Callie Clark
Southeast Missourian
NewsFebruary 27, 2005
Extended legacies for teachersEvery so often, a teacher's name lives beyond retirement. The reputations of many renowned local educators have been preserved through the naming of schools on their behalf. In Cape Girardeau, three of five elementary schools honor former teachers, and the district...NewsFebruary 27, 2005
Growth tracksIt must have seemed like Cape Girardeau's population doubled overnight to the city's long-standing residents. For 100 years, the riverside town grew at a rather lackadaisical pace. The 1,205 residents who were here in 1803 for the first census had grown to 4,815 by...
NewsFebruary 27, 2005
Media mogulsFor several decades, Oscar Hirsch was radio in Cape Girardeau. Later, he was the region's source for television. But his rise to broadcast pioneer began humbly, with a small battery/radio shop in Cape Girardeau. Hirsch was born in Cape Girardeau on Feb. 23, 1896, t...NewsFebruary 27, 2005
Area schools keep some traditions, make some changesIt is 1920. From a student assembly in the high school gymnasium on Pacific Street, one of Cape Girardeau School District's oldest traditions emerges: The tiger is chosen as Central's football team mascot. The focus on reading, writing and arithmetic expands to not...NewsFebruary 10, 2005
Flu season makes late start in areaA late start to the flu season in Southeast Missouri has led to the closing of a local school district and a recent upswing in confirmed reports of the illness. As of Monday, the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center had reported 68 laboratory-confirmed cases ...NewsFebruary 10, 2005
Cape school district works toward better communicationA new communications system in the Cape Girardeau School District will provide walkie-talkie radios, cell phones and satellite tracking all rolled into one device. School board members recently awarded a contract to Nextel Corp. for a direct connect communications ...NewsFebruary 9, 2005
Central's new heating system may be working in few weeksImprovements to Central High School's heating and air conditioning are still pending seven months after an outside contractor was hired to fix the system's inefficiencies. While a new HVAC system may be in working order in the next few weeks, the school district is...NewsFebruary 7, 2005
Students show knack for knittingEdward Englehart and Dillon Farrar weave comments about yarn quality and needle size into their discussion of the day's events at school as if they've been doing it for years. The two 13-year-olds occasionally glance down at the clicking needles in their hands to c...NewsFebruary 5, 2005
Discovery Channel 'nerd' has a blast at high schoolThe most frequent question asked of Steve Jacobs is, "Can we blow something up?" It was no different Friday, when Jacobs, the Discovery Channel's chief scientist, visited Notre Dame Regional High School. And blow stuff up he did. Jacobs performed various experiment...NewsFebruary 3, 2005
Blanchard Elementary readies for schoolwide readWho is Donald Zinkoff? Posters featuring the strange query are peppered throughout Blanchard Elementary. Walking along the halls, Dr. Barb Kohlfeld, Blanchard's principal, will occasionally stop students and ask the same question. "I don't know," they reply...Advertisement
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