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Dr. Grow: Get ready to grow during new year; resolve to learn more about plants and how to identify plant species during 1999
(Column ~ 12/30/98)
I like to spend time between Christmas and New Years doing two things, reviewing the past year and making resolutions for the next. My resolutions in the past were those common to everyone:be a better husband, father and grandfather; be a better teacher; get things done around the house...
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RUST COMMENTARY: HAPPY NEW YEAR: UNUSUAL 1998 DRAWS TO A CLOSE
(Column ~ 12/30/98)
HAPPY 1999 -- A significant year is coming up -- for everyone. I long ago noted that successful people set GOALS. I've always operated with a continually changing five-year plan...the business part which I recently outlined to our company employees...
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MCGOY APPOINTED TO FILL UNEXPIRED CAIRO COUNCIL TERM
(Local News ~ 12/30/98)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Cordell McGoy, a city councilman at Cairo from 1987 through 1995, is the newest member of the current Cairo City Council. McGoy was named recently to fill a seat left opened by the death of Councilman Earl Wade. McGoy has also filed for a new term to the council. He is one of four candidates who will appear on the ballot for the February 23 primary...
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SUPERINTENDENT OPENINGS MIRROR TREND
(Editorial ~ 12/30/98)
No less than five area superintendents are resigning at the end of the current school year. Is this an epidemic or a sign of the times? The resignations mirror a statewide trend of superintendents packing their bags. Some change districts, hoping for greener pastures. Others get out of the business all together. For some, the lure of a an improved retirement system is driving job choices...
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RECIPE SWAP: START THE NEW YEAR WITH SOME SHARED RECIPES FROM READERS
(Column ~ 12/30/98)
I hope each of you had a wonderful holiday with friends and family and were able to try some new and delicious recipes. Be sure to send in all of your new favorites to share with other readers. With a refrigerator full of food and a counter full of cookies and candies, it was hard for me to even think about food. Then I started opening mail for Recipe Swap and I got all excited to share some good recipes with you...
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CHEMICAL SPILL: CAUSE OF TRAIN DERAILMENT NORTH OF NEELYS LANDING UNDER INVESTIGATION
(Local News ~ 12/30/98)
NEELYS LANDING -- A Burlington Northern merchandise train, heading from Galesburg, Ill. to Memphis, Tenn., derailed in northeastern Cape Girardeau County Tuesday, sending two cars into the Mississippi River and spreading chemicals in the river and on its banks...
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SEXTON RESIGNS
(Local News ~ 12/30/98)
James Sexton, president of St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, has resigned to take a job as CEO of North Iowa Mercy Health Center and Network. Sexton announced his resignation Tuesday afternoon. His last day at St. Francis will be Feb. 5...
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ASHCROFT KEEPS MUM OVER PRESIDENTIAL BID
(Local News ~ 12/30/98)
U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft sounded like a presidential candidate during a Tuesday morning visit to Cape Girardeau even though he won't publicly announce his political plans until Jan. 5. Ashcroft kicked off a two-day, eight-city tour of his home state of Missouri at the Cape Girardeau Federal Building...
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CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT UNDER WAY
(Local News ~ 12/30/98)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- On Christmas Day in 1900, American conservationists went into the fields to count birds to protest the traditional holiday "side hunt," a team competition to see who could shoot the most birds and animals in one day. This was before migratory birds were granted legal protections, in 1914...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: NEVER TAKE KITE-FLYING LESSONS FROM CHARLIE BROWN
(Column ~ 12/30/98)
It looks so easy when other people do it. Why do I have to be kite-impaired? The birthday gift from my mother-in-law was a beauty. A big kite, at least four feet in width, and a pamphlet attached explaining how easy it would be to fly. Sure, I'd had my kite-flying problems in the past. Just last summer, I lost five pounds in one hour trying to fly one with The Other Half...
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JACKSON BOMBS BLAST CENTRAL
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/98)
There were two bomb threats at the Show-Me Center Tuesday night. Their names were Doug Cary and Justin Suedmeyer. Cary and Suedmeyer each made four 3-pointers and Jackson collectively shot 64 percent from behind the arc as the No. 2 Indians shot down No. 6 Cape Central 68-56 in a semifinal game of the University High Christmas Tournament...
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INDIANS STUMBLE ON BIG 12 COWBOYS; SOUTHEAST VISITS OKLAHOMA STATE TONIGHT
(College Sports ~ 12/30/98)
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Talk about jumping from the frying pan right into the fire. That's the situation facing Southeast Missouri State University's basketball team tonight. The Indians started off their road excursion by being destroyed 70-49 by Southern Illinois Monday night in the Earth Grains Classic at the Trans World Dome in St. Louis...
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COURT SESSION: SEMO FANS TURNED OUT IN DROVES AT TWA DOME
(College Sports ~ 12/30/98)
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Monday's game at the TWA Dome in St. Louis was a great experience for everyone involved. Unfortunately, the game did not turn out like we had hoped as we lost to Southern Illinois 70-49. I certainly want to thank all the great Southeast fans who really did Turn the Dome Red. ...
