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ANNE H. WOOD
(Obituary ~ 07/16/95)
DELTA -- Anne H. Wood, 76, of Old Ocean, Texas, and formerly of Delta, died Saturday, July 15, 1995, in Houston. She was born Feb. 16, 1919, near Hickory Ridge, the daughter of Albert Jackson and Louise DeLapp Hitt. On June 19, 1949, she married Robert C. Wood, who survives at the home...
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GIRL SCOUTS REFUSE TO LOSE LAND
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
Stewart reminisces about some of the good times she's had at Camp Teata. She held her first day camp here. Camp Teata is located in Marble Hill, just west of Highway 51. This is the entrance, with a sadly decaying bridge just behind this gate. Denise Stewart, executive director for the Otahki Girl Scouts Council and LaWanda Rhodes, a Girl Scout troop leader from Marble Hill, discuss some of the plans for the camp...
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BEER BREWED IN WITTENBERG AGES AGO
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
Gilbert Theiss stands beside the brewery's storage cellar. At right is the entrance to the aging cellar. The cellars extend 60 feet into the rock bluff, located near the end of Route A in Wittenberg. The wooden doors are at the entrance to the storage cellar of the brewery. At left is a beer garden built by George Loebs, who operated the business from about 1889 to 1899...
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FINANCING CAMPAIGNS
(Editorial ~ 07/16/95)
U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry last week struck down most of Missouri's new scheme of campaign finance laws as unconstitutional. The judge should be commended for seeing through a patchwork of phony reforms to the stark reality: This latest regime of campaign regulation is nothing more than incumbent protection, laced with a bunch of unconstitutional limitations on protected speech in political campaigns...
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BOIL WATER ORDER COULD BE LIFTED TODAY
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
Once water pressure was restored and the pumps replaced, all Keven Priester and the rest of Cape Girardeau's water users could do was wait. Priester is production superintendent for Cape Girardeau's water system. His job is to make sure the water keeps flowing and is safe to drink...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: MISSOURI SCHOOL REFORM GETS SILLIER AND SILLIER
(Column ~ 07/16/95)
This school reform process is becoming a joke. An expensive, time-consuming joke. "JEFFERSON CITY -- It's taking longer than expected to rewrite proposed state standards for measuring student achievement to make them understandable to the average Missourian...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: BOSNIA: DAYS DOWN TO A PRECIOUS FEW
(Column ~ 07/16/95)
Srebenica has fallen. Sooner than we may want to believe, the United States is going to confront an agonizing decision: whether to honor the solemn pledge (made by Presidents Bush and Clinton) never to send soldiers to Bosnia. These prior statements notwithstanding, we must decide whether to send ground troops to Bosnia if needed to help evacuate our European allies, the British, French, Dutch and others. Once on the ground in Bosnia, American forces will be at risk. Some will die...
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MISSOURI WATCH: AND THE BAD (DESEG) NEWS IS...
(Column ~ 07/16/95)
Every week seems to bring news of further closure of the two school integration cases that have brought educational and financial turmoil to Missouri since 1980. Under the thumb of federal courts in St. Louis and Kansas City, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has labored to meet the legally mandated changes that would transform the two largest school districts in the state to a unitary status, i.e., to an integrated system...
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HIGHER TAXES GIVE BIG BOOST TO FUNDS GOING TO MISSOURI
(Editorial ~ 07/16/95)
There is new meaning for the phrase, "My cup runneth over." The state of Missouri is literally awash in revenue. Unlike any governor in recent times, Mel Carnahan surveys a srevenue situation that is gushing money for the operations of state government and its huge (fiscal 1996: $12.9 billion) budget. Consider:...
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CAROLINE'S CORNER: ALL IN THE DAY OF A HOUSEWIFE
(Column ~ 07/16/95)
Imagine a John Grisham novel. He has written yet another best seller, apparently based on a case he heard about in Southeast Missouri. He changes the sex of the accused, embellishes the story a little, and movie makers begin clamoring for movie rights. Girsham sells the rights for $10 million and is allowed to choose the actors for his characters. He chooses Meryl Streep as the housewife. Tommy Lee Jones will play her attorney, and Steve Martin will be the judge...
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HELEN E. FLAMM
(Obituary ~ 07/16/95)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Helen E. Flamm, 88, of Cobden died Friday, July 14, 1995, at Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born Sept. 22, 1906 in Cobden, Ill., the daughter of Adolph and Stephanie Bigler Flamm. She is survived by two sisters, Stephanie Dougherty of Centralia, Ill., and Sister Magdaline of St. Louis...
