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LETTERS: CELEBRATING LIFE IN HARD TIMES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/16/97)
To the editor: Earl Appleby Jr. is director of Citizens United Resisting Euthanasia, and he lives in Berkely Springs, W.Va. He gave me permission to send this memoriam, which he wrote, to the newspaper, and I am very honored to do so: "I remember watching old Western movies with my father as a boy. ...
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PROGRESS SLOW ON SCHOOL, SAYS TALLENT
(Local News ~ 12/16/97)
May Greene and Washington elementary schools probably will remain open for an extra year, superintendent Dr. Dan Tallent told the Board of Education Monday night. Slow progress on a new elementary school near the Bertling-Sprigg intersection is to blame for the delay, Tallent said...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 12/16/97)
Monday, Dec. 15 Consent ordinances Approved an ordinance changing the zoning of parts of Lynwood Hills Estates Second Amended Subdivision from R-1 to R-4 and C-1. Approved an ordinance granting a special use permit to Cape Girardeau School District for constructing a new vocational school along Silver Springs Road...
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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: NINETY-FIVE OF THE HOTTEST WEBSITES VIE FOR THE WEBBY AWARDS (COLUMN 66)
(Column ~ 12/16/97)
Cybertip: We're taking reservations for our January Internet training classes for beginners. On Jan. 12, the class will be held from 7-9 p.m. On Jan. 21, it will be offered from 1-3 p.m. The cost is $10. To register, call Joni or Peggy at 335-6611. Drum roll please ... this month THE WEB magazine announced the nominees for the Webby Awards, dubbed the Oscars of the Web. The awards honor the best creative and innovative websites of the year and the talented people behind them...
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STUDENT ORGANIZES BOOK DRIVE
(Local News ~ 12/16/97)
SCOTT CITY -- When it comes to charity, Scott City High School senior Christina Shaw doesn't do it by the book. She does it by the books. Shaw -- aided by classmates involved in a new group called STARS -- has organized a drive to provide books to elementary students, kindergarten through sixth grade...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: NOTRE DAME TEACHER SHARES HER SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE BOTH IN AND OUT OF CLASSROOM
(Local News ~ 12/16/97)
Angela Schaefer shares her knowledge of chemistry and chemical substances both in and outside of the classroom. "In my classroom I try to take abstract topics and present them in a way that has relevance to my students' lives," said the 11-year teaching veteran who has worked her entire career at Notre Dame High School. "We are very active in providing education on drugs and substance abuse."...
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JOYOUS REWARDS: STUDENTS SELECT GIFTS USING BOBCAT BUCKS EARNED FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR
(Local News ~ 12/16/97)
Bobcat Bucks were legal tender in the Bobcat Den. Brenda Hubert, left, showed Adrian Harris a basket of bath accessories to consider as a gift. Eight-year-old Latisha Williams had her roll of Bobcat Bucks tucked in her pocket and her Christmas shopping list ready as she entered the Christmas Bobcat Den at May Greene Elementary School...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/16/97)
I WOULD like to thank the Cape Girardeau merchants that carry American-made products. I would like to ask everyone to be careful when you're shopping this Christmas. So many products from toys to shoes to household items are made in China. Please support American workers. Look for the "Made in U.S.A." label...
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S. ILLINOIS SCHOOLS ARE DOING THEIR JOBS
(Editorial ~ 12/16/97)
It is unfortunate that recent reporting by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch left the impression that schools in Meridian and Cairo, both in Southern Illinois, were among the state's worst. In fact, the Illinois schools that are among the lowest in performance rankings are in its metropolitan areas of East St. Louis, Peoria and Chicago...
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`IN THE SPIRIT' OFFERS UPLIFTING MESSAGES
(Editorial ~ 12/16/97)
Generally speaking, most news organizations tend to shy away from all by the most general reporting on religious matters, particularly those that go to the heart of a personal relationship with the Almighty. Fortunately, there are some signs of change, particularly in popular television programming that incorporates bedrock religious themes in a positive way...
