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THE PUBLIC MIND: CITIZENS OF CAPE GIRARDEAU SHOULD OWN WATER SYSTEM
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/31/91)
To the Editor: The water system will be sold to a new investor-owned company out of Kansas City or elsewhere if the citizens of Cape Girardeau fail to take ownership themselves. If this occurs, the new owner could file for a rate increase up to 50 percent. ...
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`MURDER & MAYHEM': U. THEATRE PRESENTS DRAMA IN OLD ST. VINCENT'S CHURCH
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
The setting for the upcoming Southeast Missouri State University Theater production "Murder in the Cathedral" is a church, and the department has decided to present it at Old St. Vincent's Church in Cape Girardeau. The play opens Nov. 15 and will also be presented Nov. 16 and Nov. 20-23...
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NUTRITION CENTER TO HOLD BAKE SALE
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
The Cape Girardeau Nutrition Center, 232 Broadway, will host a bake sale Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. until noon. The items will be baked by patrons of the Nutrition Center. The sale is open to the public. Proceeds will be used for the building fund. Land for a new building has been purchased on Clark Street, and construction is dependent on fund raising, said center officials...
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PIANISTS WILL PLAY NOV. 8
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
Pianists Anthony and Joseph Paratore, acclaimed for their moving two-piano performances, will present a Community Concert Association concert Nov. 8 in Cape Girardeau. The concert is free and open only to Community Concert members and Southeast Missouri State University students with an ID...
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HOSPITAL CHARITY RIDE SET NOV. 9 FOR ST. JUDE'S
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
FREDERICKTOWN -- The St. Jude Charity Trail Ride to benefit St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis is set for Nov. 9 near Fredericktown. The "Saddle Up" trail ride is open to all breeds and sizes of saddle horses from Missouri only. Riders of all ages are welcome...
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SEMO MUSIC PROFESSORS SET TO PRESENT CONCERT TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
Two Southeast Missouri State University faculty members will perform in concert Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Marc Fulgham, assistant professor of trumpet, and Gary Miller, professor of organ, will present the program. Fulgham joined the music department at Southeast in 1990. He is a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and has performed with the Denver Symphony, Colorado Symphony, the Denver Brass Band and the Colorado Brass Quintet...
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ARTS: NOMINEES ACEPTED FOR AWARD
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
The Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts is accepting applications for the Otto Dingeldein Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts. Individuals may be nominated in the areas of drama, writing, dance, music or visual arts. Letters of nomination should detail the individual's participation in or support of the arts, impact on the community, public recognition and length of involvement in the arts...
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LOCAL ARTISTS FEATURED
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
PADUCAH, KY. Three area artists' will compete in "Paducah `91," a statewide competitive art exhibition. Included in the exhibit are two sculptures by Scott Monteith of Jackson a graphite over charcoal drawing by Ron Clayton of Cape Girardeau, and two photographs by Jan Chamberlain of Cape Girardeau...
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LINDSEY CEMETERY GROUP'S SUPPER SET
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
McCLURE, Ill. Lindsey Cemetery Association will hold its annual chicken and dumpling supper Saturday at the McClure elementary school. The meal begins at 4 p.m. Proceeds go to upkeep of Lindsey Cemetery. Mail donations to Alveta Charles, treasurer, Lindsey Cemetery Association, McClure, Ill. 62957...
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TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR SATURDAY CONCERT; BACK-UP BAND WILL MAKE PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT CAPE RECORD STORE
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
Tickets are still available for Saturday's performance of The Judds Farewell Tour at the Show Me Center. The 8 p.m. concert is one of the last stops on the Farewell Tour for the country duet. Naomi and Wynonna Judd were recently honored for the fifth consecutive year as the top vocal duet by the Academy of Country Music...
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GALLERY 100 EXHIBIT FEATURES WORKS BY TWO REGIONAL ARTISTS
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
Works by Tim Tanz and F.E.W. Henderson will be featured during November at Gallery 100 in Cape Girardeau. A reception for the public to meet the artists is scheduled for Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at the gallery. Henderson is president of the Perry Art Guild in Perryville. Tanz is a student at Southeast Missouri State University, and specializes in florals, landscapes, architecture and interiorscapes...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: WATER SYSTEM PURCHASE CRITICAL FOR COMMUNITY GROWTH
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/31/91)
To the Editor: Water is obviously a basic need of any new industry and the adequacy of the water system available is one of the first factors that will be reviewed by industrial prospects. The cost of water, while not as significant in most cases as energy and other costs may be, is still an important item, particularly to a large water user. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE: NEITHER WORD A COMPLIMENT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/31/91)
To the Editor: Just as I thought that I had written enough about "liberal" and "conservative" for a while, George Will in a most recent column dissertated the word "liberal" fast becoming an epithet. An epithet the dictionary says is: 1. A descriptive adjective, noun or phrase, ofte~n complimentary, accompanying or occurring in the place of a person or thing...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 10/31/91)
IT DISTURBS ME that people have written in saying they're not going to vote for Proposition B when that is our future. I just turned 18 years old. I am a registered voter and I intend to vote for Proposition B. I'm a senior at a very small school, and I see that there is a need for money for higher education. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: NATIVE FOREST LAND IS NOW A FRACTION OF ITS ORIGINAL SIZE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/31/91)
To the Editor: In regard to your editorial on Friday in which you stated that America's forests are in better shape than they were 30 years ago, you could not be more wrong. Our native forests have been reduced to a mere fraction of their original size. The Bootheel of Missouri was once a dense oak and cypress forest which covered hundreds of square miles. Its been reduced by the stewards of the land to a mere 1,000 acres thatch known as Big Oak Tree State Park...
