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LETTERS: EDITORIAL REPRESENTS WHAT'S BEST FOR PUBLIC
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/11/96)
To the editor: As a strong supporter of the conservative, commonsense values of the Southeast Missourian, I want to personally thank you for the outstanding Feb. 9 editorial. It takes great courage and public commitment to write an editorial for the best interest of the public as taxpayers, and the city of Cape Girardeau as a whole, when the personal interests of the paper may point to a different direction (meaning the proposed block that Concord Printing sits on)...
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SEMO PORT CONSIDERS FUND-RAISING FOUNDATION
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
The Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority is considering the establishment of a fund-raising foundation. Missouri's attorney general says there is no legal reason why they can't. In an opinion requested by state Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, Attorney General Jay Nixon said that as a political entity the port authority cannot own or organize a foundation itself. But individuals who support the port authority are free to do so and turn over donations to the port, according to Nixon...
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PORTAGEVILLE MAN NAMED HONORARY MU AG ALUMNI
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
COLUMBIA -- The superintendent of the state's largest agricultural research and extension center has been made an honorary member of the University of Missouri Ag Alumni Association. T.E. "Jake" Fisher of Portageville is one of three persons honored today during MU's Ag Day...
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JACKSON PRESCHOOLS OFFER SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE; CHILD CENTER BOASTS PARENT PARTICIPATION
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
Susan Baker, left, and Kaitlyn Thompson play Valentine Bingo with the children at the center. Chad Gantz, left, and Austin Sievers play with building blocks. When dirty diapers, teething and midnight feedings are safely in the distance, many parents face the wrenching decision of which preschool is best for their children...
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CHURCH OFFERS FREE SERVICE TO COMMUNITY
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
Robin Jones, associate director of Thursday School at the Jackson Church of Christ, teaches kids how to sing. Making valentines are, from left, Megan Rush, Cody Naramore, teacher Julie Rush and Maggie Sanders. Nancy Lester helps Coleton Loughary, left, and Kyle Schlosser make valentines...
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NICK LEIST'S OPUS; JACKSON BAND DIRECTOR RECEIVGES `LONG OVERDUE' AWARD
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
Jason Stadt plays trombone while Leist intently observes him. Nick Leist coaxes a little more sound from the band. "Mr. Holland's Opus," for those who haven't seen it, is the touching story of a man who dedicates his life to teaching children to love music. Jackson is home to a man with a similar devotion -- Nick Leist, director of bands for the Jackson school district...
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NEWS FROM THE ARMED FORCES
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
Aaron D. Wunderlich Navy Airman Aaron D. Wunderlich, son of James R. and Martin K. Wunderlich of Jackson, has departed for a six-month overseas deployment to the Persian Gulf aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. Wunderlich is one of more than 5,600 Sailors and Marines aboard the carrier who departed Bremerton, Wash., for the journey to the Middle East and Western Pacific Ocean...
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GRACE FELLOWSHIP HAS NEW PASTORS
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
The congregation of Grace Fellowship Family Worship Center would like to announce that Gary and Jan Whitehouse have become the new pastors of the church. Gary and Jan are both graduates of Rhema Bible Training Center in Broken Arrow, Okla. We at Grace Fellowship Family Worship Center invite you to come and worship with us...
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LETTERS: ARKANSAS STUDENTS SEEK LOCAL INFORMATION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/11/96)
To the editor: My class is studying the 50 states. I hope you will be able to print the enclosed letter in the letters to the editor section of your newspaper. I appreciate your helping us learn more about America. KATHRYN EDITOR'S NOTE: Here is the letter from Kathryn's teacher: "Our second-grade class is studying the 50 states. ...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: CLINTON, GOP SWITCH ON MEDICARE
(Column ~ 02/11/96)
Leave it to the actuaries to confuse the political equation. The centerpiece of the fall election was to be the great Medicare debate. Bill Clinton was to stand at the ramparts protecting Medicare against the Republicans who wanted to gut the program and use the savings to fiance a tax cut that primarily benefited the rich...
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MISSOURI WATCH: POLITICALESE: GOING BEYOND PLAIN OFFICIAL ENGLISH
(Column ~ 02/11/96)
For years Missouri Congressman Bill Emerson has been introducing legislation that would make English the "official" language of the United States, and would also require all new immigrants to learn to speak like us natives. I've always thought this requirement made a great deal of sense, for without it, our great American melting pot would be more like alphabet soup than Monday stew...
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GOP PRIORITIES
(Editorial ~ 02/11/96)
On the first of February, the Republican caucus in the Missouri House of Representatives unveiled a legislative agenda containing a number of worthy proposals. Featuring their own "three Rs," House minority leader Mark Richardson of Poplar Bluff says, "Our legislative platform answers the call of Missourians who want responsibility, restored families and reformed government." Key components address welfare reform, making prison inmates work, limiting the House speaker to two terms, an up-or-down vote by lawmakers on the school standards provided in the Outstanding Schools Act and eliminating the sales tax on food.. ...
