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LETTERS: MEMORY DEVELOPS EARLY IN GESTATION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/01/98)
To the editor: Interesting news from the London Times: According to research by behavioral psychologists Stephen Evans from Keele University and Richard Parncutt from Bath University, we now have proof that babies at 20 weeks gestation are able to hear and remember music played by their mothers. ...
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MEDICAL SURFARI: ASTHMA, ALLERGIES: SPRING IS IN THE AIR
(Column ~ 05/01/98)
What do allergies and asthma have in common? Both can cause airway constriction and difficulty breathing. Asthma and allergies can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, race or socio-economic factors. Although asthma and allergies seem to be more common in children, they can occur for the first time at any age, or, in some cases, recur after many years of remission. ...
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REC CENTER EXPANSION WILL BEGIN THIS SUMMER
(Local News ~ 05/01/98)
Southeast Missouri State University's Student Recreation Center will be expanded by nearly 36,000 square feet. Construction on the $5.3 million project is expected to start July 1. Completion is expected to take a year. The grand opening of the enlarged structure is slated for August 1999, university officials said...
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BEANIE `RETIREMENTS' TODAY AND NEW TEENIES SPUR INTEREST IN SUNDAY SHOW
(Local News ~ 05/01/98)
Get ready. May should send the Beanie Baby craze into high gear once again. Today, Ty Warner, president of Ty Inc., is expected to "retire" a number of Beanie Babies. The Chicago-based company is also expected to offset the retirements with some new releases, which are also expected to be announced today...
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SEMO SUNDANCERS TO APPEAR ON USA CABLE SHOW SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 05/01/98)
Taped coverage of Southeast Missouri State University's Sundancers performance at the 1998 NCA Division I Dance Team National Championships will be shown Saturday at 10 a.m. on the USA cable television network. The USA network is on channel 35 on the Cape Girardeau cable system...
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STUDENT DOCTORS MAKING THE ROUNDS
(Local News ~ 05/01/98)
Tom Weber, a third year intern at the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, dictated notes after seeing a patient at the Cape Girardeau County Health Clinic. Tom Weber, a student at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, gave a checkup to 15-month-old Kaylee Spearman at the Cape Girardeau County Health Department...
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NOTHING TO DO? HERE'S A PARTIAL LISTING
(Editorial ~ 05/01/98)
There's nothing going on. There's nothing to do. Nothing ever happens around here. It's possible there are some folks in the Cape Girardeau area who can truthfully utter those too-often-heard words. But, as the hectic activities schedules of weekends this spring have shown, there is so much going on that it's hard to keep track of everything...
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MONUMENTS CAN INSTILL CIVIC PRIDE
(Editorial ~ 05/01/98)
A story and drawing on the front page of Monday's Southeast Missourian have produced a lot of comments around town. The story was about the 60th anniversary of the A.C. Brase Arena Building at Cape Girardeau's Arena Park. The project was part of the Works Progress Administration program that provided jobs to workers in dire straits during the Great Depression...
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LETTERS: OPPOSE TAX STATUS FOR NAMBLA
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/01/98)
To the editor: I am sending some excerpts from a letter received from Christian Voice, because I think all people should know what is going on in other parts of America and which will come to Cape Girardeau if we do not take action against it. There is a man who has 80 counts of second-degree sodomy, 188 counts of third-degree sodomy and 268 counts of endangering the welfare of a child against him. ...
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COOKING EVENT DRAWS MORE THAN 4,000
(Local News ~ 05/01/98)
Jim Thurman of Cape Girardeau relaxed on stage with a helping of saucy barbecue chicken that was made during the Southern Living Cooking School at the Show Me Center Thursday. Molly Baldwin loves to talk. On Thursday she chatted non-stop to more than 4,000 people as she whipped up 15 Southern Living recipes...
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AIRPORT FUNDING POSSIBILITIES OUTLINED
(Local News ~ 05/01/98)
Cape Girardeau Regional Airport still would be eligible for some Missouri Department of Transportation aviation grants even if it reaches 10,000 passenger boardings this year or next. Ten-thousand passenger boardings in the calendar year qualifies the airport for Federal Aviation Administration funding, said Brian C. Weiler, administrator of MoDOT's Aviation Multimodal Operations Division...
