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DO YOU HAVE A SUPERBABY?
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
When a baby first smiles, sits up, takes a step or babbles words, parents often proclaim the child a genius. Every once in a while the parents are right, and a baby will grow up to have exceptional talents. But how can parents tell? Experts say labeling a child genius, academically talented or gifted isn't particularly important, especially at an early age. But parents may want to know how best to stimulate a child to reach his or her potential...
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AIRPORT RESTAURANT GETS REPRIEVE
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
The Cape Girardeau City Council Monday night gave city staff six months to breathe new life into the financially troubled airport restaurant. The council said it will review the situation in December or January. Some councilmen had talked of shutting down the restaurant. But they relented at the urging of Airport Board Chairman J. Fred Waltz...
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COUNCIL AGAIN ADOPTS CITY TAX-AND-FEE CAP
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
The tax-and-fee cap is back on, the sewer fee hike isn't, and the city's golf and recreation programs must get by on scaled-back fee hikes. The Cape Girardeau City Council made those decisions Monday night. In doing so, the council reversed its earlier stands...
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CALLS FOR FLOOD AID SCARCE
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Although as many as 130 homes in Cape Girardeau County might be eligible for state and federal flood assistance, only 53 county residents have registered for the aid. Federal Emergency Management Agency officials continue to urge flood victims to call the registration hotline to find out if they are eligible for flood assistance...
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SEMO PLANT WORK, PRISON INCLUDED
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Missouri's $409.4 million capital improvements budget includes $5 million to revamp Southeast Missouri State University's power plant and $94 million for a new prison at Bonne Terre. The budget, signed by Gov. Mel Carnahan Monday, includes construction projects for fiscal years 1996 and 1997. The 1996 fiscal year begins July 1...
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MARK MY WORD: MR. NEGATIVE FINDS WAY TO DWELL ON POSITIVE
(Column ~ 06/20/95)
Walk into any bookstore and you'll see them -- row after row of those mental self-help books just oozing with positive thoughts. It's enough to keep you up nights, or send you in search of Donald Smith. Smith is Mr. Negative. He's been that way for over 20 years. He views positive thinking as a deadly disease...
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UNIVERSITY SUMMER ENROLLMENT UP 3.7 PERCENT
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Southeast Missouri State University classes are back in session and more students are attending. A school enrollment report shows total summer enrollment is 3,077 for the six- and eight-week summer sessions at the university. The count increased by 111 students or 3.7 percent from last year. Total student credit hours for the sessions are 16,424, an increase of 572 or 3.6 percent over 1994...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/20/95)
I AM calling about a city earnings tax instead of taxing the people of Cape Girardeau. We live here on fixed incomes, and we can't pay the higher taxes. I know for a fact that a lot of people work in Cape Girardeau and make their money here, but a lot of them have remarked that they wouldn't spend their money in Cape Girardeau. So I think it should be the out-of-towners who make their living here in Cape that should pay the city earnings tax...
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ENDANGERED SPECIES THREATEN PROPERTY OWNERS
(Editorial ~ 06/20/95)
The June issue of the Missouri Conservationist magazine has an article about getting along with endangered species on your land. From a national viewpoint, the article is much more wishful thinking than fact. It isn't that there should be anything intrinsically wrong with playing host to an endangered plant or animal on your farm. ...
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RULING EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL CONTROL OF SCHOOLS
(Editorial ~ 06/20/95)
After 18 years and $1.4 billion, Missouri taxpayers can breathe a sigh of relief after last week's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Kansas City school desegregation case. While the plan that has cost the state's taxpayers so much money remains in place, the court ruled that portions of the plan don't pass muster, and there should be immediate savings...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Action Monday, 7:30 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Consent ordinances Established conditions for granting of cable TV franchises. Second and third readings. Executed a franchise agreement with TCI Cablevision of Missouri. Second and third readings...
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JAMES A. BROWNLEE
(Obituary ~ 06/20/95)
CAIRO, Ill. -- James A. Brownlee, 45, of Cairo, died Friday, June 16, 1995. He was born Nov. 11, 1949, in Cairo to Dean and Malinda Chandler Brownlee. They survive. He married Beverly McCleary Aug. 17, 1979. She survives. Brownlee was a graduate of Cairo High School and Western Kentucky Vocational School in Paducah. He was a construction worker...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/20/95)
Daughter to James O. and Lea Ann Bledsoe, Jr. of Thebes, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:30 a.m. Monday, June 12, 1995. Name, Jimberlea Danielle. Weight, 6 pounds 9 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Bledsoe is the former Lea Ann Miller, daughter of Robert Clifford and Edith Mae Miller of Thebes. Bledsoe is employed as a deckhand for Mid-South Towing Company. He is the son of James O. and Jo Bledsoe Sr. of Thebes...
