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GLADYS GARRETT
(Obituary ~ 04/06/96)
CHAFFEE -- Gladys Garrett, 84, of Chaffee died Friday, April 5, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnette Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
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ART ENTHUSIASTS INVITED TO EVENTS
(Local News ~ 04/06/96)
Two programs scheduled for the Cape Girardeau Public Library should interest art teachers and other art lovers. At 7 p.m. April 18, two St. Louis Art Museum educational staff members will present a program on the art resources available at Cape Girardeau Public Library...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/06/96)
Daughter to Daniel Otto and Gayla Dawn Roberts of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:20 p.m. Saturday, March 30, 1996. Name, Jordan Mackenzie. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Roberts is the former Gayla Bell, daughter of Linda Davis of Cape Girardeau and Randy and Lynda Bell of Abilene, Texas. She is employed at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Roberts is the son of Otto and Mary Roberts of Cahokia, Ill. He is employed at United Industries...
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NATHAN THOMPSON
(Obituary ~ 04/06/96)
JACKSON -- Nathan Thompson, 76, of Jackson, died Friday, April 5, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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OSIE WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 04/06/96)
Funeral service for Osie Williams, 140 S. Henderson, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Greater Dimension Church of God In Christ. The Rev. William Bird will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 4-8 p.m. Sunday...
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BEULAH MOORE
(Obituary ~ 04/06/96)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Beulah E. Johnson Moore, 82, of Jonesboro, died Friday, April 5, 1996, at City Care Center in Anna. She was born April 14, 1913, in Balcom, daughter of Louis E. and Drucie E. Miller Ebbert. She and Glovis P. Johnson were married July 22, 1933. He died Dec. 31, 1950. She later married Bert H. Moore July 27, 1957. He died Aug. 18, 1980...
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WARREN WILSON
(Obituary ~ 04/06/96)
JACKSON -- Warren Wilson, 73, of Jackson, died Thursday, April 4, 1996, at his home. He was born Sept. 30, 1922, in Milan, Kan., son of Jesse and Ethel Bunker Wilson. He and Helen Preston were married May 11, 1947. Wilson moved to Jackson in 1967 from Kansas. He worked for Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Wichita, Kan., and Jackson 30 years. He was general manager of the Jackson plant until 1979...
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MAGGIE EAVES
(Obituary ~ 04/06/96)
SIKESTON -- Graveside service for Maggie Mae Eaves of Sikeston was held Friday at Mounds Park Cemetery in Lilbourn. The Rev. Bob Burnes officiated. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Eaves, 71, died Thursday, April 4, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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TYLER MCCANN-SPURLOCK
(Obituary ~ 04/06/96)
ALTO PASS, Ill. -- Funeral service for Tyler Benjamin McCann-Spurlock of Alto Pass will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Alto Pass. The Rev. Danny Miller will officiate, with burial in Alto Pass Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 p.m. to service time...
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BILLY HARRIS
(Obituary ~ 04/06/96)
Billy Eugene Harris, 69, 2214 Good Hope, died Friday, April 5, 1996, at his home. He was born May 9, 1926, at Malden, son of James R. and Lillie Mae Woolsey Harris. He and Mary E. Crites were married Jan. 27, 1951, at Kelso. Harris had been a truck driver more than 40 years, retiring in 1983. He had worked for 7-Up Bottling Co., Tucker Truck Lines and Inman Freight Systems. He was a member of VFW Post 3838...
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RICHARD OVERFIELD
(Obituary ~ 04/06/96)
Graveside service for Richard A. Overfield of Hemet, Calif., will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Cape County Memorial Park. The Rev. Kenneth Roberts will officiate. Announcement courtesy of Ford and Sons Funeral Home. Overfield, 38, died Sunday, March 17, 1996, in a Hemet hospital...
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ROY HALE
(Obituary ~ 04/06/96)
SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Roy Everett Hale of Scott City will be held at 2 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. William Dickey will officiate, with burial in Lightner Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon to service time...
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NAOMI VAIL
(Obituary ~ 04/06/96)
CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Naomi Vail of Salem will be held at 2 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Kenneth Roberts will officiate, with burial in Kenyon Cemetery at Delta. Vail, 69, died Wednesday, April 3, 1996, at Barnes Jewish Medical Center in St. Louis...
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ORAN RAILROAD CROSSING TO GET LIGHTS
(Local News ~ 04/06/96)
ORAN -- Thanks to the prodding of the McGranahan family, warning lights and guards will be built at the Shelby Street railroad crossing in Oran, where Sylvia McGranahan was killed five weeks ago. McGranahan, 52, and her friend Wanda Johns, 61, died instantly March 8, when their car was struck by a Burlington Northern train at the crossing. Four other people had died there previously...
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WITH TIME CHANGE, COLD WEATHER, EASTER SUNRISE SERVICES A TRUE TEST
(Local News ~ 04/06/96)
The faithful will get up even earlier than usual for Easter sunrise services Sunday because daylight-saving time springs clocks forward an hour. Many local churches will hold sunrise services to commemorate Easter. Local pastors say they hope their parishioners remember to change their clocks while making plans to attend the early services...
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AIRPORT BOARD OPPOSES CENTER
(Local News ~ 04/06/96)
If community opposition weighs heavily in the Missouri Division of Youth Services' decision on where to build two new juvenile centers, Cape Girardeau might be out of the running. The agency plans to build a pair of 20-bed juvenile treatment centers in its 28-county, Southeast Missouri region. At least 18 communities, including Cape Girardeau, have come up with proposals to entice DYS to pick their cities...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: HAS ANYONE SEEN THE CABURY BUNNY?
