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LETTERS: TEENS ENJOY CAST PARTY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/02/97)
To the editor: In view of the negative press teen-age parties have received recently, we are happy to report another side of the story. It was with extreme pleasure that we hosted the party for the cast and crew of Jackson High School's production of "Donovan's Daughters." Twenty-seven cast members, a dozen members of the crew and various friends and significant others of the above spent many hours at our home after the final production of the play...
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COUNTY RESIDENTS VOTE IN NEW SCHOOL BOARDS
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
JACKSON -- Oak Ridge, Advance, Delta and Nell Holcomb school districts received new school board members in elections Tuesday. Each district had two two-year positions available. Candidates in the Oak Ridge and Advance elections ran unopposed, while five candidates battled in Delta and three candidates ran for Nell Holcomb's school board...
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FOX, GONCHER WIN CAPE SCHOOL BOARD RACE
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
Cape Girardeau Board of Education president Bob Fox was re-elected to a second term Tuesday and newcomer David Goncher joins the board. Voters selected two people for three-year terms on the school board. Fox, a Cape Girardeau dentist, got 5,270 votes for 44.85 percent of the vote. Goncher, a Cape Girardeau insurance salesman, earned 3,737 votes for 31.80 percent of the vote. Bill Benefield, the third candidate for two seats on the board, received 2,744 votes and 23.35 percent of the votes...
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CAPE COUNTY COMMUNITIES CHOOSE OFFICIALS
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
JACKSON -- Nine of the 13 municipal races in Cape Girardeau County posed no contests for the candidates in Tuesday's elections. Ten candidates running for the offices of mayor, alderman and trustee in Delta, Jackson, Oak Ridge and Whitewater were unopposed during the elections. There were contested races in Gordonville, Millersville and Allenville...
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R-4 VOTERS SAY NOT TO DISTRICT'S BOND
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
BENTON -- A Scott County R-4 School District bond issue for equipment and improving school facilities was defeated by 70 votes in Tuesday's election. The district was asking to borrow $1.6 million but voters defeated the issue 386 to 316. Scott City School Board incumbent Nancy Caldwell retained her seat with 401 votes and Rick Sample won the second open seat. He beat Lisa Ellison 331 to 189...
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SEWER BOND, 911 TAX PASS IN SCOTT CO.
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
BENTON -- Voters in Sikeston approved both a 911 emergency telephone system upgrade and a water and sewer bond in Tuesday's election. The E911 upgrade and telephone tax to finance the improvements passed by 1,034 to 789. A combined water works and sewer revenue bond that will extend the city's services passed 1,442 to 389...
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BOLLINGER COUNTY SCHOOL, MUNICIPAL RACES DECIDED
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
MARBLE HILL -- Voters in Bollinger County elected candidates to positions in four school board and five municipal races during Tuesday elections. Voters elected two candidates to fill two-year positions on the Leopold, Meadow Heights, Woodland and Zalma school boards of education. Most of the races had more than two candidates, although none were close contests...
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FEW ISSUES DRAW FEW PERRY COUNTY VOTERS
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Voters in Perry County apparently weren't very excited about the elections there Tuesday. With only one countywide contested race -- that for Perry County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees -- and only one local contested race -- that in Longtown -- only 586 people bothered to vote. That's not quite 5.62 percent of the 10,436 registered voters in Perry County...
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COMMUNICATIONS FIRMS ANNOUNCE MERGER
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
The third-largest merger in U.S. history was completed Tuesday morning when SBC Communications Inc. acquired Pacific Telesis Group in a deal worth $16.7 billion. The merger will benefit employees, stockholders and consumers, said SBC chairman and chief executive officer Edward E. Whitacre Jr. during a national media telephone conference Tuesday...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/02/97)
I WOULD like to say congratulations to the Nell Holcomb School on its accreditation rating from the state board of education. The rating received was accredited with distinction and performance, which is the highest rating possible. I'm sure other parents join with me in saying we're very proud of our school and a job well done...
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OAK RIDGE INTERCHANGE NEEDS ANOTHER OFFICIAL SHOT IN ARM
(Editorial ~ 04/02/97)
It wasn't all that many months ago that the Cape Girardeau County Commission was asked by the state highway department to decide whether a new interchange on I-55 should be built for Jackson or Oak Ridge. Until, then the commission had supported interchanges for both locations. ...
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A SALUTE TO THE WINNING TEAMS
(Editorial ~ 04/02/97)
It's time to brag on sports teams that have made Cape Girardeau proud in recent weeks. -- Players from Cape Girardeau Central High School and Jackson High School were named to the Class 4A and 3A all-district teams. -- The Notre Dame High School Lady Bulldogs finished No. 2 in Class 2A basketball...
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CORRECTING A CONSTITUTIONAL IMBALANCE OF POWER IN MISSOURI
(Editorial ~ 04/02/97)
A lightning-bolt decision from the Missouri Supreme Court in early January eviscerated the Missouri Legislature's coveted ability to suspend and rescind executive branch rules and regulations. The ruling exposed the fragile nature of our tripartite government and contributed to a widening imbalance in power among the executive, legislative and judicial branches...