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CONFERENCE RETURN WELCOMED
(Editorial ~ 10/31/91)
One of the more popular local events of recent years has been the annual Womancare Conference. Sponsored by St. Francis Medical Center, Southeast Missouri State University and Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., the conference will be held Saturday at the University Center. We commend the sponsors for continuing to put on a good program...
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DELAY OF TRIAL DRAINS CREDIBILITY FROM PROCESS
(Editorial ~ 10/31/91)
Members of the American legal community are typically sensitive to charges that the judicial system is too often a sluggish enterprise. Many courts, including those in Cape Girardeau County, take pride in moving their dockets along. However, the continuance of a local trial this week involving a now-dissolved consumer lending institution allows evidence of a faulty system to meet crit~ics halfway. At the least, our eyebrows are raised by this development...
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BE OUR GUEST
(Column ~ 10/31/91)
Dwayne Rutherford is a resident of Cape Girardeau, a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, a former member of the basketball team at that school and an employee of the Southeast Missourian. In April of this year, he pleaded guilty to two counts of cocaine delivery. The jail time he served is discussed in this submission. He was paroled earlier this month...
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CITY COUNCIL FILINGS OPEN ON WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
Two of three Cape Girardeau city councilmen whose terms expire next spring say they will seek re-election. The filing period for Cape Girardeau City Council candidates opens Wednesday and continues through Dec. 6. The municipal election is scheduled for April 7...
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HOTLINE WILL AID ABUSED; SAFE HOUSE BEGINS SERVICES ON FRIDAY
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
After more than a year of planning, the Safe House for Women Inc., a shelter for abused women and their children, and a related crisis hotline open Friday. "The last month has been very busy and very exciting," said Safe House Director Bettye Hargens...
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SCOTT CITY CONSIDERS 911 SYSTEM
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Voters in Scott City will decide Tuesday whether to fund installation of an "Enhanced 911" system in the city. And after spending months talking to civic, church and school organizations about the system, city Fire Chief Les Crump said he hopes citizens are convinced there is a need for it...
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MARSHAL WILL BE FEATURED AS `TOP COP'
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
For the second time this year, the CBS television show "Top Cops" has decided to recreate the heroics of a law enforcement officer from Cape Girardeau. Deputy U.S. Marshal Clarence Comer will step into the spotlight as the subject of a segment that will probably air next season, representatives of the show's production company said Wednesday...
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STUDY MAY LEAD TO NEW FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson has taken procedural steps that could lead to construction or leasing of a new federal office building here. The House Public Works Committee has scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday on Emerson's request for an "11-B study" by the General Services Administration. The study is an action by Congress directing GSA to study federal agency needs, both present and projected of an area, and report back within 90 days...
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NEWSLINE: CAR, TRAIN CRASH KILLS DUDLEY MAN
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
DUDLEY - A 74-year-old man was killed Wednesday evening when a Union Pacific train struck the vehicle he was driving at a railroad crossing in Dudley. Bruce Gant of Dudley was killed when his southbound vehicle crossed the tracks into the path of the train on Route TT in Stoddard County, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene...
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`FANTASIA' MARKS ANNIVERSARY WITH VIDEO
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
What many critics consider as Walt Disney Studio's greatest animated creation, "Fantasia," went on sale this week at Cape Girardeau music and video stores. This year marks the golden anniversary of the premiere of "Fantasia." The full-length cartoon premiered on Nov. 30, 1940, at the Broadway Theater in New York City. That was the same theater, previously known as the Colony, where Mickey Mouse made his cartoon debut in "Steamboat Willie" 12 years earlier...
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ABSENTEES CAN BE CAST ON SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
JACKSON - Offices of the Cape Girardeau County clerk in both Cape Girardeau and Jackson will be open from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday for anyone needing to vote absentee for Tuesday's election. Cape Girardeau city voters will vote on gas and electric franchise, and purchase of the water plant. All county voters will be asked to approve an enhanced 911 system; statewide, Proposition B appears on the ballot...
