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WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A...(FOURTH OF 10 PARTS)
(Local News ~ 11/17/98)
Paperwork is a big part of the job for car salesmen, and good math skills are necessary. Car salesmen get to drive new cars as part of their job. Phone skills are important for salesmen when talking to customers. The best part about working in auto sales is meeting people, according to Cape Girardeau car dealers...
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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: SURFING INTERNET FOR HOTTEST TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS (COLUMN 114)
(Column ~ 11/17/98)
OK, parents -- it's that time again. To find the hottest toy for Christmas. Peggy: Indeed, my living room is filled with toy catalogs and wish lists as my children prepare for the big day. Joni: I guess this is how Santa feels all year. What a job. Peggy: The Internet can offer some advice for parents who wonder about the toys their children are requesting...
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WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A...(FOURTH OF 10 PARTS)
(Local News ~ 11/17/98)
A car salesman has the perfect job, says first-grader Jamie Pickel. "When they get new cars in, you can drive them," he explained. "And you can drive the new trucks too." Pickel says a good salesman must know his product. So as a good car salesman, he would need to spend lots of time behind the wheel...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: ANIMALS PLAY A PART AT GORDONVILLE SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 11/17/98)
GORDONVILLE -- Brenda Crain's third-grade classroom at Jackson's Gordonville Attendance Center is so popular, even wildlife want to come to school. A black snake was captured in the office. A squirrel chased out of the hallway and a hummingbird shooed from the gymnasium...
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PANEL WANTS JACKSON BUILDING SCALED BACK
(Local News ~ 11/17/98)
JACKSON -- The architectural company designing Jackson's proposed multipurpose building has been asked to scale back its initial drawings. The city committee overseeing the study asked Hastings and Chivetta Architects Inc. to revise the $17 million to $20 million plan recently submitted to the committee. Mayor Paul Sander, a member of the committee, said that version of the building included "everybody's wish list."...
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VISION 2020 SUGGESTED; COUNCIL SETS NOV. 30 FORUM ON RIVER CAMPUS
(Local News ~ 11/17/98)
The Cape Girardeau City Council took a preliminary step Monday to continue Vision 2000 beyond the millennium. The council also voted to hold a public forum on the future of the River Campus project. The forum will be held at 6 p.m. on Nov. 30 at the Osage Community Centre...
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CAPE SCHOOLS: REGULATIONS CHANGED FOR NAMING OF SCHOOLS
(Local News ~ 11/17/98)
What will Cape Girardeau's new elementary school be named? An 11-member ad hoc committee once again gets the task of making that recommendation to the Cape Girardeau Board of Education. The school board approved a change in its naming policy Monday night after having suspended the committee's action last month to reconsider making the change...
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BETWEEN THE LINES: GOOD LEADERS STAND HIGH ABOVE THE CROWD
(Column ~ 11/17/98)
In the past few months, the nation has heard a lot about morals, character and integrity as the Congress sorts out the details of President Clinton's relationship and affair with intern Monica Lewinsky. But the push for a more "moral" America didn't just start recently. Nor will it likely end when a new president takes office in 2000...
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LETTERS: CUSTODIAN SALARIES BELOW AVERAGE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/17/98)
To the editor: I would like to respond to Sunday's article on salaries at Southeast Missouri State University. As a custodian at SEMO, our salaries are not $20,411 and never have been that high. Instead, our salaries are much lower. I have been employed at SEMO nine years, and my salary is $17,368. In 1987, custodians' salaries were $15,452. As you can see, that's not a $2,000 increase in pay in 11 years...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/17/98)
THANK YOU for the objective profiles of John Ashcroft and Mel Carnahan. The two will likely square off in the race for the U.S. Senate in the year 2000. As a result of the way you accurately characterized the two, the choice is now clear: God or the devil...
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NEW ROAD PLAN SHORTCHANGES RURAL NEEDS
(Editorial ~ 11/17/98)
So Missouri's 15-year road and bridge plan, adopted just six years ago, is history. So said the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission at its meeting last week. In its place will be a five-year Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan the commission adopted at the same meeting. This plan will be a "rolling plan," we are told, meaning that in a given year, some projects will be completed and move off the plan, and new projects will be added...
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IMPEACHMENT IS MORE THAN A POLITICAL PROCESS
(Editorial ~ 11/17/98)
Impeachment hearings will convene this week before the House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill. Following the election that retained Republican control but by a paper-thin six-seat margin, Hyde released a statement saying, "Our duty hasn't changed because the Constitution hasn't changed."...