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EVENTS SET FOR BE KIND TO ANIMALS WEEK
(Local News ~ 05/01/98)
Melanie Clubb met Benny on a blind date. Clubb was attending a fund raiser for the Humane Society at Flickerwood Arena in Fruitland and needed someone to go with. Normally, she would have taken Bubba, but Bubba was, she thought, a little too old for the event, so she turned to Ben...
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CVB BOARD DISCUSSES DIRECTOR'S RESIGNATION
(Local News ~ 05/01/98)
Controversy over Mary Miller's resignation as director of Cape Girardeau's Convention and Visitors Bureau has given the CVB advisory board "the biggest black eye in the city," a board member said Thursday. Dennis "Doc" Cain made the statement and said Miller was a "tremendous asset" for the city. He said he had been pleased with her job performance...
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EMERSON'S COFFER TOPS HECKEMEYER'S; LAWMAKER REPORTED $292,511, DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT $19,290
(Local News ~ 05/01/98)
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson has raised seven times as much money as her leading Democratic opponent so far this year. As of the end of March, the Cape Girardeau Republican was sitting on a war chest of $292,511. In contrast, Democrat and former Scott County circuit judge Anthony "Tony" Heckemeyer had only $19,290 in his campaign coffer...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: FORE! WATCH OUT FOR GOLFERS RILED UP BY GARDENING IDEAS
(Column ~ 05/01/98)
Playing 18 holes and planting flowers are a lot like oil and water, I've discovered this week. See. I'm not to old to learn. In my opinion, there are plenty of golfers. And, goodness knows, there are enough gardeners too. What we don't have enough of is gardener-golfers. Like me...
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MASCOTS OF TOURISM VISIT CITY MONDAY
(Local News ~ 05/01/98)
Tommy and Tina Traveler, the Missouri Division of Tourism's official mascots, will visit the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau, 100 Broadway, at 11 a.m. Monday. Tommy and Tina are traveling the state to draw attention to National Tourism Week and tourism in Missouri...
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MOCK ALCOHOL CRASH PROVIDES CHILLING LESSON AT NOTRE DAME
(Local News ~ 05/01/98)
Emergency lights flashed, one student was arrested and the still forms of two students were taken away in body bags during a simulated accident in the Notre Dame High School parking lot Thursday. Members of Students Against Drunk Driving put on the mock accident before more than 300 students to discourage drunk driving when students attend the school's prom tonight. ...
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OVC TOURNEY A WIN AWAY FROM CAPE; SE NEEDS ONE `W' IN WEEKEND SERIES
(College Sports ~ 05/01/98)
Southeast Missouri State University's baseball Indians are on the verge of earning the right to host the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. But Southeast coach Mark Hogan has a warning for people who want to already start making their OVC tourney plans in Cape Girardeau...
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A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY; AREA GRAD COACHES FOR PIRATES
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/98)
Scott Little is not one to toot his own horn, so he just kind of laughed when asked if he's probably the most famous professional athlete to come out of Scott City. But Little does concede that he's no doubt the only Scott City native to ever coach in baseball's major leagues -- just as he no doubt was at one time the only Scott City native to ever play in the big leagues...
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RINGWALD OPTS FOR BAYLOR
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/98)
All season long, Cape Central senior Craig Ringwald has had to deal with hordes of baseball scouts watching his every move as he's taken the mound for the Tigers. Wednesday at his parent's home, the 6-foot-7, 195-pound left-hander made an effort to lessen the crowd of scouts at Tiger games...
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CHS GOLF TEAM WINS TRIANGULAR
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/98)
Cape Girardeau Central High's Dane McLaird fired a one-over par 36 Thursday at the Cape Girardeau Country Club, leading the Tigers to a triangular golf win over Sikeston and Perryville. Central shot a four-person total of 158 to improve to 10-3-1 on the season. Sikeston followed with a score of 164 and Perryville finished with a 167...
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BRIEFLY: CAPE LEGION TRYOUTS SUNDAY
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/98)
Cape Girardeau Senior American Legion and Senior Babe Ruth baseball tryouts will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Cape Central High School field. Any players wishing to participate for one of those teams this summer should attend the tryout.
