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LETTERS: PARENTS SHOULD TRY USING PSYCHOLOGY STICKS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/03/95)
To the editor: It seems that America and the world are at a loss for a solution to mankind's problems and are getting more confused every day trying to find an answer. On the TV talk shows everyone seems to try to give their opinions about solving all kinds of problems, but they still see all these things happening daily at increased frequency. What are we going to do?...
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LETTERS: RESPONDING TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY TRAGEDY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/03/95)
To the editor: A few thoughts from a 75-year-old father, grandfather and great-grandfather concerning the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building. The events of the past few days have made me realize how precious life is in spite of all the diversities we have to face today. One thought comes to mind: And a little child shall lead them. Maybe the celestial powers have chosen this as a tool to bring people closer together and have more compassion and consideration for their fellow man...
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FINDING SUITABLE SITE FOR REGIONAL LANDFILL IS NO EASY PROCESS
(Editorial ~ 05/03/95)
No matter how much study goes into site selection of a landfill, there is usually a strong reaction from neighboring landowners. It is a universal rule: No one wants to live next to a landfill. Add to that a growing list of environmental guidelines that landfills must meet, and the task of starting a new landfill can become formidable and costly. Currently, it costs about $25 a ton to bury trash in a landfill...
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FOR THE LOVE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS
(Local News ~ 05/03/95)
Shirrell scraped paint around the window of her home that overlooks the Mississippi River next to the bridge on Morgan Oak Street The home was built in 1889 by a New Orleans riverboat captain. For some house shoppers, there is one reason for choosing an older home...
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LADYBUG: BEDDING PLANTS ADD SPLASHES OF COLOR TO AREA GARDENS
(Column ~ 05/03/95)
Bedding plants are ready when you buy them. They are ready to add splashes of color to flower beds, ready to be potted into containers for the deck, patio and window boxes, and ready to start to grow and bloom from the time of purchase until frost. To make the most of these vigorous young plants that have been started under ideal situations and growing conditions, it pays for us to be ready, too. ...
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CITY GRANTED MORE POWER OVER TCI IN PROPOSED PACT
(Local News ~ 05/03/95)
The city would have whistle-blowing power to keep TCI Cablevision from straying from stipulations of a 10-year franchise agreement settled upon between the city and TCI. And TCI general manager Roger Harms, who was seeking a 15-year-pact, has the peace of mind he was looking for after completing two years of negotiations with the city...
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SCHOOL DISTRICT BECOMES ACCREDITED
(Local News ~ 05/03/95)
Cape Girardeau public schools earned accreditation for grades kindergarten through 12 from the North Central Association. This is the first year the district's elementary schools have been accredited. Central High School has been accredited since 1922...
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PANEL REJECTS LANDFILL SITES
(Local News ~ 05/03/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Solid waste district officials don't know where a regional landfill will be. But, they know where it won't be. Southeast Missouri Solid Waste District's planner, Tim Morgan, said the organization's siting committee has eliminated several areas from its list of prospects...
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SITE FOR NEW CHAMBER BUILDING RECOMMENDED
(Local News ~ 05/03/95)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, housed at 601 N. Kingshighway for more than 20 years, may move west. The chamber's Facilities Committee has recommended a site along North Mount Auburn Road for a new chamber building. The site, near the 1200 block of North Mount Auburn Road, is between Ford and Sons Funeral Homes and Northwestern Mutual LIfe Insurance Co...
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NAACP TO PUT FORTH BOARD CANDIDATES
(Local News ~ 05/03/95)
Dawn Evans said the local NAACP will "most definitely" put forward candidates for Cape Girardeau Board of Education in the next election. At a noon press conference Tuesday, Evans read a letter prepared in response to the appointment of three members to the school board...
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VISION 2000: PEOPLE WOULD PAY SALES TAX FOR RIGHT PROJECTS
(Local News ~ 05/03/95)
People at Tuesday's Vision 2000 transportation meeting would vote for a transportation tax if the money would affect streets and sidewalks where they live and shop. But, they seemed reluctant to support a tax that would give the city carte blanche use of the funds...
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CHAMBER APPROVES PRIORITY LIST OF NEEDS FOR ROADWORK
(Local News ~ 05/03/95)
When the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce directors approved the list of 10 transportation priorities for unfunded capital street improvements Tuesday, the listings weren't in any particular order. But, Chamber President John Mehner talked of two priority items concerning street projects that are already funded here...
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MARY I. HEEB
(Obituary ~ 05/03/95)
Graveside service for Mary Ilene Heeb, 3105 Mimosa, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Memorial Park, with the Rev. Charles Buck officiating. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 6-8 p.m. Thursday. Heeb, 68, died Sunday, April 30, 1995, at Heartland Care and Rehabilitation Center...
