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LEOPOLD'S JANSEN AMONG TO 11 FOR SOUTHEAST
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
Degrees will be conferred on 1,009 graduates during commencement exercises scheduled for May 13 at Southeast Missouri State University. Amy Jansen of Leopold, who will receive a bachelor of science in education degree with a major in exceptional child education, is one of 11 undergraduates who are completing their degrees with perfect 4.0 grade point averages...
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FROM THE PULPIT: THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
(Column ~ 05/07/00)
(Seventh in a series of 16) The Immutability of God This characteristic of God can be explained as: One who is incapable of being changed, or unchangeable. God is perpetually the same in His essence, attributes and counsels. Here are some related passages dealing with the immutability of our God: Numbers 23:19; 1 Sam. 15:29; Psalms 33:11; 119:89-9 1; Prov. 19:2 1; Ecc. 3:14; Mal. 3:6; Rom. 11:29; Heb. 6:17,18; James 1: 17...
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JHS SINGERS BRING HOME '1's' FROM STATE
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
Receiving "1" ratings in boys' solo competition at state were (from left) Zach Morgan, Brian Haas and Adam Sherinski. Jackson USA Signal/Mark Evans Receiving "1" ratings at state was (front row, from left) the Madrigal Ensemble of Joe Niswonger, Chris McQuay, Ryan McQuay, Adam Sherinski, (back row) Janice Doberenz, Andrea Penland, Christy Miskell and Julie Roth. Jackson USA Signal/Mark Evans...
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POP CONCERT WILL BE THIS WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
Closing the 1999-2000 school year with a bang, the Jackson High School Music Department will present its annual pop concert this Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. All seats are reserved and sell for $4 each. Ticket smay be ordered from any choir member or by calling the school at 243-9513 aor 243 9517...
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JACKSON CITY COMMENTARY: LIGHTING MAKES PARK WALKING TRAIL SAFER
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
Safety City, a Noon Optimist Club sponsored project in the Park is also sporting some additional lighting. The new lights will increase safety and discourage vandalism at this much used bicycle safety track. Our Jackson Fire Department has taken the lead in sponsoring a new Explorer Post in Jackson. ...
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FBLA MEMBERS CELEBRATE SUCCESSES
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
Kelly Shields performed her award-winning five-minute public speaking exercise during the FBLA banquet. Jackson USA Signal/Mark Evans Ken Parrett, executive director of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce, accepted his plaque as 2000 Honorary FBLA Member from President Josh Pfefferkorn. Jackson USA Signal/Mark Evans...
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SPRING FLING DRAWS MANY TO UPTOWN JACKSON
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
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A LOOK AT THE PAST
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
25 years ago, 1975 At request of affected landowners, County Court will ask Army Corps of Engineers to make feasibility study of measures that might correct flooding along approximate 15-mile stretch of Whitewater River from Burfordville to Diversion Channel; two landowners, John Lorberg and Gerald W. Neumeyer, along with Keith Little of Soil Conservation Service, made oral request to court Thursday...
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IS THE ECONOMY GOOD NEWS OR BAD? AND THE ANSWER: BOTH
(Column ~ 05/07/00)
Better sit down and brace yourself. There's an economic trend in progress. It's bad. Real bad. What trend? Makes no difference. Let's take employment. "U.S. Economy Adds 400,000 Jobs Last month; Reports Spurs Fears," declaimed the New York Times a short time ago. ...
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OOPS! CHANGE THAT TO A $2.25 MILLION BLUNDER
(Editorial ~ 05/07/00)
Last Tuesday, in this very space, we suggested the Missouri Legislature was headed for a $2 billion blunder. At stake is a plan to authorize bonds for transportation needs that would quickly inject new dollars into the Missouri Department of Transportation's spending plans. Sadly, legislators don't know what projects the funds would build, nor do they have a clue as to how the bonds -- and hefty interest -- would be repaid...
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LETTERS:
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/07/00)
PROPER TREE CARE GIVES BEST RESULTSByline: To the editor: Growing up in rural New York state, I learned to appreciate the beauty of trees. The bright autumn hues of maple, ash, birch and oak leaves make an inspiring annual display. Admiring the tree's ever-present beauty and strength, I would climb to sit among the great branches swaying in the wind or hid in the cool shadows beneath. ...
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FARMER'S MARKET SOURCE OF FRESH FARM PRODUCTS
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
Irene Martin started growing her tomatoes in late November. The Union County gardener put her home-grown tomatoes on display last week during the Cape Girardeau Farmer's Market, held at the Galleria parking lot at 2001 Independence. "I started the process in my basement," said Martin, one of about 18 members of the farmer's market group. She transferred the plants to a small greenhouse, then to the big greenhouse., where they produced the vegetable that people snapped up at last week's market."...
