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THE PUBLIC MIND: CITIZEN OUTLINES REASONS FOR WATER PLANT ACQUISITION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/03/91)
To the Editor: In the past I have strongly opposed the city assuming ownership of the local water system. I felt the system should remain with the utilities company. With the utilities company having the franchises for both gas and electric services in Cape Girardeau, the city has some leverage with the company on control of the water system...
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EASTER SEALS BENEFIT CONCERT SCHEDULED
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
ANNA-JONESBORO, Ill. The Heartland Boys will perform a benefit concert at the Anna-Jonesboro High School auditorium on Oct. 26. The concert will be part of an all-gospel benefit sponsored by the Anna-Jonesboro Lions Club. The program will feature southern and bluegrass style gospel music. All money raised will benefit the Lions Club Easter Seals Telethon, scheduled for Nov. 9-10...
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MENTAL HEALTH CENTER GETS GRANT
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
CAIRO, Ill. -- The Farm Resource Center in Cairo has received a $270,540 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The center is a leading provider of mental health services in Southern Illinois. The grant was announced by U.S. Rep. Glenn Poshard, D-Carterville, Ill...
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CENTRAL STUDENT EARNS RECOGNITION
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
William Campbell, a senior at Cape Girardeau Central High School, has been named a commended student in the National Achievement Scholarship Program for Outstanding Negro Students. Campbell's score on a national qualifying test placed him in the top 3,000 of nearly 100,000 black students who took the test...
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FALL: TIME TO CURL UP WITH A GOOD BOOK
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
Felt the need lately to curl up with a good book? With the onset of fall, and thoughts of a cold winter just around the corner, the idea becomes more and more appealing. And book publishers are counting on this fall to be one of the biggest seasons for best-sellers...
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PERRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PLANS SUNDAY PILGRIMAGE
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
ALTENBURG -- The Perry County Lutheran Historical Society will conduct its annual pilgrimage to historic Lutheran spots in east Perry County Sunday. The guided program starts at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg at 1 p.m. The free tour is open to anyone interested in learning about the history of the Saxon-Lutheran immigration to Perry County in 1839. ...
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HALLOWEEN PARADE SET FOR OCT. 26
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
The parade begins at 10 a.m. and lineup will start at the Interior Plus building, 712 Main, at 9:30 a.m. The parade will proceed down Main to East Second Street and end on Mar-Elm Street. Following the parade, costumes will be judged for children ages 2 and up. Categories are: best costume, scariest costume and best group. Anyone may participate. For more information, contact the parks department at 264-3411...
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STROHMEYER SELECTED FOR STATE ARTS PANEL
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
Beverly Strohmeyer, executive director of Southeast Missouri Council on the arts, has recently been appointed to the Missouri Arts Council's Community Arts Program Advisory Panel. As one of seven panel members selected from through-out the state, Strohmeyer will serve until June 30, 1992...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 10/03/91)
I REALLY ENJOYED the band festival in Jackson last night. I especially was happy that the veterans of all wars were honored in the mass-band performance. It was a great show. Thanks to everyone involved in putting on the band festival. I'M RESPONDING TO the comment in Speak Out Tuesday on the lack of spirit from the class of 1992. ...
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DANFORTH EMBODIES BEST OF WHAT THIS STATE OFFERS
(Editorial ~ 10/03/91)
John Danforth has been in the U.S. Senate since 1977. For the most part, his approach to this position has been low-key, with the senator carrying the banner on a few issues while keeping quieter counsel at other times. Recent events have found him in the Senate spotlight, a place where he appears quite at ease. We applaud Danforth's stewardship of the Clarence Thomas nomination and his leadership in the Senate. He is an outstanding representative for Missouri...
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AT RISK: SCHOOLS SURVEY ATTITUDES
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
Parents of Cape Girardeau Central High School students are being asked if they believe issues like teen pregnancy, drug or alcohol use or peer pressure make students at risk of dropping out of school. A survey is being done by Central High School as part of a district-wide assessment of Cape Girardeau's "at-risk" problem. The study is being coordinated by the district's At-Risk Committee...
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HIGHWAY FATALITY RATES FALL
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
The nation's highway fatality rate this year is headed for a record low, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. In Missouri, highway safety officials say a similar downward trend in vehicular fatalities is occurring in most of the state, including Southeast Missouri...
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LEGISLATORS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER LOTTERY
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
Although revelations that Lottery Director Michael H. Morris routinely taped telephone calls in his office for five years has drawn the most debate among lawmakers, several Southeast Missouri legislators say they are concerned about charges Morris tried to profit from selling lottery marketing ideas to other states...
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OMBUDSMEN LEND HAND AT NURSING HOMES
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
The word ombudsman means one who speaks on behalf of another, and that is exactly what is happening in nursing homes across the state. Volunteers with the Missouri Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program are being appointed to nursing homes to make sure that residents have and keep their rights...
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PHOTOGRAPHY FEATURED THIS MONTH AT CAPE'S GALLERY 100
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
Naomi L. Runtz's photography will be featured at Gallery 100 during October. An opening reception will be held Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at the gallery. Runtz has worked primarily with black-and-white photography for the past 12 years. She has explored the creativity of the color process through the camera lens and in the darkroom with Cibachrome photograms. They are made by arranging objects in total darkness on Cibachrome printing paper, exposing and processing...
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DOE RUN MINING EXECUTIVE KENYNOTES FIRST FRIDAY COFFEE
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
John FitzSimmons, vice president and general manager of Doe Run Mining Co., will be guest speaker at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee. FitzSimmons will discuss mining in Missouri and the Doe Run area. Missouri produces about 90 percent of the lead mined in the U.S. and much of that lead comes from the Doe Run Mining Co. in the Lead Belt area...
