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IT'S A SUPER SATURDAY: PROGRAM TEACHES BIBLE LESSONS IN WAYS CHILDREN UNDERSTAND
(Local News ~ 08/14/99)
Courtney Spencer, left, and Darlene Thiele sang a praise song with the other children. Children got off a bus outside the House of Hope. Pastor Blake Tiemann exhorted his congregation to consider the rewards of good behavior, including Flavor-Ice on the bus trip home...
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HORSE SHOW TO RAISE FUNDS FOR DIABETES YOUTH FUND
(Local News ~ 08/14/99)
A horse show to benefit the Diabetes Youth Fund will be held Aug. 21 at Flickerwood Arena in Fruitland. The 1999 Midwest Regional Futurity and Heartland Jubilee Horse Show will raise money to help fund programs for children with diabetes. "We do a lot of educational work with schools that have students who are diabetics," said Janet Stewart, patient educator at Southeast Missouri Hospital. ...
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JACKSON READIES FOR TRADITION; HOMECOMERS RUNS TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 08/14/99)
JACKSON -- At the first Homecomers in 1908, the best-decorated carriage in the Flower Parade won the owner $10 in gold, the oldest man born in Cape Girardeau County received a gold-headed cane, and the oldest woman was given a gold thimble. The event was the occasion for political speeches, a balloon ascension and a military parade...
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EMERSON WILL TOUR AREA FARMS NEXT WEEK
(Local News ~ 08/14/99)
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will be right at home among the crops and cows next week. She hopes to harvest a first-hand look at the state of agriculture in the 8th Congressional District during her annual agriculture tour. Emerson said she looks forward to visiting with farmers and agribusiness owners who make up "the very heart and soul of our district."...
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ONE PHRASE UNPOPULAR AT POST OFFICES
(Local News ~ 08/14/99)
Postal authorities dislike the popular phrase "going postal" in relation to violence in the workplace. Prior to 1980, only a few violence-in-the-workplace incidents were reported, and those were attributed to "disgruntled employees." That all changed during the 1980s, when more than 7,600 occupational homicides were reported by the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety. Suddenly the number of disgruntled employees had reached epidemic proportions...
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CAMP OFFERS FUN APPROACH TO EDUCATING YOUNG DIABETICS
(Local News ~ 08/14/99)
JACKSON -- Michael Aden stared intently at the nutrition information on the box of crackers. The brown-haired Cape Girardeau boy is only 6, but he already knows what a carbohydrate is, how many he can have a day and that a serving of these Cat Dog Cheese Nips could fit into the diet plan used to help control his diabetes...
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VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE: ANGER RAPIDLY BECOMING A HUGE PROBLEM
(Local News ~ 08/14/99)
Anger in the workplace is at epidemic levels, says the U.S. Department of Justice. Look at the statistics: -- Twenty murders a week in the workplace. -- Eighteen thousand assaults a week. -- One million victims of workplace anger annually, 45 percent of whom are men and 55 percent women...
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BUCKING THE SYSTEM: OVERTIRED AND OVERWROUGHT: THE LONG WAY HOME
(Column ~ 08/14/99)
To all of you whoever thought about remodeling several rooms of your home simultaneously, heed the following three words: Don't do it! It's been 12 long weeks since my home was partially destroyed by fire. During that time I've learned but one thing: Remodeling a home can be a Herculean task...
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SCHOOL VIOLENCE TOPIC OF SPEAKER
(Local News ~ 08/14/99)
JACKSON -- Parents of students who attend Jackson School District can attend a special seminar Sunday to learn ways to prevent their children from using drugs or committing violent acts. Criminal consultant and guest lecturer David H. Price will present a parents-only seminar at 7 p.m. Sunday at Jackson Middle School. The seminar, entitled "Avoiding the Traps," will teach parents to recognize symptoms of various problems in their children...
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BIG KMARTS OPEN IN THREE CITIES IN SOUTHEAST AREA
(Local News ~ 08/14/99)
Big Kmart officially opened in Southeast Missouri Friday. Kmart stores at three Southeast Missouri sites -- 11 S. Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau; 2233 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff; and 1110 S. Main, Sikeston, have been converted to the company's "Big K(mart)" concepts...
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HOSPITAL HELICOPTERS SAVE LIVES EVERY DAY
(Editorial ~ 08/14/99)
Traffic was snarled on Broadway last Tuesday around lunchtime. But this congestion had an unusual cause: A LifeBeat helicopter from Southeast Missouri Hospital had landed on the busy thoroughfare. It's a miracle that no one was injured, either in the helicopter or on Broadway. The street is lined by telephone poles, trees and other potential dangers. And Broadway traffic near the lunch hour is typically bustling. The pilot deserves credit for his skills in safely landing the copter...
