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LETTERS: VERY FEW TEACHING ASSISTANTS AT SOUTHEAST
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/12/95)
To the editor: Last week, an individual claiming to be a retired faculty member accused Southeast Missouri State University of over-using graduate students for freshman instruction. The call (to Speak Out) apparently was stimulated by a "60 Minutes" expose which featured international teaching assistants with abysmal language skills and slovenly dressed native graduate assistants teaching freshmen at a major research university. ...
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CHADD UNIT WILL MEET MONDAY NIGHT
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
The CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders) chapter will meet Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Community Counseling Center. Dr. Michael Burke with the centers for psychological growth in Chesterfield will speak about adolescents and how they can become their own advocates as they enter adulthood...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: CONSTITUTION: AMEND IT IN BULK?
(Column ~ 03/12/95)
Speaker Newt Gingrich seems to want to amend the Constitution in bulk: balanced budget, term limits, prayer in schools -- maybe even a constitutional amendment requiring a three-fifths supermajority in Congress for any tax increase. Throughout our history, thousands of constitutional amendments have been proposed. ...
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HISTORY OF 79-YEAR-OLD CHURCH CHRONICLED
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
Rev. W.E. Hicks, of Red Star Baptist Church, celebrates his fourth year as pastor by baptizing four people in Juden Creek in 1931. The girl closest to him is Hollis Swendel Smith, who is still a member of the church. Anita Williams holds a chalk drawing of the Red Star Baptist Tabernacle as it appeared in 1949. ...
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NEWS FROM THE ARMED FORCES
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
Dustin Crass Air Force airman Dustin C. Crass has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Tex. During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization and customs and received special training in human relations...
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PROGRAM OFFERS CHILDREN A LEG UP ON ACADEMICS
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
Nathan Davis of Jackson glowed with a sense of accomplishment after successfully building his pyramid. Larissa Petzoldt from Jackson giggled and blinked as Fred the Bunny hopped past her eyes. Both 4-year-old children joined with approximately 40 other youngsters ages 18 months to 5 years and participated this past week in an educational development screening checkup sponsored by Parents as Teachers at the Primary Annex School in Jackson...
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ACS PLANS DAFFODIL DAYS
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
Jackson will get its first touch of spring March 19-22 when the Jackson chapter of the American Cancer Society sponsors its first annual Daffodil Days Celebration. Local volunteers will be bringing this first spring flower to Jackson residents to raise funds for cancer research, education and patient service programs...
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MEYR IS ALTENBURG'S AMBASSADOR TO THE WORLD
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
Now retired, Vernon Meyr is a graduate student at Southeast Missouri State University and enjoys taking part in package tours with other university students. Though he's a lifelong resident of Altenburg, Vernon Meyr has let his presence be known in 47 countries throughout the world...
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SIGNAL SEEKS CONTRIBUTORS FROM THE JACKSON AREA
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
The Jackson U.S.A. Signal is seeking correspondents in area cities and towns to help keep its readers informed on what is happening in those towns. Correspondents in Oak Ridge, Gordonville, Fruitland, Marble Hill and other areas are needed. The Signal seeks good writers who know and can write of the happenings in their local churches, schools and civic organizations and of birthdays, visitors from out of town, family reunions and similar happenings...
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FBLA MAKES STRONG SHOWING IN DISTRICT COMPETITION
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
The Jackson High School Future Business Leaders of America made a strong showing during recent district FBLA competition held at Scott City High School. A total of 22 students received first and second place trophies during the competition. They will advance to the state meet later in the year. Nine others earned third-, fourth- and fifth-place honors...
