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LETTERS: WHERE ARE JACKSON'S WATER-TOWER INDIANS?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/31/96)
To the editor: Over the winter, I've been watching the construction of a new water tower out by the interstate. Living out near Fruitland and working in Cape Girardeau, I go by it nearly every day, so I could see the gradual progress. This spring it was finished, and it acquired a red warning light that made it look a bit like a scoop of ice cream with a cherry on top. ...
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JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS RECEIVE HONORS
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
Students at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School received honors at the school's annual awards ceremony May 24. Annise Maguire received the special service award. Traci Taylor received the Spirit of Community Inspiration Award for her volunteer work at Southeast Missouri Hospital...
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AMERICORPS RECRUITS FOR ANOTHER YEAR
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
Americorps, a national community service program, received federal funding for another year and wants to recruit 19 full-time and 10 part-time local volunteers. Through Americorps, full-time participants may receive a $7,945 living allowance and up to $4,725 for college. Some may qualify for health care coverage and child care benefits. They are expected to complete 1,700 hours of community service in a 9-12 month period...
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ASSET MAPPING CONTINUES
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
Volunteers will try to wrap up a community asset mapping project Saturday in Cape Girardeau. "Walk the Walk: The Extra Mile Day," sponsored by the Community Caring Council's Community Partnership Resource Board, will cover "the blocks we couldn't get to" in the first neighborhood survey in March, said Jo Boyer, who is coordinating the project...
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SCHULTZ SCHOOL NEWSPAPER EARNS AWARDS
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
The 1996 Paw staff has won five national awards and 14 state awards in this 11th year of publication. The Paw is the student newspaper at Louis J. Schultz School in Cape Girardeau. Among the awards is the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association's All-Missouri rating which is the state journalism association's highest overall ranking...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/31/96)
I HAVE a bit more to add to what the caller said about student behavior on North Clark Street. I work from 3 in the afternoon to 11 p.m., arriving home between 11:30 and 11:45 p.m., which means that I need to sleep to approximately 8 a.m. However, I am awakened every morning to the loud concert of music appreciation ranging from rap to country western all at the same time plus the blaring of car horns. ...
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LAWYER'S LICENSE SUSPENDED
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
The Missouri Supreme Court has suspended Cape Girardeau lawyer James R. McHaney from practicing law, pending the completion of a disbarment proceeding against him. The court issued the order Tuesday. The Missouri Bar is seeking to disbar McHaney for misconduct based on his conviction for stalking earlier this year. McHaney still faces a disbarment hearing before permanently losing his law license...
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LETTERS: STATE CHAMPIONS NEED IMPROVEMENTS TO TRACK
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/31/96)
To the editor: This past weekend in Jefferson City, Cape Girardeau Central High School track and field athletes produced three state championships. This is truly remarkable, and hearty congratulations are due Jay Meystedt, Jim Fox and the girls 4x400-meter relay team (Tobie Bittle, Kristin Tallent, Tosha Smith and Nicole Thiele). ...
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CARNAHAN'S GRAB
(Editorial ~ 05/31/96)
Gov. Mel Carnahan made a visit to Sikeston last week to grab the spotlight for that city's Weed & Seed program, which is working hard to stem the tide of drugs and violence that have left their scars in recent years. But some Sikeston residents might have been just a little more than surprised to see the governor in town surrounded by the media. After all, Weed & Seed started a year ago mainly through the efforts of local groups and a major push by the U.S. attorney's office in St. Louis...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: WHOLE LANGUAGE FAILS IN THE WEST
(Column ~ 05/31/96)
The rout of Whole Language rolls remorselessly on. Last fall I reported in a column on California's devastating experience with this "movement," surely one of the worst fads ever to hit modern education. And given the outbreak of faddishness that has gripped so much of modern education, that's saying a lot...
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REGION GETS NEW HIGHWAY ENGINEER
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
SIKESTON -- An engineer for the Missouri Highways and Transportation Department in St. Louis will become district engineer for the Southeast District in Sikeston. Scott Meyer, an assistant district engineer for design in the Metro St. Louis District, will officially begin his new job Saturday...
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RIVERFEST ORGANIZERS WATCH RISING MISSISSIPPI
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
As Riverfest nears and the floodgates keep opening and closing with the ups and downs of the Mississippi River, Laurel Adkisson tries to be philosophical. After all, she says, you can't expect the river not to be a factor in an event called Riverfest, and this year's theme is "Mississippi Magic."...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: NIGHT LIFE? WEEKEND REVELERS? IN MY HOMETOWN?
(Column ~ 05/31/96)
It just goes to prove that a visitor always sees what the natives miss, even though it's as plain as the nose on your face. Over the long Memorial Day holiday, I have been told, some folks who work in the same building spent the weekend in my favorite hometown. The fellow who told me this thought I would be pleased and was a mite dismayed that the look on my face was one of surprise rather than pleasure...
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UNITED WAY TO SPONSOR GOLF TOURNAMENT AT COUNTRY CLUB
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
The Area Wide United Way will host its annual golf tournament June 17 at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. Entry fee is $55 and includes greens fee, cart and lunch. Ladies tee off at 7:45 a.m. and men at 12:45 p.m. Fees are due by June 10. During the tournament, a $2,500 prize will be awarded to the first hole in one on two different holes. Cash prizes and gift certificates also will be awarded for the top seven teams...
