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LETTERS; WARMING WARNINGS AREN'T TOMFOOLERY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/03/98)
To the editor: Not too long ago, the tobacco industry was attempting to convince the public that tobacco products are harmless. To do this, they enlisted their own paid scientists to provide evidence negating millions of studies that linked smoking to respiratory and cardiac diseases. ...
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HOLIDAY HOME TOUR SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 12/03/98)
Holiday homes will be on display Saturday as part of the 11th annual Lutheran Family and Children's Services Home Tour. On the tour are five homes, Old Hanover Lutheran church, and the agency's office. Homes will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance or $14 at the door. The price of the ticket includes admission to each of the homes and a luncheon at Hanover Lutheran Church...
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CITY OFFERING RESIDENTS ANOTHER CHANCE TO DUMP WASTE
(Local News ~ 12/03/98)
The city of Cape Girardeau is prepared for a large turnout at its latest hazardous household waste collection Saturday at Area Park. Collection hours will be from 8 a.m. until noon at the 4-H Shelter and will take place regardless of the weather. A similar collection Oct. 17 drew far more residents than anticipated and resulted in traffic jams, long waits and hundreds of unhappy people who were turned away...
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POLICE ESCORT DRIVER WITH STUCK GAS PEDAL THROUGH FIVE COUNTIES
(Local News ~ 12/03/98)
SIKESTON -- A high-speed odyssey that began Wednesday morning when the accelerator on a Sikeston man's new car became stuck continued through five counties and two states before the vehicle was safely stopped in Illinois. Jeff Parker placed an emergency call to the Missouri State Highway Patrol from his cell phone at 10:28 a.m. Wednesday to report that he was traveling eastbound on Highway 60 at 90 mph and was unable to slow down. He was in eastern Butler County at the time...
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'BABAR' SET TO MUSIC
(Local News ~ 12/03/98)
An illustration from "Babar" Sunday, the Southeast Chamber Players present an unusual multimedia performance of Francis Poulenc's "The Story of Babar the Elephant," music inspired by the classic children's book. Poulenc based a ballet on the original story, which was published in 1939. Dr. Ann Porter Gifford will read the story while images from the book are projected onto a screen...
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DANCING FOR LUDMILA: SAINT LOUIS BALLET DEDICATES 1998 'NUTCRACKER' TO LATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
(Local News ~ 12/03/98)
When the Saint Louis Ballet performed "The Nutcracker" at the Show Me Center in 1994, Artistic Director Ludmila Dokoudovsky lent great humor to the evening in the role of the grandmother. Her charm, talent and tirelessness served the ballet well for more than a quarter century...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/03/98)
THIS IS something that is kind of bothering me. It's those in power who take it upon themselves after Election Day to cause such a hardship upon people who are dependent upon tobacco and claim it will stop children from smoking cigarettes and pay for medical expenses for those who contract illnesses. ...
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CRACK DOWN ON AUTO INSURANCE SCOFFLAWS
(Editorial ~ 12/03/98)
For years, Missouri has required vehicles licensed in the state to be insured. In addition, owners who insured their autos also paid a small premium for uninsured-motorist coverage. A presumption that uninsured-motorist coverage is protection against vehicle owners from other states would be incorrect. ...
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TOBACCO SETTLEMENT: SOME ISSUES STILL UNRESOLVED
(Editorial ~ 12/03/98)
Missouri's attorney general, Jay Nixon, is to be commended for accepting the $6.7 billion settlement that puts an end to legal wrangling between most states and tobacco companies regarding health-care costs resulting from smoking. However, Nixon is wrong when he says it's a waste of time for state Sen. Peter Kinder of Cape Girardeau to pursue his lawsuit seeking to undo Nixon's generous payments to private lawyers around the state who were engaged to handle the state's case...
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LETTERS: LETTER REPRESENTED GUN OWNERS WELL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/03/98)
To the editor: The Dec. 1 letter from Robert A. Cron was, in short, the most comprehensive letter I've seen about our Second Amendment rights as Americans to keep and bear arms. I'm a 21-year-old National Rifle Association member and have been for 11 years.I have been around firearms my entire life and take great pride in my love for shooting sports of all kinds. ...
