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BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS MAY CAUSE A MELTDOWN
(Local News ~ 09/13/97)
There was nothing unusual about Sharon Anderson's weekend. After finishing her classes at Southeast Missouri State University on Friday, then spending time in the university theater's costume shop, she drove to Poplar Bluff for her weekend job at a used book store...
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DO YOU WANN' DANCE? YOUNG DANCERS TRY OUT FOR UPCOMING PRODUCTION OF `NUTCRACKER'
(Local News ~ 09/13/97)
Tamara Ballinger embarked on a 90-mile drive from St. Peters, drove at a crawl past a major traffic accident in St. Louis and nervously waited for permission to audition with the last group of girls. It all became worth it, however, when the 14-year old was cast as Clara, a major role in the ballet The Nutcracker Suite...
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FAIR WRAPS UP TODAY: WILDLIFE EXHIBIT FEATURES COYOTE
(Local News ~ 09/13/97)
He's heard it a thousand times at this week's SEMO District Fair, and chances are he will hear it again and again."Beep, Beep!"A small group of youngsters gave their imitations of the famous cartoon character "Roadrunner" when they saw the coyote on display at the Missouri Department of Conservation pavilion.The young coyote paced his cage.It looked and acted like a young pup, not quite knowing what to do about the crowd of people staring in at him.The coyote, which is on exhibit at the fair in Arena Park, isn't the veteran "Wily Coyote" of "Roadrunner" fame."He's a young pup," said Jeff L. ...
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UNITED WAY SETS CAMPAIGN GOAL OF RECORD $550,000
(Local News ~ 09/13/97)
Your mission, should you choose to accept: Raise $550,000, the highest goal ever for the Area Wide United Way. Jackie Griffith, chairman of the 1997 fund-raising campaign, called Friday upon her team of special agents to help meet the goal during a light-hearted introduction following the Mission Possible theme during a luncheon at the Holiday Inn...
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BUCKING THE SYSTEM: FAIR'S FAMILY ATMOSPHERE NO PLACE FOR NEGATIVE PROMOS
(Column ~ 09/13/97)
Vendors need to consider the consequences of trying to make a fast buck. Last weekend Patrick and I were casting about for something to do when we realized it was opening day for the SEMO District Fair. I had never attended the event, something my husband had a hard time believing...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 09/13/97)
I CAN'T see much difference between a king and a president. They both wave to the people, tell the people the way things should be, play golf, polo, jog and ride around in expensive cars. They're both just figureheads, so who needs either of them. They cost the taxpayers too much money for which there is no worthwhile return...
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LETTERS: PROSTATE SCREENINGS ARE IMPORTANT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/13/97)
To the editor: Each year, some 334,000 men in the United States are diagnosed with prostate cancer. The best defense against this disease is an early offense. As part of the national Prostate Cancer Awareness Program, coordinated locally by St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital, over 400 area men received free prostate cancer screenings on Sept. 6. These screenings will alert them to any potential problems, hopefully while those problems are in an early, treatable stage...
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SIMON SAYS: STAND ON YOUR PRINCIPLES
(Editorial ~ 09/13/97)
Congress needs to put aside partisan politics. These were the insightful words of Paul Simon, former U.S. senator from Illinois, as he spoke to Cape Girardeau Rotarians last week. Simon retired in 1996 after 22 years of public service. Put aside partisan politics? What a notion. It's fancy and necessity all rolled up into one...
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PAULA JONES SHOULD TAKE THE $700,000
(Editorial ~ 09/13/97)
The news reports were astonishing. When Paula Jones was considering settlement of her three-year-old sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton, the media could only focus on the disputes between Jones and her lawyers. Overlooked was the fact the president's lawyers want to settle -- offering Jones some $700,000 and a vaguely worded statement of regret...
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LETTERS: SELLING YELL PAPERS A MEMORY TRIP
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/13/97)
To the editor: On Tuesday I took a walk down memory lane. I sold newspapers at the corner of William and Kingshighway for YELL to support the literacy program at our schools. This was the first time I have sold newspapers since I quit my paper route in Davenport, Iowa, in the summer of 1955. ...
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LETTERS: IN SPITE OF PANIC, YELL WAS GREAT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/13/97)
To the editor: I was proud to have been asked by the school at which I teach to be our school's YELL coordinator. The money raised from selling YELL (Youth Education Literacy Learning) is used for promoting good causes, including giving teachers the opportunity to use the newspaper in the classroom...
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CENTRAL ENJOYS BANNER GAME
(High School Sports ~ 09/13/97)
As the Cape Girardeau Central Tiger football team took the field for their home opener Friday at Houck Field, running back Justin Blackmon got tripped up by the velcro banner held by the Central cheerleaders and tumbled to the ground. Blackmon had less trouble with the Hillsboro Hawk defense...