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UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE DISCUSSES TEXTBOOK ISSUE
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
A combination rental and purchase system for textbooks should be considered at Southeast Missouri State University, some faculty members say. A university task force, headed by Faculty Senator Albert Hayward, is considering whether the current textbook rental system should be changed...
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EXOTIC ANIMAL AUCTION DRAWS OVER 800
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
The 13th annual 5-H Ranch Exotic Animal Auction got off to a wet but stellar start Wednesday, with 800 to 900 buyers and sellers attending the first day of the four-day event near Cape Girardeau. Dave Hale, owner of 5-H Ranch, said the first day of the sale was a resounding success, despite a heavy rain shower midway through the afternoon...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: JACKSON TEACHER EMPHASIZES POSITIVE ATTITUDE
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
Denise McDowell realized after eight years that working with computers was not the rewarding career she had wanted. "Now, in teaching, every day is different," McDowell said, "and the smiles and hugs that I receive at the end of the day are priceless."...
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VINCENT L. HOWARD
(Obituary ~ 10/03/91)
JACKSON -- Vincent L. Howard, 65, of Jackson Route 4, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Oct. 11, 1925, at Ste. Genevieve. He married Lavern Musgraves Oct. 12, 1946. Howard had lived on a farm since 1947. He was manager of Mineweld Co. ...
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SUZANNE MCCOLLOUGH
(Obituary ~ 10/03/91)
SIKESTON -- Suzanne House McCollough, 41, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1991, at St. Louis University Hospital. McMikle Funeral Home at Charleston is in charge of arrangements.
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SYLVESTER PRESBERRY
(Obituary ~ 10/03/91)
Sylvester Presberry, 69, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1991, at Cape LaCroix Nursing Home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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GRACE E. NANEY
(Obituary ~ 10/03/91)
CANALOU -- Grace Elnora Naney, 83, of Canalou, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 1991, in Malden. She was born Sept. 5, 1908, at Parma, daughter of James A. and Francis Willis Basinger. She married John R. Naney Jan. 22, 1928. Naney was a member of First Assembly of God Church here...
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ESTHER WICKS
(Obituary ~ 10/03/91)
ANNA, Ill. -- Esther Wicks, 89, of Anna, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1991, at her home. She was born Sept. 11, 1902, at Cobden, daughter of Charles and Ella McCann Messamore. She married Free Parmly, who died in October 1955. Shelter married Lonnie Wicks, who died Aug. 16, 1988...
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CLARA MABRY HUTCHISON
(Obituary ~ 10/03/91)
Funeral service for Clara Mabry Hutchison of The Lutheran Home was held Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. Bob Alarcon officiated, with burial in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens at Morley. Hutchison, 79, died Monday, Sept. 30, 1991, at The Lutheran Home...
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WILLIAM H. TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 10/03/91)
DEXTER -- William Howard Taylor, 77, of Dexter, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Sept. 22, 1914, at Essex, son of W.R. and Mary Caroline McMullin Taylor. He and Catherine Blackman were married Nov. 20, 1941, at Dexter...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/03/91)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. David Flori of St. Louis, 9:02 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, 1991. Name, Jessica Grace. Weight, 8 pounds 1 ounce. Mrs. Flori is the former Tracy Boyer, daughter of Leo Boyer and Pat Boyer of Arnold, and is a licensed professional counselor. Flori is production supervisor at Hasco Inc., and is the son of Ralph and Julia Flori of Cape Girardeau...
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SCOTT CITY EARNS GRANT TO STUDY LOCAL BUSINESSES
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Scott City has been awarded just over $1,300 to fund a five-month study of local businesses and the need for further economic development. The city was one of 21 in Missouri to receive a grant out of more than 70 that competed. The $1,350 Economic Excellence development grant is funded in part by Southwestern Bell Telephone...
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AARP CONDUCTS `55 ALIVE' DRIVING PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
The local chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons will conduct a "55 Alive" driving program in Cape Girardeau Oct. 24-25. The event is a classroom refresher driving course for drivers ages 55 and older. The program will be held at the Cape Girardeau Grace United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall...
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GOP WOMEN GATHER FRIDAY; MAJOR CASE SQUAD IS PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
The Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club will meet at noon Friday at Holiday Inn. Lt. John Jordan of Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department will be the speaker. Jordan is supervisor of Criminal Investigations Division with the department, and is squad commander of Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad...
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BESS V. GOSS
(Obituary ~ 10/03/91)
MARBLE HILL -- Bess V. Goss, 81, of St. Louis, formerly of Bollinger County, died Oct. 1, 1991 at St. Louis. She was born June 3, 1910 in Bollinger County, the daughter of Albert Myers and Sarah Seabaugh Myers. She had lived in St. Louis since 1928 and was of the Presbyterian faith...
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MANIC DEPRESSIVE GROUP SETS SESSIONS
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
The Depressive, Manic-Depressive Association of Southeast Missouri is sponsoring two "rap" sessions for people who have experienced depressive or manic-depressive illness and their families. The first session, for those age 39 and older, will be held Tuesday from 2-3:30 p.m. at Mr. B's Deli meeting room...
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EMERSON OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIGHWAY BILL
(Local News ~ 10/03/91)
Although the present Federal Surface Transportation Act expired Monday, 8th District U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson says he is optimistic Congress will pass a bill later this year that significantly increases funds available for road projects in Missouri. "I am optimistic that Congress will produce a good bill and the president will sign it," said Emerson. He predicted the measure would be finished and signed into law by Thanksgiving...
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