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ALICE THOMPSON IS REMEMBERED FOR JOY, SERVICE
(Local News ~ 05/23/99)
Jackson last a leading and highly-esteemed citizen May 16. Alice Faye Thompson, 72, died at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A charter member of the Jackson Noon Optimist Club and serving on the board at the time of her death, Thompson had been voted as Woman of the Year by the Optimists. She was also founder of the Noon Optimist Little Indians football program and had helped for many years with the Optimist Girls basketball program...
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TWENTY-FIVE OAK RIDGE SENIORS EARNED DIPLOMAS FRIDAY NIGHT
(Local News ~ 05/23/99)
Oak Ridge High School salutatorian Jan McLane and co-valedictorians Sarah Wilke and Dawnelle Meyr. OAK RIDGE -- Sarah Wilke and Dawnelle Meyr will share valedictorian honors at Oak Ridge High School this year. The pair finished atop the 1999 graduating class of 25 seniors. Jan McLane is ORHS salutatorian...
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A LOOK BACK AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 05/23/99)
25 years ago: 1974 On Monday, Judge Marshall Craig ruled that County Court can build proposed county law enforcement complex on County Farm in Cape Girardeau; Craig, in his ruling, indicated that County Court has authority under law to decide upon site for county jail and isn't restricted in its decision to site within city of Jackson, which is county seat...
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LETTERS: AN ACT OF KIKNDNESS AFTER THE STORM
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/23/99)
To the Editor:The aftermath of the recent storm caused considerable damage to many homes and trees. In my case, a large limb was broken off one tree and several limbs from other trees and some were on the roof. When I started to remove the large limbs from the driveway, my neighbor Frank Emmendorfer came over with his chain saw and cut the tree up so we could handle it...
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THURSDAY LITERACY CLUB MARKS 90TH BIRTHDAY
(Local News ~ 05/23/99)
The GFWC Thursday Literary Club celebrated its 90th birthday May 13, in the community rooms of the Jackson City Hall. Dorothy Holmburg, president, welcomed members and guest and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States and Missouri Flags. Also, Mrs. ...
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MILLERSVILLE STUDENTS GATHER
(Local News ~ 05/23/99)
A reunion of former students of Millersville School will be held on June 26 at the Little Ole Opry on Highway 34 near Burfordville. The reunion will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a short program, music and food. For more information, call Rada Lou Miller Kamp at (573) 243-2380 or Mildred Webb Surface at (573) 238-3266...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/23/99)
I JUST wanted to let everyone know what a great school Oran has. The teachers and staff are really wonderful. I recently moved to another town and holding down two jobs made it difficult for me to get my son to school on time as he had four or five weeks to finish. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: LEGISLATURE FAILS TO ADDRESS THE FUTURE
(Column ~ 05/23/99)
At the close of each session of their General Assembly, Missourians reach a perfectly logical inference that the state's major problems have been dealt with and all that remains is to observe how well our society moves ahead with the solutions that have been agreed upon. This inference is helped along by statements traditionally issued at the close of annual sessions by leaders, members and those who gained legislative approval of their individual requests...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: BULLYING EDITORIAL WRITERS WOULD CRIMINALIZE CERTAIN THOUGHTS
(Column ~ 05/23/99)
Twice in four days, in May 16 and 19 editorials, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch took gratuitous swipes at me. The first I deemed unworthy of a response, but the second was far less reasoned commentary than it was an unprovoked, journalistic drive-by shooting. In discussing the General Assembly's passage of hate crimes legislation over the principled opposition of many of us, they singled me out as "homophobic" for opposing it...
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A LOOK BACK AT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION
(Editorial ~ 05/23/99)
The legislative session that concluded for the year on May 14 featured some progressive measures along with the usual ration of disappointments. All of the following measures are on the governor's desk for his signature. In addition to the tax cuts, there were additional tax credits including $5 million a year for venture capital, $16 million for distressed communities that would allow a 25 percent income-tax credit for rehabilitation costs for homeowners in distressed neighborhoods. ...
