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POLICE EXECUTE DUTIES IN STEADY MANNER HERE
(Editorial ~ 03/26/92)
In the midst of a highly celebrated trial focusing on ~alleged brutality by the Los Angeles Police Department, it is tempting to turn a worried eye on the power law enforcement agencies across the national deem themselves. If it happens there, it must also be happening here, the thinking goes. ...
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SEMO ASSISTANT PROVOST INVOLVED IN STATEWIDE EVENT
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
Dorothy Allen, assistant provost at Southeast Missouri State University, is among 53 women in the state selected to participate in the 1992 Greater Missouri leadership program. Four seminars will be held in connection with this year's program. The first was held earlier this month in Jefferson City. Subsequent seminars are scheduled for June 10-12 in Kansas City, Sept. 16-18 in Springfield, and Nov. 18-20 in St. Louis...
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GIRL SCOUTS GIVE AWARDS
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
JACKSON -- The Girl Scouts Tsalagi Service Unit in Jackson and Oak Ridge held its annual recognition banquet recently, presenting awards to scouts and adult leaders and volunteers. Outstanding leader awards were presented to Nona Abernathy, Sue Dickerson and Janet Statler. Outstanding volunteer awards were presented to Cheryl Amos, Marilyn Evans and Jill Morgan...
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UNIVERSITY OFFERS NEW JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
Southeast Missouri State University will offer for the first time a beginning foreign language course in Japanese this fall. Daniel A. MacLeay, chairman of the department of foreign languages, explained that the course is designed for people who have no experience or knowledge of Japanese...
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SCOTT CITY SLATES REGISTRATION DATES
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Kindergarten registration in Scott City has been set for April 9 at the elementary school. Registration will be held from 8-11 a.m., 12:45 to 3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on that day. To enroll in kindergarten a child must live in the city limits of Scott City and be 5 years old on or before June 30...
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TUESDAY: HIGHWAY OFFICIALS PLAN TRANSPORTATION MEETING
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
Freeman McCullah, chief engineer for District 10 of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department, and John Oliver, a member of the Missouri Highway Commission, will keynote a meeting Tuesday in Cape Girardeau. The meeting will be held at Mr. B's Waffles and Deli, Independence and Kingshighway...
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MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC; CAPE TEEN ON HER WAY TO BECOMING WORLD-CLASS VIOLINIST
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
Beautiful music has its secrets. Since age 5, Tarina Kang has been learning to reveal them. "All music has a story behind it," said the Cape Girardeau 17-year-old. "There is more to music than just the words." Kang, a native of Cape Girardeau, she has studied under some of the best teachers in the country and performed with world-class musicians...
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CHARLESTON FESTIVAL IN 24TH YEAR
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
The annual Charleston Dogwood Azalea Festival promises something for every member of the family an art show, quilt show, Civil War reenactment, a parade, candlelight walk and an ice cream social. The 24th annual festival is scheduled for April 11 and 12. It is sponsored by the Charleston Chamber of Commerce...
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MATHCOUNTS STUDENTS TO COMPETE SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
Four of the top five teams in the Southeast regional MathCounts contest were from Cape Girardeau. The three top teams will compete in state competition Saturday at Columbia. First place in the Southeast regional contest was St. Vincent's eighth-grade team. Second place in the district meet was the St. Mary's team...
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LOCAL ICE SKATING PAIR WILL PERFORM IN ST. LOUIS SHOWS
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
Local ice skating pair Matt Buttrey and Sarah Booth will appear in three ice shows in May. The pair have been asked to skate in an ice show at the Brentwood Ice Arena on May 16. They have also been asked to skate at a show at the Creve Coeur ice rink on May 17 at 3 p.m. and at a benefit ice skating show for Children's Hospital the same day at 6 p.m...
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PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS WILL SPONSOR DANCE APRIL 4; OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
The Cape SEMO chapter of Parents Without Partners is sponsoring a dance April 4, open to the public. The band Night Shift will play from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at the VFW Hall on Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Admission if $5 per person. Prizes and dance mixers will be offered...
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WALK-A-THON SET AT CAPE PARK
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
The Leukemia Society will hold a walk-a-thon at Cape County Park North May 2 from 8 a.m. to noon. Sponsor forms are available now for individuals or groups who are interested in participating. The walk-a-thon will generate public awareness as well as generate money for the Leukemia Society...
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GROUP WANTS BAND INSTRUCTOR RETAINED
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
About 85 Cape Girardeau Central band students and parents met Wednesday night to organize a petition drive against school district plans to cut one of three band directors. A proposal to cut Mark McHale's position as band director and reduce the overall band budget by 20 percent are some of the district's across-the-board budget cuts aimed at offsetting a $1.2 million funding shortfall...
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ARSON: COMPLAINTS DOWN SHARPLY IN LAST 4 YEARS
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
Arson complaints in Cape Girardeau have dropped sharply in the last four years, falling from 23 in 1987 to four in 1991. One arson investigator says he hopes the decrease is due to better arson enforcement. Both 1990 and 1989 ended with three arson complaints in the city, down from five in 1988. The years preceding 1987 ended with 20, 11, 19, 15, nine and 23 complaints reported...
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SEXUAL ORIENTATION AMENDMENT GETS REVIEW
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
The Faculty Senate at Southeast Missouri State University Wednesday debated a proposal to amend the university's anti-discrimination policy to include homosexual "orientation." But the senators tabled the matter to allow time for some proposed changes to the amendment to be drafted...
