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LETTERS: USE AUTO LIGHTS FOR DAYTIME SAFETY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/29/98)
To the editor: I clipped the following letter from the Council Grove (Kan.) Republican and though it worthy of reprinting: The shorter daylight hours and the sometimes hazy conditions that wintertime brings on to me presents extra driving problems of seeing approaching vehicles on our highways. ...
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COMMUNITY CARING COUNCIL CARING CONFERENCE FEB. 13
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
The Community Caring Council will hold its ninth annual Caring Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 13, at Drury Lodge. The Rev. Leo Booth, a nationally recognized speaker, will give the keynote program. Topic of the conference is "Healthy Self-Care for the Professional."...
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FEW OPENINGS REMAIN FOR FEBRUARY INTERNET CLASSES
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
Limited openings remain for the two beginning Internet classes to be led by the Southeast Missourian web staff in February. The first class will be held Monday, Feb. 9, from 7-9 p.m. in Dempster Hall on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. The university is a co-sponsor of the community training...
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SHORT STORY WINNERS
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
Three Central High School students and a seventh-grader from Nell Holcomb School have been named winners of the Cape Girardeau Public Library 1998 Short Story Contest. They were among 91 students who entered the first-ever contest. The winners are: -- Cody Farrow, 13, whose parents are Alan and Faye Farrow...
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WRESTLING FANATICS: MONDAY NIGHTS, TVs ARE TUNED TO WRESTLING
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
Cape Girardean Bill Dunn holds the distinction of being the last person thrown out of the wrestling ring in the old Boston Garden. That might be a little closer than most professional wrestling fans want to get to the action. For Dunn, the television ring announcer for the World Wrestling Federation for more than three years, it was all part of the job...
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WWF LIVE: THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION LIVE TOUR COMES TO THE SHOW ME CENTER WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
Professional wrestling has had its highs and lows at the Show Me Center, from the 1988 sellout starring Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan to the lean years between 1993 and 1996, when no wrestlers appeared. Wrestling returns Wednesday when the World Wrestling Federation's Live Tour comes to the Show Me Center for a series of matches beginning at 7:30 p.m...
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WEAVER WINS MUSIC PRIZE
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
Diana Weaver, a sophomore piano performance major at Southeast, won first prize Saturday in a competition at Jefferson City. The contest was sponsored by the Missouri Federation of Music Clubs. The Cape Girardeau native won the Ruby and Enos McClure Award from a field of eight students from across the state. The cash award was $200...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/29/98)
I WAS in Arkansas just before Clinton was elected. An 86-year-old woman peddling cantaloupes in Heber, Ark., told me, "This scoundrel has got in now, and if he messes this country like he has this state, only God can help us." And I see what she meant now. It rings loud and clear...
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DAY CARE AT SCHOOL NEEDS CAREFUL REVIEW
(Editorial ~ 01/29/98)
Plans to provide more early-childhood education and school-based day-care facilities, formally proposed by Gov. Mel Carnahan in his State of the State Address last week, has a long way to go before being adopted by the Missouri Legislature. The plan is premised on the idea that pre-kindergarten youngsters would benefit from more educational opportunities. ...
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MALICIOUS RUMORS LEAVE COMMUNITY SCARS
(Editorial ~ 01/29/98)
It isn't often that the Southeast Missourian writes a front-page story about rumormongering in a small town like Ste. Genevieve. But the circumstances several days ago made such a story imperative, in large part because this newspaper figured so prominently in the rumors...
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LETTERS: DON'T CRIMINALIZE TEEN-AGE SMOKING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/29/98)
To the editor: Regarding the Jan. 24 article, "Teen tobacco law proposal stirs debate": If any of you think for a moment your are protecting teens against an evil, let me tell you that you are wrong. You are setting the stage for devastation among our teens. Your way of thinking defies all logic to my way of thinking...
