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PROGRAM ON BIRDS AT LIBRARY WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 01/13/98)
The Cape Girardeau Public Library will offer a program on birds for youngsters in grades 1-6 at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Dr. William Eddleman of the Four Seasons Chapter of the National Audubon Society will give a slide show on Missouri birds and interesting facts about them. Children will also make their own bird feeders to take home...
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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: INTERNET CELEBRATES MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH (COLUMN 71)
(Column ~ 01/13/98)
On Monday the nation will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. That means schools, federal offices, post offices and banks across America will be closed. But more than the day off, Monday gives us a time to reflect on Martin Luther King and the importance of black history in America. There are a lot of sites on the Internet that focus on both...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: ALMA SCHRADER TEACHER WORKS IN CLASSROOM SHE ATTENDED AS CHILD
(Local News ~ 01/13/98)
Alma Schrader Elementary School teacher Missy Ashby is a newcomer to the field of education, but she is starting her career on familiar ground. Ashby, who graduated from Southeast Missouri State University last May, attended Alma Schrader and currently teaches in the same sixth-grade classroom she once attended class...
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PEOPLE AND THINGS: SOUTHWEST HONOR ROLL
(Honor Roll ~ 01/13/98)
Southwest Missouri State University has released the names of students who were named on last fall's honor roll. From Cape Girardeau were Emily R. Grosebeck, Amber V. Keller, Tricia L. Keller and Jaime M. Welker. From Jackson were Christopher M. Jaco, Andrea L. King, Jennifer Reisenbichler, Erin E. Uhrhan, Darla L. Upchurch, Edgar L. Upchurch Jr. and Stayci L. Wendel...
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"A" IS FOR ATTENDANCE: WOODLAND TEACHER WORKS 56 YEARS WITHOUT MISSING A DAY
(Local News ~ 01/13/98)
Naomi Duncan discussed an art assignment with student Jennifer Wells at Woodland School. Maybe the secret to Naomi Duncan's success was in the apples. The Woodland junior and senior high school art teacher has received many an apple in her 56-year teaching career, which might explain why she hasn't had one absence in that entire time...
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SOUTH SIDE CLEANUP URGED
(Local News ~ 01/13/98)
Cape Girardeau's South Side needs cleaning up, and Ted Coalter has the pictures to prove it. Coalter, president of Haarig Area Development Corp., shared photos of South Side property code violations with members of his organization and Friends of the South Side at a joint meeting of the two organizations Monday night...
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BARGE RAMS CASINO BOARDING RAMP
(Local News ~ 01/13/98)
CARUTHERSVILLE -- A runaway barge struck the patron boarding ramp of Casino Aztar riverboat Sunday night. No one was on the ramp and there were no injuries, but the loading ramp was damaged. Patrons aboard the "City of Caruthersville" riverboat, which houses the gambling casino, had to exit by an employee boarding ramp...
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COUNTY SALES TAXES UP; JANUARY PAYMENT 13 PERCENT ABOVE YEAR AGO
(Local News ~ 01/13/98)
JACKSON -- If January sales tax revenue is any indication, this year could be a stellar one for Cape Girardeau County finances. The county's one-half-cent sales tax took in $398,655, an increase of 13 percent over January 1997. "Thirteen percent is a huge increase," said County Auditor H. Weldon Macke. "If it keeps up like this we could be looking at a real good year."...
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TEEN-AGER KILLED IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 01/13/98)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Illinois State Police were investigating a two-vehicle accident that claimed the life of a 15-year-old boy near Wolf Lake Sunday. Being held on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, improper lane usage and reckless homicide was Gene L. Ellet, 42, of Grand Tower. Ellet was the driver of one of two pickup trucks that crashed on Route 3 about a mile north of Wolf Lake at 5:15 p.m...
