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ALECIA ANN TOTTON MRYYAN
(Obituary ~ 08/20/95)
Alecia Ann Totton Mryyan, 35, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel.
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TWENTY-THREE BATTLE HEAT TO WIN SPOT AS FIREFIGHTER IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
It may have been the heat, but the sweat on their brows was likely caused by nervousness as they waited for the test to begin. Dan Seger, 25, was the first person to complete the grueling test. He is one of 23 applicants vying for a position with the Cape Girardeau Fire Department...
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CAPE NATIVE TONY SPINNER RELEASES 2ND CD, `MY '64'
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
JONESBORO, Ark. -- Cape Girardeau native Tony Spinner has released the second album of his musical career with "My '64." The guitarist/singer, who moved to Jonesboro in 1982, recorded the CD on the Blues Bureau International label. The title song refers to his first car, a '64 Chevy Super Sport he still owns. The CD also offers tunes called "Goin' to Missouri" and "Arkansas Shuffle."...
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AREA CHURCHES STAND TEST OF TIME (PART 1 OF 2)
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
These are members of the anniversary committee. Front row, Joan Sebaugh, Joyce Kester, Carolyn Ludwig, Linda Seabaugh, Imogene Sebaugh and the late Mary Barks. Back row, Ed Sebaugh, Mike Kester, Dan Sebaugh, Roy Barks and Buford Sebaugh. Not pictured, Wayne Ludwig...
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YELL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SEPT. 12
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
Volunteer newspaper sellers are needed to hawk a special edition of the Southeast Missourian on street corners in Jackson, Cape Girardeau and Scott City to raise money for Newspapers In Education and literacy grants. The fifth annual YELL campaign will be held Sept. 12. YELL stands for youth, education, literacy and learning...
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HOMECOMERS '95
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
Below, Danielle Halter, 3, left, daughter of Michael and Michelle Halter of Cape Girardeau, and Christine Davis, 2, daughter of Darren and Debbie Davis of Cape Girardeau enjoy corndogs, one of the standard fares during Jackson's Homecomers...
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PUPPET MINISTRY PREACHES TO REACH CHILDREN
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
Casey Bollinger gets her face painted by her mother at their face painting and puppet show booth. (photo by Don Shrubshell) It is often said that the children are the future and no one believes that more than Della Bollinger. She has proven this with her Raisin' Praisin' Puppet Ministry that focuses children on their purpose in the church and in their own lives...
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NEWS FROM THE ARMED FORCES
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
Leonard A. Waldron Army cadet Leonard A. Waldron has received the Marshall Award at the seminar held in the Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. The award, named in honor of General of the Army George C. Marshall, is presented annually to the most outstanding ROTC cadet at each university...
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HOW GEPHARDT GOT A MANSION BY THE OCEAN
(Column ~ 08/20/95)
Excerpted from Insight magazine Nestled among the dunes at an exclusive beach along the Outer Banks in North Carolina is a palatial summer house called Northern Star. In the upscale community of Corolla Light, the house shines no brighter than those of wealthy neighbors except for one reason: It belongs to Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-St. Louis, a presidential hopeful in 1988, the speaker-in-waiting until last year and now leader of the minority House Democrats...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: BRADLEY MAY BE ABLE TO FACE DOWN DEMOCRAT LOONIES
(Column ~ 08/20/95)
You know it's time to switch when you don't want your own leadership to come back into power. -- Rep. Billy Tauzin of Louisiana, who recently became the fifth Democratic member of the House or Senate to switch to the GOP since the 1994 election, commenting on Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: OLD CAMPAIGN-SPENDING RUNAROUND
(Column ~ 08/20/95)
Ross Perot held his summer camp and fawnathon in Dallas a week ago. More than 3,000 of Perot's faithful gathered to listen to the leading political personalities of our time (except Bill Clinton and Al Gore) as they danced around Perot's agenda and expressed their undying admiration for him. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: CASINOS AREN'T PLAYING GAMES IN LUST FOR HUGE PROFITS
(Column ~ 08/20/95)
One of the state's most aggressive and dangerous special interests is the gaming industry, which is positioning itself to sponsor several statutory changes that will benefit its already sizable profit margins. Such changes, it needs to be understood, will not benefit the state at large nor Missourians who choose to risk their hard-earned money on machines jimmied to see they don't give a sucker an even break...
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DESEG NEGOTIATIONS COULD USE HELP FROM LEGISLATORS
(Editorial ~ 08/20/95)
The arrival of another school year means still more of the interminable school desegregation talks whose ostensible aim is to end Missouri's costly commitment to remedying the vestiges of a racially segregated school system. Fixing that indefensible dual system, which ended decades ago, has now cost Missouri taxpayers nearly two billion dollars in federal court-ordered spending -- more than $1.6 in Kansas City alone...
