Frank Nickell
FeaturesOctober 25, 2009
Patton, Mo., native spread his wingsSoutheast Missouri is defined by its special people and special places. A person who is clearly deserving of special recognition is Ira Oris Biffle from Patton, Mo. On Dec. 1, 1927, the first commercial airplane landed at Chicago Air Park, which was dedicated as Ch...
FeaturesSeptember 27, 2009
Teaching a special subjectSoutheast Missouri is defined by its special people and special places. One of the special people of this region is Michael Murphy, a teacher in Risco, Mo. On a late summer morning in 1988, "Mr. Murphy" as he is known by countless students and teachers, interviewed...
FeaturesAugust 30, 2009
Serving school, communitySoutheast Missouri is defined by its special people and special places and Henry Stephen Moore and his house at 828 North St. in Cape Girardeau qualify. On Feb. 19, 1955, professor Arthur Clay Magill stated that colleges did not consist of buildings, classrooms, la...
FeaturesAugust 2, 2009
Fame growing in our own backyardSoutheast Missouri is defined by its special people and special places. Many people know David Niswonger is a special person. He is recognized in the medical field as one of Missouri's first public health sanitarians and for his success as the administrator of Sout...
FeaturesJune 7, 2009
Mentoring young peopleSoutheast Missouri is defined by its special people and special places. For approximately three decades I have known Marjorie Swan of Pocahontas, and I think she is special in many ways. So do a lot of other people. A woman of achievement, Marjorie Beatrice Sample ...
FeaturesMay 10, 2009
Special People, Special Places: A lifetime in the skiesSoutheast Missouri is defined by its special people and special places. Clearly one of the special people in our region is Apostle Paul Vance, a man almost as familiar with the sky as he is of the landscape of his ranch near Fredericktown, Mo. Born on July 22, 1919...
FeaturesFebruary 1, 2009
Special People, Special Places: 80-year-old woman goes the distanceSoutheast Missouri is defined by its special people and special places. One of the special people of our region is Mary Ann Smith of Charleston, Mo. Mary Ann is a model of how to age with dignity, intellect, strength and achievement. In June, Smith commemorated her...
FeaturesNovember 30, 2008
Explore Apple Creek Presbyterian Church's serene settingSoutheast Missouri is defined by its special people and special places. One of the special places in our region is Apple Creek Presbyterian Church, at the intersection of County Roads 532 and 543, half a mile east of Pocahontas. This sacred place brings together a ...
FeaturesSeptember 21, 2008
Special people, special places: The soldiers among usSoutheast Missouri is defined by its special people and special places. One of the special people in our region is John "Jack" Waggener, a man of distinguished past and reassuring presence. A conversation with either him or his wife, Mary Ella, over lunch in the Sa...
OpinionJuly 14, 2005
The murals of Cape GirardeauWhen the Mississippi River floodwall was started in the 1950s, Cape Girardeau began to move away from the river and toward the interstate. The construction of the floodwall and the interstate highway system came into existence at the same time. For Cape Girardeau, ...Advertisement
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