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FOCUSING ON HAPPY HOLLOW
(Editorial ~ 04/17/96)
If a new federal judge is appointed, he or she would probably hold court in a new federal courthouse. The site of that courthouse has been somewhat controversial. Property owners don't want historic buildings destroyed. Different business groups want the courthouse in their neighborhoods as a way to spur traffic and development...
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A FULL-TIME JUDGE
(Editorial ~ 04/17/96)
Southeast Missouri needs a full-time federal district judge in Cape Girardeau. The growing caseload underscores the necessity. On any given day there are 300 civil cases and about 50 criminal cases pending in the federal court in Cape Girardeau. Criminal cases are handled first, which often crowds out the civil docket. It can sometimes take up to two years for a civil case to be heard by a district judge. The wait is too long...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/17/96)
I THINK they should have daylight-saving time all year long. So there, Mr. Thad Bullock supporter. THIS IS a reply to the person who was talking about all the wonderful things the Democrats, those caring people, have done for us. What they have done since FDR is saddle us with a $4.6 trillion debt. ...
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NEW VOTER ID CARDS ARE ON THEIR WAY
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney Miller announced his office will mail out some 40,000 new voter identification cards over the next few days to area residents. County clerks are required by law to provide voters with new registration cards every two years, Miller said...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU LIBRARY PROMOTES EXPOSURE TO THE INTERNET
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
Jim Pledger was one of thousands of library patrons nationwide who traveled the information superhighway Tuesday during Log-on at the Library Day. With just a few strokes of the keys, he had planned a driving route from Cape Girardeau to Bristol, Tenn...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
7:30 p.m., Monday, April 15 City Hall Consent Ordinances -- Vacated the city's interest in a utility easement in Chapel Heights Subdivision. -- Accepted a general warranty deed for the closure of the city landfill. -- Authorized mayor to execute a permanent easement for closure of the city landfill...
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LEND ME YOUR EAR: MAKING THE REAL SEEM U NREAL INSPIRES HOPE
(Column ~ 04/17/96)
The updating and downsizing of everything connected with life and living has us wondering when we will reach the point of no return. Contradictions by the news media keep us in a perpetual spin. Politics, government, commerce, education, and medicine compete with reality, and the language of speakers and writers disseminating every point of view challenges our thoughts almost beyond expression...
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MEADOW HEIGHTS STANDS BY DECISION
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
PATTON -- Despite petition drives and new faces on the Meadow Heights Board of Education, an earlier decision not to rehire former high school principal Rick Chastain will stand. The board voted 4-3 not to renew Chastain's contract as high school principal during a closed meeting Monday night. Chastain's contract expires June 30...
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BUSINESS EXPO '96 KICKS OFF IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
Mildenberger & Willing Packaging U.S. Inc. is adding new customers for its colorful plastic packaging. M&W, which opened in a seven-building, 130,000-square-foot complex off Highway 177 near the Procter & Gamble Paper Products plant in 1990, started out with about 80 workers and now employs more than 200...
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POWER PLAY: ALWAYS A GROOMSMAN BUT NEVER A GROOM
(Column ~ 04/17/96)
For someone who vows never to get married, I am asked to be in an awful lot of weddings. Always a groomsman, never a groom. That's fine by me. In the past four months, I have been in two weddings and another is coming this summer. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must have a regulation requiring wedding parties to include a token bachelor...
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READING TEACHERS SOUGHT BY CENTER
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
Anyone interested in teaching someone to read can volunteer to work with the literacy program at the Adult Learning Center. A volunteer training session for the program will be April 29 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. It will be held in room 214 at the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School...
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YOUTH MAKES TRACKS IN NEW GO-CART THROUGH MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
The youngest of four athletic boys, Philip Ressel was a little different from his brothers since infancy. He was deaf and mute until age 4, when surgery restored his hearing. After another surgery at age 6, Philip finally started fitting in with the rest of the children at school...
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SPRING CLEAN-UP WEEK MAY 6-10
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
JACKSON -- The city of Jackson will hold its Spring Clean-up Week May 6-10. During the week, residents will have a chance to clear out basements and attics by putting extra amounts of trash out for curbside pick-up. While the city is not restricting the amount of refuse that will be picked up, there are are a few rules:...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
The Southeast Missourian asked students at Jackson High School about the Jackson Indians baseball team. Josh Adams: "We're struggling right now, but it's early in the season. I think we will get better as the year goes along. We have some seniors who are trying to get us all to gel together."...
