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RAYMOND R. LEACH
(Obituary ~ 04/22/94)
MATTHEWS -- Raymond R. Leach, 94, of Matthews died Wednesday, April 20, 1994, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 27, 1900, at Lane, Tenn., the son of Watt Randle and Mary Ann Brooks Leach. In 1950, he married Zola Annabelle Rather, who preceded him in death on Sept. 10, 1985...
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`MEALS WITH FRIENDS' ON TAP
(Local News ~ 04/22/94)
The Salvation Army in Cape Girardeau will be serving "Meals with Friends," April 25-29, from 4:30-6 p.m. daily. Meals, which will be served at the Salvation Army building, 701 Good Hope, are free and open to the public. The following menu will be served:...
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FINS, FEATHERS, FUR
(Local News ~ 04/22/94)
Missouri turkey hunters bagged a surprising 7,951 gobblers on the opening day of Missouri's spring turkey season, a 30-percent increase over the first day in 1993. Even better news is that not a single turkey hunting accident was reported on the first day of spring turkey hunting Monday...
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HEARNES ON MENTAL HEALTH PANEL
(Local News ~ 04/22/94)
Former State Rep. Betty C. Hearnes of Charleston was appointed Wednesday to a position on Missouri Mental Health Commission by Gov. Mel Carnahan. "I'm extremely pleased to appoint Betty. She is a proven leader," said Carnahan. "Her experience as a state representative and expertise on mental health issues make her a logical choice for this position."...
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`EARLY BIRD' SIX FLAG TICKETS ON SALE BY CITY
(Local News ~ 04/22/94)
Six Flags "Early Bird" tickets are on sale now through May 15 at the A.C. Brase Arena Building. These tickets are made available through the Missouri Parks and Recreation Consignment. Early Bird tickets are for an adult or child for $15.15 each and can be used any time throughout the 1994 season. Regular gate price is $25.32 for adults and $20.03 for children...
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CITY SCHEDULES AQUATICS CLASS SERIES IN MAY, JUNE
(Local News ~ 04/22/94)
The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will offer a series of aquatics classes to provide quality aquatic training in May and June. A series of aquatics classes such as lifeguard training, lifeguard training instructor, CPR/first aid, and water safety instructor aid will be offered...
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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT OPENS AT GALLERY 100 MAY 6
(Local News ~ 04/22/94)
Photographers from 29 states will showcase their work in Gallery 100's Photo 94 National Juried Exhibition. The photographic competition is sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts and will be held in Gallery's 100's new location at 1707 Mt. Auburn Road in Cape...
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SOUTHERN LITERARY FESTIVAL DRAWS RENOWNED WRITERS: LITERARY COUP FOR UNIVERSITY
(Editorial ~ 04/22/94)
Southeast Missouri State University has landed a real literary coup. It will become the first university in the state to host the Southern Literary Festival. This celebration of literature and creative writing represents the efforts of 25 colleges and universities throughout the South. ...
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SOUTHERN LITERARY FESTIVAL DRAWS RENOWNED WRITERS: AN INSULT TO MANY AREA BUSINESSES
(Editorial ~ 04/22/94)
While we're glad to see the arrival of the literary festival this weekend, the same can't be said for a traveling "warehouse" sale at the Show Me Center today. These traveling vendors compete against local businesses, drawing dollars out of the community. This does not seem the best use of state- and city-owned facilities...
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SOUTHERN LITERARY FESTIVAL DRAWS RENOWNED WRITERS: CONTAINER COMPANY COMES TO CAPE
(Editorial ~ 04/22/94)
A new manufacturer is locating in Cape Girardeau, and we extend them a hearty welcome to town. Texberry Container Co., a Houston-based manufacturer, will establish a plant in the Nash Road Industrial Park. The company will occupy 70,000 square feet of the 270,000 feet warehouse. The building was recently purchased by Penzel & Co. and is leased by Golden Cat Corp...
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SOUTHERN LITERARY FESTIVAL DRAWS RENOWNED WRITERS: MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION
(Editorial ~ 04/22/94)
Charleston resident Betty Hearnes was named this week to the Missouri Mental Health Commission. This board oversees operations of the Department of Mental Health and its various operations across the state. The choice is a sound one. Hearnes has proved a conscientious public servant over the years. ...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/22/94)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Craig Karnes of Bertrand, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:25 a.m. Thursday, April 14, 1994. Name, Tyler Anthony. Weight, 8 pounds 12 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Karnes is the former Lisa Byrd, daughter of Wanda Byrd of Bertrand and Dennis Byrd of Bowling Green, Ky. She is employed at First Financial Bank. Karnes is employed at Brown Shoe Co., and is the son of Ival Karnes and Geraldine Karnes of Sikeston...
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CLETUS C. SMITH
(Obituary ~ 04/22/94)
Funeral service for Cletus C. Smith of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Del McKinney will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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RUTH J. ROBINSON
(Obituary ~ 04/22/94)
SIKESTON -- Ruth J. Robinson, 69, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, April 20, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Sept. 29, 1924, in Lilbourn, daughter of Burnie Lee and Beulah Jane Heath Chambers. She and George M. Robinson were married Sept. 18, 1940, in Portageville...