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LETTERS: MORAL DECAY AND HISTORY'S LEGACY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/16/97)
To the editor: Here is a good filler: "History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse, or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster." -- Gen. Douglas McArthur...
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JACKSON OKs 1998 BUDGET BOOST; INCRESE WILL HELP COVER CITY'S EXPANSION PROJECTS
(Local News ~ 12/16/97)
JACKSON -- The 1998 budget of $12.565 million approved by the Jackson Board of Aldermen Monday night represents a 6 percent increase over the 1997 budget, a boost City Administrator Steve Wilson called "significant." Also significant are the capital expenditures the city plans to make in 1998, specifically $916,000 the growing city expects to spend on water and sewer projects during the year...
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COUNCIL PROPOSES CITY FEE HIKES; VOTERS TO ALSO DECIDE RESTAURANT TAX EXPANSION
(Local News ~ 12/16/97)
An expanded hotel-motel-restaurant tax and 13 proposed fee increases on everything from cat and dog licenses to sewer hookup fees will go before Cape Girardeau voters in April. The City Council approved placing all those items on the ballot for the April 7 municipal election at a meeting Monday night...
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FAMILY WITH NO HEAT GETS FREE FURNACE
(Local News ~ 12/16/97)
A Cape Girardeau family who were spending the winter in a house warmed by only a single space heater received the Christmas gift of a furnace Monday. The plight of Debbie Hunt and her children Shane, 4, and Kevin Jr., 4 months, came to light last week. The furnace in the house they rent from Hunt's grandmother could not be lighted because of two holes that were potential sources of carbon monoxide...
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COUNTY'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS RANK WELL IN STUDENT AVERAGES (MAKING THE GRADE -- PART THREE)
(Local News ~ 12/16/97)
Information in Cape Girardeau County public schools' report cards ranks favorably in comparisons to student-oriented state averages, but the districts generally lag behind in financial comparisons. Cape Girardeau, Delta, Jackson, Nell Holcomb and Oak Ridge schools all met or exceeded many state averages on student information such as attendance, dropout rates and student-teacher ratios...
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HOLIDAY SEASON TURNS BUSY FOR POST OFFICES; MONDAY IS BUSIEST DAY OF SEASON FOR POSTAL SERVICE
(Local News ~ 12/16/97)
Santa and the reindeer may get all the press this time of year, but the U.S. Postal Service hauls the heavy load of Christmas cards and holiday packages. Monday was expected to be the busiest day of the year at the nation's post offices. Nationwide, the Postal Service handled an estimated 280 million cards and letters Monday...
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BETWEEN THE LINES: FAMILIAR PLACES, FRIENDLY FACES GIVE SMALL TOWNS CHARM
(Column ~ 12/16/97)
I can't say I was surprised to receive my copy of Time magazine and see that the cover story was about Small Town, USA. Nor was I surprised to read the article and learn that more Americans than ever are fleeing the city and heading to smaller towns and villages. After only a year in the city, I did the same thing...
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INDIANS, 4-4, JUST A FEW SHOTS SHY OF 7-1
(College Sports ~ 12/16/97)
Considering they have played the likes of Missouri, Colorado and Bradley so far, a 4-4 record for Southeast Missouri State University's basketball Indians looks pretty decent. But, throw in just a few timely shots here and there and the Indians could be 7-1 right now...
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LADY TIGERS HAND SCOTT CITY FIRST SETBACK OF SEASON
(High School Sports ~ 12/16/97)
The Scott City Lady Rams hoped to be one of only three undefeated basketball teams as the eight-team HealthSouth Holiday Classic starts today. The Cape Central Lady Tigers had other ideas Monday night. The Lady Tigers never gave visiting Scott City a chance, using their quickness on defense to open a 17-4 first-quarter lead and rolling to a 56-32 victory...
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SE's RUBIO GETS MORE ALL-AMERICA RECOGNITION
(College Sports ~ 12/16/97)
The honors just keep rolling in for Southeast Missouri State University football standout Angel Rubio. Rubio, a defensive tackle for the Indians who completed his eligibility this year, was named on Monday to the American Football Coaches Association Division I-AA All-America team...
