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Dr. Grow: Make things simple, easy
(Column ~ 12/15/99)
During the holiday season I look for inspiration so that I can write a Christmas column about an idea that will have some significance to readers. I need inspiration because, for me, that idea is often hard to come by. Not yet having that idea was on my mind the Saturday after Thanksgiving when I had lunch with my granddaughter, Kelsi, at her favorite restaurant, McDonald's. With us were Mommy Nicole and MomMom Marilyn...
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LETTERS: YELL GRANTS USED FOR YOUNG READERS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/15/99)
To the editor: On behalf of the library and our teen-age patrons, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the YELL Foundation for awarding grant funding for our reading programs. Over the years, YELL grant money has allowed us to offer book incentives to the young people who participate in our reading clubs and other special programs. We experience firsthand the joy that book ownership brings to these important patrons...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/15/99)
I WAS wondering why the southbound Interstate-55 exit and entry ramps couldn't be put on the south end of the airport along Ramsey Branch. That would make for lots more room. It wouldn't all be crowded together with the school and the Benton interchange. ...
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CITY PLANS SEWER WORK WITH NO ADDITIONAL TAX
(Editorial ~ 12/15/99)
Sewers are not very exciting to talk about. Most of us take sewers for granted -- until a problem occurs. Cape Girardeau is trying to drum up interest in sewers before problems arise. The city is completing $25 million of sewer improvements approved by voters in 1994. The quarter-cent sales tax passed overwhelmingly. A priority was to separate storm and sanitary sewers in the older parts of the city. That work is mostly completed...
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JEFFERSON'S PHILOSOPHY EXPRESSES RARE CLARITY IN MUDDLED WORLD
(Column ~ 12/15/99)
A philosophy of life: In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give up the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose, that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing. ...
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FOUR-WAY STOP AT OLD SPRIGG-LEXINGTON INTERSECTION HELPS HOLD DOWN EXCESSIVE SPEED
(Editorial ~ 12/15/99)
In other city business, the Cape Girardeau City Council recently took a close look at a proposal to remove four-way stop signs at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and Old Sprigg Street Road. After much discussion, the council rejected the proposal...
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LETTERS: REST OF CAROL LEAVES HOPE FOR ETERNITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/15/99)
To the editor: Thank you for circulating again this year the special section of the Missourian, "An Old-Fashioned Christmas." The carols and Christmas legends, I'm sure, will bring joy to lots of homes and group meetings during the season. In that light, may I offer a suggestion for the beautiful song on page 27, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." Printing just the first three verses leaves the reader in terrible despair, but notice what happens in verses four and five:...
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LETTERS: TAX-CREDIT EDITORIAL WAS DISAPPOINTING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/15/99)
To the editor: I hope I can find the words to express my heartfelt disappointment in the view you expressed in your editorial, "Earned-income credit is new welfare attempt." Perhaps it's because it is just days until Christmas, a time when the importance and the reason for giving are emphasized, that caused me to feel uneasy about the attitude you expressed. ...
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DOCTORS' CLINIC MAKES HOUSE CALLS
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
Doctors making house calls went by the wayside decades ago, but Midtown Family Medical Clinic is trying to resurrect the practice. "There are some patients who have difficulty coming to the clinic because they don't have transportation or they have a disability," said Dr. Robert Hoffman, a family practitioner who runs the clinic. "We think making house calls will be a service to them."...
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ONLY ABOUT HALF OF TOYBOX ORDERS FILLED
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
When was the last time you played a board game? Maybe it has been awhile. But do you remember all the fun you had playing Checkers or maybe Candyland and Monopoly? Many area children don't have board games to enjoy this year. Some of those children wouldn't have any gifts at Christmas if it weren't for donations you make to Toybox...
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SECOND COACH CANDIDATE INTERVIEWED
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
Phil Meyer, quarterback coach at Iowa State and a former Southeast Missouri State University assistant, visited the Southeast campus Tuesday to interview for the vacant head football coach position. "I have a spot in my heart for this place," said Meyer, the second of four finalists to interview...
