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BOARD GIVES NEW POLICY INITIAL OK
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Nearly a year after rancorous debate over Cape Girardeau Central High School's commencement, the district's school board gave first-round approval to a graduation policy. The policy requires students to complete all graduation requirements by the end of the school year to participate in the commencement ceremony...
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FOX, WRIGHT HEAD SCHOOL BOARD
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Bob Fox Monday was elected president of the Cape Girardeau Board of Education in the first contested race for the post in years. Steve Wright was elected vice president. Board member Kathy Swan, the former vice president, was in line to become board president since the vice president traditionally assumes that post. ...
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STATE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH PRISON POPULATION
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
JEFFERSON CITY -- State Department of Corrections and Division of Design and Construction officials are working furiously to keep ahead of Missouri's rapidly rising prison population, which on Saturday stood at 18,080 and was growing by slightly more than six prisoners daily...
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GROUP SETS HEARINGS ON SALES TAX NEEDS
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Getting citizens to attend public meetings isn't easy. But Vision 2000 hopes to do just that in an effort to fashion a transportation sales tax that will win voter approval. The citizens group plans to hold a dozen public hearings between April 18 and May 13, followed by a concluding town-hall meeting at West Park Mall May 22...
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EDUCATOR NAMED NEW REGENT
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
The Southeast Missouri chapter of the PHi Delta Kappa educators organization named Long, who has taught at every level from elementary to junior high, the region's educator of the year for the 1993-94 school year. Gov. Mel Carnahan on Monday named Poplar Bluff educator Sarah Long, 42, as the newest member of the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents...
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SCHOOL BOARD ACTION
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Additional school board action at Monday night's meeting. -The board gave nearly four acres to the city of Cape Girardeau for the extension of Sprigg Street north to Lexington Avenue. In return for the property, which the city offered to purchase for $30,000 a year ago, the school won't have to pay $58,000 for its share of the cost for the street improvement. The school's right-of-way was the final piece of property needed for the Sprigg Street project...
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MARK MY WORD: COUNCILS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT PRODUCE
(Column ~ 04/11/95)
Politicians have their spin doctors, mushrooms have marketing and tomatoes have their own touters. There's even a Garlic Information Center and a nationwide hotline to ward off even the strongest vampire. When it comes to produce, there are plenty of committees and councils in their corner...
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PORT AUTHORITY BOARD WANTS DUMPING TO STOP
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
SCOTT CITY -- Illegal dumping of sheet metal materials and other heating and air conditioning waste drew concern Monday from the board members of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority. Dan Overbey, executive director of the port, told the board during its monthly meeting that there had been several recent incidents of dumping and trespassing on port property...
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DOWNTOWN AUCTION RAISES OVER $18,000
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Cape Girardeau's Downtown Merchants Association topped last year's totals for both money raised and attendance at their annual auction Saturday night. The auction raised $18,031, up $2,000 from last year. Approximately 200 people attended, 50 more than last year...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/11/95)
I WANT to comment on the performance by the Cape Central High School Jazz and Rock ensembles April 6. I'm a musician and have heard many different ensembles all over the country, but I have never heard such professional performance from a high school-level group. We have excellent music programs in place in our Cape public schools, and we should support them. Congratulations to Mark Ellison and all the fine young musicians you are teaching...
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JOHN "J.G." HAUPT
(Obituary ~ 04/11/95)
JACKSON -- John "J.G." Haupt, 64, of Jackson died Monday, April 10, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 16, 1930, to John O. and Lela Hopkins Haupt in Oak Ridge. Haupt married Marie M. Evans May 22, 1949, in Jackson. She survives...
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MARRIAGES
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Scott County Randall Dean Strong, 20, and Lisa Renee Menees, 17; David Michael Bass, 28, and Deidre Ann Noggle, 18; Timothy Noel Bryant, 29, and Stacey Ann Strunk, 27. Coy Dwayne Vetter, 30, and Laura Ann Knight, 23; Billy Jay Nance, 39, and Glenda Charlene Lomax, 41; Kenneth Dewayne Gilmore, 30, and Kerrie Ruth Taylor, 27...
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DANIEL W. RANDOLPH
(Obituary ~ 04/11/95)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Memorial service for Daniel W. Randolph of Marion, Ind., formerly of Unity, will be held at 8 p.m. today at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms. The Rev. Wilma Williams will officiate. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Another service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Needham-Storey Funeral Home in Marion, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery...
