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LETTERS: ROLE OF THE REGENTS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/06/95)
To the editor: Several recent articles in the Southeast Missourian would have it appear that there is some uncertainty here at the university about what goes to the board of regents for formal approval. There is no such uncertainty. We are all well aware that a board of regents is the ultimate authority in the university...
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GARY E. LOWES
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Gary Edward Lowes of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Cy Smith will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson, with military rites by VFW Post 3838 and Missouri National Guard 1140th Engineer Battalion of Cape Girardeau...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/06/95)
Daughter to Darren and Carol Glastetter, Oran Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:17 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, 1995. Name, Laci Rene. Weight, 6 pounds 11 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Glastetter is the former Carol Phillips, daughter of Larry and Linda Phillips of Oran. Glastetter is employed at Biokyowa. He is the son of Doris Glastetter of Oran...
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MISSOURI WATCH: WHAT DID SHAKESPEARE KNOW ABOUT PRESIDENTS' NAMES?
(Column ~ 09/06/95)
Bill Shakespeare expressed an interest in names but didn't seem to attach too much importance to them. As far as I know, he never talked to Corey Ruzicka of Mishawaka, Ind. (I'm not making this town up. There really is a Mishawaka, and it's located in Indiana.) As far as Mr. ...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
Agenda Tuesday, Sept. 5, 7:30 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Public hearings Proposal to amend sections of the zoning ordinance. Request for a special use permit for construction of a church and parking north of the new Highway 74 route and south of Brink Street...
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CITY WATER TOWERS TO GET SCHOOL COLORS
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
JACKSON -- Jackson residents will cruise past one refurbished and one new water tower in the next few weeks, both advertising the city's school team. The refurbished tank, located near the water tower, should be completed and refilled in the next week. It will be white with red and black lettering that reads: "Jackson -- Home of the Indians."...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
The Southeast Missourian asked Jackson residents what they thought of the proposed merger of the Jackson Public Library and the Riverside Regional Library. Harriet Drusch: "They are both good libraries, and both are conveniently located to me right now. I'm always in favor of improvement, so I probably would support a new library that would combine the two."...
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HOME EDUCATORS GROUP SETS SEMINAR
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
The Mississippi Valley Home Educators will hold a seminar for new and prospective home-school instructors from 9 to noon Saturday. The meeting will be held at the Westminster Presbyterian Church on Perryville Road. Janet Schario, a Jackson resident and home-school instructor, will provide information about how to begin home schooling. There will also be a question-answer session following the presentation...
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CENTER GIVES PATIENTS A CHOICE
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
JACKSON -- The diagnosis of kidney failure gives people three basic options: They can do nothing, apply for an organ transplant or begin kidney dialysis. The first option is unacceptable for most people -- a body can't function without a means of cleaning its blood. The second option may take months or years, depending on the availability of a donor. In addition, it opens the patient to risks of infection or organ rejection...
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LETTERS: GRANDPARENTS AND DRUGS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/06/95)
To the editor: Sunday, Sept. 10, is National Grandparents Day. It is a day set aside to honor grandparents, giving them an opportunity to show love for their children's children. This letter is dedicated to the children of Missouri to help them become aware of the strength, information and guidance a grandparent can offer...
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MORE PHONES MARK JACKSON'S GROWTH
(Editorial ~ 09/06/95)
Community growth can sometimes manifest itself where you least expect it. Such was the case in Jackson recently when a new telephone prefix surfaced. City officials questioned phone numbers beginning with 204 when people began listing it on their utility start-up forms. It turned out, with no fanfare, the city had earned its second telephone prefix in June...
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`MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY'
(Editorial ~ 09/06/95)
You can make a difference. Across the nation, millions of dedicated volunteers make a difference each and every day. On Oct. 28, volunteers will band together to do good work on "Make a Difference Day." The project is sponsored by USA Weekend magazine and the Points of Light Foundation...
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MAKING COLLEGE AVAILABLE
(Editorial ~ 09/06/95)
Additional college opportunities are now available to area residents in Perryville. The Perry County Higher Education Center opens this week, thanks to a team effort by Southeast Missouri State University, Mineral Area College at Park Hills and the Perryville School District...
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ESTEL E. ROSENTHAL
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Estel E. Rosenthal, 81, of Anna, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1995, at Union County Hospital. He was born Jan. 4, 1914, in Perry County, Mo., son of John Henry and Mary Susan Beard Rosenthal. He and Geraldine Shasteen were married July 2, 1938...
