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A HARTE APPETITE: CRANBERRIES ADD HISTORY, FLAVOR TO THANKSGIVING
(Column ~ 11/25/98)
Ever heard of the cranberry bounce? No, it's not a dance step from the Roaring '20s but a method for sorting good cranberries from bad ones. According to Ocean Spray Inc., the cranberry bounce was discovered in the 1880s by John "Peg Leg" Webb, a New Jersey farmer. ...
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PIE CONTEST RECIPES SOUGHT
(Local News ~ 11/25/98)
The Southeast Missourian is seeking entries for its "Pie in the Sky" bake-off. The contest continues through Dec. 7. Individuals may enter more than one pie entry. Entries should include the baker's name, address and daytime phone number. Pies can be entered in the following categories:...
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SAFE HOUSE OFFERS HELP TO THOSE WHO MAY NEED A FRIEND
(Local News ~ 11/25/98)
Sometimes a woman who is leaving a violent relationship really needs a friend. In addition to the regular services offered by Cape Girardeau's Safe House for Women, the organization has initiated a new mentor program pairing volunteers with women who have recently left the Safe House shelter...
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JACKSON BOARD LOOKS AT SURVEYS
(Local News ~ 11/25/98)
JACKSON -- When the Jackson Board of Education hires a new superintendent, it should look for a person with high moral standards, lots of common sense and have been a proven leader. Those were the qualities deemed most important in a recent superintendent survey conducted by the board with the help of the Missouri School Boards Association...
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CLEANUP SET FOR NEXT YEAR AT MISSOURI ELECTRIC WORKS SITE
(Local News ~ 11/25/98)
A Georgia firm has been hired to clean up the PCB-contaminated soil at the Missouri Electric Works site on South Kingshighway. The actual cleanup work is expected to cost $3 million to $3.5 million, far less than the $17 million that the Environmental Protection Agency had estimated...
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN BEGINS CHARITY DIRECTORY
(Local News ~ 11/25/98)
The Southeast Missourian newspaper is compiling a list of charitable organizations in the Cape Girardeau area that will be published Saturday, Dec. 26. This marks the first year for the "Directory of Charities" project. Editor Joe Sullivan said publishing such a directory makes sense this time of year...
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LETTERS: DOCTORS' CONCERN OVER POLICY IS VALID
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/25/98)
To the editor: I read with surprise the article in Sunday's paper regarding the Cape Girardeau Board of Education meeting I attended with Drs. Mark Kasten, Jim Hoffman, Jan Seabaugh and David Crowe and attorney Ben Lewis. We attended this board meeting specifically to express our concerns with the policy that students in high school and junior high school do not need to take final exams if they do not miss more than five days of school due to an unexcused absence. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/25/98)
I'M GETTING tired of those who would speak for God by calling Speak Out. The Bible clearly says, "Judge not lest thou be judged." I believe if you judge harshly in this life, then in the next life God will judge you just as harshly. I think life is a learning process, and I think Clinton has learned from this. I think that's what God would have all of us do: learn day in and day out and work toward becoming more worthy to meet him in the end...
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RUST COMMENTARY: CHRISTMAS PARADES IN CAPE, JACKSON
(Column ~ 11/25/98)
The annual Christmas PARADE OF LIGHTS will be this Sunday starting at 5 p.m. at Capaha Park and continuing down Broadway to Main Street where it will disband in front of HUTSON FURNITURE'S Christmas windows which open this Thanksgiving morning. A lot of love, effort and money go into these windows ... a must stop for our grandchildren and children of all ages...
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CLINTON'S CREDIBILITY CONTINUES TO ERODE
(Editorial ~ 11/25/98)
A spate of developments the last two weeks in the web of scandals enveloping the Clinton White House illustrates why the president's will be remembered as among the most scandalous administrations in American history. Where to begin? How about beginning with Clinton's settlement of the lawsuit brought against him four years ago by Paula Corbin Jones? The president agreed to settle all the Jones claims against him for payment to her of $850,000. ...
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PERRYVILLE PREPARING FOR WATER SYSTEM UPGRADE
(Local News ~ 11/25/98)
PERRYVILLE -- The city staff is busy completing preliminary work on the $8.85 million water system upgrade with the goal of construction starting next summer. Within the next few months, the city expects to contract with a firm to design a new water treatment plant and other project components, and secure a site for the plant. Eight sites near Saline Creek are under consideration...
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CAIRO'S MAGNOLIA MANOR TO OPEN 'HOLIDAY HOUSE' FOR THANKSGIVING
(Local News ~ 11/25/98)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Historic Magnolia Manor will open for the Christmas season on Thanksgiving Day. All 14 rooms of the 1869 mansion will be decorated in the theme of "Claus & Company Entertain at Holiday House." Another historic Cairo building on the National Register of Historic Places -- the Custom House Museum -- will observe Friday hours for tours...
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INDIANS PLACE 4 ON OVC 1ST TEAM
(College Sports ~ 11/25/98)
Four Southeast Missouri State University football players have been named to the 1998 All-Ohio Valley Conference first team as selected by the league's head football coaches and sports information directors. Indians on the first team are offensive guard Jessie Eaton, running back Corey Williams, defensive lineman Troy Baglio and linebacker Kevin Meachem. All are seniors...
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OTAHKS SHOCK MISSOURI; SOUTHEAST POSTS 1ST WIN OVER TIGERS 90-71
(College Sports ~ 11/25/98)
Paula Corder signed a letter of intent with Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team after a standout career at Ellington High School. Corder, however, quickly became homesick after arriving at Southeast and transferred to Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, where she had an impressive two-year career and earned All-American honors last season...
