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ART FOR CHRISTMAS
(Local News ~ 12/17/98)
"Prayer to the Wild Things" by Beverly Doolittle "And Crown Thy Good With Brotherhood" by Terry Redlin Wood sculpture Wooden duck carvings by Bob Havel Browsing the shops in Cape Girardeau for the perfect Christmas gift you might not expect to come home with an original piece of 19th century art. But you could...
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SOME CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS ENJOY LAST-MINUTE BUYING
(Local News ~ 12/17/98)
Amid hurried holiday shoppers rushing in and out of retail stores is another group of shoppers: mostly men who wait until the last minute to purchase gifts. With just eight days until Christmas, their shopping opportunities are dwindling. Stores in Westfield Shopping Town at West Park Mall Wednesday were filled with holiday bargains and people hoping to finish their shopping. ...
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HOSPITAL MERGER PANEL CHANGES PLAN
(Local News ~ 12/17/98)
The committee studying a possible merger of Cape Girardeau's two hospitals has revised the document that outlines promises for community health care. The Proposed Cape Girardeau Community Health Care Commitment is one of a number of documents being compiled in anticipation of a merger. It is a demonstration of the hospitals' intent to return benefits of the merger to the community...
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WRIGHT RESIGNS FROM SCHOOL BOARD
(Local News ~ 12/17/98)
Steve Wright, senior member of the Cape Girardeau Board of Education, resigned Wednesday to seek employment by the school district. He is interested in a position with the Work Keys program at the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School. The job is part of a federally funded program that creates job profiles and tests people...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: CHRISTMAS UNDER SIEGE: IF YOU WANT ME I'LL BE IN THE CAR
(Column ~ 12/17/98)
Dec. 17, 1998 Dear Julie, DC and I have been in a minor state of siege occasioned by the imminent arrival of her siblings and their families. They're coming from points in Missouri and from San Diego to celebrate both Christmas and their parents' 50th wedding anniversary...
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LOCAL RESIDENTS SAY ATTACK IS LONG OVERDUE
(Local News ~ 12/17/98)
Local residents seem to support Wednesday's airstrikes against Iraq, though a few questioned the president's timing. Christmas shoppers and storekeeps at West Park Mall paused briefly to discuss the latest military action in Iraq. "I think we should have dropped bombs on him (Saddam Hussein) a long time ago. I mean he's been pushing his limits," said Thomas Koehler, 25, of Cape Girardeau...
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LETTERS: AND NOW THE WHITE HOUSE VERSION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/17/98)
To the editor: 'Twas the days before Christmas and in the White House All the lawyers were stirring to defend the boss. The depos were hung on the mantel with care For all the spinmeister attorneys to share. Buddy and Socks were asleep in their beds,...
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IMPEACHMENT: NATION'S STANDARDS AT RISK
(Editorial ~ 12/17/98)
With a final House vote expected today on articles of impeachment, it is a curious time for President Clinton to decide to start telling the truth. And it is even more curious that legislative and political leaders would encourage a confession that could be bartered for anything less than impeachment...
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LETTERS: RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS IS FOR ALL CITIZENS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/17/98)
To the editor: A Dec. 10 Speak Out caller was hoping to enlighten us of the unwashed masses by suggesting that we look up the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It was this person's premise that the amendment only provides armament for members of the National Guard. This is a curious interpretation. Judge for yourself. Here is the amendment as it appears in the 10 original amendments of 1791:...
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LETTERS: PAY SOCIAL SECURITY TAX ON ALL INCOME
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/17/98)
To the editor: Here are some reflections on Social Security reform: Current suggestions are limited to increasing age eligibility, reduced benefits, investing in private-industry financial instruments and increasing taxes in general. Most lower-wage and salary earners are oblivious of the $64,800 limitation of the 6.2 percent Social Security deduction from earnings matched by employers and contributed to Social Security. ...
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HUTSON NEW SEMO FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN
(Local News ~ 12/17/98)
Cape Girardeau downtown businessman Charles Hutson has been elected chairman of the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. Hutson, who owns Hutson's Furniture, graduated from Southeast in 1960 with a bachelor of science degree in industrial technology...
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CHARITY EVENT RAISES $26,200
(Local News ~ 12/17/98)
A shopping event last month at West Park Mall raised $26,200 for 81 area charities. More than 4,800 guests attended the first Westfield Works Wonders fund-raising event. "Area non-profit groups, both large and small, were invited to register to receive tickets," explained Jim Govro, mall manager. "In turn, members would ask for a $5 donation per ticket with 100 percent of the proceeds retained by the organization who sold them."...
