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CHARLES ANDERSON
(Obituary ~ 03/31/96)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Charles Anderson, 86, of Cobden died Saturday, March 30, 1996, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. He was born March 25, 1910, to Ernest and Estelle Harrell Anderson in Cobden. He married Lillian Wolfe on March 20, 1934. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Charles R. Anderson of St. John's, Ind., and Michael Anderson of Crown Point, Ind.; a daughter Vida Mileris of Batavia, Ill.; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren...
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VOTERS TO CHOOSE NEW BOARD MEMBERS IN MEADOW HEIGHTS DISTRICT
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
PATTON -- Six people are vying for three spots on the Meadow Heights school board; each with solutions the district's problems. The candidates are incumbents Sandy Raines and Dennis Mouser and challengers June Long, Scott Mayfield, Mike Reagan and Mike Welker...
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AMENDMENT 4 IS BEST OFFER
(Editorial ~ 03/31/96)
Missourians will vote Tuesday on Amendment 4, a tax-limitation measure backed by Gov. Mel Carnahan as well as conservative groups such as the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation. The amendment would limit the legislature's ability to increase taxes without a public vote to one percent of state revenue or $50 million, whichever is smaller...
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LOCAL NATIONAL GUARD RECRUITER EXEMPLIFIES DEVOTION
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
Craft types a report in his office at the Cape Girardeau armory. Motivation and dedication are some of the characteristics attributed to Sgt. Chad Craft of Jackson. These qualities may also explain Craft's exemplary performance as recruiter for the Missouri Army National Guard's 1140th Engineer Battalion...
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SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT: `SPOTLIGHTED' GROUP EXUDES GREAT TALENT
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
Matt Brandt, left, and Carter, both admittedly the comic relief of the group, do a hilarious rendition of "Soul Man," Blues Brothers' style. Mike Dumey sings the male lead for the long-time band. Ben Carter, 13, sings the Beatles' "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" during a recent performance of Spotlight Tonight...
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SEMO ORGANIZES 6TH ANNUAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY SCENIC DRIVE
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
Guests from all across the country will be able to experience the small communities of the Mississippi River Valley April 27-28 during the sixth annul Mississippi River Valley Scenic Drive. Southeast Missouri State University's Center for Regional History is sponsoring the event. Dr. Frank Nickell, director of the Center for Regional History, said the drive gives people a chance to experience Southeast Missouri's spring, historical areas, and special community events all in one weekend...
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CURLY-HAIRED HORSES A SPECIAL BREED
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
Mary Aldredge, left, and Mann hold the Curly while Aldredge's daughter, Savannah, prepares for a ride. The Bashkir Curlies are best-known for their beautiful curly hair. Aldredge and Savannah stand next to Goldilocks, a female Curly who is named appropriately for her golden locks...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 03/31/96)
WATCHING the Oscars, always a big production, makes me proud of my own production, with my husband's help, of course. Makes me wish I could give each of my daughters gold statues of our pride so the world will know of their accomplishments. This really isn't necessary. They know, and so do I. Why don't more of today's families have more of this rapport?...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: SCHOOL CHOICE IS WORTH AN EXPERIMENT
(Column ~ 03/31/96)
I find curious the furor over a tentative, small, pilot program of a school choice measure such as House Bill 1037, a bill co-sponsored by Rep. Mary Kasten of Cape Girardeau. Mary Kasten is a former 20-year member of the Cape Girardeau School Board and officer of the state school board association. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: BEWARE: HUNTING SEASON COMMENCETH
(Column ~ 03/31/96)
As inevitable as the winter snowstorm and the summer tornado, Missouri's (political) hunting season has arrived. Its official start began the moment following the final day of candidate filing, thereby ending any foolish hope that somehow Missourians might be spared the consequences of scores of wild-eyed trigger-happy men and women running up and down the state looking for innocent prey. Fat chance!...
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KELLY EYES TAX CUT
(Editorial ~ 03/31/96)
State Auditor Margaret Kelly, the Republican nominee in this year's race for governor, has announced that she will propose as her campaign's centerpiece a tax cut of $500 million. If she announces a credible plan and sticks with it through the inevitable criticism, observers and armchair pundits who have often decried Kelly as insufficiently tough may just have to reevaluate their assessment of the auditor, a certified public accountant now in her third term...
