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LETTERS: MY FATHER'S LOVE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/15/97)
To the editor: I am amazed by my father's love. While yet in my mother's womb, I was the apple of his eye. And his eye was always upon me as I developed and grew as a child. When I reached that age where one thinks that they know more than their father, he lovingly let me find out how wrong I was, and he was there to pick up their pieces of my contrite heart. ...
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BENT CREEK ATTRACTS AREA YOUTHS TO TWO-DAY TOURNEY
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
Brent Kerns, 17, of Anna, Ill., lines up his putt on #17 at Bent Creek Golf Course. Kerns won the Boys 17-18 Jim Belknap Junior Tournament division by firing a 36-hole total 142. Gabe Estes of Jackson won the Boys 15-16 division shooting 156 over 36 holes. ...
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A LOOK BACK AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
25 years ago, 1972 Wheels are again rolling for new juvenile detention facility to serve Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties; County Court has learned from Associated Judge J. Ronald Fischer that chances are very good that county could get new detention home to replace badly-deteriorating facility in Cape Girardeau; federal funds amounting to 75 percent of total cost of proposed facility are definitely available...
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STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN RESPECT FOR LAW WEEK
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
Winners arriving at the police station. Jackson Police officer Rick Whitaker demonstrates the use of handcuffs to the students. An annual "Respect for Law" Week was recently promoted by the Optimists Clubs in the Cape/Jackson area. The week of May 5 through May 11 is the week designated by Optimists International as a special time in which all Optimist Clubs develop programs that will help to bring respect and peace to their communities and to promote a deeper appreciation of the duties and responsibilities of law enforcement agencies and officials.. ...
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CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM SEES INITIAL SUCCESS
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
Southeast Missouri Crime Stoppers Inc. is beginning to have an impact in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area. With the arrest in Jackson Wednesday of two car-theft suspects as the result of a Crime Stoppers tip, the newly formed Cape Girardeau chapter of Crime Stoppers can claim its first success. The chapter, named Southeast Missouri Crime Stoppers with the intent that it become regional as soon as feasible, was formed only two weeks ago, on June 1...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/15/97)
I'D LIKE to know how many feet wide and how many feet long an acre is. I don't want square feet, OK? It depends on each piece of property. One acre equals 43,560 square feet. It would be a different length or width for each piece of property, but square footage would be the same...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: NEW BOOK PAYS TRIBUTE TO HISTORY AND POLITICS OF THE RIVER
(Column ~ 06/15/97)
Today seems as good a time as any to mention a fabulous book about the Father of Waters we so often take for granted. I'm referring to "Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America," by John Barry (Simon & Schuster, 1997). ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: WEIGHTY PROBLEMS CDOULD TURN MISSOURI INTO MISERY
(Column ~ 06/15/97)
When Missouri's ambitious, taxpayer-appealing, 15-year highway improvement program was introduced to the public back in 1992, someone should have raised more questions than were asked. Those of us who report on state government should have been more suspicious than we were, and I accept my share of responsibility. I've always been a sucker for good highways, having been nurtured by a father who served eight years as chairman of the state Highway Commission...
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GRIFFIN PROSECUTOR MIGHT WANT TO RETHINK A RETRIAL
(Editorial ~ 06/15/97)
Last week's verdict in the federal racketeering and bribery trial of former House Speaker Bob Griffin and three associates was a curious one. Let it be said, however, that a discriminating jury deliberated for six days, sifted through the evidence in a complex trial and delivered itself of a judgment that can be said to have brought credit to our judicial system...
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THE WORTH OF GOOD FATHERS CAN'T BE OVERESTIMATED
(Editorial ~ 06/15/97)
The worth of good fathers can't be overestimated Fathers Day has arrived as it always does this time of year amid much nationwide reflection about this indispensable role. Indeed, much sophisticated social research now confirms what common sense would never have doubted: The impact of good fathering can't possibly be overestimated, while its absence is always and everywhere to be lamented...
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LETTERS: WHAT'S A REAL FLAG?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/15/97)
To the editor: I read with interest the letter from O.L. Shannon who discussed the desirability of having an anti-desecration amendment. I have long been interested in the various customs and courtesies which are accorded the flag through tradition and proclamation, even though they do not have the force of law. These non-binding regulations contain many recommended rules which are being broken on a daily basis, most likely because most Americans are simply unfamiliar with flag etiquette...