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TOP SEEDS WIN BIG IN HEALTHSOUTH; JACKSON, CENTRAL POST MAJOR ROUTS
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/98)
It's not even Christmas yet. Jackson High's girls basketball team shouldn't already be this overpowering. Yet it is. Just ask Kelly, the Lady Indians' 83-21 victim Wednesday in the opening round of the HealthSouth Holiday Classic. In another first-round game Wednesday at the Show Me Center, No. 3 seed Cape Girardeau Central waltzed past No. 6 Scott County Central 65-35...
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TOP SEEDS WIN BIG IN HEALTHSOUTH; ND SLIPS PAST LADY PIRATES; PB ROMPS
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/98)
As far as the HealthSouth Classic goes, the best was saved for last Wednesday night at the Show Me Center. After three blowouts -- including second-seeded Poplar Bluff's 70-30 win over No. 7 Scott City -- No. 5 Notre Dame was able to hold off No. 4 Perryville in a close game 49-41...
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BRIEFLY: CENTRAL GRAD BLACKMON EARNS ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/98)
Justin Blackmon, a freshman football player at Central Methodist College in Fayette, was recently named to the Heart of America Athletic Conference honorable-mention team. A 1998 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School, where he earned all-conference honors, Blackmon started at running back for Central Methodist this year and was one of the league's top kick returners...
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BRIEFLY: TICKET DEADLINE IS TODAY FOR SEMO GAME AT TWA DOME
(College Sports ~ 12/17/98)
Today is the deadline to purchase tickets in Southeast Missouri State University's section for the Indians' Dec. 28 basketball game against Southern Illinois at the TWA Dome in St. Louis. Tickets for Southeast's section must be purchased by 5 p.m. today, either in person at Houck Field House or by calling 651-2113...
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: BECCA GOWIN
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/98)
Becca Gowin School: Scott City Sport: Basketball Coach: Randy White Season Report: Gowin, who averaged 13 points per game last season, has emerged as Scott City's go-to player by leading the team in scoring with 25 points per game. She is making 50 percent of her shots, including an unbelievable 54 percent from 3-point range. Entering Wednesday's HealthSouth Holiday Classic, the 5-foot-6 senior guard had led the Lady Rams to five straight wins to open the season...
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: BEN ROEGER
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/98)
Ben Roeger School: Cape Girardeau Central Sport: Swimming Coach: Dayna Powell Season report: Roeger, a senior, has bettered his personal best in the 200 and 500 freestyle and the 100 backstroke this season and is also a key member of several relay teams. He also serves as the team captain...
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NICHOLS LEADS ORAN PAST EAST PRAIRIE
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/98)
ORAN -- Chris Nichols scored 22 points to lead four players in double figures as Oran High's boys basketball team picked up a 78-64 win over visiting East Prairie Tuesday night. Daniel Wheeler followed with 16 points for the Eagles while Travis Friga and Billy Loper added 13 apiece...
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FLOY BARNES
(Obituary ~ 12/17/98)
Funeral for Floy M. Barnes of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Cy Smith will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel from 9 a.m. until service time. Barnes, 90, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1998, at the Lutheran Home...
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LORENE GOINES
(Obituary ~ 12/17/98)
GRAND CHAIN, Ill. -- Funeral for Lorene G. Goines of Grand Chain will be held at 1 p.m. today at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak. The Rev. David Keyes will officiate, with burial in Ohio Chapel Cemetery, near Grand Chain. Goines, 77, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1998, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky...
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CARLA HITT
(Obituary ~ 12/17/98)
Carla I. Hitt, 69, of Nashville, Tenn., died Friday, Dec. 4, 1998, in Nashville. She was born Oct. 3, 1929, in Kansas City. She married John Rodney Hitt, formerly of Cape Girardeau. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Dewey and Paul Hitt; a daughter, Maribeth Perusse; a sister, Sherry Kelly; and three grandchildren...
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LEROY ABERNATHY
(Obituary ~ 12/17/98)
JACKSON -- Leroy Linus Abernathy, 67, of Jackson died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 10, 1931, in Jackson, son of Linus and Bertha Hermina Voges Abernathy. He and Patsy Clingingsmith were married June 28, 1953, at Jackson...
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BEN EDWARD JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 12/17/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Ben Edward Johnson, 84, of East Prairie died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Dec. 5, 1914, at Charleston, son of Fradis E. and Rose M. Jones Johnson. He had lived in Mississippi County most of his life. He was a retired farmer and pipeline worker who attended the Barnes Ridge Baptist Church near East Prairie...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/17/98)
Son to Randy and Tammy Abbott of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:05 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, 1998. Name, Nicholas Leo. Weight, 7 pounds 11 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Abbott is the former Tammy Skelton. Abbott is the son of Odis Abbott and Wanda Abbott of Briar. He is employed at Watkins Trucking in St. Louis...
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MILDRED MCCARVER
(Obituary ~ 12/17/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Mildred McCarver, 81, of East Prairie died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.
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