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EVEN WITH NEW SCHOOLS, JACKSON'S OPENING SMOOTH
(Local News ~ 08/27/98)
JACKSON -- Administrators were met with no unpleasant surprises during the first day of Jackson school classes Wednesday. Enrollment continued its four-year climb when 4,332 students reported for classes. Administrators had anticipated a slight dip in enrollment based on the number of students preregistered for classes...
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NEW BUILDINGS PLANNED FOR DELTA CENTER
(Local News ~ 08/27/98)
PORTAGEVILLE -- G.W. Rone Exhibit Hall will become a reality at the University of Missouri's Delta Center by January. Construction of the 60-by-240-foot structure, which will be erected on the Lee Farm about seven miles southeast of Portageville, will get under way next month. Funding was approved more than a year ago...
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HOSPITAL MERGER: QUALITY VITAL TO BUSINESS
(Local News ~ 08/27/98)
Employers will want to know what a merger of Cape Girardeau's two hospitals would mean for them and their employees. As the administrators of Southeast Missouri Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center begin spelling out details of the proposed merger, business owners will want to know what the bottom line would be for health-care services, said John Mehner, president of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: THE HALCYON DAYS OF ELEPHANTS AND THE DOORS IN THE NIGHT
(Column ~ 08/27/98)
Aug. 27, 1998 Dear Julie, The cavernous blue sky and barely-fading warmth in Missouri at the end of August trigger in my brain old images of a bittersweet childhood passage -- summer's end and school's beginning. In childhood, fear is exciting and the excitement of a new school year made treasures of those days when I can recall doing nothing more than watching "I Love Lucy" reruns and putting baseball cards on my bicycle spokes...
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TOP MULE KICKS OFF FAIR HORSE SHOW
(Local News ~ 08/27/98)
His name is Just Plain Fred. And with rider Martha Ann Huck, the mule won top honors in the Great Celebration Mule and Donkey Show in Shelbyville, Tenn. Just Plain Fred and Huck will open the 10th annual SEMO District Fair's Horse Show Sept. 13. The show begins with a pet parade at 1 p.m. The horse show starts at 1:30 p.m...
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BANK PLEASED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE
(Local News ~ 08/27/98)
Some children in Cape Girardeau and Jackson will be better prepared for the start of school thanks to a school supply drive coordinated by employees at Mercantile Bank. Larger-than-life Crayola crayon boxes were placed at grocery stores and retail outlets where schools supplies are sold. Response was good...
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RIVER HERITAGE QUILTERS GUILD TO HOLD QUILT SHOW
(Local News ~ 08/27/98)
River Heritage Quilters Guild members will hold their second judged quilt show Sept. 26 and 27. The event will be held at Centenary United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 300 N. Ellis. Admission is $3. A highlight of this year's show will be a miniature-quilt silent auction. Proceeds will go to Breast Cancer Awareness. Guild members are donating miniature quilts and wall hangings for the auction, which will be held both days. Minimum bid for a miniature quilt is $5...
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LETTERS: FARMER'S WIFE RESPONDS TO DOCTOR
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/27/98)
To the editor: This is in response to Dr. Kamath's letter. He chose his profession, so he should learn to roll with the punches. Free market is a joke. Just ask my husband. He's a farmer.He works 40-plus hours a week at a heating and air conditioning company so he can keep our "business" of farming above water. We depend on the weather and insect control and have problems with pink eye, birthing, weeds and, yes, the government, to name a few...
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SCOTT CO. SEEKS TAX FOR SENIOR SERVICES
(Editorial ~ 08/27/98)
Scott County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to adopt a tax to fund services for senior citizens. A proposal for a 5-cent tax on each $100 of assessed valuation will appear on the general election ballot. The Scott County Commission agreed last week to place the measure before voters after meeting with representatives of senior-citizens groups...
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CAPE GIRARDEAN IS WORLD-CLASS SWIMMER
(Editorial ~ 08/27/98)
A world-class swimmer who is earning recognition in far-off places calls Cape Girardeau home. That would be Jonathon Younghouse, a 1996 graduate of Central High School who will be a junior this fall at the University of Texas at Austin. After a strong sophomore year there, Younghouse has burst onto the national scene...
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AREA SOCCER FIGURES TO ONCE AGAIN FEATURE PLENTY OF COMPETITION
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/98)
As is generally the case, there figures to be plenty of competition for area supremacy among high school boys soccer teams this season. Cape Girardeau Central, which has fielded strong squads consistently over most of the past decade, will be trying to bounce back from an uncharacteristic down season that saw the Tigers finish with a rare losing record...
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AREA ROUNDUP: CENTRAL SOFTBALL NIPS NOTRE DAME
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/98)
Cape Girardeau Central's Lady Tigers and Notre Dame's Lady Bulldogs waged a pitching duel as the area high school softball season got under way Wednesday afternoon. With Kathy Michel pitching a six-hitter, the Lady Tigers slipped past the Lady Bulldogs 2-1 at Arena Park...
