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HUMANE SOCIETY SETS VIGIL FOR HOMLESS ANIMALS FOR AUG. 16
(Local News ~ 08/07/97)
In observance of national "Homeless Animals Day," the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri will hold its third annual Candlelight Vigil for homeless animals this month. A record number of 697 homeless animals were left at the society's shelter in June...
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SOME CONFUSE PROSECUTOR'S NAME WITH ANOTHER
(Local News ~ 08/07/97)
Marty Swindle died in a Springfield motel Tuesday after a standoff with police. Morley Swingle's secretaries fielded phone calls from concerned people for most of the morning Wednesday after a television news report of the incident. "I guess a lot of people thought it was me," Swingle said...
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DOG DAYS OF SUMMER PHOTOS WILL RAISE MONEY FOR SHELTER
(Local News ~ 08/07/97)
It's the hot, dog days of summer, and the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri hopes to raise donations. The third annual Dog Days of Summer Photo Contest, a fund-raiser for the society, is now soliciting photos. The contest will be held at the West Park Mall from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., on Aug. 30...
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ART EXPERIENCE '97; TWO LOCAL ARTISTS ARE REPRESENTED IN NATIONAL JURIED SHOW OPENING FRIDAY AT GALLERY 100
(Local News ~ 08/07/97)
"Hay Bales" is a pastel by Mary Ann McCool of Troy, Ill. The work will be displayed at Gallery 100. The small boy sat quietly on the floor with his legs crossed for the artist. It was then that Neil Allen Randol realized he had the same initials as his father and grandfather...
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S PRIDE & PREJUDICE
(Local News ~ 08/07/97)
Jane Austen herself described "Pride and Prejudice" as "rather too light, and bright, and sparkling." In other words, it's just the thing for a warm August evening's entertainment. The St. Vincent's Youth Ministry will present a theatrical adaptation of Austen's novel tonight through Saturday at the St. Mary's School gym in Cape Girardeau...
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COURTHOUSE RESTRAINING REQUEST WITHDRAWN; MISSISSIPPI COUNTIAN HOPED TO HALT DEMOLITION
(Local News ~ 08/07/97)
CHARLESTON -- Mississippi County Courthouse restoration proponent Hugh Hunter Byrd has withdrawn a court petition seeking a restraining order to halt demolition of the county's burned-out courthouse. His decision will end legal debate -- at least for now -- regarding restoration of the courthouse, which was partially destroyed by an arson fire Feb. 10...
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ROUTE J AT P&G CLOSED FOR RELOCATION
(Local News ~ 08/07/97)
FRUITLAND -- Route J is closed to traffic. Motorists traveling in the area start using alternate routes today and will continue to use them until Sept. 1, when a relocated Route J reopens. Travelers en route to Neely's Landing will have to take the long way around to reach their destinations...
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DESEG HEARING SET FOR CAPE; PANEL WILL SOLICIT IDEAS ON WHAT COMES NEXT
(Local News ~ 08/07/97)
Cape Girardeau will be the first stop in a round of public hearings to consider how Missouri can move beyond court-ordered desegregation of public schools in St. Louis and Kansas City. Eighteen state lawmakers make up the committee, called the Joint Interim Committee on Desegregation and School Finance Issues. The committee will host five public hearings across the state...
