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LOCAL UPDATE: CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK AT RIVERSIDE REGIONAL LIBRARY
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
Celebrate Children's Book Week at Riverside Regional Library's Story Time. Miss Lynn will present the "Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award Books" again this year for you to vote on for your favorite. Among the titles are "Little Cloud" by Eric Carle, "McDuff Moves In" by Rosemary Wells, and "Five Little Monkeys With Nothing to Do" by Eileen Christelow...
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LOCAL UPDATE: OLD-FASHIONED BARN DANCE SCHEDULED
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
The Cape Friends of Old Time Music and Dance will host an old-fashioned barn dance on Friday, Nov. 20, at Hanover Lutheran Church, 2949 Perryville Road, in Cape Girardeau. The evening will begin with a potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m., followed by a dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Joe Surdyk will call the dance with Max and Ann drake performing old time tunes on guitar and fiddle...
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GIRL SCOUTS TO HOLD ADULT TRAINING CLASSES
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
There will be a training class for registered Girl Scout adults in the Jackson/Oak Ridge school districts on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Training will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room, 3rd floor above the city library. Training for "Trips and Travel" and "Basic Leadership II" will be offered that night. Home study sheets can be picked up through the Council office at 1432 Kurre Lane in Cape Girardeau and completed prior to training...
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LOOKING BACK AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
25 years ago: 1973 Cape Girardeau County's proposed law enforcement complex won't be built on controversial north lawn of county courthouse, but if one County Court judge has his way, it won't be built on one of other two sites under consideration either; Associate Judge J. Ronald Fischer of Cape Girardeau says he believes new facility should be built on county farm property between Cape Girardeau and Jackson...
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LOCAL UPDATE: FREE POETRY CONTEST OPEN TO AREA RESIDENTS
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
The National Library of Poetry has announced that $48,000 in prizes will be awarded this year in the North American Open Poetry Contest. Poets from the Jackson area, particularly beginners, are welcome to try to win their share of our 250 prizes. The deadline for the contest is December 1, 1998. The contest is open to everyone and entry is free...
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LEGAL EXHIBITS AUGMENT PRINT SHOP SERVICES
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
Dana Lukefahr makes a copy of an engineering drawing as Michele Newman scans a photo for a large legal exhibit. Jackson USA Signal/Jim Obert JACKSON -- A burgeoning market for Benchmark Printing has owner Steve Skelton smiling like a lawyer who has just won a big case...
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'SCOUTING FOR FOOD' AS CRUCIAL NOW AS IT WAS 14 YEARS AGO
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
For the 14th consecutive year, the Greater St. Louis Area Council is collecting food for the hungry. Scouts distributed bags on November 14. These scouts will return to those same homes on November 21 to collect donated canned goods. This program donates all collected food to local food banks and food pantries. All food is labeled with a "Scouting For Food" sticker. This sticker ensures the food is distributed free of charge to the hungry...
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GET BRACED FOR U.S. SENATE MATCHUP
(Editorial ~ 11/15/98)
The election results weren't fully digested when Gov. Mel Carnahan announced, less than 24 hours after the polls closed, that he would challenge Missouri's junior U.S. senator, John Ashcroft, in 2000. The stage is set for a classic matchup without parallel in the modern history of the state, maybe ever...
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OPERATION CHRISTMAS TO HELP DISADVANTAGED IN BOLLINGER COUNTY
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
MARBLE HILL -- "Operation Christmas" was founded 30 years ago by the Marble Hill-Lutesville Junior Women's Club G.F.W.C. and has served Bollinger County since 1969. And since this is the 30th anniversary, the Junior Women's Club would like to make it special!...
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WOODLAND VOLLEYBALL TAKES FOURTH AT STATE TOURNAMENT
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
MARBLE HILL -- The Woodland Lady Cardinals returned home with the Class 2A volleyball fourth place trophy last Sunday. They were met by fans, parents and supporters at the Woodland High School as they disembarked from the bus that had been chartered for the trip...
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HONOR ROLLS
(Honor Roll ~ 11/15/98)
Jackson Middle School First Quarter Honor Roll Scholastic Honor Roll 6th Grade -- Austin Lee Bock, Jordan Lee Cox, Leni Rosalind Fluegge, Nicholas James Garvey, Hannah C.H. Gathman, Brandon Paul Gendron, Garrett William Huck, Heather Nicole Jones, Trisha Janel Kluesner, Brandon Allen Kremer, Nathan Edward Leoni, Dustin Ryan Mayfield, Lucas David McIntosh, Jennifer Suzanne Miller, Joseph Robert Starke Jr., Rachel Kay Story, Isaac Guild Venable, Amy Dawn West, Amy Marie Wichern and Eric Michael Williams.. ...
