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KINDERGARTEN: A DAYLONG ADVENTURE; ORGANIZATION IMPORTANT BUT STUDENT ACTIVITIES MUST BE FUN
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
After 30 years of teaching kindergarten, Linda Hill doesn't expect much from students on their first day of class. "I want a happy little kid who's eager to learn and happy to be there," Hill said. "Being able to get along with others is important too."...
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MEADOW HEIGHTS BOARD MEETING POSITIVE DESPITE OUSTER PETITION
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
PATTON -- Betsy Ferguson says it is time for the residents of Meadow Heights school district to do a 180-degree turn and exhibit a positive attitude about the school. Years of negativity is taking a toll on the students, Ferguson said after Monday's Meadow Heights Board of Education meeting...
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PRESTIGE AIR BUSY FBO AT AIRPORT
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
MDI Corp. and Air Evac EMS Inc. have reached an agreement for MDI to purchase the fixed-based-operator assets of Air Evac Aviation at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. The purchase will be by MDI's Prestige Air Services division, said Duane Beussink, president of MDI...
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WORKING LIKE A DOG: PETS FIND HOME AT WORK
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
Working a 40-hour week isn't unusual for Butch, the guard at Cape Paint and Glass, 15 N. Middle. What's unusual is that Butch is a dog. The 10-year-old, 82-pound boxer was practically raised at the business, owned by John and Karen Baker. Butch goes to work every day...
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GOVERNMENT SEEKS SITE FOR BUILDING
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
A search is on for the site of a new U.S. courthouse and federal building in downtown Cape Girardeau. Jim Odgen of the General Services Administration's Kansas City office said a minimum of 175,000 square feet of space is needed for the building. The GSA outlined the boundaries for the building over a 15-block area bounded by Sprigg Street on the west, Spanish Street on the East, Independence Street on the south and Bellevue Street on the north...
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MARK MY WORD: NEED CREDIT? THE DEBT IS IN THE MAIL
(Column ~ 08/22/95)
I used to like getting the mail when I was a kid. I was impressed with how much mail mom and dad received. They sure knew a lot of people, I thought. I received birthday cards, but that was about it. But my love affair with mail ended years ago after I got married, bought a house and had to pay my own way...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/22/95)
THE LADIES golf tournament at the Jaycees course last week was wonderful. The course was in great shape. Congratulations to the current management and staff for a job well done. WHY DON'T those air-conditioned officeholders give 10 percent of their salary, which is too high to begin with, to help air condition the schools for the benefit our children for once? Better yet, turn off their air conditioners while school is in session and save us money...
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JACKSON ADMINISTRATOR SAYS CITY MUST EXAMINE POWER PLANT NEEDS
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
JACKSON -- An engine at Jackson's power plant went out over the weekend after the city broke its own power usage record. City Administrator Steve Wilson labeled the breakdown another symptom of "a little town growing into a big town." The breakdown resulted in only minor inconveniences and the engine is running again. It should be fine after a few repairs, but Jackson officials will be looking at more permanent solutions...
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COUNCIL DESCRIBES NEW CITY MANAGER AS PEOPLE ORIENTED
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
Cape Girardeau's new city manager, Michael G. Miller, will be people oriented and won't spend all his time behind a desk, City Council members said Monday night. "Our new manager will be a goal-setter. He is a walk-around kind of guy," said Councilman Richard Eggimann...
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BLUE BOOK IS BLUE AGAIN
(Editorial ~ 08/22/95)
Bekki Cook, Missouri's secretary of state who is from Cape Girardeau, tells the story about being called by Gov. Mel Carnahan when he was considering appointing Cook to the vacancy in the statewide office. Cook spent an intense few hours discussing the potential appointment with her family. Finally, her husband, John, issued an ultimatum: She could take the appointment only if she promised to restore the cover of the state's "Official Manual" to blue...
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ILLINOIS ADOPTS MOTOR-VOTER PLAN AFTER COURT LOSS
(Editorial ~ 08/22/95)
After being unsuccessfully challenged in federal court by Gov. Jim Edgar, the federal motor-voter law is being implemented in Illinois. All of the state's driver's license facilities are now asking applicants if they want to register to vote in federal elections. The start-up costs are estimated at $500,000, and the annual costs are expected to run around $300,000...
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ROSE JONES
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
JACKSON -- Rose Jones, 70, of Jackson, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Jackson Manor. McCombs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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GERTRUDE SCHWARTZ
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
BENTON -- Gertrude Schwartz, 72, of Benton died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Benton.
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NORMAN E. MAEVERS
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Norman E. Maevers of Jackson will be held at 2 p.m. today at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with the Rev. David Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery. Maevers, 68, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...
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EUGENE J. DOWD
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Graveside memorial service for Eugene James Dowd of El Paso, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Calvary Cemetery in Villa Ridge. The Rev. Bill McGhee will officiate. Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge is in charge of arrangements...
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WILLIAM LYLE
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
JACKSON -- William "Bill" Lyle, 57, of Jackson, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 21, 1937, in Little Rock, Ark. He and Nancy Beatty were married Sept. 17, 1993. Lyle was a graduate of Mabelvale High School in Little Rock, and attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville...
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TWO STODDARD COUNTY MEN KILLED IN HIGHWAY 60 CRASH
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
Two Stoddard County men died following a head-on collision on Highway 60 Monday. Killed were Franklin Cannon, 47, of Fisk and George McCollough, 46, of Dudley. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. The accident occurred at 3:11 p.m. one-half mile east of Dudley. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Cannon, driving a 1974 Dodge pickup, crossed the center line and collided with the 1985 Chevrolet pickup driven by McCollough...
