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LETTERS: PROTECTING STATE'S SCENERY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/29/97)
To the editor: In the waning hours of this year's legislative session, the Missouri Senate attached billboard-control language to an obscure bill (House Bill 831) related to city planning and zoning functions. The amendment would permit "any city that maintains the city engineer or other similar city official on the planning commission ... to place any restriction upon the height, spacing and lighting of outdoor advertising structures."...
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LETTERS: EXCELLENT STORY ON KINDNESS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/29/97)
To the editor: We would like to thank Tamara Zellars Buck for the excellent article she wrote up on our family. We found the information, which was included within the article, was very accurately transcribed from the interview she had with us. The photograph came out very well also...
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VACANCIES IN FEDERAL JUDICIARY CONTINUE TO GROW
(Editorial ~ 05/29/97)
The U.S. federal court system provides for 832 judges, from trial judges to appeals judges to Supreme Court justices. As of this week, there are 100 vacancies on the federal bench -- a full 12 percent of judges who say there is a serious backlog in cases...
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CRIME STOPPERS IS READY TO GET PUBLIC INVOLVED
(Editorial ~ 05/29/97)
When elderly residents became the target of a rash of burglaries in Cape Girardeau several months ago, there was a definite increase in concern, both among potential victims and in the community in general. As the break-ins continued without any arrests, police sought help from townspeople...
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ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTER HOLDS AWARDS EVENT
(Local News ~ 05/29/97)
Students at the Cape Girardeau Alternative Education Center received recognition for their work during an awards ceremony Wednesday. Awards were given for academic and social achievements during the ceremony, which took place at the Cape Civic Center, 232 Broadway, where the alternative school is housed. Certificates of achievement were donated by the Navy...
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LEE-ROWAN: LAYOFFS SEASONAL, NOT PERMANENT
(Local News ~ 05/29/97)
JACKSON -- The production of closet organizing systems, clothes hangars and other wire organizing equipment is a seasonal one. And this is not the season for peak production, said a Lee-Rowan Company spokesman Wednesday, explaining the reason for layoffs at the plant this week...
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BUSINESSES URGE END TO PREVAILING WAGE LAW
(Local News ~ 05/29/97)
Government could help small businesses by abolishing the prevailing wage law and enacting a right-to-work law, business leaders and economic development officials said Wednesday. The federal prevailing wage law and a companion law in Missouri lead to more costly public works projects, said Bill Green, Sikeston's economic development director...
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LIBRARY'S BETTY MARTIN CHOSEN AS NEW DIRECTOR
(Local News ~ 05/29/97)
After rejecting 14 outside applicants, the Cape Girardeau Public Library Board chose one of its own -- Adult Services Coordinator Betty Martin -- as its new director. The announcement was made Wednesday. The library had been without a director since February, when Elizabeth Ader moved to Kansas City for personal reasons...
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QUALITIES OF LIFE, CAPE GIRARDEAU; SPECIAL REPORT: SOCIAL/NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS DIFFICULT TO FIND IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 05/29/97)
When the Chamber of Commerce set out to measure the quality of Cape Girardeau's natural environment, the committee that worked on the task had trouble finding indicators of how clean the local environment is. The committee found no indicators of air quality and its only measures of water quality tracked water usage and whether the discharges from the city's wastewater treatment plant met two federal standards...
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ICE-SKATING MEDALISTS GETS ROLES IN SPECTACLE
(Local News ~ 05/29/97)
His knees are slightly bent, his arms are held parallel to the ice, and the back of his white, multicolored striped jacket billows with air as the skater glides fast enough to make a nervous on-looker think he is going to smack into the wall. But Matt Buttrey, 20, of Cape Girardeau moves with such grace that he easily accomplishes his goal, a combination spin in the middle of The Ice at the Plaza Galleria: first a flying camel, then a sit-spin with a final 1-foot spinner...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: THE SOUND OF SOFT THUMPING ON THE WINDOW BY THE RIVER
(Column ~ 05/29/97)
May 29, 1997 Dear Leslie, DC and I have returned from a few days at her family's cabin on Castor River. Notice the word "restful" didn't appear in that sentence. Her family's idea of relaxation is to fish a bit between work details. My brother-in-law Paul spent part of the weekend hunched over a miter box. ...
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MEETING ADDRESSES NEW CHILD-CARE FUNDS
(Local News ~ 05/29/97)
Missouri child-care regulators met about 60 area child-care providers Wednesday night at Southeast Missouri State University to determine how the state should spend an additional $22 million in next year's budget. Representatives from the Missouri departments of social services health, elementary and secondary education were also on hand to field questions about changes in child-care subsidies and licensing...
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LADY TIGERS SET FOR SOCCER SECTIONAL; 18-0 MARK ON THE LINE TONIGHT
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/97)
Although only in its second year of existence, the Cape Girardeau Central High girls soccer program has quickly earned the respect of some more established soccer programs in St. Louis. One of those teams, Lafayette of St. Louis, will battle the Lady Tigers today at 6 p.m., in a sectional contest on the Astroturf field of the Anheuser-Busch Soccer Complex in Fenton...