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LETTERS: 'THE ANSWER' TO THE VIOLENCE IS SIN
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/23/99)
To the Editor:After each school shooting the first question out of the mouths of the media is WHY? What could be causing these horrible killings. Ask any pastor/Christian and you will receive "the answer." Romans 1:18-32. But that's not "the answer" our society wants! It can't be that simple. There has to be another answer -- gun control, triggerlocks, the parents, grandparents, T.V., movies, video games, cliques, on and on...
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WALK-A-THON RAISES OVER $7,000 FOR CENTER
(Local News ~ 05/23/99)
The Jackson Senior Center conducted its Fifth Annual Miles for Meals Walk-A-Thon May 15, with walkers following routs adjacent to the Jackson Senior Center. A portion of East Washington Street was blocked by the city, allowing a major portion of the event's activities to be held in front of the center...
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BARGAIN HUNTERS ATTEND CITY AUCTION, GARAGE SALE
(Local News ~ 05/23/99)
Besides the traditional garage sales that pepper the area each spring, those in search of necessary or unusual items could attend two Cape Girardeau city-sponsored events Saturday. Bargain hunters could be seen wheelin' and dealin' at a citywide garage sale at the Osage Centre or at a public auction held at the 4-H Building at Arena Park...
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MODEL AIRPORT SHOW DRAWS 40 PILOTS
(Local News ~ 05/23/99)
Learning to fly her "Garfield" airplane in acrobatic loops was the most difficult feat for Kathryn Renfrow, 12, a radio-control pilot. But Renfrow didn't fly much Saturday during Cape Girardeau's first radio-controlled air show because the wind speeds were a little too high...
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200 STEP OUT FOR JESUS IN CAPE MARCH
(Local News ~ 05/23/99)
Some 200 Christians stepped out on faith during an interdenominational March for Jesus through Cape Girardeau Saturday. The event was one of many marches planned in 525 cities across the United States and in 100 nations around the globe. "I'm doing this for the Lord," said Lauren Robison, 13, as she readied a float for the parade through town. "It's important to show the other people we're out. We also have to congregate with other churches."...
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WATER HAZARDS: THIS WEEK HAS BEEN DESIGNATED NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK
(Local News ~ 05/23/99)
An 18-foot bass boat collided with a 30-foot pontoon boat recently on Lake of the Ozarks, near Sunrise Beach, leaving one man dead and two men injured. The boating accident was the 30th this year in Missouri, said Capt. Hans Huenink, director of communications for the Missouri Water Patrol...
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MARK MY WORD: IT'S TOUGH TO BE TOTO AND CLEAN UP THE HOUSE TOO
(Column ~ 05/23/99)
What would we do without parenting magazines? The other day I was reading through a parenting magazine when I spied an article with a headline that commanded, "Get that Kid Organized." The author suggested that parents can say goodbye to forgotten homework, lost books and last-minute chaos...
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THE LATEST LINE: OVC PARTY WAS MISSING HOST SQUAD
(Sports Column ~ 05/23/99)
Southeast Missouri State University threw a baseball party over the past three days -- but the Indians didn't have nearly as much fun as they had originally planned. That's because they were eliminated from the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament after only two games -- much to the chagrin of tourney officials, who had been counting on huge crowds following the home squad's attempt to win the tourney for the second year in a row...
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PANTHERS POUNCE ON TOURNEY TOO
(College Sports ~ 05/23/99)
Eastern Illinois came into last season's Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament as the No. 1 seed but promptly lost its first game and couldn't quite recover, eventually losing in the finals. This year, the Panthers left nothing to chance. After winning their second straight OVC regular-season title to again earn the tournament's top seed, EIU swept through the tourney in three games, capped by Saturday's 4-3 victory over fourth-seeded Middle Tennessee State...
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DISTRICT BASEBALL TOURNEYS LIVE UP TO BILLINGS (PREP NOTES)
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/99)
The area district baseball tournaments lived up to their hype this past week. There was no "team to beat" in the Class 4A district, while the No. 2 seeds in Class 1A and 2A were ironically favored to win, and did win, their respective districts. In the wide-open, albeit weak, Class 4A district tournament, Jackson, the fifth seed, came out of nowhere to reach the finals and they did it in impressive fashion. ...
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LADY TIGER SWIMMERS PLACE 5TH AT STATE MEET
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/99)
ST. PETERS -- Cape Central's girls swim hoped to enter new waters at the 1999 Missouri State Championships and came home Saturday with mission accomplished. With senior Grace Freeman leading the way with two second place finishes, Cape Central finished fifth -- its highest state finish ever...