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PIES OFFER A SLICE OF AMERICANA
(Local News ~ 12/03/98)
Pie seems the quintessential American dessert. Perhaps it is because pie is such a comfort food. "Pie can be homey on one hand and very sophisticated on the other," said Dr. Tom Harte, a professor of speech communications at Southeast Missouri State University. He also writes a biweekly food column for the Southeast Missourian, "A Harte Appetite."...
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MENTORING PROGRAM GETS GRANT
(Local News ~ 12/03/98)
Businesses and individuals who participate in two Southeast Missouri programs have a chance to earn tax credits. Missouri Mentoring Partnership in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties received $125,000 in tax credits. The Bootheel Counseling Services Inc. in Sikeston got $125,853 in tax credits. These are two of 16 projects in 11 Missouri communities approved through the state Department of Economic Development's Youth Opportunities Program for 1999...
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UNITED WAY TOPS GOAL OF $625,000
(Local News ~ 12/03/98)
The Area Wide United Way has exceeded the 1998 fund-raising campaign goal of $625,000. The goal was the highest ever attempted by the local United Way, which serves Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City. The exact amount raised will be announced at a victory party from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at Dempster Hall on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. Volunteers and contributors may attend...
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HISTORY OF PIE
(Local News ~ 12/03/98)
Pie has worked its way into the fabric of American life. Easy as pie. Pie in the sky. He's got his finger in the pie. Eat humble pie. As American as apple pie. Ever use a pie chart? Pie, you might say, is a slice of Americana. Ironically, this distinctly American dish predates this country's settlement by hundreds of years, according to John Lehndorff of the American Pie Council in Denver, Colo...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: IN PRAISE OF THE GOOD A TEACHER, A STORY, A FRIEND CAN DO
(Column ~ 12/03/98)
Dec. 3, 1998 Dear Frisco, My friend Gail forwards me jokes every day by e-mail. Gail needs jokes because she teaches students who don't fit easily into the usual educational model. Behavior disordered is the term. In this class, it's the teacher who'd better pay attention...
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 12/03/98)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Dec. 2 -- Approved installation of a new phone system at the Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School. The bid was awarded to Advance Business Systems for $14,995. Other bids were Tri-State Telephone at $15,025; Hartland Telephone at $24,993; and Cape Communications Corp. at $18,054.20...
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SE VOLLEYBALL TEAM HEADED FOR CALIFORNIA
(College Sports ~ 12/03/98)
For the second time in three years, Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball team will be California dreaming -- of a major upset. The Otahkians, qualifying for their second NCAA Division I Tournament berth in school history, will take on host Stanford at 9:30 p.m. (Central time) Friday in the first round of the Mountain Sub-Regional in Palo Alto, Calif...
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CENTRAL'S MCGINTY WINS AREA'S TOP FOOTBALL HONOR
(High School Sports ~ 12/03/98)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Cape Girardeau Central High senior Frank McGinty received Southeast Missouri's highest football honor Wednesday night. McGinty, the Tigers' quarterback, was named the winner of the Carr Trophy during the Poplar Bluff Letter Club's annual banquet that honors all the top players on the 15 teams that make up the SEMO North, South and Central conferences...
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INDIANS HOPE TO IMPEACH GOVS; SEMO PLAYS AT AUSTIN PEAY TONIGHT
(College Sports ~ 12/03/98)
Southeast Missouri State University's basketball team will tonight get a look at a young man who many Ohio Valley Conference coaches believe just might be the league's most talented player. The Indians' objective will be to contain that player -- or at least slow him down a bit...
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OTAHKIANS FACE TULSA
(College Sports ~ 12/03/98)
Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team hopes to use a game tonight as a springboard into its Ohio Valley Conference schedule. The Otahkians will play host to Tulsa tonight in a 7 o'clock tipoff at the Show Me Center. Then Saturday, Southeast begins OVC play with a game against Tennessee State in Nashville...
