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LETTERS: LIBERTY SACRIFICED TO GOD OF SECULAR HUMANISM
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/07/95)
To the editor: According to the news reports regarding the crisis of the Cape LaCroix cross, one is inclined to think that the citizens of Cape Girardeau won a major victory. The cross will stay where it is, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation won't press charges...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/07/95)
Son to Mike and Sandy Miller, 2418 Glenridge, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:12 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, 1995. Name, Andrew Tyler. Weight, 8 pounds 13 ounces. First child. Mrs. Miller is the former Sandy Uhrhan, daughter of Vernon and Jerry Uhrhan of Cape Girardeau and Louise Glueck of Cape Girardeau. She is employed at Capital Bank. Miller is employed at Coad Chevrolet, and is the son of Gene and Kay Miller of Cape Girardeau...
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CHILD CARE WORKSHOP ON WHEELS TOPIC
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
Workshop on Wheels will present a workshop Tuesday on "Integrating the Abused Child Into the Child Care Environment. The session will be held at 7 p.m. at A Step At A Time day-care, 1003 Perry Ave. It is open to all area child-care providers, early childhood teachers, students and parents...
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LIBRARY WEEK ACTIVITIES ANNOUNCED
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
Award-winning author Robert Vaughn will help the Cape Girardeau Public Library celebrate National Library Week next week with a program at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Vaughan's books include "The American Chronicles," a decade-by-decade account of the 20th century. He has written three books based on the television series "Law and Order."...
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JACKSON HOLDS ENROLLMENT TODAY
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
JACKSON -- The Jackson R-2 School District kindergarten and first-grade enrollments will be conducted Friday at the Primary Annex from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Parents of children who will be 5 years old before July 1 are urged to enroll their children for the 1995-96 school year at this time. Any students who haven't attended kindergarten and will be 6 years old before July 1 are to be enrolled for first grade...
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE TODAY
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
SIKESTON -- The Scott County Health Department has combined its celebration of National Public Health Week with an open house of its new branch office in Sikeston, 919 E. Malone. Warren Manning, health department administrator, said the open house will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today...
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WASHINGTON WATCH: DON'T READ LIPS; READ THEIR VOTES
(Column ~ 04/07/95)
George Bush said "read my lips." Bill Clinton told us to trust him, "I'm a new Democrat." Bush broke his promise within two years, Clinton in less than a month. Each passed one of the largest tax increases in history. Is it any wonder then that most voters were skeptical that House Republicans would keep their promises in the Contract With America?...
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NEW CITY MANAGER WILL BE KEY CHOICE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL
(Editorial ~ 04/07/95)
Cape Girardeau is embarking on the formidable process of selecting a new city manager. J. Ronald Fischer has announced he will retire Aug. 1. Some city councilmen have suggested a good local candidate could avoid an arduous search. Others have said both community members and councilmen should be involved in the search...
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LETTERS: WOMAN SAYS SHE WASN'T HELD HOSTAGE BY HUSBAND
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/07/95)
To the editor: The March 23 edition of the Southeast Missourian had a lot of mistakes about the arrest of my husband, Stephen Stewart. He did not hold me hostage at knifepoint or shoot out my tires. He was not intoxicated. I don't know how they can get this information so messed up. ...
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LETTERS: PUT THE HORSE BEHIND THE CART ON BRIDGE PROJECT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/07/95)
To the editor: As a citizen of Cape Girardeau, I certainly appreciate both the Camber of Commerce Beautification Committee's efforts with respect to the lights on the planned new Mississippi River bridge and this paper's thoughtful editorial dealing with planning for that possibility...
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WATER ON AGENDA OF COUNCIL RETREAT
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
The need to expand Cape Girardeau's water system will be one of the major topics at the City Council's retreat this weekend. The council will meet today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 to noon at Black Forest Villages. Mayor Al Spradling III said council retreats in past years have served mostly as a review of city operations, but this year's retreat will focus on specific topics...
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CHAMBER NAMES EDUCATORS OF YEAR
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
Three Cape Girardeau educators have been honored as 1995 Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Educators of the Year. Honorees are Darla Snider, elementary; Judy Holshouser, vocational education; and Robert Hartmann, administration. The award program, sponsored by the chamber's education committee, began last year...
