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GENE ERNST
(Obituary ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Gene Ernst, 73, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, March 28, 1991 at his home at 1300 Margaret. He was born Sept. 18, 1917 at Brinkley, Ark. to Henry and Anna Walbraun Ernst, who are both deceased. Ernst was a retired office manager for the International Shoe Company in St. Louis. He was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church here and a veteran of World War II, serving with the Merchant Marines...
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SCIENCE FAIR HONORS WINNERS
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Winners of the 35th annual Southeast Regional Science fair were announced Thursday. The top winners were Bryan Jones of Viburnum High School and Dawna McLemore of South Pemiscot High School in Steele. They will attend the International Science and Engineering Fair in Orlando, Fla...
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DELTA ENROLLMENT SLATED APRIL 17-18
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
DELTA -- Enrollment in the Delta R-5 kindergarten for the 1991-92 school year will be conducted April 17 and 18. Students will be registered in alphabetical order. Wednesday students with last names beginning with A-G will register from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Students with last names beginning with H-K will register from 12:30-2 p.m...
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WOMEN'S CLUB GATHERS AT HOLIDAY INN APRIL 8
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape Girardeau County Christian Women's Club will meet April 8 in the Jackson Room at Holiday Inn. The event will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Betty Warren of the Bavarian Inn will give the program, Gordon Barney will provide music, and speaker will be Eileen Pfeifer...
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TEACHER ACCEPTED FOR SUMMER RESEARCH PROJECT
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Carol Varnon, a physics teacher at Scott City High School, has been accepted for the 1991 Summer Research Experience for Science Teachers to be held in Columbia June 17 through July 19. Up to ten Missouri science teachers are selected each summer to participate in this five-week program that combines active research, development of investigative laboratories for classroom use and seminars on a variety of current science and professional issues...
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FORMER CAPE GIRL WILL COMPETE IN CONTEST TODAY
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A former Cape Girardeau teenage will compete in the Miss Missouri Teen USA pageant today and Saturday in Columbia. Misty Burroughs, 17, of Arnold, was crowned "Miss Arnold" in 1989, and will compete for the chance to represent Missouri in the Miss Teen USA pageant to be held in Biloxi, Miss., in August...
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SCOTT CITY SENIOR EARNS REGENT'S SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Keith E. Kosharek, a senior at Scott City High School, has been awarded a Regent's Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1991-92 academic year. The Regents Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors graduating in the top 10 percent of their class and scoring above the 90th percentile on the ACT or SAT. The award covers full-time fees per semester and is renewable for four years...
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CAPE STUDENT RECEIVES SOUTHEAST SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Christine A. Peters of Cape Girardeau has received a Regents Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1991-92 academic year. The Regents Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors graduating in the top 10 percent of their class and scoring above the 90th percentile on the ACT or SAT. The award covers full-time fees per semester and is renewable for four years...
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OAK RIDGE CLUB PLANS PANCAKE DAY APRIL 6
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
OAK RIDGE -- The Oak Ridge Past Matrons and Sisters Club will hold its annual Pancake Supper April 6 at the Oak Ridge Masonic Hall. The supper will be served family style, beginning at 4 p.m. The meal will feature whole-hog sausage and homemade maple syrup. The public is invited to attend...
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SHELL GETS SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Wendell W. Shell of Delta has received a President's Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1991-92 academic year. The President's Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who have a combined high school rank percentile and test score percentile of 160. The award is in the amount of $700 for the academic year and is renewable for a possible four years...
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MAY WE TRY AGAIN TO DISCUSS ORE MONEY FOR EDUCATION?
(Column ~ 03/29/91)
Longtime acquaintance Professor Tom Harte has made himself the first to respond to an invitation, made in this space last Sunday, to conduct a dialogue on whether and how much to increase taxes to fund Missouri education. (Harte's letter was published yesterday)...