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HONOR ROLLS
(Honor Roll ~ 11/15/98)
North Elementary First Quarter Honor Roll "A" Honor Roll 4th Grade -- Taylor Busch, Jamie Gambill, Zac Gendron, Joshua Hartwig, Kyle Mitchell, Rex Meyr, Justin Quade, Ryan Roth, Christina Smith and Alex Ann Troxel. 5th Grade -- Katie Loos, Callie McCuan, Sabrina Montano, Chelsea Morton, Sarah Riley, Blythe Schmitt, Brennon Todt and Logan Wilson...
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HONOR ROLLS
(Honor Roll ~ 11/15/98)
Woodland Schools First Quarter Honors High School Auto Mechanics -- Greg Rambo American Government -- Lisa Vandergriff Psychology -- Melanie Willis Atmospheric Science -- Justin Mackey and Kelly McCulley Earth Science -- Karen Upchurch Accounting -- Shawnda Strand...
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HONOR ROLLS
(Honor Roll ~ 11/15/98)
Immaculate Conception School First Quarter Honor Roll "A" Honor Roll 4th Grade -- Kelly Augspurger, Brooke Beussink, Jordan Buchheit, Casey Crawford, Kristi Eftink, Tyler Essner, Ambrosia Kiehl, Katie Lakner, Nicole Market, Chelsea McDowell, Amanda Meyer, Amanda Peiffer, Allison Schwent, Sarah Sutterer and J.P. Thompson...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/15/98)
IN RESPONSE to the person who said people forgot what the Republicans did: The Democrats have had control of Congress for the last 40 years. They were the ones who initially came up with the Social Security program, and they were the ones who originally raided it. Republicans have not had control of Congress for the last 40 years, the Democrats have. I think you should get your facts right before you start putting stuff in the paper that you don't understand...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: CARNAHAN PLACES HIGHWAY BET: WELCOME TO BLAME GAME 2000
(Column ~ 11/15/98)
How about Gov. Mel Carnahan's timing? One week after an election deciding control of the General Assembly, so nearly evenly divided between majority Democrats and minority Republicans, a Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission appointed entirely by Carnahan announces the scrapping of the 15-year road plan adopted back in 1992. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: UNFORSEEN CONSEQUENCES OF VOTING
(Column ~ 11/15/98)
Elections are like a rabid porcupine at a sewing bee. When voters go to the polls, or as more often the case when they don't go to the polls, the most frequently overlooked consequence is that ballots change more than names and faces: they often produce unforeseen consequences that have a significant effect on the way we are governed and the way we live our lives. ...
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GOP SHOULD CONSIDER FRESH FACES AT HELM
(Editorial ~ 11/15/98)
Election results as disappointing as those congressional Republicans suffered on Nov. 3 will always produce a reappraisal, and such followed immediately after this month's balloting. Events moved with astonishing swiftness, and by the first Friday post-election afternoon, House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced he wouldn't merely renounce the speakership, but quit Congress altogether. ...
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SCOUTING AND FOOD DRIVE ARE BOTH NEW TO ZALMA
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
ZALMA -- As school started this fall, Colton Bailey told his mother he wished Zalma had a Boy Scout pack. This rural Bollinger County community had no Boy Scouting programs. Less than two months later, in a surprising show of support for Scouting, Zalma has five dens, 31 boys and adult leadership for all. Zalma has just 58 boys in grades one through five who would be eligible to participate...
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ART SHOW AND SALE OFFER ARTISTS A 'REALITY CHECK'
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
These are some of the works Amy Kephart will be showing at the Christmas Art Show and Sale at the University Center Thursday and Friday. When students in Amy Kephart's ceramics classes at Southeast Missouri State University held their first Christmas art show and sale last year, most of their creations had been sold three hours after the sale began...
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SEMO STRIVES FOR FAIR PAY
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
One of every five full-time employees at Southeast Missouri State University makes over $50,000 annually, salary records show. Southeast has 941 full-time employees; 201 make over $50,000. Last year, 192 Southeast employees made more than $50,000. Southeast employees make good money. The overall average salary for all Southeast employees is $36,648...
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NEWSPAPER BEGINS 'PIE IN THE SKY BAKE-OFF' CONTEST
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
Pie, anyone? Today the Southeast Missourian announces the start of its "Pie in the Sky Bake-off." The contest goes hand-in-hand with a new reader Recipe Swap column that begins Dec. 2. But back to pies. Readers are encouraged to submit their favorite pie recipe. The deadline is Monday, Dec. 7. The top finalists in five different categories will be asked to bake up their pies for official taste-testing of the judges...
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MARK MY WORD: TRIVIA IS RIGHT AT HOME ON THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY
(Column ~ 11/15/98)
You can latch onto all kinds of useless facts while cruising down life's information highway. We can thank computers for providing us with such knowledge. Without the Internet, we would never know that Kermit the Frog has 11 points on his collar or that it takes 18 minutes to cool hot chocolate into a Hershey's Kiss...