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BETWEEN THE LINES: CREATING THE ILLUSION OF ORGANIZATION ISN'T EASY
(Column ~ 01/13/98)
As organized as I am, even I didn't observe National Clean Off Your Desk Day Monday. And I'd guess most of the nation didn't either. When I first read about Clean Off Your Desk Day, I was amused. I think it's rather hilarious that there is a national observance for cleaning off your desk. It's something I try to do every day...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/13/98)
SO I see the Missouri Legislature is now in session. I wonder if they'll do any more this year other than work their mouths and draw their salaries. ACCORDING TO the dictionary, a liberal is characterized by favoring progress or reform and as being broad-minded, whereas a conservative is inclined to preserve an existing order and is opposed to change. ...
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PLENTY OF ACCORD IN ATTACKING METH LABS
(Editorial ~ 01/13/98)
In an era of political divisiveness, nothing brings lawmakers, law enforcement agencies and top elected officials in Missouri together more than the epidemic of methamphetamine labs that produce a highly addictive drug made from easy-to-obtain ingredients...
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PIECEMEAL APPROACH TO UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
(Editorial ~ 01/13/98)
In what will likely be seen as a popular move among potential eligible recipients, President Clinton has proposed a plan to offer Medicare to certain individuals under the customary 65-year-old age limit. Workers who lose their jobs and need insurance could get Medicare coverage at age 55, while early retirees could get on the plan at age 62. In both cases, the new Medicare participants would have to pay monthly premiums of $300 to $400...
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LETTERS: SCHOOL BIAS: REFLECT THE COMMUNITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/13/98)
To the editor: I have been reading about a court case in Alabama that deals with government involvement in religion. The case involves a justice telling schools that they can't have any officially sanctioned religious activity in the schools. He even says that he will send marshals of the court out to the schools to ensure that no school violates his ruling. ...
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LETTERS: CROSSBOWS TREATED LIKE FIREARMS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/13/98)
To the editor: Mention the term crossbow, and images of medieval castle guards (bad guys) shooting downtrodden peasants (good guys) comes to mind. In most respects, the crossbow is directly comparable to the other three archery methods: longbow, recurve and compound. All shoot arrows. Since archer devices are not directly comparable to firearms, they should be regulated differently...
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LETTERS: ASHCROFT IS DOING THE RIGHT THINGS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/13/98)
To the editor: U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft has the distinction of having the second-best voting record in the Senate concerning issues that are important to the citizens and the future of our country. As anyone who has been paying attention can see, most of the representatives and senators are concerned with the international bankers and corporations while the common people are suffering every imaginable abuse that can be bestowed upon them by out-of-control federal agencies. ...
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AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS, CONFERENCE SET IN AREA
(Local News ~ 01/13/98)
New Trends in Crop Production, Ag Expo '97 and a Master Trees Program are among agricultural programs scheduled in the Southeast Missouri area during January and February. Gene Stevens, a state nutrient management specialist, will be guest speaker at the New Trends in Crop Production program, to be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall at Jackson Thursday...
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INDIANS TO FACE EITHER KITTENS OR TIGERS TONIGHT
(College Sports ~ 01/13/98)
Which Tennessee State basketball team is going to show up tonight? Southeast Missouri State University coach Gary Garner is certainly wondering about that himself. The Tigers looked like one of the Ohio Valley Conference's top squads more than a month ago when they came to Cape Girardeau and beat the Indians 79-77 in overtime...
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ELEY WILL LIKELY SEE ACTION
(College Sports ~ 01/13/98)
All indications are that tonight will mark the return to action for Southeast Missouri State University basketball standout Bud Eley. The Indians' 6-foot-10 center, who suffered a broken bone in his right foot against Southern Illinois on Dec. 11, has missed Southeast's last seven games...
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TECH REPLACEMENT MAKES OTAHK PLANS RUN AFOUL
(College Sports ~ 01/13/98)
Southeast women's basketball coach Ed Arnzen got just what he was looking for Monday night at the Show Me Center against the Tennessee Tech Eaglettes. But despite Ohio Valley Conference preseason Player of the Year Diane Seng getting into early foul trouble for Tech, the Otahkians still lost their fourth consecutive game 66-60...