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ND GETS IN HOLIDAY FRAME OF MIND, BEATS LADY CATS
(High School Sports ~ 12/16/97)
Notre Dame High's girls basketball team tuned up for this week's big HealthSouth Holiday Classic by rolling past visiting Fredericktown 59-32 Monday night. The Lady Bulldogs, who improved to 7-1, got 15 points from Randi Senciboy and 11 from Melissa Maurer...
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THOMPSON NAMED TO REGIONAL SOCCER TEAM
(High School Sports ~ 12/16/97)
A Cape Girardeau youth became the first area soccer player to be named to a Regional Olympic Development Soccer Program during a soccer camp this summer in Edwardsville (Ill.). Jon Mark Thompson, a 14-year-old eighth-grader at Cape Central Junior High, was the only Missouri youth chosen to the 26-player Regional Olympic Development Program team. The camp, hosted by Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, featured approximately 300 players from 13 states in the region...
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YOUTH BRIEFS: MISSOURI SOCCER REGISTRATION
(High School Sports ~ 12/16/97)
The Missouri Olympic Development Program will hold registration Sunday, Dec. 21, at the park shelter in Shawnee Park in Cape Girardeau. Participants must be registered with the Missouri Youth Soccer Association. Cost for ODP registration is $35 and includes two ODP T-shirts. The registration is for boys born 1980-84...
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YOUTH BRIEFS: SEMO BASEBALL CAMPS
(College Sports ~ 12/16/97)
Spots are still available for Southeast Missouri State University's winter baseball camps. There will be three more camps, one hitting camp and two pitching/catching camps. For each camp, ages 8 through eighth grade will meet from 8 a.m.-noon and grades 9-12 will meet from 1-5 p.m...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/16/97)
Son to Rickey D. and Sharon K. Braswell of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:48 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, 1997. Name, Christopher Lee. Weight, 7 pounds 6 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Braswell is the former Sharon Sample, daughter of David and LaVerne Sample of Patton. Braswell is the son of Bettye Woodard of Jackson. He is employed at Cotner Electric...
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GARNET CONYERS
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Garnet Conyers, formerly of Charleston, will be held at 2 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Joel Godard will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Conyers, 81, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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ERMA DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
Erma Bell Davis, 91, of Greenfield, Ind., died Sunday, Dec. 14, 1997, at her home. She was born Feb. 7, 1906, at Dudley, daughter of Amos and Mandalia McCoy Woods. She and George Washington Davis were married Jan. 20, 1924. He died July 11, 1966. Davis spent most of her life in Stoddard County, moving to Greenfield in October 1996...
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EDWARD SITZE
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
Graveside memorial service for Edward Sitze, formerly of Cedar Hill, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Dudenville Cemetery in Lamar. The Rev. Cliff Crockett will officiate. Chapel Hill Mortuary in Cedar Hill is in charge of arrangements. Sitze, 79, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 1997, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau...
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FLOYD CLARK
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
MATTHEWS -- Funeral service for Floyd Clark of Matthews will be held at 2 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Cecil Adams will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston. Clark, 75, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Siketon...
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BETTY OXFORD
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Betty J. Oxford, 74, of McClure died Sunday, Dec. 14, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Aug. 9, 1923, in Chicago, daughter of John F. and Emmaline Van Ness Cullen. She and J.W. Oxford were married in June 1943, in St. Louis...
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LOUISE SWANK
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Louise A. Swank of Charleston will be held at 11 a.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Bill Summers will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Swank, 81, died Friday, Dec. 12, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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BENJAMIN A. KING SR.
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
JACKSON -- A private service for Benjamin Arthur King Sr. of Heritage Gardens in Jackson was held Sunday at Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Julius Mills officiated. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau was in charge of arrangements...