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DROP THE SALES TAX ON FOOD
(Editorial ~ 02/11/96)
Another feature of the House GOP agenda that is faring better than the others is the proposal to eliminate the state sales tax on food. It's doubtful there will be much opposition to this sound proposal, if early reaction is a reliable guide. Within days of the GOP announcement, the governor joined House Democrats in saying nice things about it -- if not for outright repeal, then at least some reduction...
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LETTERS: SERVICE TO SENIORS IS GOAL OF AREA AGENCY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/11/96)
To the editor: In reference to Heidi Nieland's Feb. 8 article, "Panel to examine senior tax use," I would like to correct a statement which was printed about the type of transportation services that seniors would like to have in Cape Girardeau County...
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STUDENTS CONTACT SENATOR VIA INTERNET
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
JACKSON -- With hopes of encouraging youth participation in government, Senator John Ashcroft's Internet whiz-kid visited 7th- and 8th-grade students at Immaculate Conception School. Stephen Smith, a Washington University graduate who has worked a year for Ashcroft, was in Jackson Friday to explain the senator's E-mail system. Smith and others from the Ashcroft's office have taught the same lesson at various Missouri schools...
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KIDS FAIR
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
Jay Barber, left, with the Missouri Department of Conservation passes out information and maps and talks to children and parents about programs at the Missouri Department of Conservation. Renee Bowerman, right, the Poison Education Team Coordinator at Southeast Missouri Hospital was swamped by fair goers as she passes out items from Southeast Missouri Hospital...
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BERTHA SANDERS
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
Bertha Sanders, 87, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Feb. 10, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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FRANCIS FAY WILLIAMSON
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
DEXTER -- Francis Fay Williamson, 79, of Dexter died Thursday, Feb. 8, 1996, at the Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born May 15, 1916, in Stoddard County, daughter of Andy Elmer Rankin and Fannie Bolin Rankin. She was a retired nurse's aid from the Dexter Memorial Hospital...
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MARTHA PATTBERG
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
Martha Pattberg, 79, of Granite City, Ill., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 1996, at the Colonial Care Nursing Center. She was born July 27, 1916, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Charles and Caroline Foerenbach Haupt. She worked as a secretary for the postal office in St. Louis. She was a member of Hope Lutheran Church in Granite City...
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WALTER LEE BARBARE
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
Walter Lee Barbare, 69, of Dallas, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Feb. 9, 1996 in Dallas. He was born July 21, 1926, in Spartanburg, S.C., son of Walter Lee Barbare and Ethel Keith Gray. He graduated from Central High School in Cape Girardeau in 1943, served in World War II on the submarine Archer in 1944 and graduated from the University of Texas in 1951...
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GERTIE MAY STAMP
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
JOLIET, Ill. -- Gertie May Stamp, 83, of Joliet, Ill., formerly of Wolf Lake, Ill., died Saturday, Feb. 10, 1996, at the Juliet Terrace Nursing Home. She was born Oct. 11, 1912, at Olive Branch, Ill., daughter of James and Nancy E. Knupp Rhymer. She married Elmer E. Stamp at Murphysboro, Ill. He died May 19, 1955...
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WILLIAM HARRY RHODES
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
CRUMP -- William Harry Rhodes, 75, of Crump died Saturday, Feb. 10, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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LEE ROY TINNIN
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
Lee Roy Tinnin, 61, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Feb. 9, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 30, 1934, at Fredericktown, son of Archie and Stella Robinson Tinnin. He married Annalee Goode on Aug. 10, 1974, at Cape Girardeau. She survives...
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JOYCE KINDER
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
BURFORDVILLE -- Joyce Kinder, 56, of Burfordville died Saturday, Feb. 10, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 8, 1939, in Jackson, daughter of Lloyd Henson and Hazel Barks Henson. On May 25, 1957, she married Donald Kinder. He survives...
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PAUL DAVIDSON
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Paul Davidson, 79, of Dongola died Saturday, Feb. 10, 1996, at the Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola.
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STELLA MILLER
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
Stella Miller, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 10, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel.
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MAMIE L. MORRIS
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
BLOOMFIELD -- Mamie Lucille Morris, 83, of Bloomfield died Friday, Feb. 9, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 23, 1912, in Bardstown, Ark., daughter of Oliver and Mollie Brown St. Clair Clifton. She moved from Arkansas to Southeast Missouri in 1947. She had been a resident of Bloomfield since 1966...
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A DAY IN THE LIFE: GOLDEN RULE: LOOK BUT DON'T TOUCH
(Column ~ 02/11/96)
What is the rule for married people looking at members of the opposite sex? Is it okay? Is it natural? Will you get in trouble for it? And most importantly, how do you avoid getting caught? I don't know about after marriage, but I do know from personal experience it happens with engaged people before they get married. I know this because I, um, have this friend who is getting married soon and he has the audacity to look at other girls all the time...
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LILLIE MAE LANDERS
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Lillie Mae Landers, 76, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, Feb. 10, 1996, at Bluff Manor Nursing Center. She was born July 13, 1919, to Euless and Cora Francis Black at Rover, Ark. She married S. Albert "Doc" Landers on July, 8, 1943, at Malden. He died Dec. 2, 1983...
