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DON'T TAKE A SUMMER VACATION FROM READING
(Editorial ~ 06/03/92)
For most area students, school has adjourned for summer. But summer vacation shouldn't become an excuse to quit learning. Reading should be included high on the list of summer activities for kids. Studies show that students who read during the summer do better when classes resume in the fall. Reading crosses the curriculum, helping students develop in all areas and improve their vocabularies. Reading represents an investment in brain power...
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BERNSTEIN OUTLINES CAMPAIGN FOR SENATE
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
U.S. Senate candidate Mert Bernstein supports a limit on campaign contributions, is in favor of universal health care, wants to develop an anti-recession plan to take effect in times of an economic downturn and believes every American capable of going to college should be given an opportunity to do so...
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CONCERT SEASON STARTS TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will open its 1992 season tonight, under the direction of Jon Fisher. This marks the 66th concert season under the sponsorship of the city of Cape Girardeau. The band will perform 12 free Wednesday evening concerts at the band shell in Capaha Park. The season ends Aug. 19. Each concert begins at 8 p.m...
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HEAD INJURY SUPPORT GROUP WILL MEET
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
St. Francis Medical Center Social Services Director Ken Green will be the guest speaker for the Monday meeting of the newly formed Head Injury Support Group. Green has worked for many years with the head injured and their families. The support group, which is sponsored by the St. Francis Neuroscience Institute, meets at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of each month. The meetings are held in the Friends Lounge of the Health and Education Center at the medical center...
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AFRICA TOPIC OF TRAVELOGUE AT THE LIBRARY
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
The Cape Girardeau Public Library will host a travelogue program on East Africa Thursday, June 18. The program will be presented by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kuster. Robert was a faculty member of Southeast Missouri State University from 1961 until his retirement in 1981, and served as past president of the Audubon Society. Since retiring, he has conducted tours for Panorama Tours...
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VETS REMEMBER INVASION ON 48TH ANNIVERSARY
(Column ~ 06/03/92)
Many residents of the Cape Girardeau and Jackson area were drafted into military service during World War II. Some returned when the war ended in Europe in 1945, others did not. They are remembered on Memorial Day and other special commemorative days by a flag and a marker, with their name, rank, and serial number displayed as part of the Avenue of Flags in Cape Girardeau County Park...
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FACULTY PROMOTED
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents has approved 14 faculty promotions. Following are those who have been promoted, academic department, and years of service. Promoted to professor were: Darlene, J. Dunning, administrative services, nine years; Kenneth A. ...
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TRAIL OF TEARS TO HOLD BIRTHDAY PARTY THIS WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
Special birthday party fanfare is in store this year for Trail of Tears State Park, the Bollinger Mill State Historic Site and the Missouri state park system. Trail of Tears, north of Cape Girardeau off Highway 177, will be the site of a birthday party this weekend to celebrate the park's 35th anniversary of being donated to the state, along with the state park system's 75 years of existence...
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DRY: RAIN THIS YEAR SHORT OF NORMAL
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
March, April and May normally are the wettest months of the year in Cape Girardeau. It's a time when the soil gets much of the moisture it will need to sustain growing crops during the hot, dry summer months. But this has not been a year for normal weather patterns, thanks to El Nino...
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BRIDGE BIDS SOUGHT; COUNTY WILL REPLACE CHANNEL SPAN
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
JACKSON - With state and federal approval secured, the Cape Girardeau County Commission is now seeking bids for the replacement of a 200-foot bridge across the Diversion Channel. Associate Commissioner Leonard Sander, who oversees roads and bridges for the commission, said Tuesday the bridge will be the largest one ever replaced by Cape County...
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CLEAN-UP PROGRAM LAUNCHED
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
Two Cape Girardeau city councilmen this week introduced an ambitious plan to "beautify" a large section of the city's east side. Councilmen Melvin Gateley and Doug Richards announced the clean-up proposal at Monday's city council meeting. The council unanimously approved a motion to endorse the two-year project, which would rely heavily on volunteer labor...