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LETTERS: SOLDIER STANDS ALONE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/31/96)
To the editor: On Oct. 10, 1995, in Germany at a U.S. battalion formation, one man dressed in the U.S. Army regulation green battle dress uniform stood among 549 United Nations regulation uniforms capped with a baby-blue beret. That man was 22-year-old Specialist Michael New...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/31/96)
I imagine that during the upcoming Palm Sunday, March 31, weekend and the following Holy Week events you will want to visit a church somewhere. This Sunday morning, we will have the usual procession of palms and children as most mainline churches will be doing. In addition we will be having a balloon release of 500+ helium balloons (a colorful picture that will represent the power of the cross to lift sin and guilt away from us)!...
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DELTA SHORT ON CANDIDATES
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
Voters in Delta may be more surprised at what's not on the ballot for Tuesday's general election: candidates. No candidates have filed for the mayor's post, currently held by Paul Evans, or for alderman in the city's second ward. Incumbent City Collector Dorothy Kelley, who was appointed to office about a year and a half ago, is seeking her first elected term...
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NO CONTESTS IN WHITEWATER
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
James Rex Haynes, Marilyn M. Crites and Wayne Bartles will be elected Tuesday to the Whitewater Board of Trustees. That isn't a psychic prediction, it's simply the only possible outcome for the election since Haynes, Crites and Bartles are the only candidates to file for the three seats available on the board...
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A DAY IN THE LIFE: AN UNUSUAL SUSPECT
(Column ~ 03/31/96)
It is constantly being brought to my attention that I look younger than I am. Most often by stocky men demanding identification before they will allow me to enter their establishments. Many also say I have a certain look of innocence about me, which annoys me to no end. I'd rather look like Antonio Banderas in "Desperado." Instead I look like Don Knotts in "Private Eyes."...
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JESS DU JOUR: MONEY -- THAT'S WHAT I WANT
(Column ~ 03/31/96)
Moolah. Dough. Cabbage. De Niro. Lira. Pesos. Dead presidents. Whatever alias you choose, everyone recognizes these words for money. Even my 8-year-old sister Callie understands what I am referring to when I rattle off this list of money's nom-de-plumes. Money, or the lack thereof, has recently been my downfall...
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THE REV. HERMAN WAGNER
(Obituary ~ 03/31/96)
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Rev. Herman Lee Wagner, 84, of Okemos, Mich., formerly of Puxico, died Friday at White Hill Nursing Home in East Lansing. He was born July 14, 1911, in Mayfield, Ky., to the late William and Rosa Crowley Wagner. On June 6, 1941, he married Rosa Lee Tinsley at Lilbourn...
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RUBY SEABAUGH
(Obituary ~ 03/31/96)
PIEDMONT -- Ruby Seabaugh, 88, of Piedmont and formerly of Cape Girardeau died Friday, March 29, 1996, at Clarks Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont. She was born Dec. 30, 1907, in Bollinger County to Bruit and Ida Propst. She was married to Wilburn Seabaugh, who died June 6, 1982...
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OLETA BLACKWOOD
(Obituary ~ 03/31/96)
VANDUSER -- Oleta Blackwood, 73, of Vanduser died Friday at her home. Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.
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EDWARD HORRELL
(Obituary ~ 03/31/96)
MARBLE HILL -- Edward Joseph Horrell, 71, died Friday at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born at Drum on Nov. 10, 1924, son of the late Dennis V. and Caroline E. Laurentius Horrell. He married Celestine M. Arnzen on Sept. 16, 1950...
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VOTERS TO CHOOSE THREE COUNCILMEN
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
Door-to-door chats have been the rule this spring in the Cape Girardeau City Council races as candidates in two wards rely on conversation and campaign cards to win over voters. Three Cape Girardeau councilmen are seeking re-election Tuesday. Councilman Jack Rickard is opposed by Jay Purcell in the Ward 3 race, while Councilman Melvin Gateley faces opposition from Lawrence Godfrey in Ward 5. Councilman Melvin Kasten is unopposed for re-election in Ward 4...
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AREA COUPLE TAKE WALK ON THE WILD SIDE; JOHN AND CAROLYN WATKINS NURSE ANIMALS BACK TO HEALTH
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
John Watkins regularly wrestles with Yonah, a young American black bear. Don't try this at home, he warns animal lovers. Yonah's a little more than a year old and weighs about 200 pounds. In another year or so, the bear will be fully grown, weighing in at about 500 pounds. While Yonah might not intentionally harm anyone, it's hard to make a bear understand "uncle," Watkins warns...
