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LEOLA L. ABERNATHY LEIBLE
(Obituary ~ 05/28/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Leola L. Abernathy Leible, 69, of Perryville died Saturday, May 27, 1995, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Dec. 6, 1925, at Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Benjamin and Goldie McCain Abernathy. On June 28, 1947, she married Leslie A. Leible, who survives...
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VISITING MUSEUM SENDS KIDS MESSAGE THAT LEARNING IS FUN
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
KENNETT -- Area students got to see first hand that learning can indeed be fun, as The Boot~heel Youth Museum visited South Elementary School in Kennett. The Bootheel Youth Museum, situated in Malden, is a not-for-profit organization that brings hands-on learning to children throughout Southeast Missouri...
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MUSEUM AFFECTED BY PROJECT'S DELAY
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Four elevators to be installed this summer in buildings at Southeast Missouri State University appear to be stuck in the bidding process. The low bid of just under $1 million for the package of four elevators and miscellaneous remodeling was submitted by Penzel Construction Co. of Cape Girardeau. The bid is "significantly over" the anticipated cost, according to Al Stoverink, the university's director of facilities management...
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MISS JACKSON PREPARES FOR STATE PAGEANT
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
There's just something about Jackson that Kim Massaro enjoys. The current holder of the 'Miss Jackson' title, the St. Louis native was in town all last week speaking to a variety of groups in preparation for the Miss Missouri pageant which begins June 4...
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4-H LEADER WINS COVETED STATE AWARD
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Marjorie Swan, left, poses with others affiliated with 4-H clubs at the Missouri 4-H Foundation Spring Banquet and Volunteer Recognition Ceremony in Stockton on April 28. From the left are her son, Dr. Norman Swan of Knoxville, Tenn.; Swan; Dale Ludwig, executive director of the Missouri Soybean Foundation, Swan's daughter, Vida Stanard of Poplar Bluff; and Nelson Trickey, formerly of Pocahontas and now living in Columbia...
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NEWS FROM THE ARMED FORCES
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Stephen C. Dunning Marine Lance Cpl. Stephen C. Dunning, son of Louis Hodgkiss of Scott City, recently graduated from Marine Security Guard School. During the course at Marine Corps Combat Development Command at Quantico, Va., students are taught the organization and functioning of the State Department's foreign service, protection of classified material, interior guard duty, protocol and identification of bombs and incendiary devices...
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HEALTHCARE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Students pursuing careers in various medical fields are eligible to apply for one of 11 healthcare scholarships that will be awarded this summer by the Saint Francis Medical Center Auxiliary. The scholarships, which have been endowed by a number of individuals and the Saint Francis Foundation, are awarded on the basis of a number of factors including financial need and the willingness of each recipient to work at least one full year on a full- or part-time basis as a healthcare professional at Saint Francis Medical Center.. ...
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SECURITY GUARD EARNS OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Jim Roche, an officer in the Saint Francis Medical Center's Security Department, has been named the 1995 Officer of the Year for Exemplary Service by the Missouri Association of Hospital Safety and Security Directors. Roche received the award during the medical center's employee recognition banquet May 12 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. ...
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JACKSON NOON OPTIMIST CLUB TO HOST `KIDS DAY IN THE PARK' JUNE 3
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
The third annual "Kids in the Park" will be held Saturday, June 3 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jackson City Park. This event, sponsored by the Noon Optimist Club of Jackson, will feature a safety fair with a carnival atmosphere complete with games, clowns, balloons, and prizes. It will be held in the area between Shelter #4 and Shelter #5 at Safety City USA...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: `THAT GOVERNMENT IS BEST WHICH GOVERNS LEAST...'
(Column ~ 05/28/95)
"... a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government."...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: TERM LIMITS: NICE CURES ON THE CHEAP
(Column ~ 05/28/95)
The result in the Supreme Court term limit case was just as most constitutional scholars anticipated. The 5-4 vote, however, was closer than expected. In one of the most closely watched cases this year, the court rules that states cannot impose term limits on U.S. senators and representatives...
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MISSOURI WATCH: LEGISLATION ISN'T CHEAP
(Column ~ 05/28/95)
The high cost of a democratic government is never more obvious than when the expenses of keeping the Missouri General Assembly in the style to which it has long been accustomed are tabulated. When the General Assembly goes home following a four-and-a-half-month session, Missourians are always told how many bills their elected representatives and senators enacted, but there are other details of the session that no one seems to believe have any interest to the citizen-taxpayers of this state. ...