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HAZEL DANIEL
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
ADVANCE -- Hazel F. Daniel, 84, of Advance died Saturday, Dec. 13, 1997, at her home. She was born Aug. 14, 1913, at Bessville, daughter of Miles F. and Mary F. Long Moore. She married Leonard Myrle Daniel March 7, 1936 at Jackson. He died Aug. 15, 1997...
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EMMAJEAN CALVERT
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Emmajean Calvert, 71, of Barlow, Ky., formerly of Cairo, died Monday, Dec. 15, 1997, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo. Calvert was a cook at the former St. Mary's Hospital, and member of First Southern Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Edwin Calvert; three daughters, Kay Patterson of Clarkston, Mich., Sue Moreland of Ware, Connie Bray of Barlow; five sons, Edwin Calvert of East Cape Girardeau, David Calvert of Olive Branch, Melvin Calvert of Bardwell, Ky., Michael Calvert, Mounds Route 1, Jerry Calvert of Cairo; 16 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.. ...
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HOMER STAMP SR.
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Homer Millard Stamp Sr., 77, of Scott City died Sunday, Dec. 14, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 30, 1920, in Gorham, Ill., son of Elmer and Lena Welch Stamp. He and Theda Frances Lambert were married June 29, 1940, in Cape Girardeau...
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CLINTON RYAN
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Clinton Ryan, 67, of Ullin died Monday, Dec. 15, 1997, on arrival at Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis. He was born Feb. 27, 1930, at Ullin, son of Oscar and Florence Aldrich Ryan. He and Margaret Johnson were married May 31, 1968, in Metropolis...
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MARGARET BAKER
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Margaret L. Keating Baker of Scott City, formerly of St. Charles, died Friday, Dec. 12, 1997. She first married Herman Arthur Keating, then married Lewis Barnes Baker, and later married Gene "Bake" Baker. Baker worked at Bussmann Fuse Co. 27 years, retiring in 1982...
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KENNETH HAGER
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
JACKSON -- Kenneth D. Hager, 74, of Jackson died Monday, Dec. 15, 1997, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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DALE DITZLER
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
OAK RIDGE -- Dale V. Ditzler, 69, of Oak Ridge died Monday, Dec. 15, 1997, in the Emergency Room at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 28, 1928, in Nebraska, son of Jack and Florence Cook Ditzler. He and Juanita Griffith were married Aug. 16, 1967...
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VIRGIL SMITH
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
BELL CITY -- Virgil J. Smith, 67, of Bell City died Sunday, Dec. 14, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 17, 1930, in St. Louis, son of Thomas Adam and Lucretia Noles Smith. He first married Betty Jo Haws June 7, 1952. He later married Tina Caldwell Feb. 14, 1995...
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HELEN BAYLESS
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
Funeral service for Helen Bayless of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. Burial will be in Mounds Park Cemetery at Lilbourn. Bayless, 74, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 17, 1923, at Mountain Grove, daughter of Ova Wilson and Sarah Ingerham Bayless...
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PAULINE NIESTRATH
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Pauline E. Niestrath, 82, of LeRoy died Saturday, Dec. 13, 1997, at LeRoy Manor. She was born March 19, 1915, in Mounds, daughter of Otto Hugh and Rose Lovelette Kekow. She and Bill Henry Niestrath were married Nov. 14, 1936, at Mounds. He died Nov. 18, 1997...
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KEN BYASSEE
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
DELTA -- Kenneth James Byassee, 33, of Delta died Monday, Dec. 15, 1997, at his home. He was born Jan. 2, 1964, in St. Louis, son of James M. and Sharon Lee Santhuff Byassee. Byassee was a salesman. Survivors include his father of Commerce; a brother, Randy Byassee, and a sister, Peggy Rulo, both of Benton...
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GERALD MURRAY
(Obituary ~ 12/16/97)
AFFTON, Mo. -- Gerald E. Murray of Affton died Saturday, Dec. 13, 1997. He was 78 years old. He was born May 6, 1919, in Farmington. In 1944 he married Velma P. Ringenisen. He later married Roberta Reiff. He lived in St. Louis city, Hazelwood and St. Louis County and worked for Anheuser-Busch from 1943 to 1983...
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