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MILDRED M. BRIMM
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Mildred M. Brimm, 84, of Jonesboro died Friday, Feb. 9, 1996, at her home. She was born April 6, 1911, in Swanwick, Ill., to John and Kezia Hardwick Ogilvie. She married Paul Franklin Russell who died Feb. 21, 1958. She later married Pete Brimm and he died Sept. 17, 1984...
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MARVIN R. NITSCH
(Obituary ~ 02/11/96)
JACKSON -- Marvin R. Nitsch, 72, of Jackson died Saturday, Feb. 10, 1996, at his home. He was born July 26, 1923, to George and Amanda Hartung Nitsch at Jackson. He married Ruth L. Bowers on May 3, 1953, at Oak Ridge. She died Jan. 2, 1986. Survivors are two sons, Mickey Nitsch of Columbia and Jeff Nitsch of Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Sheila Nitsch and Monica James, both of Jackson; two brothers, Robert Nitsch of Jackson and Bill Nitsch of Sedgewickville; and three grandchildren...
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RIVER PORTS MOVING MILLIONS OF TONS OF PRODUCT THROUGH AREA
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
River sand, rice, grain, coal, road salts, aluminum, lime and fertilizer are among the most-shipped products through the area's ports on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. More than 2 million tons of products move through the ports each year. Five of Missouri's 15 ports are along the Mississippi River from Ste. Genevieve south to Caruthersville. Pemiscot County Port Authority, the state's most southern, had nearly 500,000 tons pass through it in 1995...
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ROAD WORK AHEAD; PUBLIC RELATIONS COMPANY HIRED TO KEEP RESIDENTS INFORMED, HAPPY ABOUT THREE KEY ROAD PROJECTS
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
The city of Cape Girardeau wants to put the public in the driver's seat when it comes to construction of upcoming improvements to three heavily traveled streets. The city will spend more than $30,000 to keep the public informed of progress on projects along Broadway and Bloomfield and Perryville roads and traffic signal improvements...
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REACTIONS MIXED TO NEW SIKESTON POLICE SUBSTATION
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
SIKESTON -- Listen long enough to people talk about Sikeston's most notable geographic feature and the disdain becomes apparent. Residents call it "The Hill," a rarity in a town built atop swamp-turned-farmland. It's actually a ridge that cuts through Sikeston and extends for several miles...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 02/11/96)
I AM very thankful for the frigid weather we just experienced. It seemed to halt the gang and drug activity on North Hope Street in Jackson. It is the first Friday night in months that we haven't had large numbers of teens traveling in packs and vehicles making repeated stops at a home in this neighborhood...
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GOVES RULE START TO FINISH OVER INDIANS; AUSTIN PEAY ROLLS TO 84-71 VICTORY
(College Sports ~ 02/11/96)
In this basketball season of white-knuckle finishes in the Ohio Valley Conference, it's not often that a road team posts a wire-to-wire victory. But that's exactly what Austin Peay did Saturday night at the Show Me Center. The Govs scored the game's first 11 points and were never really seriously challenged as they rolled past Southeast Missouri State University 84-71...
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EARLY LICENSE PURCHASE RECOMMENDED FOR TROUT
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Lines are a constant on opening day at Missouri's four trout parks. Thousands of anglers line up to catch tens of thousands of fish. Before that, they line up to buy fishing permits. But anglers who hope to be stream-side when sirens announce the start of the 1996 trout fishing season should be forewarned -- buy your fishing permits now...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: SPRING WATERFOWL CURE CABIN FEVER
(Column ~ 02/11/96)
"I have cabin fever," a co-worker recently stated. Just a few days later I was visiting with a friend of mine who seemed a bit out of sorts. When I asked what might be the matter he retorted, "Winter blahs. There's just nothing to do outdoors right now."...
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THE NOVICE FLIRT CAN LEARN FROM AN ABUNDANCE OF BOOKS, VIDEOS
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
Don't call a guy. Apply a little lipstick. Make him wait in the parlor. It sounds like what Mom told you in the 1950s, but the wisdom has resurfaced in "The Rules: Time-tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right." It's one of many books available to the lovelorn readying to spend another Valentine's Day alone...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: PAPER UP, PAPER DOWN, SPACE, SHIFT, LOCK, ETC.
(Column ~ 02/11/96)
Sometimes, after a long session at the typewriter, I pull out the final sheet, give the old gray machine a loving pat and whisper, "Thank you." Other times I sit before it and just run my fingers over the keys, not hard enough to cause an impression, but just in appreciation, and maybe hoping they'll transmit to me some words that would be worth reading. Maybe a musical composer does the same thing with his ivories...
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THE ART (OR SCIENCE) OF FLIRTATION
(Local News ~ 02/11/96)
The coy glance. The hair toss. The necklace caress. The shoulder squeeze. The intimate lean. If flirting were an Olympic sport, judges would be holding up score cards on all of those maneuvers. In the game of love, flirting skills may determine who makes the cut and who's home alone...
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