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CAIRO BOARD OF EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
Agenda Cairo Board of Education Regular Meeting Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1999 6:15 p.m. Agenda Items: - Plant (Buildings and Grounds) - Curriculum - Student matters - Personnel/staff - Old business/new business - Suggestions and/or questions from patrons...
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CEREMONY TODAY FOR NEW RECYCLING CENTER
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
Cape Girardeau city officials will break ground today for a new recycling center drop-off site. The ceremony begins at 2 p.m. The project will cost $100,000 and includes building a new drop-off site at the recycling center location, 120 N. Broadview. Eighty percent of the project is funded by a grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources...
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TODAY'S COLUMN: A PICTURE-PERFECT CHRISTMAS; OR AN 'ODE TO HOLIDAY STRESS'
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
'Twas the night before Christmas Mom was pulling out her hair Trying to achieve the perfect Christmas But it just wasn't there. The children were whining. They wouldn't go to bed. They'd had too much chocolate candy A sugar rush filled their heads. Papa was watching TV...
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HOLIDAY SEASON SALES BRISK FOR AREA RETAILERS
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
Full parking lots, crowded stores and long lines... The story is the same everywhere you look -- malls, shopping centers, large free-standing stores, small stores. Retailers are on track for one of the best, if not the best, Christmas buying seasons of this decade...
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MARSHALL MAN CHARGED WITH ANOTHER'S MURDER
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
MARSHALL -- A Marshall man stands accused of the apparent stabbing and strangulation of another man and leaving the body near a local elementary school. Police were called to the scene late Friday, notified there was a man lying on the ground near the railroad tracks by Eastwood Elementary School...
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NELL HOLCOMB WORKING TO IMPROVE TEACHER PAY (RATING OUR SCHOOLS; FOURTH IN A TEN-PART SERIES)
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
Teachers at Nell Holcomb School District may not have the best average salary in the state, but they can claim to have one of the best student to teacher ratios around. Superintendent David Fuemmeler said the district would like to improve it's average teacher salary of $24,508, which is some $10,000 less than the state average. However, board members recognized several years ago that reducing class sizes and student-to-teacher ratios had to take priority, he said...
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AG REQUESTS DELAY IN SENTENCING
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
BENTON -- Michael Wayne Summers, convicted in August of killing his father in mobile home fire sparked during a methamphetamine-cooking session, continues to sit in jail waiting to learn his fate. Half a state away, officials in Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon's office are less than candid about why it's taking so long to send Summers to prison -- if, indeed, he goes to prison...
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JURY TRIAL CLEARS M&W PACKAGING
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
A jury in federal court took only about a half hour on Tuesday to find M & W Packaging not guilty of gender discrimination. The two-day trial made the second time that the case was in court. The first time, Dene Drury's complaint against M & W Packaging was heard in October, Judge E. Richard Webber declared a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision following almost five hours of discussion...
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STATE AWARDS GRANT TO HEALTY EATING INITIATIVE
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
An initiative to provide nutrition education to low-income families in Cape Girardeau County has been funded by the state. The Missouri Department of Health awarded a $54,346 grant to the Community Caring Council to implement the Healthy Children Nutrition Education Initiative here...
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WOMAN TRIED FOR SEX WITH JUVENILE
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
JACKSON -- A 25-year-old Cape Girardeau woman is on trial for an alleged sexual relationship with a then 16-year-old boy who she was supervising in a state Division of Youth Services detention home. Chea V. Hale sat in court Tuesday and listened as the boy, now 17, told how their relationship had progressed from tutoring and supervising on swimming trips to sexual encounters in December 1998. She has been charged with statutory rape and sodomy...
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COURT SESSION: INDIANS BACK AT HOME AFTER MONTANA TRIP
(College Sports ~ 12/15/99)
We had a good trip to Montana and brought back some positive things despite not reaching our goal of winning the tournament. The University of Montana does an excellent job of putting on the tournament. It was very well organized and the people at Montana and at the Double Tree Hotel where we stayed couldn't have been nicer...