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COUNTY BRIDGE PROGRAM REMAINS ON SOLID FOOTING
(Editorial ~ 03/29/91)
In an era, when many Missouri bridges are in badly deteriorating condition, Cape Girardeau County's bridge replacement program is in good shape. That's a tribute to the leadership of the Cape County Commission and in particular Associate Commissioner Leonard F. Sander, who oversees the operations of the county highway department...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: CAPE COUNTY SENIOR CITIZEN TAX DESERVES `YES' VOTE TUESDAY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/29/91)
Dear Editor: For almost two years, I have served as chairman of a committee working toward getting the Senior Citizens' Service tax levy on the Cape County ballot. After House Bill 351 was passed by the 85th Missouri General Assembly, the committee appeared before the Cape County Commission on three occasions asking that voters be given the opportunity to ballot on the tax issue. The Commission, by unanimous vote, placed the tax levy on the April 2 ballot...
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HOMER L. BEHRLE
(Obituary ~ 03/29/91)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Homer L. Behrle of Highland will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 30, at the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. The Rev. Henry Grodecki, C.M., will officiate, and burial will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery in Highland...
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DAVID S. BARHAM
(Obituary ~ 03/29/91)
ADVANCE -- Funeral service for David S. Barham of Solana Beach, Calif., will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Pleasant Grove Church near Bell City. Louis Gardner will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Morgan Funeral Home from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, and then at the church from 1 p.m. until time of service...
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VIOLA L. KEARBEY
(Obituary ~ 03/29/91)
SIKESTON -- Graveside service for Viola L. Kearbey of Sikeston will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Garden of Memories Cemetery. The Rev. Larry Emerson will officiate, with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Kearbey, 75 years old, died Tuesday, March 26, 1991, at Sikeston Health Care...
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MARY GRIFFIN
(Obituary ~ 03/29/91)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Griffin of Anna will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Crain Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Gene Hart will officiate, with burial in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Griffin, 62 years old, died Thursday, March 28, 1991, at Union County Hospital...
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JULIUS VASTERLING
(Obituary ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A memorial service for Julius Voges Vasterling of Tucker, Ga., was held March 12 in Tucker. Vasterling, 73 years old, died Saturday, March 9, 1991, in a hospital in Georgia. He was born Oct. 11, 1917, in Fornfelt (Scott City), son of Julius and Ida Voges Vasterling. He and the former Hallie Lillian McClearen were married in 1946...
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RAYMOND GOLDEN
(Obituary ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Raymond Golden, 131 S. Henderson, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Scriptural Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev. Fred Faughn will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery, with graveside rites by VFW Post 3838...
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ERNA M. SCHMIDT
(Obituary ~ 03/29/91)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Erna M. Schmidt, formerly of Jackson, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. Lawrence Eatherton will officiate, and burial will be in the Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. Mrs. Schmidt died Tuesday, March 26, at the Peace Memorial Home in Evergreen Park, Ill. She was 85...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 03/29/91)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Priest of Jackson Route 2, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:21 a.m. Friday, March 22, 1991. Name, Micah Danielle. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Priest is the former Sharon Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Kelly of Memphis, Tenn. She is a registered nurse at Southeast Hospital. Priest is owner of Oral Arts Design Dental Laboratory, and is the son of Leota Priest of Jackson...
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CANDIDATES TALK SCHOOL PLANNING
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Candidates for the Cape Girardeau Board of Education say they seek a role in directing the school district's future by implementing a long-range plan. All three candidates running for three-year terms on the board said the school district is in dire need of such a plan...
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CITY PRAISED FOR PRESERVATION EFFORTS
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Tracy Mehan, director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Thursday praised local officials' historic preservation efforts and the city's designation as a certified local government. Mehan said Cape Girardeau is one of only 16 Missouri cities to receive the certified local government distinction, which will further assist historic preservation work here...
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AREA FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE WILDFIRES NEAR POTOSI AS PART OF MUTUAL AID PACT
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A statewide, fire service mutual aid pact - created last fall during a Cape Girardeau emergency preparedness conference - was activated Wednesday to help fight a series of major wildfires in east-central Missouri. It was the second time this year that the aid plan had been put into operation...
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THREE SEEKING ONE-YEAR UNEXPIRED SCHOOL TERM
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Candidates seeking a one-year term on Cape Girardeau's Board of Education listed long-range planning, student retention and a building program as top concerns. Seeking the seat are Lyle Davis, Julia Cowsert and Sandy Bonner. Voters Tuesday will decide who will fill an unexpired term on the board. The seat was vacated by Benjamin Lewis after he was elected Division III associate circuit judge...
