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ROCK'S BAD BOYS ARE BACK; MOTLEY CRUE WILL PERFORM SATURDAY WITH CHEAP TRICK AT THE SIU ARENA
(Local News ~ 11/13/97)
In the '80s, Motley Crue was tattooed and pierced long before it was cool. They played raunchy music, wrecked motorcycles and cars, wooed flashy blondes, screamed politically incorrect lyrics, had videos banned by MTV and took dangerous drugs with the best and worst bad boys of rock 'n' roll...
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TAKING A HIKE: SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS OFFER WONDERLANDS FOR WALKING AT ALL TIMES
(Local News ~ 11/13/97)
"He who sits still in a house all the time may be the greatest vagrant of all," wrote Henry David Thoreau in his 1862 essay "Walking." Spending at least four hours a day sauntering over hills and through fields, "absolutely free from all worldly engagements," was, Thoreau believed, the only way for a person to preserve his health and spirits...
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`MARCHING TO MARS' WITH SAMMY HAGAR
(Local News ~ 11/13/97)
More than a year after his acrimonious split with heavy metal rockers Van Halen, Sammy Hagar is luxuriating in the freedom of being his own man again. He himself financed his new "Marching to Mars" album. "I don't want record companies telling me what I want to do," he said in a phone interview from Charleston, W.V...
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ALLSTATE INSURANCE OFFERS "LAW AND YOU" PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 11/13/97)
Allstate Insurance is collaborating with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives to teach youth how to work with police officers. The program entitled "The Law and You" is offered locally by Allstate agent J.J. ...
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NEW HALFWAY HOUSE CLEARS ZONING HURDLE; OPPONENTS WILL KEEP FIGHTING
(Local News ~ 11/13/97)
The Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended approval of a special use permit and rezoning request to allow operation of a controversial halfway house program Wednesday night. Opponents of the project vowed to carry their objections to the City Council...
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NO EAGLE: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WILL VOTE ON MASCOT
(Local News ~ 11/13/97)
The eagle mascot won't fly, Southeast Missouri State University's mascot committee has discovered. The advisory committee last week had looked at the idea of an eagle character for a mascot, but Student Government shot down that idea Monday. The student senators acted after receiving a petition signed by 400 students opposing the idea...
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STATE SEEKS SITE IN REGION FOR VETERANS CEMETERY
(Local News ~ 11/13/97)
The Missouri Veterans Commission is seeking site proposals for a state-run veterans cemetery in Southeast Missouri. The commission began soliciting proposals from communities last month and will continue accepting bids until July 1. The commission is also seeking a site for a cemetery in northeast Missouri...
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NEW MEXICO ST. SIGNS MILLHAM
(High School Sports ~ 11/13/97)
JACKSON -- Christa Millham knows she will be a long way from home when she starts college next year. But the attraction of playing basketball and earning a degree at New Mexico State far outweighed any thoughts she might have of missing her family and friends...
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`VERBAL JUDO' GOOD TOOL FOR BARS; OPERATORS LEARN HOW BEST TO AVOID PROBLEMS
(Local News ~ 11/13/97)
Whenever people gather to drink alcohol, there is a potential for trouble, Cape Girardeau Police Chief Richard Hetzel told owners, managers and bartenders of several area drinking establishments Wednesday. At one of two seminars co-sponsored by the police department, Hetzel and Sgt. Carl Kinnison spoke of the need for conflict resolution as an alternative to force in addressing problems that might arise when people drink...
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HOSPITALS, DOCS PROTEST REGS; HEALTH-CARE OPINIONS EXPRESSED AT CAPE FORUM
(Local News ~ 11/13/97)
Hospital officials and doctors told U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson Wednesday that they would like to perform major surgery on federal laws and regulations that tie their hands in serving the region's patients. But public health officials said government shouldn't slash funding for public health centers...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: FIFTY YEARS OF SEEING EACH OTHER THROUGH THE IMPERMANENCE
(Column ~ 11/13/97)
Nov. 13, 1997 Dear Julie, Tiny flakes of snow are falling past my window this morning, the first of the year. The party's over. The yard is sprinkled with golden brown leaves, and an early wintriness is in the air. My golf clubs have replaced the rake in the closet. ...
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BLOOMFIELD TAKES ON BIG MUSEUM PLANS
(Editorial ~ 11/13/97)
The small Southeast Missouri town of Bloomfield has taken on a big project of national -- even international -- proportions. Construction of the first part the Stars and Stripes Museum and Library is well under way, and the ambitious plans call for spending $4 million to $5 million before it's all over...
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FARMERS MARKET: A SOURCE OF PRIDE
(Editorial ~ 11/13/97)
Gardens around Cape Girardeau are finished for this season, having had a fairly good year even though the cool spring put off having ripe tomatoes until well past the Fourth of July target date. For the 13th year, growers of vegetables and other garden produce, along with some scrumptious baked items and other goodies, have displayed and sold their wares at the Cape Girardeau Farmers Market every Thursday afternoon at the Plaza Galleria parking lot...