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SE OUSTED FROM NCAA TOURNEY; OTAHKS FALL 3-1 IN 11 INNINGS
(College Sports ~ 05/23/99)
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Southeast Missouri State University softball coach Lana Richmond said her team was looking to make some noise during its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament. The Otahkians did just that. Southeast, after Thursday's opening loss to Kansas, won its first-ever Division I tourney game Friday night by beating East Carolina. The Otahkians then gave highly-regarded Kansas a huge scare Saturday night before dropping a 3-1 decision in 11 innings...
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KELLY WINS 4X800 AT STATE
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/99)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Kelly's 4x800-meter relay team of Lucas Choate, Jobe Berry, C.O. Scheffer and Nathen King took first place at the Class 2A Track and Field Championships at Lincoln University Saturday. The group ran the race in 8:16.92, almost three seconds faster than the runners-up from Berkeley...
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CHS TO SEND 12 ATHLTES TO STATE
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/99)
ST. LOUIS -- Dionna Webb qualified for state in three events and broke a school record Saturday, highlighting an outstanding day for Cape Girardeau Central High's track program at the Class 4A sectional meet at Lafayette High School. In all, Central advanced six boys in six events and six girls in nine events. The top four finishers in each event will compete next weekend in Jefferson City...
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CHOMP, CHOMP; MISSOURI HOME TO A VORACIOUS PLANT
(Local News ~ 05/23/99)
Did you know we have a plant in our region that eats animals? It even puts the Venus fly trap to shame! It is more common than you may realize and a plant worth discovering. The plant is called a bladderwort and can be found all over the state! Bladderwort (Utricularia vulgais) is an aquatic plant that lives in ponds, lakes, marshes, swamps and fens. ...
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AREA BRIEFS: UNDERWRITERS SIXTH ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/99)
The Cape Girardeau Association of Life Underwriters will hold its sixth annual charity golf tournament and barbecue Friday, June 4, at Jaycees Municipal Golf Course. The four-person scramble has a $60 entry fee (per person), which includes lunch and prizes...
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AREA BRIEFS: COED SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/99)
A coed softball tournament will be held June 5-6 at the Recreation Sports Complex in Sikeston. Entry fee is $75 with a June 3 registration deadline. The tournament format is double elimination. Proceeds will benefit the YMCA. For more information, call the YMCA at (573) 472-9622 or Paula Wilson at (573) 471-5347...
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AREA BRIEFS: WOMEN'S SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/99)
A women's softball tournament will be held June 3 5-6 at the Recreation Sports Complex in Sikeston. Entry fee is $75 with a June 3 registration deadline. The tournament format is double elimination. Proceeds will benefit the YMCA. For more information, call the YMCA at (573) 472-9622 or Paula Wilson at (573) 471-5347...
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LLOYD UNDERWOOD
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
MARBLE HILL -- Lloyd Dale Underwood, 79, of Greenville died Friday, May 21, 1999, at the Greenville Health Care Center. He was born at Bessville on Sept. 4, 1919, son of the late Zach and Nellie Jane McLeod Underwood. On June 29, 1974, he married Nell Morton. She survives...
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GLENDA CAMREN
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
ADVANCE -- Glenda Camren, 73, of Advance died Friday, May 21, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 5, 1926, in Greenbrier, daughter of the late Dudley and Ida Miller McCullough. She was retired from the Inland Shoe Factory in Advance and had attended the Assembly of God Church...
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MARY MELVIN
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
Mary Virginia Taylor Melvin, formerly of Bonne Terre, died Tuesday, May 18, 1999, at Heartland Care Rehab Center. She was 71. She was born Dec. 31, 1927, in Philadelphia, Pa., daughter of Ken and Mary Taylor. She married Samuel Melvin in 1963 in Chicago, Ill. He died July 4, 1998...
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EDNA KENYON
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
Edna B. Kenyon, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 22, 1999, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born Sept. 29, 1917, at Stockton, Kan., daughter of Donald F. and Florence A. Barr Burlin. She and Frank S. "Pete" Kenyon were married Sept. 27, 1940, at Wichita, Kan. He died Aug. 27, 1990...
