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STRICTLY BUSINESS: DRURY WORKERS VOLUNTEER DURING MOTEL RENOVATION
(Business ~ 02/20/95)
Daryl Baker is behind the wheel of a truck these day. Angela Pruitt is taking a turn at turning out hot, nutritious meals. Buffie Gordon separates used clothing and arranges the pieces on a rack. These individuals, and a number of other employees at the Days Inn at Terre Haute, Ind., are filling their days as volunteers for the Light House Mission at Terre Haute while their regular workplace is undergoing extensive renovation...
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LOCAL AUTHORS PRINT BOOKS HERE
(Local News ~ 02/20/95)
Larry Pierce checked the ink density on a printed sheet with a densitometer at Concord Printing. Jeff Rose operated an electronic cutter to trim pages after printing at Concord Printing. Many years ago Cletus Ellinghouse, a newspaperman from the Piedmont area, wanted to publish a family history book. He went to Barry Thornton, general manager of Concord Printing and asked for help...
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50 YEARS AFTER IWO JIMA, CEREMONY HONORS HERO FROM A DIFFERENT WAR
(Local News ~ 02/20/95)
The sun shone on the World War II and Vietnam veterans, their families and other proud Americans during a ceremony Sunday at Cape Rock Park. First, the Marines and Navy seamen who fought at Iwo Jima were honored for their service. As Lt. Cmdr. Donald Taylor of the Navy Reserve slowly read the names of the Cape Girardeau men killed in that battle 50 years ago, as a sailor rang a bell for each name...
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POETRY READING MARKS 30 YEARS OF `THE CAPE ROCK'
(Local News ~ 02/20/95)
The Cape Rock was one among a flurry of university literary magazines spawned by the creative explosion known as the '60s. Today, the slim early editions' typewritten pages and poetry-only content appear almost quaint alongside the newest's book-quality typeset pages and dramatic black and white photographs...
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HAZING SURVEY GENERATES SURPRISES
(Local News ~ 02/20/95)
Almost a third of students at Southeast Missouri State University think hazing can be a "positive force in a student's college experience" according to a survey just completed by two Southeast faculty members. The survey results come a year after the death of Michael Davis, a Southeast student killed while pledging Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 02/20/95)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "How do you feel about replacement baseball players playing this year?" Jerry Crouch, Farmington. "I think it great. I think it's nice to be able to go out and see people who want to play the game just for the sake of playing it instead of for the money. I think all of the other players are overpaid anyway."...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 02/20/95)
I AGREE with the caller on Feb. 13 regarding the articles that are placed on different pages. Let's lose the color and put the pages in sequence instead of finishing a story on page 9 when it originally started on page 10. We can do without the color, but I hate to start looking through the paper to try to find out where the rest of the article is...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 02/20/95)
AGENDA Tuesday, Feb. 21 7:30 p.m. Power and Light Committee Motion to award annual contract on Electric Distribution supplies to Electric & Sales Corp., Fletcher-Reinhardt Co. and Graybar Electric. Resolution authorizing city's participation in Mid-America Inter Connect Network project and appointing Larry Humes as delegate and Mark Brown as alternate delegate...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 02/20/95)
AGENDA Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Public hearings Five-year capital improvements program for Cape Girardeau. Consent ordinances Rezone 2942 Bloomfield Road. Second and third readings. Amend a special use permit for Boyd Missouri Inc. concerning its planned gambling venture. Second and third readings...
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TIFFANY KRISTINE JACKSON
(Obituary ~ 02/20/95)
SIKESTON -- Tiffany Kristine Jackson, 15, of Sikeston died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Sikeston.
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FOUR KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT NEAR SIKESTON
(Local News ~ 02/20/95)
SIKESTON -- All four occupants of a vehicle were killed early Sunday morning in single-car accident north of Sikeston. The dead were identified as Jerry Lee Tinnin, 20, Seth Howard, 16, and Tiffany Kristine Jackson, 15, all of Sikeston, and Joshua Groves, 20, of East Prairie...