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LELA MORGAN
(Obituary ~ 04/11/95)
DUDLEY -- Funeral service for Lela Morgan of Dudley will be held at 9:30 a.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter. The Rev. Kent Miller will officiate. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. in New Prospect Cemetery near Parsons, Tenn. Morgan, 80, died Sunday, April 9, 1995, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter...
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Q'BELLE M. PRUITT
(Obituary ~ 04/11/95)
Q'Belle M. Pruitt, 75, 1114 Hildale, died Monday, April 10, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 12, 1920, in Kosciusko, Miss., daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John R. McDaniel. She and Paul Pruitt were married Dec. 13, 1941, in Perryville...
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ELTA L. NISWONGER
(Obituary ~ 04/11/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Elta Lydia Niswonger, 66, of Perryville, died Monday, April 10, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 24, 1928, in Perry County, daughter of John and Lydia Fassold Blandford. She and Melvin D. Niswonger were married Aug. 9, 1952...
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FRED CROSS JR.
(Obituary ~ 04/11/95)
Fred Cross Jr., 78, 2601 Gardenia, died suddenly Monday, April 10, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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YVONNE J. BARNHART
(Obituary ~ 04/11/95)
Yvonne Jeanne Barnhart, 57, 124 Parkwood, died Monday, April 10, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born July 3, 1937, at Whitewater, daughter of George Lewis and Myrtle Irene Jackson Ventres. She and Samuel Barnhart were married May 1, 1953, in Cape Girardeau...
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WINFORD J. WATSON
(Obituary ~ 04/11/95)
BERTRAND -- Funeral service for Winford J. Watson of Marissa, Ill., was held Monday at Heil-Schuessler Funeral Home in Marissa. The Rev. Ronald Chasteen officiated, with burial in Marissa Cemetery. Watson, 72, died Friday, April 7, 1995, at Maria Care Nursing Home in Marissa...
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ALLEN J. PROST
(Obituary ~ 04/11/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Private graveside service for Allen Jules Prost of Perryville was held recently. A memorial mass will be held at a later date. Young and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Prost, 75, died Sunday, April 9, 1995, at Chester Memorial Hospital in Chester, Ill...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/11/95)
Son to Douglas K. and Eileen Sievers of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:23 p.m. Saturday, April 1, 1995. Name, Seth Michael. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Sievers is the former Eileen Oberle, daughter of Lillian Oberle of Ste. Genevieve and the late Andre Oberle. She is a registered nurse at St. Francis Medical Center. Sievers is fitness director at Main Street Fitness in Jackson. He is the son of Cathy Sievers of Jackson and the late Dennis Sievers...
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LETTERS: WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND OBE BEFORE TRASHING IT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/11/95)
To the editor: Every time I read one of Peter Kinder's columns, I cringe. For one thing, I wonder what qualifications he has that even allow him to write about Outcome Based Education. Secondly, I worry that the citizens of Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area will adopt his point of view without really knowing the facts...
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KRCU SUCCEEDS WITH FUND DRIVE, LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
(Editorial ~ 04/11/95)
Southeast Missouri State University's public radio station, KRCU, more than doubled its membership and raised $20,000 in its first week-long fund-raising campaign. This success demonstrates strong support for the local affiliate of National Public Radio...
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SENIORS NEED HMO FACTS
(Editorial ~ 04/11/95)
I've been getting a lot of ads from HMOs lately. So have my neighbors who are seniors. All of a sudden those of us who have Medicare look like potentially profitable customers for the HMOs, so they're out to recruit as many of us as possible. By now most everybody knows what an HMO -- or, to be more formal, a health maintenance organization -- is. ...
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WASHINGTON WATCH: NOW RALLY: WOMEN USING WOMEN
(Column ~ 04/11/95)
Some of the banners at Sunday's "Rally for Women's Lives": (ITAL) "Republicans Don't Need Abortions, They Eat Their Young." "Stop the Rapist Republicans." "Neuter Newt!" "Capitalism = Violence Against Women." "Contract on America Rapes American Women." "Break the Racist Contract." "Free Abortion on Demand." "Take Your Filthy Republican Hands Off My Body." "The Pope, Newt, Randall Terry: Stop Killing Women!" "Get Your Rosaries Out of My Ovaries." "Abortion on Demand and Without Apology." "Newt Is a Terrorist." "The Pope Sucks." "Newt sucks." "The Contract Sucks." UNITAL. ...