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FRIDAY'S RESULTS
(High School Sports ~ 09/13/97)
Cape Central 32, Hillsboro 12 Jackson 37, Vashon 0 Sikeston 32, Charleston 30 Blytheville 26, Poplar Bluff 7 Dexter 26, Scott City 6 Gosnell 48, Chaffee 18 New Madrid 42, East Prairie 7 Malden 77, Hayti 6 Port'ville 26, Car'ville 0 Pocahontas 33, Kennett 15...
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TRIBE, 'BIRDS TO SHOW IDs; SOUTHEAST, ILLINOIS ST. ANTICIPATE MOMENT OF TRUTH
(College Sports ~ 09/13/97)
John Mumford and Todd Berry both profess to express about the same type of respect -- and plenty of it -- for each other's football team. Mumford and Berry, the head coaches of Southeast Missouri State University and Illinois State, are each extremely fearful of what the other side will have to offer during tonight's game (7 p.m. kickoff) at Houck Stadium...
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JACKSON KEEPS SPEEDY VASHON IN PARK 37-0
(High School Sports ~ 09/13/97)
JACKSON -- Last year, mercuric Vashon ignited quickly -- it returned the game's opening kickoff for a touchdown -- before succumbing to Jackson. In this season's meeting, Vashon didn't enjoy a similar quick start -- in fact, the Wolverines never got anything going...
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DEXTER SHUTS DOWN SCOTT CITY 26-6
(Local News ~ 09/13/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Scott City High football coach Terry Flannigan did not mince words when describing Dexter's dominating 26-6 victory over the host Rams Friday night. "We didn't play very good, but I think Dexter had a lot to do with it," said Flannigan. "They just came in and took care of business. We arm tackled and didn't block a sole. We just couldn't do much of anything."...
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OTAHKIANS WIN A PAIR IN BILLIKEN INVITATIONAL
(College Sports ~ 09/13/97)
ST. LOUIS -- Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball broke a three-match losing streak Friday by picking up two victories in the 7-Up Billiken Invitational hosted by St. Louis University. The Otahkians slipped past Arkansas State 9-15, 15-12, 15-12, 13-15, 15-11 and then defeated George Washington 15-6, 7-15, 16-14, 15-12...
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LEOPOLD SPIKERS WIN WOODLAND TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 09/13/97)
MARBLE HILL -- Top-seeded Leopold rebounded from an opening-set loss to defeat Meadow Heights in three sets in the championship match of the Woodland Tournament Friday night. Third-seeded Meadow Heights won the first game 15-6, but Leopold, undefeated on the season, won the next two games by identical 15-3 scores...
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NEW MADRID TO CLOSE FOR CONSTRUCTION
(Local News ~ 09/13/97)
New Madrid Street, from the Show Me Center parking lots to Henderson, will be closed for about a month, beginning Monday. Southeast Missouri State University officials said construction work at the New Madrid and Henderson intersection prompted the closing...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/13/97)
Daughter to Travis Ray Burger and Christi Marie Halbert, Chaffee Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, 1997. Name, Alexis Danielle. Weight, 4 pounds 15 ounces. First child. Ms. Halbert is the daughter of Hal Halbert of Wappapello and Anita Thomason of Chaffee. She is employed at Rhodes...
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DENVER MORRIS
(Obituary ~ 09/13/97)
SIKESTON -- Denver Darrell Morris, 61, of Sikeston died Friday, Sept. 12, 1997, at Hunter Acres Caring Center. He was born May 25, 1936, in Rector, Ark., son of Chester and Marie Clark Morris. Survivors include a sister, Betty Igo of Sikeston. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother...
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DOROTHY DENHAM
(Obituary ~ 09/13/97)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Dorothy Beck Denham, 85, of Metropolis died Friday, Sept. 12, 1997, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Metropolis. She was born Dec. 20, 1911, in Mounds, daughter of Henry and Ruth Atherton Stern. Denham was a clerk with the Illinois Department of Employment Security Office in Cairo. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Mounds, Mounds Women's Club, and was a former chairperson of Pulaski County Chapter of American Cancer Society...
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MONROE GILLES
(Obituary ~ 09/13/97)
BLOOMFIELD -- Monroe Gilles, 82, of Bloomfield died Friday, Sept. 12, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 4, 1915, at Bell City, son of Harper and Lillie Clark Gilles. He and Evelyn Rampley were married Oct. 1, 1984...
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FORREST `POKE' TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 09/13/97)
DEXTER -- Forrest "Poke" Taylor, 70, of Dexter died Friday, Sept. 12, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born May 3, 1927, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., the son of Forrest Emerson and Nora V. Coats Taylor. He had lived in Dexter for the last 13 years and had previously lived in Rockford, Ill., and Morehouse. He had worked at the Himmelberger-Harrison Furniture Manufacturing Plant in Morehouse. He was a member of the Eagles Club and a veteran of the U.S. Army...
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