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BANK ADVERTISING SALE OF 100 BROADWAY BUILDING
(Local News ~ 08/07/97)
In mid-June, Cape Girardeau and NationsBank officials announced they had reached a verbal agreement giving the city a 60-day option to buy the old Boatmen's Bank building at 100 Broadway. Less than 60 days later, Trammell Crow, a St. Louis-based real estate firm, has taken out classified ads in the Southeast Missourian announcing that the building is for sale...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: SCARDY-CAT DOG EXPERIENCES A MIRACLE DOWN BY THE RIVER
(Column ~ 08/07/97)
Aug. 7, 1997 Dear Patty, Standing in the middle of the Castor River a few days ago, DC and I witnessed a miracle. Not a miracle of biblical dimensions, surely, but a wonderment nonetheless. Hank learned to swim. To appreciate that feat, you'd have to have seen him standing in six inches of water, barking at Lucy while she played with us where the water runs deeper. You'd have to have seen him in the johnboat, shivering with fear but unwilling to be left on the bank...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/07/97)
THE SOUTHEAST Missourian recently referred to the federal budget agreement as "incumbent friendly." I often read the Southeast Missourian early in the morning. I would appreciate it if the author of the editorial would refrain for shocking me so early in the day with a stunning revelation that members of Congress are interested in perpetuating in their own existence. My heart can't take much more...
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PORT AUTHORITY MOVES TOWARD POTENTIAL
(Editorial ~ 08/07/97)
Fulfillment of the long-held promise of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority continues steadily. With the completion of the eastward extension of Nash Road soon to be a reality, the dream of farsighted planners of a generation ago is beginning to come true. Recent news from the port has been consistently upbeat...
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SOUR NOTES IN MISSOURI DEMOCRATS' HARMONY
(Editorial ~ 08/07/97)
An insightful Kansas City Star news analysis recently related a little-known story in Missouri politics: Discord within the ranks of ruling Democrats. The Democratic Party has controlled both houses of the General Assembly for more than 40 years and, since 1993, the executive branch as well. ...
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LETTERS: THANKS TO ALL THE FRIENDS AT WIMPY'S
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/07/97)
To the editor: As all good things must come to an end, please share with me in this moment of gratitude to the multitude of clients who have become friends over the past 55 years of service. And accept my apology for those who did not get their final Wimpyburger on Wednesday, July 30...
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LETTERS: AS WE GET OLDER, TIME RAGES ON
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/07/97)
To the editor: I wonder. Is it just me? Does anyone else sense that experiencing life has gone from a slow, dripping faucet to a raging river flood? There are people living because they don't have time to die, and there are people dying because they don't have time to live...
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INFANT MORTALITY RATES TOPIC OF SEMINAR
(Local News ~ 08/07/97)
A training seminar will be held Saturday for ministers interested in learning why African-American babies born in the Bootheel have a higher infant mortality rate than those born elsewhere. The third annual Bootheel Heart Health Project African-American Ministerial Training will be held from 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Malden Community Center. The training is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Health, ASSIST, the Office of Minority Health and the Bootheel Heart Health Project...
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BELL TO GIVE SCHOOLS INTERNET
(Local News ~ 08/07/97)
Ten area schools have been selected by Southwestern Bell to be wired free of charge for Internet access through the company's Operation SchoolNet education campaign. Karen E. Jennings, president of Southwestern Bell-Missouri, said it is the largest educational effort undertaken by Southwestern Bell. In all, nearly 1,100 classrooms at 180 schools throughout Missouri will receive the free Internet access...
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OWEN-LED HOOP TEAM DOES WELL NATIONALLY
(College Sports ~ 08/07/97)
John Owen knew he was taking a pretty talented basketball team to the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Charlotte, N.C. And the SEMO Warriors 19-under squad that is primarily made up of players from Southeast Missouri proved Owen right by going 4-2 before ultimately losing in the round of 16 last weekend...
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NEW SEASON, NEW START FOR INDIANS; FRESHMEN, NEWCOMERS REPORT TODAY
(College Sports ~ 08/07/97)
According to coach John Mumford, thoughts of last season have been wiped from the memory bank as Southeast Missouri State University's football Indians prepare for the start of 1997 fall workouts. Things will begin happening around the Southeast camp today when freshmen and other newcomers report. The veterans will come in Saturday, with full-scale, two-a-day practices set to begin Monday...
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ERNEST POINTER
(Obituary ~ 08/07/97)
MATTHEWS -- Ernest "Ping Pong" Pointer, 71, of Matthews died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 14, 1926, in Canalou, son of Cyrus M. and Suzanne McKinney Pointer. He and Wilma Charlene Eaton were married Aug. 21, 1945, in Canalou. She died Dec. 30, 1994...
