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TROY H. VAUGHN
(Obituary ~ 05/10/91)
PERRYVILLE -- Troy H. Vaughn, 77, of Perryville, died Thursday, May 9, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 20, 1914 in Madison County, son of Aaron A. and Rosie Huggins Vaughn. He was a retired farmer. He married Gladys C. Gibbar on Aug. 23, 1941 at Silver Lake. She survives of Perryville...
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JACKSON STUDENT EARNS SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
JACKSON -- Len Waldron, an honor student at Jackson High School, has been awarded a four-year Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarship to the university of his choice. Waldron has enrolled at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. and plans to begin classes there this fall...
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UNIVERSITY FACULTY PROMOTED
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
The Board of Regents at Southeast Missouri State University has promoted 20 faculty members. Provost Leslie Cochran said, "Their teaching success and faculty productivity rank them with the best." The promotions, approved by the regents recently, take effect this fall...
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BLOOD DRIVE TO BE HELD AT SCOTT CITY
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
SCOTT CITY -- A spring blood drive will be held at Memorial Wesleyan Church, 210 Outer Road, May 18. The drive, sponsored by the church and the American Red Cross, will be conducted from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vicki Blankenship is chairperson of the drive...
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STUDENTS EARN WRITING HONORS
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
Kea Scheffer and Jeff Riley, students at St. Mary Cathedral School in Cape Girardeau, and Tessy Paikeday, a student at Central High School, were among 27 young writers honored at the ninth annual Southeast Missouri Writing Achievement Awards ceremony...
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AUTO RACING PARK NEAR BENTON GEARS UP FOR SATURDAY OPENING
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
BENTON -- The "testing and tuning" is over, and when stock car drivers gather at the new Missouri International Racepark near here Saturday, the racing will be for real. "We're ready," said Keith Simpson, spokesman for the new three-eighths mile clay oval track just off Highway 77, east of the Interstate 55 Benton interchange. "We're expecting from 80 to 100 drivers for this first weekend of racing."...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 05/10/91)
Following the Kennedy compound scandal, there's word that Virginia Sen. Chuck Robb has been consorting with a former beauty queen. Democrats seem to find losing elections an aphrodisiac. --- Chief of State John Sununu uses expensive military planes instead of commercial airlines because he keeps in constant contact with George Bush. That's one of the burdens of the presidency no one even considered...
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NEWTON'S LAW: WHAT IS `BAD' IN OUR CULTURE SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS GOOD
(Column ~ 05/10/91)
English, at least the variety fashioned by Americans, is a language of antonym acrobatics. We can refer to someone as "bad" and have it mean that person is quite good. In a vernacular where bad means good, maybe we can also pass off the phrase "cynical opportunism" for "robust capitalism." Well, it's worth a try...
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GRADUATES ARE LAUDED, DIPLOMAS HARD-EARNED
(Editorial ~ 05/10/91)
For a university, no days fetch more pride than when a graduating class is turned loose on the world. Southeast Missouri State University's class of 1991 takes this spotlight Saturday. With pride in their accomplishments and gratitude that they spent some of their formative years here, this community wishes these graduates the best of luck...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: NC-17 REMAINS JUST SUGAR COATING FOR AN X-RATED FILM
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/10/91)
To the Editor: The movie review in the May 2nd newspaper gave a NC-17 rated movie three stars. Even though they clearly stated this was a new form of "Adults only" rating, he said it was not that lurid. How lurid does a movie have to be? NC-17 is nothing more than a sugar-coated ploy to attract moviegoers to a X-rated movie. Since when are x-rated movies reviewed...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT DAY WAS A HIGHLIGHT FOR STUDENT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/10/91)
To the Editor: I am a junior at Central High School here in Cape Girardeau, and on April 19th I was given the opportunity to participate in the Optimist Club Youth in Government Day. For those who do not know of this program, the operation of the city and county government was "turned over" to qualifying students from schools in this area. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: LICENSING OF CONTRACTORS WOULD ONLY HURT `LITTLE GUYS'
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/10/91)
To the Editor: Citizens of Cape Girardeau, beware. Should we pass the ordinance to require the licensing of electricians and contractors, prepare to pay more and wait longer for small jobs, or risk violation of the law. If you are a do-it-yourselfer you will quite probably find that putting your skill to work is illegal since you are not an "electrician" or a "contractor."...
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ALBERTA BRUMLEY
(Obituary ~ 05/10/91)
Alberta Brumley, 83, of Bryant, Ark., formerly of Cape Girardeau and Charleston, died Wednesday, May 8, 1991, at Regional Nursing Center in Bryant. He was born Aug. 1, 1907, in Mississippi County, son of Charles Henry and Ella Reagan Vowels. He and the former Albert Allen Brumley were married Feb. 12, 1927. He died July 17, 1988...
