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BE OUR GUEST
(Column ~ 04/03/91)
Donna Komorech is a Charleston elementary school teacher, who resides in Cape. She is a 20-year veteran of education. Her three children attend the Cape Girardeau Public Schools. To Peter Kinder: You state in your article that you wish to have a "high profile debate" on funding for education. ...
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MOYERS CLAIMS NEW TERM AS THE MAYOR OF CHAFFEE
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CHAFFEE -- Mayor Ron Moyers won re-election to a second four-year term Tuesday, knocking back challenges from ex-Mayor Robert Capshaw and newcomer Bill Goad. The non-final returns also showed a loss for Ward 2 Councilman Ed Gauthier at the hands of Janet Sullivan. But Gauthier, who was seeking his third two-year term, claimed voting irregularities existed and he said the election may be invalidated...
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CROWDEN GAINS SEAT ON CHAFFEE BOARD
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CHAFFEE - Voters Tuesday picked Sharon Crowden from among three candidates to fill an unexpired one-year term on the Chaffee Board of Education. Crowden received 323 votes to 256 for Gregg Ourth and 208 for Jerry Wolsey, said a Scott County deputy circuit clerk...
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SENIOR CITIZEN ACTIVITY DAY IS TODAY
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
It was erroneously reported in Wednesday's edition of the Southeast Missourian that the activity day was to be held yesterday. We regret any inconvenience caused by this error. The topic of the activity day will be "AARP and Your Tax Dollar," provided by Melvin Schuessler, assistant director of AARP...
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PARENTS WITH TEACHERS PLANS MEETING
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CHAFFEE -- The Parents as Teachers program, serving Chaffee, Delta, Kelly, Kelso and Scott City school district, will hold a meeting April 9 for parents of three and four year olds to discuss preparing children for kindergarten. The meeting will be held at the Parents as Teachers office located in the Chaffee High School Arts Building. It begins at 7 p.m...
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NOTRE DAME PRESENTS `INTO THE WOODS'; TICKETS FOR NEXT aPRIL 11-14 SHOWS GO ON SALE TODAY
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The annual spring musical at Notre Dame High School will tell a story of new and old storybook characters through a journey of growth and self-discovery. The musical-comedy "Into the Woods" will be performed April 11-14 in the school's auditorium...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: ELAINE PONDER TEACHES FOURTH GRADERS AT ST. PAUL LUTHERAN
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
JACKSON -- For Elaine Ponder, teaching began while she was a grade school student at Grace Lutheran School in Uniontown. "It was a two-room school," Ponder said. "The older students were often `enlisted' to help out the younger ones. "I enjoyed having the privilege of giving spelling tests to some of the younger ones on certain occasions."...
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`PARENTS AS TEACHERS' SETS SCREEINGS HERE
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape Girardeau Parents as Teachers will offer screening for children in the Cape Girardeau school district April 9-13. The screening is for children who were one or two years old by July 1, 1990. The school will be screening in the areas of language, hearing, vision, and health/physical development...
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SIX-WEEK ARTHRITIS HELP COURSE BEGINS HERE ON APRIL 15
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - A six-week, arthritis self-help course, designed to help people with arthritis as well as their families and friends, will be held on Mondays starting April 15. The course, to continue through May 20, will be held at the St. Francis Information Center at Jackson...
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SCOTT CITY KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT SET
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Kindergarten registration for the Scott City Elementary School will be held April 11 in the elementary multi-purpose room. To enroll, a child must be five years old on or before June 30. Parents should bring a birth certificate and immunization records...
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TWO UNIVERSITY GROUPS WILL BOUNCE FOR BUCKS THIS WEEK
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Members of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity will be "bouncing for bucks" Thursday and Friday to raise money for the Southeast Missouri Eldercare Center. Participants will bounce on a trampoline from 7 a.m. Thursday to 5 p.m. Friday for pledges and donations...
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AUDUBON: A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF LORIMIER
(Column ~ 04/03/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Cape Girardeau is making preparations to observe the 200th anniversary of its founding. In connection with the event, renewed interest is being shown in learning more about the founder, Louis Lorimier. He was the first and only commandant that the so-called Spanish military post had until the U.S. purchased the Louisiana territory in 1803...
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LEND ME YOUR EAR: RECIPE FOR REDISCOVERING AMERICA BY 1992
(Column ~ 04/03/91)
Teenage slang was the subject of an AP article about a teachers' conference held recently in Indianapolis. Representing a division of the National Council of Teachers of English, mind you, the group asserted that "Slang is just as important as mastery of standard English."...