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ADELINES SERANADE BARBERSHOP MUSIC FANS
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
The recurring joke in an episode of the old sitcom "Cheers" has first one cast member and then another in the bar shushing a barbershop quartet trying to sing "Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, Nellie." Some people like barbershop harmonies and some people don't, acknowledges Irene Stevens, director of the Girardot Chorus of Sweet Adelines, International...
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VILLAGE OFFERS A STEP BACK IN TIME
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
Somewhere along the winding, shaded gravel road that leads to Black Forest Village is a time warp where visitors leave the 21st century behind and enter a time when life was simpler. More than 300 people braved rain showers and muddy fields Saturday to see the craft demonstrations, wares and late 1800s-era displays at the 10th annual Black Forest Village spring craftfest. The festival continues today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m...
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'DR. KINDNESS' TO VISIT CAPE
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
"Dr. Kindness" is coming to Cape Girardeau. Will Glennon, the chairman of the National Random Acts of Kindness Foundation in Denver, Colo., will visit Cape Girardeau on Saturday, May 20. Glennon has spoken at kindness rallies around the world, but it marks his first time to speak in Missouri...
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MARK MY WORD: KIDS' OWN INTERNAL CLOCKS DO NOT TICK ALONG HASTILY
(Column ~ 05/07/00)
When you're young, time stands still. At least, it seems that way. Kids have their own internal clocks that aren't tied to seconds, minutes and hours. For them, there is no reason to hurry. Eight-year-old Becca doesn't glance at the kitchen clock every morning as the minutes tick off the approach of the yellow school bus. Joni and I handle that task...
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BLANCHARD MURAL A LESSON IN HISTORY AND ART
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
Artist Gary Bowen showed students at Blanchard Elementary how to work on the new mural in the school's cafateria. Blanchard School third-grader Nicholas Bird likes to draw pictures of his cartoon superhero Dragon Ball Z. But in recent days he and other Blanchard students have been coming to the cafeteria to help Vermont artist and writer Gary Bowen paint a mural that looks a bit like a cartoon from a very different time...
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LIFE IS A CABARET ONE MORE TIME
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
In 1952 Dolores Finch took her first job as a cabaret entertainer, playing the piano and singing at The Prime Rib in St. Louis, a supper club where professional wrestler George "K.O." Koverly greeted guests at the door. Her name was Dolores Drewes then, and she was playing the piano to help support her three small children. In 1961, she was divorced and the mother of five when noted Cape Girardeau attorney Lehman Finch asked the gregarious Drewes to marry him and move to Cape Girardeau...
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THE SKY THIS MAY: 'DREADED' PLANETARY ALIGNMENT NOT A BIG DEAL
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
If you are reading this, one of two things must be true: 1) you survived the planetary alignments which began on the fourth, or 2) you are an alien anthropologist and have stumbled upon this file on my laptop. Being an optimist, I will assume we all survived the dreaded planetary alignment...
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OTAHKIANS WIN OVC OUTDOOR TRACK CROWN BY A COMFORTABLE MARGIN
(College Sports ~ 05/07/00)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The Southeast Missouri State University women's track team ran away with the Ohio Valley Conference outdoor title, finishing 25 points ahead of second place Middle Tennessee. Southeast scored 136 points to lead the 10-team field and was followed by MTSU with 111 and Eastern Illinois with 110...
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THE LATEST LINE: OVC BASEBALL RACE HEADED FOR BIG FINISH
(Sports Column ~ 05/07/00)
Southeast Missouri State University baseball has apparently never been more popular, as evidenced by the huge crowds at Capaha Field this season. Last weekend, a total of more than 2,600 fans turned out Saturday and Sunday to watch the Indians and Ohio Valley Conference foe Murray State play a three-game series...
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INDIANS SPLIT OVC TWINBILL WITH TENNESSEE TECH
(College Sports ~ 05/07/00)
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Jeremy Johnson belted two home runs and doubled in lifting Southeast Missouri State to an 8-5 win over Tennessee Tech to salvage a split in an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader Saturday. Southeast dropped the first game 9-8 in extra innings when Tennessee Tech's Matt Curtis -- after Southeast had taken an 8-7 lead -- hit a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth...
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CHAFFEE'S STOCK RISES ON FIELD, FALLS IN RECENT POLL (PREP NOTES)
(High School Sports ~ 05/07/00)
For some unknown reason, Chaffee's baseball team fell out of the most recent state baseball coaches' poll. But Chaffee has the best winning percentage since April 1 of any Class 2A team in this region, which includes top-ranked Notre Dame (16-4) and No. 5 South Pemiscot (17-4)...
