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THE PUBLIC MIND: PROPERTY OWNERS WILL WIN IF COUNTY ZONING WINS ENDORSEMENT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/09/92)
To Cape Girardeau County Voters: No one likes more government regulations. Everyone wants to do what they want with their own property. Yet, we go looking for help from the government when our neighbors do things on their property we do not like. Without zoning, the county government can not help you with your grievance, nor can it implement planning...
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CHARLESTON HOSTS MARCHING BAND FESTIVAL OCT. 17
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
Charleston will host the 1992 Southeast Missouri Band Association Marching Band contest on Saturday, Oct. 17. The parade competition will begin at 9 a.m. with 27 bands competing in downtown Charleston. The field competition will start at 1 p.m. at the John Harris Marshall Athletic complex. Admission to the field show is $1.50...
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AARP 55 ALIVE DRIVING PROGRAM SET OCT. 15-16
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
The Cape Girardeau Chapter of the AARP will sponsor the 55 Alive Mature Driving course Oct. 15 and 16. The classroom refresher course is designed for drivers 55 years of age or over. The program will be held from 1-5 p.m. on Oct. 15 and from 8 a.m. to noon on Oct. 16 at Grace Methodist Church fellowship hall, Broadway and Caruthers...
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HOUSE AND GARDEN TOUR SET SUNDAY; DESSERT BUFFET WILL ALSO BENEFIT AGENCY
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
For the fifth year, Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Cape Girardeau is sponsoring a house and garden tour, featuring some of Cape Girardeau most beautiful homes. The tour is set Sunday, with a dessert buffet on Saturday night. The tour features five homes which will be open from 1-6 p.m. They are:...
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`PHANTOM,' TRAVIS KEEP SHOW ME CENTER BUSY THIS WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
A masked man who sings operatic banalities set to Verdi and Mozart will be followed to the Show Me Center stage this weekend by a young country music legend who lately has been looking for "A Better Class of Losers." Ken Hill's original version of "The Phantom of the Opera" will be presented on Saturday, followed on Sunday by Randy Travis, who has recorded 11 No. 1 songs since crashing the country music scene in 1985...
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DIMINISHED DEMOCRACY: VOTER APATHY SEEMS ONLY TO BUILD
(Column ~ 10/09/92)
Political observers have always assumed, incorrectly for the most part, that John Q. Public has as great an interest in candidates and campaigns as they do. The qualifying statement for such a conclusion has generally been that the Great Sport of America, namely politics, was too important to be neglected, thus the public was automatically concerned about who is elected and whose campaign is bogging down for a variety of reasons...
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AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT OF SHOPLIFTERS SENDS SIGNAL
(Editorial ~ 10/09/92)
Shoplifting isn't someone else's trouble. It drives up the cost of every single product we buy. That's why aggressive arrest, prosecution and sentencing of shoplifters helps us all. It also sends a strong message: If you get caught shoplifting in Cape Girardeau, you're going to jail...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: POSTMASTER PRAISES COOPERATION OF BULK MAILING BY NEWSPAPER
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/09/92)
Dear Mr. Rust: Concord Publishing is one of the largest volume mail producers in the city. The amount of mail generated could cause the Postal Service major problems if it was prepared and presented to us in an incorrect fashion. I am happy to report that this is not the case with your business...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: READER AMAZED BY SLOGAN OF `MY BABY, MY BODY, MY CHOICE'
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/09/92)
Dear Editor: Looking at the picture on the front of the Monday edition of the Southeast Missourian, I could not help but to notice the slogan written on the shirt of the woman walking down the sidewalk. It said: MY BABY, MY BODY, MY CHOICE. I personally find this both an amazing admission and a disturbing indictment on how far we have "progressed."...
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ECONOMIC PANEL EYES BY-LAWS
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
JACKSON - A committee considering the possibility of forming a group to coordinate the recruitment of new industry for the area discussed a proposed set of by-laws at a meeting Thursday. Representatives of the cities of Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Scott City, the Cape Chamber of Commerce, and Cape Girardeau County have been meeting since May to discuss pooling resources to hire someone to recruit industry for the area...
