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LETTERS: MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR NEW LAKE STUDY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/26/97)
To the editor: On Sept. 17 and 18 I received a one-two punch on the editorial pages of several newspapers from Tamara Baremore and Joe Vermier of the Lake Facts Committee. In her letter, Ms. Baremore states that I do not live anywhere near the proposed lake site. ...
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GOD AND CLEM KADIDDLEHOPPER
(Editorial ~ 09/26/97)
A funny man whose humor was just as fresh in one generation as another without stooping to the gutter. That's a pretty fair description of the genius of Richard Bernard Shelton, better known -- and loved -- as Red Skelton. He died last week, and he leaves a gaping whole in the pantheon of great entertainers who have become fixtures on the American scene...
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PRESIDENT IS CHAMELEON ON MINES, TESTS
(Editorial ~ 09/26/97)
President Clinton continues to his chameleon skills at policymaking, this time affirming a total ban on nuclear testing while looking for U.S.-only exceptions to a ban on anti-personnel land mines. Only a matter of days ago, the president was grabbing international attention during the world's grieving over the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 09/26/97)
I'M THE parent of an athlete who attends Scott City High School. I'm very displeased and disappointed in some of the policies that were passed recently that concern the athletes. It's very upsetting that as parents we elect these officials to keep the best interests of all the students, and instead only a few chosen students seem to matter. As a parent, I urge others to call the board and the school administration to let them know this kind of behavior is unacceptable on their parts...
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BEGINNERS GET INSIGHT TO NET
(Local News ~ 09/26/97)
Three months ago, Loraine and Kenneth Aldrich "didn't know beans" about the Internet. Now the Cape Girardeau couple own two computers, surf the Net with the best, and want to download a "chat program" so they can talk with friends across the country...
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OFFICIAL `SHOCKED' BY I-66 REPORT; HIGHWAY
(Local News ~ 09/26/97)
Don't look for an interstate to come through Marble Hill or anywhere else along the Highway 34 corridor from Cape Girardeau to Van Buren. Missouri has no plans to put a proposed I-66 through that area, the head of the state's Department of Transportation said Thursday in Jefferson City...
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SEMO TAKES UP MINORITY ISSUES
(Local News ~ 09/26/97)
Southeast Missouri State University needs to hire more black faculty and staff, members of the school's Commission on Minority Affairs said Thursday. Members also suggested the university: -- Evaluate its faculty, staff and administrators on the issue of diversity...
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AIR CONSERVATION PANEL MEETS IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 09/26/97)
The Missouri Air Conservation Commission blew through Cape Girardeau Thursday, holding hearings and bringing news. The commission meets regularly, but it was the first time in about three years it has come to Cape Girardeau. The commission usually meets in Kansas City, St. Louis or Jefferson City...
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BOYD TO DIVEST OF CAPE PROPERTIES; GAMBLING
(Local News ~ 09/26/97)
After a four-year flirtation with gambling in Cape Girardeau, Boyd Gaming Corp. has taken steps that almost assure the company won't establish a riverboat gambling operation here. Boyd is selling the properties it acquired over the past three years in downtown Cape Girardeau...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: YARD PRIDE IS FIRST STEP TO A BETTER -- AND TIDIER -- WORLD
(Column ~ 09/26/97)
Anyone who mows when necessary and trims the hedges is a good person. These folks deserve -- and get -- special recognition. There are two things I want to mention this week, both having to do with this newspaper. One is the well-tended yards that are pictured from time to time -- the ones that win awards from the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce...
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UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN AT 12 PERCENT OF GOAL
(Local News ~ 09/26/97)
The Area Wide United Way has begun its 1997 Mission Possible campaign with the highest goal ever, $550,000. Over 12 percent of the goal, or $69,463, has been pledged thus far. The United Way plans to contact all corporations, small businesses and individuals in the Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City areas to involve them in the campaign...
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SURVIVOR WALL TO HIGHLIGHT AWARENESS OF BREAST CANCER
(Local News ~ 09/26/97)
Breast cancer survivors are being asked to help women learn that the disease doesn't have to be a death sentence. A Breast Cancer Survivor Wall is being organized and will be displayed at several sites in Southeast Missouri in October as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month...
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JACKSON NOON OPTIMISTS CHILI DAY SET
(Local News ~ 09/26/97)
JACKSON -- The Jackson Noon Optimist Club will hold its sixth annual Chili Day Oct. 10, at the St. Paul Lutheran Fellowship Hall in Jackson. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and the evening meal will be served from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m...
