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THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM CURATOR IS IN
(Local News ~ 01/16/97)
Dr. Jennifer Strayer decided Southeast Missouri State University was the place to begin her teaching career when she heard the way members of the faculty talk about their students. "I've never been at an institution where the faculty knew the first names, the last names and something about their students," she says...
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SPORTS SHOW AN INDOOR LOOK OUTDOORS
(Local News ~ 01/16/97)
Outdoor recreation enthusiasts can get a first look at the new products and equipment available for 1997 this weekend during the 12th annual K-103/KZIM Old Milwaukee Sports Show. Event organizers expect approximately 10,000 people will attend the three-day event at the Show Me Center. The event is the only one of its kind each year in Cape Girardeau...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU GETS NEW TELEPHONE PREFIX
(Local News ~ 01/16/97)
Along with 651, 335, 334, 339 and 290, add 332 to the list of telephone number prefixes Cape Girardeau residents will be assigned. The sixth prefix to be assigned Cape Girardeau since the numbers changed from ED5 to 335 in 1967 is an indication of advancing technology, said Southwestern Bell spokesman Tom Pagano...
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AUTHOR MAYA ANGELOU TO SPEAK AT SEMO
(Local News ~ 01/16/97)
Internationally acclaimed author Maya Angelou will be the keynote speaker at this spring's inauguration ceremony for the new president of Southeast Missouri State University. Angelou, who has received numerous awards and honors during a long and eclectic career, delivered her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Clinton's first inauguration in 1993...
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NO MAIL DELIVERED; MANY SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES CLOSE
(Local News ~ 01/16/97)
Wednesday's ice storm made streets and sidewalks too slippery for even the mailman. The storm covered the region in sheets of ice, closing schools, government offices and some businesses. In Cape Girardeau, the post office canceled mail delivery for the first time since the February 1979 blizzard that dumped 2 feet of drifting snow on Cape Girardeau...
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MANY GO TO HOSPITALS FOR ICE-RELATED INJURIES
(Local News ~ 01/16/97)
There are few if any safety tips for walking on ice. The best: "Don't!" "That's about the best advice," said Jason Dauster of Cape Girardeau County Private Ambulance Service Inc. in Cape Girardeau. The ambulance service was busy during the early hours of Wednesday's ice storm...
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REGION ENTERS `ICE AGE'; FEEZING RAIN ALMOST BRINGS AREA TO HALT
(Local News ~ 01/16/97)
Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois experienced its own "ice age" Wednesday. A storm covered the region in sheets of ice, closing schools, government offices and some businesses, and interrupting electricity in some areas. More frigid air is on the way...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: STATES OF EMERGENCY AND MESSAGES IN THE STORM
(Column ~ 01/16/97)
Jan. 16, 1997 Dear Patty, The world is cold and wintry today, gray and icy and rainy, a little inhospitable. The police declared a state of emergency because the streets are so slippery. They want people to stay home until conditions improve. DC, still limping from her fresh reminder about the dangers on the road, stayed home. I'm staying put, too, quite gladly. Guess the people in the cars racing the Devil up William Street didn't get the message...
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QUESTION OF PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY IS THORNY AND SERIOUS
(Editorial ~ 01/16/97)
The claims of sexual harassment that have been made by Paula Jones against President Clinton raise serious and thorny legal issues apart from the question of what happened in a hotel room in May 1991. So the U.S. Supreme Court, whose job it is to untangle legal briar patches, listened this week to lawyers for Jones and the president...
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CAUTION ON GAMBLING LOSS LIMITS
(Editorial ~ 01/16/97)
Gambling continues to cruise farther and farther away from the strict limits and rules that were imposed when Missouri voters approved riverboat casinos -- even though Missouri's riverboats rarely leave port nowadays, thanks to a gaming commission that tries to please its gambling masters...
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LETTERS: SPLIT DECISIONS BY JURIES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/16/97)
To the editor: As my life spins out, more and more of the precious illusions which I used to have are being shattered. The latest involves a criminal court case in which there was a multiplicity of charges. The jury came in with a verdict of guilty for only some of the charges and not guilty for the rest...
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LETTERS: ENJOYING THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/16/97)
To the editor: I was born and raised in Missouri, moved away many years ago but regularly visited my family during the summer. This year I had the pleasure of visiting my sister Clara Smith and her husband, John, during the holidays. Part of my holiday joy was provided by the joyful Christmas celebration of my brother Walter Stone, his wife, Geri, and all their great kids and grandkids. I loved the huge family Christmas-present opening!...