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SCOTT CITY PROPOSES HALF-CENT SALES TAX FOR STREETS
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Voters in Scott City will decide Tuesday whether or not to pass a half-cent sales tax that would fund street repairs and improvements. City officials hope voters will turn out for the election, even though no races exist for four seats on the City Council...
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NO RACES EXIST IN MARBLE HILL VOTE TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
MARBLE HILL -- Two members of the Marble Hill Board of Aldermen are unopposed in Tuesday's election. Frank Killian, Ward 1, and Omer Schell, Ward 2, have both served one, two-year terms on the board and will run for their second terms. Killian is a custodian at Woodland School and Schell, who is retired from the military, owns a lawnmower repair business...
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GAUTHIER-SULLIVAN RACE IN CHAFFEE
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
CHAFFEE -- Only one race exists Tuesday for the Chaffee City Council: Ward 2 Councilman Ed Gauthier is vying for his third two-year term against Janet Sullivan. Of the three other two-year council seats up for election, two incumbents, Bill Cannon of Ward 1 and Tom Cunningham of Ward 4, are unchallenged. Incumbent Marcus Lauck of Ward 3 did not file for re-election; so Danny Finley, 118 Gray, is running unopposed for Lauck's seat...
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TWO RACES ON TAP FOR CHAFFEE SCHOOL BOARD
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
Both incumbents for the two three-year terms, Larry Meyr and Dale Tierney, are unchallenged. (CORRECTION RAN 3-31-91, PAGE 11A) CHAFFEE - Two races for seats on the Chaffee Board of Education will be decided in Tuesday's election. Three candidates, including two incumbents, are running for two three-year terms, while two other candidates are competing for an unexpired, one-year term on the school board...
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LBL LAKE REPORT
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
GOLDEN POND, Ky. The Land Between the Lakes report is now available by calling (502)-924-1245. The report gives lake elevations, water temperature, weekend weather forecasts, fishing updates and a special "fishing tip of the week." The report is updated each Thursday following checks with numerous marinas, bait shops and fishing guides, and is prepared by fisheries biologist Dr. Tom Forsythe...
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CALLING CONTESTS
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
PIEDMONT -- Turkey callers will compete in a number of classes during the Southeast Missouri Open Turkey Calling Contest, to be held at Clearwater Grade School here Saturday. Trophies will be awarded in 10 classes Youth, Mouth Calling, Pee Wee, Gobbling, Wing Bone-Yelper, Owl Hooting, Friction, Wayne County Callers, SEMO Amateur, and SEMO Open...
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MAPS AVAILABLE
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
PIEDMONT -- Free maps are available showing location of authorized vehicle stream crossings on Clearwater Lake project lands. "Corp regulations prohibit the operation of vehicles off authorized roadways except at designated locations," said Joe Corbin, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "The map will allow visitors to located roads where vehicles and drive through the streams."...
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TROUT RESULTS
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Chuck Smith of Cape Girardeau and Darrell Sago of Festus each weighed in stringers of trout at six and a half pounds during the one-day Montauk State Park Trout Fishing tournament recently. A total of 246 trout anglers entered the one=-day tournament. Jim Brown of Maryland Heights caught the largest trout, at one-pound, 12 ounces...
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CHECK LICENSES
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois sportsmen are reminded that hunting and fishing licenses will expire March 31. "Turkey hunting season start in April, and the fishing season is just around the corner," said Department of Conservation director mark Frech. "Now is the time to get new licenses."...
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FISHING HOT LINES
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
SPRINGFIELD -- Two Illinois "Fishing Hot Lines" will be available starting April 2. Anglers may call the Department of Conservation's toll-free numbers, 1-800-624-3077 for fishing conditions throughout Illinois. "Avid anglers have depended on our hot lines each year for up-to-date information on where the fish are biting," said DOC director Mark Frech. "One quick call, and anglers know where to drop their lines."...
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CALL FIRST
(Local News ~ 03/29/91)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Department of Conservation director, Mark Frech, is urging park visitors to call before planning a visit to one of the state's parks or recreation areas at this time of year. "We experience some freeze-thaw condition as some recreation areas during the time of years," said Frech. ...
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