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JACKSON BOYS OPEN SEASON WITH EASY TOURNAMENT WIN
(High School Sports ~ 12/03/98)
FARMINGTON -- Jackson High's boys basketball team opened its season Wednesday night by beating Fredericktown 69-49 in the semifinals of the Farmington Tournament. The top-seeded Indians will play either second-seeded Farmington or third-seeded North County at 8 p.m. Friday in the finals. Fifth-seeded Fredericktown will play at 7 tonight for third place...
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BRIEFLY: FARMINGTON GO HOST SIX BASKETBALL GAMES SATURDAY
(High School Sports ~ 12/03/98)
The Farmington Civic Center will be the site of Saturday's six-game Nothing But Net Showdown. Cape Girardeau Central High's girls will open the event with a noon game against Farmington. The rest of the schedule: Mineral Area College women vs. Three Rivers Community College, 1:30; Perryville boys vs. North County, 3:30; South Iron boys vs. Arcadia Valley, 5; Portageville boys vs. Alton, 6:30; Mineral Area men vs. Three Rivers, 8...
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GOSPEL GROUP TO PERFORM FRIDAY
(Local News ~ 12/03/98)
Poet Voices features Phil Cross, who was voted Gospel Songwriters of the Year in 1998 for "I am Redeemed." It was also voted the No. 1 Gospel Song of the Year. Admission for the event is free. An offering will be collected to help defray costs. Grace Church is at the corner of Broadway and Caruthers streets...
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GILBERT KNOP
(Obituary ~ 12/03/98)
ADVANCE -- Gilbert G. Knop, 91, of Advance died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 11, 1907, at Swinton, son of William and Mattie Shumate Knop. He and Agnes L. Proffer were married Sept. 16, 1929. She died Aug. 15, 1991...
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LARRY JAMES
(Obituary ~ 12/03/98)
Larry James, 45, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1998, at his home. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance is in charge of arrangements.
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NANCY FREY
(Obituary ~ 12/03/98)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Nancy N. Frey, 62, of Cairo died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born July 28, 1936, in Mounds, daughter of Herman and Cora Crippen Britt. She married John Frey. Frey was a member of Cairo Assembly of God Church...
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NELLIE DOOM
(Obituary ~ 12/03/98)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Nellie L. Doom of Sandy, Ore., formerly of Mound City, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1998, at Sunny Vista Care Center in Portland, Ore. Barkett Funeral Home in Mound City is in charge of arrangements.
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JOYCE BAKER
(Local News ~ 12/03/98)
DEXTER -- Funeral for Joyce Lee Baker of Dexter will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The Rev. John Nobles will officiate, with burial in Walker Cemetery at Bloomfield. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today...
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MARJORIE A. HECHT
(Obituary ~ 12/03/98)
Marjorie A. Hecht, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 2 1998, at her home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/03/98)
Son to Mark A. and Tina K. Riehn of Millersville, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:43 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, 1998. Name, John Vernon. Weight, 9 pounds 9 ounces. First child. Mrs. Riehn is the former Tina Petzoldt, daughter of Esther Petzoldt of Jackson, and the late Vernon Petzoldt. She is employed in the accounting department at the Southeast Missourian Newspaper. Riehn is the son of Jerry Riehn and Marilyn Riehn of Millersville. He is employed at Lee-Rowan Co...
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MINNIE ZIMMERMAN
(Obituary ~ 12/03/98)
PUXICO -- Minnie Shelby Phillips Zimmerman, 80, of Puxico died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1998, at her home. She was born July 14, 1918, in Brookland, Ark., daughter of George and Mary Stallings Roedel. She first married Clarence Shelby Oct. 6, 1934, who died May 21, 1970. She then married the Rev. Ira Edgar Phillips Jan. 2, 1982, who died Feb. 11, 1987. She later married Lloyd Zimmerman April 18, 1995, at Bloomfield...
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