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EXTENSION CLUBS A CONTRIBUTION TO CITY'S BICENTENNIAL
(Column ~ 07/08/92)
The councils of Extension clubs convened today in Jefferson City to conduct two days of business pertaining to Missouri Extension Homemakers clubs. Cape Girardeau city and county in this bicentennial year are proud that Extension Homemakers clubs in Missouri developed from an idea of Linder Miller of the Cane Creek area, where the first club in the state was formed and named Cane Creek Mother's Club May 18, 1913. ...
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LOCAL VOCALIST TO PERFORM AT MUNY CONCERT
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band, under the direction of John Kent Fisher, will hold its weekly concert in Capaha Park tonight at 8. Special guest performer will be vocalist Don Presson. He and Janet Presson are owners of Keyboards & Kindermusik in Cape Girardeau. They teach children 18 months and up general music and keyboards...
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WOMEN'S CLUB TO MEET
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
The Cape Girardeau Christian Women's Club will meet from noon to 2 p.m. Monday in the Jackson Room at Holiday Inn. "Rise and Shine" is the theme for the meeting. Vocalist will be Miki Gudermuth. Trish Wischman will talk about her bed-and-breakfast. Speaker will be Carol Laws of Perryville...
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ON A TALENT SEARCH: PROGRAM TARGETS AT-RISK STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
For many at-risk youngsters in the Missouri Bootheel, college seems like a fairy tale. But a federally funded program called the Bootheel Talent Search is attempting to show them that college or vocational or technical training beyond high school are reachable goals...
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TOURISM BOARD FAVORS SPORTS COMPLEX PLANS
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
After nearly six months of deliberation, the Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board apparently is ready to recommend to the Cape Girardeau City Council how best to spend reserve city tourism funds. Without taking formal action, the board Tuesday reached a consensus that a sports complex combining the best components of two separate recreation and sports proposals would be the best use of the funds...
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RETREAT: SCHOOL BOARD DEBATES FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIES
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education will meet for three days this weekend to formulate the basis of a five-year strategic plan for the school district. Likely to top the agenda is the possibility of new construction in the district. "I think the board will make some determination about a referendum," said Superintendent Neyland Clark. "Are we going to ask the community to support educational programs and facilities in the future?"...
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CAPE'S CHIEF ACHIEVES 32 YEARS IN FIRE SERVICE; HINDMAN PLANS RETIREMENT OCT. 1
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
After a 32-year career with the Cape Girardeau Fire Department, 28 in a supervisory capacity, Fire Chief Gene Hindman will take off his chief's shield and retire Oct. 1. Hindman notified City Manager J. Ronald Fischer of his decision to retire in a letter to him Monday...
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RAILROAD COMPLETES FEDERALLY MANDATED OVERHAUL OF BOILER
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
JACKSON -- The good news is the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad's Number Five steam locomotive will soon be back under steam again. The bad news is it won't be this weekend, as planned. The steam locomotive was in service for a brief, two-week period in May, before it was discovered that several of the pipes in the boiler had cracked...
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POSHARD SEEKS LAW FOR FEDERAL ENTERPRISE ZONE
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
CARTERVILLE, Ill. -- U.S. Rep. Glenn Poshard will spearhead efforts to bring enterprise zones to Illinois through legislation under consideration in Washington. Poshard, an Illinois Democrat, said: "The measure, part of an urban aid package passed by the U.S. House, would create 50 new enterprise zones 25 in rural areas. Businesses locating in the zones would be eligible for a number of tax breaks, including wage credits, capital gains relief, deductions for new equipment and other incentives...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
PEGGY CAMPBELL Occupation: Teller, Boatmen's Bank Birthplace: Cape Girardeau Current home: Cape Girardeau What do you do in your spare time? "I spend time with my family and friends." Pet Peeve: "Slow drivers." I've always looked up to. Why? "My parents for their support, guidance, patience and understanding."...
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NEW LAW CLOSES TAX CREDIT LOOPHOLE
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
A loophole in a state program that provides income tax credits for new and expanding businesses located in enterprise zones, was closed under a bill signed into law this week by Gov. John Ashcroft. Under the old law, businesses could apply for the tax credits up to five years after the expansion and regardless of whether the investment led to additional jobs...
