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LETTER: THANKS FOR CRUSADE COVERAGE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/06/95)
To the editor: We would like to join the many others who have offered their thanks for the outstanding coverage you have provided the Impact America Crusade. You can be very proud of the part you've played in helping to bring Christ to all the people who did not know him before the crusade. A lot of lives will be changed because of the coverage you gave to the crusade...
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RIGHT OF CENTER: BIG TASK: CUTTING TAXES AND SPENDING
(Column ~ 05/06/95)
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., announced this week he plans to unveil a deficit-reduction proposal next week that omits tax cuts celebrated by the GOP in their stunning election sweep last November. The Senate Budget Committee dictates to a great extent congressional debate on such matters as taxes and spending. ...
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SOUTHEAST COMMENCEMENT TODAY
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
Southeast Missouri State University will hand out diplomas to 730 students at spring commencement today. The ceremony begins at 2 p.m. in the Show Me Center. Missouri Secretary of State Rebecca Cook will deliver the commencement address. She is the first Cape Girardeau County native to hold statewide office in Missouri in 93 years...
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CAPE SCHOOLS GET SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM NORTH CENTRAL
(Editorial ~ 05/06/95)
Cape Girardeau's six public elementary schools have earned accreditation from the North Central Association. It is like a Good Housekeeping seal of approval: an indication to parents, teachers and students that the district takes quality education seriously...
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IT'S GRADUATION DAY
(Editorial ~ 05/06/95)
Today, pomp and circumstance will surround the Southeast Missouri State University campus as 778 recipients of bachelor's and master's degrees are expected to participate in commencement. It is a time of great anticipation and some apprehension. Some graduates will go on for further studies, while most will head into the job market. It is the moment of truth. Are graduates prepared? Will chosen fields prove satisfying? Can jobs be found quickly?...
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THE WORK OF THE CROSS
(Editorial ~ 05/06/95)
Paul the apostle states in I Corinthians 1:17, "For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. ...
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TRANSPORTATION TAX: PLANNING UNIT OFFERS ROADWORK LIST
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
Paving the city's remaining gravel streets and expanding the paving overlay program are items on the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission's street improvement priority list. Harry Rediger announced the list during First Friday Coffee Friday. The list has 19 items...
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CENTRAL'S GRADUATION POLICY GOES TO SCHOOL BOARD MONDAY
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
A policy concerning commencement at Cape Girardeau Central High has been nearly a year in coming. The Board of Education is set to vote on it Monday. The proposal would require students to have completed all graduation requirements by the end of the school year to participate in the commencement ceremony...
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TAXI OWNERS SAY CITY BUS SERVICE NOT NEEDED, WON'T WORK IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
Several people at recent hearings on the city's transportation needs said the time is ripe for the city to offer an expanded public transportation system. But the former operator of a Paducah bus service who currently runs a taxi company here says a bus service won't work in Cape Girardeau...
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SOUTHEAST LEADERSHIP FLUNKS SURVEY
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
Southeast Missouri State University faculty members are generally pleased with their jobs and have other positive views about the university, but the administration gets low marks, a survey shows. Most faculty members say they wouldn't change careers. And 57 percent said they were either neutral or satisfied with the university...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: SAILING DOWN THE RIVER OF MARITAL BLISS
(Column ~ 05/06/95)
Yes, I'm married. Even I don't believe it. Every so often, I look down at my genuine Diamonelle and plain gold band to remind myself of the vows I took a week ago yesterday. Let's get some common questions answered first. No, my ring ISN'T fake. I was just kidding. Yes, the marriage was to Ex-Mr. Dreams. We made our home in Sikeston, which is halfway between our jobs. No, I didn't wear white. I wore black -- draw your own conclusions...
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V-E DAY SERVICE TO HONOR LOCAL VETERANS OF WWII
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
Residents of the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau and several other World War II veterans will be honored during a V-E commemorative ceremony Sunday. The ceremony, which will include a 50-piece Army band and nearly 100 World War II veterans, will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Missouri Veterans Home...