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SCANT 25 YEARS AGO, NO EPA, EDUCATION AND $1 TRILLION LESS
(Editorial ~ 05/28/95)
One index of the federal government's explosive growth is that today's annual federal budget is in the $1.6 trillion range. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter's final year in office and a scant 15 years ago, the federal government spent a little over $600 billion. Thus a trillion dollars in annual spending has been added in that time. (So much for the allegedly draconian "cuts" of the Reagan-Bush years that account for most of that tenure.)...
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RICHARD FLENTGE
(Editorial ~ 05/28/95)
Cape Girardeau suffered an irreplaceable loss this week with the unexpected death of businessman Richard Flentge. The passing of this good and decent man removes from our midst a solid and well-respected businessman whose General Electric appliance store has been a Cape Girardeau mainstay since its founding by Flentge's father and uncle in 1947...
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MEMORIAL DAY SIGNALS START OF BOATING SEASON
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Many of the more than 47 million Americans who boat for fun and relaxation will head to the nearest river or lake this weekend, the traditional Memorial Day start of the boating season. But with floodwaters in Missouri and Illinois and forecasts for thunderstorms and possible flash flooding, boaters are urged to be even more cautious this year...
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A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO WWII VETERANS
(Editorial ~ 05/28/95)
Genesis 6:4 says in part: "There were giants in the earth in those days ... mighty men which were of old, men of renown." This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. On this Memorial Day, it's fitting that we Americans pay special tribute to the men and women who gave their lives while serving in America's armed forces during that war...
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TWO DIE IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Two people have died in weekend traffic accidents in Southeast Missouri, including a 9-year-old Dunklin County girl killed when a four-wheeler overturned as she was attempting to jump a sand ramp Saturday. A Missouri Highway Patrol spokesman said Stephanie Zimmerman, daughter of Wade and Sheila Zimmerman of the Malden area, was dead on arrival at a Dexter hospital...
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CAROLINE'S CORNER: A YANKEE EXPERIENCES `SOUTHERNESE'
(Column ~ 05/28/95)
The editor of the Scott County Signal, Jim Obert, just returned from a one-week business trip to Dyersburg, Tenn., where he was treated to a strong dose of southern hospitality and several lessons in speaking Southernese. "As soon as I crossed the Mississippi River and landed in Dyersburg, I felt like I was in a scene from 'Gone with the Wind,'" Obert said. "I couldn't believe the speech accent was so different only an hour and a half from Cape Girardeau."...
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HELEN BEATRICE ABSHER
(Obituary ~ 05/28/95)
MOREHOUSE -- Helen Beatrice Absher, 85, of Morehouse died Saturday, May 27, 1995, at Sell's Rest Home in Matthews. She was born May 8, 1910, at Morehouse, the daughter of Adolph and Ollie Bratton Moseley. She lived in the Morehouse area most of her life...
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DALLAS WALLACE
(Obituary ~ 05/28/95)
SIKESTON -- Dallas Wallace, 91, of Sikeston died Thursday, May 25, 1995, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 22, 1903, at Advance, the son of Bill and Leona Wallace. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sikeston. He previously worked at International Shoe Factory, and was an ordained Baptist minister...
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JOHN MARVIN CAPPS
(Obituary ~ 05/28/95)
DEXTER -- John Marvin Capps, 78, of Dexter died Friday, May 26, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 18, 1917, at Puxico, the son of John Melton and Dollie E. Lee Capps. On Dec. 19, 1952, he married Glenda Stark at Dexter. She survives...
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JEWELL KITCHEN
(Obituary ~ 05/28/95)
PUXICO -- Jewel "Cotton" Kitchen, 72, of Puxico died Thursday, May 25, 1995, at the John J. Pershing V.A. Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born June 6, 1922, at Kennett, the son of Emerson and Bertha Akers Kitchen. He was a retired plumber. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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AMANDA R. ENGERT
(Obituary ~ 05/28/95)
ALTENBURG -- Amanda R. Engert, 92, of Altenburg, died Friday, May 26, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 10, 1902, at Altenburg, the daughter of Ferdinand and Anna Kasten Schilling. On Nov. 20, 1922, she married Edwin O. Engert, who preceded her in death June 17, 1974...
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RAINS KEEP FLOOD ACTIVITIES IN SPOTLIGHT
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Thunderstorms continued to dump rain throughout the region and Missouri on Saturday, keeping flood watchers and workers on alert. "We're doing OK," said Brian Miller, Cape Girardeau County emergency preparedness coordinator. "But thunderstorm activity has resulted in additional sandbagging work."...