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OTAHKIAN SOFTBALL SQUAD PLAYS FINAL HOME TODAY AGAINST TSU
(College Sports ~ 05/07/00)
Fresh from a 3-0 win over league leading Eastern Illinois, the Southeast Missouri State University softball team will host Tennessee State in a doubleheader at 2 p.m. today at the Southeast Softball Complex. The Tennessee State game will be the final home games of the season for the Otahkians, who have won four straight games...
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AREA FISHERMEN WIN NATIONAL CRAPPIE TOURNEY
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
PIEDMONT -- Two Missouri anglers brought home top honors in a national crappie fishing tournament. Larry McMullin of Essex and Dan Hudgens of Dexter won the Crappie U.S.A. tournament last fall on H. Neely-Henry Lake near Gadston, Alabama, a reservoir on the Coosa River...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: AMERICANS IN NEED OF CONSUMPTION ETHICS
(Column ~ 05/07/00)
Over the last 20 years or so a shift in forest management has emphasized words like "biodiversity". Terms like "ecosystem management" and "ecological sustainability" cropped up. This shift in terms was especially prevalent in public land management...
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CLYDE BREWER
(Obituary ~ 05/07/00)
PERRYVILLE -- Clyde Brewer, 93, of Perryville died Saturday, May 6, 2000, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born June 24, 1906, in Perry County, son of Aloysius Brewer and Hattie Krater Brewer. He and Elva Moore were married June 17, 1931, at Perryville. She died Oct. 5, 1994...
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OLGA AUFMUTH
(Obituary ~ 05/07/00)
JACKSON -- Olga Ernestine Martha Aufmuth, 94, of Jackson died Saturday, May 6, 2000, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 9, 1905, in Friedheim, daughter of Fritz and Louise Brune Vogt. She married Anton Aufmuth, who died in 1993...
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LAVERA MINNER
(Obituary ~ 05/07/00)
JACKSON -- LaVera V. Minner, 78, passed away Friday, May 5, 2000, at the Jackson Manor. Friends may call today, May 7, from 4-8 p.m. at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The funeral service will be Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home with Danny Gast officiating. Interment will be in Russell Heights Cemetery...
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JOHN MILLER
(Obituary ~ 05/07/00)
John Wade Miller, 51, died Wednesday, May 3, 2000, in Duncanville, Texas. He was born June 24, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, son of William Robert and Louise Miller. Miller moved to Duncanville from Kansas City three months ago. Survivors include his mother, Louise Miller-Whitmore of Benton; a brother, William T. ...
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KERMIT COOKSON
(Obituary ~ 05/07/00)
PUXICO -- Kermit E. Cookson, 57, formerly of Puxico, died Thursday, May 4, 2000, near Puxico. He was born March 11, 1943, at Pontiac, Mich., son of Otto and Buelah Klaffer Cookson. He and Chandra Holsey were married Oct. 8, 1983, in Arlington, Va. Cookson was a former resident of Puxico, having graduated from Puxico High School in 1961. He had served in the U.S. Army, stationed in Washington, D.C., during the Vietnam War...
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ALMA WELTER
(Obituary ~ 05/07/00)
Alma Welter, 85, of Scott City died Saturday, May 6, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Funeral Home.
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BLANCHE GATEWOOD
(Obituary ~ 05/07/00)
Blanche Edwina Gatewood, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 5, 2000, at The Lutheran Home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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MANAGING WORK AND FAMILY
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
As a working mother, Leah Shrum has a lot to juggle. There's her family, including her husband, Loy, and children, Andrew and Ahslynne. The children not only have homework in the evenings but also are involved in sports, which means getting them to practices. And Shrum and her daughter often ride horses on weekends...
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ENGAGEMENTS: HOLMAN-SNYDER
(Engagement ~ 05/07/00)
Laurie Holman of Cape Girardeau and Jack Rollet of Garden City, Mich., announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Holman, to Gary Snyder, both of Westland, Mich. He is the son of Mary Snyder of Portsmouth, Ohio. Holman is a 1992 graduate of Truman High School in Taylor, Mich. She is an accountant at Costco in Livonia, Mich...
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ENGAGEMENTS: FORTNER-MAYS
(Engagement ~ 05/07/00)
RISCO -- Royce and Alice Fortner of Risco announce the engagement of their daughter, Betsy Kay Fortner, to Bryan Ashley Mays. He is the son of Harold and Debbie Mays of Malden. Fortner is a 1997 graduate of Risco High School. She expects to receive a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University this month...