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FOUR SEEK TWO SEATS ON PANEL IN ELECTION
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
ALLENVILLE -- Four newcomers are vying for two seats on the Allenville Board of Trustees on Tuesday's ballot. The candidates are seeking four-year terms. Eldon Chasteen, 50, is a mechanic for Capetown RV. He moved to Allenville about two years ago. "We're working on getting city water. We're working on getting sewers. We're working on cleaning up the town, which it needs real bad," Chasteen said...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
Agenda for April 1, 7:30 p.m. Financial affairs A. Monthly bills B. City collector's report Action items A. Consider motion authorizing quarterly payment of $5,500 to Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association for services provided. B. Consider ordinance authorizing contractual agreement between City of Jackson and the Jackson Junior Chamber of Commerce relative to the voluntary construction of a park pavilion...
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CHARITY WINS IN LAWMEN'S FOOTBALL GAME
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
The final score was 14-6 with the visiting Springfield Guns declared the winners of a hard-fought football game, but the real winner was the Southeast Missouri Easter Seal Society. Thanks to sales of tickets, T-shirts and concessions, officials collected an estimated $3,000 for the charity through the football game which pitted law enforcement officers from Cape Girardeau County against police officers from Springfield...
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BOLLINGER COUNTY RACES FOCUS ON SCHOOLS
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
MARBLE HILL -- Four city positions are up for grabs Tuesday in Marble Hill, and all the candidates are likely to be elected since they are without opposition. Mayor Ben Ellis, City Collector Lovetta Long, and aldermen Russell Masterson and Mike Morris are running unopposed...
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BRITISH EDUCATORS LEARN ABOUT U.S. SYSTEM
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
The terminology may be different, but members of a British professional development exchange visiting Southeast Missouri say there are a lot of similarities between child development programming and education on both sides of the Atlantic. The 12-member group -- who included university professors, a day care licensing professional, social services professionals, students working to become day care specialists and others -- wrapped up their visit Friday, and headed to St. ...
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NEW REGULATION ATTEMPTS TO HELP ROCK BASS GROW
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- To an angler, the only thing better than catching a mess of fish is catching a mess of big fish. Those who ply southern Missouri's streams have a chance to make their fondest dreams come true. Each year, tens of thousands of anglers float and wade gravel-bottomed streams hoping to do battle with a brawny, tackle-testing smallmouth bass. But the fish that entertains and sustains them between bouts with the heavyweight champ is the rock bass, commonly known as the "goggle-eye."...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: COMMISSION AMENDS NEW WAKE RULE
(Column ~ 03/31/96)
At its March meeting, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved a regulation change that will be of particular interest to outdoor enthusiasts in southeast Missouri. The rule (3CSR10-4.116) deals with special regulations for areas owned by other entities...
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LOOKING FOR A RAINBOW
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
Although trout are not indigenous to Missouri lakes and streams, with the help of the Missouri Department of Conservation they remain a popular game fish for Missouri anglers. Trout were first brought to Missouri from California in the late 1880s, but failed to adapt to the local environment in great numbers...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: DREAM LETTER IS LESSON IN APRIL 1ST FOOLISHNESS
(Column ~ 03/31/96)
Dear Jean: I dare to address you as Jean since, down through the years, I have read all your wonderful essays, short stories and books as has my wife. Sometimes she has found a few lines of yours in some little-known magazine or even some company newsletter and has yelled from another room or even from upstairs, "Here's another piece by Jean Bell Mosley!"...
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VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR PROJECT CHARLEY
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
Spring training will soon begin for 1996-97 Project Charlie volunteers in Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Project Charlie is a national program that trains community volunteers to teach drug prevention techniques to second and fourth grade students. The next training session will be held April 20 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Riverside Regional Library in Jackson...
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SILVER HAIRED ELECTION SET
(Local News ~ 03/31/96)
Senior citizens can elect delegates to the Silver Haired Legislature on May 8 at the Senior Nutrition Centers in Southeast Missouri. The election is being coordinated by the Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging in its 18-county service area. Any senior adult interested in filing for one of the open seats must complete a statement of intent, available at the local nutrition centers...
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