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SALUKIS PUT 34-7THUMPING ON SE IN SEASON FINALE
(College Sports ~ 11/15/98)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The Southern Illinois University football team had lost seven straight games entering Saturday's season-ending contest. But the ailing Salukis were able to find the perfect tonic for their woes -- Southeast Missouri State University's Indians...
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THE LATEST LINE: SCOTT CITY, ST. VINCENT CARRY AREA'S GRID HOPES
(Sports Column ~ 11/15/98)
This was certainly not an overall great season for local high school football teams, but two squads -- Scott City and St. Vincent -- will attempt to keep the area's football flag waving tall Monday night. Both the Rams and Indians will be involved in state quarterfinal matchups -- and both will have to succeed on the road if they are to continue on in the playoffs...
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OTAHKIANS BLAST CHRISTIAN BROTHERS IN SEASON OPENER
(College Sports ~ 11/15/98)
OK, so Christian Brothers University isn't exactly Tennessee or Connecticut. But Southeast Missouri State won only 13 games the past two seasons. So any victory, and especially a 43-point rout, is cause for celebration for the Otahkians. Five players scored in double figures as Southeast dismantled CBU 94-51 before 1,105 fans Saturday night in the Show Me Center. The meeting was both teams' season opener...
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INDIANS UNLOAD DIVISION I PUNCH; SOUTHEAST KO's EDWARDSVILLE
(College Sports ~ 11/15/98)
Like all Division II basketball teams when they face a Division I foe, the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars no doubt had upset thoughts racing through their minds at the Show Me Center Saturday night. And when the Cougars were holding on to a 15-13 lead eight minutes into the contest, they probably had dreams of a shocking victory...
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QUIGLEY QUALIFIES FOR NATIONAL MEET
(College Sports ~ 11/15/98)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Southeast Missouri senior Janelle Quigley became the first runner in school history to qualify the NCAA Division I National Cross Country Championships Saturday as she finished fourth in the NCAA Regional meet. Quigley, the OVC female runner of the year, ran the 5,000-meter race in 17:19, nearly one minute faster than her OVC-winning time two weeks ago. She finished just 12 seconds behind the winner, Rasa Michniovaite of the University of Minnesota...
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OTAHK SPIKERS SWEEP UT-MARTIN
(College Sports ~ 11/15/98)
Southeast Missouri's volleyball team closed its regular season schedule Saturday with a 15-6, 15-3, 15-4 sweep of the University of Tennessee-Martin at Houck Field House. Southeast will take a 21-11 record into next weekend's OVC Tournament in Charleston, Ill...
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AREA BRIEFS: NOTRE DAME SOUP SRIMMAGE ON NOV. 20
(High School Sports ~ 11/15/98)
The Notre Dame High School boys and girls varsity basketball teams will conduct their annual soup scrimmage Friday, Nov. 20, at 6:30 p.m. The cost of admission will be a can of food that will be given to the needy during the holiday season.
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AREA BRIEFS: TURKEY TROT '98 ON NOV. 22
(High School Sports ~ 11/15/98)
The Cape Road Runners will hold Turkey Trot '98 on Nov. 22 at South County Park between Cape Girardeau and Jackson. The three-mile cross country event, which begins at 1 p.m., will also serve as a food drive. Entry fee is $4 before Nov. 19 and $6 day of the race. A one-mile fun run is free with a food donation. Race day registration will be 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m....
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AREA BRIEFS: NOTRE DAME TO HOLD COACHING CLINIC
(High School Sports ~ 11/15/98)
A basketball coaching clinic will be held today at the new Notre Dame High School gymnasium. Mark Edwards, head coach at Washington University in St. Louis, and Herb Hilgeman, head coach at Rhodes College in Memphis, will conduct the clinic prior to a scrimmage between the two schools...
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AREA BRIEFS: TOYBOX ONE-MILE RUN/WALK ON NOV. 29
(High School Sports ~ 11/15/98)
The ToyBox One-Mile Run/Walk will be held Nov. 29 at 4:55 p.m. in front of the Christmas Parade of Lights. The event will start at Capaha Park on Broadway and finish at Main Street. The Pre-registered entry fee is a $5 minimum cash donation to ToyBox or a new toy delivered to Southeast Missourian at 301 Broadway. Race day registration is from 4-4:45 p.m. with the cost $7 or a toy donation...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: NATURAL COMMUNITIES PROVIDE UNIQUE GLIMPSE
(Column ~ 11/15/98)
The water laps around the canoe. Huge cypress trees tower overhead. Every tree has the top broken off at the same level. My companion tells me, "New Madrid earthquake. The thought is that all the tops broke off in the quake." Birds chatter in the trees. We push the canoe through a tangle of buttonbush and glide past huge floating logs, covered with moss and unusual plants, veritable floating gardens. We reemerge into the lake, which is quiet, peaceful, almost prehistoric. Is this place for real?...
