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LETTERS: SEMO HAS STRONG AG PROGRAMS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/23/97)
To the editor: You know it's going to be an interesting day when the morning newspaper announces your nonexistence. In a recent story by Peggy Scott and Joni Adams, Southern Illinois University's Carbondale chancellor, Dr. Don Beggs, is reported to have said that Southeast Missouri State University does not have an undergraduate program in agriculture. ...
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LOOKING FOR LEAD: LEAD POISON BLOOD TESTS FREE AT HEALTH DEPARTMENT
(Local News ~ 08/23/97)
Lead poisoning, a serious health threat especially to children, can often be avoided with a few simple steps, and the Cape Girardeau County Health Department does blood tests for lead poisonings at no cost. The threat is real. In 1995, the most recent year data are available, Cape County screened 67 children. Of those, 27 percent had a significant amount of lead in their blood...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/23/97)
ON THE front page you had a story about not enough police to work traffic because there are more accidents and, therefore, less time to devote to patrolling the streets and to issuing citations. Here is your answer. You have done your drug bust. Move all those people over to traffic patrol. ...
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TRUANT OFFICER IS MOVE IN RIGHT DIRECTION
(Editorial ~ 08/23/97)
If students aren't in school, they can't learn. And those who skip school chronically will probably drop out long before the pomp and circumstance of high school graduation. Time spent in the classroom is strongly linked to learning. When students skip school, many also find time to get into trouble. Many of these students and dropouts turn their attention to vandalism, shoplifting and other illegal activities...
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SEMO SHOWS SIGNS OF GROWTH AND RENEWAL
(Editorial ~ 08/23/97)
Southeast Missouri State University is gearing up for the start of classes Monday. Students will be greeted by construction projects and new faces. The university welcomed about 35 new faculty members this year. And over the last three years, a quarter of the faculty members are new. Much of the turnover is directly tied to many faculty members retiring at the end of 30-year careers. New people bring new ideas and enthusiasm to campus...
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LETTERS: PARTICIPANTS SUPPORT AMERICORP
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/23/97)
To the editor: As current members of AmeriCorps in Southeast Missouri, we would like to reply to the comment in Speak Out Aug. 12. The members make the program, along with support from staff. When problems arise, they are addressed and resolved. In an individual has a problem with the local program, it should first be presented directly to the group, not anonymously through Speak Out. We work together as a team to make the program successful, and we are proud of our accomplishments...
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FORESTRY SHOW EXHIBITORS HIT RECORD HIGH NUMBER
(Local News ~ 08/23/97)
The Midwest Forest Industry Show wasn't expected to draw big crowds this year, but the Missouri Forests Products Association held it anyway, and the people came. The two-day exposition of forest industry machinery and equipment ends this afternoon at the Show Me Center. This is usually an off-year for the show, which in the past was held biennially in even-numbered years...
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SOUTHEAST WILL OPEN ST. LOUIS OFFICE
(Local News ~ 08/23/97)
Southeast Missouri State University plans to open a St. Louis office to recruit more students from that area. University president Dr. Dale Nitzschke announced plans for the office at a meeting with reporters Friday afternoon at his campus home. "That is a very important population base for us,' he said...
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BACK TO CLASS: COMMISSION STUDIES TEACHING PROCESS
(Local News ~ 08/23/97)
Educators in Missouri are taking a look at improving teaching in the state, the next in a line of reform movements concerning public schools. In October, the Commission on the Future of Teaching is expected to present a final report and recommendations to the State Board of Education...
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BUCKING THE SYSTEM: POSITIVES WOULD ABOUND WITH NEW PRISON
(Column ~ 08/23/97)
It's nearly time for Gov. Mel Carnahan to name the sites of two new maximum-security prisons, and this is one native Charlestonian who hopes to see that town get the nod. I've had a few rounds with myself on the subject of Charleston becoming the home of a maximum-security prison. I guess it makes sense that I'd have conflicting emotions when you consider this is my home town, and the place where I go to church and do my laundry each week...
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THE DRIVE FOR FIVE: OTAHKS SEEK 5TH STRAIGHT OVC TITLE
(College Sports ~ 08/23/97)
It's not as if Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball team needed any extra motivation to win the Ohio Valley Conference championship. But the Otahkians recently received some anyway when they were picked to fall short of a fifth straight OVC title this year. In a close vote by the league's head coaches, Southeast was tabbed for second just behind Eastern Illinois...
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BRIEFLY: PEMBERTON TRANSFERS TO BELMONT
(College Sports ~ 08/23/97)
Cape Girardeau Central High graduate Shawn Pemberton, who played baseball the past two seasons at Southeast Missouri State University, is transferring to Belmont College for the coming school year. A catcher, Pemberton saw limited action at Southeast the past two years, hitting .196 in 56 at-bats as a freshman and .098 in 41 at-bats as a sophomore...