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MEYER POINTS TO PAST SUCCESS AT SOUTHEAST
(College Sports ~ 12/15/99)
The old saying suggests that you can't go home again. While Phil Meyer wouldn't technically be going home, he would be in familiar territory if he is hired as Southeast Missouri State University's new head football coach. Meyer, quarterback coach at Iowa State and a former Southeast assistant, was the second of four finalists for the vacant Southeast coaching position to be brought to campus for a series of interviews...
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JACKSON'S MEYR NAMED TO 5A ALL-STATE TEAM
(High School Sports ~ 12/15/99)
Jackson standout wide receiver Tory Meyr gained the distinction of being the only player from Southeast Missouri to be voted all-state in Class 5A as he was named second team in today's release of the large school all-state teams. Meyr, a 5-foot-11, 155-pound senior, was easily the top receiver in the region the past year, catching 46 passes for 850 yards. He scored 13 touchdowns for the Indians, who finished with a 9-2 record and advanced to the 5A sectional round in the state playoffs....
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AREA BRIEFS: SEMO TO HOLD WINTER GOLF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
(College Sports ~ 12/15/99)
Southeast Missouri State University golf coach Carroll Williams will again hold the annual winter golf development program this winter. The first session will be Jan. 31-Feb. 28 and the second session will be March 1-28. The program will focus on the development of a player's golf game regardless of where they happen to be in their program of development...
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AREA BRIEFS: SEMO BASEBALL CAMPS TO BE HELD THIS WEEKEND
(College Sports ~ 12/15/99)
Southeast Missouri State University's baseball program will hold camps for ages 7 through 18 Saturday and Sunday at Houck Field House. Times both days will be 8 a.m.-noon for ages 7-12 and from 1-5 p.m. for ages 13-18. Campers can sign up at the door Saturday, or to pre-register, call 986-6002...
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POPLAR BLUFF RECEIVES TOP SEED IN HEALTHSOUTH HOLIDAY CLASSIC
(High School Sports ~ 12/15/99)
The HealthSouth Holiday Classic will sport some healthy competition this year. To give an indication of the balanced field, Notre Dame is the fifth seed in the seven-team tournament despite its 5-1 record. The Lady Bulldogs' only loss this season came to Cape Central, which got the No. 3 seed...
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SCOTT CITY STOPS OAK RIDGE, IMPROVES TO 6-0
(High School Sports ~ 12/15/99)
OAK RIDGE -- Scott City High's boys basketball team improved to 6-0 Tuesday night as the Rams rolled past host Oak Ridge 79-53. Ronald Watson scored 22 points to pace the Rams, who got 17 points from Ben Sample and 13 from Ryan Weatherspoon. Oak Ridge, which fell to 2-4, was paced by Ryan Thomas and Matt Schoen with 12 points each...
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DOROTHY STUBER
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
Dorothy A. Stuber, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 13, 1999, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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CLARA HAND
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
JACKSON -- Clara Audrine Hand, 89, of Jackson died Saturday, Dec. 11, 1999, at John C. Lincoln Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. She was born Nov. 27, 1910, in Gorham, Ill., daughter of Glenn E. and Zura Rednour Mattingly. She and Harvey Hand were married May 2, 1931, in Gorham. He died Sept. 4, 1999...
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CLYDE STERLING
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral for Clyde T. Sterling of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. The Rev. Thomas Snavley will officiate. Burial will be in Dogwood Cemetery. Sterling, 75, died Monday, Dec. 13, 1999, at his home...
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HERSHEL E. TELLOR
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Hershel E. Tellor, 72, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna.
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DWIGHT K. NORTHCUTT
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
SIKESTON -- Dwight K. Northcutt, 89, of Calvert City, Ky., and formerly of the Matthews area, died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1999, at the Calvert City Convalescent Center. He was born Aug. 24, 1910, in Cerro Gordo, Tenn., son of John K. and Ida Prince Northcutt. He and Norma I. Alexander were married Sept. 30, 1928, at Swift, Tenn...
