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LETTERS: HERE'S A TIP FROM ONE WHO MAKES A LIVING OFF TIPS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/08/95)
To the editor: The legal minimum wage for a waiter or waitress is $2.13 an hour. The servers of Southeast Missouri (and the whole United States, for that matter) implore diners to keep that in mind they next time they go into a restaurant. The standard tipping procedure in the United States is to tip by percentage. ...
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LETTERS: DR. HAROLD HAGER WILL BE MISSED AT UNIVERSITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/08/95)
To the editor: On July 31 Dr. Harold W. Hager is retiring from his alma mater, Southeast Missouri State University, after teaching 38 years in the mathematics department. For the last 20 years, Dr. Hager has also been chair of the department. To our knowledge he is only the third person to chair the department in the history of the university...
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LETTERS: `SO LONG' BUT NOT `GOODBYE' FROM MAJ. TRAPP
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/08/95)
To the editor: By the time you get this letter my family and I will be in Jefferson City anticipating with much excitement what the Lord has for us to do. We want to thank you for your goodness to the Salvation Army and our family. The years that we spent in Cape Girardeau will be remembered for many years...
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ADULT BUSINESSES
(Editorial ~ 07/08/95)
A new adult business license took effect July 1 in Cape Girardeau. The license didn't seem to stir many feathers or turn many heads. The one business that prompted the new ordinance, a strip-tease bar called Regina's House of Dolls, remains very much in business without the new license. It seems as if the business is just thumbing its nose at the city's authority...
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LOCAL BANKER SUGGESTS SMALL-BUSINESS CHANGES
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
After decades of catering to large corporations, Congress is turning its attention to small-business owners -- the backbone of the American economy, a local bank CEO said. Troy Wilson, chief executive officer of The First National Bank of Sikeston, spoke to Cape Girardeau's business leaders Friday morning at the Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee. He discussed his recent trip to Washington, D.C., as a delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business...
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FARMERS MARKETS OFFER FRESH VEGGIES WEEKLY
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
Vegetable and melon acreages are down this year, but you wouldn't know it by visiting farmers markets and roadside stands in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. Nationally, acreages for 13 selected vegetables to be harvested by year's end are about 2 to 5 percent below those of the previous three years, when acreages ranged from 165,000 to 175,000 acres...
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BUILDING SALE STILL UP IN THE AIR AFTER SIX MONTHS
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
BENTON -- Six months after offering $120,000 to buy the county health building, Scott County commissioners haven't heard any response. The health department has plans to build at another site in Benton, but no definite site has been found. Health Department Director Warren Manning said the matter is still under negotiation...
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BRIDGE TRAFFIC TIED UP AS POLICE HALT SUICIDE ATTEMPT
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
Rush-hour Mississippi River bridge traffic was tied up for about an hour Friday, as police and firefighters dissuaded a man from jumping off the bridge. Cape Girardeau police and firefighters responded to the bridge at 4:20 p.m. after policeman Alvin Spencer noticed a man walking on the bridge...
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PROMISE KEEPERS PLANS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
When a neighbor deposited a packet of information about Promise Keepers on Roger Rice's back porch, he hopped on his tractor and started bush hogging. He didn't think he wanted to be an organizer for the new men's ministry organization, which is growing nationwide...
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PICKING UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT HOT TOPIC
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
The guessing game is in full swing at Southeast Missouri State University this summer, where the search for a new university president remains a big question mark and a hot topic of conversation. Two of the school's top administrators have been talked about among campus circles as possible candidates to succeed Dr. Kala Stroup. They are Dr. Ken Dobbins, executive vice president, and Dr. Charles Kupchella, provost...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: SERVICE INDUSTRY RIPE FOR A LESSON IN KINDNESS
(Column ~ 07/08/95)
I'm sick of being a doormat, and I encourage the consumers of this nation to begin taking a stand against service employee attitude problems. I can say this because I, too, am a member of the service industry. Not long ago, a gentleman called to inform me he was suing my @#$%#@ (his word, not mine) over an article I wrote and wanted to speak to my boss. I had to put a smile in my voice as I transferred him in to "tell" on me...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/08/95)
WAS ANYONE else upset about the complacent tone of the article in the Missourian about gangs? Why aren't the citizens and the citizen groups of Cape Girardeau in an uproar about criminal gangs taking over a section of the city? Why aren't they demanding an end to an outrageous activity that prevents citizens from driving to an area of their city for fear they will be shot? Maybe we do need citizen militia groups if that's what it takes to end this and protect our city...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/08/95)
IN SEVERAL of the parking lots in Cape Girardeau there's an elderly woman who asks for contributions. She claims she has a little great-granddaughter who's going into surgery for cancer. The trouble is, as I recall, she told me the same story three years ago, and she's still apparently using that false story to solicit money. I think people ought to be aware of her. I understand she works in Sikeston's parking lots also and around the area...
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GOLDEN M. FLENTGE
(Obituary ~ 07/08/95)
Golden M. Flentge 85, died Friday, July 7, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 26, 1909, in Jackson, the daughter of Aga J. and Mary Schuette Flentge. She was a retired schoolteacher, having taught for 50 years in schools in Illinois and Missouri, including elementary schools and the junior high school in Cape Girardeau. ...