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BAYLEE SIBYL RENDLEMAN AND SIBYL BAYLEE RENDLEMAN
(Obituary ~ 06/20/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Baylee Sibyl and Sibyl Baylee Rendleman, 1-day-old twin daughters of Stuart J. and Amy Lu Follis Rendleman of Anna, died Wednesday, June 14, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Survivors are their parents; maternal grandparents, Fawn and Carolyn Follis of Jonesboro; maternal great-grandmother, Lucille Mitchell of Jonesboro, paternal grandparents, Leon and Sue Rendleman of Anna; paternal great-grandparents, Jeff and Maxine Rendleman of Dongola; and Gladys Shelton of Jonesboro.. ...
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FLOYD L. WARD
(Obituary ~ 06/20/95)
PUXICO -- Floyd L. Ward, 92, of Puxico died Sunday, June 18, 1995, at Pine Lawn Rest Home. He was born Nov., 14, 1902, son of William T. and Lillie Jines Ward. On Dec. 7, 1928, he married Lorene Hallbert in Corning, Ark. She preceded him in death. Ward was a lifelong resident of Wappapello and Puxico where he was a retired employee of the Corp of Engineers. He was a member of the Puxico Church of Christ...
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RAYMOND LESLIE SEABAUGH
(Obituary ~ 06/20/95)
PATTON -- Raymond Leslie Seabaugh, 81, of Patton died Monday, June 19, 1995, at his home. He was born March 23, 1914, at Sedgewickville, son of Adam and Belinda Conrad Seabaugh. He and Eva Elizabeth Anderson were married Nov. 1, 1946. She survives. Seabaugh was a farmer and an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Patton United Methodist Church, the Happy Old People of Patton and the Disabled American Veterans...
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PAUL J. SHERRARD
(Obituary ~ 06/20/95)
MOREHOUSE -- Paul Jackson Sherrard, 89, of Morehouse died Sunday, June 18, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 31, 1905, in Morehouse to Charles Jackson and Cora Ellen Boswell Sherrard. On July 11, 1932, he married Alma Dean Morris, who died in 1993...
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GERALD M. LINGLE
(Obituary ~ 06/20/95)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Gerald M. "Jerry" Lingle, 70, of Cobden Route 2 died Sunday, June 18, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 14, 1924, in Cobden, son of Henry and Maude Nelson Lingle. He married Lorene Clutts Aug. 18, 1949, in Anna. She survives...
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JESSE C. DAVIS JR.
(Obituary ~ 06/20/95)
Jesse C. Davis Jr. of Arnold died Sunday, June 18, 1995. Davis was a longtime assistant chief for the West Overland Volunteer Fire Department and retired stationary engineer for Monsanto Corp. He was a veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Geneva Massey Davis; two sons, Michael J. Davis of Jackson, and James W. Davis of Belleville, Ill.; one daughter, Margo Oberkrom of Imperial; and six grandchildren...
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HOWARD W. BLANK
(Obituary ~ 06/20/95)
Howard W. Blank, 83, of 1107 Bloomfield Road died Monday, June 19, 1995, at the Cape Nursing Center. He was born July 7, 1911, at St. Louis, son of William J. and Rose Marie Bank Blank. He moved to Cape Girardeau at the age of 2. He was involved in farming and worked for Alfred Halter Grocery Co. and Superior Electric Co., from which he retired...
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JAMES PAUL "BUD" JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 06/20/95)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- James Paul "Bud" Johnson, 68, of Villa Ridge, formerly of Cairo, died Monday, June 19, 1995, at his home. He was born May 20, 1927, in Cairo to Edgar and Grace Astin Johnson. He married the former Maxine Isom Oct. 11, 1947, in Ullin. She survives...
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CATHRYN ALENE TREECE
(Obituary ~ 06/20/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Cathryn Alene Treece, 71, of Anna, Ill., died Sunday, June 18, 1995, at Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born in Union County April 1, 1924, daughter of Charles and Mary Sutton Turner. She married Cecil Treece. He survives. She was a member of Big Creek Baptist Church...