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SCHOOL CONTRACT LIMITS QUESTIONED
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
Missouri law says school boards may enter into contracts with superintendents for terms "not to exceed three years from the time of making the contract." If the law is interpreted literally, many school districts in the state, including Cape Girardeau, may routinely violate the statute. But the provision hasn't been challenged in court, so the answer isn't clear...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: ONE LIFE'S END STIRS MEMORIES OF COURTSHIP
(Column ~ 04/07/95)
Lives have chapters. One of each just ended. The life was your mother-in-law's. The chapter spanned the 31 years you knew her. When this chapter opened, you were dating her daughter. In just a short while it was decided a weekend trip to meet your future wife's parents was in order...
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EMERSON, STATE GOP FIRE BACK AT DEMOCRATS
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
Missouri Republicans wasted no time firing back at Gov. Mel Carnahan for his remarks in Washington Thursday with other Democrats about the GOP's Contract With America. U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, R- Cape Girardeau, called Carnahan's remarks "distortions," adding: "There's no two ways about it."...
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EARTH DAY FOUNDER ADDRESSES 100 AT UNIVERSITY
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
When Wisconsin Gov. Gaylord Nelson appealed to President John F. Kennedy to make the United States' ecology a national issue, he didn't meet with much success. But several years later, when he appealed to the people, Earth Day 1970 was born. April 22 will mark the 25th anniversary of the event Nelson created to alert U.S. citizens to the damage being done to their ecosystem. Since the first Earth Day, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and endangered species protection laws have been passed...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/07/95)
I WAS just reading about the postmaster telling about people that they have been given enough time to get their addresses changed correctly so that their mail can be delivered to the post office boxes and they are going to crack down on it, I have a suggestion for the postmaster. ...
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INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL STARTS TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
Southeast Missouri State University's international students will sponsor International Festival '95, beginning tonight at 8 with the International Show. The three-day celebration will feature the international show, dinner and dance, and an international bazaar and a sports expo...
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SPONSORS KEEP EASTER EGG HUNTS ALIVE IN AREA
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
It is difficult to hatch a sizable Easter egg hunt these days without sponsors. The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department, Schnucks and Parkview State School found sponsors to pick up the tab for their respective hunts this year. However, Shop 'n Save didn't find a sponsor and will pass on one of the rites of spring. Shop 'n Save manager Mike Recer said lack of sponsors caused the store to cancel the event the last two years...
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PANEL FORMED TO PROTECT GROUNDWATER
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
When Jonell McNeely heard about the Groundwater Foundation in Nebraska, she was interested immediately. A sanitarian with the Cape Girardeau County Health Department for seven years and a Missouri Department of Natural Resources employee before that, McNeely has been involved in protecting Missouri's groundwater supply for a long time...
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JACKSON MAN GETS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JOB
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
JEFFERSON CITY -- The Department of Economic Development will have its seven regional offices staffed by the end of May, with a Jackson resident as director of the southeast district office in Dexter. Department Director Joe Driskill said Tuesday that Mike Seabaugh of Jackson will have top position of the three-person staff as business development manager...
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CHARLES E. BLAYLOCK
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Charles E. Blaylock, 80, of Anna, died Thursday, April 6, 1995, at his home. He was born Sept. 21, 1914, in McClure, the son of Logan and Edith Wilson Blaylock. He married Annie Rogers in Jonesboro on July 18, 1936. Blaylock worked in road construction and was a member of the Woodmen of the World. He attended the Baptist church...
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RAYMOND H. PAPIN
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Raymond Henry Papin, 81, of Perryville, died Tuesday, April 4, 1995, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born Feb. 8, 1914, in Perryville, son of Edgar and Amelia Hansen Papin. He and Esther Margaret Duvall were married Dec. 21, 1940. She died Feb. 24, 1978...
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GEORGE R. SOUTH
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
PARMA -- George R. South, 73, of Parma, died Wednesday, April 5, 1995, in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 1, 1921, in Light, Ark., son of Floyd and Ruth Virginia Ponder South. He and Geneva W. Newell were married Oct. 10, 1948. She died Aug. 21, 1994...
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LEE BARTHOLOMEW
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for William "Lee" Bartholomew of Sikeston will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Tom Ayers will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Bartholomew, 11, died Wednesday, April 5, 1995, at his home...
