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MEDICAL SURFARI: PAIN FROM SINUSITIS SHOULD BE CHECKED BY PHYSICIAN
(Column ~ 10/23/98)
The oblique rays of sunlight made a dazzling glare on the leaves of a few colorful scrub oaks lining the otherwise bald clay bluffs. The muddy brown and sluggish Mississippi stretched to the skyline north and south. I noticed this for only a moment and then the technicolor was gone and my head once again felt like a swollen river stream undermining the bluff and my sinuses felt as full as the spumy mud banks of the old Mississippi...
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SPA AIMS TO RELIEVE STRESS
(Local News ~ 10/23/98)
David Mills, a hair designer at Elan Day Spa and Esthetic Centre, worked with clients to find a hair style suited to the client's personality. Massage therapist Laura Pridemore performed a Swedish massage to ease muscle tension and reduce stress. Amy O'Kelly, a nail technician at Elan Day Spa & Esthetic Centre, performed a manicure for a customer...
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ORDINANCE WOULD GOVERN CITY'S TREES; FINAL READING EXPECTED NOV. 2
(Local News ~ 10/23/98)
A new Cape Girardeau ordinance would establish a tree board to rule in disputes about cutting down trees on city property. The City Council gave the ordinance first-round approval Monday night. It will come up for final approval Nov. 2. The ordinance also outlines what types of trees could be planted on public property and where trees may be planted in relation to curbs, sidewalks and utility lines...
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FARMERS MARKET HAS ONE MORE DAY
(Local News ~ 10/23/98)
The value of Missouri's agricultural production topped $5 billion for the first time in 1997. With farm receipts almost evenly split between crops ($2.8 billion) and livestock ($2.7 billion), the state ranks 13th in the nation in cash receipts. Not reflected in these statistics, which were revealed this week in the 1998 Missouri Farm Facts publication, is another source of income for a number of farmers: summer farmers markets such as the weekly market held each Thursday at Plaza Galleria parking lot in the 2000 block of Independence.. ...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: AND ON THE LEFT ARE THE ENDOSOPIES, SO HAVE YOUR CAMERAS READY
(Column ~ 10/23/98)
You can travel by planes, trains and automobiles, but short ambulance trips are a safe bet in some cases. After planning for several weeks and adjusting our schedules to be away for a few days, my wife and I finally got away from the house early Saturday morning...
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MIAMI CITY BALLET PROVIDES INTRO TO MODERN BALLET (REVIEW)
(Local News ~ 10/23/98)
The Miami City Ballet gave the region a taste -- an hors d'oeuvre, artistic director Edward Villella called it -- of the company's version of classical ballet in a program dedicated to the Swing Era. It seemed a hybrid of classical ballet and modern dance that was occasionally jarring and often gorgeous...
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LETTERS: GOP CONGRESS GIVES STORE AWAY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/98)
To the editor: Once again the pro-life agenda has been abandoned for the sake of expediency, thereby handing our illustrious president and the pro-death movement complete victory so that all of the politicians who claim to be pro-life can go home to their constituents and tell them how pro-life they all are in time for the elections. ...
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PUBLIC SHOWS LITTLE INTEREST IN BIG ISSUES
(Editorial ~ 10/23/98)
It's easy to complain. It's a whole other matter to get involved. A number of community meetings in recent weeks have been poorly attended. Most people didn't care enough to show up. But people should think twice about complaining about these issues later -- especially if they're going full tilt without all the facts...
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THANKS FOR CONSIDERING SCHOOL-NAMING CHANGE
(Editorial ~ 10/23/98)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education is reconsidering its policy that school buildings can only be named for people dead at least three years. Thanks for listening. The board deserves credit for responding to the community, staff and faculty on this issue...
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LETTERS: DEMOCRATS TODAY AREN'T THE SAME
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/98)
To the editor: I can;t stand it any longer. Speak Out callers who don't have the intestinal fortitude to write their thoughts and sign their names to their opinions are nauseating. A caller to Speak Out recently stated that Democrat F.D. Roosevelt brought us unemployment insurance, Social Security and worker's compensation insurance, and that J.F. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 10/23/98)
MR. TONY Heckemeyer has the best idea for Social Security. Mrs. Emerson is often seen in TV commercials talking to senior citizens about using the budget surplus to save Social Security. Do you realize how many surpluses we would have to have to do that? The surplus we are now enjoying might be very rare in coming years. ...
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OTAHKS' REIGN ABOUT OVER
(College Sports ~ 10/23/98)
CHARLESTON, Ill. -- Eastern Illinois proved Thursday night that its earlier volleyball victory over Southeast Missouri State University was no fluke. And in the process, the Lady Panthers virtually ended all hopes the Otahkians have of winning a sixth consecutive Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship...
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A DIZZY DISTRICT: JACKSON, BLUFF BOTH BRING IN SUB-.500 TEAMS
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/98)
Let the crapshoot begin. Jackson travels to Poplar Bluff tonight for its first test in the wide-open Class 5A District 1. Kickoff is at 7:30. Jackson and Poplar Bluff are 3-4, as is Vianney, which hosts 2-5 Cape Central tonight. So the district is not exactly the most glamorous in Missouri, but it could be one of the most entertaining...