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NEWTON'S LAW: BLUE HIGHWAYS ARE GETTING A LOT HARDER TO FIND THESE DAYS
(Column ~ 04/03/91)
They carry a mysterious cast of blue, and it's that time when the pull of the blue highway is strongest, when the open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself. From "Blue Highways" by William Least Heat Moon Kevin Costner has made it fashionable to quote the Sioux but it was a college buddy, not Least Heat Moon, who told me first that no serious thoughts were ever held on a four-lane...
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LINDA GODWIN BRINGS SHUTTLE MISSION HOME
(Editorial ~ 04/03/91)
Linda Godwin is a member of an elite and revered group. America has only about 90 astronauts. The numbers command stiff competition. Godwin has excelled with a "small town" background. Her achievements speak well for the region and the state. She is a native of Oak Ridge: Population 202 in the 1990 census. She was graduated from Jackson High School, and Southeast Missouri State University. She earned her doctorate in physics at University of Missouri-Columbia...
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BLANCHE E. MACKE
(Obituary ~ 04/03/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Funeral services will be held Thursday for Blanche E. Macke, who died Tuesday, April 2, 1991, at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The funeral will begin at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the chapel, with the Rev. F.S. Borum officiating...
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MILO AND WILLIE JAMES
(Obituary ~ 04/03/91)
LUTESVILLE -- Memorial service for Milo Spencer James and his wife, Willie C. James, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Baker Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Chester Allen will officiate, with burial in Baker Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 9 a.m. Friday...
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CHARLES L. EVANS SR.
(Obituary ~ 04/03/91)
BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Charles L. Evans Sr. will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Kenneth Gaines will officiate, with burial in Fairview Cemetery near Puxico. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today...
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CHARLIE JONES
(Obituary ~ 04/03/91)
ANNISTON -- Funeral service for Charlie Jones of Anniston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. The Rev. Robert Burke will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery near Charleston. Jones, 71 years old, died Monday, April 1, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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TRUMAN D. SHELL
(Obituary ~ 04/03/91)
GLEN ALLEN -- Truman D. Shell of Glen Allen died Tuesday, April 2, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was 60 years old. Baker Funeral Home at Lutesvilloe is in charge of arrangements.
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REV. OSCAR A. BOHNERT
(Obituary ~ 04/03/91)
CROSSTOWN -- Private funeral service for the Rev. Oscar A. Bohnert was held Monday at Hope Lutheran Church. Burial was in Our Redeemer Cemetery. Bohnert, 77 years old, died Friday, March 29, 1991, at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 18, 1914, at Crosstown, son of August and Martha Wahlers Bohnert. He and the former Erna S. Oetting were married March 13, 1938...
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BEULAH IRBY
(Obituary ~ 04/03/91)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Memorial service for Beulah Irby of San Antonio, Tex., will be held Friday at Castle Hills Christian Church in San Antonio. Mrs. Irby, 69 years old, died Monday, April 1, 1991, at St. Luke's Hospital in San Antonio. She was born Sept. 28, 1921, at Tamms, daughter of Wilbur and Beulah McKee. She married Lester Irby March 21, 1948. He died Nov. 30, 1981...
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ALICE I. ADEN
(Obituary ~ 04/03/91)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mrs. Alice Irene Aden of Dongola will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Crain Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Lowell West and Dare Aden will officiate, with burial in Meisenheimer/Mt. Olive Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...
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MORRIS WOLFORD
(Obituary ~ 04/03/91)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Morris Wolford of East Prairie died Tuesday, April 2, 1991, at his home. He was 85 years old. Arrangements are incomplete at Shelby Funeral Home here.
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BREWERY EXECUTIVE HAS EYE ON PRODUCT QUALITY
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- When Michael J. Roarty talks, it's a good bet he'll be discussing Budweiser, Busch or Michelob and marketing of the Anheuser-Busch products. Roarty, executive vice president of corporate marketing and communications for Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. of St. Louis, delivered the keynote address following a luncheon of the Small Business Conference at the Show Me Center Tuesday...
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MARSHALED: DELTA SEEKS LAW ENFORCEMENT
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
DELTA -- How can a small town afford law enforcement? That's the question faced by officials in this small, southwestern Cape Girardeau County town as they consider hiring a part-time town marshal. Currently, Delta, with a population of about 500, has no local law enforcement. The town has experienced burglaries and vandalism, as well as "hot rodding."...
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THREE ELECTED TO SCHOOL BOARD
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Long-range planning tops the agenda for three newly-elected members of the Cape Girardeau Board of Education. Voters Tuesday chose incumbent Patrick Ruopp for a fourth, three-year term. Gwen Bennett was also chosen for a three-year term...
