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SPEECH PROVIDES INSIGHT IN AMERICA'S CHARACTER
(Editorial ~ 01/31/91)
A nation locked in combat found reassurance Tuesday night not in weapons, but in words. If Americans needed a focal point for their newly unified spirit, they discovered it in President George Bush's State of the Union address. The U.S. leader gave voice to themes that remind us about what it means to be an American...
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SCHOLARSHIP IS OFFERED BY BPW
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The River City Business and Professional Women's Club is offering a $500 yearly scholarship, payable at $250 a semester, to women attending Southeast Missouri State University. Applicants must want further education to re-enter the work force; be over 21 and just beginning or re-entering college; carry nine hours per semester after receiving the scholarship; have and maintain a 2.5 grade-point average after receiving the scholarship; and show financial need...
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MALDEN COUNCIL GIVES $50,000 TO UNIVERSITY
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
MALDEN -- The Malden City Council has donated $50,000 to Southeast Missouri State University to make possible a science laboratory in the Bootheel Education Center. The gift, given on behalf of the citizens of Malden, was presented to University President Kala Stroup on Friday by Malden Mayor W. M. Johnson...
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NURSING PROGRAM OFFERED
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Southeast Missouri State University and Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff are offering a ~2+2 Nursing Program, the first of its kind for the two institutions. The program was approved by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education last fall, Southeast officials said...
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HERE YE! HERE YE! SOUTHEAST CELEBRATES SHAKESPEARE
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
From Julius Caesar to the Taming of the Shrew to Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare's classic tales will come to life this semester at Southeast Missouri State University. The university theater department will be celebrating a semester-long Shakespeare Festival, beginning with the theater department's own interpretation of "Bits of the Bard: Shakespeare's Ladies."...
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CHAFFEE FILING CLOSES; RACES AHEAD FOR MAYOR, WARD 2 SEAT
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CHAFFEE - Two municipal races are on tap in the City of Chaffee for the April 2 general election. One race has developed for the mayor's seat, where two city residents are challenging incumbent Mayor Ron Moyers. The other race will take place in Ward 2 between incumbent Ed Gauthier and Janet Sullivan, of 111 North Third...
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`FOGGY RIVER BOYS' TO PERFORM
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Foggy River Boys Music Show from Branson will appear at the Cape Girardeau Arena Building Friday, March 1. The performance, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Capaha Scottish Rite Club, begins at 7:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $6 in advance and $7 at the door. Reserved seats are $7 in advance only. For groups of 20 or more, reserved seats are $6...
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SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT! BACK ON STAGE
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Spotlight Tonight!, a five-member musical extravaganza, will again be performing in Cape Girardeau the second week in February. The group made their debut in July as the first entertainers at the River City Yacht Club at Port Cape Girardeau. They performed a month of shows and sold out after the first weekend...
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ORCHID SHOW WILL RUN THROUGH FEB. 17
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
ST. LOUIS The Missouri Botanical Garden's annual Orchid Show, which opened Jan. 19, runs through Feb. 17 in the Orthwein Floral Display Hall. The show has been a St. Louis tradition since 1924. Visitors to the show stroll through a shady courtyard colonnade filled with a profusion of colorful tropical palms, ferns, ficus trees and crotons. A variety of orchids, including cattleyas, dendrobiums, vandas, phalaenopsis and oncidiums, are on display...
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`PARTS OF A WORLD' SHOW STARTS SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Gallery 100 will host Richard A. Lawson's photography exhibit, "Parts of a World," beginning Sunday when an opening reception will be held from 2-4 p.m. at the gallery. The display will run through Feb. 28. "Parts of a World" contains 40 works in various photographic techniques. Landscape subjects include the Giant City Waterfall, Shaw Gardens and the St. Louis Cathedral...
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COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW HIGHLIGHTS ANNUAL JAYCEE CHARITY FUNDRAISER
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape Girardeau Jaycees will host the fourth annual music show at the A.C. Brase Arena Building on March 22 at 7:30 p.m. Featured will be the Lowes Country Music Show from Branson. The group has made several appearances on national television with Ralph Emery's "Nashville Now" and the "Grand Ole Opry."...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/31/91)
ABOUT THESE LOWER taxes for education we always read about: All the schools have to do is get rid of most of their sports and they would have all the money they needed. I think they should make public how much it costs every year to drive players, cheerleaders, band leaders, and who else? It takes at least three buses or more each time they go out to play. It takes gas, wear on buses, and, of course, the driver has to be paid. I thought they went to school to learn, not play...
