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VESTEL G. `BUCK' RASPERRY
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
SIKESTON -- Vestel G. `Buck' Rasperry, 71, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 15, 1922, in Mount Mira, Tenn., the son of John Ruben and Elizabeth Jane Robinson Rasperry. On March 7, 1955, in Hernando, Miss., he married Jewell Ramsey Price, who survives...
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PULASKI SHERIFF WINS AGAIN
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
PULASKI, Ill. -- Democrat Gene Dixon, who was first elected Pulaski County sheriff in 1986, will have one more four-year term in office. Dixon, who has said he will retire following this term, defeated a former Pulaski county sheriff, Republican Russell E. "Rusty" Dakin, Tuesday by a margin of 144 votes...
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ALEXANDER COMMISSIONER MAZE LOSES
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
CAIRO -- Democrat Louis Maze Tuesday lost his bid for a third term on the Alexander County Commission. Maze, who trailed by as many as 281 votes with 16 of 19 precincts reporting, finished Tuesday night with 1,735 votes.He lost by 131 votes to Republican Joseph P. Thurston, who finished second among three candidates...
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COFFMAN NEW UNION COUNTY SHERIFF
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Union County has a new sheriff. Democrat Harlen Coffman, who defeated incumbent Robin A. Dillon of Anna in the Democratic primary, led local candidates in balloting Tuesday. He got 4,763 votes to defeat Republican Roy E. Walker in the race for sheriff Tuesday...
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LEAVES CLOG STORM DRAINS, CAUSING DRAINAGE PROBLEMS
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
Leaves clogged storm drains, turning some Cape Girardeau streets into rivers of water during Wednesday's rain. "It is causing a lot of problems, with all the people who have raked the leaves into the streets," said Assistant Public Works Director Kevin McMeel...
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JUGGLING CHAIN SAWS & SANTA CLAUSE
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
KANSAS CITY -- In high school, Dennis Mills was the studious sort who concentrated on the debate team. He's not quite sure how he wound up concentrating on chain saws, axes, torches, knives, Santa Clauses -- just about anything that can be juggled. "I always expected to have a more serious career," he said...
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NEW ART CHAIR: SOUTHEAST'S RILEY MAKES HERSELF AT HOME
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
A 6-by-10-foot canvas dominates the living room in Sarah Riley's downtown Cape Girardeau house. The huge acrylic is titled "The Fourth of July and Blue Chair." Her 7-year-old daughter Elizabeth points to the swimmer in the painting and says, "That's me."...
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APPLE CREEK FESTIVAL DRAWS RECORD CROWD
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
APPLE CREEK -- It was an old-fashioned German meal of hog backbones and sauerkraut, pork sausage, and chicken and dumplings that attracted a record crowd to the annual fall festival here. Sunday also saw a community working together to raise money for a common cause -- their church and school -- as 950 adults enjoyed the unusual meal on a beautiful fall afternoon...
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DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP SET TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
Disaster preparedness workshop set Tuesday JACKSON -- A disaster preparedness workshop for home and center child-care providers, early-childhood teachers, students and parents will be held Tuesday in Jackson. The workshop will be held at 7 p.m. at The Gingerbread House, 608 Rosamund...
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ENERGY ASSISTANCE GRANTS NOW AVAILABLE
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
The Cape Girardeau County Division of Family Services will begin taking applications for energy assistance grants Tuesday. Appointments for making applications can be made by calling the Division of Family Services. People who have accepted a termination notice from an energy company or who have already had heat shut off may immediately contact the Cape County office for emergency assistance. Applicants do not need a disconnect notice to apply for assistance...
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WAPPAPELLO SITE OF CHRISTMAS DRIVE TOUR
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
WAPPAPELLO -- The Army Corps of Engineers and the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its second Festival of Lights Auto Tour at Red Creek Campground on Wappapello Lake. The tour will be held Dec. 15-23 from dusk until 10 o'clock each night...
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PAULINE WRIGHT
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Funeral service for Pauline Wright, Tamms Route 1, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Norris and Son Funeral Home in Jonesboro. The Rev. Bill Joyce will officiate, with burial in St. John's Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 8 a.m. to service time...
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MARTIN E. VAUGHN
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Martin E. Vaughn, 78, of Cairo, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Feb. 27, 1916, in Vienna, son of Ernest and Minnie Martin Vaughn. He and Pearl McGinnis were married Aug. 29, 1942...
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FLORENCE A. FISCHER
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- Florence A. Fischer, 73, of Olmsted, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1994, at the Fountains Nursing Home in Marion. She was born July 22, 1921, at Cairo, the daughter of Ralph and Helen Muthig Koonce. She was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Parish in Mound City...
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JUANITA VOSS
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
BELL CITY -- Juanita Voss, 70, of Bell City, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 15, 1924, in Morehouse, daughter of John Russell and Bessie Crosno. She and Howard D. Voss were married in 1942...
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ELLA L. PECK
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
BLOOMFIELD -- Ella Lorene Peck, 82, of Mexico, Mo., formerly of Bloomfield, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1994, in Mexico. She was born Nov. 1, 1912, in New Haven, Ill., daughter of Jessie and Lydia Akers Hughes. She and Monroe Peck were married Oct. 12, 1932. He died April 12, 1992...