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ANIMALS REQUIRE SPECIAL CARE IN COLD
(Local News ~ 01/16/97)
People haven't been the only miserable creatures struggling through the last few days of cold, ice and sub-freezing temperatures in Southeast Missouri. Cows, horses, dogs and cats have all been dealing with the chill and slippery conditions. Jhan White, Humane Society of Southeast Missouri shelter administrator, said the two major problems for outdoor pets in these conditions is access to fresh water and shelter...
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OTAHKIANS FALL TO ORAL ROBERTS 74-50
(College Sports ~ 01/16/97)
TULSA, Okla. -- Kisa Bradley scored 31 points as Oral Roberts defeated Southeast Missouri's women's basketball team 74-50 Wednesday night. Southeast fell to 3-10 overall while Oral Roberts improved to 4-12. Poplar Bluff High School product Stephanie Faith led the Otahkians with 11 points. Sarah Frazier, 10 points, was the only other Southeast player to score more than six points...
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EVENTS CANCELED OR RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER; COMMUNITY CENTER GROUOP MEETING RESCHEDULED
(Local News ~ 01/16/97)
JACKSON -- The first meeting of the Multipurpose Building Feasibility Study Committee was canceled Wednesday due to inclement weather. The meeting has been rescheduled for Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Board of Aldermen's chambers at Jackson City Hall. The meeting is open to the public...
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SISTER LUCILLE KALINOWSKI
(Obituary ~ 01/16/97)
The Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau was killed in a traffic accident Tuesday evening. Sister Lucille Kalinowski, 60, died in an automobile accident with a truck on Interstate 44 near Pierce City and Mount Vernon. She is survived by a brother, Raymond Kalinowski, of St. Louis, and a sister, Virginia Fisher of Florida...
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THOMAS BECKER
(Obituary ~ 01/16/97)
GLEN ALLEN -- Funeral service for Thomas Frederic Becker of Glen Allen has been rescheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at Liley Funeral Home in Patton, with the Rev. Randy Poole officiating. Burial will be in Sedgewickville Baptist Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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DOYLE ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 01/16/97)
VIENNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Doyle Adams of Vienna has been rescheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. Scott Harner will officiate, with burial in Masonic Cemetery at Cypress. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...
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BETTY EVANS
(Obituary ~ 01/16/97)
CHAFFEE -- Betty Ann Evans, 59, Chaffee Route 1, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 9, 1937, at Chaffee, daughter of Paul Leroy and Helen Bernice Halter Evans Sr. Evans was a sewing machine operator at Florsheim Shoe Co., and was a cook eight years at Mable's Cafe. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church...
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ANNE TILLEY
(Obituary ~ 01/16/97)
ADVANCE -- Anne M. Tilley, 90, of Advance died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 30, 1906, in Campbell, daughter of Sidney and Maud Dalton English. She and Sam Tilley were married in 1935, at Marble Hill. He died Aug. 16, 1973...
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RIVERFEST '97 KICK-OFF MEETING TODAY
(Local News ~ 01/16/97)
A kick-off meeting for Riverfest 1997 will be held today at 5:30 p.m. at Port Cape Girardeau Restaurant. The meeting serves to recruit people who want to be part of the Riverfest celebration and to gather ideas on how to make the event better. Riverfest is held in June in downtown Cape Girardeau...
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PAUL ERVIN
(Obituary ~ 01/16/97)
Paul L. Ervin, 63, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was a longtime employee of the Southeast Missourian Newspaper. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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MAN KILLED, OTHERS HURT ON ROADS
(Local News ~ 01/16/97)
A Madison County man was killed in a traffic accident, and several others were injured on regional roads Wednesday. A 54-year-old man was killed Wednesday when he lost control of his vehicle on the slippery pavement on U.S. Highway 67 in Madison County...
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RUSSELL FREDERICK HEISNER
(Obituary ~ 01/16/97)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Russell Frederick Heisner, 84, of Perks, formerly of Mounds, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997, at his home. He was born June 24, 1912, in Grand Chain, Ill., son of Jacob and Ann Rehg Heisner. He was a retired school-bus driver and custodian with the Villa Ridge School and Meridian School District at Mounds...
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