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BURD BEATS ROSE IN OLMSTEAD'S MAYORAL RACE
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
OLMSTEAD, Ill. -- While most incumbents stayed in office in Pulaski County, Jim Burd unseated the mayor of Olmstead. Elmer Rose lost to Burdy by seven votes in an election Tuesday. Rose had unseated Burd by six votes four years ago after Burd had served in office for 24 years...
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INCUMBENTS WIN MAYORAL RACE IN ALEXANDER CO.
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Incumbents ruled the day in Alexander County as the mayors of East Cape Girardeau, Thebes and Tamms won re-election. The closest race was in Tamms, where Mayor Walter Pang won his third term with 137 votes to Carl Hileman's 131. A third candidate, Sheila Kee, polled 16 votes...
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KINDER: LAKE BILL IS DEAD
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
State Sen. Peter Kinder's lake bill won't float this year. Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said the issue is dead for this session. Kinder's bill made it out of committee but didn't get on the calendar for action by the full Senate. "The Senate calendar is now loaded, and if you are not on here, it is not going to move this session," Kinder said...
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CAPE VOTERS SAY YES; SCHOOL ISSUES PASS WITH ABOUT 65 PERCENT OF VOTE
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
Cape Girardeau voters said yes Tuesday to a plan for new school buildings and improvements in facilities and programs throughout the district. Voters approved the sale of $14 million in bonds 4,730-2,534. Voters also approved waiver of the Proposition C rollback 4,565-2,590. The bond issue required a 4/7 majority to pass. The rollback waiver needed a simple majority to pass...
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SCOTT COUNTY DEFEATS SALES TAX MEASURES
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
BENTON -- Scott County voters soundly defeated a quarter-cent sales tax for the county government's general revenue fund and shot down a similar tax for senior services. The county tax failed by a large 3,124-to-1,747 margin. The senior tax was defeated by a much slimmer 2,673 to 2,234...
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300 ENTER ANNUAL SCIENCE FAIR
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
Homemade light bulbs, miniature tornadoes and simulated clogged arteries were all viewed by judges at the 41st annual Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair Tuesday afternoon. Representatives from Southeast Missouri State University, local industries, private companies, military branches, dentists and physicians moonlighted as judges for the Science Fair, which attracted nearly 300 students...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: FROM COTTON TO PEANUTS, AMERICANS LOVE THOSE CROPS
(Column ~ 04/02/97)
I knew I was home when I discovered the Chumuckla Proud-To-Be-A-Redneck Christmas Parade. People tend to celebrate things that make them different, and Southeast Missouri is known for its crop-related festivals. In March, they celebrate the soybean harvest in East Prairie, they thrill to the thought of their yearly sweet corn pickin'. In Sikeston, Little Mr. and Miss Cotton Top are reminded that their little blonde heads wouldn't be crowned if it weren't for one of the area's largest cash crops...
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WOMANCARE CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 11
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
The 11th annual Womancare Conference will be held April 11 at the Show Me Center. The conference theme is "A Time For Us." Women from throughout the region will participate in educational seminars, health screenings, beauty treatment and entertainment...
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DENTIST DONATES PICTURE TO HOSPITAL
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
Art may imitate life, and for a local orthodontist and photographer, photographs imitate dentistry. Dr. David Crowe said he sees a relationship between capturing landscapes on film and shaping his patients' smiles through braces. Tuesday, Crowe donated a photograph to Southeast Missouri Hospital. It will hang in the hospital's refinished lobby...
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LUDWIG, KNOWLAN WIN SCHOOL BOARD SEATS; JACK KNOWLAN RETURNS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A FIFTH TERM
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
JACKSON -- Jack Knowlan and Tom Ludwig were the winners in elections for the Jackson Board of Education Tuesday. Wendy Hayes and Gerald Adams also ran during the election. Knowlan received 667 votes, about 23 percent of the returns. Ludwig, a local lawyer and the only candidate who did not attend Jackson schools, received 612 votes, about 25 percent of the total votes...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
The Southeast Missourian asked students at Jackson High School what they thought about the influence of the Internet in Jackson in light of last week's suicides by members of Heaven's Gate. Lance Schlick: "I think the Internet is pretty good as long as the parents keep a good eye on their kids, and teach them to have enough common sense not to believe in that sort of thing."...
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CRISIS NURSERY PROGRAM OPEN IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
When parents are arrested for drug trafficking, often their young children are along for the ride. When parents end up hospitalized after a traffic accident, young children sometimes have nowhere to go. Parents who are going through drug and alcohol treatment programs may need someone to temporarily take care of their children...
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TOURNEY-TESTED TIGERS POUNCE ON INDIANS 12-2
(High School Sports ~ 04/02/97)
After competing against some high-caliber teams this past week during a national tournament in Millington (Tenn.), the Cape Central Tiger baseball team returned home Tuesday for a contest against local rival Jackson. The Indians proved to be a little less competitive than the teams Central faced in Tennessee, falling 12-2 in only six innings. The win was Central's third in a row, improving its record to 4-2. Jackson slipped to 2-2...