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FANNIE LEE STONE
(Obituary ~ 07/16/95)
CHAFFEE -- Fannie Lee Stone, 90, of Chaffee died Saturday, July 15, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 5, 1905, in Oran, daughter of Charles Henry and Nannie Lee Harrison Hager. She retired in April 1967 as a machine operator at Buckstein Pants Factory in Chaffee. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Chaffee...
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JODEAN POWLES JOHNS
(Obituary ~ 07/16/95)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Jodean Powles Johns, 59, of Dongola died Saturday, July 15, 1995. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola.
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HALLIE SHELL VESTERBY
(Obituary ~ 07/16/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Hallie Shell Vesterby, 85, of Marble Hill died Thursday, June 13, 1995. She was born April 3, 1910, at Sank, daughter of Lee and Rozetta Hahn Fisher. She married Vernon E. Shell on July 3, 1926. He preceded her in death in 1981. She then married the Rev. Charles Shipley on Sept. 4, 1982. He preceded her in death in 1988...
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FRED LEE JONES
(Obituary ~ 07/16/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Fred Lee Jones, 88, of East Prairie died Saturday, July 15, 1995, at Bertrand Retirement Home in Bertrand. He was born April 11, 1907, to James and Addie Berry Jones in Hickory Grove. Survivors include a sister-in-law, Gertrude Jones of East Prairie; six nieces, Silvey Barker, Sammie Ponder and Dotty Aters all of East Prairie, Gertrude Helderman of Burfordsville, Janice Nunnelee of Cape Girardeau and Alfreda Nash of St. ...
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GLEN PARKER
(Obituary ~ 07/16/95)
Glen Dale Parker, 30, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Sikeston, died Friday, July 14, 1995, at 7:21 a.m. at state highways Y and W in Cape Girardeau from injuries sustained in an auto accident. He was born June 7, 1965, in Dexter, son of Jimmy Glen Parker of Sullivan and Glida Pixley Abernathy of Sikeston...
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CLYDE F. ZOELLNER
(Obituary ~ 07/16/95)
PERRYVILLE -- A memorial mass will be celebrated at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 22, at the St. Mary Seminary Church in Perryville for Clyde F. Zoellner. Zoellner, 78, of Perryville died Thursday, July 13, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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LENNON HUGHES
(Obituary ~ 07/16/95)
Charleston -- Lennon Hughes, 30, of Denver, formerly of Charleston, died Thursday, July 13, 1995. He was born Oct. 12, 1964, in Charleston. He is survived by his mother, Dorothy Hughes of Charleston; a brother, Robert Hughes; four sisters, Betty Hughes and Carrie Willey of Wilson City and Diane and Brenda Hughes of Charleston; and a daughter of Bloomington, Ill...
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HOWARD R. LUKEFAHR
(Obituary ~ 07/16/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Howard R. Lukefahr, 71, of Perryville died Friday, July 14, 1995, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 16, 1923, to Reuben and Anne Klemp Lukefahr in rural Perry County. Lukefahr was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Immanual Lutheran Church in Perryville, VFW Post 4282 and American Legion Post 133...
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EDMUND JOSEPH RICHTER
(Obituary ~ 07/16/95)
OAK RIDGE -- Edmund Joseph Richter, 89, of Oak Ridge died Saturday, July 15, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 21, 1905, to Arthur and Emma Moeckel Richter in New Wells. He married Talitha G. Mangels on May 4, 1944. She preceded him in death on Sept. 23, 1979...
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THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF: CARS FETCH BIDS, NOSTALGIA
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
Lynn Adams of Cairo stood beside the 1965 Thunderbird admiring its flawless paint job and listening to tales about its vintage heritage before the classic car headed for the auction block. "I used to have one like it," he said with a wistful look as he remembered another time. "It's a beautiful automobile. It just spelled class."...
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THESE JOBS ARE `HOT,' BUT NOT NECESSARILY IN DEMAND
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
Scorching heat is uncomfortable but unfortunately part of the job for people who work outdoors. Most of the area's construction, roofing, asphalt, and landscaping crews began work early to avoid this week's hot weather. As the temperatures rose to near 100 degrees, workers took more breaks and savored their time in the shade...
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DETENTION CENTER RENOVATED TO ACCOMODATE JUVENILE CRIME
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
Time served at Cape Girardeau's Juvenile Detention Center is designed to be tough. The cells are barren with small, wire-covered windows. The day room consists of a television, foosball table and plastic chairs. The small yard is enclosed with a high fence topped off by barbed wire...