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HOLCOMB LISTS HONOR ROLL
(Honor Roll ~ 03/12/95)
First semester honor roll High Honor Roll Eighth Grade - Brian Hite, Gelanie Lockhart, Julie Lufcy, Denise McFadden, Jason Rubel, Lauri Swallow. Seventh Grade - Jeremiah Watson. Sixth Grade - Phillip Davidson, Martin Hoffman, Alexis McDowell, Brett Price, Rachel Rumfelt, Cassandra Schlegel, Justin Vines...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: SCHOOL REFORM TURNS TO HIGH-PRICED MARKET RESEARCH
(Column ~ 03/12/95)
Readers who have been following my last 10 columns on what is happening to our Missouri schools in the name of reform might be interested in the latest creative spending idea from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Seems they have gone into the market survey research business. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: WHEN LESS OFTEN MEANS MORE
(Column ~ 03/12/95)
If average citizens, folks like us, were asked to describe their idea of good government, many would respond that it should be less rather than more, economical rather than wasteful, responsive rather than diffident. And that's not a bad definition of good governance and pretty much as it was viewed by America's founding fathers more than a couple of centuries ago...
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HONORING TEACHERS
(Editorial ~ 03/12/95)
There really aren't enough ways to recognize the contributions made to society by teachers who take their calling seriously and encourage students to reach their full potential. Every great American can name one or more teachers who had an influence in developing character and the ambition for success, in addition to instilling the highest values of learning...
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LETTERS:SETTING RECORD STRAIGHT ON EXCHANGE OF WORDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/12/95)
To the editor: Recent articles and comments in Speak Out prompt me to se the record straight concerning my contact with Amy Randol. It is true that I "raised (my) his voice and became angry" with Ms. Randol. The central office had been distracted from pressing administrative activities for over six months in order to meet ongoing requests for information. ...
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LETTERS:OPPOSES PUBLIC FUNDING TO HONOR RUSH LIMBAUGH
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/12/95)
To the editor: Please let me add my voice to those who oppose the expenditure of public funds that would honor Rush Limbaugh. I attended Southeast Missouri State University from 1935-1939. I was one of the Depression kids who would have had a hard time making it were it not for the government-supported college paid for by the state of Missouri...
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JUNIOR HIGH SETS SPIRIT WEEK
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
A national PTA representative will speak Tuesday at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School's Family Spirit Night. The event will be held at the school from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Parents and teachers will have an opportunity to chose from a variety of speakers. Local celebrities will speak with students about career possibilities...
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MISSOURIAN AMONG WINNERS OF AD CONTEST
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
Two entries by the Southeast Missourian newspaper were among 30 award winners in the Advertising Federation of Southeast Missouri's first ADDY Awards of Southeast Missouri. The ADDYS is a national program of the American Advertising Federation and is the industry's largest and most representative competition for creative excellence...
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REV. EUGENE WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 03/12/95)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- The Rev. Eugene Williams, 62, of Olmsted and formerly of Union County, died Saturday, March 11, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 9, 1932, in Union County, the son of Francis Paul and Grace Tate Williams. He married Emma Lou Manus on July 17, 1952, in Paragould, Ark...
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LYON COLLEGE CHOIR TO PERFORM
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
The Lyon College concert choir will perform in Cape Girardeau at the First Presbyterian church during its annual spring tour, a college spokesman said. The concert will be March 26 at 7 p.m. at the church at Broadway and Lorimier. The choir will feature traditional, classical and modern music...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
Scott County James G. and Eleanor M. robbins to Ag-Lands Investment Co.; Ag-Land Investment Co. to Mickeal L. Quillman Sr. and Trienna J. Quillman; Ag-Lands Investment Co. to David Edward and Paulina Jo Flynn. Leonard Ledbetter to Mary Marie Page; Robert E. and Mary Edith Gardner to Billy Wess McIntosh Jr. and Angela R. McIntosh; Roberta Wheeler Trust to August W. and Cathy E. Urhahn...
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CAROLINE'S CORNER: PRETTY IS AS PRETTY THINKS
(Column ~ 03/12/95)
Once upon a time a girlchild was born with a colossal inferiority complex. The child grew and grew and then she grew some more. By the time she reached the seventh grade, everyone in the class was forced to literally look up to her. Inhabitants of the land were not kind. They made such remarks as, "When are you going to stop growing?" and "How is the weather up there?"...