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TEACHING VALUABLE LESSONS
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
Right, Swimming instructors Heather Brown, left, Andy Wine and Jamie Dost teach Dana Overbeck, 7, important swimming lessons at level 2. Erica Knowlan, left, and Mike Schemel assist Taylor Collins, 5, also left, and Mitchell Montgomery, 5, with floating on their back...
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FROM THE PULPIT: CHURCH HUNTING
(Column ~ 06/15/97)
We have good friends who recently moved to Florida. They related their experience to us, in a belated Christmas card sent in March, that the hardest part of the move was finding a good church. They wanted a church like their previous church (complete with the perfect pastor who never said a troubling word to anyone, knew every member by name and never forgot a birthday or anniversary.)...
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE: BAD BUBBLY, LICE AND GOOD NEWS FOR ALCOHOLICS
(Column ~ 06/15/97)
Well, it's week number two for the News From Around the Globe column. This week we will travel to South Africa, New Zealand, Honduras, Washington D.C., and points in between. I'd like to start this week in Christchurch, New Zealand, with the New Zealand Press Online, where I found this headline, "Second foot found on beach linked to first."...
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CHANGING ROLE OF UNITED WAY
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
Last year the Area Wide United Way stopped funding the Cape Girardeau Civic Center two-thirds of the way through the year. This year the United Way is welcoming the center back into its fold, but with conditions. United Way executive director Nancy Jernigan said the center has been asked to contribute as much money to its working budget as the United Way does. The organization isn't asking that of any of its other agencies...
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CIVIC CENTER PLANS TWO BIG FUNDRAISERS
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
Cape Girardeau Civic Center board president John Jenkins said the civic center has planned some specific fund-raising projects this year. Jenkins said some people may try to use the center's name to promote efforts without its permission. With the number of fund-raising projects going on in the community these days, it is easy to become confused over which ones are Civic Center events...
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RIVERFEST '97: RIVERFEST DRAWS HUGE CROWDS
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
Liesl Schoenberger of Cape Girardeau won the fiddle contest Saturday at Riverfest. More than 30,000 people visited Riverfest '97 Saturday under sunny skies and steamy temperatures that gave way to a pleasant evening. The weather was much more cooperative than it was Friday night, when rain forced the downtown festival to shut down early...
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MISSOURIAN TO SPONSOR PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
KINSA. What is it? It isn't a holiday. It's not a new-fangled food. Neither is it a fashion statement. KINSA stands for Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Award, and the Southeast Missourian will be the only newspaper in Missouri to participate in the contest this year...
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MARK MY WORD: NO DOUBT ABOUT IT: FATHER'S DAY TAKES BACK SEAT TO MOTHER'S DAY
(Column ~ 06/15/97)
You can't be a dad and not know what today is. Today is Father's Day, that one day in the year when your children promise to let you watch the ballgame without once asking you to get them chocolate milk, candy, cookies, diapers, bottles or lethal weapons and then promptly ask you for all of that and more...
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TEN PEOPLE INJURED WHEN DRIVER OF VAN FALLS ASLEEP ON I-57 IN UNION COUNTY
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
ANNA, Ill. -- -- Ten people were injured, at 5:45 a.m., Saturday when the driver of the van they were riding in fell asleep at the wheel on Interstate 57, Illinois State Police said. Anton Burl, 36, of Little Rock, Ark., lost control of his vehicle as he was driving southbound on I-57 in Union County, Ill., State Police said...
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PERRYVILLE STUDENTS LEARN FITNESS AT SUMMER CAMP
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
PERRYVILLE -- He may hate math, but Chad Lankford, 10, is excited to be in summer school. After two weeks of sleeping late and trips to the pool, 360 Perry County school children are returning to the classroom -- by choice. "The students have been out of school for two weeks and a lot of them are ready to come back and do something," said Jennifer Streiler, program director. ...
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CAPAHAS RUN OFF PAIR OF LOPSIDED WINS ON PRINTERS
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
Six home runs and two stifling pitching performances propelled the Cape Girardeau Kohlfeld Capahas to a doubleheader sweep of the St. Louis Printers Saturday afternoon at Capaha Field. Kohlfeld improved to 10-0 with an 8-1 win in the first game and a 14-1 blowout in the second. The Printers fell to 1-5...
