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PROFILES: JANE STACY HAS FOUND LIVING IN A GLASS HOUSE NOT ALWAYS EASY
(Local News ~ 09/06/94)
Jane Stacy has lived her life in glass houses. She grew up in the small town of Charleston, the eighth child of a Baptist preacher. For eight years, she was the sister-in-law of a Missouri governor. She lived as a coach's wife and then graduated to wife of the president of Southeast Missouri State University for nearly a decade...
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CAPE FAMILY FACES HURDLES TO MAKE HOME ACCESSIBLE
(Local News ~ 09/06/94)
James Frank isn't interested in setting a precedent. He just wants to make life a little easier for his 83-year-old mother, Ruby. But to do that, he first must get past a city ordinance designed to prevent front-yard parking. Frank petitioned the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission in August to recommend an amendment to an ordinance that prohibits building driveways that don't lead to garages, carports or parking areas...
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OFFICIALS PREPARE FOF 139TH SEMO DISTRICT FAIR IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 09/06/94)
The Southeast Missouri District Fair will have another "eight-day" week this year when activities get an early start Saturday at Arena Park. The 4-H and Youth Horse Show, an annual event of the fair, will be held as a grandstand event at noon Saturday for a third straight year said Bob Nitsch, president of the SEMO District Fair Board...
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MARK MY WORD: GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FENCE
(Column ~ 09/06/94)
There are two kinds of people in America: Lawn lovers and those who could care less about the green stuff. Every town has its legions of lawn athletes, those hearty souls who risk sun stroke to keep their grass weed free and greener than Astroturf. One of my neighbors is that kind of person. He is constantly cutting his grass, which more resembles a dark green, plush carpet than a lawn...
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DIANA KARNES
(Obituary ~ 09/06/94)
PATTON -- Diana Karnes, 43, of Columbia, S.C., died Friday, Sept. 2, 1994, in Columbia. She was born Oct. 30, 1950, in St. Louis, daughter of William and Velda Heitman Pogue. She and Andrew L. Karnes were married Aug. 8, 1970. Karnes was employed by the Civil Service in Columbia...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/06/94)
Daughter to Michael and Sahar Dorris, 3017 Mimosa, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, 1994. Name, Alexandra Sanam Isabelle. Weight, 6 pounds 12 ounces. First child. Mrs. Dorris is the former Sahar Tavallali, daughter of Savasht and Zohreh Tavallali of Shiraz, Iran. She is an investment sales assistant at Boatmen's Investments. Dorris is a coordinator at RPS in Sikeston, and is the son of Anna Myer of Cape Girardeau, and the late Cecil Dorris...
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JOHN W. FLEURDELYS JR.
(Obituary ~ 09/06/94)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for John W. Fleurdelys Jr., 52, of Sikeston will be at 10 a.m. today at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield with the Rev. Harold Nordin officiating. Burial will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery. Fleurdelys died Saturday, Sept. 3, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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HENRY A. DUMEY
(Obituary ~ 09/06/94)
KELSO -- Henry Albert Dumey, 72, of Kelso, died Monday, Sept. 5, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 11, 1922, at Ancell, son of Albert and Julia Enderle Dumey. He and Arlene LeVan were married Nov. 22, 1948, at Kelso...
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ARLIE W. SMITH SR.
(Obituary ~ 09/06/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Arlie William Smith Sr., 86, of Scott City, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 30, 1907, at Fornfelt, son of Grover Martin and Lois Elizabeth Williams Smith. He and Viola Mowery were married Dec. 24, 1929, in Scott City...
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EFFIE M. GUNN
(Obituary ~ 09/06/94)
DEXTER -- Effie May Gunn, 93, of Dexter, died Monday, Sept. 5, 1994, at Dexter Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 20, 1900, near Essex, daughter of William Casual and Pearlie Dodd Swan. She married the Rev. William Gunn March 9, 1917. He died April 29, 1989...
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ELLEN WEST
(Obituary ~ 09/06/94)
DEXTER -- Ellen West, 91, of Dexter, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 9, 1902, at Frisco, daughter of William Jefferson and Rebecca Elizabeth Riddle Thomasson. She and James Archie West were married March 3, 1922. He died May 15, 1947...
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ISABELLE L. GROTH
(Obituary ~ 09/06/94)
Isabelle L. Groth, 96, 701 Normal, died Monday, Sept. 5, 1994, at her home. She was born July 17, 1898, in St. Louis, daughter of Aloys and Regina Bender Wurnitsch. She and Lee P. Groth were married Nov. 8, 1921, in St. Louis. He died in 1982. Groth was a seamstress. She moved to Cape Girardeau in 1989 from St. Louis. She was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church...