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AREA BRIEFS: SEMO DAY AT BUSCH STADIUM
(College Sports ~ 08/27/98)
Southeast Missouri State University will have a special Labor Day celebration Sept. 7 when the Cardinals play the Cubs at Busch Stadium. Kohlfeld Distributing, River Eagle Distributing and Coca-Cola are the sponsors. From 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., a barbecue style picnic and beverages for all alumni and friends of Southeast will be held at Sverdrup across from Busch Stadium...
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AREA BRIEFS: LION'S CLUB CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/98)
The Sikeston Lion's Club will hold its 2nd annual Charity Golf Tournament Sept. 25 at the Bootheel Golf Club in Sikeston. The two-person scramble will begin with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Cost is $45 per person, which includes green fee and golf cart. Attendance and contest prizes will be awarded...
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AREA BRIEFS: CAPE CENTRAL SEASON SPORTS PASSES
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/98)
Season passes for Cape Girardeau Central High School's upcoming football season and season passes for Central's entire sports season are now available. Football season passes are $10 apiece while all-sports complimentary passes are $40 each. Passes can be purchased at the Central athletic director's office, or for more information, call 335-8467...
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RIVER EAGLE SOFTBALL TEAM WINS STATE TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/98)
The River Eagle Budweiser men's slow-pitch softball team captured the World Amateur Sports Association Missouri State Tournament held recently in Rolla. Budweiser drew a first-round bye and then went on to win four straight games to capture the title...
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A-J HOPING TO GET BACK ON WINNING TRACK
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/98)
The Anna-Jonesboro (Ill.) High School football program, after a powerful run that featured a state championship in the mid-1980s, has struggled for much of the past decade. But second-year coach Brett Detering believes that good things are not that far away from happening once again for the Wildcats...
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CAIRO MIGHT WISH TO FOLLOW LEAD OF ITS COACH
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/98)
If the Cairo (Ill.) High football team proves to be as tough as its coach, then the Pilots will be in pretty good shape this year. Ron Woods was extensively burned on his chest and around his neck and chin areas during an accident on Aug. 12. But the Pilots' veteran mentor was with the squad during the first day of practice on Aug. 13 and he hasn't missed a workout since...
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BRIEFLY: SCORPIONS RUGBY TEAM SECOND AT RAMBLERS TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 08/27/98)
The Kohlfeld Scorpions Rugby Club of Cape Girardeau kicked off the fall season with a second-place finish at the Ramblers 10 Tournament in St. Louis last weekend. Kohlfeld had a 2-1 tourney record, losing 3-0 to the St. Louis Hornets for the title. The Scorpions won the Ramblers Tournament in 1997...
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BIRTHA DANIELS
(Obituary ~ 08/27/98)
ORAN -- Birtha Daniels, 85, of Oran died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 12, 1913, in Sunflower, Miss., daughter of Mac and Pearl Robinson Miller. She and John Thomas Daniels were married Dec. 20, 1932. He died Dec. 2, 1988...
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MILFORD ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 08/27/98)
Milford Wesley Adams, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 21, 1921, at Arbor, son of Sherman and Cora Benfield Adams. He and Pansy Boyer were married Feb. 14, 1945, in Cape Girardeau. She died June 5, 1994...
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MEREDITH ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 08/27/98)
JACKSON -- Meredith Alise Adams, 22, of Jackson died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1998, in an automobile accident on Highway 61 North near Center Junction. She was born June 22, 1976, in St. Louis, daughter of Robert "Bob" and Laraine Adams. A 1994 graduate of Jackson High School, Adams was a member of band, Chamber Choir, French Club, and had been a cheerleader. She received first place at Missouri State Vocal Competition, and toured Europe with the French Club...
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PINKY ROWE
(Obituary ~ 08/27/98)
CHARLESTON -- Pinky Rowe, 80, of Charleston died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1998, at Sikeston Health Care Facility. She was born Sept. 22, 1917, in Charleston, daughter of Horace and Nettie Priester Coon. She married Howard Rowe, who died in January 1953. Rowe had been a bookkeeper for a number of local businesses, worked for the American Red Cross organizing blood drives and participating in national disaster relief efforts, and worked many volunteer hours at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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JOSIE MARTIN
(Obituary ~ 08/27/98)
JACKSON -- Josie Mae Martin, 81, of Jackson died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1998, at Heartland Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 14, 1917, at Crump, daughter of Louis Christopher and Louella Proffer Jauch. She married Closkie C. Martin Feb. 25, 1942, in Benton. He died June 10, 1979...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/27/98)
Son to Randy Lynn and Myndi Leigh Duke of Cypress, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:57 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998. Name, Hunter Matthew. Weight, 7 pounds. Mrs. Duke is the former Myndi Brown, daughter of Mike and Phyllis Brown of Ullin, Ill. She is a teacher at Century Elementary School. Duke is the son of Randy and Darlene Duke of Ullin. He is a mechanic at Ullin Auto Body Inc...
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MARION CLIFFT
(Obituary ~ 08/27/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral for Marion Ruth Clifft of Paducah, Ky., formerly of East Prairie, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. Burl Britt will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Clifft, 69, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1998, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah...
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