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HONOR ROLLS: NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL
(Honor Roll ~ 11/25/99)
Grade 12 -- Leslie Adams, Jennifer Bucher, Jill Edwards, Amy Essner, Bonnie Essner, Leeanna Essner, Nathan Ford, Carrie Halter, Michelle Hency, Nathaniel Hirtz, Michelle Hulshof, Emily Lange, Kevin Lankheit, Steven LeGrand, Veronica Marquart, Janel Mason, Whitney McCann, Tiffany Miller, Mark Ostendorf, Jason Peters, Tim Robert, Oliver Sanders, Christine Schneider, Amanda Sharp, Michael Sirimaturos, Brandon Smiley, Richard Smith, Jean Stoverink, Natalie Watts, Emily Wulfers...
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MAKE THE MOST OF THIS DAY OF THANKSGIVING
(Editorial ~ 11/25/99)
Come, ye thankful people, come,Raise the song of Harvest-home;All is safely gathered in,Ere the winter storms begin. There are so many reasons to be thankful: Family. Friends. Health. The bounty of nature, good times, marriages, childbirth, golden autumns, crisp days. Life itself and much more. The psalmist expressed it thusly...
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SOME LIKE IT HOT
(Local News ~ 11/25/99)
What does it take to make a good pot of chili? It depends on the chef. For Robert Ramirez of Cape Girardeau, the chili should be spicy. For Mary Ann Cruse of Scott City, chili should be hearty like stew. Scott Gibbs and son Alex Koenig of Jackson enjoy their chili with a sweet twist...
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OTHER RECIPES SUBMITTED FOR CHILI COOKOFF
(Local News ~ 11/25/99)
Other recipes submitted for Chili CookoffBlack Bean Chili with ham and turkey (medium hot. Mary Ann CruseScott City 1 medium-sized onion 4 cloves (1 cup) garlic, chopped fine 6 ounces boiled ham, cut into 1/4 inch dice (1 cup. 2 tablespoon vegetable oil...
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CHILI COOKOFF WINNERS
(Local News ~ 11/25/99)
First Place winnerRobert's Heart Stopping Chili (Or How to Clear your Lower Intestines Without Really Trying. Robert D. RamirezCape Girardeau 6 strips of thick bacon 3 pounds of lean beef (or chili meat. 2 bunches green onion 4 large cloves garlic (minced...
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LETTERS: THE THANKSGIVING EXCHANGE RECALLED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/25/99)
To the editor: I close my eyes and picture in my mind how it must have been when our people first saw them as they stepped off their ships. Our people welcomed them, and gifts and friendship were exchanged. In time, the blood flowed, and harshness on our people began. We saw native people carried off as prisoners. It was a friendship that would cost native people our land, our religion, our freedom to move freely and even our children...
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LETTERS: REVISIONISTS WRONG; GOD IS TO BE THANKED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/25/99)
To the editor: We trace our original Thanksgiving Day back to our early forefathers as they landed in the New World. A group of Puritans in England were called Separatists because they were not willing to support the Church of England. In June 1620, the Puritans chartered two ships, the Speedwell and the Mayflower, to take them to the New World. ...
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HONOR ROLLS: ORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Honor Roll ~ 11/25/99)
A Honor Roll6th Grade -- Kyle Campbell.5th Grade -- Jon Ramsey, Chase Seyer, Mandi Wood.4th Grade -- Kody Campbell, Erica Pobst, Alex Chasteen, Erica Schott, Rachel Trankler.B Honor Roll6th Grade -- Carmen Duncan, Johnathan Fowler, Jeremy Griffin, Scott Ingram, Enjoli Paxton, Josh Puckett.5th Grade -- Megan Chapman, Tiffany Glastetter, Kory Kluesner, Holly Limbaugh, Jeremy Prino.4th Grade -- Lance Dannenmueller, Ashton May, Cammie Milam, Erin Sinuard, Islay VanDe Velde, Wade Boggs, Jake Kluesner, Klayton Kyle, Kristin Roberts, Katey Tilley.. ...
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ND STUDENTS RAISE THOUSANDS FOR CLASSMATE
(Local News ~ 11/25/99)
Notre Dame Regional High School seniors showed support for a classmate and his family with a benefit walkathon Wednesday morning. Students raised more than $5,000 in a walk to benefit the family of classmate Wes Steele, whose father, Etson, was diagnosed with cancer last year. Wes' sister, Kelsey, is a freshman at Notre Dame...
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WOMAN'S DISAPPEARANCE STILL PUZZLES SHERIFF
(Local News ~ 11/25/99)
For 17 Thanksgivings now, no one has seen or heard from Linda Jean Crites. "I was very upset then and I am to this day," said Wanita Anderson of Piedmont, who is Linda's only sister. Until the evening of Nov. 23, 1983, Crites had lived with her husband, Lou, and son, Eddie, in Seabaugh Acres outside of Jackson on Highway 72. She was supposed to go to her mother's home the next day for Thanksgiving, but she never arrived...
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TRADITION CONTINUES WITH HUTSON'S HOLIDAY WINNER
(Local News ~ 11/25/99)
With smoking computers, stockpiled food and a ticking millennium clock, the Y2K bug has hit Santa's workshop in the window of Hutson's Furniture. The annual Christmas window display at the downtown store at 43 S. Main opens today, and Chris Hutson expects a large crowd will gather to see what new idea the family-owned business has concocted this year."We've been doing this 37 years and we haven't done the same scene twice," Hutson said...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: SURROUNDED BY THANKSGIVING'S NEW WORLD BLESSINGS
(Local News ~ 11/25/99)
Nov. 25, 1999Dear Adams family,The first winter in the New World took the lives of more than half the 110 Pilgrims and crew who left England in 1620. Some histories of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving in America tell of an English-speaking Indian named Squanto who then taught the struggling immigrants to tap the maple trees and to plant Indian corn. ...