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SCOTT CITY DUO NAMED TO CLASS 2A FIRST TEAM
(High School Sports ~ 04/02/97)
The basketball teams at Scott City High School had a combined record of 46-11 this year, with the boys winning their second consecutive district championship. And two of the players who helped lead the Rams and Lady Rams to more than 20 wins apiece have been rewarded by being named first-team all-state in Class 2A...
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GRIM REAPS CLASS 2A COACH OF YEAR HONOR
(High School Sports ~ 04/02/97)
Notre Dame High girls basketball coach Jerry Grim has never been one for self-praise or gloating. He simply goes about his job as best he can and allows his players to receive the credit. But today, Grim is receiving plenty of credit himself. That's because he has been named the Class 2A Girls Coach of the Year by the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association...
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SOUTHEAST PUTS SCARE INTO RANKED COWBOYS, FALL 9-7
(College Sports ~ 04/02/97)
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team very nearly played giant-killer once again here Tuesday night. The Indians, who earlier this season stunned nationally-ranked Wichita State, almost pulled off another shocking upset Tuesday...
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CENTRAL GIRLS NET 4-1 SOCCER WIN
(High School Sports ~ 04/02/97)
Nichole Thiele scored two goals in the second half and Cape Central High's girls soccer team improved to 4-0 with a 4-1 home-field win over rival Jackson Tuesday. Central led 2-1 entering the second half. Thiele then scored an unassisted goal at the 67-minute mark and added another score on an assist by Ashley Skinner five minutes later...
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CHARITY TIDWELL
(Obituary ~ 04/02/97)
CHAFFEE -- Charity Nora Tidwell, 69 of Chaffee died Tuesday, April 1, 1997, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 6, 1927, at Arbor, daughter of Earnest Milford and Maggie Nolen Tidwell. Tidwell was a machine operator at Florsheim Shoe Co., retiring in September 1989...
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DONNA WARE
(Obituary ~ 04/02/97)
Funeral service for Donna M. Ware of Des Moines, Iowa, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Peterson Funeral Home in Indianola, Iowa. Burial will be in Indianola Cemetery. Ware, 53, died Sunday, March 30, 1997, in Urbandale Nursing Home in Des Moines. The former Donna Weston was born Dec. 17, 1943, in Indianola. She and David Ware were married Feb. 12, 1972, in Indianola. He is formerly of Cape Girardeau...
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OLIVE GEILE
(Obituary ~ 04/02/97)
SILVER LAKE -- Olive "Tiny" Geile, 86, of Silver Lake died Tuesday, April 1, 1997, at St. Ann's Health Care Center in Chester, Ill. She was born Sept. 20, 1910, in Perry County, daughter of Jesse Van and Anne Holland Hudson. She and William T. Geile were married Sept. 18, 1935. He died March 26, 1989...
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JAMES WOOD
(Obituary ~ 04/02/97)
SIKESTON -- James "Humpy" Wood, 73, of Sikeston died Tuesday, April 1, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born July 22, 1923, in Blodgett, son of Clayton and Elvie Miller Wood. He and Lena Daugherty were married Jan. 7, 1951. Wood had been a welder with Clinton Construction Co. He was a member of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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MARTHA JARVIS
(Obituary ~ 04/02/97)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Martha Jarvis, 83, of Cairo died Tuesday, April 1, 1997, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo. Funeral arrangements are pending at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo.
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HOWARD OVERTON
(Obituary ~ 04/02/97)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Howard C. Overton of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. The Rev. Lloyd Latham will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Overton, 72, died Monday, March 31, 1997, at his home...
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ZELMA MCBROOM
(Obituary ~ 04/02/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Zelma V. McBroom, 84, of Scott City died Tuesday, April 1, 1997, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN TO SPONSOR MAKEOVER
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
When you look in the mirror is everything a little too ... familiar? Has your hairstyle changed since high school? Has the '70s revival just meant changing the part in your hair? Maybe it's time for a makeover. It's spring, and the Southeast Missourian is looking forward to helping a lucky winner find a new look just in time for sunny weather...
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A HARTE APPETITE: NEW COLUMN FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO COOK
(Column ~ 04/02/97)
I think it was Moliere who observed that some men eat to live while other men live to eat. I know which category I fall into. I love food, glorious food. The word "diet" has always been a particularly offensive four letter word as far as I am concerned. (And did you ever notice that the first three letters of that word spell "die"!) Samuel Johnson could just as well have had me in mind when he said, "A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does his dinner."...
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COOKING FOR 2: COOKING SMALL MEALS CAN BE FUN TRADITION
(Local News ~ 04/02/97)
Laura Lueders, left, and Judy Lueders sit down to dinner after a long day. When you think of cooking a meal, do you have visions of hot smoke-filled kitchens, piles of dishes and hours of preparation? To many people the idea of cooking a meal just for themselves or their spouse is as outdated and inconvenient as the iron skillet. But there are advantages to cooking at home, especially for married couples...
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