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LETTERS: HSUS SUPPORTS BILLS TO BAN COCKFIGHTING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/11/95)
To the editor: The Humane Society of the United States strongly supports SB 13 and HB 16, Missouri legislation to ban cockfighting, bearfighting and other forms of animal cruelty. The Missouri Legislature in 1980 passed a prohibition on animal fighting, but five years later the Missouri Supreme Court invalidated certain sections of the statute. ...
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USS CAIRO ARTIFACTS ON DISPLAY AT MUSEUM
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Visitors to the Cairo Custom House Museum can now view a number of original artifacts from the Civil War gunboat, USS Cairo, which lay on the bottom of the Yazoo River for a century before being raised in 1962. The USS Cairo was built at the Mound City, Ill., Marine Ways a few miles north of Cairo. Thirteen members of the crew were from Illinois...
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CAPE SCHOOLS SCHEDULE KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Cape Girardeau School District will conduct its annual kindergarten roundup April 24-28. Pre-registration for the 1995-96 school year will take place at Alma Schrader, Clippard, Franklin, Jefferson, May Greene and Washington schools each day. Children must be 5 before July 1, 1995, to enroll in kindergarten for next school year. ...
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SPIRIT KING AND QUEEN CROWNED AT KELLY JR. HIGH
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Heather Dewitt was named queen and Vince Elkins king at Kelly Junior High Pep Club's annual Spirit King and Queen Dance. Other members of the court were Jobi Berry, Jessica Edmond, Nathen King, Jennifer Howell, Aaron Johnson, Amy Swiney, Luke Choate and Heather Scott. Michael Riley and Holly Slavings were retiring king and queen...
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SILHOUETTE YEARBOOK IN BALLERY OF EXCELLENCE
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
The Notre Dame High School yearbook, Silhouette, has been selected to be included in Walsworth Publishing Co.'s Gallery of Excellence. Notre Dame is among eight schools in Missouri to be honored for the coming year. Gallery of Excellence books are displayed at national and state conventions as examples of sound publishing. Linda Kennedy is adviser...
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TWO CENTRAL STUDENTS TO ATTEND MISSOURI SCHOLARS 100 PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Cape Girardeau Central High School seniors Jessica Anderson and Jennie Lukens have been selected to attend the Missouri Scholars 100 program. They are among 100 high-school seniors in Missouri honored by the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals. They will attend a luncheon May 6 in Jefferson City...
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LOCAL STUDENTS NAMED TANDY TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARS
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Tandy Technology scholars announced Misty Renee Bryeans of Oran was named Outstanding Math-Science-Computer Science Student and Kristi Louise Glueck of Scott City and Stephanie Rae Patterson of Oran were among the top 2 percent of nominees by the Tandy Technology scholars program...
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LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ACHIEVES CERTIFICATION
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Kevin B. Hillemann, a Scott City Board of Education member, has achieved certification in the Missouri School Boards Association's Certified Board Member program. The program is designed to equip school board members with skills to function effectively. Certification is achieved by completing a series of professional development activities that focus on areas identified as essential to effective school board service...
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MU STUDENTS INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Three students from Southeast Missouri were recently inducted into Phi Eta Sigma. They are students at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The students are Christopher Bucher, son of Frank and Margie Bucher of Kelso; Tara Heisserer, daughter of David and Patricia Heisserer of Cape Girardeau; and Noelle Jedan, daughter of Dieter and Nancy Jedan of Cape Girardeau...
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DISTRICT SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENT HELD
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Cape Central students Bryn McDougall, a junior, and Carrie Beth Smith, a senior, placed first in a cross-examination debate in the district speech and debate tournament at Southeast Missouri State University. They will compete at the state tournament in Columbia April 21-22...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: REWARDS OF TEACHING COME EVERY DAY FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
JACKSON -- Pam Petzoldt's kindergarteners didn't understand how it could be true: The book their teacher read said George Washington had "four fathers." Kindergarteners, Petzoldt said, take everything literally, and that makes teaching youngsters fun...
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PAW CELEBRATES 10 YEARS; THE PAW NEWSPAPER AT L.J. SCHULTZ MIDDLE SCHOOL CELEBRATES ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY
(Local News ~ 04/11/95)
Christina VanNostrand, left, and Sarah Rutherford looked at a file copy of the Paw to get some ideas for the final issue of the school year. Jennifer Taylor, left, and Martha Stoecker checked the back page of one of the newspapers. Like other newspapers, The Paw editorialized last fall against Hancock II, the tax-limitation amendment...
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