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LETTERS: BRAIN-INJURY AWARENESS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/06/96)
To the editor: October if Brain Injury Awareness Month. Every 15 seconds, someone receives a brain injury in America. A conservative estimate is 2 million brain injuries per year. As many as 100,000 people die each year from brain injuries. It's the leading cause of death and disability in children and young adults...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 10/06/96)
I'D JUST like to give my opinion of the new jobs coming to Cape Girardeau. We're getting 500 to 600 jobs, but they pay $15,000 to $17,000 a year, and that's before taxes. I can't understand why the city officials and the chamber of commerce cannot get decent paying jobs in this town for people instead of below poverty level jobs. ...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
Monday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. Public Hearings -- Hearing to consider the rezoning of Lots 100 through 105 as shown on the preliminary plat of Rosewood Estates Third Subdivision from R-1 and R-2 to C-2 as submitted by Gerald Stoverink. -- Hearing to consider the request for a special use permit at 710 Highland Drive for a home occupation as submitted by Wayne Godwin...
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JACKSON RUNNERS PREPARE FOR MEET
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
Assistant coach Tracy Williams blows the whistle to signify changing from a jog to a hard run. Lindsey Meyers and Heidi Matthews at practice. Coach Jim Stoverink looks on at practice Wednesday. Doug Cary runs the hard workout on Wednesday. Avery "Ace" Kohm, Matt Hale, Blake Popp and Steven Adams running at practice...
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PROJECT CHARLIE HELPING CHILDREN SAY NO TO DRUGS
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
Children are eager to be called upon by Nancy Wickham and Tonya Buttry (left). Nancy Wickham and Tonya Buttry are in their first year with Project Charlie. Nancy Wickham and Tonya Buttry are just two volunteers going into the Jackson school system and teaching children about drug prevention by building self-esteem...
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MISSOURI WATCH: CLUELESS IN MISSOURI: WHERE ARE ISSUES IN RACE FOR GOVERNOR?
(Column ~ 10/06/96)
Not in recent history have Missourians been forced to undergo the kind of clueless, listless, issueless campaign for governor that we have seen thus far this year. This has been a campaign without direction, public regard or any discernible effort to discuss some of the extremely important issues facing our state as we prepare to enter a new century. ...
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THE KELLY COMPACT WITH MISSOURI TAXPAYERS
(Editorial ~ 10/06/96)
Margaret Kelly, Missouri's state auditor, is the Republican candidate for governor. Here is the complete text of her Compact With Missouri Taxpapers, which outlines in detail her plans for significant tax cuts, if elected. Preface In 1980, the people of Missouri approved an amendment to the state Constitution that gave taxpayers a fundamental right to control state taxation and spending. ...
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OSHA BACKS OFF
(Editorial ~ 10/06/96)
An obnoxious federal program has come to an abrupt halt, thanks to Missouri's two U.S. senators, who responded promptly to complaints from aggrieved companies. At issue is the controversial "Missouri 500" program, begun last summer by officials at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
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STOP THE TAX-REFUND WRANGLING
(Editorial ~ 10/06/96)
The seemingly endless legal wrangling over the meaning of "total state revenues" in the Hancock Amendment continue. In the latest round, State Auditor Margaret Kelly is the winner of one preliminary skirmish in her determined effort to broaden this definition and thus force larger refunds to taxpayers. ...
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TCI ADDS FOX NEWS
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
TCI Cablevision will provide the Fox News Channel Monday to local customers -- the same day as the network's national debut. It will replace Intro Television on Channel 37 in Cape Girardeau and Jackson. There will be no cable rate increase. The new 24-hour news network owned by Rupert Murdoch is scheduled to sign on Monday at 5 a.m...
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CLOSING THE GAP: SEMO WORKS FOR GENDER EQUITY
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
Women are paid less than men on average at Southeast Missouri State University. But the gender gap is closing as more women are hired for faculty positions, school officials said. Southeast has 936 regular employees in teaching and non-teaching positions. Fifty-two percent are men...
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REPORTER'S LIFESTYLE WILL CHANGE MONDAY: THE DIET BEGINS
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
Editor's note: Southeast Missourian reporter Heidi Nieland has volunteered to go through a diet plan new to the Cape Girardeau area. She is sharing her successes and failures in a weekly series. After a week's wait, I've got the Biometrics diet in my hot little hands...
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CITY TO MAKE ALL BUYOUT OFFERS BY JAN. 1; SOME WANT TO MOVE, SOME STAY IN FLOODPLAIN
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
Jimmie Fischer says he loves the house he has called home for 57 years, but the sooner he can leave it the better. "It'll be hard to move," Fischer said. "I love it here, but I don't want to find a place to stay every year when the water gets high."...
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TIF WOULD BENEFIT AREA; PLAN CALLS FOR INTERCHANGE DEVELOPMENT
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
If all goes as planned, Cape Girardeau County residents will see a safer Interstate 55-Highway 61 interchange between Cape Girardeau and Jackson and more fire protection west of I-55. What they won't see is a strain on their pocketbooks. Plans are under way to establish a tax increment financing district. Found throughout the state, TIF districts earmark specific taxes to pay for infrastructure improvements...