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ELLIE W. SMITH
(Obituary ~ 07/08/95)
CHARLESTON -- Ellie W. Smith, 88, died Friday, July 7, 1995, at the Charleston Manor. She was born Oct. 29, 1906, in Melbourne, Ark., the daughter of Tom and Nora Jane Dowdle Smith. She lived in Charleston since 1952. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Charleston and the Kingshighway Chapter of the D.A.R...
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KIP D. GARNER
(Obituary ~ 07/08/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Kip Dwayne Garner, 30, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, July 5, 1995, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 1, 1964, in Holland, Mich., the son of Donald Ross Garner and Willene McCloud Garner, both of East Prairie. He lived in Mississippi County for most of his life...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/08/95)
Son to Timmy and Angela Donley of Chaffee, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:07 p.m. Monday, June 26, 1995. Name, Trey Micheal. Weight, 6 pounds 13 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Donley is the former Angela Rhymer, daughter of Frances D. Rose of Chaffee and the late Curtis R. Rose. Donley is the son of Betty L. Donley of Chaffee and the late Buford Donley...
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OSCAR LOCKABY
(Obituary ~ 07/08/95)
DEXTER -- Oscar Lockaby, 75, of Dexter, died at his home Thursday, July 6, 1995. He was born in Eddyville, Ill., on Oct. 2, 1919, son of Francis Oscar and Flora King Lockaby. He lived in the Essex area before moving to Dexter in 1955. He was a member of the Dexter Church of Christ and the Missouri Sheriff's Association. He formerly owned and operated Lockaby's Grocery in Cotton Belt, and had formerly worked at the Dexter Packing Co. and Dexter Nursing Center...
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PRISCA `BOBBY' LOTTES
(Obituary ~ 07/08/95)
Prisca "Bobbie" Lottes Prisca "Bobbie" Lottes, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 6, 1995, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Feb. 15, 1906, in Ridgeway, Ill., daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Goeble Seib. She married Edward A. Lottes Nov. 23, 1925, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Feb. 21, 1993...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
Scott County Micheal G. and Emily B. Watson to Mark A. and LaDonna F. McMillion; Frances Blissett to Frances Blissett and Faye M. Tate; Frank L. Snider, Sr. to Yancy Z. Poorman; Mary Emma Higgason and Alma Bell Fowler to Yancy Z. Poorman; Clarence Earl and Ossie M. ...
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JAMES F. HUNT
(Obituary ~ 07/08/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- James F. Hunt, 67, of Creal Springs, formerly of Anna, died Friday at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Crain Funeral Home of Anna.
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PATRICK A. POWDERLY
(Obituary ~ 07/08/95)
CHAFFEE -- Patrick Aloysius Powderly, 40, of Chaffee died Friday, July 7, 1995, at his home. He was born Aug. 26, 1954, in Red Bud, Ill., the son of Aloysius James and Pearl Louise Staufenbiel Powderly of Cape Girardeau. He married Deborah Eichhorn on May 9, 1981...
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CHILD SUPPORT TO BE TOPIC OF `PERSPECTIVE ON THE LAW'
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
Child support is the topic for Sunday's edition of "Perspective on the Law: with Judge Marybelle Mueller." The television program airs at 6:30 p.m. on Cape Girardeau access Channel 5. Guests are Michael Maguire of Johnson, Montgomery and Maguire, ang Bob Gowen, who is in private practice...
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WORKSITE HEALTH GROUP TO HOLD SEMINAR ON TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
The Southeast Missouri Section of the Association of Worksite Health Promotion will hold its second "Health Promotion in the '90s" seminar from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Drury Lodge, Cape Girardeau. "Self-Care for Teens and Adults" will be presented by Dr. Charles Pancoast. He will discuss the basics of deciding when an emergency room visit is necessary, how to take care of basic health concerns at home and how to better communicate with your health-care providers...
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BAREFOOTERS GUIDE TO HAPPY, HEALTHY FEET
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
Summer is the season of vacations, picnics, and best of all, running barefoot through the grass. Pictures of barefoot boys with fishing poles or lovely women picking pansies remind us of days when the living was easy. Going barefoot is actually good for our feet...
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POTLUCK PICNIC SCHEDULED FOR OSTOMY ASSOCIATION
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
The United Ostomy Association will hold a potluck picnic at Cape County Park at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Shelter 5. Members are asked to bring a covered dish, beverages and utensils. Meat will be provided. A volunteer organization, UOA's goal is to reduce the practical and emotional burdens of those who have undergone ostomy surgery so that they may function as fully as possible both socially and physically...
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LYME DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP TO MEET JULY 25
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
The Lyme Disease Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, in classrooms A and B on the first floor of the Southeast Missouri Regional Cancer Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The support group is open to people who have contracted Lyme disease, an illness transmitted to humans by certain kinds of ticks...
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AMERICAN RED CROSS PLANS BLOOD DRIVES THIS WEEK
(Local News ~ 07/08/95)
The Leopold Knights of Columbus Council 5898 will hold a blood drive from 8:30 to noon Sunday at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Also a blood drive will be held between 7 and 8 a.m. and noon to 5 Wednesday at Southeast Missouri Hospital in the Cancer Center Classrooms in Cape Girardeau...
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