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DEWINT H. ZARICOR
(Obituary ~ 10/02/94)
SIKESTON -- DeWint H. Zaricor, 74, of Sikeston, died at his home Saturday, Oct. 1, 1994. He was born Nov. 16, 1919, in St. Louis, the son of Madison and Sadie DeWint-Zaricor. He married Annette Watkins of Oran on Feb. 8, 1943, in Phoenix. He grew up in Commerce and was graduated from Benton High School. Following high school he attended Southeast Missouri State University...
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SCENES FROM THE EAST PERRY COMMUNITY FAIR
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
A part of life in just about any small town is the annual fair. The events seem to bring out good spirits in everyone, from the groups of youngsters zipping from ride to ride on the midway to old friends meeting up for the first time in a long time...
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BREADEAUX PISA OPENS IN JACKSON
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
Breadeaux Pisa, 1255 Old Cape Roard in Jackson, offers a number of lunch specials. The restaurant offers salads, sandwiches and their traditional and specialty pizzas with a unizue, French-style crust. Jackson diners can now add a new name to the list of eateries in their town, Breadeaux Pisa...
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JACKSON ACS PLANS FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
As a preliminary fundraising effort prior to the start of the annual Jail 'n Bail function Oct. 27, members of the Jackson chapter of the American Cancer Society will be promoting the purchase of "Cancer Bucks." For a donation of $1, contributors can have their name written on a "Cancer Buck" and displayed in one of the following Jackson locations: Hardee's, McDonald's, Town and Country Super Market, Burger King, Winks, Golden Corral, Schaper's IGA, Commerce Bank, Capital Bank (all three locations), Boatmen's Bank (Boulevard and Fruitland locations), Stogies and Texaco Uptown and both Jackson Bait & Tackle locations.. ...
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JACKSON AMERICAN LEGION POST 158 COMPLETES COMMUNITY BETTERMENT PROJECTS
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
With the help and cooperation of the city of Jackson and the volunteer help of many individuals, the open drainage ditch between Mary and Missouri Streets has been tiled and enclosed with three-foot diameter pipes. Water from as far away as Maryland, Florence and North High now drain into this ditch, which goes under the American Legion building and proceeds behind the homes bordering Mary and North High streets...
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AMERICAN DREAM COMES TRUE FOR FAMILY
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
The home's frame was built in Macon, Mo., and shipped to Cape County on trailer trucks. Angular notches and wooden pegs are all that is needed to give a mortise and tenon home its incredible strength. Rick Martin views an exposed roof truss in his family's timber frame home...
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AMBULANCE
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
Ambulance Report Bollinger County Monday, Sept. 19 At 6:35 p.m., Glenda Stevens was transported from Marble Hill to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau for a medical emergency. At 9:37 p.m., Freddie Hatcher was transported from Marble Hill to St. Francis Medical Center for a medical emergency...
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HANCOCK FACTS STILL ELUDE MISSOURIANS
(Editorial ~ 10/02/94)
The volume has been turned way up as both sides of the proposed Hancock II amendment try to convince voters before the Nov. 8 election. On the one hand are the opponents, mostly state officeholders and educators, who are saying the tax-limit amendment would have devastating financial consequences for Missouri. ...
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PERSPECTIVE: EDUCATION: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WISDOM AND INFORMATION
(Column ~ 10/02/94)
Education is not job training. It is not even schooling. Education, in so many words, is knowing what things are for, not simply how they work. The truly educated person understands the proper uses to which such things as bodies, brains, governments, art, and sport are put, not merely how to copulate safely, how to manipulate difficult mathematical formulae, how to win an election, how to paint a still life, or how to hit a curveball...
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SOMALI PREMONITION IN REBUILDING HAITI
(Column ~ 10/02/94)
A year ago, 18 U.S. servicemen were ambushed and killed on a Sunday afternoon in Mogadishu, Somalia. The body of a dead Army Ranger was dragged through the streets -- to the instant and deep revulsion of the American people watching on television. A couple of weeks ago, on another Sunday, 17 people were killed in clashes between rival factions. Death marches on in Somalia. Violence and anarchy continue to engulf a country that really isn't a country...
