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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: PRAISE FOR UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/24/93)
To the Editor: Every taxpayer in the state has reason to be proud of the management of the four-campus University of Missouri System, under the leadership of President George A. Russell, his vice presidents and the chancellors in charge of each campus...
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CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR SLATED IN SCOTT CITY
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Scott City Women's Club is sponsoring its 1993 Christmas Home Tour Dec. 5 from 2-6 p.m. Admission for the tour of five homes is $5. Tickets are available at each tour home or from club members. For more information, call 264-2466. Proceeds will go to buy clothing for needy children in Scott City...
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PEARL HARBOR MEMORIAL SERVICE SET
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
Members of the Cape Girardeau chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association will remember the historic "Day of Infamy" during a memorial service, Dec. 7, on the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown Cape Girardeau. The public is invited to attend...
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SCOTT CITY PARK TO OPEN DISPLAY DEC. 3
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Fire Department and the Parks and Recreation Department will hold a Christmas celebration in the Community Park Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. The "Winter Wonderland" scenes will go on display Dec. 3 and be on display until Jan. 3. Activities will include the official lighting of the fire department's Tree of Lights and caroling led by the Broadway Methodist Choir...
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MAINTAINING UNITED STATES AT 50 IS WISE COURSE FOR NOW
(Editorial ~ 11/24/93)
Two votes occurred in as many weeks that could have ultimately impacted the number of our united states. On Sunday, the House rejected a plan to let the District of Columbia become the nation's 51st state -- named "New Columbia." The measure lost 277-153, but supporters readily admitted that they garnered more votes than they had hoped. Although the District of Columbia statehood has been publicly debated for some time, this marked the first time statehood had reached the floor...
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AWARENESS OF PORNOGRAPHY
(Editorial ~ 11/24/93)
To the editor, It is with great appreciation that I thank two men who have recently stood up for the family and morals of our founding fathers. First, I would like to thank the general manager of WSIL-Channel 3 (ABC affiliate), Steve Wheeler, for making a major decision (ital) not (ital) to air the R-rated, explicit NYPD Blue. For this reason, his station will be one of the minority nationwide that (ital) will not (ital) be boycotted against due to the airing of the above show...
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GUN BILL REVIEWS ARE MIXED
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
Local gun dealers say a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases as proposed in the Brady bill would have little impact on their sales and would not curb violence in America. Cape Girardeau Police Chief Howard Boyd Jr. isn't opposed to such a waiting period, but also believes such a law won't halt the violence...
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FUNDING FOR NON-FEDERAL LEVEES OK'D BY HOUSE
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
WASHINGTON -- Minutes before the U.S. House of Representatives wrapped up its business for 1993 early Tuesday morning, legislation was passed authorizing up to $50 million in assistance for non-federal levees damaged during the flood of 1993. The bipartisan effort was led by U.S. Reps. Bill Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, and Pat Danner, D-Jackson County...
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THANKSGIVING WEATHER LIKELY WILL BE WET
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
If the weatherman is correct, Thursday will be a good day to enjoy a big Thanksgiving Day meal and an afternoon of indoor family activities or football games on television. In fact, much of the Thanksgiving weekend probably will be wet with a chance of snow on Saturday...
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CITY BOARDS POISED TO REACH ACCORD ON RECREATION PLAN
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
After a three-hour meeting Tuesday, members of two city advisory boards seem poised to work out a compromise on a $4 million proposal to expand recreation and convention facilities in Cape Girardeau. The Parks and Recreation and Convention and Visitors Bureau advisory boards previously had clashed over plans for a multiuse building at the city's new Osage Park and a concessions building at a Shawnee Park softball complex...
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`TURKEY LOVERS' MONTH' IT'S JUNE BUT IT'S REALLY NOVEMBER
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
It all depends on how you look at it -- June has been declared "Turkey Lovers' Month" by the National Turkey Federation, but November may be the real turkey lovers' month. On Thanksgiving day in November more Americans will sit down to a meal featuring the same main dish -- roasted turkey -- than any other day of the year...
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LEND ME YOUR EAR: WRITING THAT MAKES US "LISTEN UP"
(Column ~ 11/24/93)
The importance of the ear in writing and speaking is implicit in our all-over title. William F. Buckley Jr., as a consultant for The American Heritage Dictionary (Second College Edition), writes: "To slur language is as painful to the well-tempered ear as it is to music."...
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VIRGINIA WARREN
(Obituary ~ 11/24/93)
Virginia Warren, 72, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Nov. 22, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born May 26, 1921, in Lawrence County, Ark., daughter of Lewis Newton and Susie Frances Hanshaw Hyslip. Warren had lived in Poplar Bluff and retired from Lucy Lee Hospital in 1976. She moved to Cape Girardeau in 1986, and was a member of Bethany Baptist Church...
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BRYAN P. LOOMES
(Obituary ~ 11/24/93)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Bryan Page Loomes will be held today at 11 a.m. at Shelby Funeral Chapel. Mike Johnson will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. The infant, son of Steven Page and Trina Dawn Brooks Loomes, East Prairie Route 1, died Sunday, Nov. 21, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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RUTH WILKINSON
(Obituary ~ 11/24/93)
MILLERSVILLE -- Funeral service for Ruth Wilkinson of Millersville will be held at 2 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. Fred Rister will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson. Friends may call at the funeral home from 8:30 a.m. to service time...