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AGNES UHRHAN
(Obituary ~ 02/20/95)
CHAFFEE -- Agnes Christine Uhrhan, 60, of Chaffee, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 1995, at her home. She was born May 7, 1934, the daughter of Charles Vincent and Igenia Theresa Strack Griffin. She and Elmer Peter Uhrhan were married Nov. 7, 1951, and he preceded her in death March 20, 1976...
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LULA FUSON STAPEL
(Obituary ~ 02/20/95)
Memorial service for Lula Fuson Stapel, 3120 Independence, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Miles White will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9-10 a.m. Tuesday. Stapel, 90, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 1995, at Chateau Girardeau Health Care Center...
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ISABEL M. JAMES
(Obituary ~ 02/20/95)
MILLERSVILLE -- Isabel M. James, 77, of Millersville died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born near Patton on March 5, 1917, the daughter of Miles and Ruth Long Lincoln. She married Johnnie James in 1935. He died in 1971...
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ANNA L. BERKBIGLER
(Obituary ~ 02/20/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Anna L. Berkbigler, 86, of Perryville died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, at the Perry County Nursing home. She was born June 15, 1908, the daughter of Barney and Mary Triller Baer in Apple Creek. She married Emmett Berkbigler in November 1932. He survives. Other survives include a daughter, Shirley Schrumpf of St. Louis; a brother, Barney Baer of Apple Creek; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren...
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RECYCLING IS DIVERSE, COMPLEX, WORTH CONSIDERING
(Editorial ~ 02/20/95)
I would like to comment on the recent editorial, "Recycling matters." While it may be true that municipalities such as Cape Girardeau have been mandated by Senate Bill 530 (The Omnibus Solid Waste Management Law) to reduce waste going to landfills, there are also some underlying reasons of value to society other than a governmental mandate. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: GOVERNMENT BY DIBS AND DABS
(Column ~ 02/20/95)
Without realizing it, Missourians are wasting millions of dollars by ignoring a simple, cost-effective means of ending the useless expenditure of tax revenue. Each time a constitutional amendment, submitted either by the General Assembly or through the initiative referendum process, is presented to voters, the public must shell out additional tax dollars to fund the process, and while there is absolutely nothing improper about amending the constitution, there comes a time when public interest is least served by this means.. ...
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PRESIDENTS DAY ACKNOWLEDGES MAKERS OF HISTORY
(Editorial ~ 02/20/95)
Today is Presidents Day, and it is one of those federal holidays that leave Americans wondering what they are celebrating. Officially, the third Monday in February is set aside by the federal government to mark the birthday anniversary of our nations first president, George Washington. ...
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STUDENT NAMED DINNER COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
(Local News ~ 02/20/95)
B.J. Wilken, a senior majoring in pre-physical therapy at Southeast Missouri State University, has been selected as chair of the 1995 Graduation Dinner Committee. Wilken is vice president of the Sigma Chi fraternity and vice president of correspondence for the Interfraternity Council...
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CVB SEEKS BUSINESSES FOR TOUR
(Local News ~ 02/20/95)
The Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau is seeking businesses interested in being information stations for the Rush Limbaugh "Hometown Tour." The tour, which was established Jan. 12, guides visitors to various points of interest in Cape Girardeau that relate to the boyhood home of the radio and TV personality and best-selling author...
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BUSINESSMAN THINKS DOLL COULD TEACH RESPONSIBILITY
(Local News ~ 02/20/95)
Ralph Flori Sr. thinks Cape Girardeau high school students could benefit from a "cry baby," and he's willing to buy one. The heating and air conditioning contractor thinks "Baby Think It Over," a life-like doll that cries, could teach students valuable lessons about parenthood...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 02/20/95)
Ben Reiminger of Cape Girardeau has been named the 1995 Missouri "Older Worker of The Year" in Region 11, a 13-county area that includes Cape Girardeau, Perry, Bollinger and Perry counties. Reiminger, 81, is a part-time employee at Burger King-Drury Restaurants at Route K and Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau...
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BUSINESS MEMO
(Business ~ 02/20/95)
Roosevelt Bank has officially opened its new and expanded facility at 211 S. Silver Springs. Roosevelt, which acquired Farm & Home Savings in 1994, moved to the Silver Springs site in July but has remodeled and expanded the facility, formerly occupied by Farm & Home...
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