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: EDITORS ASSUME NEW RESPONSIBILITIES
(Column ~ 10/02/94)
After weeks of planning, organizing, interviewing and decision-making, the Southeast Missourian's news department is entering another phase of growth and professional development. -- The long-awaited copy desk is a reality. -- Editors have been given new responsibilities...
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LETTERS: HANCOCK WILL FORCE OFFICIALS TO PUT TAX INCREASES ON BALLOT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/02/94)
To the editor: There is good news for the taxpayers of Missouri, as Hancock Amendment II will be on the November ballot. This may be the most important issue you will ever have a chance to vote on. This amendment, if passed, will help to keep the jingle in your pockets; as you will have control of your tax money instead of the greedy politicians who only cater to the money interests who are represented by their paid lobbyists...
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LETTERS: LETTER TO AARP EXPLAINS WHY MEMBERS ARE UNHAPPY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/02/94)
To the editor: Attached is a copy of a letter sent to John Rother of the AARP. Perhaps I have an erroneous concept of the status of the presidents, officers and the boards of corporations and organizations. But I believe that the general view is that they represent and are responsible to all of their constituents...
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ORA JANE KIRKPATRICK
(Obituary ~ 10/02/94)
ADVANCE -- Ora Jane Kirkpatrick, 85, of Bernie, died Friday Sept. 30, 1994, at Dexter Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 7, 1908 in Sedgewickville, the daughter of Louis and Sarah Statler. She was a homemaker and of the General Baptist faith. On March 25, 1939, she married Glen Kirkpatrick at Advance. He preceded her in death on Jan. 1, 1979...
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BERNICE C. THIERET
(Obituary ~ 10/02/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Bernice C. Thieret, 76, of Perryville, died Saturday, Oct. 1, 1994, at St. Louis University Medical Center in St. Louis. She was born March 25, 1918 in Belgique, the daughter of John and Lillian Stiens L'Hote. She married Howard J. Thieret Oct. 27, 1937...
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ERIC F. DILLAHAY
(Obituary ~ 10/02/94)
UNIONTOWN -- Eric F. "Bear" Dillahay, 9, of Uniontown, died Friday, Sept. 30, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 6, 1984, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Bob and Kathy Dillahay of Uniontown. He was a fourth grade student at Immanuel Lutheran Grade School in Perryville...
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HOUSE PANEL TO RESUME SECRETARY OF STATE PROBE
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
POPLAR BLUFF -- The full House of Representatives might want to wait a week before returning to Jefferson City, Rep. Mark Richardson said Saturday. The Poplar Bluff Republican said the special committee investigating impeachment proceedings against Secretary of State Judith Moriarty will resume Monday at 9 a.m...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU PILES UP HUGE DEBT
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
Over the next 20 years, the city's $64 million in debt will be retired in the following manner: User fees, $29.8 million taxes, $16.5 million debt reserves, $6.7 million street assessments, $4.8 million sewer connection fees, $2 million general fund revenues, $1.5 million...
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SPATZ WON'T LET INQUIRIES DETER WORK
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
Having survived one of two investigations by the Federal Aviation Administration, Cape Central Airways President Mark Spatz said he plans to continue his charter freight operation. Pending is an FAA decision to investigate allegations Cape Central launched two airplanes last March when the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport was closed because of a snowstorm...
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OFFICIALS: DEBT IS WARRANTED
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
Debt pays. Current and former Cape Girardeau city officials insist the growing debt from bonds has benefited the community. Money from the sale of bonds has been used to build a fire station, a trash transfer station, sewers and streets. Bond money has helped fund construction of the Show Me Center and the Cape LaCroix-Walker Creek flood control project, and purchase the water system from Union Electric...
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PORT TO GET $3.075 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
SCOTT CITY -- The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved a $3.075 million Economic Development Administration grant for the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority. Announcement of the grant was made Saturday by 8th District U.S. Rep Bill Emerson, who was joined at the port by a number of port-authority and local government officials and representatives of economic development agencies...
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SALVATION ARMY PLANS UPGRADE
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
Now that he has a bigger and better facility, Salvation Army Capt. Elmer Trapp wants to upgrade the services. Trapp will develop a questionnaire in the next couple of weeks to determine what people want from the Salvation Army. "I want to feel the heartbeat of the community, now that we can do so many more things for the people who helped us get this awesome facility," Trapp said...
