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HARCE WISE
(Obituary ~ 08/31/94)
MOREHOUSE -- Harce Wise of Morehouse died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 1994, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Wise, 82, was born in Hartman, Ark., on May 20, 1912, to Charley and Dora Moore Wise. On Aug. 15, 1933, he married Orpha Reynolds in Hartman, Ark...
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SCHOOL YEAR BRINGS NEW PACE, OPPORTUNITIES
(Editorial ~ 08/31/94)
The calendar may still say summer, but family schedules reflect a return to the busy fall session of school classes. It is back-to-school time for area elementary and secondary schools as well as Southeast Missouri State University. Welcome back, students...
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PROSTATE CANCER CHECK SET
(Local News ~ 08/31/94)
Cape Girardeau's two hospitals will sponsor free prostate screenings Sept. 10 as part of a nationwide effort to detect prostate cancer in its early stage. It is the fifth year Southeast Missouri Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center have participated in the screening program...
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UNIVERSITY IN SEARCH OF RESIDENCE LIFE DIRECTOR
(Local News ~ 08/31/94)
The cast of characters continues to change in Southeast Missouri State University's student affairs division. School officials thought they had found a new director of residence life and went so far as to put out a press release announcing the hiring several weeks ago...
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SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA
(Local News ~ 08/31/94)
Cape Girardeau School District Wednesday, Aug. 31, noon Board of Education Conference Room - 61 N. Clark Srreet - Call to Order. - Consideration of Motion for Closed Session to consider: Matters involving hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting of particular employees as provided under R.S. MO Section: 610.021 (3)...
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PROPERTY STANDARDS PLAN SENT TO COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 08/31/94)
Members of the Minimum Property Standards Review Committee are confident the document they will take to the Cape Girardeau City Council Sept. 6 will be enacted into law. The eight-member committee represented various factions including renters, property owners and landlords. The group, which was selected by the council in May, met for the final time Aug. 23...
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BE OUR GUEST: SENDING FIRSTBORN OFF TOUGHT, BUT A MEMORY TO CHERISH
(Column ~ 08/31/94)
As I awakened early this particular Saturday, my head was already clicking with all the last-minute things to do before sending our oldest child off to college. I headed for the basement to do some last-minute laundry and thought to myself, "OK, first load in."...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/31/94)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ron Streiler of Troy, Ill., St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, 12:26 a.m. Friday, July 29, 1994. Name, Jessica Kristen. Weight, 6 pounds 15 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Streiler is the former Vickie Daniels, daughter of Mr. ...
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JOSEPH B. SCHABBING JR.
(Obituary ~ 08/31/94)
Joseph B. Schabbing Jr., 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 1994, at the Lutheran Home. He was born March 15, 1911, in Cape Girardeau County, son of Joseph B. and Mary Kohlfeld Schabbing Sr. He and Christine Brucker were married Aug. 25, 1936, in Cape Girardeau...
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C.Q. LATTIN
(Obituary ~ 08/31/94)
Funeral service for C.Q. Lattin of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Second Baptist Church, with the Rev. Robert Gibson officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 6-8 p.m. today. Williams-Farr and Purnell Funeral Home at Sikeston is in charge of arrangements...
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LEND ME YOUR EAR: BUZZING AROUND WITH CAPS AND `FRANKENFOOD'
(Column ~ 08/31/94)
Ever notice how words in common usage suddenly become special buzz words? At this writing, "cap" is buzzing at top speed throughout the land. Millionaire baseball icons are refusing to play ball because team owners want to put a cap on their salaries. Everyone in the country is demanding a cap on government waste and spending. President Clinton and Congress are trying to outcap each other in every area of what is best for the country -- putting caps on each other's caps...
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COALITION SEEKS TO ESTABLISH ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER
(Local News ~ 08/31/94)
A Southeast Missouri coalition wants to establish an assistive technology center in Cape Girardeau where disabled persons could try both low- and high-tech aids. The devices could be as simple as a modified door handle or one as complex as a voice-controlled computer. Other devices would work with eye contact...
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BY THE WAY: HEADS UP MAGAZINE READS LIKE TOXIC WASTE
(Column ~ 08/31/94)
Sometimes a literary diversion can be just the tonic to chase away the blues on a rainy Monday morning. At least this is what I thought while peering at the summer issue of Heads Up magazine. Just what I needed to start a new work week, I thought. Heads Up is a magazine devoted exclusively to beer drinkers who want to stand up and shout "Give me Lite (beer), liberty and justice, the American way." Hic-hic-hooray!...
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OPTIMIST TOT LOT DEDICATED TODAY
(Local News ~ 08/31/94)
Dedication of a new Optimist Tot Lot in Capaha Park will be held today at 4 p.m. The playground is along Broadway south of the swimming pool. The Evening Optimist Club had an old playground removed that it had installed in the early 1960s and paid the costs of a new one...
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UNITED WAY FUND DRIVE GETS UNDER WAY TODAY
(Local News ~ 08/31/94)
The Area Wide United Way fund-raising campaign begins today with hopes of raising $520,000. Last year's fund drive exceeded its half-million-dollar goal, raising $508,655. Keynote speaker at today's United Way kick-off luncheon is William C. Shores, vice president of Union Electric Co. The luncheon is being held at the Drury Lodge...
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GRANTS WILL FUND PUBLIC BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS
(Local News ~ 08/31/94)
More than 84 Illinois communities, 11 of them in five Southern Illinois counties, will share in $4 million in Community Development Assistance Program grants to renovate public buildings to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities. The grants will provide funds necessary to enable local governments to undertake renovations needed to ensure that public services are accessible to all citizens in compliance with requirements under the Americans With Disabilities Act...
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AGRI-BUSINESS LEADERS TO VISIT
(Local News ~ 08/31/94)
Nine members of an international delegation will take part in a course at Southeast Missouri State University and tour Cape Girardeau Sept. 25-28 as part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture program designed to teach them about grain marketing. The delegates are from six countries: Bulgaria, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Turkey and Venezuela...
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SEMO PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ATTRACT MINORITIES
(Local News ~ 08/31/94)
Southeast Missouri State University wants to attract quality minority students to its campus. The school has established a minority mentor program. Under a work-study arrangement, beginning freshmen minority students receive $1,000 for the academic year in exchange for working in various university departments...
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WHERE'S THE BEEF? BUTCHERS KNOW BEST
(Local News ~ 08/31/94)
One of the biggest cost items in the food budgets of most families is meat. But in buying meat, the lowest price isn't always the criteria to use when looking for the best value and taste. To get the best meat available, consumers need to develop an understanding that just because a cut of meat looks big or lean, doesn't necessarily mean it is the best quality...
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LADY BUG: SEPTEMBER OFTEN PROVES TO BE BUSY MONTH IN THE GARDEN
(Column ~ 08/31/94)
Summer of this year has almost gone. Mother Nature has blessed most areas with more rain and cooler weather than in the past few years. September is a busier month in the garden than the past few months have been. Much planning and work is needed to insure a successful garden for next year...
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