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CAPE SWIM TEAM REGISTRATION
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
The Cape Girardeau Swim Team will hold it's final registration for summer session on Monday. Registration will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Capaha Pool. Swimmers can come to meet the coach, get information and sign up, but they also should be ready to swim since it is the first day of practice. For more information, call 450-4772...
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THOMAS WITTHOFT
(Obituary ~ 05/31/96)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Thomas Lee Witthoft, 48, Cobden Route 3, died Wednesday, May 29, 1996, near Cobden. He was born April 5, 1948, at Campbell Hill, son of William F. and Mary Brenneman Witthoft. He and Peggy Crowden were married Dec. 30, 1995, at Cobden...
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FINUS E. BEGGS
(Obituary ~ 05/31/96)
SIKESTON -- Finus E. Beggs, 85, of rural Sikeston died Thursday, May 30, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Sept. 10, 1910, in Morley, son of William and Mary Capps Beggs Sr. He first married Dorothy E. Adkins on Oct. 27, 1928. She died May 26, 1976. Beggs then married Opal Wagoner Williams on Jan. 14, 1978. She survives...
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BRENDA MCCAIN
(Obituary ~ 05/31/96)
JACKSON -- Brenda Diane McCain, 40, of Clover Hill Lane in Jackson died at her home Wednesday, May 29, 1996. She was born Aug. 17, 1955, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Millard Baysinger and Hazel M. Morlan. She is survived by her father, Millard Baysinger of Cape Girardeau, and by her mother, Hazel Sticht of Jackson...
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FRANCES FELTER
(Obituary ~ 05/31/96)
Frances M. Felter, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, May 30, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home.
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DONALD WILKERSON
(Obituary ~ 05/31/96)
UNITY, Ill. -- Donald E. Wilkerson, 60, of Unity, died Tuesday, May 28, 1996, on arrival at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Oct. 11, 1935, in Chicago, son of Gerald and Ruby Dillman Wilkerson. He and Joan Lubner were married Dec. 10, 1966...
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DORIS CASTON
(Obituary ~ 05/31/96)
SIKESTON -- Doris Alene Caston, 72, of Sikeston, died Thursday, May 30, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 9, 1924, in Sikeston, daughter of Thomas and Ida Mae Thompson Heath. She married William K. Caston. Caston moved to Sikeston 18 years ago from Clarksdale, Miss...
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FRED GORDON
(Obituary ~ 05/31/96)
CHARLESTON -- Fred L. Gordon, 69, of Charleston, died Tuesday, May 28, 1996, at East Prairie Nursing Center. He was born Dec. 25, 1926, in LaForge, son of Fred Douglas and Dora English Gordon. He and Ira Jo Clemens were married Jan. 31, 1952. Gordon graduated from Lincoln University in 1957, and did post graduate work at Southeast Missouri State University. He received bachelor of arts, bachelor of science and master's degrees in elementary and secondary education...
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HARLEY DOVER
(Obituary ~ 05/31/96)
SIKESTON -- Harley Dover, 83, of Wentzville, died Wednesday, May 29, 1996, at Doctors' Hospital in Wentzville. He was born Dec. 14, 1912, in Oran, son of John Wesley and Bird Cooper Dover. He married Jewell LaVerne Curley, who died May 3, 1978. Dover was a maintenance worker 16 years at Mallinckrodt Chemical Co. in St. Louis. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in St. Louis. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...
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JOHN PEART
(Obituary ~ 05/31/96)
Funeral service for John William Peart of Metairie, La., will be held today at Lake Lawn Funeral Home in Metairie. Burial will be in Lake Lawn Cemetery there. Peart, 66, died Tuesday, May 28, 1996, in Metairie. He was born May 21, 1930, son of Glen and Mable Mammon Peart of Egypt Mills...
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GIRL SCOUTS QUIT RECYCLING PAPER
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
It was a simple economic concept -- supply exceeds demand -- that put an end to upcoming paper and magazine drives sponsored by the Otahki Girl Scout Council. "The market is sending out a signal -- we've got enough thank you very much," said Andy Leighton, recycling coordinator for Browning-Ferris Industries. BFI helped coordinate the local paper drives...
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KINDER NAMED TO STATE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
State Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, has been appointed to the Senate Appropriations Committee. "It is a tremendous opportunity to contribute to the writing of Missouri's annual $13 billion budget," he said. "Appointment to this committee will provide me with a unique opportunity to help Southeast Missouri State University and all six counties in the 27th District...
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EQUIPMENT SHOULD KEEP WATER FLOWING
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
After today, power outages won't keep Cape Girardeau residents from getting sufficient water. Workers will install a 28,000 pound diesel generator today at Water Plant 1 on East Cape Rock Drive. The generator will provide emergency power when the Union Electric has a failure...
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MOVING DAY FOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
Today is moving day for the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. "We've been packing boxes here for the past two or three weeks," said John Mehner, president of the 1,211-member, 76-year-old chamber, which will move into a new, 4,000 square foot building at 1267 N. Mt. Auburn Road...
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COUNSELING CENTER WORKERS TO CONSIDER UNIONIZATION
(Local News ~ 05/31/96)
Workers at the Cape Girardeau Community Counseling Center will vote early next month on whether to have Teamster representation. Teamsters Union Local 574 have asked for a vote on June 3. A secret-ballot election will be conducted at the center, 402 S. Silver Springs Road...
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