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CITY ADJUSTS BUDGET BILLING
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
JACKSON -- The Board of Aldermen Monday night approved an amendment to a city ordinance to allow budget billing for residents of rental units. The original ordinance, passed last month, allowed only single-family homes to be covered under budget billing for electricity...
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OPTIMISTS TO SPONSOR SAFETY CITY IN THE PARK
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
JACKSON -- The Jackson Noon Optimist Club will hold Safety City registration Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at Jackson City Hall. Registration cost is $7, and includes a bicycle flag, bike helmet and safety information packet, said Beverly Nelson of the Optimist Club. Registration forms are available at city hall, and can be turned in after Saturday's registration day, she said...
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RADIO STATIONS TO SPONSOR BOMBING TRIBUTE THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
Cape Girardeau radio stations are sponsoring an Oklahoma City Tribute Thursday. People may sign a banner that will be sent overnight to Oklahoma City on the one-year anniversary of the bomb explosion in that city. K103 and KZIM are sponsoring the signing at Schnucks, 19 S. Kingshighway, from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. The stations will be broadcasting live...
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SILVER-HAIRED LEGISLATURE AT CAPITAL ATTENDED BY CAPE GIRARDEAU COUPLE
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
John and Jean Seay of Cape Girardeau attended the Silver-Haired Legislature in Jefferson City recently. Members of the Silver-Haired Legislature act as advocates for senior citizens to state government. While in Jefferson City, senior citizens from across Missouri talked with legislators about Missouri's increasing elderly population, nursing home employees, mental health, crime, poverty, telephone access and rate control and home-delivered meals...
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HOWARD MCCOMMACK
(Obituary ~ 04/17/96)
SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Howard Milton "Mac" McCommack of Scott City will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. William Dickey will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today. A Masonic service will be held at 7...
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HAROLD LEWIS
(Obituary ~ 04/17/96)
MINER -- Graveside service for Harold Adrian Lewis of Miner will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Stanton Cemetery in Stanton. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel at Sikeston is in charge of arrangements. Lewis, 93, died Monday, April 15, 1996, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews...
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`PASSPORT' STUDENTS WILL GET RECOGNITION
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
Students at the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School can't be guaranteed a job when they graduate, but their employers can be assured they are hiring a dependable worker. More than 30 students from seven area schools applied for the "Passport to the Future" program, which began this year. They will be honored at a reception April 30 at 7 p.m. at the Vocational Technical School...
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RAYMOND COLE
(Obituary ~ 04/17/96)
Raymond F. Cole, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 15, 1996, at his home. He was born Nov. 20, 1922, in Chicago, Ill. Cole had been a security officer at Anna State Hospital and director of Union County Civil Defense in the 1960s. He designed the Emergency Operating Center in Jonesboro, Ill...
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ELLA HEADS
(Obituary ~ 04/17/96)
ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Ella L. Heads of Advance will be held at 10 a.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. James Johns officiating. Burial will be in Cato Cemetery. Heads, 70, died Tuesday, April 16, 1996, at Advance Nursing Center...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/17/96)
Daughter to Jeffrey A. and Robyn L. Berry of Dexter, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:49 a.m. Wednesday, April 3, 1996. Name, Chelsey Alexandra. Weight, 7 pounds 11 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Berry is the former Robyn King, daughter of Therman and Norma King of Dexter. She is a clerk with the USDA in Bloomfield. Berry is the son of Clifford Berry of Tiptonville, Tenn., and the late Maxine Berry. He is parts manager at Autry Morlan Chevrolet in Dexter...
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LULA T. EVANS
(Obituary ~ 04/17/96)
MARSTON -- Lula T. Evans, 92, of Marston died Monday, April 15, 1996, at her daughter's home in Marston. She was born July 3, 1903, in Vicksburg, Miss., to Jessie and Mary Cotton. She married David Evans on Dec. 3, 1920. He preceded her in death on Feb. 11, 1950...
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THE WAY WE WERE
(Local News ~ 04/17/96)
Michelle Johnston, left, of Cape Girardeau and Vickie Mayberry of Scott City modeled the 1970s look. Clothing styles popularized during the decade that bridged the drama of the 1960s with the competitiveness of the 1980s have emerged as a pet look among several designers...
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