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SOUTHEAST PLANNING WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 09/16/95)
A performance by Kenny Rogers will highlight Southeast Missouri State University's 17th annual Family Weekend celebration Sept. 29-Oct. 1. Rogers, recipient of three Grammy awards and five Country Music Association awards, will perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Show Me Center...
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FAIR WINDING UP A BIG WEEK
(Editorial ~ 09/16/95)
The 140th edition of the SEMO District Fair ends tonight. It has been a great week so far, with milder temperatures and only a brief thunderstorm early Wednesday evening to mark the annual fair-week rain. Organizers should be well-pleased by the week's progress...
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YELL SUPPORTERS GUARANTEE SUCCESS FOR LITERARY EFFORTS
(Editorial ~ 09/16/95)
Thanks to you, the fifth year of YELL unfolded as a real success story. Hundreds of volunteers hit the streets last Tuesday morning, armed with special YELL editions of the Southeast Missourians that were stuffed with news about literacy programs, comic books and prizes. ...
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RIGHT OF CENTER: BILL CLINTON'S BANKING BUDDIES
(Column ~ 09/16/95)
On the campus of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale this week, President Clinton led an administration-wide attack on proposed GOP education cuts. At the same time, he accused Republicans of caving in to the bank lobby by voting to ditch his direct college loan program...
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JACKSON TEEN-AGER WINS TITLE OF MISS SEMO FAIR
(Local News ~ 09/16/95)
More than 50 contestants competed in the SEMO District Fair Queen contest Thursday evening at the R&R Tent. Winners were chosen in six categories: Tiny Miss SEMO Fair, Little Miss SEMO Fair, Young Miss SEMO Fair, Preteen Miss SEMO Fair, Teen Miss SEMO Fair and Miss SEMO Fair...
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LIFE AS A CARNEY: ON THE ROAD WITH NOWHERE TO GO
(Local News ~ 09/16/95)
The midway at the SEMO District Fair was eerily empty Friday afternoon. Parents took pictures of their small fry going round on the kiddie rides during "Tiny Tots Day," but the big rides with the scary names were closed, and the narrow-eyed carnys working the games of skill weren't wasting their breath on the few passersby...
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MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN TOUTS ALTERNATE FARM BILL
(Local News ~ 09/16/95)
U.S. Rep Bill Emerson toured the SEMO District Fair Friday, talking with Southeast Missouri farmers a day after introducing an alternative 1995 farm bill in Washington. He stopped by the Cape County Farm Bureau tent with his guest, John Greenway, a member of the British House of Commons. Greenway visited Emerson and the fair six years ago on official business. He is back this year on vacation...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: CLUELESS DEFINITION ISN'T ONLY FOR L.A. TEENS
(Column ~ 09/16/95)
In four years of writing columns, I've been called a man-hater exactly 285 times. Let's set the record straight. I love men. Some of my best friends are men, really! In fact, I have relatives who are men, including my own father. Men see the world in black and white. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 09/16/95)
DRIVE AROUND the city and check out the parking lots of those federal agencies that are going to be in the new federal building. They generate a lot of traffic. Can narrow Broadway handle all of that added traffic? I think it is great to have the federal building in close proximity to the old one, the courthouse and City Hall; but there are many historic homes in that area, and those owners have worked hard to restore and maintain them. ...
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HOLLY DUNN NOT IN TOP FORM AT FAIR (CONCERT REVIKEW)
(Local News ~ 09/16/95)
Taking the stage after Jackson resident Micki Mitchell's thunderous rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" Thursday night at the SEMO District Fair, country star Holly Dunn had something to live up to. As voices go, I'll take Micki Mitchell's. A veteran of 10 years on the country charts, Dunn knows how to work a crowd and has an attractive catch in her voice, the one Emmylou does to make her voice disappear. But a few of Dunn's vocals sounded downright thin...
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JAMES R. WILKINSON
(Obituary ~ 09/16/95)
SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for James Raymond "J.R." Wilkinson of Scott City will be held at 2 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. Rennie Phillips will officiate. Burial will be in Lightner Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from noon to service time...
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MAYME I. FREEZE
(Obituary ~ 09/16/95)
Mayme I. Freeze, 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Sept. 14, 1995, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center. She was born March 4, 1912, at Sixty Six, daughter of Louis and Ida Penny Smith. She and Timothy J. Freeze were married March 24, 1940, in El Paso, Texas. He died Oct. 14, 1977...
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JAMES HOLBA
(Obituary ~ 09/16/95)
OAK RIDGE -- James Holba, 58, of Oak Ridge died at the Oak Ridge Manner Friday, Sept. 15, 1995. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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MARIE B. CLINTON
(Obituary ~ 09/16/95)
Marie B. Clinton, 80, 1904 Brink, died Thursday, Sept. 14, 1995, at Vencor Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Jan. 4, 1915, in New Hamburg, daughter of Theon and Ida Menz Grojean. She and Gilbert N. Clinton were married June 9, 1935, in Sikeston. While at Sikeston she was cafeteria director at St. Francis Xavier Elementary School, later was office manager at Midtown Motel, and a member of the Altar Society...
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INFORMATION MEETING SET FOR HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS
(Local News ~ 09/16/95)
Individuals interested in becoming a part of the volunteer program for Southeast Hospice, a service of Southeast Missouri Hospital, are invited to attend a Hospice Information Night Sept. 21. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the hospice office, 760 S. Kingshighway...
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KENNY ROGERS CP CENTER CHARITY WALK SCHEDULED
(Local News ~ 09/16/95)
Lace up your shoes for the 22nd annual charity walk for the Kenny Rogers Cerebral Palsy Center in Sikeston. The walk begins Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. at the Sikeston K-Mart. Registration will begin at 9 a.m., and the walk will finish at 11:30 a.m. The Sikeston Eagles Lodge 3319 have been sponsoring the walk since 1986. There is no registration fee, but each walker should collect contributions. Participants who raise $25 will earn a T-shirt...
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AIDS VIDEO CONFERENCE SCHEDULED TO AIR IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 09/16/95)
A live, satellite video conference on AIDS will be held Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau County Extension Office, 815 S. Hope, in Jackson. The program will discuss HIV prevention strategies for rural areas. It will also describe the functions of the Rural Center for the Study and Promotion of HIV/STD Prevention...
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SOUTHEAST HOSPITAL, CANCER SOCIETY SPONSOR UPDATE
(Local News ~ 09/16/95)
The seventh annual cancer update will be held Sept. 28 at the Drury Lodge. Seminar topics include pain management, breast cancer genetics and Medicare-certified Hospice. The seminar is sponsored by the Regional Cancer Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital and the American Cancer Society...
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