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BRIEFLY: SCORPIONS CLAIM BIG WIN
(High School Sports ~ 05/01/98)
A scoring explosion by the Kohlfeld Scorpions Rugby Club of Cape Girardeau led to an overwhelming 75-14 victory over Scott Air Force Base last Saturday at Arena Park. Nine Scorpions scored: one try apiece by Matt Clark, Dan Wernick, Shaun Alsdorf, Joey Hann and Marc Harris; and two trys each by John Creutz, Jamie Brackett, Alan Kloss and Mark Lineberry. Sean Hagan provided five conversions kicks...
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CARL VALLEROY
(Obituary ~ 05/01/98)
PERRYVILLE -- Carl E. Valleroy, 86, of Perryville died Wednesday, April 29, 1998, at Perry Oaks Healthcare Center. He was born Oct. 17, 1911, in Perry County, son of Edward and Louise Villhardt Valleroy. He and Elsie L. Reiss were married Dec. 21, 1935, at Fredericktown...
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MAE COOK
(Obituary ~ 05/01/98)
SIKESTON -- Mae E. Cook, 58, of Sikeston died Thursday, April 30, 1998, at her home. She was born Oct. 3, 1939, in Poplar Bluff, daughter of Charles M. and Katherine M. Jackson Bagby. Cook moved to Sikeston in 1987 from Poplar Bluff. She had worked at Wohl Shoe Co...
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CECIL WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 05/01/98)
CHARLESTON -- Cecil Lee Williams, 60, of Charleston died Wednesday, April 29, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 12, 1937, in East Prairie, son of Cecil Ray and Alma Doris Edwards Williams. He and Bernice E. Myers were married Dec. 29, 1956, in Corinth, Miss...
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MARTHA KEPPNER
(Obituary ~ 05/01/98)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Martha W. Keppner, 78, Tamms Route 1, died Thursday, April 30, 1998, at Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born Oct. 26, 1919, in Cairo, daughter of William E. and Mable Ozment Farrow. She married Carl E. Keppner Sr., who died Aug. 2, 1986...
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ERNEST DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 05/01/98)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral Mass for Ernest E. Davis of Perryville will be held at 11:30 a.m. today at St. Vincent's Catholic Church. The Revs. Kevin Fausz and Felipe Martinez will officiate, with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Young and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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ARDENA DALBY
(Obituary ~ 05/01/98)
JACKSON -- Ardena Dalby, 75, of Jackson died Wednesday, April 29, 1998, at Heritage Gardens. She was born Sept. 19, 1922, in Leakey, Texas, daughter of James Edward and Annie Laurie Crawford Boren. She married Elmer Brooks and Jack Dalby, both of whom preceded her in death...
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MICHAEL PHILIP
(Obituary ~ 05/01/98)
JACKSON -- Michael Philip, 85, of Rotterdam, N.Y., died Thursday, April 30, 1998, at his home, following a lengthy illness. He was born in Cyprus. Philip came to Kingston, N.Y., as a young man and owned and operated Michael's Restaurant and Diner several years. He had lived in Rotterdam since 1982. He was a member of St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, and former member of Kingston Masonic Lodge...
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LEONA SCHWAB
(Obituary ~ 05/01/98)
Leona Louise Schwab, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 30, 1998, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born June 7, 1916, at Tilsit, daughter of Walter and Ida Hoffmeister Birk. She and Leo Schwab were married Feb. 16, 1973. Schwab was a waitress at Sunny Hill Restaurant 21 years. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. She had lived in Cape Girardeau since childhood...
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MARY DURYEA
(Obituary ~ 05/01/98)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Mary Lou Duryea, 66, of Cobden died Wednesday, April 29, 1998, at her home. She was born Aug. 10, 1931, in Anna, daughter of John and Emma Basler Lence. She married Charles E. Duryea, who died in 1996. Duryea was a real estate agent with Century 21. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cobden, and Union County Women in Business...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/01/98)
Son to Lori Lee Allmon of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:39 a.m. Saturday, April 25, 1998. Name, Gavin Michael Monahan. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. Ms. Allmon is the daughter of Michael Allmon and Linda Whiteside of Jackson. Daughter to Jo Wayne and Bonnie Lou Strack of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:29 a.m. ...
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ALFRED L. SLAUGHTER
(Obituary ~ 05/01/98)
ZALMA --Alfred L. "Pete" Slaughter, 64, of Zalma, died Thursday, April 30, 1998, at his home. He was born June 6, 1933. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.
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