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WATER SYSTEM STURDY; OFFICIALS: VERY FEW PROBLEMS SO FAR
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
After about four months of providing water to Cape Girardeau residents, officials have yet to find evidence that antiquated sections of the water system are badly deteriorated. Tom Taggart, water system manager for Mid-Missouri Engineering Inc. (MMEI), said Thursday there have been few water main failures since the city took over operation of the water system in June...
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A 200-DAY SCHOOL YEAR? NOT FOR CAPE
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
Cape Girardeau public school officials say a proposal to extend the school year to 200 days may work in Sikeston but not in Cape Girardeau. The Cape Girardeau district gets about half as much money per student in state funding as does Sikeston, said Cape Girardeau Superintendent Neyland Clark...
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TRASH: REGULATIONS MAY SOON BAN AREA LANDFILLS
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
New federal solid waste regulations could effectively shut down landfills in Southeast Missouri and more than double trash fees after next year. Rickie L. Roberts, project manager for Burns and McDonnell Waste Consultants Inc. in Kansas City, told city officials and members of the city's Solid Waste Task Force Thursday that the new regulations are less stringent for states that apply for federal approval as meeting the requirements of the new standards...
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COLUMBUS DAY BRINGS WITH IT A MIXED BAG OF OFFICE CLOSINGS
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
All area schools and municipal offices will be open on Monday, Columbus Day. The Monday solid-waste pickup routes will run as scheduled. Area banks and financial institutions will be closed Monday, along with and all federal, state and county offices in observance of the holiday...
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PELTS CONCERNED BY WEBSTER'S CANDIDACY
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
KENNETT - A longtime Bootheel Republican Party leader is expressing concern about the party's candidate for governor, suggesting that William Webster's election would run counter to the reform reputation the Missouri GOP has built over the last 25 years...
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RAY ROBINS
(Obituary ~ 10/09/92)
ADVANCE -- Ray Robins, 65, of Advance died Oct. 8, 1992, at Dexter memorial Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.
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JANE C. MILLER
(Obituary ~ 10/09/92)
Jane Carolyn Miller, 55, of Houston, Texas, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 1992, in Houston. She was born Oct. 4, 1937, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Fieldon M. and Irene Burge Miller. Survivors include her mother, Irene Erwin of Houston; a sister, Susan Schweain of Jackson; two brothers, Fieldon Miller of Houston, and Brian Miller of Jackson...
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LEWIS MCDANIEL
(Obituary ~ 10/09/92)
ANNA, Ill. -- Lewis McDaniel, 73, of Tulsa, Okla., formerly of Anna, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1992, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was born Dec. 27, 1918, in Tamms, son of Lewis F. and Margaret Brown McDaniel. He and Inas Carlton were married Nov. 10, 1945. She died Sept. 25, 1980...
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AMOS S. DRISKILL
(Obituary ~ 10/09/92)
ADVANCE -- Amos Sidney Driskill, 89, of Advance, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 26, 1902, son of John and May Biggard Driskill. He married Emma Hurley, who died Dec. 29, 1974. Driskill was a retired farmer, and member of Church of Christ...
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WILLIAM M. TERBRAK
(Obituary ~ 10/09/92)
William M. "Bill" Terbrak, 78, of Perryville, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 1992, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born March 7, 1914, in Perry County, son of Louis and Emma Reed Terbrak. He and Gertrude M. Mattingly were married May 10, 1937, at Brewer...
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DALLAS D. GLENZY
(Obituary ~ 10/09/92)
CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Dallas Dwain Glenzy of Florissant was held Wednesday at Hutchens Mortuary in Florissant. Burial was in Union Park Cemetery at Chaffee. Glenzy, 60, died Monday, Oct. 5, 1992, at Christian Northeast Hospital. He was born July 7, 1932, at Chaffee, son of Andy and Catherine Glenzy. He was a 1950 graduate of Chaffee High School, and served in the U.S. Navy. He was owner of Charles E. Scott Co. Inc...