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FACULTY SENATE REJECTS PLAN; PROPOSAL INVOLVES COLLEGE-BASED DECISION MAKING SYSTEM
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
The Faculty Senate at Southeast Missouri State University Wednesday strongly rejected a College of Business Administration plan for college-based decision making. The senate also recommended that all college-based, decision-making plans be put on hold to allow time for universitywide discussion and debate of the issue...
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NOTRE DAME ALTERS COMPUTER INSUTRUCTION WITH BUSINESS GIFT
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
Notre Dame High School is converting its computer instruction from Apple to IBM computers because of donations made by local businesses and individuals. Twelve IBM computers and several printers have been donated by Drury Southwest Inc. and Druco Inc. after those companies upgraded their computer systems...
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WALTER ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 10/31/91)
WYATT -- Walter Adams, 65, of Wyatt died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born May 31, 1926, at Darnell, Ark., the son of the late Wilburn and Hettie Cosey Adams. On Feb. 28, 1948, he married Katie Woodruff, who survives of the home...
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GOLDA OPAL STAPLES
(Obituary ~ 10/31/91)
CHARLESTON -- Golda Opal Staples, 80, of Charleston died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 19, 1911, at Whiting, the daughter of Thomas DePorter and Virginia Elizabeth Jones Pope. On Dec. 22, 1931, she married George Duncan Staples Jr., who survives of the home...
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VELMA M. EVANS
(Obituary ~ 10/31/91)
BLOOMFIELD -- Velma May Evans, 85, of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1991, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born March 1, 1906, in Mt. Vernon, Ill., daughter of David Woodrow and Elizabeth Coats Jackson. She married William Lawrence Evans in 1925, who died in August 1966. Evans attended the Christian Church here...
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LOUISE H. CURTIS
(Obituary ~ 10/31/91)
Louise H. Curtis, 95, of Chateau Girardeau, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1991, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born March 9, 1896, in Brooklyn, N.Y., daughter of William C. and Mary Eliza Coffin Hewitt. She and Harry C. Curtis were married June 19, 1919, in Brooklyn. He died Nov. 21, 1971...
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JOHN R. PHELPS
(Obituary ~ 10/31/91)
OAK RIDGE -- John R. Phelps, 68, of Salinas, Calif., died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1991, at his home. He was born July 11, 1923, near Oak Ridge, son of Jason T. and Tillie Green Phelps. He attended Oak Ridge Schools. Phelps was an electrician at Firestone Co., until he retired because of ill health. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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GOLDIA COHEN
(Obituary ~ 10/31/91)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Goldia Cohen, 76, of Olive Branch, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Sept. 3, 1915, at Bell City, daughter of Fred and Iva Sommers Gullett. She married Claude E. Cohen May 12, 1933. He died Feb. 29, 1988...
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HERBERT JOSEPH WHISTLER
(Obituary ~ 10/31/91)
PERRYVILLE -- Herbert Joseph Whistler, 80, of Perryville died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1991, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. He was born Oct. 12, 1911, in Perry County, the son of Peter Joseph and Mary Cash Whisler. On Feb. 20, 1946, he married Mary Hazel Gibbar, who preceded him in death Aug. 17, 1979...
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MARY DOROTHY YESINKUS
(Obituary ~ 10/31/91)
ANNA, Ill. -- Mrs. Mary Dorothy Yesinkus, 82, of Anna, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1991, at Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born March 21, 1909 at Cypress, Ill.; daughter of Walter D. and Bernice Jones Holshouser. She was married to Lester Lonsdale, who preceded her in death. She later married Joe Yesinkus. He preceded her in death...
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RANDOL C. YOUNG
(Obituary ~ 10/31/91)
Randol C. Young, 57, of Dallas, Texas, formerly of Cape Girardeau,. died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1991, at Humana Medical City Hospital in Dallas. The body will be returned to Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/31/91)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Donovan Munn of Chaffee, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:59 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1991. Name, David Allen. Weight, 5 pounds 10 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Munn is the former Leslie Parker, daughter of Charles Parker and Doris Parker of Chaffee. Munn is an automotive technician at Harco Sales. He is the son of Tom Munn and Julia Munn of Crump...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Andrea A. and Gregory G. Miller to David M. Bumpus; Linda Coomer, et al, to Aaron L. Seabaugh; Milde Holdings Inc. to Coca Cola Bottling Co. James D. and Sally Ann Blyze to Sally Ann Blyze; New Bethel Baptist Church to Erwin and Elizabeth Clements; Jerome M. and Bernice A. Ziegler to Michael W. and Cynthia K. Mirly...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: NELL HOLCOMB INSTRUCTOR KNOWS KINDERGARTEN
(Local News ~ 10/31/91)
Charlotte Edwards knows kindergarten at Nell Holcomb R-4 School better than anyone. That's because she started the program there in 1976. "I have happily been in that position ever since," Edwards said. She has never taught another grade. "The advantages and rewards for the students and teacher in a kindergarten program are many," Edwards said...
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