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JUNE 1992 WAS SEVENTH COOLEST IN 47 YEARS; JULY MORE NORMAL
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
A record low temperature and a record minimum high temperature helped make June the seventh coolest on record here in 47 years, said Al Robertson, professor of earth science and climatologist at Southeast Missouri State University. Robertson said the average June temperature was 73.6 degrees, down 2.4 degrees from the long-term average of 76. It was the second consecutive month with below normal temperatures...
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SALLIE MAE DEJARNETT
(Obituary ~ 07/08/92)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Sallie Mae DeJarnett, 94 of Tamms, Ill. died Monday, July 6, 1992 at the Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born July 31, 1897 at Clinton, Ky., the daughter of Henry and Hester Bone Cagle. She married Claude Ezra "Sam" DeJarnett, who preceded her in death on Oct. 23, 1957...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/08/92)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. David Hale of McClure, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:51 p.m. Thursday, June 18, 1992. Name, James David. Weight, 8 pounds 11 ounces. First child. Mrs. Hale is the former Ladonna Kennedy, daughter of Jan Rhodes of Cape Girardeau and James Kennedy of Randles. Hale is employed by MidAmerica Hotel Corp., and is the son of Sheila Hale and Harold Hale of McClure...
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VIRGINIA L. FARRAR
(Obituary ~ 07/08/92)
Virginia L. Farrar, 79, of Westville, Ill., died Monday, July 6, 1992, at United Samaritan Medical Center-Logan Campus in Danville, Ill. She was formerly of Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 30, 1913, in Marion, Ill., daughter of Charles and Flora Harvell Shavnore. She married Palmer V. Farrar June 20, 1973, at Benton. He died Jan. 20, 1985. She was a former member of Southside Baptist Church...
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VIOLA COOPER
(Obituary ~ 07/08/92)
ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Viola Cooper of Advance will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Dale Wiseman will officiate, with burial in Rock Point Cemetery near here. Cooper, 96, died Monday, July 6, 1992, at Advance Nursing Center...
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ERNA VOGT WARD
(Obituary ~ 07/08/92)
JACKSON -- Erna E. Vogt Ward, 81, of St. Louis, died Monday, July 6, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was formerly of Fredericktown. She was born May 5, 1911, at Friedheim, daughter of Fritz and Louise Brune Vogt. She married Lewis Ward Oct. 24, 1944...
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LEND ME YOUR EAR: A MEANING IN SEARCH OF A WORD
(Column ~ 07/08/92)
My lifelong friend Esther Riechmann of Jacksonville, Fla., has added an unusual dictionary to my shelves. "In A Word," edited by Jack Hitt, bears the subtitle: "A Harper's Magazine Dictionary of Words That Don't Exist But Ought To." Editor Hitt wrote to a host of contemporary writers, artists, and celebrities requesting each to create a word for which no meaning exists. "In A Word" is a compilation of responses...
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CORONER RULES IN DEATH OF JACKSON GIRL
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Carpenter said Tuesday he is ruling that the death last month of a 13-year-old Jackson girl was from drowning due to toxicity from sniffing paint fumes. The coroner said he made the ruling after receiving on Monday a toxicology report on blood, urine and organ tissues from the SEMO Regional Crime Laboratory at Southeast Missouri State University...
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STATE SENDS MESSAGE: DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE
(Editorial ~ 07/08/92)
A new Missouri state law provides a powerful tool to law enforcement in getting drunk drivers off the road. The result should be a lowered number of alcohol-related deaths and injuries. One of the best features of the law will allow authorities to crack down on repeat offenders. ...
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CITY PLANS REVIEW OF DAY CARE REGULATIONS, ZONING
(Local News ~ 07/08/92)
A neighborhood dispute over a day care home has prompted the Cape Girardeau City Council to review city zoning laws and how they apply to child day care centers. The council Monday denied a request by Melba and Jerry Keele for a special use permit to operate a day care home for 10 children at 1820 Delwin while they lived elsewhere...
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