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BE OUR GUEST
(Column ~ 01/31/91)
Dr. S.D. Madduri is a Poplar bluff physician. He is a previous contributor to this column. United States has the most advanced, sophisticated and enviable health care system among the industrialized nations in the world. However, being the best has its own flaws and U.S. health care is facing a crisis that is threatening its very existence. The cost of health care in this country is soaring, and many Americans are finding it difficult to obtain much less pay for the care they need...
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JACKSON WOMAN DIES IN INTERSTATE MISHAP
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A 39-year-old Jackson woman was killed Wednesday morning in a rear-end collision on Interstate 55 after she pulled her car onto a shoulder of the interstate, police said. The accident occurred one mile north of the I-55 and Route K intersection. The site is on a stretch of interstate that runs through the city, making it the city's first traffic fatality of the year...
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UNIVERSITY UNVEILS TECHNOLOGY PARK
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The weather was cloudy, windy and cold Wednesday, but spirits and expectations were high as Southeast Missouri State University officials unveiled a sign denoting a new Technology Park. The 13.3-acre site is located at the intersection of South Kingshighway and Gerhardt Street20in Cape Girardeau. The land was donated to the university's College of Business...
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SOUTHEAST CONSIDERS FEE HIKE
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Tuition at Southeast Missouri State University could rise by as much as 10 percent next school year in the face of a budget crunch, university Provost Leslie Cochran said Wednesday. Cochran's remarks came at a Faculty Senate meeting and echoed recent comments made by Southeast President Kala Stroup...
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AREA NATIVE ASSISTS ON HIGH-TECH MISSILE
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A Gordonville native, who helped develop the computer programming for the Navy's Tomahawk cruise missile now in use in the Persian Gulf, says the weapon has performed "remarkably well." Paul Wessel, interviewed by telephone Wednesday from his home in Silver Springs, Md., headed the department that developed the computer software that guides the missile system...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
DR. LANNY BARNES Occupation: Principal, Cape Central Junior High School Pet Peeve: "People who are not punctual." What do you do in your spare time? "Fishing, golfing, hunting." The best part of my job is: "Working with young people for the past 26 years, and hopefully making a positive impact."...
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GULF MAILBAG
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
PFC MATT HAMPSTON U.S. ARMY Pvt. Hampton is the son of Jerry and Beth Hampton of Cape Girardeau, and graduated from Cape Central High School in 1989. He and his wife, the former Christina Price of Cape Girardeau, have a 1-year-old daughter, Alyssa and are expecting their second child in mid-March...
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JACKSON READIES FOR FEB. 5 ANNEXATION VOTE
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
JACKSON -- City officials say the future growth of Jackson will be determined Feb. 5, when voters go to the polls to vote on the annexation of more than 300 acres of land northeast of the current city limits. "It is the culmination of three years worth of work," said City Attorney David Beeson. "Without it (annexation) we cannot grow like we have during the past 10 years."...
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CARBONDALE TOTAL WRONG
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Carbondale experienced a population growth of 746 people during the past decade, according to Associated Press population totals for Illinois cities. The 1980 population of the city was listed at 26,287. The latest census figure, for 1990, was 27,033...
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FORMER NELL HOLCOMB BOARD MEMBER FILES
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Former Nell Holcomb R-4 School District Board of Education member Charles Roberts will challenge two board incumbents in the April 2 general election. Roberts, of Route 1, Box 125A, Cape Girardeau, filed for election to the board Tuesday, said Superintendent Wayne Pressley. The filing period for people wishing to run for the board closed that day...
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NATIONAL GROUP LAUDS ROSENQUIST
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The National Catholic Education Association awarded Carl E. Rosenquist the 1991 Catholic Elementary School Distinguished Graduate Award. This is the first year that the award has been given. To qualify for the honor, an individual must have graduated from a Catholic elementary school and have made a significant contribution which reflects favorably on the education received in a Catholic elementary school...