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SIMPSON TRIAL MAY HAVE POSITIVE EFFECTS ON SPOUSE ABUSE
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
While the nation comes to terms with the fall of a hero, perhaps it also will learn some lessons. Spouse abuse knows no color or social status. And unchecked, uncontrolled obsession may turn deadly. Jury selection in O.J. Simpson's case began last week. ...
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STATE REP. KASTEN'S FUND RAISING FAR EXCEEDS OPPONENET MCCULLEY'S
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
State Rep. Mary Kasten holds a commanding lead in fund raising over her Democratic challenger in the Nov. 8 general election, according to campaign finance disclosure reports filed last week. The reports, due 40 days before the election, showed Kasten with $12,228 in her campaign account compared with $2,137 for Melinda McCulley...
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ISSUES OF AUDITOR BEING CPA RESURFACES IN '94 STATE RACE
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
Ever since Democrat George Lehr made it a focal point of his 1974 campaign against John Ashcroft, every state auditor elected or appointed has been a certified public accountant. Ashcroft, who had been appointed auditor by Christopher Bond after Bond won the governor's office in 1972, came under fire from Lehr for lacking proper credentials to be state auditor. ...
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FORMER STATE AUDITOR CANDIDATE'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER RECALLS MATTER HARD TO OVERCOME
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
JACKSON -- As the campaign manager for John Ashcroft's unsuccessful bid in 1974 to win a full term as state auditor, Jackson lawyer John Lichtenegger recalled two major issues that were hard to overcome. One was that George Lehr was a CPA and Ashcroft was a lawyer, and advertisements suggested a CPA should be auditor and a lawyer attorney general...
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WHISPERING HILLS: `EGYPTIAN ART' RESIDES IN INSECT ZOO
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
I pay an afternoon visit to my insect zoo. In the fall I call my summer wildflower garden and insect zoo. My husband calls it a weed patch. The wildflower garden grows in the center of our backyard. I have brought seeds home, but have mainly just let it grow unattended for years. The 45- by 60-foot plot turns yellow with goldenrods and tickseed sunflowers in the fall. TAll boneset adds white and smartweed adds pink. Asters form a white border, and grasses fill any remaining spaces...
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OUTDOORS: THERE IS STILL SOME SLITHER LEFT FOR HUNTERS IN THE AUTUMN GRASS
(Column ~ 10/02/94)
The onset of fall hunting seasons puts more people afield and, consequently, opens wider a window of opportunity for serpentine encounters. For at least a short while, hunters get a chance to meet more snakes up close and personal. It's usually a no-risk, or at most a low-risk situation, but there are a few moments of potential anxiety that often result, particularly for those who have a deep-seated aversion to such slithery forms of wildlife...
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HOW TO TELL PIT VIPERS FROM NON-POISONOUS SNAKES
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
One way to tell if a snake is poisonous is to provoke it to bite you in the ankle. Then, if your leg turns purple and swells to twice its normal size and you get deathly ill, you can be pretty well assured that the snake was a pit viper of some sort. And all our poisonous snakes are pit vipers...
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SUCCESSFUL HUNTING IN MOUNTAINS
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
Dan Fisher has been involved with black powder weapons the past three years, but he came up with a "first" during a recent hunting trip to Colorado. "I had my first kill with a black powder weapon," said Fisher, of Cape Girardeau. "I bagged a 650-pound cow elk my first day out in the Gunnison National Forest near Paonia, Colo...
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MORE TO FOOTBALL THAN JUST THE GAME
(Local News ~ 10/02/94)
For high school athletes across the nation, football is the essence of autumn. Every Friday night, at one stadium or another, they pull jerseys over their heads and trot onto the playing field. The fans, if they listen closely enough, can hear the shouts of excitement and the loud crack of helmets striking each other...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: OCTOBER TURNS ON HER CHARM
(Column ~ 10/02/94)
October comes in on little moccasined Indian feet and leaves like a whirling gypsy dancer heady with vibrant colors and pungent autumn perfumes. I fancy I can see where the moccasined feet have trod. Here is a sweet gum leaf plastered flat on the blacktop driveway, its five yellow points spread out as if the walker arranged it precisely before stepping on it to paste it down. ...
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