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LETTERS: MESSAGE TO CLINTON: I FEEL YOUR PAIN
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/29/98)
To the editor: Everyone thinks our nation is in a crisis. It's not our nation, it's our presidency. Is any surprised? I think not. What's surprising is the media coverage. This is a good, trashy scandal, and it doesn't get any better than this. Combining Gennifer, Susan, Paula and Monica -- even the soap opera writers couldn't have come up with a better script...
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LETTERS: ST. PAUL LUTHERAN GETS Y.E.L.L. GRANT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/29/98)
To the editor: On behalf of St. Paul Lutheran School, I would like to thank the Southeast Missourian and the Area United Way for allowing our students to benefit from the Y.E.L.L. program. We very much appreciate the grant we received which will benefit our school's reading program as well as the daily delivery of the Southeast Missourian to our eighth-grade students...
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LETTERS: ST. VINCENT STUDENTS APPRICATE HELP
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/29/98)
To the editor: Thank you for the services you provide to Cape Girardeau and the area around it. You have provided many people with information that they would be lost without in current events. Also, St. Vincent de Paul School especially thanks you for allowing the seventh grade newspaper to be printed. You have provided much to our community, and it is well appreciated...
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LETTERS: SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDS ARE BORROWED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/29/98)
To the editor: Recently, there is much ado about a federal government surplus. There is no surplus. Here's why. The budget is said to be in balance because each year money is borrowed from the Social Security Trust Fund. Currently, the system will take in about $500 billion. ...
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REGENTS OK ST. LOUIS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents approved plans Wednesday for the school to offer an industrial technology degree program in St. Louis. The regents also approved issuance of $8.65 million in revenue bonds to fund improvements to the recreation fields at Sprigg and Bertling, expand the Student Recreation Center, and retire the center's prior bond issue...
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CVB CONSIDERS CUTTING WORKERS
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
Cape Girardeau's Convention and Visitors Bureau advisory board will study the paddlewheelers' pay schedule. A suggestion in the CVB's marketing plan calls for eliminating the pay schedule entirely and making all of the CVB paddlewheelers -- workers who act as tour guides or greeters at various city events or fill in at the CVB office on weekends -- volunteers...
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400 ATTEND DONALD HARRISON MEMORIAL
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
Former Southeast Missouri State University regent Donald L. Harrison was remembered Wednesday for his leadership and financial support in the creation of a first-class business college. Harrison was also remembered as a tireless entrepreneur, whose business helped build the nation's interstate system and several sections of the Pan American Highway in Guatemala and El Salvador...
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DETOURS NECESSARY FOR WORK ON SEWERS
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
Sewer work that has closed sections of heavily-traveled streets and disrupted traffic will continue for at least the next several weeks and possibly a month, the Cape Girardeau city engineer said Wednesday. The work, part of the city's sanitary sewer improvement program begun in 1996, claimed the northbound lane of West End Boulevard between Independence and Broadway this week. Work on Park Street north of Independence continues, keeping that road down to one lane of traffic...
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VO-TECH CUISINE A REAL HIT
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
Wearing a puffy white chef's hat, Sam Jones Jr. checked the dough for dinner rolls. Almost ready for the oven, he decided. Fresh, homemade rolls are just one item on the menu at the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School's mini restaurant. The restaurant is run and operated by students in the school's culinary arts class taught by Carol Scherer. It is open to the public from 11:20 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays for eight weeks...
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JACKSON'S OUTLYING SCHOOLS MAY REMAIN
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
JACKSON -- Last month patrons of Gordonville and Millersville elementary schools cited a safe, comfortable learning environment and long-standing tradition as reasons they wanted their children to remain in attendance at the outlying district schools...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: IT'S NICE TO HAVE AN EMOTIONAL BAROMETER AROUND THE HOUSE
(Column ~ 01/29/98)
Jan. 29, 1998 Dear Patty, Hank and Lucy awakened me as usual this morning. First a clomp, clomp, clomp echoes on the back stairs, then it's the ticking sound of eight paws trying to accelerate in the hardwood hallway, followed by twin bounds that send shockwaves through the mattress...
