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HEARTS CAN BE MENDED LOCALLY
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
Patients who require open-heart surgery, the most common surgery performed in the United States today, don't have to travel to metropolitan areas to find modern facilities and a qualified staff. In Cape Girardeau, two hospitals are projected to perform a total of 500 open-heart surgeries this year...
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NEW SUPPORT GROUP BEING FORMED AT SOUTHEAST HOSPITAL
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
Individuals with fibromyalgia, a form of "soft-tissue" or muscular rheumatism, are invited to become a part of a new support group being formed at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Southeast Missouri Hospital patient educator Janet Stewart said fibromyalgia is a condition that typically becomes symptomatic during the 20s or 30s. ...
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PROPERTY CODE BECOMES LAW ON THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
Cape Girardeau's new property maintenance code provides the city with some ammunition in attacking the problem of vacant buildings. But city officials say the new law, which takes effect Thursday, won't ensure that buildings like the Marquette Hotel or old St. Francis hospital will be renovated or torn down...
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TECHNOLOGY SAVING BABIES, MONEY
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
Shelly Huckstep was six months pregnant when she attended German Day 1993 in Chaffee. Despite the celebration around her, she felt something wasn't right and went home to lie down. She began having contractions. Huckstep went to Southeast Missouri Hospital, spending three days there while doctors tried to keep her from having her baby. She went home, only to return for another five-day stay...
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HOLIDAY TOY AND FOOD APPLICATIONS DUE SOON
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
The Salvation Army will begin accepting applications Nov. 21 for Toy Box and the holiday food drive. Food donations for the Salvation Army Community Thanksgiving are being accepted now. Applications for Toy Box, which is sponsored by the Southeast Missourian, and the holiday food drive will continue to be accepted until Dec. 9. The Salvation Army urges those who are planning to apply for Christmas toys and food for the holidays to do so as soon as possible...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: DOOMED FROM THE START
(Column ~ 11/12/94)
I've reached a social plateau. If life were any more boring, I'd have to shoot myself in the foot. Or something like that. For one thing, My Current Interest became My Current Disinterest this week. After one too many conversations about the merits of Star Trek -- The New Generation vs. those of Babylon Five, I decided we weren't headed down exactly the same path in life...
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TRAVEL SHOW TO BE PRESENTED AT LIBRARY
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
Dr. Fred Goodwin will present a slide show, which will feature his travels through the northwestern United States, on Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Goodwin's presentation will include accounts of several excursions to the West Coast, which took in Glacier National Park and Mount St. Helens...
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CHAFFEE CONTEMPLATES HIKE IN RESIDENTIAL TRASH FEES
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
CHAFFEE -- A growing deficit in the solid waste budget is forcing an increase in Chaffee's trash rates. Dr. Brad Bader, city council member who serves as chairman of Chaffee's solid waste committee, said tipping fees to haul the trash away have increased substantially since the budget was finalized in March...
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GIRL SCOUTS TO COLLECT NEWSPAPERS FOR RECYCLING TODAY
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
Today is newspaper recycling day for the Girl Scouts. Newspapers, which will be recycled into cardboard boxes and other products, will be accepted at a special drop-poff bin at Schnucks parking lot today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Girls Scouts say that recycling one ton of newspaper is the equivalent of one ton of paper, made from about 17 trees, which covers two to three cubic yards of landfill space...
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THOMASON: DEMOCRATS NICE GUYS FOR TOO LONG
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
One of the lesson's Larry Thomason said he learned from Tuesday's election is that Democrats have been nice guys for too long. "We are going to have to give them what they give us," said Thomason, a Kennett Democrat who won a fourth term from Missouri's 163rd District and a second term as majority whip this week...
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SEMO SINGERS BRING HOME BONANZA OF AWARDS
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
Seven student singers put Southeast Missouri State University on the vocal map last weekend. The students swept seven of the 18 awards presented at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Auditions held at Northeast Missouri State University...
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IRENE M. PRESSON
(Obituary ~ 11/12/94)
Funeral service for Irene Marie Presson of St. Louis will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel, with the Rev. Jimmie R. Dace officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIP RAISES $3,195
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
TCI Cablevision's "Electronic Field Trip" raised $3,194 for Cape Girardeau and Jackson school districts. Customers who signed up for cable or added to their services during the fall campaign received a lower-priced installation and the cable operator donated up to $5 to the school districts for each installation...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/12/94)
Daughter to Specialist Daniel and Carla Wiggins of Fort Stewart, Ga., base hospital there, 5:47 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, 1994. Name, Alyssa Renee. Weight, 6 pounds 12 ounces. Third child, first daughter. Mrs. Wiggins is the former Carla Rayburn, daughter of Frank and Judy Rayburn of Cape Girardeau. Wiggins is stationed with the U.S. Army at Fort Stewart, and is the son of Robert Wiggins of Jackson and Barbara Wiggins of Scott City...