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MARK MY WORD: WALKING IS CHALLENGE FOR CHILD, PARENTS TOO
(Column ~ 10/06/96)
Bailey is growing up. Our youngest daughter, who is going on 10 months now, is almost to the I-can-do-it-myself walking stage. She already can walk in Frankenstein-stilted fashion across the living room, clinging to her toy grocery cart. Joni and I looked forward to seeing our first child, Becca, reach these early rungs on the ladder of life...
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EXAM PREP OFFERED
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
Beginning Oct. 15, Southeast Missouri State University will again offer a review course for area high school juniors and seniors preparing to take the American College Testing Assessment (ACT) exam. Review sessions will be conducted by Southeast faculty and staff and area high school teachers, and will be held in the new Robert A. ...
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PROF TO VISIT UKRAINE
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
Dr. Robert Gifford, professor of music and secondary education at Southeast Missouri State University, will return to the Ukraine Oct. 13 for a week of teaching and conducting in Lviv. This will be Gifford's second consecutive year to make the trip to Lviv. ...
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TLAPEK, KLINE ON RADIO
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
Greg Tlapek, Libertarian candidate for the 8th District U.S. House seat, will be the guest today on the "Going Public" weekly community affairs radio program. Richard Kline, the Republican candidate for the same seat in the Nov. 5 general election, will be the guest Oct. 13 on the radio show...
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EARLY CENTRAL GOAL ALMOST COSTLY
(High School Sports ~ 10/06/96)
Nearly 75 minutes elapsed between its two goals, but the Cape Central boys soccer team held visiting Belleville, Ill., Althoff scoreless in the second half and won 2-1 Saturday. It was Central's final regular season match at Lou Muegge Field. The Tigers improved to 9-4-1; Althoff fell to 2-5-2...
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OUTDOOR BRIEFS: DUCK AND GOOSE FESTIVAL
(High School Sports ~ 10/06/96)
The 1996 Reelfoot Lake Grand American Duck and Goose Calling Championships and Festival will be held Oct. 11-13 on the shores of Reelfoot Lake in Samburg, Tenn. The festival will include exhibits, duck and goose banding demonstrations, hunting retriever shows, trade dealing and duck and goose calling...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: FALL'S BRILLIANT COLORS ARRIVING TO TREES NEAR YOU
(Column ~ 10/06/96)
Fall, the fabulous time of year when baseball pennant predictions, politician picks and fall foliage forecasts dominate coffee shop conversations around the region. I'll politely defer the two former topics to a more qualified soothsayer. The latter topic however, now there's something everyone has an opinion about...
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PAUL D. DIXON
(Obituary ~ 10/06/96)
ANNA, Ill. -- Paul D. Dixon, 66, of Anna died Friday, Oct. 4, 1996, at his home. He was born Sept. 25, 1930, at Cobden, son of Luther James and Susan Jane Doughty Dixon. He and Patricia O'Keefe were married Jan. 28, 1955, at Lowell, Mass. He was a retired postal worker...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
Scott County land transfers Thomas E. and Linnie M. Holmes to Brenda F. Wendel; Martha J. Randall to Jerry Hampton; Vyron E. and Katherine A. Fodge to Christopher L. and Blye R. Glaus; Linda, Kendall, Catherine and David Klueppel to Howard and Sandra Bollinger; John and Brenda Limbaugh to Larry and Lucinda Chasteen; Paul and Lorie Daniels to James E. Burris; Phyllis Kendig to James and Lora Brown; J.W. and Lynn Campbell to Scott City Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: SUFFOCATING FROM STUFF
(Column ~ 10/06/96)
I'm suffering from subtle stuff suffocation. (I do like alliteration). But alliteration is not the culprit. I'm running out of living space. Maybe it is a German disease. Or, who knows, it may be caused by a defective gene derived from the Rattus family, pack Rat, that is. That's the family that packs everything into its living quarters and never moves or disposes of anything...
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WILLIAM FAULKNER: COLLECTION REVEALS SECRETS OF `GREATEST AMERICAN NOVELIST'
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
Dr. Robert Hamblin still can't claim William Faulkner's pocket watch for the Faulkner Collection. But he'll soon be able to claim a permanent home for the Center for Faulkner Studies, which means the collection of manuscripts, books, photos and other items -- and hopefully one day, the pocket watch -- will be more accessible to scholars from around the world...
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CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CLUB MEETS
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
The Cape Girardeau County Christian Women's Club luncheon and meeting will be Oct. 14 from noon to 2 p.m. at Holiday Inn. The theme is "A Country Hoedown." A special feature will be an auction with Loita Barks. Speaker will be Tina Jackson of Bonne Terre. Her topic is "Tongue Waggin'."...
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CHARLESTON SITE OF MARCHING BAND CONTEST
(Local News ~ 10/06/96)
The Southeast Missourian Marching Band Association will sponsor its marching contest in Charleston on Saturday, Oct. 12. About 20 high school bands will compete. The marching contest will begin at 9 a.m. through the Charleston downtown area. The field show competition will start at 1:15 at the John Harris Marshall Athletic Complex. There is an admission charge...
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