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STUDENTS IN WALKOUT PUNISHED
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
Thirty-two Cape Girardeau Central High School students who walked out of school Friday in a protest of budget cuts have been assigned Saturday detention as punishment. Students said Wednesday they believe the punishment is too severe. On Friday a group of 30 to 40 students walked out of class in a 15-minute protest of school district budget cuts and a memo banning teachers from discussing the budget situation during class time...
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GUN BILL, POPULAR IN HOUSE, GETS MIXED REVIEWS
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
Many law enforcement officials are expressing concern about a bill moving through the Missouri General Assembly that would enable residents to acquire a permit to carry concealed firearms. But supporters of the measure, which was added as an amendment to an anti-crime bill in the Missouri House, see it is a way of giving law-abiding citizens a way of protecting themselves...
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DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES, UNIVERSITY COMBINE IN CENTER
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
The SEMO Community Treatment Center doesn't have high visibility, but that suits the Missouri Division of Youth Services just fine. The new center at 609 N. Middle has been in operation since December. The $1 million complex, consisting of two residential cottages and an administrative building, was financed by the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. ...
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QUINSTATE CONFERENCE WILL CENTER ON RIVER
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
"Mississippi River Your avenue to A Global Community" will be the theme of the 10th annual Quinstate Economic Development Conference to be held at the Show Me Center April 2-3. Participants in the conference will have an opportunity to visit the Southeast Missouri Port Authority and Missouri Dry Dock and Repair Co...
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PARENT MEETING SLATED
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
"Children's Reactions to Emotional Disturbance in Siblings" will be the topic for the Parents Supporting Parents meeting April 21. Jeff Johnston of Associated Clinical Services in Cape Girardeau will present the program. He is a private practioner who provides mental health services to children, adolescents and families...
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NASH MACK
(Obituary ~ 03/26/92)
CHARLESTON -- Nash Mack, 91, of Charleston, died Tuesday, March 24, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Aug. 15, 1900, in Waco, Texas, son of Joe and Melissa Mack. He married Emily Jackson, who died Aug. 7, 1981. Mack was a member of Mercy Seat Baptist Church...
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ORA L. KIRKWOOD
(Obituary ~ 03/26/92)
CHARLESTON -- Ora Lee Kirkwood, 64, of Charleston, died Sunday, March 22, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center, following an extended illness. She was born June 27, 1927, at Clarkton, daughter of E.D. and Lilly May Harris Coleman. She married Theoda Kirkwood April 20, 1946, who died Jan. 18, 1992...
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RUDOLPH J. MEINZ
(Obituary ~ 03/26/92)
ALTENBURG -- Rudolph Joseph Meinz, 79, of Altenburg, died Wednesday, March 25, 1992, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 31, 1912, at Altenburg, son of Alfred and Theresa Hunt Meinz. He and Hilda F. Koch were married Jan. 24, 1937...
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ALICE M. BERKBUEGLER
(Obituary ~ 03/26/92)
PERRYVILLE -- Alice Mary Berkbuegler, 60, of Perryville, died Tuesday, March 24, 1992, at Perry County Hospital. She was born June 20, 1931, in Perry County, daughter of William and Josephine Whistler Turlin. She married Clarence Berkbuegler, who died Jan. 6, 1983...
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CLARENCE J. HEARD
(Obituary ~ 03/26/92)
Clarence J. Heard, 87, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, March 25, 1992, at the Lutheran Home. He was born March 14, 1905, at Lavalle, son of Louis E. and Mary Lee Clark Heard. He and Pauline Menz were married April 23, 1924. at Oran. Heard was a truck driver with ABF many years, and member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church...
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DEWARD C. MILLER
(Obituary ~ 03/26/92)
Deward C. Miller, 85, 401 Sunset, died Wednesday, March 25, 1992, in Jackson. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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CARL MOSBY
(Obituary ~ 03/26/92)
Carl Mosby, of 305 Hillview, died Wednesday, March 25, 1992 at his home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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THELMA REED
(Obituary ~ 03/26/92)
CHAFFEE -- Thelma Reed, 79, of Chaffee, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, March 24, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born June 13, 1912, at Malden, daughter of Verdict and Gracie Welch Arnold. She married Virgil Reed July 1, 1939. He preceded her in death March 14, 1956...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 03/26/92)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Dewayne Whitener of Jackson, Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, 12:56 p.m. Saturday, March 14, 1992. Name, Jordan Danielle. Weight, 3 pounds 12 ounces. First child. Mrs. Whitener is the former Carolyn Devenport, daughter of Esther Devenport of Gordonville and the late Hubert Devenport. She is a first grade teacher at Alma Schrader School in Cape Girardeau. Whitener is a quality engineer at Dana Copr., and is the son of Virgil and LaVerne Whitener of Jackson...
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BILL MORRISON
(Obituary ~ 03/26/92)
MOREHOUSE -- Bill W. Morrison, 50, of Morehouse, died Wednesday, March 25, 1992, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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EASTERN STAR PLANS OFFICIAL INSPECTION TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 03/26/92)
Marilyn L. Woods of High Ridge, worthy grand matron of the Missouri Eastern Star Grand Chapter, will make an official inspection of chapters in the 49th district tonight. The meeting will be held in the Masonic Temple in Cape Girardeau beginning at 6:30 p.m...
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