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MARTHA WILSON
(Obituary ~ 04/22/94)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Martha Wilson, 70, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, April 20, 1994, at the home of a daughter. She was born Oct. 28, 1923, in St. Joseph, Ky., daughter of Ivory and Ava Allgood Young. She married Frank J. "Jack" Wilson, who died April 3, 1982...
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JANET BROWN
(Obituary ~ 04/22/94)
ANNA, Ill. -- Janet Brown, 73, of Anna, died Wednesday, April 20, 1994, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind. She was born March 26, 1921, in Union County, daughter of Issac and Allie Whitley Knight. She and Collin W. Brown were married Sept. 24, 1938, at Jackson, Mo...
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BETTY BYRD
(Obituary ~ 04/22/94)
SIKESTON -- Betty Byrd, 69, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, April 20, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 17, 1924, in Sikeston, daughter of W.A. and Amanda Elizabeth Hale Crowell. She and Ed Byrd were married Aug. 15, 1942...
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CARL EDWARD "PUD" LASLEY
(Obituary ~ 04/22/94)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Carl Edward "Pud" Lasley, 47, of Lone Oak, Ky., formerly of Mounds, died Thursday, April 21, 1994, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. He was born Dec. 14, 1946, at Cairo, Ill., son of William Clarence Lasley Sr., and Ruby Wilson Lasley...
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WALTER RENNE
(Obituary ~ 04/22/94)
Walter Renne, 91, of Jackson died Thursday, April 21, 1994, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements were incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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HERMAN DUMEY
(Obituary ~ 04/22/94)
CHAFFEE -- Herman "Tom" Dumey, 86, of Piedmont, died Thursday, April 21, 1994, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. He was born March 10, 1908, at Kelso, son of Leo and Louise Enderle Dumey. He married Irene Westrich, who preceded him in death. Dumey was a retired sectionhand with Cottonbelt Railroad. He was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Piedmont...
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EWALD J. MEYER
(Obituary ~ 04/22/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Ewald Joseph Meyer, 80, of Groton, Conn., and formerly of Perry County died Wednesday, April 20, 1994, at New London, Conn. He was born Oct. 8, 1913, at Apple Creek, the son of Joseph and Anna Meyer Meyer. On April 8, 1941, he married Marie Tucker, who survives of the home...
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LUCY M. MILAM
(Obituary ~ 04/22/94)
MARION, Ill. -- Lucy Mae Milam, daughter of Willis "Butch" and Evelyn Branson Milam of Marion, was stillborn Tuesday, April 19, 1994, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. Survivors include her parents; paternal grandparents, Al and Lillian Milam of Jonesboro, and maternal grandmother, Nancy Branson of Oran, Mo...
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NRA FUND-RAISER TO BECOME ANNUAL EVENT
(Local News ~ 04/22/94)
Tim Crosno had no idea his offer to help a cause he fervently believes in would bring a NRA fund-raising banquet to Cape Girardeau with a simple phone call. But that's exactly what happened. The culmination of such an offer could be seen Thursday night. The NRA held its first "Friends of NRA" auction and dinner at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Cape Girardeau...
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POLICE OFFICER RECOVERING FROM ACCIDENT INJURIES
(Local News ~ 04/22/94)
After four full-scale operations, doctors say that Cape Girardeau police officer Dan Niswonger is well on his way to full recovery. Niswonger was seriously injured April 2 when the police motorcycle he was operating collided with a southbound van near North Sprigg and Emerald streets. The officer was working traffic control at a running event near the Show Me Center...
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STATE `WALL OF FAME' TO GRACE CITY FLOODWALL
(Local News ~ 04/22/94)
A "Missouri Wall of Fame" mural will be painted on the west side of the Cape Girardeau floodwall, across from Hutson's Furniture. Officials of the Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau announced plans for the mural Thursday. This will be the seventh mural to be erected by the River Heritage Mural Association. Tim Blattner, who heads up the association, was out of town Thursday and could not be reached for comment...
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SCOTT CITY HEARS GAMBLING PROPOSALS
(Local News ~ 04/22/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Two gambling firms interested in developing a Scott City site laid their cards on the table Thursday night at a special meeting of the city council. After Scott City voters April 5 approved a local initiative to have riverboat gambling in the community, the council decided to move ahead with selection of an operator, despite state roadblocks thrown up by the failure of a state constitutional amendment the same day...
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HEALTH CARE REFORM WILL BE TOPIC AT MONDAY PRESENTATION
(Local News ~ 04/22/94)
An American College of Physicians official will discuss health care reform in a lecture Monday at the Show Me Center. Dr. H. Denman Scott, senior vice president of health and public policy for the physicians group, will lecture on "Health Care 101: Everything You Want and Need to Know about Health Care Reform."...
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PEOPLETALK
(Local News ~ 04/22/94)
The Rush Limbaugh Club at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., can keep on appreciating the conservative commentator on campus. The club was banned in October under a policy allowing campus meetings only for issues connected with the curriculum. But the district board of trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to allow a broader variety of groups to meet at school...
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THOUGHTS OF MORTALITY AND THEIR ODD HALF-LIFE
(Column ~ 04/22/94)
For the dozen or so years I've written a personal column, my aim has been to write what's on my mind. Notwithstanding the tedium this has inflicted on countless readers, I've used the opportunities to try to cleanse myself of confounding or intriguing thoughts...
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