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LETTERS: CRUCIAL ATHLETIC ISSUE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/12/97)
To the editor: This week, administrators of 566 high schools in Missouri are voting on a very important issue. The Missouri State High School Activities Association's official spring ballot includes a proposal to separate public and non-public state championships for basketball, baseball, football, softball, volleyball, wrestling and track and field. This is the most crucial issue for high school athletics in the state...
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MORE PAPER RECYCLING CAPE GIRARDEAU
(Editorial ~ 04/12/97)
Cape Girardeau will soon address the question about what kinds of paper can be put out for recycling. Beginning May 1, the city recycling trucks will take every kind of paper except plastic-coated paper. The new rule of thumb will be: If you can't tear it, the city won't accept it. Any other kind of paper can be hauled out to the curb...
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VO-TECH FUNDING STILL NEEDS BOOST TO GET HOUSE APPROVAL
(Editorial ~ 04/12/97)
There is welcome news from the Missouri Senate: The full $3.15 million in funding for construction of a new vocational-technical school in Cape Girardeau has been approved in that chamber. It was included in the massive $3.5 billion budget of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/12/97)
I'M CALLING in regards to city officials who have closed-door meetings to decide city business. The Commerce town board on March 9 had a closed meeting, did not notify anyone in the town other than the town board of the meeting, and they decided to allow drinking of alcohol in their city park...
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RABIES ALERT!
(Local News ~ 04/12/97)
In the book "Cujo," by Stephen King, a ferocious, frenzied St. Bernard infected with rabies holds a terrified family trapped inside their car for days. While that story is fictional and the dog's symptoms are exaggerated, Cujo's physical attributes match the description of a dog with rabies...
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OTAHKIANS CLOSE YEAR IN NIT
(College Sports ~ 04/12/97)
The scores say that this is the best women's gymnastics team in the history of Southeast Missouri State University. And coach Bill Hopkins is hoping that his 1997 squad can finish the season like no other Otahkian squad ever -- with a National Invitational Tournament championship...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU DOCTOR IS WOMANCARE WINNER
(Local News ~ 04/12/97)
Riding on the team bus to and from softball games, Connie Simmons had a dream. Sitting in medical school classes at the University of Columbia, she had a dream. Waiting in St. Louis traffic during her internship and residency, she had a dream of returning to Southeast Missouri to practice medicine...
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DRILL WILL TEST DISASTER RESPONSE
(Local News ~ 04/12/97)
When the big earthquake hits, who calls the shots in Cape Girardeau County? Who will make sure water is safe to drink? What about the 1,000 stranded motorists on I-55? And where will a pet poodle stay while his owner is at an emergency shelter? Although officials in Cape Girardeau County have spent many hours working out emergency management plans, this fall they will put those plans to the test...
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GRAND JURY LOOKS AT VOTE FRAUD CHARGES
(Local News ~ 04/12/97)
A federal grand jury in Cape Girardeau is investigating allegations of voter fraud in Mississippi and New Madrid counties. The grand jury Thursday heard from several Mississippi County residents, who were subpoenaed to testify. The jury met behind closed doors at the Federal Building...
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DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS AUCTION IS SET
(Local News ~ 04/12/97)
There'll be some pieces of downtown history at the Downtown Merchants Association Auction this year. An old plate available at Excelsior Music Company during the early years of the century features a picture of the Common Pleas Courthouse, and will be sold at the 10th annual auction...
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NOMINATIONS DUE FOR YARD OF MONTH
(Local News ~ 04/12/97)
The Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1820 Perryville Road; Dr. Donald C. Dennington's office, 2103 Broadway; and Chuck Heady and his wife, Janet, 2928 Bella Vista, were among some big winners in Cape Girardeau last year. Each received visits from Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce representatives with notifications and plaques denoting them as "Yard of the Month" winners...
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MEESE, EVANS TO SPEAK AT SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
(Local News ~ 04/12/97)
Nationally known conservatives Ed Meese III and M. Stanton Evans will speak at Southeast Missouri State University this month. Meese will speak at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Evans will speak at 7 p.m. on April 21. Both events will be held at Academic Hall Auditorium. Admission is free...
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IT'S JUST A GAME: AVERAGE FAN CAN ALMOST RELATE TO `POOR' BUCS
(High School Sports ~ 04/12/97)
"Look in our parking lot, and you see a lot of Hyundais and Geo Storms. You don't see a lot of Lexuses and Mercedes."-- Pittsburgh catcher Keith Osik, whose entire team salary is less than the salary of Chicago White Sox slugger Albert Belle. As if American sports' fans needed another reason to wonder what in the world is wrong with the formerly great sport -- and now business -- of Major League Baseball, the ludicrous contract of Albert Belle should suffice...
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BRIEFLY: HRABOSKY TO VISIT CAPE TODAY
(High School Sports ~ 04/12/97)
@$: Hrabowsky to visit Cape today Former Cardinal pitcher and current St. Louis baseball announcer Al Hrabosky will appear today at the Bi-State Convenience Store located at 920 North Kingshighway. Hrabosky, known as the `Mad Hungarian', will be at the store from 1-4 p.m., signing autographs and visiting with the crowd. ...