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MAN WEDS, GRADUATES SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
As an events supervisor at the Show Me Center, Don Doerr has dealt with a lot of different events. But for Doerr, none will be as important as two events scheduled for Saturday at the Show Me Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...
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GRADUATIONS: HIGH SCHOOLS PREPARE FOR `POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE'
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
More than 1,400 seniors will graduate in the upcoming weeks from Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois high schools. Advance schools will lead off area graduations Tuesday. Cape Central will graduate its seniors on June 7. Following is a list of times and dates for the graduation ceremonies:...
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SCHOOLS RECEIVE ACCLAIM
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
Northeast Missouri State University's liberal arts program has been touted as one of the best in the nation. The University of Missouri-Rolla is among the nation's leaders in engineering. Southeast Missouri State University has received national acclaim for its redesigned teacher-education program and its university-studies and writing-across-the-curriculum programs...
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REFORM BECOMES LEGISLATIVE BATTLE CRY
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
THE FUNDING DILEMMA IN HIGHER EDUCATION (Last in a series) Reform is a major battle cry these days as educators and political leaders pursue efforts aimed at increasing state funding for education. Funding measures being considered by the Missouri General Assembly would link increased state funding and reforms. But Gov. John Ashcroft, an outspoken critic of the tax measures, said the reforms don't go far enough and in many cases are in name only...
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CORPS CUTS TEETH ON ONE-OF-A-KIND RIVER PROJECT
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
COMMERCE - An innovative navigational project at a sharp bend in the Mississippi River south of Commerce is attracting worldwide attention for the Corps of Engineers and the project's designer. Project designer Robert D. Davinroy, a civil engineer with the Corps' St. Louis office, said the new concept in channel maintenance took four years to design...
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COUNTY SALES TAX CHECKS IN BLACK AT LAST
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
JACKSON - Cape Girardeau County officials were breathing a little easier Thursday - but not much - after receiving their fifth sales tax check of 1991. The checks for the first three months each amounted to less than for the comparable period last year. But the checks from April and May have shown increases over the previous year. As of now, receipts for 1991 are running .0023 percent or $2,700 ahead of last year...
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TELEPHONE SWITCH BOX IN JACKSON WILL BE RELOCATED
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
JACKSON -- A 15-foot-long concrete pad and telephone switching terminal structure that was built directly over buried electrical lines on a city utility easement will be moved, a Jackson city alderman said Wednesday. Ward 1 Alderman Paul Sander said Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. has agreed to move its switching terminal to private property near the city-owned utility right of way, and will erect a privacy fence around the structure to conceal it from neighbors...
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HOSPITAL OBSEVES EMERGENCY MEDICAL WEEK WITH WORKSHOP
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
St. Francis Medical Center's sixth annual trauma seminar, "Trauma Care '91," will be held Wednesday. The day-long seminar will be held as part of the hospital's observance of Emergency Medical Services Week and National Trauma Awareness Month. It starts at 8 a.m. in the St. Francis Health & Education Centre...
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RECREATION DEPARTMENT SCHEDULES YARD SALE
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
The Cape Girardeau Parks & Recreation Department plans to hold a community-wide yard sale May 18 at the Arena Building. The sale will last from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is open to anyone. Booths can be reserved for $8 and tables and chairs will be provided...
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DELTA STILL SEARCHING FOR PART-TIME TOWN MARSHAL
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
DELTA -- The Delta Board of Aldermen is still searching for a part-time town marshal. For a while, it looked like Advance Police Chief Don Cecil might moonlight as Delta's town marshal. But he no longer wants the job, said Alderman Woody Rooker. Rooker said Cecil has informed Delta officials that he won't have time to handle the town marshal position because he and his family are in the process of adopting children...
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AREA NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE GIVEN
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
The St. Francis Medical Center Auxiliary and St. Francis Foundation are seeking applicants for several nursing and allied health care scholarships. They will be awarded to students for the 1991-'92 academic year. To be eligible for the scholarships, a candidate must make formal application and must be interviewed by the hospital's Scholarship Selection Committee. ...
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CAPE STUDENT EARNS $2,000 MERIT AWARD
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
Daniel Hilty, a senior at Cape Girardeau Central High School, has earned a $2,000 National Merit scholarship. Of 14,000 students who reached the finalist level in the 1991 program, 1,800 were selected as recipients of these awards. The single-payment National Merit $2,000 scholarships are distributed on a representational basis, and the number of winners in each state is proportional to the size of the state's graduating high school senior class...
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SCOTT CITY SENIOR EARNS NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Amy Bertrand, a Scott City High School senior, has won a National Honor Society Scholarship. She competed against more than 12,000 students from across the United States. The award is sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals...
