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LETTERS: CASINOS SHOULD PLAY BY THE RULES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/22/98)
To the editor: Some of the recent advertisements sponsored by the gambling interests have suggested that approval of Amendment 9 on the November ballot is "only fair." The ads seem to imply that everyone has already given approval and the decision of the voters is merely a formality. ...
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SIKESTON WOMAN KILLED IN CRASH
(Local News ~ 10/22/98)
MOREHOUSE -- A Sikeston woman was killed Wednesday afternoon when her vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer on U.S. 60. Helen Eloise Rogers, 81, died in the accident, which occurred at 12:30 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The accident occurred as Rogers, who was eastbound on U.S. ...
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3-CAR CRASH INJURES ONE
(Local News ~ 10/22/98)
A three-car accident in front of Super 8 Motel on North Kingshighway sent one person to the hospital late Wednesday morning. Christopher Bryan Scott of Jackson was treated and released at Southeast Missouri Hospital following the accident, which occurred at 10:53 a.m. at 2011 N. Kingshighway...
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CONSORTIAM APPROVES STRATEGIC PROPOSAL
(Local News ~ 10/22/98)
The Southeast Missouri Educational Consortium wants to improve the qualify of life in the region by providing residents with greater access to higher education. The consortium of colleges recently approved a strategic plan. The consortium plans to hold public forums in 10 Southeast Missouri cities as part of a needs assessment, Southeast Missouri State University officials said. The strategic plan was approved by the consortium's steering committee at its semiannual meeting Oct. 12 in St. Louis...
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PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST OFFERED
(Local News ~ 10/22/98)
Creativity could win prizes for those entering pumpkin decorating contests this Halloween season. The Southeast Missourian is offering its first ever Devilish Decorating Contest. Six winners each will receive four free tickets to the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department's haunted house. The tickets may be used Oct. 29, 30, 31...
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THE DRAMA OF MUSIC
(Local News ~ 10/22/98)
Harpist Beth Roethemeyer will perform a solo with fellow harpist Chadie Fruehwald when the Southeast Missouri State University Symphony performs at Academic Auditorium. Chadie Fruehwald played the work "Gymnopedis" on the harp during symphony practice at Academic Hall...
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'EVERYBODY LIKES YOU, YOU'RE BORING'
(Local News ~ 10/22/98)
Comedian Rodney Carrington says he's no "artist" -- just an East Texas beer drinker in a cowboy hat who gets paid for running his mouth. His comedy takes the form of one long story sprinkled with punchlines and honest opinions he doesn't care whether anybody likes...
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FUEL SHORTAGE? SEEMS TO BE PLENTY NOW
(Editorial ~ 10/22/98)
A recent Associated Press dispatch featured this lead: "A slew of diesel Volkswagens, including the new Beetle and old standby, the Chevy Metro, are leading the fuel misers of 1999. But with gasoline selling at $1 a gallon does anyone care? "Not in recent memory have Americans paid as little attention to fuel efficiency when shopping for cars and planning trips, auto industry and travel experts say...
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IS SPECIAL SESSION REALLY NEEDED?
(Editorial ~ 10/22/98)
Kansas City area lawmakers are asking Gov. Mel Carnahan to call a brief special session of the General Assembly to prevent devastating floods such as those that killed nine people Oct. 4. Mayor Emmanuel Cleaver told a group of lawmakers that he wants to ask Kansas City voters to approve an 18-month half-cent sales tax to fund about $45 million for flood-control and storm-sewer improvements. ...
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THREE MONTHS AFTER FIRE, THRIFT STORE IN BUSINESS
(Local News ~ 10/22/98)
Three months after being gutted by fire, the Teen Challenge Thrift Store is relocated and open for business. Jack Smart, executive director of Teen Challenge International of Mid-America, said the store was reopened by auxiliary volunteers without fanfare on Oct. 13. Events will be scheduled in November to celebrate the store's new site at 117 N. Middle...
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SOUTH CAPE HOME REHABS TO START SOON; $446,300 GRANT WILL ENABLE IMPROVEMENTS TO OLD HOUSES
(Local News ~ 10/22/98)
Cape Girardeau has been given the go-ahead to begin work through a state grant aimed at renovating homes in South Cape. In April 1997, the city was awarded a $446,300 community development block grant for the Jefferson-Shawnee Parkway Neighborhood Restoration Project to upgrade 31 or 32 homes...
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SOUTHEAST STUDENTS POLLED ON CLINTON
(Local News ~ 10/22/98)
A survey of Southeast Missouri State University students found that a majority opposes impeachment of President Clinton. But among students from Southeast Missouri's 8th Congressional District, 43 percent favored impeachment. Only 28 percent of students from outside the 8th District supported impeachment...
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BALLET IN TOWN: MIAMI CITY PERFORMS TONIGHT AT ACADEMIC
(Local News ~ 10/22/98)
If Hollywood ever makes a movie about the life of Edward Villella, the Queens boxer and baseball player who became the pre-eminent American male ballet dancer of the 20th century, put Al Pacino in ballet slippers. The energetic Villella, the only American dancer ever asked to dance an encore at Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet, prowled the Parker Dance Studio floor Wednesday night prodding students to perform traditional ballet movements to the rhythm of "a funky waltz."...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: THE ART OF PUTTING AND POTTERY AND REMEMBERING PAST LIVES
(Column ~ 10/22/98)
Oct. 22, 1998 Dear Ken, These are the magnificent days on the golf course, when greens are turning to golds before your eyes and a crisp shot soars into the blue and seems to float forever, suspended in air until plopping into the bunker of its choice...