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MARCHES THEME OF CAPE BAND CONCERT
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will perform Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Capaha Park band shell. The concerts has a John Phillips Sousa theme and features several Sousa marches, including "Washington Post March," "The Free Lance March," "El Capitan" and "Stars and Stripes Forever."...
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REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS CRITICAL OF CARNAHAN
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Three Republicans during a six-city tour Monday criticized the way Gov. Mel Carnahan has handled three crucial items of legislation. State Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, the Senate minority caucus chairman, spoke about the nature of tax refunds announced by Carnahan 10 days ago; state Rep. ...
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JACKSON EXPERIENCING ANOTHER GROWTH SPURT
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
JACKSON -- An electric-system report delivered to the city of Jackson shows the need for one new substation as soon as possible and at least two more in the future. The Jackson Board of Aldermen contracted the engineering firm of Barnes, Meisenheimer and Gende Inc. to take a thorough look at the city's electric services and their relation to Jackson's current growth trends...
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COMPANY TO DISCUSS NEW JET, FACILITY TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
A proposed VisionAire Vantage single-engine jet aircraft will be the topic of a special meeting in Cape Girardeau tonight. VisionAire representatives will attend the 6:30 meeting at the Holiday Inn to discuss the Vantage, its market niche and investment opportunities in the company...
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LONGTIME CAPE GIRARDEAU FUNERAL HOME TO MOVE
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Lorberg Funeral Home, one of the oldest businesses in Cape Girardeau under the same name, is moving. The funeral home, founded in 1910 as Harrig Furniture and Undertaking and changed to Lorberg a year later, has purchased the First Christian Church building at 829 N. West End Boulevard, which will be converted into the funeral home...
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CAPE STUDENT ATTENDS STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Kara Vogelsang represented Cape Girardeau Central High School at the 1995 Future Homemakers of America state leadership conference at the University of Missouri. She was among 1,500 delegates from the state who represented 13,000 members of Future Homemakers of America...
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JANSEN GRADUATES WITH PERFECT GRADES
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Deborah M. Jansen of Kelso graduated summa cum laude from Southeast Missouri State University as the 59th student in the history of the university to earn a perfect cumulative 4.0 grade-point average. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Kappa Omicron Nu honor societies. She majored in dietetics and has been accepted to a 12-month internship at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass...
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OUTSTANDING GRADUATE RECOGNIZED AT CONCORDIA
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Dennis Hartmann of Cape Girardeau was honored with an Outstanding Student Teacher Award at commencement exercises at Concordia College in Seward, Neb. He was one of 10 graduates recognized by the college. The Outstanding Student Teacher Awards are presented by the Concordia Association of Students in Education to recognize graduating teacher-education students who have excelled in their classroom work, particularly their student teaching experiences...
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DEJOURNETT NAMED TO HONOR ROLL AT ROLLA
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Todd DeJournett of Advance has been named to the honor roll at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He is a junior, civil engineering student and maintained a 4.0 grade-point average his second semester. DeJournett transferred to Rolla after completing two years of pre-engineering courses at Southeast Missouri State University. His emphasis is in environmental engineering...
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CAPE GIRL WINS PAGEANT
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
McLane Jateff, 16, of Cape Girardeau was recently crowned Miss Southeast Missouri at Dexter. She is the daughter of Bruce and Jana Jateff of Cape Girardeau. The pageant is held to raise money for scholarships for needy students in Southeast Missouri...
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STUDENTS EARN DEGREES FROM WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Three local students recently earned advanced degrees from Washington University in St. Louis. Matthew T. Janzow, son of Fred and Susan Janzow of Cape Girardeau, received a doctor of medicine degree with a major in medicine. John Sawyer, son of Jim Sawyer of Memphis, Tenn., and Jenifer Lipps of Cape Girardeau, received a master's degree with a major in engineering management...
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CHAFFEE STUDENT EARNS ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Daniel Joseph Bollinger II of Chaffee has received an Alumni Scholarship from the University of Georgia for the 1995-96 school year. Scholarships are awarded entering freshmen based on SAT scores and high-school grade-point averages. Bollinger is the son of Dan and Lynn Bollinger. He attended Chaffee High School...
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SCOTT CITY STUDENT EARNS SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 06/20/95)
Michele Crook of Scott City has been awarded the Price Doyle Memorial Scholarship by Murray State University's department of music. Crook is a 1993 graduate of Scott City High School. She will be a junior this fall at Murray State in Murray, Ky. She plays clarinet in the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and sings in the Murray State Chorale. She plans to major in music education...
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