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MARJORIE MONAHAN
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
Marjorie B. Mohahan, 89, an advocate of higher education for senior adults, died Saturday, May 22, 1999, at her home in Cape Girardeau. Born Feb. 23, 1910, in East St. Louis, Ill., she was the daughter of Eugene Wright and Rhoda Belle Burton. On Dec. 2, 1933, she married Jerome G. Monahan, who died July 20, 1977...
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MARILYN HANNER
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
ADVANCE -- Marilyn Hanner, 61, of Sturdivant died Friday, May 21, 1999, at Sikeston Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 17, 1938, at Atkins, Ark., daughter of the late Ernest and Delma Childers Littleton. She had worked as a retired inspector for Inland Shoe Factory for 24 years...
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MYRTLE HOPKINS
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
MARBLE HILL -- Myrtle H. Hopkins, 97, of Marble Hill died Friday, May 21, 1999, at Bond Nursing Care Center. She was born Feb. 7, 1902, at Coldwater, daughter of Elige Lee and Mary Susan Duncan Golden. She and Troy Hopkins were married March 27, 1921. He died Feb. 25, 1973...
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LOUIS COOK
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
THEBES, Ill. -- Louis E. Cook, 68, of Thebes died Friday, May 21, 1999, at his home. He was born Oct. 23, 1930, at Springfield, Ohio, son of Thomas A. and Susie P. Bersinger Cook. He and Joan Minor were married March 11, 1961, at Chicago. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific theater during World War II...
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ED BRUGGER
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
Ed Brugger, 83, of Jackson died Saturday, May 22, 1999, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are under the direction of Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home.
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WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
William J. Chamberlain of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 22, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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ROBERT W. HARBISON
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
ALTENBURG -- Robert W. Harbison, 76, died Friday, May 21, 1999 at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Perryville. Born May 24, 1922, in St. Louis, he was the son of Willard M. and Edith Hornberg Harbison. He and Verna M. Haertling were married Oct. 2, 1948, in St. Louis. She survives at their home in Altenburg...
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LOUISE SHOCKLEY
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
BENTON -- Louis Bles Shockley, 80, of Benton died Friday, May 21, 1999, at Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol, Tenn. She was born June 24, 1918, at Flint, Mich., daughter of Edward and Clara Scherer Bles. She and Glendon Shockley were married Sept. 9, 1972, at Clayton...
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OSCAR AUBUCHON
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
PERRYVILLE -- Oscar Aubuchon, 93, formerly of Sedgewickville, died Friday, May 21, 1999, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Aug. 25, 1905, at Florissant, son of Frederick and Slvina Lajennene Aubuchon. He and Allie Garland were married Sept. 1, 1928...
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ARA DALLAS
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
ALTO PASS, Ill. -- Ara S. Dallas, 85, of Alto Pass died Friday, May 21, 1999, at City Care Center in Cobden. She was born Oct. 23, 1913, at Alto Pass, daughter of Marshall and Claudia McKinney Bittle. She and Albert Leon Dallas were married June 24, 1932. He died May 16, 1967...
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CARL KLINE
(Obituary ~ 05/23/99)
PERRYVILLE -- Carl J. Kline of Perryville died Friday, May 21, 1999, at the Perry County Nursing Home. He was 94 years old. He was born in Perry County Feb. 14, 1905, son of Joseph and Minnie Moore Kline. He married Luvina Berkbigler Dec. 29, 1934, in Waterloo, Ill. She survives...
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UNIVERSITY MEMORIES: LITTLE MOMENTS IN A SMALL MUSEUM
(Local News ~ 05/23/99)
Dr. Jenny Strayer showed a self-portrait of John Ford that will be on display in June at the University Museum. A pottery shard is one of the pieces in the Beckwith Collection which is stored at the University Museum. This bronze sculpture entitled "Bird Rattler" by Hans Egon Reiss is on display at the University Museum...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: WHERE HAVE THE MARTINS GONE?
(Column ~ 05/23/99)
It seems that I'm doomed to go purple martinless this year. My heart leaped up when I saw a lone scout huddled on the martin house porch one cold April morning but he never returned with an entourage. They stopped for only a few days last year, not bothering to raise a family...
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