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RAYMOND C. BILLINGSLEY
(Obituary ~ 05/03/95)
DEXTER -- Raymond C. Billingsley, 80, of Lowndes, died Monday, May 1, 1995, at his home. He was born June 10, 1914, in Bay County, Mich., son of Ivan and Bertha Wildy Billingsley. He and Dorothy M. Rogers were married Feb. 11, 1939, in Gladwin County, Mich...
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ALTON D. THOMAS
(Obituary ~ 05/03/95)
Graveside service for Alton D. "Tom" Thomas of Mt. Vernon, Ill., will be held at 1 p.m. today at Oakwood Cemetery. The Rev. Jim Duncan will officiate. Hughey Funeral Home of Mt. Vernon is in charge of arrangements. Thomas, 61, died Monday, May 1, 1995, at John Cochran VA Hospital in St. Louis...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/03/95)
Son to Kyle and Patty Wright of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:10 a.m. Friday, April 21, 1995. Name, Judge Lee. Weight, 7 pounds 1 ounce. Second son. Mrs. Wright is the former Patty Griffin, daughter of Doug and Olean Griffin of Mesquite, Texas. She is a receptionist at Jackson Dental. Wright is employed at M&W Packaging, and is the son of George and Emma Wright of Jackson...
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IVAN L. BOREN
(Obituary ~ 05/03/95)
Ivan L. Boren, 70, 1513 Jessica, died Tuesday, May 2, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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DANIEL H. BRIGMAN
(Obituary ~ 05/03/95)
SIKESTON -- Daniel Holt Brigman, one day old son of Daniel and Donna Lathum Brigman of Sikeston, died Sunday April 30, 1995, at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born April 29, 1995, in St. Louis. Survivors include his parents; maternal grandparents, Jerry and Cheryl Lathum of Sikeston; paternal grandfather, Danny Brigman of Springfield, Tenn.; maternal great-grandparents, Virginia Beck of Matthews and Bill and Freeda Parker of Sikeston...
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BEA SEAGRAVES
(Obituary ~ 05/03/95)
SIKESTON -- Alma Beatrice Seagraves, 68, of Napa, Calif., died Sunday, April 30, 1995, at her home. She was born Nov. 19, 1926, in Conway County, Ark., daughter of Russell and Viola Savage Sloan. She married Clifton O. Seagraves, who died Feb. 5, 1987...
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OPAL S. FRANKLIN
(Obituary ~ 05/03/95)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Opal S. Franklin, 64, of Mound City, died Monday, May 1, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Aug. 23, 1930, in Carroll County, Tenn., daughter of Ed and Margerete Campbell Chapman. Survivors include four daughters, Sandra Menser of Fancy Farm, Ky., Goldie Menser of Wingo, Ky., Judy Vaughn of Jonesboro, Linda Franklin of Cairo; six sons, Billy, Bobby and Ronnie Woodworth of Mound City, Robert Woodworth of Louisville, Ky., David Woodworth of Anna, Jessie Franklin of Barlow, Ky.; 27 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.. ...
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IRA H. SWOFFORD
(Obituary ~ 05/03/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Ira Hency Swofford of Marble Hill will be held at 11 a.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, with the Rev. Clifton Trentham officiating. Burial will be in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery, with military graveside rites by VFW Post 5900...
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CAPE SCHOOL LONG WILL REMEMBER THIRD-GRADER
(Local News ~ 05/03/95)
The statue of an angel and an ornate bench overlooking a flower garden are the gentle remembrances of a third-grader at Clippard Elementary School. Tears of students, friends and family were shed just after noon Tuesday as they gathered to appreciate the memorials offered to Lakeshia S. Lawrence and remember that just a few weeks ago she was a vibrant, loving child...
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PRAYER SERVICE SET AT CENTENARY CHURCH
(Local News ~ 05/03/95)
A communitywide National Day of Prayer service will be held at noon Thursday at Centenary United Methodist Church, 300 N. Ellis. Member churches of the Cape Girardeau Ministerial Alliance have encouraged everyone to share in the observance. The Rev. Neil L. Stein, pastor of Centenary, said the service will include the "lifting up" the nation's concerns, a remembrance of the victims' families in the Oklahoma City bombing, and prayers for healing...
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SLEEP PROBLEMS TOPIC AT FREE MAY SEMINARS
(Local News ~ 05/03/95)
St. Francis Medical Center's Sleep Well program will sponsor a series of free programs on sleep disorders this month. May is Better Sleep Month. The first program is set for Thursday at 7 p.m. in conference rooms A and B of the medical center. Pulmonologist Khalid Khan will discuss sleep apnea, its diagnosis, treatment and potential health hazards...
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JACKSON MASONIC HALL TO HOST DINNER SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 05/03/95)
A dinner featuring dressing and chicken and dumplings will be held Sunday at Jackson Masonic Hall. Family-style serving will be from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults, $2.75 for children 6-12 years, and free for children 5 and younger. The dinner is sponsored by past matrons and past patrons of Jackson Order of Eastern Star...
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