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SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TODAY
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
Cape Girardeau's Board of Education will hold an orientation meeting today at 9 a.m. at 61 N. Clark in the board of education conference room. The meeting is being held to familiarize new board members with the operation of the school district. For five of the seven school board members, Monday will be their first full board meeting...
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CENTRAL HIGH TO OFFER CLASSES DURING SUMMER
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
Cape Girardeau Central senior Blaine Oxley High School wished she could have taken a computer applications class but couldn't fit it into her school schedule. Starting in June, high school students can earn credits during Central's summer school. The classes, open to students from area high schools, is free...
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BROADWAY WORK TOPS FRIDAY COFFEE LIST
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
The Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee meeting provided Vision 2000 transportation public meeting director Melvin Gateley with the most robust survey numbers yet. Those participating in the public meetings are asked to list the top five projects that deserve the most urgent attention...
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ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL CANCELED; CAPAHA CAPERS ON
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
The Arts and Crafts Festival scheduled for today and Sunday at Capaha Park has been canceled. The Parks and Recreation Department received registrations from only six crafters, according to Jeff Thurman, recreation programmer for the department. "We need at least 10 to make it worthwhile for people to come out," Thurman said...
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CHARLES R. FATCHETT
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
JACKSON -- Charles Robert Fatchett, 75, died Thursday, May 4, 1995, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 19, 1920, at Jackson, son of Charles and Amanda Wallace Fatchett. He and Opal Lybarger were married June 24, 1949. Fatchett was a teacher and football coach at Perryville from 1945-53, in Pana, Ill., from 1953-61, and in Crystal Lake, Ill., from 1961-80. He retired and moved to Jackson in 1983...
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LENA LUCILLE CORNELL
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
MOREHOUSE -- Lena Lucille Cornell, 82, of Morehouse died Thursday, May 4, 1995, at her home. She was born at Trenton, Tenn., April 29, 1913, daughter of Luther and Neat Butler Black. She married James Cornell at Sikeston Aug. 3, 1930. He survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Betty Katherine Cornell Edrington of Memphis; a sister, Virginia Looney of Bakersfield, Calif.; and two grandchildren...
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DARRELL GILBERT BLATTEL
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Darrell Gilbert Blattel, 57, of Portageville died Thursday, May 4, 1995, at Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems in Hayti. He was born Feb. 14, 1938, at Scott City, son of Gilbert and Ruby Will Blattel. He was married on April 11, 1969, at Scott City. His wife, Faye Blattel, survives...
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ALLIE R. SHAFFAR
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
MOREHOUSE -- Allie Roney Shaffar, 95, of Chetopa, Kan., died Thursday, May 4, 1995, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home. She was born March 15, 1900, in Hamlin, Ky., daughter of Paul P. and Ora Lee Miles Farrell. She and Hartwell Marion "Bud" Shaffar were married Sept. 9, 1928, in Morehouse. He died Feb. 18, 1979...
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PHILIP B. BUCHHEIT
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
CHAFFEE -- A memorial mass for Philip Benjamin Buchheit of Chaffee will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, with the Rev. Allan Saunders officiating. Ford and Sons Funeral Home of Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements. Buchheit, 77, died Thursday, May 4, 1995, at the home of a daughter...
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VANNIE M. KLAUS
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
SIKESTON -- Vannie May Klaus, 86, of Mt. Prospect, Ill., formerly of Sikeston, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, at Americana Rolling Meadows Nursing Home in Mt. Prospect. She was born Jan. 30, 1909, in East Prairie, daughter of Ben and Mary Seet Wilburn. She married Arthur W. Klaus, who died Feb. 22, 1983...
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FANNIE L. QUINN
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
BLOOMFIELD -- Fannie Louise Quinn, 85, died Friday, May 5, 1995, at Bloomfield Nursing Center. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home at Dexter is in charge of arrangements.
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ANNIE M. HUBBARD
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
BELL CITY -- Annie M. Hubbard, 84, of Bell City, died Friday, May 5, 1995, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Aug. 16, 1910, at Parma, daughter of Bert and Minnie Hileman Brown. She and William C. Hubbard were married June 11, 1927, at Charleston. He died Sept. 30, 1960...