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RAILROAD INSPECTIONS ON TAP TODAY AT CHAFFEE
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
CHAFFEE - The Burlington Northern Railroad has announced a change in schedule of its public Safety Week activities this week. Ralph Lape, chairman of the BN's Springfield Division Safety Committee, said the water safety programs and complimentary boat safety inspections will be held today instead of earlier this week...
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TWO CAPE STUDENTS ARE RECOGNIZED BY ELKS LODGE
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
Bethany Moll and Debbie Jansen have been named Students of the Month for April by the Cape Girardeau Elks Lodge 693. Moll, 18, is a senior at Cape Girardeau Central High School. She has been active in cheerleading, National Honor Society, Letterman's Club, Pep Club, Spanish Club and Young Life...
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ORAN STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP TO COLUMBIA
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
ORAN -- Sandy Eftink, a senior at Oran High School, has been awarded a Curator's Scholarship to attend the University of Missouri at Columbia. The scholarships is renewable and is based on class rank and ACT score. Eftink is also the recipient of the Bright Flight Scholarship from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
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SENIOR FROM ORAN EARNS SOUTHEAST SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
ORAN -- Betsy Dover, a senior at Oran High School, was awarded a President's Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University. The award is in the amount of $1,000 per academic year and is renewable. Dover is active in the Future Business Leaders of America, FHA, BETA Club, cheerleading, band and yearbook staff...
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JUNIOR HIGH TEAM EARNS SOFTWARE IN COMPETITION
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
A seventh and eighth grade academic team from Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School earned $200 in computer software for their performance in a national competition. The team finished 29th in the nation in the 1991 All-Star Academic Team national competition. The students worked together to answer questions in mathematics, science, language arts and social studies...
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NOTRE DAME STUDENT TO SCHOLARS ACADEMY
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
Amy Eftink, a Notre Dame High School sophomore, has been selected to participate in the seventh annual Missouri Scholars Academy which will be held on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus June 9-29. She will be one of approximately 330 students from Missouri to attend the academy, which is administered by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education through funds appropriated by the Missouri General Assembly...
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SCHULTZ SCHOOL SELECTED FOR STATE `MATH ATTACK'
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
L.J. Schultz Middle School has been selected as one of 100 Missouri school districts to join the second phase of the statewide "Math Attack." "Math Attack" is an effort to upgrade instruction and student performance in mathematics. It began last year...
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BOAT RACING
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
WAPPAPELLO -- The Silver Bullet National Drag Boat Races is scheduled for May 18-19. Another big event will be the Armed Forces Day Celebration on June 8. All campgrounds and boat ramps at the lake area open except Peoples Creek, which is closed due to high water. Beaches are also still closed, due to high water...
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CENTER TO OPEN
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
PIEDMONT -- The Clearwater Information Center will open May 11. The center, which will offer information on boating, camping, hiking, and water safety will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends until May 29, when it will open Wednesday through Sunday. Starting July 2, the center will open every day except Monday...
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DOGS, TRAINERS WEATHER THUNDERSTORMS AT TRIALS
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
JACKSON -- Dog and trainers had to weather heavy rains and thunderstorms during a recent weekend, but completed the Southeast Missouri Quail Unlimited and Bird Dog Association, Inc. trials, held at Meier Hunting Club near Jackson. Classes and winners were:...
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ROAD CLEANUP
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
WAPPAPELLO -- Seven-nine volunteers conducted the annual Spring Roadside Cleanup at Lake Wappapello recently. Approximately 17 miles of state road were cleaned. A total of 162 bags of trash were collected. Following the cleanup, volunteers received lunch and played volleyball. The meal was provided by donations from the Wayne County Missouri Beautification Association, and Malone & Hyde Co...
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TURKEY TOTALS
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
Missouri spring turkey hunters bagged a total of 32,170 birds during the spring turkey season which closed last weekend. Hunters took 25,312 adult birds and 6,858 juvenile. Eugene E. Myers, a conservation agent with the Cape Girardeau Regional office of the Missouri Department of Conservation, said Southeast Missouri hunters bagged 2,451 turkey (2,005 adults and 446 juveniles). The total kill was up from last year's harvest of 1,596...
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BIRD COUNT
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
Volunteers from two states joined forces last weekend to complete the Illinois Department of Conservation's Spring Bird Count in Alexander County. The groups sighted 107 of the estimate 125 species of birds in the county, with the Red-winged blackbird the most numerous. Other birds with high populations levels included house sparrow, the common grackle, American goldfinch, Northern cardinal, Tennessee Warbler and common yellowthroat...
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BICYCLE RIDES
(Local News ~ 05/10/91)
Bicycle riders will meet at Kent Library on Southeast Missouri State University campus at 2 p.m. for the VELO Girardeau Bicycle Club ride Sunday the Chaffee Flats, a 30-mile jaunt. The May 19 ride will be the annual Giant City State Park Pigout. The ride is a hilly one, on the back roads of Southern Illinois. ...
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