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COURT SESSION; INDIANS FALL TO TALENTED BULLDOGS
(College Sports ~ 11/25/98)
We lost to a very talented Louisiana Tech team 84-72 Monday night. I was very impressed with their talent and the way they played, particularly in the second half. It will be interesting to follow Louisiana Tech during the year and see how they do. I really feel that they are one of the best teams to play at the Show Me Center...
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AREA BRIEFS: CAPE CENTRAL SEASON TICKETS
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/98)
Season tickets for Cape Girardeau Central's winter sports season are now available. For boys basketball, which includes nine games, reserve tickets for the entire season are $22 while a regular season pass is $18. Season passes for girls basketball (eight games) are $16 while seasons wrestling passes (four matches) are $6...
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NOTRE DAME GIRLS PICK UP FIRST VICTORY OF SEASON
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/98)
PERRYVILLE -- Notre Dame's girls basketball team rebounded from Monday night's season-opening, one-point loss to Perryville with a comfortable 51-34 victory over St. Pius Tuesday night in the Perryville Tournament. The Lady Bulldogs improved to 1-1 on both the season and in the round-robin tournament. St. Pius fell to 0-2 on both fronts...
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BIRTH
(Births ~ 11/25/98)
Daughter to Steve and Linnie Crosnoe, Pearland, Texas, Texas Women's Hospital, Houston, 11:35 a.m., Oct. 30, 1998. Name, Bailey Morgan. Weight, 7 pounds, 6 ounces. First child. Mrs. Crosnoe is the former Linnie Solman, daughter of Nolan and Sue Solman of Memphis, Texas. She is a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines. Crosnoe is the son of Cliff and Sally Crosnoe of Cape Girardeau. He is a consulting engineer for Grant Thornton...
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JESSE ANGLE
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
Jesse J. Angle, 80, of 1720 Independence, Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Nov. 23, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 27, 1918, son of Jesse A. and Tisha Limbaugh Angle in Scopus. He married Blanche L. Dillingham April 16, 1950, in Cape Girardeau. She survives...
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JOSEPH VINSON
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
CHARLESTON -- Joseph Vinson, 75, of Charleston died Monday, Nov. 23, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born July 17, 1923, in Clinton, Ky., son of Vester and Maggie Green Vinson. He married Joan Angle June 21, 1982. She survives...
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JAMES C. JAMERSON
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
BENTON -- James C. Jamerson, 71, of Benton, formerly of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 20, 1929, in Portageville, son of James Corbit and Nola Johnson Jamerson. He married Pansy "Pat" Shackelford Sept. 24, 1949. She survives...
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PHYLLIS BIGLER
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
ANNA, Ill. -- Phyllis A. "Pam" Bigler, 66, of Anna died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1998, at her home. She was born Nov. 3, 1932, in Anna, daughter of Fred and Phyllis Litton Manus. She married Arthur J. "Jay" Bigler Sept. 7, 1951, in Anna. He survives. She was co-owner and operator of the former Bigler Lumber Co. in Anna and was active in field trialing bird dogs with her husband...
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WANDA FOSTER
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
GLEN ALLEN -- Wanda Jean Foster, 60, of Glen Allen, died Monday, Nov. 23, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 12, 1938, in St. Louis, daughter of Milton G. and Birtha M. Norman West. She married David William Foster June 18, 1960, in St. Louis. He survives...
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LEONIA MASSEY
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
CHARLESTON -- Leonia Massey, 77, of Charleston, died Sunday, Nov. 22, 1998, at the home of her daughter in St. Louis. She was born May 18, 1921, in Forrest City, Ark., daughter of Joe and Mary Pierson Brown and had lived in Missouri since 1932. She married Anderson "Mack" Massey June 21, 1936. He died in 1982...
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ELNORA BARNES
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
CHARLESTON -- Elnora Barnes, 85, of Charleston, died Nov. 21, 1998, at her home. She was born March 18, 1913, in Shelby, Miss., daughter of Lawson and Elnora Blount Harris and had lived in Missouri since 1928. She married Willie Barnes in 1932. He preceded her in death...
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MABEL L. SEABAUGH
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
JACKSON -- Mabel Lucille Talley Seabaugh, 92, of Jackson died Monday, Nov. 23, 1998, at the Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home...
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JOHN D. DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
John D. Davis, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Funeral Home.
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ANNA ROTH
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
Anna Lena Roth, 101, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1998, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 21, 1897, in Altenburg, daughter of Heinz and Anna Wichern Richter. She married Joseph A. Roth Oct. 15, 1914, in Altenburg. He died in 1978...
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THOMAS W. SEIBERT
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
Thomas Wilson Seibert, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1998, at Chateau Health Center. He was born in Brazeau on April 23, 1903, son of Dr. Daniel Glenn Seibert and Ella Mae Wilkinson. He was a deacon and elder in the Presbyterian Church and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau...
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WILLIAM E. TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
ANNA, Ill. -- William E. "Willie" Taylor, 60, of Urbandale died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1998, at Union County Hospital in Anna. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo.
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MARY LOU SINN KING
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
Mary Lou Sinn King, 64 years of age of 3125 Mimosa, Cape Girardeau, MO passed away Monday, November 23, 1998 at her home. Born Sept. 14, 1934 in rural Cape Girardeau (Hobbs Chapel Community), daughter of Robert C. and Helen I. Steeg Sinn. As a girl, Mary Lou lived with her family on a farm in rural Cape Girardeau. ...
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DUNCAN HALE
(Obituary ~ 11/25/98)
DONIPHAN -- Duncan Hale, 87, of Doniphan, and formerly of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1998, at Fairdealing. He was born Aug. 17, 1911, at Morrilton, Ark., to James and Ada Stone Hale. On Oct. 24, 1931, he married Mary Myrtle Bailey, who died May 15, 1986...
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