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YELL SPONSORS PROVIDE SUPPORT
(Editorial ~ 08/14/99)
Southeast Missouri is ready to YELL with the help of a new Youth Education Literacy and Learning Foundation Board. The local YELL effort raises funds and administers literacy grants, including funding for the Newspaper in Education program. Literacy grants are awarded in Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City. The NIE program reaches out even further -- to 33 area schools...
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GOOD FOREST MANAGEMENT MAKES GOOD SENSE FOR THE ECONOMY
(Editorial ~ 08/14/99)
President Theodore Roosevelt wrote in his autobiography, "The rights of the public to the natural resources outweigh private rights, and must be given its first consideration." With this attitude, he was instrumental in creating 51 wildlife refuges, five national parks and 18 national monuments and in tripling the size of the national forests. For these accomplishments he has been called America's foremost environmental president...
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LETTERS: WHAT WEE NEED IS A PASSION FOR BALANCE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/14/99)
To the editor: Often a word or term makes its appearance so frequently in the media and in our daily activities that one must wonder if there is a message being delivered which we should give heed to. The word that seems to keep coming into focus most recently is "passion." Statements such as a crime of passion, sins of passion and things birthed out of passion have become common in describing a person's actions...
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LETTERS: BUSH VISIT WITH LIMBAUGH MAKES POINT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/14/99)
To the editor: I wasn't too sure about George W. Bush till now. The fact that he visited Rush Limbaugh tells me all I need to know, that he too must be a bigoted, ignorant hatemonger who's an embarrassment to most Americans. JOE JACKSON Tallahassee, Fla...
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HIT MAN POISED FOR FINAL ASSIGNMENT
(College Sports ~ 08/14/99)
Has it really been almost five years since John Smith was laying people out as one of the hardest-hitting defensive backs to ever play high school football in this area? My, how time flies. The Jackson High School product has carved out quite a niche for himself as one of the key members of the secondary at Southeast Missouri State University...
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EMERSON PICNIC SET FOR TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 08/14/99)
About 500 people are expected to attend U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's annual political picnic tonight in Cape Girardeau. Atalie Ebersole, Emerson's campaign manager, said 500 people is a good crowd for a non-election year. In election years, the picnic traditionally draws 700 to 800 Republican supporters...
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WILLIAM WILLIS
(Obituary ~ 08/14/99)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Funeral for William Austin Willis of Jonesboro will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home. The Revs. Joe Aldridge and Raymond Oxford will officiate. Burial will be in Jonesboro Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today...
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DAVID MILLER
(Obituary ~ 08/14/99)
Funeral for David Lester Miller of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Donny Ford will officiate. Burial will be in Jonesboro City Cemetery in Jonesboro, Ill. Friends may call at the chapel from 4-8 p.m. Sunday...
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HUGH POTTER
(Obituary ~ 08/14/99)
Hugh Potter, 87, died Friday, Aug. 13, 1999, at Perry Oaks Nursing Home in Perryville. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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HARRY LINGLE
(Obituary ~ 08/14/99)
ANNA, Ill. -- Harry Lingle, 86, of Anna died Friday, Aug. 13, 1999, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Hileman and Parr Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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VICKY KELLER
(Obituary ~ 08/14/99)
Vicky Lou Keller, 43, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 13, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center. She had been ill 26 days. She was born Nov. 9, 1955, in New Orleans, La., daughter of Lewis and Violet Allene Vance Ware. She and Ronald Keller were married June 7, 1975, at Gordonville...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/14/99)
Daughter to Matthew and Jill Cobb of Mayfield, Ky., Methodist Hospital in Dyersburg, Tenn., 4:23 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1, 1999. Name, Madeline Parker. Weight, 5 pounds 12 ounces. First child. Mrs. Cobb is the former Jill Cockrel, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Jon Cockrel of Warrensburg, Ill. Cobb is the son of Delbert and Patricia Cobb of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at Cape Prosthetics-Orthotics Inc...
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GOLCONDA WOMAN HURT IN COLLISION
(Local News ~ 08/14/99)
ANNA, Ill. -- A Golconda woman sustained major injures Friday afternoon when her car was involved in a collision with two other vehicles east of Anna. Betty Broadway, 48, was taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital by helicopter after the accident. The other drivers were Jason Leek, 16, of Jonesboro and Robert Wells, 42, of Anna. Both were taken to Union County Hospital in Anna with minor injuries...
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TERRY COBB
(Obituary ~ 08/14/99)
DEXTER -- Terry Cobb, 51, of Dexter died Thursday, Aug. 12, 1999, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 2, 1947, in Portageville, son of Evelyn Woody Cobb Wyatt and the late James Otto Cobb. He had been a resident of Dexter most of his life. He was a former employee of Federal Mogul in Malden and a former police officer for the Dexter Police Department. He attended the Assembly of God Church in Dexter...
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