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JAYS UPROOT TOP-SEEDED RAMS, REACH TITLE GAME
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/98)
Scott City High guard Jon Beck shone under the spotlight of the Rams' University High School Christmas Tournament semifinal game Tuesday at the Show Me Center. But his supporting cast played little more than bit parts, shackled by Charleston's unrelenting, breakneck defense, and the top-seeded Rams dropped their first game this season, 58-49 to the No. 4 Blue Jays...
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AREA BRIEFS: NEW YEAR'S DAY FUN 5K
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/98)
The Cape Road Runners will hold its annual New Year's Day Fun 5K on Jan. 1. The run will begin at 8 a.m. at the McDonalds on Broadway. Sign-in will be held at 7:45. The race will not be timed and has no entry fee. For more information, call 334-1364...
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NOTRE DAME, ORAN BOUNCE BACK FROM U-HIGH SETBACKS
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/98)
While the championship is out of the question, both Notre Dame and Oran can already call the U-High Tournament a relative success. Relative in the fact that both teams will finish better than their seeding. Oran, the 10th seed, and Notre Dame, the eighth seed, will meet in today's fifth-place game at 4:30 after victories on Tuesday...
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PIRATES REACH STE. GEN FINAL
(High School Sports ~ 12/30/98)
STE. GENEVIEVE -- Perryville advanced to the championship game of the Ste. Genevieve Round-Robin Tournament with a 90-62 victory over Herculaneum Tuesday night. The Pirates will play Valle of Ste. Genevieve in today's 8 p.m. championship game. Valle won its pool Tuesday with a 56-37 victory over St. Vincent...
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WILLIAM PENNY
(Obituary ~ 12/30/98)
William Junior Penny, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Dec. 27, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Oct. 28, 1930, in Cape Girardeau, son of James Louis and Alma Lilly Davis Penny. Penny was a sports coordinator at the University Club in Chicago. He moved to Cape Girardeau in 1995. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, and served in the U.S. Army...
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RUBY SIDES
(Obituary ~ 12/30/98)
Funeral for Ruby Jean Sides of Tulsa, Okla., was held Dec. 23 in Atlanta, Ga. Sides, 53, died Friday, Dec. 18, 1998, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. She was born Oct. 12, 1945, in Atlanta, daughter of Pearl Tiller. She married Robert C. Sides of Cape Girardeau...
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SANDRA LECARPENTIER
(Obituary ~ 12/30/98)
BENTON -- Funeral for Sandra M. Lecarpentier of Benton will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Joel Oliver will officiate, with burial in Lightner Cemetery at Scott City. Friends may call at the funeral home after 8 a.m. Thursday...
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PHILIP RUSSO
(Obituary ~ 12/30/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Philip Joseph Russo, 79, of East Prairie died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 1998, at his home of an apparent heart attack. He was born Nov. 6, 1919, in Detroit, Mich., son of Salvatore and Mariann Palazzolo Russo. He and Barbara Yount were married Oct. 5, 1956...
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MARIE RECK
(Obituary ~ 12/30/98)
BLOOMFIELD -- Marie Reck, 88, of Bloomfield died Monday, Dec. 28, 1998, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. She was born Sept. 8, 1910, at Gray Ridge, daughter of James and Lillie Julian McGhee. She and Joseph A. Reck were married April 3, 1937, in St. Louis. He died Oct. 1, 1993...
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PATRICIA BARKER
(Obituary ~ 12/30/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral for Patricia Carol Barker of East Prairie will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. Fred Girdwood will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery near Charleston. Barker, 61, died Monday, Dec. 28, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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SHIRLEY GLASTETTER
(Obituary ~ 12/30/98)
SCOTT CITY -- Shirley Glastetter, 61, of Scott City died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 1998, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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NAOMI COOK
(Obituary ~ 12/30/98)
Naomi Cook of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 1998, at her home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/30/98)
Daughter to Sean Patrick and Jacquelyn Lee Westbrook of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1998. Name, Olivia Emerson. Weight, 7 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Westbrook is the former Jacquelyn Hails, daughter of Cookie Huber of Cape Girardeau and Keith and Jean Hails of Kansas City. Westbrook is the son of Linda Westbrook and Tom Westbrook of Cape Girardeau. He is a respiratory therapy student...
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R.M. CRENSHAW
(Obituary ~ 12/30/98)
The Rev. R.M. Crenshaw, 89, of Pass Christian, Miss., died Monday, Dec. 28, 1998, in Pass Christian. He was born Aug. 2, 1909, in Joplin, son of George and Josie Ellis Crenshaw. He and Lena Harmen were married in 1926. Crenshaw was an Assembly of God pastor 57 years. He pastored 12 churches in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, including First Assembly of God Church which was then on South Sprigg. He was pastor of the Cape Girardeau church from 1938-44...
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ROBERT MAYBERRY
(Obituary ~ 12/30/98)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Funeral for Robert Mayberry of Jonesboro will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home. The Revs. Herbert Wilson and D.W. Cobb will officiate. Burial will be in Valley Mission Cemetery, with military rites by Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455 of Anna...
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