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AUDREY R. KELLEY
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
SIKESTON -- Audrey R. Kelley, 76, of Sikeston, died Thursday, April 6, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 2, 1919, in Moline, Ill., daughter of Olaf A. and Jewell Tyer Allen. She and James O. Kelley were married April 3, 1936, in Charleston. He died Aug. 6, 1981...
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ARLENE M. HORKY
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
Arlene M. Horky, 75, 801 Normal, died Wednesday, April 5, 1995, at her home. She was born June 30, 1919, in Rose Hill, Iowa, daughter of Charles and Mary Culver Johannes. She and Arthur A. Horky were married May 10, 1940, in St. Louis. The Horkys moved to Cape Girardeau in 1950. After raising her children she received a bachelor of arts degree in education from Southeast Missouri State University. She taught 12 years at Egyptian School near Tamms, Ill...
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NELLIE TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Nellie Taylor, 90, of Anna, died Wednesday, April 5, 1995, at Hillside Terrace Nursing Home in Cobden. She was born April 21, 1904, in Alexander County, daughter of William Richard and Mary Elizabeth West Harvell. She and Frank T. Taylor were married April 21, 1938. He died Feb. 20, 1960...
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MILDRED TERRILL
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
Funeral service for Mildred Terrill of Houston, Texas, was held March 31 at Mausoleum Chapel of Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston. Dr. Robert Newell officiated. George H. Lewis and Sons Funeral Home in Houston was in charge of arrangements. Terrill, 90, died Wednesday, March 29, 1995...
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STUART A. SHORTT SR.
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Stuart A. Shortt Sr., 89, formerly of Perryville, died Wednesday, April 5, 1995, at Med Center 1 in Mandan, N.D. He was born Feb. 20, 1906, in Petersburg, Va., son of James H. and Mary Tucker Shortt. He and Mary Alice Tolman were married June 7, 1930...
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LORAN C. LYERLA
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
ALTO PASS, Ill. -- Loran C. Lyerla, 77, of Alto Pass, died Wednesday, April 5, 1995, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Aug. 24, 1917, in Alto Pass, son of Zachariah N. and Emma Dunham Lyerla. He married the former Dorothy Daniel. Lyerla was a member and trustee of First Baptist Church, and a veteran of World War II...
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MELVIN BREWER SR.
(Local News ~ 04/07/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Melvin J. Brewer Sr., 79, of Perryville, died Thursday, April 6, 1995, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 2, 1915, in Perryville, the son of R. Emmett and Mary O. Levia Pittman Brewer. He married Catherine L. Prost Jan. 30, 1937. She died Dec. 3, 1982...
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JOSEPH L. CISSELL
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Joseph L. Cissell, 58, of Perryville, died Thursday, April 6, 1995, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 2, 1936, at Silver Lake, son of Claude J. and Pearl Gibbar Cissell Sr. He and Anna Marie McLain were married May 21, 1960...
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DONALD R. KOEBERL
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
JACKSON -- Memorial service for Donald R. Koeberl of Jackson will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home, with the Rev. Terry Eades officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Saturday. Koeberl, 47, was found dead in his truck Wednesday, March 29, 1995, in Lupton, Ariz...
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HERBERT P. SEBASTIAN
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
JACKSON -- Herbert P. Sebastian, 81, of Jackson, died Wednesday, April 5, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He had been a resident of Missouri Veterans Home since June 1994. He was born Oct. 10, 1913, at Tilsit, son of Henry and Rosa Birk Sebastian. He and Redia E. Crader were married June 27, 1946...
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W.H. NALL
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- W.H. "Red" Nall, 73, of East Prairie, died Thursday, April 6, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 4, 1921, in Chicot, Ark., son of William H. and Inez Bippus Nall Sr. He and LaVern Noblin were married May 29, 1942, in New Madrid...
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HELEN MATTHEWS
(Obituary ~ 04/07/95)
SIKESTON -- Graveside service for Helen Matthews of Sikeston will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Memorial Park Cemetery, with the Rev. Jim Matthews officiating. Friends may call at Ponder Funeral Home after 12:30 p.m. Matthews, 81, died Tuesday, April 4, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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