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LUTHER GIBSON
(Obituary ~ 08/23/97)
DEXTER -- Luther Gibson, 80, of Dexter died Thursday, Aug. 21, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Rainey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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PAUL BURGE
(Obituary ~ 08/23/97)
PUXICO -- Paul Burge, 84, of Puxico died Thursday, Aug. 21, 1997, at his home. He was born Jan. 20, 1913, at Puxico, son of William and Laura Hawks Burge. He was a 1934 graduate of Puxico High School. Burge spent most of his life in Puxico. He retired as a machinist at Autotronics and Planet Tool Companies in St. Louis. He also custom built and repaired clocks many years...
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WILLIAM BENNETT SR.
(Obituary ~ 08/23/97)
William M. Bennett Sr., 88, of Lamar, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 1997, at Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar. He was born July 5, 1909, near Jackson, son of James and Nora Romboutz Bennett. He and Louise Propst were married Sept. 14, 1951. She died Feb. 18, 1994...
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MARIE ALLEN
(Obituary ~ 08/23/97)
ADVANCE -- Marie Allen, 94, of Advance died Thursday, Aug. 21, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 8, 1903, in Advance, daughter of Charles Edgar and Mary LeTempt Rainey. She and Varn Denton Allen were married Dec. 20, 1924, at Bloomfield. He died July 6, 1969...
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CLARENCE MAYBERRY
(Obituary ~ 08/23/97)
ESSEX -- Funeral service for Clarence Orville Mayberry of Essex will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Rainey Funeral Chapel in Dexter. The Revs. Winferd Wren and Roy Stafford will officiate, with burial in Dexter Cemetery. Mayberry, 85, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 1997, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter...
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MARELL RILEY
(Obituary ~ 08/23/97)
ANNA, Ill. -- Marell Riley, 91, of Anna died Thursday, Aug. 21, 1997, at City Care Center in Cobden. She was born Dec. 9, 1905. There are no known survivors. Graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Anna Cemetery, with the Rev. Austin Underwood officiating...
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ROSE WIBBENMEYER
(Obituary ~ 08/23/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Rose C. Wibbenmeyer, 93, of Perryville died Friday, Aug. 22, 1997, in Perry County. She was born Sept. 4, 1903, in Perry County, daughter of Carl J. and Anna Lappe Wibbenmeyer. Wibbenmeyer had been a hotel housekeeper and caregiver of the elderly. She was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church, Ladies Sodality, and Ministry of Praise...
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THELMA FELTY
(Obituary ~ 08/23/97)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Thelma F. Felty of Jackson will be held at 1 p.m. today at Fairview United Methodist Church near Burfordville. Jack Byrd will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home from 9-11 a.m., and then at the church from noon to service time...
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DOVIE JONES
(Obituary ~ 08/23/97)
Dovie Jones, 86, of Lowell, Mich., died Friday, Aug. 22, 1997, at The Laurels of Kent Nursing Home in Lowell. She was born April 30, 1911, in Bald Knob, Ark., daughter of Hugh and Edith Johnson Tuggle. She first married Raymond Newman, and later married T.J. Jones, both of whom preceded her in death...
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TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT KILLS ELDERLY MOREHOUSE WOMAN
(Local News ~ 08/23/97)
SIKESTON -- Janella Vandemark, 77, of Morehouse sustained fatal injuries during a two-car accident that occurred at 3:15 p.m. Friday near Sikeston. Vandemark was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Cleat Vandemark, 80, as they traveled west on Highway 114. Their car was struck by a pickup truck driven by Ronald McKenzie, 21, of Sikeston...
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JIMMY HANEY
(Obituary ~ 08/23/97)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Jimmy Lewis Haney, 58, of Jonesboro died Thursday, Aug. 21, 1997, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Aug. 4, 1939, at Dexter, son of Herbert Lewis and Lucille Harget Haney. He and Wanda Jean Perry were married Jan. 7, 1961, in Cobden...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/23/97)
Son to Billy Lynn and Angela Renee Freeman of Oran, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:37 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, 1997. Name, Charles Jonah. Weight, 8 pounds 3 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Freeman is the former Angela Garner, daughter of Troy and Hazel Garner of Advance. Freeman is the son of Bill and June Freeman of Bell City. He is a supervisor at Golden Cat-Ralston Purina...
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JOSEPH SHELDEN
(Obituary ~ 08/23/97)
DEXTER -- Funeral service for Joseph C. Shelden of Dexter will be held at 1 p.m. today at Rainey Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Earl Reinhart officiating. Burial will be in Dexter Cemetery. Shelden, 85, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 1997, at Dexter Memorial Hospital...
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