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SCOTT CITY TURNS BACK STREET TAX; NARROW MAJORITY DEFEATS MEASURE
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Voters in Scott City Tuesday defeated a half-cent sales tax proposal that would have funded street repairs and improvements for the next five years. With a mere 22 percent turnout, 316 voters rejected the tax while 284 voted in favor. The measure would have brought the city's sales tax rate, presently at 5.725 percent, to a rate of 6.225 percent. It would have generated about $100,000 per year, which would have paid for contract labor and materials to fix city streets...
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SENIOR CITIZEN TAX PASSES
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Proponents of a 5-cent property tax levy to fund services to the elderly said they were elated that Cape Girardeau County voters Tuesday approved the measure. The tax measure passed 3,514 to 3,233, or 52-48 percent in the county's 37 precincts. The tax will generate about $220,000 annually in the county to fund health, nutrition and quality of life programs for residents 60 years of age or older...
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MAYOR OF ANNA, OTHERS RE-ELECTED
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
ANNA, Ill. -- Mayor Ken Kohler and three incumbent councilmen were re-elected to four-year terms Tuesday in Anna's municipal elections. Kohler received 797 votes to challenger Amon Lee "A.L." Jackson's 645 in the mayoral race. Eight candidates were vying for four, four-year Anna City Council terms, with Lawrence Boyer (680 votes) joining incumbents Roy Dillow (917 votes), Dave Tellor (866 votes) and Glen Rosson (802 votes) as the winners...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CY GLUECK Occupation: Clerk at Food Giant in Cape Girardeau. Birthplace: New Hamburg Current Home: Cape Girardeau Pet peeve: "When I'm right, no one remembers; when I'm wrong, no one forgets." The best part of the job is: "Keeping up the morale of my fellow workers and getting a smile from the customers."...
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CHAFFEE MEDICINE SHOPPE DESTROYED BY FIRE
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CHAFFEE -- Fire destroyed the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy on south Main in Chaffee late Tuesday afternoon. Fire Chief Bill Hagen declared the building to be an 80 percent loss. He said the firefighters determined the fire was caused by cigarette ashes that had ignited a trash can near the back of the store...
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NORTH COUNTY LEVY APPROVED
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
OAK RIDGE - North Cape County Fire Protection District became the fourth fire district in the county to approve an operating tax levy Tuesday. By a vote of 152 to 88, voters approved a tax levy that will enable the district to impose a 25-cent levy for at least the first year. The levy could be increased by the fire district up to 30 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The issue received a 63 percent majority...
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TUSCHHOFF WINS SEAT AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
JACKSON -- Valeria Tuschhoff was a "reluctant" candidate who decided to file on the last day of the filing period for a seat on the Jackson Board of Aldermen at the urging of her friends. On Tuesday she defeated Ward 3 Alderman Leonard Dambach by a margin of 58 votes, 266 to 208...
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DEVELOPING YOUTHS' STRENGTHS LECTURE TOPIC
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Parents can follow specific steps to help their children become capable, responsible adults, says H. Stephen Glenn. Glenn, a family psychologist and educator, is in Cape Girardeau this week training leaders for his "Developing Capable People" program...
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KIRCHHOFF, ROBERTS ELECTED TO NELL HOLCOMB SCHOOL BOARD
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
EGYPT MILLS - Voters in the Nell Holcomb R-4 School District reelected one incumbent to the school board, defeated another, and elected a former board member back to the governing body. Incumbent Robert Rubel, was defeated in his bid for a fourth term, while incumbent Dewayne K. Kirchhoff was reelected to a second term on the board...
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KILLIAN, SCHELL ARE RE-ELECTED
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
MARBLE HILL -- Two members of the Marble Hill Board of Aldermen were re-elected Tuesday to second terms on the board. Both were unopposed in their election bids. Elected were Frank Killian, Ward 1, a custodian at Woodland School, and Omer Schell, Ward 2, who owns a lawn-mower repair business...
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CANDIDATES TIE IN KELSO SCHOOL BOARD RACE
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
KELSO - A tie between two incumbents in a three-way race for two seats on the Kelso C-7 School District Board of Education left Scott County Clerk Bob Kielhofner at an impasse Tuesday night. "We've got a tie," said Kielhofner, admitting he didn't know how to decide the deadlock. "It's the first one we've had since I've been here."...
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JONESBORO HAS LOW VOTER TURNOUT
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- In a low turnout Tuesday, Jonesboro voters elected three incumbent aldermen who ran unopposed. In Ward 1, Bruce Baurer received 30 votes. Brad Penninger, Ward 2, received 25 votes, and Mike Meisenheimer, Ward 3, received 11 votes...