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WARDELL GRACE
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
Wardell W. Grace, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 13, 1999, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born March 16, 1915, in Union County, Ill., son of Cyress and Della Grace. He first married Marion Nelms, who died in 1971. He later married Evelyn Calvert, who died in 1979...
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CLARENCE PEMBERTON
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
DIEHLSTADT -- Clarence Pemberton, 88, of Diehlstadt died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1999, at his home. He was born Jan. 18, 1911, in Biggers, Ark., son of James Louis and Harriet Merideth Pemberton. He and Juanita Marie Bickford were married May 7, 1938. She died March 15, 1994...
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GUY LOWES
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
Guy E. Lowes, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 13, 1999, at the Lutheran Home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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JACKIE LEE ADKISSON
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Jackie Lee Adkisson, 66, of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1999, at his home. He was born Nov. 22, 1933, in Mississippi County, son of Rudolph and Alice Tanner Adkisson. Adkisson had lived in East Prairie all his life. He was a retired farmer...
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ROBERT YOUNGBLOOD
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
Graveside service for Robert Clarence Youngblood of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. today at Fairmount Cemetery. The Rev. Cy Smith will officiate. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Youngblood, 50, died Monday, Dec. 13, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...
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LINDELL JAMES
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
MARBLE HILL -- Lindell L. James, 84, of Marble Hill died Monday, Dec. 13, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 6, 1915, at Lutesville, son of Adam and Delphia Speer James. He married Fern Williams. James had owned James Service Station and James Sand and Gravel. He was a member of Hahn Chapel General Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II...
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ANNA ROSE DRURY
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
Anna Rose Drury of Cape Girardeau passed away on Monday, December 13, 1999 at the age of 66. She was born July 2, 1933 in Kelso, Mo., the daughter of Charles and Rose Grojean Heisserer, who preceded her in death. She married Robert A. Drury on January 9, 1954 at St. Augustine Church in Kelso...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/15/99)
Daughter to Barbara Amelunke and Tony Hanson of Woodward, Okla., Woodward Hospital and Health Center, 1:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999. Name, Maysie Arleen. Weight, 8 pounds 2 1/2 ounces. First child. Ms. Amelunke is the daughter of John W. Amelunke of Cape Girardeau and Joyce Cooper of Woodward. She is a receptionist at A Cut Above Beauty Shop. Hanson is the son of Martain Hanson of Preston, Kan. He is employed by Western X-ray...
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EDWARD EUGENE CAIN
(Obituary ~ 12/15/99)
ANNA, Ill. -- Edward Eugene Cain, 85, of Anna died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1999, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. He was born Sept. 1, 1914, in Raleigh, son of Walter Louis and Estella Gram Cain. He married Marcella M. Dillow on Aug. 4, 1954, in Anna...
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LIBRARY TO ACCEPT FOOD FOR OVERDUE FINES
(Local News ~ 12/15/99)
Cape Girardeau Public Library is accepting canned and dried foods for overdue book fines during the month of December. Each food item will have a value of 50 cents. This program does not apply to replacement of materials or other library fines. All food will be donated to FISH...
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ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI: STRAWBERRY PRESERVES: A CHRISTMAS TREAT
(Column ~ 12/15/99)
Christmas week was a time of travel for my family when I was a small child. All of our family lived in Southeast Missouri and west Tennessee. The necessity of these journeys created a rather unique Christmas ritual for me. Each night of the week before Christmas, I would receive one gift. ...
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RECIPE SWAP: READERS RESPOND WITH MORE RECIPES
(Column ~ 12/15/99)
Christmas brings not only the joy of celebrating the birth of our Lord and savior, but also the joy of spending extra time with dear friends and family. This is certainly the busiest time of year for our family, but I enjoy every minute of it. Each party and gathering brings a whole new appreciation for special people in our lives. I hope you have the opportunity to establish precious memories of the holiday season...
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