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A DIZZY DISTRICT: TIGERS, GRIFFS TOLD HIGH HOPES DESPITE SLIDES
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/98)
In recent weeks, Cape Central and Vianney have been going in the same direction: downhill. Tonight, they are taking somewhat opposite approaches to get pointed in the direction of a district championship. Central (2-5) plays at Vianney (3-4) at 7:30 in week one of Class 5A District 1 play. The district is wide open, featuring three teams at 3-4 (Vianney, Jackson and Poplar Bluff) and Central a game back...
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/98)
Jonathan Anderson School: Cape Central Coach: Mark Hahn This season: After a year away from cross country, to concentrate on school work and focus on religion, Anderson, a senior, is running better than ever. Prior to taking first place at the SEMO Conference meet last week, Anderson had finished third at Carbondale, Ill., on Oct. 3...
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/98)
Rachel Yount Sport: Volleyball Coach: Erin Hoffman This season: Yount, a 5-foot-7 senior hitter, is the top hitter for Meadow Heights, which has rolled up a record of 19-6. Yount is serving 90 percent for the season, with 70 blocks and 200 kills and 294 digs. Her serve receive is 96 percent. Next year, she will play at Mineral Area College...
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LEOPOLD SPIKERS SWEEP ASIDE ND
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/98)
LEOPOLD -- Leopold High's volleyball team improved to 15-10-1 and ended the regular season on a high note by beating visiting Notre Dame 15-10, 15-13 Thursday night. Leopold's Emily Broshuis had nine kills, Gwen Vandeven six kills and 10 digs, Hannah Jansen eight kills and eight digs and Megan Keith 12 assists...
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AREA FOOTBALL TEAMS ENTER DISTRICT SCHEDULES TONIGHT
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/98)
"The Man" is waiting for the Scott City Rams. In the meantime, the Rams must take care of business against some of the boys. Scott City hosts Grandview at 7:30 tonight in week one of Class 2A District 2 play. Scott City is 6-1 and ranked sixth in the state in Class 2A. Grandview is 2-5...
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BLAND DENNINGTON
(Obituary ~ 10/23/98)
DEXTER -- Bland Dennington, 98, of Gideon died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998, at Gideon Care Center in Gideon. He was born April 27, 1900, near Essex, son of Joseph and Mary Cannon Dennington. He and Gertie Bell Menley were married Nov. 7, 1921, at Dexter. She died Dec. 8, 1982...
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ELOISE ROGERS
(Obituary ~ 10/23/98)
SIKESTON -- Funeral for Helen Eloise Rogers of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. Dr. Tom Bass will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Rogers, 81, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, from injuries received in an automobile accident...
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JACK MCCLAIN
(Obituary ~ 10/23/98)
DEXTER -- Earl "Jack" McClain, 66, of Dexter died Thursday, Oct. 22, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 3, 1932, at Bloomfield, son of Orville and Gertie Mae Herrell McClain. He and Delores J. Niemi were married April 18, 1974, in Valdosta, Ga...
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MAUDE TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 10/23/98)
CHAFFEE -- Maude Louise Taylor, 73, of Chaffee died Thursday, Oct. 22, 1998, at her home. She was born Jan. 16, 1925, at Nash, son of William Henry and V. Minnie Slinkard White. She married Hampton Howard Taylor Jan. 30, 1943. He died Oct. 2, 1975. Taylor had worked at Florsheim Shoe Co. in Chaffee, and had been a nurse aide at Chaffee General Hospital. She was a member of the General Baptist Church and Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 3127...
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CHARLEY SEABAUGH
(Obituary ~ 10/23/98)
JACKSON -- Charley L. Seabaugh, 79, of Jackson died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 9, 1919, at Sedgewickville, son of Aaron and Bertha Seabaugh. He and Vergie Wilson were married June 8, 1946, in Jackson...
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ROBERT STEVENSON
(Obituary ~ 10/23/98)
Robert Louis Stevenson, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Oct. 22, 1998, at his home. He was born Aug. 15, 1919, in Urbana, son of George T. and Edith Henderson Stevenson. He and Nina Jones were married July 10, 1954, in Jacksonville, Ill. Stevenson was reared in the Champaign-Urbana area, and attended the University of Illinois. He moved to Cape Girardeau in 1971 from St. Louis...
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MARY THRASHER
(Obituary ~ 10/23/98)
BERNIE -- Mary Thrasher of Bernie died Thursday, Oct. 22, 1998, at her home. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home at Dexter is in charge of arrangements.
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VIOLA RHODES
(Obituary ~ 10/23/98)
MARBLE HILL -- Viola L. Rhodes of Marble Hill died Thursday, Oct. 22, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hutchings Funeral Chapel.
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/23/98)
Son to Scott William and Heidi Kay Hume of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:12 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1998. Name, Guthrie John. Weight, 6 pounds 13 ounces. First child. Mrs. Hume is the former Heidi Lewis, daughter of David and Darlene Summers of St. Louis and Don and Becky Lewis of Frohna. She is employed at Mirror Image. Hume is the son of John and Mary Hume of Jackson. He is employed at Auto Trim Design...
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JOE RUFF
(Obituary ~ 10/23/98)
SIKESTON -- Funeral for Joe Ruff of Addison, Ill., will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Blanchard Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Garry Zook will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 5-8 p.m. today...
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