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WOMEN'S ISSUES AND CHINA
(Editorial ~ 08/20/95)
Most Americans are doubtless paying precious little attention to a conference to be held next month in China. However, those who have marched off into the fever swamps of radical left-feminist ideology are working themselves into quite a lather about the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. The conference, to be held in Beijing Sept. 4-15, promises an absolute festival of radicalism on what the national media calls "women's issues."...
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AUFFENBERG PLANS CUSTOMER NIGHT
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
Auffenberg Chrysler Supercenter, 611 S. Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau, will hold a "customer appreciation night" Monday at 7 p.m. Barbecue will be available and entertainment will be presented by a trio of guitarists known as Delta Fogg. The group includes Stefan Huntley, Timmy DeBriyn and Travis Margetta, an Auffdenberg employee...
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DOROTHY BLANCH HOFFSTETTER
(Obituary ~ 08/20/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Dorothy Blanche Hoffstetter, 89, of Perryville died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at Perry Oaks Healthcare Center. She was born July 14, 1906, at St. Louis, daughter of Edward Jacob and Martha Bertha Steinmeyer Frick. She and Albert Henry Hoffstetter were married July 21, 1926. He preceded her in death Oct. 24, 1969...
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CAROLINE'S CORNER: NEWS OF THE NINETIES
(Column ~ 08/20/95)
This weekend I entered a time warp as I went on a road trip with four Generation-X females, two of whom were my daughters. We went to the beach, reveled in the sun 'n' sand, discussed everything from males to the meaning of life and just generally hung loose...
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REV. C. E. HENSON
(Obituary ~ 08/20/95)
MARQUAND -- The Rev. C. E. Henson, 68, of Marquand died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 6, 1927, at Leadington, son of Percy E. and Beulah Kemp Henson. He and Mabel L. Mills were married Oct. 20, 1950. Henson was an ordained minister and pastored several churches in the area. He was a member and co-pastor of the Community Church near Marble Hill. He also served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II...
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GARY LEE HUNSAKER
(Obituary ~ 08/20/95)
TRENTON, MICH. -- Gary Lee Hunsaker, 35, of Pontiac, Mich., died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at the Seaway Hospital in Trenton. He was born July 10, 1960, at Pontiac, son of Alvin and Lorene Wyatt Hunsaker. Hunsaker, who was disabled, lived in Michigan all of his life...
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DONALD R. KILLIAN
(Obituary ~ 08/20/95)
BALLWIN -- Donald R. Killian of Ballwin, a native of Delta, died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995. He is survived by his wife, Gladys Killian; daughters, Vicki Clark and Kathy Killian; brother, John Killian; and two grandchildren. Service will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Schrader Funeral Home, 14960 Manchester Road in Ballwin. Interment will be in the National Cemetery...
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CATHERINE SCHEETER
(Obituary ~ 08/20/95)
CHAFFEE -- Catherine "Kate" Scheeter, 91, of Chaffee died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at the Perry Oakes Health Care Inc. in Perryville. She was born July 23, 1904, near Chaffee, daughter of John Frank and Bertha Amrhein Scheeter. She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church of Chaffee, and Daughters of St. Ambrose...
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ARNOLD WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 08/20/95)
CHARLESTON -- Arnold Williams, 72, of Charleston died Friday, Aug. 18, at his home. He was born Oct. 8, 1922, in Tennessee, son of D.C. and Lessie Arnold Williams. He was a retired custodian for United Methodist Church in Charleston. He is survived by two brothers, Jack Williams of Waterloo, Ill., and Gayle E. Williams of Sikeston; two sisters, Faye Crum of East Prairie and Carresse Neal of Nashville, Tenn...
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JOHN HOWARD "JACK" SIDES
(Obituary ~ 08/20/95)
SIKESTON -- John Howard "Jack" Sides, 62, of Austin, Texas, and formerly of Sikeston, died Thursday, Aug. 17, 1995, at Seton Medical Center in Austin. He was born July 2, 1933, at Fredricktown, son of Howard Hopkins and LoLeta Matkin Sides. He and Judy Smith were married June 6, 1959, at Columbia. They later divorced...
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ERVIN ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 08/20/95)
WAPPAPELLO -- Ervin Adams, 77, of Wappapello died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at his home. He was born Nov. 23, 1917, at Hartman, Ark., son of Jim Sam and Sara Henshew Adams. He and Emma Lancaster were married July 5, 1941, at Benton. Adams was employed by the U.S. government as a heating and air-conditioning maintenance worker. He also served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a member of the Wappapello VFW Post 3416...
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COUNTY ZONING GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County will go first class on Jan. 1, 1997. The designation means lots of small changes in county government, including the ability to put county zoning to a vote of the people. So what? says Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones. The county commission could do that now...