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LEGION SEEKS PERFORMERS FOR SHOW
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
JACKSON -- American Legion Post 158 here is looking for performers for its annual Homecomers talent show Aug. 15 to 19. First through fourth-place winners each night will win cash prizes of $20, $15, $10 and $5. Entries for Tuesday will be dancing for ages 6 through 12. Wednesday will be talent other than dancing for ages 6 through 12 and ages 13 through 21. Thursday will be dancing for ages 6 through 12 and ages 13 through 21. Friday will be final competition for all winning groups...
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STATE'S CHRISTMAS TREE GROWERS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
With only 162 days until Christmas, the Missouri Christmas Tree Producers Association held their annual summer meeting Saturday near Jackson. About 100 growers representing 50 farms from around the state attended the convention at the Meier Horseshoe Pines Choose and Cut Christmas Tree Farm on County Road 330 west of Jackson...
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DESEGREGATION SAVINGS ALREADY EARMARKED
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
About $344 million in added state aid would flow to Missouri's school districts once federal court-ordered desegregation programs end in Kansas City and St. Louis. Under a new state law, all of the savings from the end of state-funded desegregation programs in Kansas City and St. Louis would go to elementary and secondary education...
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WASHINGTON TRIP CANCELED
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
Fred Pennington, director of the Cape Girardeau Civic Center, had the unenviable job Saturday of telling 10 teen-agers their weeklong trip to Washington was canceled. They were scheduled to leave this morning. "We didn't receive enough funding to finance the trip," Pennington said...
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BLUFF OFFICER STABLE AFTER FRIDAY CRASH
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Two Poplar Bluff police officers were injured Friday afternoon, one critically, when they collided with each while responding to the same dispatch. Officer Fred Landwersiek was flown to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau following the accident about 1:30 p.m. He was listed in stable condition Saturday afternoon...
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CRAFTERS MAY SIGN UP FOR FAIR
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
The Community Counseling Center is accepting registration forms from area crafters for the 11th annual Benefit Craft Fair to be held Oct. 21 and 22 at the A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. Proceeds from the fair's 25-cent admission and concession stand will benefit the Community Counseling Center Foundation...
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RIVERSIDE BLUES FESTIVAL JULY 22
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Edgar Winter, a white-maned blues-rocker famous for the hits "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride," will headline the Riverside Blues Festival Saturday, July 22, at Murphysboro's Riverside Park. The annual festival drew 4,000 people last year when Leon Russell headlined and has doubled its attendance every year since its inception in 1992. Blankets, lawn chairs, grills, coolers and most anything else except glass bottles are welcome at the festival...
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FISHING REPORT
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
RIVERS: Big Niangua (above the Bennett Springs State Park): Slightly up, clearing; all fishing fair. Big Piney (lower, below Slabtown): Up, clearing; all species good to excellent on natural baits; goggle-eye and smallmouth good to excellent on small crankbaits and spinnerbaits...
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CLEARWATER LAKE SLATES OPEN HOUSE
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
PIEDMONT -- Visitors to Clearwater Lake will get an up-close opportunity to see and learn about the operation of the dam and its intake structure and to visit the project office during open house from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12. Free tours of the intake structure where the dam's water releases are controlled will start at the project office on 30-minute intervals from 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Tours last about 20 minutes...
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ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: BLACKBERRIES CAN BE A BLESSING AND A CURSE
(Column ~ 07/16/95)
Since prehistoric times, man has both praised and cussed a couple of hundred members of the Rubus genus -- the blackberries of the world. The wild shrubs of the blackberry family are both a blessing and a curse. They provide a bounty of some of the sweetest wild fruits available, but with their myriad of sharp thorns, they also slash and puncture the vulnerable hides of outdoor pedestrians who wander in their midst...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: SUMMERTIME IN QUEEN ANNE'S LANE
(Column ~ 07/16/95)
I haven't heard a katydid yet, but ere this column gets in print, I expect to. All the summertime things come together after the Fourth of July. That date is a watershed. Cicadas, butterflies, ripe tomatoes from the garden, blueberry pie, quail calls, new birds fully feathered, blistery sidewalks are some of the adornments of the high noon month of the year...
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ANTIQUE CLOTHING WOOS 20TH CENTURY BUYERS
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
Jabot and cuffs and beaded evening purses were must fashion accessories. Rhinestone jewelry was the rage in the '20s and '30s along with silk hosiery and pastel leather gloves. It takes some time and effort to complete a collection, but it's become a fun and fashionable hobby for vintage clothing collectors...
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STRAND NAMED INTERIM PRESIDENT
(Local News ~ 07/16/95)
A former Southeast Missouri State University administrator has been named interim president at Illinois State University at Normal. David A. Strand, 59, has served in major administrative roles at Illinois State University since February 1978. Strand will replace Thomas Wallace, who is resigning Aug. 15 after seven years as president...
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