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CITY WORKER SUFFERS MINOR INJURIES IN TRUCK ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
A city employee escaped with minor injuries Tuesday afternoon when the twin-axle truck he was driving overturned when a load of solid waste shifted. It dumped between 15-20 tons of trash along the west side of South Sprigg just north of the Lone Star Cement plant. The truck sustained moderate damage...
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CLASS AT ALMA SCHRADER ADOPTS GRANDMA
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
Alta Blumenberg had a visit from her grandchildren Tuesday afternoon all 25 of them. Students in Betty Chasteen's second-grade class at Alma Schrader Elementary School adopted Blumenberg for the school year. The entire class came for a visit and to bring "Grandma Blumenberg" a gift...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
NANCY FENWICK Occupation: Secretary, St. Vincent de Paul School. Pet Peeve: "When people borrow or use things and don't put them back where they belong." What do you do in your spare time? "Attend my free sons' sports and school activities and shop."...
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WILLIAM N. MASON
(Obituary ~ 06/03/92)
JACKSON -- William Newton Mason, 79, of Jackson, died Sunday, May 31, 1992, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. He was born Oct. 24, 1912, in Danvers, Ill., son of Edwin Augustus Keeble and Alice Fay Burdette Mason. He and Lillian Ann Biggins were married Jan. 9, 1947. She died Jan. 17, 1989...
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CORDELIA B. MAEVERS
(Obituary ~ 06/03/92)
Cordelia B. Maevers, 71, Cape Girardeau Route 1, died Monday, June 1, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 26, 1920, at Egypt Mills, daughter of William and Caroline Schwettman Ervin. She and Elmo Maevers were married April 19, 1941, at Egypt Mills...
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JIMMY JACKSON BOWERS
(Obituary ~ 06/03/92)
Jimmy Jackson Bowers, 1014 Bloomfield Road, Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, June 2, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was 78. He was born Jan. 26, 1914, to Dennis and Mary Jane Bowers. He married Theria Montez on June 3, 1944. She survives of the home...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/03/92)
GOODIERTwin daughters to Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin G. Goodier, 3917 Carolewood, Southeast Missouri Hospital, Thursday, April 30, 1992. Kylie Paige was born at 7:30 a.m. and weighed 4 pounds 7 ounces. Kara Elizabeth was born at 7:40 a.m. and weighed 3 pounds 14 ounces. Mrs. Goodier is the former Debra Bond, daughter of Leonard Bond of Puxico and the late Geneva Bond. Goodier is a dentist, and is the son of Benjamin and Sherry Goodier of Mission, Texas...
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MARBLE HILL: CITY TO RENT SPACE FROM ITS NEW MUNICIPAL POOL
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
MARBLE HILL -- While many towns struggle to keep municipal pools afloat financially, the city of Marble Hill has devised a way to ensure a year-round income for its pool. City offices, including the police station, will be housed in a complex adjacent to the pool, and the city will rent those offices from the pool fund...
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JOYCE ALDRIDGE
(Obituary ~ 06/03/92)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Joyce Aldridge, 61, of Wolf Lake, died Monday, June 1, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 25, 1930, in Anna, daughter of Floyd L. and Sadie Henard Gray. She and Tommy L. Aldridge Jr. were married Dec. 23, 1949, at Anna...
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LEGISLATORS CONCERNED OVER WORKERS COMP
(Local News ~ 06/03/92)
Revelations about potential abuses in the workers compensation Second Injury Fund and a decision last week by Gov. John Ashcroft to fire Richard Rousselot as director of the Missouri Division of Workers' Comp, have some legislators concerned. In the last legislative session, huge premium hikes for many employers, without a claims history to justify the increases, had made reform of the state's workers compensation laws a top priority of the 1992 session...
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