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LETTERS: POLAND RECOGNIZES THE EFFORTS OF DR. KIES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/29/95)
To the editor: Thank you very much for your recent publicity regarding Dr. Richard L. Kies of Cape Girardeau and his assistance with $40,000 of laser and cataract eye surgery equipment for the people of Poland. As you know, Pope John Paul II blessed Dr. Kies along with Dr. Amar Atwal for this courageous and selfless effort...
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RIGHT OF CENTER: CITIZENS' RIGHTS MUST BE PRESERVED
(Column ~ 04/29/95)
Few columns I have written have generated as much reaction as last week's on the Waco debacle of 1993. Part of the uproar can be blamed on the unfortunate timing of my column in relation to breaking news on the Oklahoma City bombing. By writing the Waco column last Thursday, a day after the two-year anniversary of the final siege on the Branch Davidians, I was unable to tailor the column for events that unfolded last Friday afternoon, which of course was that those believed responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing were acting in retaliation for the federal government's role in the Waco massacre. ...
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LEUKEMIA WALK-A-THON WILL BE HELD ON MAY 6
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
The Town and Country FCE Club will sponsor the fourth annual Walk-A-Thon next Saturday from 10 to noon at Cape Girardeau County Park North. Check-in is at Shelter 8. Sponsor forms may be obtained at County Park, University of Missouri Extension Office in Jackson or by calling 243-5570...
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SEMO MENDED HEARTS MEETING SET FOR TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
Cape Girardeau cardiologist Newton B. Coutinho will speak at the SEMO Mended Hearts Chapter 183 meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Drury Lodge. Dr. Coutinho's topic will be "Other Circulatory Conditions that Need Our Attention." On June 6, the Mended Hearts will hold its annual picnic at 6 p.m. at Cape County Park South...
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TWO BLOOD DRIVES PLANNED IN CAPE GIRARDEAU
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
Two blood drives will be conducted in upcoming days in Cape Girardeau. On Tuesday, the Notre Dame High School National Honor Society will hold a blood drive in the school's multipurpose room from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Downtown Merchants Association will hold a blood drive Friday in the building at the corner of Independence and Spanish streets from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m...
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`ASK YOUR DOCTOR' AIRS THURSDAY ON CHANNEL 5
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
Mental Health Month will be the topic of "Ask Your Doctor" Thursday on cable access Channel 5 at 8 p.m. Dr. Theodore J. Glenn will be the guest speaker. Martha Muench and Dr. Jean Chapman are the hosts. "Ask Your Doctor" is sponsored jointly by St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital in conjunction with the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society and Channel 5...
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NEW SCHOOL BOARD IS WELL-EQUIPPED TO MEET CHALLENGES
(Editorial ~ 04/29/95)
Just a little over two weeks ago, resignations of three Cape Girardeau school board members landed squarely in the lap of the Cape Girardeau County Commission. With little fuss and muss, the commission proceeded to pick three top-notch replacements to the board...
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TEACHERS HERE ARE DEDICATED, CARING
(Editorial ~ 04/29/95)
I am continually amazed at the amount of space given by the Southeast Missourian to criticize the Cape Girardeau public schools, teachers, the teaching profession and public education in general. The April 25 article "Some big apples for teachers, thanks to NEA" talks of "teachers' unions, teachers paid $80,000 -- not counting benefits, average salaries of $38,000, two month's vacation and benefits that far exceed the average worker." This article certainly places teachers in a category of "having advantages unknown to the private sector," but nothing could be farther from the truth in Cape Girardeau. ...
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LETTERS: COLUMN ON WACO WAS SHORT ON RESPONSIBILITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/29/95)
To the editor: I read the columns of your too-far-right hatchet men ("After Waco, is any really safe?" and "President's pastor and politics") last weekend. Jay Eastlick sounds like the leaders of the two militia groups, one a Baptist minister and gun dealer, and offered no words of sorrow for those 200-plus families nor disgust for the bombers...