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KELLY VOTERS TURN DOWN $870,000 ISSUE FOR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
BENTON - The Kelly Scott County R-4 School District's push for an $870,000 bond issue for school improvements, including additional classrooms, fell short of the needed majority Tuesday. The measure needed a 58 percent majority to pass, but only about 51 percent of voters supported it...
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FAMILY'S REQUEST FOR SCHOOL BOUNDARY CHANGE IS REJECTED
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A board of arbitration will decide whether John and Jerre Hall's farm will be in the Cape Girardeau or Jackson school district after voters in the two districts split on their decisions Tuesday. Cape Girardeau voters approved the change, with 2,253 yes votes and 1,008 no votes...
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BAER, SCHONHOFF WIN AT OAK RIDGE
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
OAK RIDGE -- Richard Baer and incumbent Steve Schonhoff were elected Tuesday to the Oak Ridge Board of Education. Baer received 165 votes and Schonhoff received 137 to share 70 percent of the votes cast for the two, three-year terms on the board. Candidate Wes Hall received 68 votes and Judy Abrisz received 62...
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DELTA SCHOOL VOTERS ELECT TWO
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
DELTA -- Martha Nothdurft and Mike Eby were re-elected Tuesday to the Delta Board of Education. Nothdurft received 125 votes and Eby 112. The incumbent candidates ran unopposed for the two, three-year terms. In Delta's municipal elections, Ward 1 incumbent Orville Hefner received seven votes and Ward 2 incumbent Charles "Buster" Hodges received 22. They ran unopposed for the two, three-year terms...
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PETTIT AND WADLINGTON RETAIN SCOTT CITY SCHOOL BOARD SEATS
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Two members of the Scott City Board of Education were successful Tuesday in re-election bids. Jerry Pettit and Robert Wadlington retained their seats on the board. Each won a fourth term. Other candidates for the two, three-year terms on the board were David Phelps and Gary W. Robey...
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VOTING IRREGULARITY ALLEGATIONS BRING FBI TO CAIRO ON TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Voters here Tuesday chose James Wilson as the town's new mayor in an election clouded by allegations of voter irregularities. The controversy apparently surrounds absentee ballots in the city, which were seized by the FBI shortly after polls closed in Illinois, said Alexander County Clerk Sue Harrington...
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MCNEELY ELECTED MAYOR OF THEBES, ILL.
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
THEBES, Ill. -- Residents here elected David D. McNeely mayor in Tuesday's election. Voters also selected trustees for village boards in Thebes and East Cape Girardeau. McNeely ran unopposed for mayor in Thebes. He collected 51 votes. Prior to the election, he was serving as village mayor pro-tem. He was appointed to the post by the Thebes Village Board of Trustees following the death of Mayor John Masterson...
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2 INCUMBENTS ELECTED TO TAMMS BOARD
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Voters in Tamms re-elected two incumbents and a third member to the Board of Trustees Tuesday. Incumbents Roy Dillow and Carl Hileman will remain on the board. Joining them will be Larry S. Essex. Current board member Don Allen did not file for re-election...
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NEW MEMBERS ELECTED TO PERRY SCHOOL BOARD
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
PERRYVILLE -- Three new members were elected Tuesday to the Perry County 32 Board of Education. Dennis R. Martin and June Bodenschatz defeated four others, including incumbent Wayne Schindler, each winning a three-year term on the board. Schindler trailed Bodenshatz by only 10 votes...
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NO SURPRISES IN R-2 BOARD ELECTION
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
JACKSON - There were no surprises in Tuesday's Jackson R-2 Board of Education race for the two, three-year terms. Incumbent Jack Knowlan Jr. and school board president Larry Koenig easily won re-election to terms on the board. Koenig received the most votes, 1,737. Knowlan received 1,449, while J. Alan Crites received 913 votes...
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JACKSON KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT SET
(Local News ~ 04/03/91)
JACKSON -- The Jackson R-2 School District will conduct its annual kindergarten and first-grade enrollments Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Primary Annex, 221 rear South Oklahoma. Joe Crain, director of elementary education, said parents of children who will be 5 years old before July 1, 1991, should enroll them for the 1991-91 school year...
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WHAT DO YOU DO WITH ALL THOSE LEFTOVER EGGS?
(Column ~ 04/03/91)
Susan Mills serves as Food and Nutrition Specialist for University of Missouri Extension. She is headquartered in the Cape County office in Jackson. Mills is beginning her ninth year with University Extension, having transferred recently from Van Buren, Mo. She received both her B.S. and M.A. degrees from Southeast Missouri State University. Susan and her husband, Kevin, have two children and live in Millersville...
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