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LELAR M. CARNELL
(Obituary ~ 11/24/93)
DUTCHTOWN -- Funeral service for Lelar Mae Carnell of Portageville was held Tuesday at First United Pentecostal Church there. Jim Jarnigan officiated, with burial in Bethel Cemetery in Henderson, Tenn. DeLisle Funeral Home at Portageville was in charge of arrangements...
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ROLLIE MATLOCK
(Obituary ~ 11/24/93)
MCCLURE, Ill. -- Funeral service for Rollie "Joe" Matlock of McClure will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The Rev. Raymond Oxford will officiate, with burial in Lindsey Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today, and on Friday from 8 a.m. to service time...
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FRANK A. SHEELEY
(Obituary ~ 11/24/93)
Frank A. Sheeley, 72, of 1019 N. Missouri died Nov. 23, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born July 27, 1921, in Chaffee to John and Minnie Davis Sheeley. He married Olga M. Baker in Cape Girardeau on Jan. 31, 1945. He was a claims adjustor for 23 years...
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CLARA HOFFMEISTER
(Obituary ~ 11/24/93)
GORDONVILLE -- Clara Hoffmeister, 85, of Gordonville, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 26, 1908, at Jackson, daughter of Louis and Minnie Puchbauer Sievers. She and Albert Hoffmeister were married March 27, 1938, at Tilsit. He died Nov. 28, 1974...
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ROSE COTNER
(Obituary ~ 11/24/93)
JACKSON -- Rose Cotner, 76, of Jackson, died Monday, Nov. 22, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 2, 1917, at Perryville, daughter of Andrew and Anna Stortz Biri. She and Clem Cotner were married June 4, 1938. Cotner was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and St. Ann's Sodality...
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MAURICE A. WRIGHT
(Obituary ~ 11/24/93)
BERTRAND -- Maurice A. Wright, 58, of Bertrand, died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 21, 1935, in Cuba, Mo., son of Virgil and Mabel Wright. He first married Peggy Parr Bearden, and later married Bonnie Parker...
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NOTRE DAME STUDENTS FAST FOR `WORLD HARVEST'
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
Students and staff members at Notre Dame High School participated in the 20th annual Fast for a World Harvest recently. The event was sponsored by Oxfam America. Those participating replaced their usual lunch with an apple and contributed at least a dollar to the Oxfam effort...
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COSMETOLOGY STUDENT WINS COMPETITION AWARDS
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
Jodi Sticht, an advanced student at Stage One, The Hair School of Cape Girardeau, recently won top honors in competition at the annual Missouri Cosmetology Association State Convention at Lake of the Ozarks. Sticht, of Cape Girardeau, won first place in men's hair shaping, second place in men's total fashion, third place in women's hair shaping, and second place in nail art...
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SCHOOL COUNSELORS ATTEND STATE CONFERENCE
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
"Counseling -- A Kaleidoscope of Caring" was theme of the 46th annual Missouri School Counselor Association Fall Conference. The group met at Lake of the Ozarks this month. Local counselors attending were drug-free school coordinator Bill Askew; high school counselor Pat Trickey; junior high counselor Tom Berkbigler; Jane Bridges of May Greene Elementary; Tim Ward of Franklin Elementary; and Betty Deardorff of Jefferson Elementary...
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SOUTHEAST PIANO STUDENT PLACES IN MUSIC COMPETITION
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
Southeast Missouri State University student Susan Ho, who is pursuing a music degree in piano performance, placed first in the upper piano division of the Missouri Music Teachers Association State Auditions and Competitions recently in Springfield. "This is really quite an honor," said James Sifferman, Southeast associate professor of music, who is Ho's instructor. ...
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PERRYVILLE FFA MEMBER RECEIVES FFA HONOR
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
Perryville FFA member receives FFA honor PERRYVILLE -- Craig E. Schuessler of Perryville has received the highest degree of membership awarded by the National FFA organization, the FFA Degree. Along with 1,276 other degree recipients, the Perryville FFA chapter member was honored at the 66th National FFA Convention in Kansas City...
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SEMO STUDENT CHOSEN `BROTHER OF THE YEAR'
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
Derek Hudson, president of Alpha Phi Alpha at Southeast Missouri State University, was named "Brother of the Year" for Missouri during the fraternity's statewide convention recently. Hudson, who was among four statewide candidates, now advances to the Alpha Phi Alpha Midwest Regional Convention in April in Kentucky. The winner at that competition advances to the national level...
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22 SOUTHEAST STUDENTS NAMED IN COLLEGE BOOK
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
The 1994 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" will include the names of 22 students at Southeast Missouri State University. They were selected as national outstanding leaders. Campus nominating committees and editors of the annual directory have included the names of the students based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities, and potential for continued success...
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STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN ALL-STATE CHOIR EVENT
(Local News ~ 11/24/93)
A Cape Girardeau Central High School student has been selected for the All-State Choir. Another has been named first alternate at the annual All-District Choir concert held recently at Sikeston. Selected for the All-State Choir was Jenny Broom. Alison Nall was named first alternate...
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