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ENGAGEMENTS: ESTES-BARR
(Engagement ~ 05/07/00)
JACKSON -- Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Estes of Jackson announce the engagement of his daughter, Elizabeth Merriam Estes, to Stephen Douglas Barr. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Merton Barr of DesMoines, Iowa. Estes is a 1990 graduate of Central High School and a 1994 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. She is an art director for Momentum-St. Louis...
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ENGAGEMENTS: MCMILLAN-CATTOOR
(Engagement ~ 05/07/00)
FRIEDHEIM -- Marvin and Sharon McMillan of Friedheim announce the engagement of their daughter, Amelia Renee "Amy" McMillan, to Jared Paul Cattoor. He is the son of H. Richard "Dick" and Nancy Cattoor of Cape Girardeau. McMillan is a 1992 graduate of Oak Ridge High School, and a 1996 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. She is a registered nurse at BJC Health Center in Bridgeton...
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ENGAGEMENTS: SCHAEFER-GLUECK
(Engagement ~ 05/07/00)
ORAN -- Mr. and Mrs. Elmer L. Schaefer of Oran announce the engagement of their daughter, Tammy Michelle Schaefer, to Grayson Matthew Glueck. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry G. Glueck of Blomeyer. Schaefer is a 1994 graduate of Oran High School. She received a bachelor of science degree in therapeutic recreation from Southeast Missouri State University in 1999. She is a recreation therapist at Community Counseling Center in Cape Girardeau...
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ENGAGEMENTS: COOK-FORD
(Engagement ~ 05/07/00)
WHITEWATER -- Ron and Sandra Cook of Whitewater announce the engagement of their daughter, Sherry Jeannine Cook, to Michael Dean Ford. He is the son of Elmer and Sherry Ford of Cape Girardeau. Cook is a 1995 graduate of Jackson High School. She received a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Southeast Missouri State University in 1999. She is a sixth grade teacher at Scott City Middle School in Scott City...
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ENGAGEMENTS: ROBINSON-ALFORD
(Engagement ~ 05/07/00)
Alice Nelson of Cape Girardeau and Don Luke Robinson of Kennett announce the engagement of their daughter, LaKendra Tawanna Robinson, to Marion "Truevon" Alford. He is the son of Dorothy Johnson-Alford of Kennett. Robinson is a junior at Southeast Missouri State University. She is employed at the Osage Community Centre, and in the Office of Student Development at Southeast University...
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WEDDINGS: BRENNER-DEIMUND
(Wedding ~ 05/07/00)
Cicely Anne Brenner became the bride of Michael Garette Deimund April 29, 2000, at Centenary United Methodist Church. Dr. Clayton Smith performed the double ring ceremony. Scripture reading was by Mark Majoros of Cape Girardeau. Organist was Mary Miller, and trumpeter was Marc Fulgham. Soloist was Jeff Tullis...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: CREATE A PLEASANT AMBIANCE AND THOSE FINE FEATHERED FRIENDS ARRIVE
(Column ~ 05/07/00)
The old, sweet smelling, profusely blooming, pink rose bush is as good as any seasonal calendar. If there weren't one or more roses in bloom on May Day I would think something in the progression of the seasons was out of whack. Even before the pink petals emerge, the bush is lovely to look at with its hundreds of perfect buds. ...
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WEDDINGS: ARNOLD-MCCULLOCH
(Wedding ~ 05/07/00)
Cynthia Drucilla Arnold became the bride of Russell Lee McCulloch April 22, 2000, at Centenary United Methodist Church. Dr. Clayton L. Smith performed the double ring ceremony. Scriptures were read by Charles Evans of Las Vegas, Nev., cousin of the bride...
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WEDDING: SEABAUGH-FILES
(Wedding ~ 05/07/00)
JACKSON -- Kendra Kay Seabaugh and Gary Don Files were married Feb. 12, 2000, at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville. The Rev. Wayne Schwiesow performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Pat Palisch and soloist was Sherry Bartels, both of Jackson...
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NATURE LOVER'S PARADISE
(Local News ~ 05/07/00)
The gourmet kitchen with island range has plenty of cabinets and opens to the wrap-around deck. The contemporary-style house at 414 Quail Ridge Road near Fruitland is situated on a secluded 5 1/2-acre wooded lot. Relax with your morning coffee on the deck overlooking a peaceful seven-acre lake, watch the chipmunks and squirrels skittering across your lawn, and enjoy the deer as they come in to graze. ...
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