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NO MONDAY PUBLICATION DUE TO MEMORIAL DAY
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
The Southeast Missourian will not publish a Monday edition due to the Memorial Day holiday. The newsroom will be open Monday afternoon and evening, but regular business offices will be closed. Publication will resume with the Tuesday morning edition...
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REMOVAL OF FLOODED STRUCTURES AIDS CAPE
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Seated in his car, Stephen Williams casts a knowing eye over a lonely stretch of South Sprigg Street that floodwaters have turned into a lake. To the casual observer, the '95 flooding mirrors that of 1993. But Williams knows better. When he looks out over the watery landscape, he sees fewer houses than before...
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'93 BUYOUTS MAY REDUCE '95 MISERY
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Buck Katt thinks there's a better way to fight floods than turning homes and businesses into sandbag bunkers. As assistant director of the Missouri Emergency Management Agency, Katt touts the success of a federal buyout program that has moved thousands of people out of harm's way since the 1993 flood...
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PRISON SITE DISAPPOINTS NEIGHBORING OFFICIALS
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Shackled by high unemployment, Fredericktown Mayor William Powell was hoping his city could land a $94.3 million state prison and secure almost 600 new jobs. But that hope was dashed Friday when Gov. Mel Carnahan selected Bonne Terre as the new prison site over eastern Missouri competitors Fredericktown and New Florence...
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SEMO OFFERS FALL OPTIONS
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Southeast Missouri State University has responded to the needs of industry in the region with three new options on its Associate of Applied Sciences in Computer Technology degree. The options -- automated manufacturing, microcomputer systems and technical computer graphics -- recently were approved by the University's Board of Regents and the Coordinating Board for Higher Education. The options are available for students enrolling for the fall 1995 semester...
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MSTA HONORS MISSOURIAN FOR COVERAGE OF EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
The Southeast Missourian newspaper has won four awards for news coverage of education from the Missouri State Teachers Association. A total of seven honors were awarded to daily newspapers in the contest. Awards are presented in four categories for newspaper coverage. ...
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MUNICIPAL BANDS IN AREA BEGIN CONCERTS THIS WEEK
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Cape Girardeau's Municipal Band will perform a salute to veterans at a Memorial Day concert Monday at 7 p.m. at the Capaha Park band shell. In addition to Monday night's performance, the band will perform at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Cape County Park North during the Memorial Day observance...
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RED CROSS VOLUNTEER OFFERS COMPASSION, AID TO VICTIMS
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
John Cutsinger has a deep-rooted understanding of the plight of the flood victims housed at the temporary Cape Central High School emergency Red Cross shelter. "I've lived what they are going through," Cutsinger, 20, said. "It helps to talk to someone who has been through a fire or flood. It's a lot better than holding it inside."...
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BUSINESSMAN PREFERS ONE-WAY STREET
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Broadway should be turned into a one-way street, not widened. That is the view of Dr. David Crowe. He doesn't think much of the city's plan to widen a stretch of Broadway that extends past his orthodontist office. Crowe says making Broadway one-way eastbound and Independence Street one-way westbound from Kingshighway to Main is a better way to move traffic along one of the city's busiest thoroughfares...
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ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: SPRAY TICKS OFF SMALL PARASITE
(Column ~ 05/28/95)
There are creatures out there with a taste for you -- ticks Most wildlife wants to be left alone, but there are animals who'd like nothing better than the chance to bite you. Not lions, tigers or bears. Oh, my, no. Not even mutant killer opossums. Thinking in much smaller terms, out there in the long grass lurk countless blood-thirsty ticks who'd love to quench themselves with your bodily fluids...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: HERE COMES, THERE GOES THE RAINSTORM
(Column ~ 05/28/95)
"Oh, good, a rain is coming," I mumble to myself, fumbling around with early morning kitchen things. Listening for the rain to come may, for some, fall into the category of watching paint dry or grass growing. I find it delightful, especially if it approaches slowly...
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BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ: AS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FALLS, MOSQUITO POPULATION WILL RISE
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
Heidi Dodson, left, and Jim Robins showed the equipment used to trap mosquitos for study. These two mosquitos are part of the collection of Dr. Christina Frazier. Gorgeous is the last word one would use to describe mosquitoes, but that's the word Dr. Christina Frazier uses...
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ST. AMBROSE PLANS DINNER
(Local News ~ 05/28/95)
CHAFFEE -- St. Ambrose School in Chaffee will sponsor a family-style dinner on Sunday, June 4 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Carryouts are available. The menu includes: chicken and dumplings, fried chicken and ham. Prices are $5 for adults, $2.50 for children six to 12, with kids under six admitted free...
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