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GERALD POWERS
(Obituary ~ 08/07/97)
MARBLE HILL -- Gerald L. Powers, 65, of Marble Hill and formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 1997, at his home. He was born Aug. 23, 1931, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Lewis M. and Grace Klasing Powers. On July 24, 1993, he married Mary Peters Schaefer...
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DALLAN HUTSON
(Obituary ~ 08/07/97)
A memorial service for Dallan Joseph Hutson of Cape Girardeau will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville. The Rev. Lee Cullen will officiate. Friends may call Friday from 6:30 p.m. to service time. Hutson, 21, is presumed drowned after rescuing a friend in the Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau July 17, 1997...
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JERRI DILLON
(Obituary ~ 08/07/97)
Geraldine Elizabeth "Jerri" Dillon, 82, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., died Friday, Aug. 1, 1997, at Columbia Crockett Hospital in Lawrenceburg. She was born Dec. 8, 1914, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Rudolph and Nellie Jane Young Crosnoe. She first married Clyde Dennis April 10, 1932, in Jonesboro, Ill. She later married Lloyd Dillon May 29, 1952, in Arkansas. He died Nov. 20, 1984...
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LOWELL KELLER
(Obituary ~ 08/07/97)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Lowell Keller, 91, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 1997, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. He was born Sept. 8, 1905, in Dongola, son of Alfred and Edna Garrett Keller. He and Cleeta Sheffer were married Dec. 4, 1924. She died Feb. 4, 1996...
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TROY CLAYTON JR.
(Obituary ~ 08/07/97)
Funeral service for Troy Lee Clayton Jr. of Caruthersville was held Tuesday at McDaniel Chapel in Kennett. The Rev. Dale Rickman officiated, with burial in Stanfield Cemetery. Clayton, 31, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 1997, in an automobile accident in Portageville...
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BILL JORDAN
(Obituary ~ 08/07/97)
William C. "Bill" Jordan of Nashville, Tenn., died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 1997, at his home. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/07/97)
Daughter to Dustin and Amy McIntosh of Oran, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:34 a.m. Monday, Aug. 4, 1997. Name, Ashlyn Paige. Weight, 7 pounds 3 ounces. First child. Mrs. McIntosh is the former Amy Reinagel, daughter of David and Marietta Reinagel of Kelso. She is employed in the classified department at the Southeast Missourian Newspaper. McIntosh is the son of Jack and Linda McIntosh of East Prairie. He is employed at Delta Supply Inc...
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JOY JOHNSTON
(Obituary ~ 08/07/97)
Joy Johnston, 70, 1260 Sailer Circle, died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 1997, at Chateau Girardeau Health Care Center. She was born Nov. 28, 1926, at Sedgewickville, daughter of Theodore J. and Mary Barks Hahs. She and Dr. Kenneth C. Johnston were married Sept. 1, 1948, in Cape Girardeau. He died Nov. 18, 1995...
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GENEVA HANEY
(Obituary ~ 08/07/97)
Geneva Z. Haney, 86, of Columbia, Ill., died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 1997, in Red Bud, Ill. She was born July 19, 1911, in Monterey, Tenn., daughter of Ben and Mattie Ledford Thompson. She married Glen Haney, who preceded her in death. Survivors include three daughters, Betty Reid of Cape Girardeau, Margaret Johanning of Maeystown, Ill., Bonnie Kannewurf of Columbia, Ill.; a sister, Vanna Berkbigler of Granite City, Ill.; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter...
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TOLETA NISWONGER
(Obituary ~ 08/07/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Toleta H. Niswonger, 82, of Perryville died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 1997, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 23, 1915, in Perry County the daughter of John and Margaret Mabuce Christisen. On April 2, 1933, she married Emil G. Niswonger, and he died Jan. 11, 1973...
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