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MARTHA DAHRINGER
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
Martha Welman Dahringer, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998. She was born Dec. 5, 1907, at Morley, the daughter of Lee and Pauline Harris Welman. She married A. Howard Dahringer. He preceded her in death. She graduated from Southeast Missouri State Teachers College and was employed as a teacher. During her career she taught English and drama in Advance and Cape Girardeau, as well as in Arkansas and California...
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MADGE EMERY
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
DUDLEY -- Madge M. Hancock Emery, 84, of Pontiac, Mich., formerly of Dudley, died Friday, Nov. 13, 1998, in Pontiac. She was the daughter of Ed C. and Essie Clo Pigg Hancock. She was married to William R. Emery. He preceded her in death March 3, 1995...
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WILLIAM COGO
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
William Cogo, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 12, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Dec. 25, 1924, at Omaha, Neb., the son of Romano and Nazarina Druessi Cogo. Cogo moved to Cape Girardeau two years ago and was a resident at the Missouri Veterans Home...
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VENIDA CHRISTINE PIERCE
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
Venida Christine Pierce, 84, of St. Louis died Friday, Nov. 13, 1998, at St. Louis University Hospital. She was born Oct. 12, 1914, at Rockview, daughter of William and Martha Elizabeth Estes Ford. She married David Franklin Pierce Feb. 6, 1933, at Cape Girardeau. He died Dec. 19, 1992...
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MAURICE MCKEE
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Maurice McKee, 66, of Olive Branch, Ill., died Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms.
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DONALD WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
JACKSON -- Donald H. Williams, 74, of Jackson died Friday, Nov. 13, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 20, 1924, at Corning, Ark., son of Ed and Elizabeth Holt Williams. He and Louise Hyland were married June 8, 1946...
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CARL SMITH
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Carl Smith, 33, of Catron, formerly of East Prairie died Friday, Nov. 13, 1998, at his home. He was born Feb. 15, 1965, at Indianapolis, Ind., the son of Willie Ray and Shirley Ann Skelton Smith. He and Barbara Cockrum were married Aug. 15, 1987...
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ROBERT E. WINDER
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
PERRYVILLE -- Robert E. Winder, 64, of Perryville died Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau . Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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BILL MORRISON
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
MASCOUTAH, Ill. -- Bill Morrison, 71, of Mascoutah, formerly of Jackson, died Friday, Nov. 13, 1998, in Mascoutah. He was born May 21, 1927, son of Walter and Ollie Morrison. He retired from the Air Force. He also retired from the Teamsters as a truck driver...
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ANNA L. LEIDIGH
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Anna L. Leidigh, 70, of Cairo died Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998, at her home. She was born Nov. 25, 1927, at Cairo, daughter of Draper and Anna Street Newlon. She was employed by Michelson Jewelry before her retirement. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church...
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ILA ETHILDA HICKEY
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
WYATT -- Ila Ethilda Hickey, 89, formerly of Wyatt, died Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 10, 1909, at Dover, Ark., daughter of John Ruff and Auddie Laffoon Harwell. She had lived in Wyatt since 1939 and had attended Wyatt Baptist Church...
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HETTIE ALEEN MOORE
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
CHARLESTON -- Hettie Aleene Moore, 82, of Charleston died Friday, Nov. 13, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 10, 1916, in Deventer, daughter of Cyrus and Sady Moran Traylor. She lived in Charleston most of her life. She was a member of the Elm Street Baptist Church...
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TWO JACKSON RESIDENTS HURT IN ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
One-vehicle accidents injured two Jackson residents Saturday, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Edna Smith, 66, was injured in an accident at 6:50 a.m. on Highway 25, five miles north of Advance. The patrol said Smith's southbound vehicle ran off the roadway and overturned...
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KATHLEEN E. RUDERT JOHN
(Obituary ~ 11/15/98)
Kathleen E. Rudert John, age 83, of Rogers, AR, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1998 at Rogers Rehab & Living Ct. She was born June 5, 1915, in Cape Girardeau, to Benjamin and Carolyn LaCroix Rudert. She was educated at St. Mary's School and graduated from Central High School. ...
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PREPARING FOR THE HUNT: FIREARMS DEER SEASON STARTED SATURDAY AND ENDS NOV. 24
(Local News ~ 11/15/98)
Before the first light of dawn breaks through the trees, Bob Morrow hits the woods waiting and watching for his prey. Morrow is among some 400,000 deer hunters in Missouri woods this weekend and over the next two weeks hunting the whitetail deer. The Missouri firearms season started Nov. 14 and ends Nov. 24...
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