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LETTERS: INDIANS ALWAYS RESPECTED AS MASCOT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/13/97)
To the editor: I would like to comment on the new mascot at Southeast Missouri State University. This is, of course, my own opinion. I feel the reason they have not found a suitable mascot is because a mascot should demand respect and strength. We expect strength from our teams and respect for the teams and the school they represent...
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CHAMBER TO DISCUSS FUTURE
(Local News ~ 11/13/97)
"This is a good time to live in Cape Girardeau. We don't have much to complain about at the present time." This was the statement of Cape Girardeau Mayor Al Spradling III six months ago, during a Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee...
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COACH'S CORNER: NEW COACH ELATED TO BE AT SEMO
(College Sports ~ 11/13/97)
First of all, let me say that I am glad to be writing this weekly column because I know there is so much interest in the area for Southeast Missouri State University basketball. But I'm not an English major, so please bear with me. As I have said many times before, I am really excited to be the basketball coach at Southeast and to be in Cape Girardeau...
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ST. VINCENT FALTERS IN SECTIONAL
(High School Sports ~ 11/13/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Marionville High's Comets made sure their long journey Wednesday was well worth it. The Comets knocked off host St. Vincent 21-0 Wednesday night in a Class 1A Sectional football playoff game. That certainly assured the squad of a pleasant five-hour bus ride back to Marionville...
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INDIANS AX KIRKWOOD; JACKSON WINS 5A BATTLE OF UNBEATENS 34-7
(High School Sports ~ 11/13/97)
JACKSON -- R-E-S-P-E-C-T That's what the seventh-ranked Jackson Indian football team was playing for Wednesday night in their Class 5A Sectional playoff game against No. 6 Kirkwood. The Indians' 34-7 pounding of the previously undefeated Pioneers (9-1) should certainly get the attention of football fans around the state. The victory was the first for a southeast Missouri 5A football team since Poplar Bluff beat Kirkwood 21-0 in 1993...
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BRIEFLY: OTAHK BASKETBALL SIGNS SALEM'S HUGHSTON
(College Sports ~ 11/13/97)
Southeast Missouri has signed West Plains High School senior Reagan Hughston to a letter of intent to play for the Otahkian basketball team. Hughston, a 6-foot-1 forward, averaged 13 points and six rebounds as a junior last year at West Plains. "We saw her in the National AAU Tournament and were impressed with her great hands and footwork," said Southeast coach Ed Arnzen. "She is a good inside player and will definitely help us in the middle."...
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EKU TAKES LONE POSSESSION OF 1ST
(College Sports ~ 11/13/97)
The balance of power toward the top of the Ohio Valley Conference might not be as clear-cut as was originally thought a short while ago. Two results from last weekend caused a logjam in the upper half of the OVC standings and also put Eastern Kentucky's Colonels in first place by themselves...
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BILLY DIRDEN
(Obituary ~ 11/13/97)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Billy Wayne Dirden of Anna will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. Carl Land will officiate. Burial will be in McGinnis Cemetery, with military rites by Anna VFW Post 3455...
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DELLA CASTEEL
(Obituary ~ 11/13/97)
Della F. Casteel, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1997, at Heartland Care Rehab Center. Ford and Sons Mt. Abuurn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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PAYNE MUIR
(Obituary ~ 11/13/97)
Former Central High School football coach Howard Payne Muir, 88, of Columbia died Sunday, Nov. 2, 1997, at Missouri Veterans Home in Mexico. He was born July 28, 1909, in Calloway County, son of George and Aubrey Gilbert Muir. He and Dubby Derr were married Sept. 16, 1935, at Caledonia...
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ORVAL THORNE
(Obituary ~ 11/13/97)
JACKSON -- Orval R. "Orv" Thorne, 54, of Jackson died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1997, at his home. He was born June 3, 1943, in Flint, Mich., son of Orval C. and Dorothy L. Evans Thorne. He and Diane Hoffman were married July 27, 1974, in Jackson. Thorne moved to Jackson in 1969 from Clio, Mich., and had been in the food and restaurant business in Cape Girardeau and Jackson...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/13/97)
Son to Shaun Nowell and Kimberley Ann Bock of Uniontown, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:55 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, 1997. Name, Austin James. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Bock is the former Kimberley Hudson, daughter of Prince and Shirley Hudson of Perryville. She is employed by Perry County School District 32. Bock is the son of Gilbert and Donna Bock Jr. of Uniontown. He is employed at Altenburg Hardwood Lumber Co...
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JACQUELINE DUNLAP
(Obituary ~ 11/13/97)
BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Jacqueline Doloris Dunlap of St. Louis will be held at 11 a.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home. The Rev. Pete Mosby will officiate, with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Bell City. Dunlap, 71, died Monday, Nov. 10, 1997, at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis...
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