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LYNIE DELL MOORE
(Obituary ~ 03/12/95)
WARDELL -- Lynie Dell Moore, 87, of Wardell died Friday, March 10, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 7, 1907, at Wardell, daughter of James and Mary Francis Meatte Warren. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wardell...
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CARL F. KARCHER
(Obituary ~ 03/12/95)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Carl F. Karcher, 84, of Cairo, Ill., died Friday, March 10, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 17, 1910, in Cairo, son of Carl J. and Mary P. Bucher Karcher. He was the owner of the Karcher Shoe Store for many years. ...
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LYDIA EMMA PREVALLET
(Obituary ~ 03/12/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Lydia Emma Prevallet, 91, of Perryville died Saturday, March 11, 1995, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Sept. 22, 1903, in Perry County, daughter of Henry and Mary Fassold Bergman. On Jan. 24, 1925, she married Wilbert Prevallet. He preceded her in death Aug. 4, 1985...
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MARTINA E. FLUEGGE
(Obituary ~ 03/12/95)
JACKSON -- Martina E. Fluegge, 89, of Tilsit died Saturday, March 11, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 6, 1906, at Tilsit, daughter of Martin and Minnie Siebert Peetz. She married Robert L. Fluegge Feb. 15, 1925, at Tilsit...
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AVA MARIE HOLIFIELD
(Obituary ~ 03/12/95)
NEELYS LANDING -- Ava Marie Holifield, 81, of Neelys Landing died Saturday, March 11, 1995, at the home of her daughter in Millersville. She was born June 1, 1913, at Neelys Landing, daughter of Robert E. and Mary McCain Rumfelt. She was married to Ernest Cathcart...
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LEGION PLANS DINNER ON 76TH ANNIVERSARY
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
JACKSON -- The Altenthal Joerns Post 158 will celebrate the American Legion's 76th anniversary Thursday with a birthday banquet at the post at Mary and North High streets. The social hour starts at 5:30 p.m., and dinner will be at 6:45. The American Legion Auxiliary will make the food...
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STUDENTS GET FIRST-HAND VIEW OF BUSINESS WORLD
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
From left, Southeast Missourian director of advertising Pat Zellmer, Jackson U.S.A. Signal editor Joel Vinson and sales manager Marvin Wormington discuss the composition of the weekly newspaper with Jackson FBLA members Jared Crouch and Matt Pourney...
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MISSOURI GUARD HELPS PANAMA (FIRST IN A SERIES OF FOUR)
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
CAIMITO, Panama -- A major deployment of Missouri's Army National Guard troops to Central America arrived early March 4 at Howard Air Force Base in Panama, southwest of Panama City. After four hours in the air and 1 1/2 hours on chartered school buses about 220 soldiers of the 1140th Combat Engineer Battalion -- mostly from Southeast Missouri -- were shuttled to the base camp, Camp Legendre about sunrise...
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HOSPITAL PANEL GETS CRITICAL REVIEW
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
A state senator, who is a Joplin doctor, wants to perform major surgery on the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee; another senator wants to eliminate the 16-year-old regulatory agency entirely. The two Republican lawmakers say the state board and its eight-member staff have failed to keep a lid on costly, duplication of medical services...
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FAILURE TO BUCKLE UP CARRIES HIGH RISKS
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
A trooper with Troop E of the Missouri Highway Patrol for the past 5 1/2 years, Perry Hazelwood, is awfully young to have seen so many who died so needlessly. Last week, he investigated an accident in which a 49-year-old Millersville man was killed after being thrown from his pickup truck and run over by another car. He wasn't wearing a seat belt...
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LAWMAKER WEIGHS PROS AND CONS
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
Serving on the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee is a lawmaker's nightmare. "It is absolutely the most no-win deal that I have ever been involved in," said state Sen. Peter Kinder, a committee member. "There's no combat pay for attending the meetings," he said...
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ABWA TO HOST CANDIDATES FORUM
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
School board candidates for the Jackson R-2 School district will meet the public on Tuesday, March 21 from 7-9 p.m. at the Jackson Junior High School Library. The "Meet the School Board Candidates" forum is sponsored by the Jacksonian Charter Chapter of the American Business Women's Association (ABWA) to help voters make informed school board choices...