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NEW HOURS FOR HUMANE SOCIETY
(Local News ~ 09/26/97)
The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri has announced new business hours. The shelter will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays. In addition, the Humane Society has named three new board members. They are Amy Jacquin, Debbie Litzelfelner and Mary Lowry...
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NOTRE DAME MUZZLES SIKESTON BULLDOGS
(High School Sports ~ 09/26/97)
Last week, Sikeston High's soccer team did the impossible -- it beat Cape Girardeau Central for the first time. On Thursday, the Bulldogs sought to do it again -- this time against Central's cross-town rival, Notre Dame. But Notre Dame's Bulldogs had ample bite behind their bark and beat the visiting Bulldogs 5-1...
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ONE FOOT IN GRAVES; JACKSON VISITS 0-4 GRAVES CO.
(High School Sports ~ 09/26/97)
For the first time this year, the undefeated Jackson Indians won't have to worry about a football team that's bigger, faster or ranked higher than them when they face winless Graves County (Ky.) on the road tonight. In the first-ever meeting between these two teams, all the Indians have to do -- according to coach Carl Gross -- is "smell the blood" early and finish the kill...
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UNBEATEN TIGERS TRY TO SETTLE SCORE WITH MARSHALLS
(High School Sports ~ 09/26/97)
Entering tonight's home football game against Marshall County (Ky.), things appear about the same as they did last year for the undefeated Cape Central Tigers. But the Tigers don't expect the same result. Last year, the Tigers went to Kentucky with a 3-0 record but left the state with a 26-19 loss on a rain-soaked field. This time, the Tigers will once again enter 3-0, but the playing conditions at Houck Field should be much improved over last year...
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SHORT-HANDED CHARLESTON VISITS NEW MADRID TONIGHT
(High School Sports ~ 09/26/97)
New Madrid County Central was an overwhelming pre-season pick to replace Charleston on top the of the SEMO Conference Central division. Tonight the Eagles (2-1) will try to take the first step to dethroning Charleston when the Blue Jays (1-2) come to New Madrid. Last year, Charleston won 12-0 on the strength of 140 yards rushing by Larico Coleman...
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LADY TIGER SOFTBALL SQUAD RALLIES PAST POPLAR BLUFF 3-2
(High School Sports ~ 09/26/97)
Cape Girardeau Central High's softball team had a tough time with visiting Poplar Bluff Thursday but the Lady Tigers were able to rally for a 3-2 victory. Kim Aslinger was the winning pitcher for Central, which improved its record to 11-3. Aslinger worked the final three innings, allowing three hits and no runs. Jessie Keys started, giving up three hits and two unearned runs over the first four innings...
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BRIEFLY: SEMO VOLLEYBALL TEAM IN ACTION TONIGHT
(College Sports ~ 09/26/97)
Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball team will put its undefeated Ohio Valley Conference record on the line tonight when Morehead State visits Houck Field House for a 7 p.m. match. The Otahkians are 11-4 overall and 3-0 in OVC play. The Lady Eagles are 6-5 overall and 3-1 in the OVC...
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BRIEFLY: SEMO'S GRAHAM DEFINITELY OUT OF UTM GAME
(College Sports ~ 09/26/97)
Southeast Missouri State University quarterback Heath Graham has been definitely ruled out of playing against Tennessee-Martin Saturday night. Graham, still feeling the effects of a concussion he suffered last Saturday against Murray State, will not even make the trip to Martin, Tenn...
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GEORGE STAPLES
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
CHARLESTON -- George Duncan Staples, 84, of Miner Nursing Center at Miner died Thursday, Sept. 25, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 12, 1913, at Wyatt, son of George D. and Martha Jane Griggs Staples Sr. He and Golda Opal Staples were married Dec. 22, 1931. She died Oct. 29, 1991...
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NORMA DAY
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Norma Day, 66, of Cobden died Thursday, Sept. 24, 1997, at the home of a brother in Cobden. She was born Nov. 12, 1930, at Mill Creek, daughter of Peter Milo and Clara M. Poole Cruse. Day retired as an inspector with Allis-Chalmers Corp...
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EARLENE SMITH
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Earlene Smith, 52, of Jonesboro died Thursday, Sept. 25, 1997, at her home. She was born Feb. 25, 1945, in Des Arc, Ark., daughter of William Earl and Vera Belle Smith Dunn. She and Jerry D. Smith were married Dec. 20, 1963, in Anna...