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LETTERS: NEW VISION 2020 NEEDS YOUR HELP
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/17/98)
To the editor: In 1987, Vision 2000 was formed by the Cape Girardeau City Council to develop a strategic plan to lead Cape Girardeau into the year 2000. The plan was based on needs and aspirations of our fellow community members. The areas of community spirit, planning and zoning, business-industry jobs and education were designated as vision statements with associated goals, objectives and strategies to success. Through a concerted effort of numerous citizens, these goals have become realities...
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LETTERS: WARNING LIGHT ON FOR GLOBAL WARMING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/17/98)
To the editor: While it would be nice if we all had oil-pressure gauges in our vehicles telling us exactly what the oil pressure is, most of us have to make do with the red warning light. As we know, this is usually set at a very low level of sensitivity. ...
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INDIANS TO VISIT HOME OF BRAVES
(College Sports ~ 11/17/98)
PEORIA, Ill. -- Southeast Missouri State University's 1998-99 basketball opener went just fine as the Indians hammered Division II Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 78-35 Saturday night. But if the Indians are to make it 2-0 on the young season, they're going to have to knock off a most formidable foe in the Bradley Braves...
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CRUSADERS EXPLODE ON RAMS; SCOTT CITY FALLS IN 2A QUARTERFINALS 24-17
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/98)
ST. LOUIS -- The beginning was as auspicious as Scott City High's football team could have wished for in its Class 2A quarterfinal game Monday night against Lutheran North. But the Rams' 10-0 first-quarter lead quickly melted as Lutheran North used its superior speed and the big plays it created to roll up 24 unanswered points. The Crusaders then held on for a 24-17 victory at Moss Field in Webster Groves...
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ST. VINCENT TOPS EAGLES
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/98)
St. Vincent, ranked No. 3 in the state, improved to 12-0 with the win and ended the season for Fair Grove at 9-3. St. Vincent will play host to Adrian on Saturday. Adrian defeated Cass Midway 45-7 in Monday's other quarterfinal action. Bryan Meyer had three touchdown runs as St. Vincent controlled the action throughout...
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SOUTHEAST FOOTBALL PACKS UP DISAPPOINTING 3-8 YEAR
(College Sports ~ 11/17/98)
Despite a 3-8 final record, Southeast Missouri State University football coach John Mumford believes the Indians probably played fairly close to their potential this season. "I think we got a lot out of these young men," said Mumford Monday morning during his final media conference of the year. "We knew going into the season that our talent level maybe wasn't as good as last year...
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AREA YOUTHS TO COMPETE AT RAMS GAME IN PUNT, PASS, KICK CONTEST
(High School Sports ~ 11/17/98)
Eight youths from Southeast Missouri have earned free tickets to the St. Louis Rams game Nov. 29 at the TWA Dome against the Atlanta Falcons. While the youths may be looking forward to the game, halftime will undoubtably will be the highlight. The eight will be among 48 youths statewide competing in the halftime Punt, Pass & Kick competition which will serve as the state finals...
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ERVIN LUDWIG
(Obituary ~ 11/17/98)
POCAHONTAS -- Ervin G.C. Ludwig, 79, of Pocahontas died Sunday, Nov. 15, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 10, 1919, near Pocahontas, son of Edwin G. and Dora Tuschhoff Ludwig. He and Nelda Leimer were married Aug. 27, 1944...
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DAVE DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 11/17/98)
DEXTER -- Funeral for Claude T. "Dave" Davis of Dexter will be held at 10 a.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter, with the Rev. Phil Warren officiating. Burial will be in Old Bethel Cemetery near Dexter. Davis, 76, died Sunday, Nov. 15, 1998, at Crowley Ridge Care Center...
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MARGARET DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 11/17/98)
BLOOMFIELD -- Margaret E. Davis, 79, died Sunday, Nov. 15, 1998, at the home of a daughter in New Madrid. She was born July 31, 1919, at Essex, daughter of William and Mary R. Della Tucker Hilderbrand. She and Tom Davis were married Jan. 27, 1939, in Charleston. He died Oct. 13, 1997...