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GENE M. REHN
(Obituary ~ 09/06/94)
FREDERICKTOWN -- Gene Melvin Rehn, 63, of Fredericktown, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 1994. He was born April 24, 1931, at Pineville, son of Henry Joseph and Elisabeth Kuehne Rehn. He first married Jean Lawson Dec. 13, 1953. He later married Lawanna June Bowden Aug. 22, 1965, in Cape Girardeau...
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ALBERT RAMSEY
(Obituary ~ 09/06/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Albert Ramsey of Perryville will be held at 2 p.m. today at Miller Family Funeral Home. The Rev. Charles S. Taff will officiate, with burial in Home Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m. today...
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ELSIE A. LIVELY
(Obituary ~ 09/06/94)
BLOOMFIELD -- Elsie Arzella Lively, 83, of Bloomfield, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 1994, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews. She was born Sept. 19, 1910, in Kewanee, daughter of Homer and Leona Widdows Henson. She and John James Lively were married July 6, 1940, at Matthews. He died Jan. 13, 1971...
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UNITED WAY SETS ANNUAL BLITZ DAY ON WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 09/06/94)
Area Wide United Way volunteers will be soliciting money from small businesses Wednesday during the organization's annual blitz day. About 70 United Way volunteers will be calling on businesses in the Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City areas. Rozan Bonsignore, co-chairman of the blitz day, hopes to raise $22,000 toward the campaign goal of $520,000...
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YOUNGSTERS WIN YELL FAVORITE BOOK CONTEST
(Local News ~ 09/06/94)
Six grade school students have won Six Flags Tickets in the YELL (Youth, Education, Literacy and Learning) Favorite Book Contest, conducted recently. The fourth grade winners were Tara Allee, Alexandra Wieser and Heather Davidson, all students at Trinity Lutheran School in Cape Girardeau...
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LOCAL MDA EFFORT RAISES $305,247
(Local News ~ 09/06/94)
The final total in regional pledges broadcast by KFVS-TV 12 in Monday's MDA Telethon was $305,247 -- $6,790 more than last year. Helping that total was the $105,400 collected by participating Kroger stores in Southern Illinois. Their contributions to the Muscular Dystrophy Association were recognized on the final segment of the local broadcast from University Mall at Carbondale...
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VOTERS LOSE AGAIN: NO VOTE ON A BIG SCHOOL TAX INCREASE
(Editorial ~ 09/06/94)
Hancock II and riverboat games of chance were both placed on the Nov. 8 ballot Thursday. But these issues won't be joined by a $310 million education tax, thanks to a ruling Friday by a Cole County circuit judge. It is a shame Judge James McHenry chose to circumvent taxpayers, who ought to have had the opportunity to decide the fate of one of the largest tax increases in the state's history...
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LETTER: INVADING HAITI ISN'T THE ANSWER; GIVE THEM GUNS TO FIGHT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/06/94)
To the editor: Invade Haiti? Why? It has nothing to offer us. I see no point except maybe something political. If we go in and take the dictator out, then we have to stay there to make sure democracy stays. An expense the U.S. doesn't need. Why is our government continuing to find ways to spend money?...
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REAL ESTATE: THIS PROFESSION IS `PEOPLE-ORIENTED'
(Local News ~ 09/06/94)
Birdie Rader switched careers 20 years ago to become a real estate agent. It's a change she has never regretted. Herb Annis left his life on the road as an agriculture-fertilizer and farm-supplies salesmen to start selling real estate. "I've never looked back," he said...
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MEMO
(Business ~ 09/06/94)
One-day workers' compensation conferences will be held at two sites in Missouri in October, including the Holiday Inn here Oct. 12. The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce will join several other area chambers in co-sponsoring the two conference. The first conference will be held at Holiday Inn North in Springfield Oct. 6...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 09/06/94)
John Banken, owner and operator of the Hickory Log Restaurant at Dexter, has been named Restaurateur of the Year by the Southeast Missouri chapter of the Missouri Restaurant Association. Banken and regional winners from around the state will be honored Oct. 3, during the 1994 Midwestern Foodservice Equipment Exposition in St. Louis...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: SPARTECH CORP. EXPANDS, WILL ADD PAWNEE INDUSTRIES
(Business ~ 09/06/94)
Spartech Corp., which reported record sales and earnings for the first nine months of fiscal 1994, is expanding. The St. Louis-based company, which has two large operations in Cape Girardeau -- Spartech Plastics, 2500 Spartech Drive, and Spartech Compounding on Nash Road -- announced this week that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire assets of Pawnee Industries Inc.'s extrusion and color divisions...
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