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LILLIAN S. RYAN
(Obituary ~ 11/12/94)
Funeral service for Lillian S. Ryan, 1681 Perryville Road, will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Neil L. Stein will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. today...
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ZOTA MOORE
(Obituary ~ 11/12/94)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Zota Moore of Sikeston will be held at 1 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Jim Calvin officiating. Burial will be in Old Morley Cemetery. Moore, 65, died Thursday, Nov. 10, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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BEVERLY C. REHKOPF
(Obituary ~ 11/12/94)
Memorial service for Beverly C. Rehkopf of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel, with the Rev. Neil Stein officiating. Rehkopf, 62, died Friday, Nov. 11, 1994, at her home. She was born Dec. 15, 1931, in New London, Conn., daughter of Bruno M. and Dorothy G. King Camillucci. She and Harry Rehkopf were married in September 1954 in Hernando, Miss. He died in 1975...
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VIRGIL A. COTNER
(Obituary ~ 11/12/94)
Virgil Albert Cotner, 81, 3007 Themis, died Thursday, Nov. 10, 1994, at Memorial Hospital in Hollywood, Fla. He was born Feb. 15, 1913, at Neelys Landing, son of James E. and Prudence McClard Cotner. He and Emma L. Hale were married Aug. 16, 1932, at Jackson. She died Jan. 14, 1967. He later married Virginia Berneice Dopp Sept. 23, 1967, at Scott City. She died Jan. 12, 1987...
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LETTER: COVERAGE OF LIBERTARIAN PARTY IS APPRECIATED BY VOTER, MEMBER
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/12/94)
To the editor: As a registered voter of Cape Girardeau County and a Libertarian, I would like to thank you for the coverage you did on the party. Keep up the good work. BETTY ROTH Cape Girardeau
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SHEDDING NEW LIGHT ON MENTAL HEALTH
(Editorial ~ 11/12/94)
For two decades the Community Counseling Center has counseled and comforted the region. In that time the center has blossomed from humble beginnings to a professional, full-service agency nurturing the region's mental health. On Sunday the CCC will open its doors from 2 to 4 p.m. This open house will show the public just how far the center has come and what services it has to offer...
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LETTERS: STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN ELECTIONS IS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/12/94)
To the editor: Students flocked to the polls Tuesday to speak their minds. Unfortunately, it has become apparent that a few members of the community feel we shouldn't speak our minds here but in the communities we came from. I disagree. We inject millions of dollars into the local economy, and this makes Cape Girardeau the way it is. ...
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RIGHT OF CENTER: REJECTION OF AMENDMENT 7 PROVES VOTERS' ABILITY TO MAKE TAX CHOICES
(Column ~ 11/12/94)
After Tuesday's stunning election, which will go down in history as the most sweeping rejection of 1960s-style, liberal collectivism, I am tempted to gloat. But I won't. Or I could write about how the Republicans now face an enormous responsibility to introduce and adopt bold policies to castrate the monster of power that our federal government has become. But I won't...
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PROFESSOR TO DISCUSS BOUNDARIES OF OPERA, MUSICAL THEATER ON PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
Jerry McKee was listening to National Public Radio's "Performance Today" show on KRCU one morning when a question occurred to him: What is the real difference between modern opera and musical theater? McKee teaches a course in critical and creative thinking at Southeast Missouri State University...
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TCI CABLEVISION TO FOLLOW FCC PLAN
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
TCI Cablevision will adopt a Federal Communications Commission plan to allow additional channels for customers who subscribe to expanded basic service. However, unlike some cable companies, TCI will not be charging for it. TCI will add the Disney channel for subscribers who have expanded basic service at no additional charge. This will go into effect Dec. 1...
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FORD ENDS MSTA TERM
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
Increased membership, helping lead an aggressive campaign against Amendment 7 and forging a better retirement package for teachers are among Doris Ford's accomplishments as Missouri State Teachers Association president. When Ford, who is a teacher at Clippard Elementary School, talks about any of these achievements, however, she uses the word we...
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TALK ON OBE NEEDED, SAYS FORD
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
After hearing critics condemn Outcomes Based Education as a system that just doesn't work, Doris Ford believes there is still plenty to talk about before the final verdict is in. "I just think we need to come together and have conversations about this," said Ford, a teacher at Clippard Elementary and past president of the Missouri State Teachers Association. "There have been all kinds of labels and names used and I think that many times it just becomes confusing."...
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BOY SCOUTS TO PICK UP FOOD TODAY
(Local News ~ 11/12/94)
Boy Scouts from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today will collect the bags they left on doors last weekend to cap the Scouting for Food campaign. Some 1,500 area Boy Scouts will pick up bags that residents have filled with can goods. The bags will be delivered to Boy Scout troop leaders...
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