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MARY I. STONE
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
ADVANCE -- Mary Irene Stone, 74, of Advance, died Friday, May 5, 1995, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. She was born July 17, 1920, in Madge, Okla., daughter of Dolph and Nevada Williams Rhodes. She first married Elmer Rauls, who preceded her in death. She later married James Stone, who died July 14, 1981...
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ANGELUS J. SAVAT
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
BENTON -- Angelus J. "Boots" Savat, 73, Benton Route 1, died Friday, May 5, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 10, 1921, in Perryville, son of Camile Joseph and Rosa Cornelius Savat. He first married Gracie Alvita Curtis. He later married Roszella Mae Cecil Dec. 3, 1977. She died Nov. 5, 1991...
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CHARLES F. CHESSER
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
CANALOU -- Funeral service for Charles F. Chesser of Canalou will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. Woodrow Phillips will officiate, with burial in Matthews Cemetery at Matthews. Chesser, 88, died Thursday, May 4, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/06/95)
Daughter to John D. and Melinda A. Dodd, 1227 Perryville Road, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:21 a.m. Friday, April 28, 1995. Name, Tatum Elaine. Weight, 7 pounds 15 ounces. Mrs. Dodd is the former Melinda A. Davidson, daughter of Joan P. Davidson of Scott City and James E. Davidson of Jonesboro, Ark. She is employed at Golden Cat Corp. Dodd is employed at Motorcycle Stuff, and is the son of Susan K. Dodd of Cape Girardeau and the late James D. Dodd...
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LODIS V. DAVENPORT
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
CHAFFEE -- Lodis Virginia Davenport, 74, of Chaffee, died Thursday, May 4, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 20, 1921, in Malden, daughter of John and Clara Mabel Kincade Loucks. She and Glen Amon Davenport were married Oct. 17, 1953. He died Dec. 14, 1987...
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ROSIE MEEKS
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
SIKESTON -- Rosie Meeks, 87, of Sikeston, died Thursday, May 4, 1995, at Sikeston Health Care. She was born Aug. 18, 1907, in Mississippi, daughter of Thomas and Rosie Reddiex. She married Sandy Meeks, who died in May 1971. Survivors include a daughter, Cora Fair of Charleston; two sisters; three brothers; two granddaughters; several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren...
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HENRY FERGUSON
(Obituary ~ 05/06/95)
PUXICO -- Henry Ferguson died Friday, May 5, 1995, at Greenville Nursing Center. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home at Puxico is in charge of arrangements.
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CHILD INJURED AFTER BEING HIT BY VAN
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
GORDONVILLE -- A 2-year-old suffered serious injuries when struck by a van backing from a private driveway here Thursday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that Evan Wyatt of Gordonville was struck by the van being driven by Tammy Morrison, 34, of Gordonville...
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CAPE HOSPITALS TO SPONSOR DIABETES PROGRAM JUNE 1
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital, in cooperation with the Cape Girardeau County Chapter of the American Diabetes Association, will present a "Summer Fun Fair" for people with diabetes Thursday, June 1. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in Conference Rooms C and D of the St. Francis Health and Education Center...
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NURSING HOME STAFFERS EARN QUALITY OF LIFE AWARDS
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
Winners of the Quality of Life Awards for 1995 will be honored May 31 at a luncheon sponsored by the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging. The luncheon will be held at the Baptist Association building, 5103 Old Cape Road, Cape Girardeau, beginning at 11 a.m. Active members of the Ombudsman Program will also be guests and Carol Scott, state ombudsman, will be present to assist with the presentation of awards...
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LOCAL PHYSICIAN RECEIVES STATE RECOGNITION AWARD
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
Officials of the Missouri State Medical Association announced that Dr. Jonathan Foley of Cape Girardeau will receive the Physician's Recognition Award for February. Physicians who voluntarily complete 150 credit-hours of continuing medical education courses in a three-year period earn the award, which is presented by the Missouri State Medical Association and the American Medical Association...
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STUDENTS STUDYING RURAL HEALTH CARE
(Local News ~ 05/06/95)
Seven students from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine are in Cape Girardeau, working side-by-side with local surgeons, pediatricians and psychologists. The students are in a partnership between the college and Cape Girardeau's two hospitals...
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