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CAPE LEGION SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
All things considered, Cape Girardeau's Ford & Sons American Legion baseball team had to feel pretty fortunate to come away with a split Saturday. Ford & Sons scored in only two innings and was out-hit 23 to 9 by Creve Coeur, but Cape managed to rally for a 9-8 win in the nightcap after suffering a 6-0 loss in the opener of the twi-night doubleheader at Capaha Field...
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THE LATEST LINE: NEW SEMO COACH HAS IMPRESSIVE CREDENTIALS
(Sports Column ~ 06/15/97)
It's easy to see that Gary Garner, selected last week to become the 17th head men's basketball coach in Southeast Missouri State University history, doesn't really consider what he does for a living work. Garner, who has spent nearly 30 of his 53 years as a basketball coach, grinned broadly after Wednesday's news conference to announce his hiring when I asked him if coaching is something he always wanted to do...
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CHAFFEE JUNIOR LEGION SWEEPS
(High School Sports ~ 06/15/97)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Chaffee's Junior American Legion remained unbeatable Saturday afternoon with a doubleheader sweep over Poplar Bluff. Chaffee (14-0, 7-0 in district) scored a close 3-2 decision in the first game and a 5-0 shutout in the nightcap. With the score tied 2-2 in the opening contest, Jason Bickings led off the seventh inning with double. Brian Obermann bunted Bickings to third and Lance Amick doubled him home for the winning run...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: FISH RESTORATION ACT AIDS PROGRAMS
(Column ~ 06/15/97)
Through the most effective "user-pays, user-benefits" program in the nation -- The Sport Fish Restoration Act -- anglers and boaters provide vital financial support for state fisheries management, boating access and other related programs. Last year, more than $350 million was apportioned to the states. ...
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CAMPBELL OPENS HOOTERS LEAD
(High School Sports ~ 06/15/97)
SIKESTON -- Chad Campbell shot his second consecutive 67 Saturday in the $100,000 KFVS-12 Classic at the BootHeel Golf Club to carry a comfortable cushion into the final round of the NGA/Hooters Golf Tour event. Campbell, who has yet to record a bogey in 54 holes, holds a five-shot lead at 16-under-par 200 over three other players...
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NO-HITTER HIGHLIGHTS KLASSIC TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 06/15/97)
KELSO -- A no-hitter by Kelso Bud Light's Jeff Schott highlighted an exciting opening day of fast pitch softball Saturday at the 13th Annual Kelso Klassic. Schott's no-hitter earned Bud Light a 3-0 win over Carbondale NAPA in a first round contest. Schott came within two outs of a perfect game, but hit a NAPA batter with one out in the seventh inning...
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MARY MCEWING
(Obituary ~ 06/15/97)
Mary A. McEwing, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 13, 1997, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, following an extended illness. She was born June 15, 1926, at Illmo, daughter of Joseph "Roy" and Sophia Wray Ferriell. She and Capt. Robert W. McEwing were married Oct. 28, 1950, at Cape Girardeau. He died May 25, 1996...
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VERNON W. WILLIFORD
(Obituary ~ 06/15/97)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Vernon William Williford, 76, of Bardwell, Ky., formerly of Mississippi County, died Saturday, June 14, 1997, at the Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. He was born Aug. 29, 1920, at Malden, Mo., a son of Oliver and Nellie Hicks Williford. He and Mary Belle Kidd were married on March 13, 1956. She survives...
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VERNON BARRINGER JR.
(Obituary ~ 06/15/97)
Vernon Cletus Barringer, Jr., 56, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 13, 1997, at his home. He was born Sept. 6, 1940, the son of Vernon C. Barringer Sr. and Arlinda E. Huff. He and Peggy Lehman were married Dec. 26, 1965, at Cape Girardeau. She survives...
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SUMMER PROGRAM GIVES STUDENTS NEW HORIZONS
(Local News ~ 06/15/97)
Meghan Yingling, left, of Cape Girardeau and Summer Rains, 10, of Jackson, dissected a large grasshopper in the Explorations in Biology class. Matthew Strom of Sikeston watched the reaction of four chemicals tht creted a silver solution during the mirror-in-a-bottle experiment...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: TALKS WITH FATHER
(Column ~ 06/15/97)
If my father were alive today, he would probably be living with me, all the rest of the family having gone on too. He would be 109. I have no doubt he would still be mentally alert, nimble-witted, and dreaming big dreams. It was always the Big Picture of life he held up before us, made up of all the little pieces that we say and think and do. "But we don't want our place in the Big Picture to be smudgy, do we?" he'd ask of us from time to time...
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