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AREA DANA PLANT NOT SCHEDULED FOR CLOSURE
(Local News ~ 10/22/98)
Dana Corporation has announced that it will close as many as 15 manufacturing facilities, reducing the giant company's global work force by as many as 3,500 workers. The Cape Girardeau plant is not one of those scheduled for closure. Dana's announcement Tuesday was about the Echlin Division of Dana, not the Spicer Axle Division, said Dave Blanchard, manager of the local plant...
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SWISS MISS LEADS CHS TENNIS
(High School Sports ~ 10/22/98)
In each of the last two years, the Cape Girardeau Central High girls tennis team has been led by a foreign-exchange student from Europe. Which begs the question: how much money does Cape Central have in its athletic recruiting budget anyway? "Believe me," Central coach Annette Slattery said, "if I had any kinds of connections, I'd have (a European player) every year."...
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MEACHEM EVOLVES AS ONE OF OVC's PREMIER LINEBACKERS
(College Sports ~ 10/22/98)
The average football fan might think that Southeast Missouri State University senior Kevin Meachem has come out of virtually nowhere this season to emerge as one of the Ohio Valley Conference's premier linebackers. But according to Meachem, he's always been a playmaker. He just needed the playing time to display his wares...
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THINGS REMAIN CRAZY IN OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE FOOTBALL
(College Sports ~ 10/22/98)
It's doubtful that things can get much crazier in Ohio Valley Conference football circles. A week after preseason favorites Eastern Kentucky and Murray State suffered surprising defeats, Eastern Kentucky lost again -- and this time it was a history-maker...
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BRIEFLY: SCORPIONS POST VICTORY
(High School Sports ~ 10/22/98)
The Kohlfeld Scorpion Rugby Club defeated the St. Louis Hornets 19-10 last Saturday at Forest Park in St. Louis. Tim Joplin, Alan Kloss and Todd DeShazier scored tries for the Scorpions while Sean Hagan added two conversion kicks. The victory avenged a tough 3-0 loss to the Hornets last August in the Ramblers 10s Tournament championship match. In addition, the Scorpions improved their division record to 5-2, keeping them in contention for the Missouri Union Championship in St. Louis on Oct. 31...
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BRIEFLY: JACKSON VOLLEYBALL ROMPS
(High School Sports ~ 10/22/98)
SCOTT CITY -- Jackson High's volleyball team closed out its best regular season ever with a 27-2-2 record by rolling past host Scott City 15-2, 15-6 Wednesday night. Heather Brown had 17 assists while Andrea Koeper had seven kills and three blocks to lead the Lady Indians. Chrissi Glastetter added three kills and 11 digs...
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JOE RUFF
(Obituary ~ 10/22/98)
Joe Ruff, 86, of Addison, Ill., died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998, at Westlake Community Hospital in Melrose Park, Ill. Arrangements are incomplete at Blanchard Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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LUCILLE PERRY
(Obituary ~ 10/22/98)
Lucille H. Perry, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1998, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born March 11, 1920, an Ancell, daughter of John J. and Christina Diebold Hoffman. She and William Perry were married in October 1946 in Cape Girardeau...
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INEZ JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 10/22/98)
CANALOU -- Opal Inez Johnson, 72, of Canalou died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Jan. 16, 1926, in Dover, Ark., daughter of A.W. and Allie Furr Edwards. She and Earl E. Johnson were married Aug. 21, 1943, in Russellville, Ark...
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MAPLE WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 10/22/98)
JACKSON -- Maple Junior Williams, 68, of Jackson died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 5, 1930, in Jackson, son of Lawrence and Vida Smith Williams. He and Louise Overbeck Brotherton were married Nov. 24, 1961, at Marble Hill...
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OPAL PARSONS
(Obituary ~ 10/22/98)
SIKESTON -- Opal B. Parsons, 88, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Oct. 5, 1910, at Matthews, daughter of James Newton and Effie Smith Brown. She and Frank R. Parsons were married June 26, 1946, in St. Louis. He died Dec. 15, 1977...
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FREDA BUERGLER
(Obituary ~ 10/22/98)
Funeral for Freda Buergler of Cape Girardeau was held Oct. 17 at St. Anthony Church in High Ridge. Buergler, 79, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 29, 1918, at Oran, daughter of Frank and Anne LeGrand. She married Joseph Buergler, who died in 1992...
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BEATRICE ANDERSON
(Obituary ~ 10/22/98)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Beatrice Mae Anderson, 59, of Ullin died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. She was born May 20, 1939, in Ullin, daughter of Wayne Henry and Virginia Mowery Severs. She married William E. "Bill" Anderson. Anderson was a member of First Baptist Church...
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CEDRIC MCCAULEY
(Obituary ~ 10/22/98)
Cedric McCauley, 24, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998, at Charlotte-Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Conn. Funeral arrangements are pending at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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