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HAFTON H. TUTT
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Hafton H. Tutt, 77, of Anna, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at his home. He was born Oct. 17, 1917, in Murray, Ky., son of Lonzo R. and Lucy Wells Tutt. He and Loriene A. Haire were married in Union County. She died in 1949. He later married Betty A. Trammel Jan. 15, 1951, in Piggott, Ark...
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CLARENCE W. HUFFMAN
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
WHITEWATER -- Clarence Webster Huffman, 87, of Whitewater, former presiding commissioner of Bollinger County, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at his home. He was born Jan. 20, 1908, son of George B. and Daisy Winters Huffman. He and Mable Birkman were married in 1927. She died June 26, 1969. He and Cora Williams were married June 29, 1973...
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ZELDA LORD
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
FREDERICKTOWN -- Zelda Lord, 58, of Fredericktown died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. She was born March 20, 1937, in Dongola, Ill., daughter of Roscoe and Ruth Sivia Verble. She married K.C. Lord, who died in 1980...
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PAUL V. WILLIFORD
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Paul Vernon Williford, 60, of East Prairie, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at the home of a son in Paducah, Ky., following an extended illness. He was born Oct. 28, 1934, in East Prairie, son of Charlie and Georgia M. Woods Williford. Williford was a truck driver with TNT Holland Transportation in Sikeston...
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WILMA COCKRELL
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
PUXICO -- Wilma Cockrell, 79, of Puxico, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance is in charge of arrangements.
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/22/95)
Son to James and Kymberly Sample, 3507 Old Route V, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:04 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, 1995. Name, Dylan James. Weight, 8 pounds 13 ounces. First child. Mrs. Sample is the former Kimberly Gilles, daughter of Jerry Gilles and Henrietta Gilles of Cape Girardeau. She is a shift manager at Drury Southwest. Sample is a concrete finisher with Mackenroth Construction. He is the son of Anthony Sample and Brenda Sample of Jackson...
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DR. DENNIS E. HOVIS
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
Dr. Dennis E. Hovis, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements were incomplete at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel.
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BECKY BEHM
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Becky Behm, 36, of Olive Branch, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 3, 1958, in Cairo, daughter of James and Bonnie Poole Bigham. She married Kenneth Behm. Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Rena Day of Olive Branch, Crystal White and Chelsea Behm of the home; two sons, John and Jacob Behm of the home; her mother of Olive Branch; two sisters, June Bigham of Walton, Ky., Kristy Bigham of Cape Girardeau; a brother, Jim Bigham of Olive Branch; maternal grandparents, Zelma and Wayne Carter of Anna, and a grandson.. ...
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DWIGHT BLUNT
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
ESSEX -- Dwight Blunt, 82, of Essex, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 1995, at his home. He was born Dec. 25, 1912, at Dexter, son of Sylvester and Maggie Teachenor Blunt. He and Helen Snider were married Nov. 18, 1934, in Piggott, Ark. Blunt was a retired farmer...
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MARGUERITE WILSON
(Obituary ~ 08/22/95)
CAHOKIA, Ill. -- Marguerite Wilson, 72, of Cahokia, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at her home. She was born April 19, 1923, in Ullin, daughter of Edward W. and Irene Harmon Hale. She married Robert Wilson, who died May 19, 1990. Survivors include two brothers, William Hale of South Gate, Calif., and Donald Ledbetter of Tucson, Ariz...
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COUNTY JAIL OVER CAPACITY
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
JACKSON -- The population of the Cape Girardeau County Jail has crept well above its outer limit and shows no sign of dropping soon. "It's one of those things that has steadily crept up and stayed up," said Cape County Sheriff John Jordan. As of Monday afternoon the jail population was listed at 80, although 73 prisoners were actually in residence at the facility. The jail was designed to house up to 54 prisoners...
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LONGTIME COACH TELLS EXPERIENCES
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
Charlie Spoonhour was late his first day teaching school at Rocky Comfort, a small town in southwest Missouri. At 5:30 a.m., the superintendent knocked on Spoonhour's door to tell him he was late for work. "He said I was driving the bus," Spoonhour said. "I told him I can't drive anything that shifts."...
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CHAPEL DEDICATION SET FOR WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
The newly constructed Upper Room Chapel of Wesley House will be dedicated at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel. Leading the service will be Stephen Owen, a senior at Southeast Missouri State University. He is peer minister at Wesley House and worship coordinator for the student group...
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TWO SOUTHEAST STUDENTS TO INTERN AT WHITE HOUSE
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
Two Cape Girardeau residents have been selected to serve as interns at the White House this fall. Teresa Wildman and Kendra Foster will begin their internships Sept. 6. Their specific assignments will not be made until shortly before their arrival in Washington...
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AREA STUDENTS RECEIVE ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIPS
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
Cathy Aufdenberg of Jackson and Patricia A. LaForest of Cape Girardeau each received a $950 engineering student scholarship. The awards were given by the St. Louis Chapter No. 17 of the Education Foundation of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers...
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4-H COUNTY ACHIEVEMENTS AND FAIR WINNERS ANNOUNCED
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
The Cape Girardeau County 4-H Achievement Event and County Fair was held July 10-11 in Jackson. 4-H members gave demonstrations and participated in grooming, fashion revue, public speaking and judging contests. Demonstration participants were Alice James and Marci Myracle, foods; Matthew Green, computers; Jessica Morrow, earthquake information; Brandon Gerecke, electrical dangers; and Jennifer Weiss, clothing...
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CAPE GIRL PLACES IN PEACH FAIR PAGEANT
(Local News ~ 08/22/95)
McLane Jateff, 16, of Cape Girardeau recently placed third alternate in the Campbell Peach Fair pageant. Contestants were judged on poise, personality, and overall beauty in both sportswear and evening gown competition. Jateff, a junior at Cape Girardeau Central High School, is the daughter of Bruce and Jana Jateff...
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