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LETTERS: CROSS IS SYMOBOL OF RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/29/95)
To the editor: It's time to move the concrete cross along Highway 61 to private property. It honors the 1699 French missionaries Montingy, Davion and St. Cosme who brought Christianity to the Native Americans and later helped take away their land. Catholic kings of Spain, of course, didn't admit Protestants. This symbol of religious intolerance belongs where all can see it. But 15 percent of Americans aren't Christian, so the cross should be moved to private property...
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FOUNDATION NEW SEMINARY OWNER
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
With a few quick signatures in a lawyer's office and a $600,000 loan from the seller, the Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation took title to St. Vincent's Seminary on Friday. The action completed a transaction that began in January with a $50,000 down payment on the $700,000 purchase price...
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PROGRAM `PLUS' IS TUITION INCENTIVE FOR STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
Cape Girardeau Central High School students can earn tuition for state community colleges or vocational-technical schools through Missouri's A+ Schools Program. Missouri students who meet specific requirements and attend high schools that meet specific criteria can qualify for state-paid tuition, books and fees for four years. Cape Girardeau public schools are in the process of meeting the criteria...
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CRUDE OIL PRICE, GREATER DEMAND MEAN PUMP JUMP
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
April has been a roller-coaster month at the nation's gasoline pumps. Three weeks ago, motorists in Cape Girardeau could fill their own tanks with unleaded regular for less than a dollar a gallon. Today, the prices for the same fuel ranges from $1.04 to $1.09 at the majority of city's service stations...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: APARTMENT-HUNTING TOUGH ON THE NERVES
(Column ~ 04/29/95)
In the words of the famous lyricist Billy Joel, I'm moving out. You may remember my apartment: La Casa de la Cucaracha. I've bombed them, sprayed them, trapped them and let my cat eat them, but the pesky little critters keep coming back. Now they can have the place to themselves. Ramses and I have had all we can stand...
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SCHOOL PANEL PLANS TO GO AHEAD AFTER 3 SWORN IN
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
Handshakes, introductions and congratulations preceded and followed a five-minute Cape Girardeau Board of Education meeting Friday when three new board members officially took office. Cape Girardeau's Board of Education is at full strength and ready to move ahead full steam, board president Dr. Bob Fox said...
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PARENT GROUP SLATES MEETING
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
Parents Without Partners Cape SEMO Chapter 519 will hold orientation meetings for prospective members Wednesday and May 18. Both meetings begin at 7 p.m. in the Harris Room of the Community Counseling Center in Cape Girardeau. Parents who are divorced, widowed, legally separated or never married may attend...
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COUNTRY ACTS SHINE THROUGH TECHNICAL FLAWS (REVIEW)
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
A sound mix from hell marred part of the evening, but the 3,061 people who attended the Sawyer Brown/Mark Chesnutt/Boy Howdy concert Thursday night had a good time anyway. Capacity for the Show Me Center concert, which closely followed a sold-out show by Brooks & Dunn April 14, was 4,440...
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FARM BUREAU CHIEF SEES GOOD IN CHANGE OF ESTATE TAX POLICY
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
NEW MADRID -- State Farm Bureau President Charles Kruse said Southeast Missouri farmers and agribusinessmen can feel good about the change evident in Washington. Kruse, a Dexter farmer, said the Farm Bureau was concerned about 18 months ago that the estate tax exemption was going to be dropped from $650,000 to $250,000...
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CATHLEEN S. LIZOTTE
(Obituary ~ 04/29/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Private funeral service for Cathleen Susan Lizotte of St. Louis was held Friday at McGee Chapel Church, with the Rev. Clinton Massa officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Liley Funeral Home of Marble Hill was in charge of arrangements...
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RAY HUBBERT
(Obituary ~ 04/29/95)
ORAN -- Funeral service for Walter E. "Ray" Hubbert, Oran Route 1, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. Johnny Hester and Pat Hogan will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston. Hubbert, 63, died Thursday, April 27, 1995, in a vehicle accident near Clines Island in Stoddard County...