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LADY TIGERS PLACE SECOND IN SWIM MEET
(High School Sports ~ 04/12/97)
ST. LOUIS -- Cape Central's girls swim team won five events as it placed second in the Rockwood Quadrangular Friday with 555 points. Rockwood Summitt won the meet with 651 points. Eureka placed third with 474 and Ursuline Academy tallied 338. Grace Freeman won both the 100- and 200-meter freestyle. Jean Maguire also placed first in the 100 butterfly, while the Lady Tiger relay squads were victorious in the 200 and 400 freestyle...
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BRIEFLY: MEADOWLARK LEMON HOLDS CLINIC TODAY
(College Sports ~ 04/12/97)
Former Globetrotter legend Meadowlark Lemon will hold a basketball clinic today at Cape Central High School from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The clinic, which will also include the assistance from the Southeast Missouri State University men's basketball team, is for youths ages 7-17...
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SUSIE HOLT
(Obituary ~ 04/12/97)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Susie Holt, 88, of Bradenton, Fla., formerly of Cairo, died Friday, April 11, 1997, at the Columbia Blake Medical Center in Bradenton. She was born Feb. 19, 1909, in Cunningham, Ky., the daughter of James D. and JoAnna Duncan Peebles. Her husband, William Earl Holt, died in 1982...
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DEWEY COTNER
(Obituary ~ 04/12/97)
LEEMON -- Funeral service for Dewey Cotner of Salem will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at James and Gahr Funeral Home in Salem. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. today. Cotner, 71, died Wednesday, April 9, 1997, at Baptist Hospital in St. Louis...
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LOUISE SUTTON
(Obituary ~ 04/12/97)
MARBLE HILL -- Louise Bernice Sutton, 86, of Playa Del Rey, Calif., died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1996, at her home. She was born Sept. 24, 1910, at Marble Hill, daughter of Dr. John J. and Katie Chandler. She married Dr. Charles Sutton, who died in 1974. Sutton attended Linderwood School for girls and Southeast Missouri State University. She had lived in California since 1957. She was a member of Westchester United Methodist Church, and had been a volunteer with Hospice and Century City Hospital...
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HOWARD VARVEL
(Obituary ~ 04/12/97)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Howard Richard Varvel of Sikeston will be held at 3 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Loyd Lathum and Marvin Overby will officiate. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Varvel, 69, died Thursday, April 10, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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BIANCA HONEYWELL
(Obituary ~ 04/12/97)
Bianca Cecelia Honeywell, 73, 1801 Brink, died Friday, April 11, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 7, 1923, in New Orleans, La., daughter of Westelle Finch Anderson and Mr. Anderson. She and George L. Honeywell were married May 29, 1954, in New Orleans. He died Feb. 26, 1992...
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CHARLIE YOUNG
(Obituary ~ 04/12/97)
OAK RIDGE -- Charlie "Buster" Young, 96, of Oak Ridge died Friday, April 11, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 9, 1900, in Memphis, Tenn., son of Charlie and Jenny Parks Young Sr. He and Mable Evans were married May 12, 1940, in Memphis. She died Dec. 14, 1973...
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BETTY MCCLELLAN
(Obituary ~ 04/12/97)
PULASKI, Ill. -- Betty Sue McClellan, 68, of Pulaski died Friday, April 11, 1997, at her home. She was born July 25, 1928, in Cairo, daughter of Ralph and Helen Muthig Koonce. She and Oliver "Junior" McClellan were married July 1, 1950, in Mound City...
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FLORENCE JONES
(Obituary ~ 04/12/97)
Florence M. Jones, 85, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, April 11, 1997, at Birch Tree Health Care in Clinton, Ky. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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GARY WHEATON
(Obituary ~ 04/12/97)
MILL CREEK, Ill. -- Gary Wayne Wheaton, 43, of Mill Creek died Thursday, April 10, 1997, in Tamms. Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro is in charge of arrangements.
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CLEVELAND DODD
(Obituary ~ 04/12/97)
CHAFFEE -- Cleveland "Pop" Dodd, 83, of Chaffee died Friday, April 11, 1997, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.
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RODEO GROUP PERFORMANCE AT FLICKERWOOD
(Local News ~ 04/12/97)
The Missouri High School Rodeo Association will be at Flickerwood Indoor Arena near Fruitland today and Sunday. Organizers expect 250 entries. Today's events begin at 7 p.m.; Sunday's events start at 8 a.m. with Cowboy Church. Events are saddle bronc riding, barrel racing, pole bending, team roping, calf roping, bareback riding, break-away roping, goat tying, steer wrestling, bull riding and a calf scramble for children younger than 10...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/12/97)
Son to Gary Hecht and Tisha Humes of Shawneetown, St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, 6:29 a.m. Monday, March 3, 1997. Name, Tristen Allen. Weight, 5 pounds 7 ounces. Ms. Humes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Humes of Jackson. She is employed at Patrick's Dry Cleaners. Hecht is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hecht of Shawneetown. He is employed at TG(USA) in Perryville...
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DONALD R. MURPHY
(Obituary ~ 04/12/97)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Donald R. Murphy, 62, of Tamms died Thursday, April 10, 1997, near Tamms, the result of a shooting. He was born June 18, 1934, in Mound City, the son of Raymond and Vina Reno Murphy. He was married to Norma Kay Heater on June 17, 1956. She died May 2, 1993...
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