Out of the past: Feb. 28The Rev. Allen Oakley is the guest speaker at First Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau; he has served as moderator for the synod of Missouri and as presbytery associate executive in St. Louis; he also served as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Kennett. ...
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Out of the past: Feb. 27Sister Mary Ann Fischer, who has served 11 years as principal at Notre Dame Regional High School, says the time is right for her to leave the high school she helped bring into its prime; Fischer is leaving here to pursue another career that allows her to use her master’s degree in religious education; but first, she will participate in a summer program with the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Japan, where she will work with the international order and perform some Third World outreach activities. ...
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Out of the past: Feb. 26With a $350-million-plus expansion project at the Procter & Gamble Co. plant still being carried out, the company says it is considering yet another expansion. Repair work and inspections of the Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau will continue next week; both lanes will be closed from 9 a.m. ...