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A. BOLLINGER
(Obituary ~ 10/09/92)
ORAN -- A. "Buck" Bollinger, 66, of Oran, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 1992, at his home. He was born April 1, 1926, at Painton, son of Louie Jesse and Florence Elizabeth Lewis Bollinger. He and Winifred Gray were married Nov. 17, 1942. Bollinger was operator of Texas Eastern Pipeline here 37 years, was a farmer and bonded cattle buyer. He served with the U.S. Army in Japan during World War II...
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ALMA D. HEUISER
(Obituary ~ 10/09/92)
SIKESTON -- Alma D. Heuiser, 75, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center emergency room due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born Jan. 3, 1917, in Callio, Mo., to the late Clarence C. and Fredona Jane Taylor Cavins...
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ADA B. BERGMAN
(Obituary ~ 10/09/92)
PERRYVILLE -- Ada B. Bergman of Perryville died Oct. 8, 1992, at Perry County Memorial Hospital at the age of 98. She was born July 26, 1894, at Tipton, Iowa, the daughter of the late William and Viretta Zook Cook. She married Leonard Bergman in 1912. He preceded her in death Jan. 29, 1983...
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CHARLES A BURNS
(Obituary ~ 10/09/92)
Charles A. Burns, 64, of 515 S. Sprigg St. died at home Oct. 8. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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MONA EMMONS
(Obituary ~ 10/09/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Mona Emmons, 73, of Route 1, Scott City died Thursday, Oct. 8, 1992, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Parrent Funeral Home in Naylor.
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SIKESTON WOMAN, 75, KILLED IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
SIKESTON -- A 75-year-old Sikeston woman died Wednesday night as a result of injuries she sustained in a two-car collision earlier in the evening. Alma D. Heuiser died at the Missouri Delta Medical Center a short while after the 6:45 p.m. accident at the intersection of Brown Spur and Salcedo Road...
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REGISTRATION OFFICES OPEN SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
Cape Girardeau County voter registration offices will be open Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon to give citizens an opportunity to register for the Nov. 3 general election. The last day to register and still be able to vote this year is 5 p.m. Wednesday...
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CLYDE M. KENNEDY
(Obituary ~ 10/09/92)
SIKESTON -- Clyde M. Kennedy, 87, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born July 28, 1905, in Independence County, Ark., son of Arch and Lou Lane Kennedy. He and Gladys Logan were married Oct. 6, 1922. She died Sept. 5, 1971...
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SECTION OF LEXINGTON WILL BE OPENED TODAY
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
The first major section of Lexington Avenue from Kingshighway to Perryville Road will open today, the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department said. New traffic signals at the intersection of Lexington, Kingshighway and Mt. Auburn Road will be operating after about noon today, a spokesman from the department said...
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ILLMO-FORNFELT REUNION SCHEDULED
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
An All-American pitcher and outfielder in women's major fast pitch softball, E. Louise Albrecht, will speak in Cape Girardeau Saturday at the Illmo-Fornfelt school reunion. More than 300 former students are expected to attend the reunion at the Drury Lodge...
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FINS, FEATHERS AND FUR
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
CARTERVILLE, Ill. -- Tim Grounds of Johnston City, Ill., was a big winner in the goose calling contest here last weekend. Grounds, 34, walked away with first prize money of $1,000 in the Winchester World Open Goose Calling Championships, held at John A. Logan Community College in Carterville...
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YOUTH HORSE SHOW SLATED SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
A 4-H Youth Horse show will be held Sunday, at 1 p.m., at the Jim Groggins Arena, four miles northwest of Cape Girardeau on Route W. The show will be held rain or shine. All young people, 18 years old, and under, are eligible to ride in the different classes...
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MOTHERS OF MULTIPLES WILL GATHER ON OCT. 17
(Local News ~ 10/09/92)
The monthly meeting of Mothers of Multiples will be held Oct. 17 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Mothers will be instructed in CPR. Because of the nature of the meeting, prospective new members are encouraged to join at the November meeting. The group meets every third Saturday of the month at Southeast Missouri Hospital. For more information contact the hospital...
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