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MILDRED LOUISE PEASE
(Obituary ~ 01/31/91)
SIKESTON - Mildred Louise Pease, 74, of Route 1 Bell City and formerly of Sikeston, died at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at 4:02 p.m. Tuesday Jan. 29, 1990. She was born April 15, 1916, in Iuka, Ark., to the late Amos and Disa Foster Moody. On Oct. 23, 1934 in Maynard, Ark., she married Murray L. Pease, who preceded her in death on July 23, 1973...
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PEARL FUEL
(Obituary ~ 01/31/91)
ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Mrs. Pearl Fuel of Advance will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Morgan Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Virgil Bunch will officiate, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. today. Mrs. Fuel, 93 years old, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1991, in Advance...
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LYNN M. PINKSTON
(Obituary ~ 01/31/91)
BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Lynn Marie Pinkston of Bloomfield Route 3 will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Kenneth Gaines will officiate, with burial in Walker Cemetery near here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Friday. An Order of Eastern Star service will be held at 7:30 by Dexter OES Chapter 532...
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LYABELLA ARONSON
(Obituary ~ 01/31/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Memorial service for Mrs. Lyabella Dordoni Aronson of Scott City will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Frank Giunta will officiate, with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. There is no visitation...
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JOANN E. FUEMMELER
(Obituary ~ 01/31/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Funeral mass for Mrs. JoAnn Elizabeth Fuemmeler of Scott City will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. The Rev. Roger Leveillee will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home here after 3 p.m. today. The rosary will be at 7:30 by Cape Girardeau KC Council 1111, and parish prayers at 8...
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SHERRY L. PHILIP
(Obituary ~ 01/31/91)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Mrs. Sherry L. Philip of Jackson will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Otto Steinhaus will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/31/91)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kenneth Williams, Cape Girardeau Route 2, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:58 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, 1991. Name, Brittanee Danielle. Weight, 6 pounds 8 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Williams is the former Patricia Cobb, daughter of Carolyn Harris of Bradley, Ill. Williams is a maintenance employee at Raymond's Truck Plaza, and is the son of Mary Williams of Detroit, Mich., and Isaiah Williams of Deetsville, Ala...
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SIX BANKS DONATE $6,000 TO I-66 PROJECT
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - In an unanimous show of support, Cape Girardeau banks Wednesday joined in a public statement of endorsement for the I-66 project. Together, all six Cape banks gave a total of $6,000 to the project. Executives representing the six financial institutions gathered to congratulate the I-66 committee on securing federal funding of a $1.25 million feasibility study and to pledge their support for the next major project phase: the quest for congressional approval of a $20 million to $30 million engineering study of the proposed transcontinental super highway.. ...
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AREA GRADUATE RECEIVES HONOR
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Luke Balsamo, a graduate of Cape Central High School, has been accepted in the University of Rochester's "Take Five" program. This program enables selected undergraduates to take a fifth year of study toward their bachelor's degree tuition-free...
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VISION 2000 GIVES `AWARDS OF DISTINCTION'
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - The Community Relations Council of Vision 2000 recently presented its second annual "Awards of Distinction" to 16 organizations and individuals. David Kaempfer, the newly-elected chairman of the Vision 2000 Community Relations Council, presided at the meeting...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
Thomas L. and Ann M. Steck to Mark Werner; Frank Steck to Mark Werner; Douglas L. and Teresa G. Brown to Cameron C. and Karen Sue Mitchell; Rickard A. Sebby and Deborah J. Long to Richard A. and Belinda M. Pelikan; William R. and Shireen K. Eckelmann to Susan Y. Askew and Marcia J. Daab; Leo and Wanda J. King to Leo King, et al; Byron L. and Margaret E. Lang to Roger K. and Lisa A. Lang...
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EPA INVESTIGATING DISAPPEARING CASE OF PCBS WITH LIME
(Local News ~ 01/31/91)
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Environmental Protection Agency officials here say they're stumped by the disappearance of PCBs from two hazardous waste sites in the agency's Region 5, where lime was used over a period of two years. They admit a promising technique for destroying the cancer-causing substances may be in the making...
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