(Column ~ 04/06/96)
Tomorrow is Easter, when The Other Half and his family will gather around the pot of chicken and dumplins -- almost sacrilegious to eat chicken on Easter, isn't it? -- and talk about stock-car racing. Even though my in-laws will think I'm just avoiding them, I'll be here at the office, attempting to come up with a story and interviewing people at home on a holiday. It's this kind of behavior that makes reporters such loved and honored creatures...
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SEMO DRUG TASK HEAD RE-ELECTED
(Local News ~ 04/06/96)
One of the founding members of the SEMO Drug Task Force was re-elected Tuesday as board president. Perry County Sheriff Gary Schaaf will begin his third term as board president since serving as interim president of the board upon the resignation of Cape Girardeau County Sheriff Norman Copeland...
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AREA GUARD TROOPS DEPLOYED IN PANAMA
(Local News ~ 04/06/96)
About 50 members of the 135th and 1140th Engineer Battalion from Southeast Missouri boarded a C-130 transport plane Friday at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport bound for the Republic of Panama. The six and a half hour trip will be the first of a three-leg flight that will take troops to Howard Air Force Base in Panama City, to the town of Changuinola in the extreme western section of the Latin American country and then to Camp Essayons where they will participate in Task Force Eureka...
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CAPE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INTRODUCES QIP PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 04/06/96)
"Quality Indicators of Progress," a plan to measure and monitor the quality of life in a community, has been introduced by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. "This program is designed to monitor quality of life in a number of areas for the community," said John Mehner, president of the chamber, "It has worked in more than 200 communities across the nation, and we're excited about it."...
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LETTERS: BILL LOOKS AT VISITATION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/06/96)
To the editor: Have your visitation rights been continuously inteferred with and roadblocked? How many times have you driven to pick up your child for visitation and been refused or find no one at home? Has this gone on for months? Years? Are you denied to play a role in your child's life simply because you are not the custodial parent?...
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LETTERS: CEMETERY FLOWERS GONE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/06/96)
To the editor: In October 1983 our daughter and grandson were killed in a plane crash. They are buried in Russel Heights Cemetery in Jackson. For over 12 years now we have changed flowers on their graves at least three times a year: spring, fall and at Christmas. When we change flowers, we keep the best ones and add to them the next year. As you know, flowers are not cheap, so we do this to help cut down the cost...
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TAKE A LOOK AT SCHOOL FINANCES
(Editorial ~ 04/06/96)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education will take a close look at finances Monday night at a special study session. The 6 p.m. meeting in Room 214 of the Cape Girardeau Vo-Tech School is open to the public. Superintendent Dan Tallent and Business Manager Steve DelVecchio will outline anticipated revenue shortfalls in the budget to the tune of $323,297 in the current year...
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CHOICE FOR SCHOOLS
(Editorial ~ 04/06/96)
The Missouri House of Representatives is considering legislation that would test school choice in the Cape Girardeau, St. Louis, Kansas City and Jefferson City school districts. House Bill 1037 has yet to have a hearing, and it may not even make it out of committee this year. It seems unlikely, at this point, that the bill will make it to the full House floor before adjournment. That is unfortunate...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/06/96)
MONDAY I was at a local grocery store in line to check out. I can't believe how some people treat other human beings. A customer was upset because of store policy. The checker called the manager over. He said let the customer have what he wanted. After that, she told the customer she had to ask the manager, it was not her place to say. ...
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CANCER PROGRAM ACCREDITED
(Local News ~ 04/06/96)
Cancer program accredited The CancerCare Program at St. Francis Medical Center has been granted a three-year continuation of accreditation as a Community Cancer Program by the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer. Dr. M. Margaret Kemeny, chairwoman of the Commission on Cancer's Committee on Approvals, notified St. Francis president John M. Fidler of the accreditation renewal...
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HEALTH SCREENINGS AVAILABLE
(Local News ~ 04/06/96)
Southeast Missouri Hospital's Fitness and Wellness Center staff will offer health screenings Thursday, April 18 and 25 from 8 to noon at Southeast's Home Health office, 760 S. Kingshighway, Suite C. Cost is $5 for fingerstick cholesterol and glucose screenings and $15 for 10-hour or overnight fasting lipid profile screenings. Blood pressure screenings are free. No appointment is necessary...
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BRAIN INJURY MEETS
(Local News ~ 04/06/96)
The Brain Injury Resource Group of Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the St. Francis Health and Education Center. The group provides support to head injury patients and their families and works to educate the public about head injury effects and prevention. Call 339-6901 or 1-800-455-9999 for more information...
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SLEEP DISORDERS A SHADOWY LOT
(Local News ~ 04/06/96)
Sleep disorders can be a shadowy lot. They can transform what is supposed to be a period of mental and physical restoration into hours of struggle. Sleep disorder sufferers may trudge through working hours without a clue of what is causing their discomfort. They are often unaware that their sleep is being interrupted...
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`ASK YOUR DOCTOR' AIRS APRIL 11
(Local News ~ 04/06/96)
"Vaginal Delivery After Caesarean Section" will be topic on Thursday's broadcast of "Ask Your Doctor." Dr. Scot G. Pringle will be the guest. The call-in medical show airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. on Cable Channel 5. Sponsors are St. Francis Medical Center, Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau County Medical Society and Channel 5...
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