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THOMAS JONES
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Thomas Harvey Jones, 71, of Gore Springs, Miss., died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1997, at his home. He was born March 2, 1926, in Columbus, Ky., son of Hubbard and Carrie Boyd Jones. Formerly of Mississippi County, Jones was a retired farm manager. He was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church near Grenada, Miss., and VFW Post 4294 in Charleston. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II...
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DOROTHEA CURRY
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
PULASKI, Ill. -- Dorothea Curry, 87, of Pulaski died Thursday, Sept. 25, 1997, at the home of a sister-in-law in Villa Ridge. She was born Sept. 19, 1910, at Ullin, daughter of Frank and Margaret Warnock Hickman. She and James L. Curry were married May 29, 1931. He died June 25, 1980...
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WALTON BROWN JR.
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
Graveside service for Walton William Brown Jr. of Herrin, Ill., was held Wednesday at St. Mary's Cemetery. The Rev. Randolph Tochtrop officiated. Johnson-Hughes Funeral Home at Herrin was in charge of arrangements. Brown, 71, died Friday, Sept. 19, 1997, at Herrin Hospital...
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ANNA UELSMANN
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
Anna Julia Uelsmann, 93, of Wheaton, Ill., died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1997, at DuPage County Convalescent Center. She was born March 15, 1904, at Commerce, daughter of Henry C. and Rosa Bretzel Koch. She and Alfred E. Uelsmann were married in 1926. He died June 30, 1964...
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OPAL LAWSON
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
SIKESTON -- Opal Viola Lawson, 83, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Dec. 28, 1913, in Wagstaff, Kan., daughter of Earl E. and Ivy Hoover Stewart. She and Horace Greeley Lawson were married Jan. 3, 1933, in Olathe, Kan. He died March 25, 1965...
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JAMES RARRICK
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
ULLIN, Ill. -- James Rarrick, 68, of Ullin died Thursday, Sept. 25, 1997, at his home. Crain Funeral Home at Ullin is in charge of arrangements.
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AVAT PYGETT
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
ANNA, Ill. -- Avat L. Pygett, 84, of Anna died Thursday, Sept. 25, 1997, at Illinois Veterans Home. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home at Anna is in charge of arrangements.
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AGNES WILSON
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Agnes Wilson, 74, of Mounds died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 20, 1923, at Tamms, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Lilly Berry. She married Thomas L. Wilson. Wilson was a member of Mounds Assembly of God Church...
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LOUISIANA MAN DIES IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 09/26/97)
A Louisiana man died Thursday afternoon when the tanker truck he was riding in overturned on Interstate 55 south of Benton. Elton York, 37, of Prairieville, La., was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, at 4:25 p.m., York was riding in a tanker truck driven by Shelton Bell, 27, of Baton Rouge, La., when Bell fell asleep at the wheel. The truck ran off the road near the 79-mile marker and overturned...
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CLINE REYNOLDS
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
Cline Lee Reynolds, 83, 1460 N. Main, died Thursday, Sept. 25, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born June 18, 1914, at Neelys Landing, son of Burley Lee and Eunice Ellis Reynolds. He married the former Lily Fumiko. Reynolds had been an engineer with Ingram Barge Lines. He was a member of La Croix United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...
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EFFIE DEEVERS
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
Private funeral service for Effie Marie Deevers of Cape Girardeau will be held today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel, with the Rev. Tommy Morrison officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park. Deevers, 92, died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1997, at Ratliff Care Center...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/26/97)
Son to Shawn Lynn Dobbs and Melanie Danielle Wilde of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:21 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12, 1997. Name, Alexander Donavan. Weight, 7 pounds 12 ounces. Second child, first son. Ms. Wilde is the daughter of Julie and Jerry Finley of Scott City and Richard Wilde of Tempe, Ariz. She is employed at Venture Stores...
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HOLLIE HISAW
(Obituary ~ 09/26/97)
DEXTER -- Hollie Lawrence Hisaw, 89, of Dexter died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1997, at Crowley Ridge Care Center. He was born Jan. 13, 1908, near Essex, son of Neilus H. and Annie Warren Hisaw. He and Annice Hooks were married May 8, 1944, in Piggott, Ark...
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CINDY MORGAN TO PERFORM AT LOCAL METHODIST CHURCH
(Local News ~ 09/26/97)
Staff members at La Croix United Methodist Church wanted a way to reach young people, and a Christian music concert came to mind. Contemporary Christian artist Cindy Morgan will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at La Croix United Methodist Church...
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