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GORDON MILLER
(Obituary ~ 11/17/98)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Gordon Miller, 65, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Sunday, Nov. 15, 1998, in Colorado Springs. He was born Nov. 15, 1933, in Alexander County, son of Ray and Bertha Rhymer Miller. He married the former Goldie Butler. Miller was formerly of Ullin and Elco...
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JOHN CROSS
(Obituary ~ 11/17/98)
CHARLESTON -- Former mayor John W. Cross, 71, of Charleston died Monday, Nov. 16, 1998, at Bertrand Retirement Facility. He was born Sept. 9, 1927, at Hayti, son of Talbert E. and Idell Williams Cross. He and Jane French were married Feb. 25, 1977. Cross lived in Mississippi County most of his life. He formerly owned and operated Wyatt Junction Truckstop at Wyatt, and John's Restaurant in Charleston. He was a truck driver with Pullen Brothers Trucking Co., retiring in 1990...
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ELMER RUEHLING
(Obituary ~ 11/17/98)
JACKSON -- Elmer B. Ruehling, 88, of Jackson, died Sunday, Nov. 15, 1998, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 2, 1910, at Pocahontas, son of Henry and Christine Walthers Ruehling. He and Marie Meier were married Sept. 16, 1944, at Pocahontas. She died April 12, 1995...
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PATSY MITCHELL
(Obituary ~ 11/17/98)
SIKESTON -- Patsy Ann Mitchell, 69, of Sikeston died Sunday, Nov. 15, 1998, at her home, following an extended illness. She was born July 28, 1929, in Caruthersville, daughter of Jack A. and Ethyl Adams Johnson. She and John P. "Jack" Mitchell were married July 7, 1950, in Caruthersville...
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TINE RAY
(Obituary ~ 11/17/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Tine Ray, 54, of East Prairie died Sunday, Nov. 15, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 25, 1944, in Dorena, son of Edward "Manny" and Imogene Spence Ray Jr. He and Donna Midkiff were married Sept. 27, 1986...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 11/17/98)
Monday, Nov. 16 City Hall Public hearing -- Held hearing to consider the application for a special-use permit for the establishment and operation of a beauty salon as a home occupation at 2233 Ridge Road as submitted by Jodie Brown. -- Held hearing to consider the rezoning request for Lots 3 through 13 of Sappington Court Subdivision from R-3 (general residential) to C-2 (general commercial) as submitted by Don Sappington...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 11/17/98)
Cape Girardeau City Council Monday, Nov. 16 Consent ordinances -- Passed ordinance amending chapter 30 of code of ordinances by changing the zoning of parts of tracts along Park Avenue, Normal Avenue and North West End Boulevard from R-4 to R-2. -- Passed ordinance accepting permanent easements and temporary construction easements from various property owners for the west side relief sewer project...
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MARILYN KAY MARSH
(Obituary ~ 11/17/98)
SIKESTON -- Marilyn Kay Marsh of Sikeston died Monday, Nov. 16, 1998, at her residence after an extended illness. She was 36. She was born Dec. 18, 1961, in Sikeston, the daughter of Joseph C. and Helen C. Wiggins Marsh. They survive. She graduated form Sikeston High School in 1980. While in high school she was a member of the Sea Scouts. She attended Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, where she was a member of the Air Force ROTC...
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MADGE M. HANCOCK EMERY
(Obituary ~ 11/17/98)
DEXTER -- The visitation for Madge M. Hancock Emery will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The time of the graveside funeral service has been changed to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Dudley Cemetery with Shorty Kestner officiating...
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LAURA GROSSHEIDER
(Obituary ~ 11/17/98)
GORDONVILLE -- Laura Grossheider, 90, of Gordonville died Monday, Nov. 16, 1998, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/17/98)
Son to Richard Lee Wright and Sherry Lynn Lee of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:16 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, 1998. Name, Kevin Lee. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. Fifth son. Ms. Lee is the daughter of Kaye F. Lee of Cape Girardeau, and the late Henry A. Lee. She is employed at the Lutheran Home. Wright is the son of Carolyn Wright of Benton, and the late Gary Wright. He is self-employed...
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WALTER PORTER
(Obituary ~ 11/17/98)
SCOTT CITY -- Walter Vincent Porter, 83, of Scott City died Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 25, 1915, in Sedalia, son of Clyde Carlyle and Cevia Christina Zinn Porter. He and Virginia Firestone were married Feb. 16, 1944, in Osceola, Ark. She died July 31, 1998...
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