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INDIANS HOPE TO STOP LOSING PLAYERS, GAMES
(College Sports ~ 01/29/98)
When standout center Bud Eley first went down with a broken foot in December, Southeast Missouri State University basketball coach Gary Garner loved the way the Indians stepped up and played the next few games, including a near-upset of Missouri. Now that Eley is injured again -- as is steady, consistent forward Demetrius Watson -- Garner is hoping the Indians can once again rise to the occasion and lift the overall level of their play even without two of their top performers...
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NCAA HEATING UP INVESTIGATION; SE HOPES TO AVOID GETTING BURNED IN FLORIDA
(College Sports ~ 01/29/98)
Several Southeast Missouri State University officials -- including head men's basketball coach Gary Garner -- are getting ready for a trip to Florida, but they're not going to the sunshine state for a vacation. The Southeast contingent will depart for Fort Myers on Friday. ...
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BRUSH WITH NCAA SECOND IN SOUTHEAST HISTORY
(College Sports ~ 01/29/98)
Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball program, which is in the final weeks of an NCAA investigation into alleged violations, has had another brush with the NCAA, that occurring nearly 20 years ago when violations at the school were deemed to be relatively minor...
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/98)
Denver Stuckey School: Kelly Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Position: Point Guard Coach: Kent Mangels Week report: Stuckey led the Hawks to the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament championship last week, putting Kelly back in the state rankings. ...
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TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWED AT UNIVERSITY
(Local News ~ 01/29/98)
The Frances Brady Wall Scholarship, which is designed to assist students pursuing teacher education, has been endowed at Southeast Missouri State University. Scholarship contributions provided by Marty A. Stephens of Warsaw, Ind., grandson of Frances Brady Wall, and matching gifts from Kimble Glass Inc. of Vineland, N.J., total $10,500...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/29/98)
Son to R. Karl and Wendy Kunc of Burke, Va., INOVA Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., 9:19 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1998. Name, Ryan Keenan. Weight, 8 pounds 1 ounce. Second child, first son. Mrs. Kunc is the former Wendy Hager, daughter of Harold and Jeanine Hager of Cape Girardeau. She is a project manager with the Department of the Air Force at the Pentagon. Kunc is the son of Ramon and Ila Kunc of Ralston, Neb. He is a cartographer with Scribing Services Inc. of Frederick, Md...
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HELEN JAMES
(Obituary ~ 01/29/98)
MARBLE HILL -- Helen Austin James, 89, of Troy, Ill., died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1998, at Elmwood Nursing Rehabilitation Center in Maryville, Ill. She was born June 19, 1908, at Lutesville, daughter of Robert Lee and Elizabeth Sample Teeters. She and Fred Austin were married Jan. 15, 1927. He preceded her in death. She later married Victor James Oct. 9, 1948. He also preceded her in death...
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FLOYD BRYANT
(Obituary ~ 01/29/98)
BENTON -- Funeral service for Floyd Alvin Bryant of Champaign, Ill., will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Church of God in Morley. Eldon Cowell will officiate, with burial in New Morley Cemetery at Morley. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton after 4 p.m. today...
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EDNA HUNZE
(Obituary ~ 01/29/98)
Edna G. Howard Hunze, 86, of Ferguson, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 1998, at her home. She was formerly of Cape Girardeau. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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NORMAN MIESNER
(Obituary ~ 01/29/98)
FROHNA -- Norman E. Miesner, 65, of Frohna died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 1998, in Perry County. He was born Jan. 31, 1932, at Farrar, son of Alvin and Paula Roth Miesner. Miesner was a farmer. He was a member of Salem Lutheran Church at Farrar, and American Legion Post 133...
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DORIS SNIDER
(Obituary ~ 01/29/98)
CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Doris Louise Snider, Chaffee Route 1, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Gerald Collier will officiate, with burial in Union Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 5 p.m. today...
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