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MYRTLE F. COUCH
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
SIKESTON -- Myrtle Flossie Couch, 91, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 14, 1903, in Aquilla, daughter of Thomas and Lucinda Rice Hubbard. She married Otto Stover, who died in 1964. She later married Clarence Couch March 18, 1977, in Sikeston...
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GARRETT E. SEIFERT
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
Funeral service for Garrett E. Seifert, 1325 N. Cape Rock Drive, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. John Owen will officiate. Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. in Memorial Gardens at Poplar Bluff. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today. An Elks service will be held at 7...
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PATSY A. MEYER
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Patsy Ann Meyer, 57, of Perryville, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 25, 1936, in Perry County, daughter of Noah Anderson and Ruth Ann Beinlein Abernathy. Meyer was a former seamstress at Miss Elaine Garment Co. ...
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AIRPORT IS FLYING HIGH
(Editorial ~ 11/10/94)
It is "Cape Girardeau Regional Airport" now. What used to be a municipal airport has a new name to reflect the growing regional area served by the facility. The airport is flying high, and everyone who has made it a success is feeling pretty good. At the same time, some crucial decisions have been and are being made: A new fixed-base operator has been selected, ending months of legal disputes between the city and the former FBO, and a new airport manager is about to be named. ...
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ALVIN RAY SPENCE
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
CHARLESTON -- Alvin Ray Spence, 20, of Charleston, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1994. He was born Jan. 14, 1974, in Charleston, son of Alvin Pierce and Dorothy Spence. Spence was a 1993 graduate of Charleston High School, and attended Lane College in Jackson, Tenn...
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MITCHELL L. DEIMUND
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
JACKSON -- Mitchell L. Deimund, 55, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1994, at his home. He was born March 6, 1939, in Perryville, son of Marvin and Helen Morrison Deimund. He and Nancy J. Hobbs were married June 18, 1961. Deimund had been a carpenter with Sides Construction Co. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Jackson, and member of Carpenters Local 1770 in Cape Girardeau more than 35 years...
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LUCILLE RAINEY
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
DEXTER -- Virginia Lucille Rainey, 76, of Dexter, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1994, at her home. She was born Sept. 15, 1918, at Dexter, daughter of Clarence and Golden Bowman White. She and Ray W. Rainey were married Sept. 15, 1940, in Blytheville, Ark. Rainey taught first grade at Dexter Public Schools 39 years, retiring in 1978, and had been a licensed embalmer and funeral director with Rainey Funeral Home since 1955...
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VELMA B. KIEHNE
(Obituary ~ 11/10/94)
Velma B. Kiehne, 74, of St. Charles, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1994, at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles. She was born Feb. 1, 1920, in Jackson, daughter of William H. and Ester Seabaugh Godwin. She and Robert Carl Kiehne were married Aug. 15, 1940, in Cape Girardeau...
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MISSISSIPPI TRAVELERS ENDURE BYPASS SURGERY
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
Douglas and Laura Orchard got more than they bargained for two weeks ago when they docked their yacht in Cape Girardeau. Here merely to refuel, Orchard instead received a quadruple bypass operation, and his wife got the scare of her life. Now the couple worry that the cost of the operation, which probably won't be covered by their native England's social-health-care system, will end their boating days...
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CHILDREN COPE WITH DIABETES
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
Pricked fingers and insulin shots are just part of life for diabetic children. "When I was little I used to run away from shots because I hated them so bad," third-grader Wade Cramer of Jackson wrote in an essay. "Well, now I'm getting use to it. I play baseball, basketball, and soccer and wrestle," he said. "Dad always brings Gatorade or juice. And that is what diabetes is all about."...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: MANY RIVERS TO CROSS AND JESSE HELMS
(Column ~ 11/10/94)
Dear Ken, We had to run the river wild next to the house last weekend. Five inches of rain turned the little creek into a torrent. It was a bit dicey. We returned home just before midnight to find the water running hard and deep. Like pioneers, we charged across anyway, and watched steam rise off the engine on the other side...
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SENIORS HAVE DIFFERENT AGENDA TODAY
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
With a little creativity, some knowledge of local agencies that help senior citizens, and the means to solve day-to-day problems, older adults can do much more than cope. In fact, Virgie Alcorn Evans, 64, said her ability to turn her home into a bed-and-breakfast has given her a new outlook on life. Evans said one of the biggest concerns for senior citizens today is the quality of their life as they approach the year 2000...
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`NUTCRACKER' COMING TO SHOW ME CENTER DEC. 16
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
The Saint Louis Ballet will perform "The Nutcracker" at the Show Me Center at 8 p.m. Dec. 16. The performance will be the first-ever by the Saint Louis Ballet at the Show Me Center. "The Nutcracker," a two-act classical ballet with a score by Tchaikovsky, was first staged in 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia...
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PANOU-TAKAHASHI IN RECITAL
(Local News ~ 11/10/94)
Louisa Panou-Takahashi, an assistant professor of voice at Southeast Missouri State University, will present an operatic recital at 8 p.m. Nov. 18, in Old St. Vincent's Church. She will be assisted by bass-baritone David Smalley, a professor of voice at the University of Northern Iowa, and Christopher Goeke, assistant professor of voice and opera at Southeast...
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