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SCOTT-MISS TOURNAMENT OPENS WITH BLOWOUTS
(High School Sports ~ 01/13/98)
CHAFFEE -- The scores were unsightly in first-round play in the Scott-Mississippi Conference girls basketball tournament. In Monday's first game, No. 4 Delta beat No. 5 Chaffee 40-24. Then things got really ugly. Third-seeded Scott County Central hammered No. 6 Oran 86-29 in the second game. Then, No. 2 Kelly destroyed No. 7 East Prairie 90-15...
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DOVIE DOCHNAL
(Obituary ~ 01/13/98)
PUXICO -- Dovie Dochnal, 91, of St. Louis died Sunday, Jan. 11, 1998, at Pacific Care Center in Pacific. She was born Dec. 24, 1906, near Puxico, daughter of Robert and Josephine Swan. She and Joseph Dochnal Jr. were married July 5, 1941, in Puxico. He died Aug. 28, 1977...
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WOODROW WHITE
(Obituary ~ 01/13/98)
DUDLEY -- Woodrow Wilson White, 81, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 1998, at Mineral Area Hospital in Farmington. He was born Jan. 6, 1917, at St. Elmo, Ill., son of William and Malinda Yates White. He and Oma Roe were married May 24, 1939, at Poplar Bluff. Formerly of St. Louis, White had lived in the Dudley area since 1966...
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LOVIE STRAUSER
(Obituary ~ 01/13/98)
DEXTER -- Lovie Strauser, 84, of Dexter died Sunday, Jan. 11, 1998, at Crowley Ridge Care Center. She was born Jan. 23, 1913, at Bloomfield, daughter of Shirl and Roxie Christian Wilson. She and Charley Strauser were married Oct. 21, 1932, at Bloomfield. He died Jan. 8, 1989...
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NORMAN KOCH
(Obituary ~ 01/13/98)
Norman C. Koch, 87, of Missouri Veterans Home died Sunday, Jan. 11, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born May 1, 1910, in Cape Girardeau, son of Louis and Clara Rose Meinz Koch. He and Sylvia Cooper were married Feb. 2, 1935, in Mounds, Ill. She died Nov. 3, 1995...
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LOUIS CURRY
(Obituary ~ 01/13/98)
DELTA -- Louis M. Curry, 80, of Delta died Monday, Jan. 12, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 11, 1917, at Jackson, son of James B. and Leona F. Mabrey Curry. He and Pauline Acup were married Oct. 9, 1937. She died Oct. 25, 1968. He later married Earlene Givens March 12, 1970...
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RUBY GUILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 01/13/98)
ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Ruby Atrice Guilliams of Advance will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Morgan Funeral Home. The Revs. Earl Reinhart and Larry Greenfield will officiate, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4:30-8 p.m. today...
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DILLIE BROWN
(Obituary ~ 01/13/98)
SIKESTON -- Dillie H. Brown, 85, of Sikeston died Monday, Jan. 12, 1998, at Sikeston Health Care. She was born May 9, 1912, at Cuba Landing, Mo., daughter of R.E. and Elizabeth Rains Horner. She married Howard E. Brown, who preceded her in death in 1941...
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MARION VERBLE
(Obituary ~ 01/13/98)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Marion L. Verble, 76, of Mound City died Sunday, Jan. 11, 1998, at his home. He was born May 9, 1921, in Dongola, son of John and Elizabeth Penninger Verble. Verble was a guard with Louisiana Dock Co. in Urbandale. He was a member of First Baptist Church...
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AREL FOWLER
(Obituary ~ 01/13/98)
DEXTER -- Arel Fowler of Dexter died Monday, Jan. 12, 1998, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center in Dexter. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home at Dexter is in charge of arrangements.
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HAZEL DRISKILL
(Obituary ~ 01/13/98)
BELL CITY -- Funeral service for Hazel M. Driskill will be held at 2 p.m. today at Garden Ridge General Baptist Church near Bell City. The Revs. Rick Roberts and Everett Hessling will officiate. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston...
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