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MAGDALINE MENZ
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
ORAN -- Magdaline "Lena" Menz, 93, of Oran, died Monday, Sept. 4, 1995, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 17, 1902, near Oran, daughter of Romanus and Mary Hoffer Halter. She and Martin T. Menz were married Feb. 17, 1920. He died Oct. 6, 1975...
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KENNETH G. GIBBAR
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
Kenneth G. Gibbar, 52, of Fort Collins, Colo., died Monday, Sept. 4, 1995, in Fort Collins. He was born Oct. 16, 1942, son of Johnny and Anna Marie Wiedefeld. He married the former Christine Parson. Gibbar was an attorney and had practiced in Scott and Cape Girardeau counties before moving to Fort Collins. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force...
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ELBERT D. FOSTER
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
WYATT -- Elbert Donald Foster, 65, of Rockford, Ill., died Saturday, Sept. 2, 1995, at Locust Wood Nursing Home in Rockford. He was born Sept. 9, 1929, in Wyatt, son of Frank and Essie Mae Bell Foster. Foster had lived in Rockford since 1980. He was a member of Wyatt Methodist Church...
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GLENN H. TACKE
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
Glenn H. Tacke, 84, of Springfield, died Monday, Sept. 4, 1995, at St. John's Regional Health Center there. He was born Oct. 4, 1910, at Arnsberg, son of Franklin J. and Carrie Lang Tacke. He married Maxine McDowell of the Fruitland community May 23, 1942...
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CHARLES A. `COOKIE' KING
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
Charles A. "Cookie" King, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 5. 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
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R.C. PENNER
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
PERRYVILLE -- R.C. "Joe" Penner, 75, of Dayton, Nev., died Sunday, Sept. 3, 1995, at Washoe Medical Center in Reno, Nev. He was born May 19, 1920, in Gandy, Neb., son of Frank Royal and Mary Kirby Penner. He and Marystelle Schwach were married in 1982 in Winnemucca, Nev...
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CHARLES L. SCHEETER
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
Funeral mass for Charles L. Scheeter, 216 Hillview, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Cathedral. Msgr. Richard Rolwing will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel from 5-8 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7...
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HENRY CLAY JACKSON
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
NEW MADRID -- Henry Clay Jackson, 54, of New Madrid died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1995, of an extended illness at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born March 25, 1941, at Barnes Ridge, son of Otis O'Neal and Cecil Virginia Mills Jackson. He and Ruth Woolf were married April 12, 1963, at New Madrid...
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DAVID MCCORMICK
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
SCOTT CITY -- David "Poonie" McCormick, 60, of Scott City, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1995, at his home. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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MARY ETHEL HODGES
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
SIKESTON -- Mary Ethel Hodges, 96, formerly of Wyatt, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1995, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 16, 1898, at Thebes, Ill., daughter of Grant and Minnie Mae Morgan McMillen. She and Glennie H. Hodges were married Dec. 23, 1916. He preceded her in death April 20, 1971...
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VIRGINIA F. MALCOLM
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
SPRINGFIELD -- Virginia F. Malcolm, 86, formerly of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1995, at the Primrose Place Health Care Center in Springfield. She was born April 29, 1909, in Clarkton, daughter to Van Harrison and Mayme Waltrip Sharp. She married Pleas M. Malcolm Dec. 15, 1935. He preceded her in death June 2, 1966...
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BERNARD E. GRAVES
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Bernard Eugene Graves, 50, of Paducah, Ky., died Monday, Sept. 4, 1995, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. He was born May 4, 1945, in Cape Girardeau, son of David Burns and Fern Barks Graves. He and Connie Jaco were married Jan. 28, 1967...
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PATRICIA L. SNYDER
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Patricia L. "Patty" Snyder, 56, of Perryville, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1995, at her home. She was born June 17, 1939, at Farmington, daughter of Grover and Naomi Freeman Horn. She and Walter D. Snyder were married Feb. 20, 1987. Snyder was an amateur radio operator...
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RUBY E. ABERNATHY
(Obituary ~ 09/06/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Ruby Ellen Abernathy of Perryville will be held at 11 a.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Chapel, with the Revs. Dean Edwards and Steve Berry officiating. Burial will be in Home Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6:30 a.m. to service time...
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BILL ATCHLEY SETTLES IN AS SEMO PRESIDENT
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
Dr. Bill Atchley settled in over the Labor Day weekend and promptly was greeted by a Cape Girardeau woman who told him she hoped he would "straighten up" Southeast Missouri State University. Atchley laughs when he tells the story. But even in his first day behind the desk Tuesday, the university's interim president made it clear he won't just steer the same course as his predecessor, Dr. Kala Stroup...