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`SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA' BEGINS TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
Tonight, an impoverished Parisian poet named Rodolfo will fall in love with his neighbor, a frail young woman named Mimi. It will end tragically, with Mimi's death from tuberculosis. But in between, some of Giacomo Puccini's most beloved melodies will ride the KRCU airwaves...
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SCOTT COUNTY PICKS ARCHITECT FOR JAIL PROJECT
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
BENTON -- The Scott County Commission has selected an architect and bonding company to handle the proposed construction of a new county jail. County voters will be asked to decide two quarter-cent sales tax issues in an April 4 election. The first issue would pay for building a jail while the second would finance additional law enforcement services...
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HISTORY DAY DRAWS 500 AREA STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
Dressed in a cotton print dress with her hair bobby-pinned away from her face, Sarah Crouthers of Risco High School recounted the conflicts families experienced in the coal fields of eastern Kentucky. Portraying Florence Reece, the wife, daughter and mother of coal miners, Crouthers talked about the strikes that marred Harlan County in Kentucky in the early part of the century...
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FISHING GUIDE AVAILABLE
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Anglers will find a wealth of valuable "where-to" information in the 1995 Fishing Prospects report from the Fisheries Division of the Missouri Department of Conservation. The report contains detailed information about where and how to catch fish on dozens of streams and lakes. Waters at James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area east of Kansas City and August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area west of St. Louis are included in the report...
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ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: WARMER WATER MEANS HOTTER FISHING ACTION
(Column ~ 03/12/95)
In this flipflop time of year it's winter one day, spring the next, and the day after that -- who knows? It's also the time and circumstances under which the year's bass fishing begins. Not that the bass aren't there and won't feed all winter. They are and they well. Cold Water, however, makes them captives of their own metabolism, and their feeding frequency only increases to a level to be enjoyed by fishermen when the water warms somewhat -- conditions typically seen in March...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: REMEMBER THE COLORS OF SPRING
(Column ~ 03/12/95)
A jar of marbles makes an interesting pattern when reflected through a caleidoscope. Charlie Mungle carves patterns in some of his kaleidoscopes. When the mind, turning on its axis along with planet Earth, comes 'round to the spring season, certain "word chips" light up, momentarily, on the "Big Mental Memory Board, then fade away. One has to snatch at them quickly if he wants to think on them, for some of the words and their personal historical function are fading into history...
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KALEIDOSCOPES PROVIDE AREA CRAFTSMAN WITH SPECTACULAR SYMMETRY
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
When Charlie Mungle realized four years ago that he would have to endure the effects of polio for the second time in his life, he began looking for alternate ways to brighten the big picture. He didn't mind the fact that he would have to use a cane to achieve physical balance. But there was still a need to acquire emotional and spiritual symmetry...
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CENTRAL HIGH CLASS OF '85 SETS REUNION
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
The Cape Girardeau Central High School class of 1985 will hold its 10-year reunion June 30-July 1 in Cape Girardeau. The June 30 gathering will be held at Cape County Park South. On July 1, the graduates will gather at the Cape Girardeau Country Club...
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JAZZ BAND WILL PERFORM THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
The University Jazz Band, directed by Barry Bernhardt, will perform at noon Thursday in the University Center Club. The concert is being presented in lieu of the previously scheduled concert at 8 p.m. in Academic Auditorium. The program will include the tunes "500 Miles High," "Crosswind," "Song For My Father," "Back to Basiques," "The Heat's On," "Makin' Bacon" and "Blues & the Abscessed Tooth."...
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UNIVERSITY CHOIR, ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY MARCH 30
(Local News ~ 03/12/95)
The Southeast Missouri State University Orchestra and the University Choir will present a joint spring concert March 30 at 8 p.m. in Academic Auditorium. The Lafayette High School String Orchestra from St. Louis also will appear. The university orchestra is directed by Sara Edgerton, the choir by John Egbert...
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