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HELP LESSEN THE CHANCES OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG CHILDREN
(Local News ~ 08/29/98)
THE PARENT'S ROLE: Be a good example. -- Parents should evaluate their use of alcohol, tobacco, prescription and other drugs. It's possible their actions speak louder than their words. Communicate family values. -- Talking about the importance of moral and religious values, including honesty, responsibility and independence, will help children make good decisions...
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BORN ADDICTED: METH BABIES FACE CHALLENTES
(Local News ~ 08/29/98)
Meth babies don't like being touched on the head or feet. They seem to suffer from sensory overload. Sounds seem louder, lights brither, textures more extreme. Each child responds differently, dependihg on the amount of meth consumned, point in the pregnancy at which the baby was exposed, other drugs taken by the mother, baby's genetic makeup and home environment...
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RECOVERY MUST BE A FAMILY AFFAIR
(Local News ~ 08/29/98)
Joyce Griffin, an adolescent counselor at the Spirit of St. Louis Outreach Center in Cape Girardeau, has been counseling a man who is recovering from using methamphetamine and alcohol. (Don Shrubshell) (Color) Youthful desire, parental patience, and family counseling are necessities for successful meth recovery in adolescents...
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BUREAU TO TRACK TOURISM DOLLARS
(Local News ~ 08/29/98)
The visitor's bureau uses tourism figures to determine what business it wants to go after for the city. Cape Girardeau's Convention and Visitors Bureau plans to track the economic impact of tourism on the city. Visitor Bureau director Terri Clark-Bauer said her staff will track sales and inquiries from tourists...
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METH DRUG OF CHOICE FOR SOME YOUTHS
(Local News ~ 08/29/98)
Drugs and guns are a deadly combination. Police often find guns at meth busts. That's because meth users often become paranoid. METH AND KIDS FACTS: Depression. Weight gain. Social acceptance. Sports injuries. Those frequently are among problems associated with adolescence...
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CITY OF ROSES FESTIVAL OFFERS FEAST OF MUSIC
(Local News ~ 08/29/98)
MTV Unplugged is popular, but the City of Roses Festival Unplugged wouldn't have been the same. An overloaded power line arced and snapped just before 8 p.m. Friday, sending sparks into the sky and delaying the schedule of spotlighted entertainment on the Main Stage...
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FREE SPEECH SUIT FILED: STUDENT ACCUSES WOODLAND SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 08/29/98)
CALLOUT: "The school has been exceptionally determined about this issue, but they don't seem to understand the law." -- Deborah Jacobs, executive director of the Eastern Missouri ACLU The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit against the Woodland School District accusing the district of violating a student's right to freedom of speech...
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METH, DRUGS, CRIME NOT LIMITED TO ONE RACE
(Column ~ 08/29/98)
Hopefully, our readers have paid close attention to our weeklong series on methamphetamine and have gotten a better understanding on the epidemic of meth in our community, region, state and nation. Without giving a long-winded restatement of what we've reported this week, I can give people who missed the series the short version...
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CENSUS 2000: ABIDE BY THE CONSTITUTION
(Editorial ~ 08/29/98)
One of the worst ideas ever promoted by any American president is the Clinton administration's plan for the 2000 census. The Clinton administration wants to replace actual counting of individuals with a form of statistical sampling. This is wrong, even laughable when you think about it...
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JAMMIN': AREA FOOTBAL TEAMS UNVEILED
(High School Sports ~ 08/29/98)
JACKSON -- It was rivalry time for four area high school football teams here Friday night. Cape Girardeau Central and Jackson, who play each other every season, along with Perryville Public and Perryville St. Vincent -- who apparently haven't squared off since the 1950s -- got together for a four-team scrimmage...
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BERTRAND MAN DIES IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 08/29/98)
CHARLESTON -- A Bertrand man was killed Friday morning when his tractor-trailer missed a turn and turned over off a bridge in Mississippi County. James O. Byford, 63, was dead at the scene on Mississippi County Road 335 about six miles south of Charleston...
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ALPHONSE STOVERINK
(Obituary ~ 08/29/98)
Alphonse Stoverink JACKSON -- Alphonse H. Stoverink, 79, of Jackson died Thursday, Aug. 27, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 30, 1918, at Leopold, son of Anthony J. and Rose VanDoren Stoverink. He and Irene Thiele were married March 18, 1943, at Leopold...
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LEONARD DAMBACH
(Obituary ~ 08/29/98)
Leonard Dambach JACKSON -- Businessman and former city councilman Leonard Arthur Dambach, 73, of Jackson died Friday, Aug. 28, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 18, 1924, at Fornfelt, son of Benjamin Thomas and Sophia Charlotte Siemers Dambach. He and Dolly Catherine Massa were married Sept. 1, 1951, at Jackson...
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HAZELDINE BABCOCK
(Obituary ~ 08/29/98)
Hazeldine Babcock CHARLESTON -- Funeral for Hazeldine Babcock of Charleston will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Rick White will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 until service time...
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RALPH WOODS
(Obituary ~ 08/29/98)
Ralph Woods Funeral for Ralph Jeffrey Woods of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. Dr. Clayton Smith will officiate. A committal service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Crittenden County Memorial Park in Marion, Ark...
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