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POWER PLAY: CLASSROOM AIR CONDITIONING ISN'T A NECESSITY
(Column ~ 09/06/95)
People are spoiled. Cellular phones are not a necessity. Televisions are not a necessity. Microwaves are not a necessity. And yes, air conditioning is not a necessity. Not even at school. This may come as a surprise to some, but the teacher/student relationship has been going on quite effectively for thousands of years while air conditioning has been around only a few decades. Throughout the entire history of education, no student has ever melted...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 09/06/95)
IF THEY put up signs showing where the university is and places like that, I would very much appreciate it if they would put them up for people coming off the interstate showing where the hospitals are. I live in Illinois, but I was raised in Cape. I had a person stop me at a stop sign who was very frantic and excited and wanting me to tell them how to get to Southeast hospital. ...
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MERCANTILE FILES WITH FDIC FOR OK TO BUY AMERIFIRST
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
Mercantile Bank of Cape Girardeau and Mercantile Bank of Sikeston, both wholly owned subsidiaries of Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. of St. Louis, have made application to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for permission to acquire AmeriFirst Banks, headquartered at Sikeston...
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SCOTT FLOOD PLAIN WORK NEEDS PERMIT
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
BENTON -- Building in the flood plain requires a permit and elevation certificate be filed with the Scott County Assessor. Although the permits aren't new, many homeowners or builders are unaware of the regulation, said Chuck Bollinger, flood plain coordinator and mapper with the Scott County assessor's office...
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LADY LUCK REPRESENTATIVES UPDATE SCOTT CITY LEADERS
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
SCOTT CITY -- Scott City officials were assured Tuesday night that Lady Luck Gaming Corporation still intends to locate a gambling casino and entertainment complex in the Scott City area. "There have been a lot of questions concerning our development here," said Michael A. Hlavsa," chief financial officer for the gaming company. "We feel the Scott City plan is a great project."...
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REPAIR WORK ON BLOOMFIELD TO CLOSE LANES
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
Sections of Bloomfield Road will be closed today to do repair work. The City of Cape Girardeau Street Division will be patching a section of Bloomfield Road, near the 1600 block area. Construction is expected to be completed Friday. Drivers are advised to avoid the area to prevent traffic congestion...
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EIGHT CANDIDATES TO SEEK UNEXPIRED TERM OF SEN. DUNN
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Chris Grissom, GOP chairman in Jackson County, has an unenviable chore. No less than five candidates who want to fill the remaining 15 months of Illinois state Sen. Ralph Dunn's term in the 58th District are from Jackson County...
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COACH'S CORNER: SE UNABLE TO CONVERT ADRENALINE INTO WIN
(College Sports ~ 09/06/95)
To the fans of Cape Girardeau and to our students here at Southeast Missouri State University, thank you for the great turnout of over 9,800 for last Thursday's season opener against Southern Illinois. You held up your end, we gave ours away (losing 30-27). Your attendance and the sound system from Horizons made for the best college football atmosphere since I've been here...
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ADAMS AND BESS FAMILIES GATHER SATURDAY FOR REUNION
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
The Adams/Bess Reunion will be held Saturday at the Cape County Park North, Shelter No. 4. Photographs will be taken at 11 a.m. with a group photo scheduled at 1 p.m. Dinner will be served at noon. An auction will follow. Those attending are asked to bring a covered dish, table setting and items to be auctioned...
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CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CLUB MEETS MONDAY
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
The Christian Women's Club will sponsor an "Indian Summer Celebration" on Monday at the Holiday Inn. The program is scheduled from noon to 2 p.m. Barbara Holst, a Bed and Breakfast owner in Jefferson City and children's book author, will address the group...
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LADYBUG: DURING SUMMER HEAT: WATER, WATER
(Column ~ 09/06/95)
There's only one immutable rule to follow in furnace-blast heat such as we had in August: water, water, water. Not since Aug. 5, when the rag-tag remnants of Erin brought us blessed relief, have we had any rain. That, people, adds up to one month and one day without rain, except, perhaps, in a few isolated instances...
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PREPARING FOR SEMO FAIR COMPETITION
(Local News ~ 09/06/95)
Sarah Schulte tied exhibitor tags to the jams, jellies and pickles she will be entering in the SEMO District Fair. Preparing for September fair competition can mean tending to livestock on an icy winter night or weeding a garden on a sultry summer morning...
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