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HAWKS SHOOTING FOR ANOTHER BIG WINNER
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/97)
Kelly High baseball coach Mike Scott hopes his team plays typical Hawks baseball during today's 4 p.m., Class 2A sectional game at South Pemiscot. If the Hawks do that, then Scott figures they'll have a good chance to come away with a victory. "We've said all year going into games that we'll get solid pitching and we'll get solid defense. ...
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CHS's LEWIS, JACKSON SIGN WITH SHAWNEE
(College Sports ~ 05/29/97)
Two more basketball standouts from Brett Reutzel's Cape Girardeau Central Class 4A district championship team will be taking their games to the next level. LaVelle Lewis and Laurence Jackson both recently signed letters of intent to play basketball at Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Ill. The two graduating seniors join classmate Nathan Owen, who signed with Southeast Missouri State, as Tigers earning full-ride college scholarships...
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ELTON SCHMIDT SR.
(Obituary ~ 05/29/97)
Elton Gene Schmidt Sr., 70, of Hampton, Va., died Wednesday, May 28, 1997, at the VA Medical Center in Hampton. He was born May 22, 1927, in Cape Girardeau, son of Albert W. and Josie Clingingsmith Schmidt. He married Shirley Joan Mansfield, who died in 1967...
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PATSY RESSEL
(Obituary ~ 05/29/97)
Funeral Mass for Patsy P. Ressel, 2501 Allendale, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent's Catholic Church. The Rev. Milton Ryan will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7, and KC rosary at 7:30...
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JAMES LAWRENCE
(Obituary ~ 05/29/97)
ADVANCE -- James F. Lawrence, 81, of Advance died Tuesday, May 27, 1997, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. He was born March 16, 1916, in Perry County, Ind., son of John A. and Gladys McDaniel Lawrence. He and Luella C. Coomer were married July 25, 1939, at Benton...
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GEORGIA ST.CIN
(Obituary ~ 05/29/97)
PERKINS -- Georgia Annett St.Cin, 54, of Perkins died Wednesday, May 28, 1997, at her home. She was born Aug. 10, 1942, at Sikeston, daughter of Harold and Lucille Wyatt Senciboy. She and Phillip C. St.Cin were married April 4, 1958. He died Sept. 19, 1995...
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ELSIE CHAPPIUS
(Obituary ~ 05/29/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Elsie Marie Chappius, 75, of Perryville died Wednesday, May 28, 1997, at the home of a daughter. She was born Sept. 10, 1921, at Biehle, daughter of William and Albertine Zoellner Ernst. She and John Vincent Chappius were married Jan. 20, 1940. He died Sept. 12, 1974...
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CHRISTINE CRICE
(Obituary ~ 05/29/97)
BELKNAP, Ill. -- Christine Crice, 89, of Belknap died Tuesday, May 27, 1997, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Metropolis. She was born June 26, 1907, in Paragould, Ark., daughter of Andrew and Molly Tenant Burns. She married James H. Crice, who died in 1978...
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ELLA IRVIN
(Obituary ~ 05/29/97)
JACKSON -- Ella Frances Irvin, 71, of Jackson died Sunday, May 25, 1997, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 2, 1925, in Jackson, daughter of Guy M. and Clara Betty Shepard Russell. She and Rolester Pete Irvin were married Dec. 14, 1958. He died in April 1988...
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LEON HEISSERER
(Obituary ~ 05/29/97)
ORAN -- Leon A. "Dutch" Heisserer, 86, of Denver, Colo., died Monday, May 26, 1997, at the Veterans Home in Denver. He was born Feb. 7, 1911, in Oran. His parents were George Heisserer and Louisa LeGrand Heisserer Dohogne. He and Melva Carlson were married in 1957. She died in 1983...
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WILMA HEISSERER
(Obituary ~ 05/29/97)
KELSO -- Funeral Mass for Mary W. "Wilma" Heisserer of Bella Vista, Ark., will be held at 11 a.m. today at St. Bernard's Catholic Church. The Rev. Joseph Enderlin will officiate, with burial in St. Vincent's Catholic Cemetery north of Rogers, Ark. Bella Vista Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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TONY CASHION
(Obituary ~ 05/29/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Tony William Cashion, 96, of Perryville died Wednesday, May 28, 1997, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born Feb. 18, 1901, in Perry County, son of Robert J. and Emma Endres Cashion. He and Flora E. Streiler were married in 1924. She died Jan. 24, 1993...
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ROSA NELL HARDWICK
(Obituary ~ 05/29/97)
Rosa Nell Hardwick, 80, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, May 28, 1997, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Festus. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Ford & Sons Funeral Home.
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QUALITIES OF LIFE, CAPE GIRARDEAU; SPECIAL REPORT: SOCIAL/NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; CITY'S AIR, WATER MEET STANDARDS
(Local News ~ 05/29/97)
It shouldn't surprise any residents that the air and water around Cape Girardeau are clean. Not pristine, but clean. The city has an abundant supply of good water, and is in the process of expanding its capacity for distributing that supply to meet growing demand...
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QUALITIES OF LIFE, CAPE GIRARDEAU; SPECIAL REPORT: SOCIAL/NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS ATTEMPT MEASURE OF CITY'S SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
(Local News ~ 05/29/97)
Measuring a community's social environment is not easy. It is particulary difficult in a city the size of Cape Girardeau, where the population is too small for many trends to be meaningful. Many statistics used by by the Chamber of Commerce's Quality of Life Committe fall in this category...
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