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STORYTELLER ENTHRALLS AUDIENCES
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
Once upon a time, a little boy named Daniel disliked going to school every day. So his mother tried to help by going to his classroom once a week and telling stories. He began to enjoy school more, and they all lived happily ever after. The end. Although that's not how Lynn Rubright tells stories, that is the story of how she got started as a professional storyteller...
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TEENS IN AREA POLLED ON RACE
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
Ben Keefe sees racism every day at Cape Girardeau Central High School. Usually it is subtle, not very disruptive, but troubling for a teen-ager. "When I was little, everyone was friends with everyone," said Keefe, who will be a junior this fall. "But as we are getting older there is getting to be more tension because everyone stays within their own race."...
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SPORTS COLLECTORS EXPECT INCREASE IN PRICES OF MANTLE MEMORABILIA
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
When Mickey Mantle retired from baseball, he was a little bewildered at his celebrity status. Once, at an auction where one of his old Yankee uniform shirts was being sold, he was astonished when it brought $50,000. "Fifty thousand?" he said. "If I had known it was worth that much I'd be sleeping on it."...
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CIRCUS STARTS FRIDAY
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
Ten Bengal and Siberian tigers and truckloads of elephants, ponies and clowns are on their way to Cape Girardeau this week. The Franzen Bros. Circus will give performances at 7 p.m. Friday, at 2 and 4:30 p.m. Saturday and at 2 and 4:30 p.m. next Sunday at the old Central Hardware parking lot at 350 S. Broadview...
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PET PARADE OPENS UNION COUNTY FAIR
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- A pet parade, a tradition at the Union County Fair, will kickoff today's activities at the annual fair, being held this week at the Union County Fairgrounds here. This year marks the 40th year for the parade, which was added to the fair activities in August 1955...
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AIR EVAC TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
Air Evac, the air medical ambulance service at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau will observe its 10th anniversary Thursday. The open house celebration will be held at the Air Evac helipad at the medical center, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The helicopter flight crew will be on hand for the observance. Refreshments will be available and door prizes will be presented...
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MEMPHIS BANK APPLIES FOR OK TO BUY CAPE'S CAPITAL BANK
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
Union Planters Corp., a bank holding company headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., has announced it intends to apply to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to acquire Capital Bancorporation Inc. of Cape Girardeau. The two multibank holding companies announced an agreement in June for Capital Bancorporation to sell to Union Planters...
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FISHING REPORT
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
RIVERS: Black (upper): Clear, 3' above normal; smallmouth bass, catfish and bluegill fair on worms; all other fishing slow. Bourbeuse: Dingy but clearing, normal; black bass fair on minnow type lures and Shadraps; channel catfish good on setlines using live bait; panfish fair on worms; all other species fair...
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ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: BOWHUNTING CAN GET THE JOB DONE
(Column ~ 08/20/95)
Bowhunting appears to be an efficient means of deer management -- more efficient than may have been earlier thought, according to the results of a study. While hunting deer with bow and arrow is clearly seen as a greater challenge than firearms hunting, one charge of critics -- particularly among anti-hunting groups -- has been that a high percentage of deer shot by archery hunters are only wounded, left to die and, thus, wasted. ...
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UP ALL NIGHT
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
William Salivdore, assistant supervisor for B&G Maintenance Co., buffs the floor in the dairy section at Wal-Mart. Members of hte crew work after midnight when there are fewer shoppers. Luke Pabone works the late shift as a cashier at New Venice Gas & Oil at 10 S. West End Blvd. Pabone had just started the shift and said he wasn't used to it yet...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: BIG AND LITTLE COG WHEELS
(Column ~ 08/20/95)
A big, heavy, silver pocket watch was Grandpa's prized possession. He was never without it. Fastened by a leather thong to a brass button on his overalls, it rested in a bib pocket that always sagged with the weight of it. Sometimes when he felt the need or thought I felt the need, he would take the watch out, remove the thong fastener, pry off the back lid with his pocket knife and show me all the busily turning big and little cog wheels...
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CHORAL CLINIC, READING ON TAP
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
CARBONDALE -- The 12th annual choral clinic and reading session will kick off the 1995 program year for the Southern Illinois Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. The event will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. a the First Christian Church in Carbondale...
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CHORAL UNION BEGINS PRACTICES TUESDAY FOR NOV. 28 CONCERT
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
The Southeast Missouri State University Choral Union will begin practicing Tuesday for a Nov. 28 performance of Leonard Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" and Randol Allen Bass' "Gloria." Tuesday evening rehearsals begin at 7 p.m. in the Choir Room of Brandt Music Hall on the campus...
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HEDGE-CRUMP FAMILIES GATHER AUG. 27
(Local News ~ 08/20/95)
The annual Hedge-Crump family reunion will be held on Aug. 27 at the Cape County Park North, Shelter 3. The reunion starts at 11 a.m. with a basket dinner to follow at 12:30 p.m. Families are invited to bring a covered dish, table service, lawn chairs, outdoor games and old photographs to share...
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