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NINA HANES
(Obituary ~ 04/29/95)
BLOOMFIELD -- Nina Hanes, 84, of Bloomfield, died Thursday, April 27, 1995, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born June 29, 1910, in Illinois, daughter of Virgil E. and Minnie Westfall Haywood. She married Ben Hanes, who died July 27, 1978. Hanes was a member of Bloomfield Chapter 385 Order of Eastern Star, Bloomfield Rebekah Lodge, Daughters of the American Revolution in Sikeston, American Legion Auxiliary in Dexter, and Bloomfield Christian Church...
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VIVIAN L. REEVES
(Obituary ~ 04/29/95)
KELSO -- Vivian Lee Reeves, 64, of Kelso, died Thursday, April 27, 1995, at Vencor Hospital in St. Louis. She was born March 2, 1931, in Illmo, daughter of Earl "Neal" and Wanda Gearing Fiesler. She and Luther "Ray" Reeves were married July 29, 1948, at Illmo...
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KIMBERLY COOK
(Obituary ~ 04/29/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Kimberly Jo Cook, 3 months, of Murphysboro, died Thursday, April 27, 1995, at St. Louis Children's Hospital. She is the daughter of Janice Tucker and Kevin Cook, formerly of Anna. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home at Anna is in charge of arrangements...
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HENRY J. NIEDERKORN
(Obituary ~ 04/29/95)
Henry J. Niederkorn, 74, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, April 28, 1995, at Missouri Veterans Home. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Benton is in charge of arrangements.
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OPAL M. BOYT
(Obituary ~ 04/29/95)
CHARLESTON -- Opal May Boyt, 89, of Charleston, died Friday, April 28, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born May 19, 1905, in Cairo, daughter of Ira and Rosetta Smith Drake. She and Andrew Jackson Boyt were married Oct. 21, 1919. He died July 27, 1984...
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MARSHA TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 04/29/95)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Marsha Taylor of Sikeston will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Green Memorial Church, with James Roberson officiating. Burial will be in Sunset of Memories Cemetery. Friends may call at Ponder Funeral Home from 6-9 p.m. today...
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EDNA L. WESSEL
(Obituary ~ 04/29/95)
GORDONVILLE -- Edna L. Wessel, 86, died Friday, April 28, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 15, 1908, at Gordonville, daughter of William Henry and Emma Sievers Wessel. Wessel had lived in Kirkwood from 1926 to 1994. She had been a beautician at the former Stix, Baer and Fuller...
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WILLIAM MCKINNEY
(Obituary ~ 04/29/95)
William McKinney, 89, 2863 Whitener, died Friday, April 28, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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TEEN HOSPITALIZED IN VEHICLE ROLLOVER
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
PULASKI, Ill. -- Arrests were pending in a one-vehicle accident near here Friday morning that left two Dongola teen-agers injured. Johnny Schneider, 17, the driver, and Ezekiel Pennington, 14, a passenger, were taken to Union County Hospital following the accident...
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WILLIAM A. CAMPBELL
(Obituary ~ 04/29/95)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Funeral service for William Allen Campbell of Portageville will be held at 10 a.m. today at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. The Rev. Hershel Godair will officiate, with burial in Portageville Cemetery. Campbell, 74, died Thursday, April 27, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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RAM OFFICIAL TOURS CITY
(College Sports ~ 04/29/95)
Southeast Missouri State University received an official visit from a representative of the St. Louis Rams on Thursday in response to the school's bid as a site for the team's summer training. Southeast Athletic Director Dr. Richard McDuffie and Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce President John Mehner conducted a tour of the city and athletic and university facilities...
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READING GROUP PLANS FIRST CONFERENCE TODAY
(Local News ~ 04/29/95)
A new statewide organization for teachers of Reading Recovery will meet in Cape Girardeau today. The Missouri Association of Reading Recovery Educators, formed through the work of Cape Girardeau educators, will hold its first conference at the Scully building from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m...
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