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JACKSON WOMAN GIVES THANKS DAILY
(Local News ~ 11/25/99)
The Rev. Laura Marie Stoner knows she has plenty of blessings to count and she's mindful of her abundance in life. Stoner, 61, survived rough times and hardships in life but her faith in God has kept her strong. She is now minister at Jackson Congregational Methodist Mission."My faith made it possible to survive the tough times," she says.It was at one of the low points in her life that Stoner realized just how much she and her three young children had been blessed.Her husband, Charles, had just found out that the severe headaches he had been experiencing would force him to quit working. ...
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MENU PLANNED FOR THE CITY'S Y2K SHINDIG
(Local News ~ 11/25/99)
The food at the upcoming Y2K Eve Party will all be "wonderful," said Beverly Noffel, one of the chairmen of the party's food committee. Noffel and other members of the food committee recently attended a tasting of food that will be served at the party, which will be held Dec. ...
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AREA SCHOOLS RECOGNIZE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: PERRY COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 11/25/99)
A Honor Roll 8th Grade -- Miranda Abt, Ashley Bert, Amanda Brown, Jill Brown, Nicole Gemoules, Stacey Geringer, Ashley Hansen, Jarred Hargrove, Barbara Kammler, Dustin Kueker, Stacy Mattingly, Mindy McAtee, Katie McDaniel, Sara Meyer, Daniel Moll, Zachary Moll, Mary Nations, Lisa Pecaut, Brandy Ritter, Rodney Sadler, Melissa Schmidt, Heather Schubert, Elizabeth Schumer, Rebecca Smith, Wendy Stamps, Megan Streiler, Katie Voelker, Katherine Warfield...
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AREA SCHOOLS RECOGNIZE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: SHAWNEE SCHOOLS IN WOLF LAKE, ILL.
(Honor Roll ~ 11/25/99)
A Honor Roll 12th Grade -- Sarah Bradley, Julie Burford, Matt Davis, Amanda Jackson, Sacha Jackson, Amber Lepper, Dasha Mehrle, Lee Ann Montgomery, Elizabeth Nelson, Kelley Newell, Dawn Seward, Elisha Smith, Derek Winans. 11th Grade -- Sarah Hanneken, Shelia Kelley...
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HONOR ROLLS: CHAFFEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Honor Roll ~ 11/25/99)
6th Grade -- Brittany Crouthers, Sarah Dooley, Kori Fowler, Mindy Hendrix, Jamie Holder, Whitney Horrell, Garrett Pepple, Bobby Alexander, Korey Chapman, Lee Everett, Emily Freeland, Danielle Hency, Cierra Kennedy, Katie Moore.5th Grade -- Rynn Eskew, Chris Hanback, Rachel Hendrix, Aaron Hopkins, Michael Lee, Zach McDaniel, Sara Petitt, Torie Keys, Sara Lowery, Ashley Ritter, Aaron Volkerding, Stefanie Whitaker...
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MURRAY MAYNARD
(Obituary ~ 11/25/99)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Murray Maynard, 79, of East Prairie died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1999, at his home. He was born July 9, 1920, at Diehlstadt, son of Ernest and Mae Cox Maynard. He and Juanita Jones were married Nov. 6, 1945. Maynard lived in Mississippi County most of his life. He had farmed, was a truck driver for French Implement, and was manager of Big Oak Farms 16 years. He was a member of Dorena Baptist Church...
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ROBERT OLSON
(Obituary ~ 11/25/99)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Robert Henry Olson, 70, of East Prairie died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.He was born Dec. 7, 1928, in Estherville, Iowa, son of Henry and Mildred Bilsborough Olson.Olson was a retired truck driver. ...
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TYLER LAFOREST
(Obituary ~ 11/25/99)
JACKSON -- Tyler Anthony Eugene LaForest of Jackson died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999, at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He was born Nov. 22, 1999, in St. Louis, son of Robert Anthony "Tony" and Angela Marie Dohogne LaForest. Survivors include his parents of Jackson; four brothers, Brett and Joshua LaForest of Arkansas, Bobby and Preston Beauchamp of Jackson; paternal grandmother, Dorothy "Dot" LaForest of Tamms, Ill.; and maternal grandparents, Butch and Marsha Dohogne of Scott City...
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LIGHTING UP BROADWAY: CHRISTMAS PARADE OF LIGHTS SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 11/25/99)
The Cape Shrine Club and clowns delivered smiles along the parade route last year. Even the grumpiest of people get a twinkle in their eyes when they are watching the annual Christmas Parade of Lights, according to one long-time parade participant."This is really the unofficial official start of the Christmas season," said Jerry Ford, leader of the Jerry Ford Orchestra which will perform on the VIP Industries float in Sunday's parade. ...
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GETTING INTO A MUSICAL NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
(Local News ~ 11/25/99)
When he was 15 or 16 and growing up in Cape Girardeau, keyboardist Bill Gerhardt hung around with older musicians like guitarist Steve Pirtle and drummer Greg Shivelbine. He'd find himself jamming at late-night joints across the river he was much too young to get in. "I always went in the back door," Gerhardt says...
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