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CLINTON'S LAB GRAB WOULD MORE THAN DOUBLE U.S. WILDERNESS AREAS
(Editorial ~ 10/26/99)
President Clinton's sweeping plan to place 40 million more acres of national forest land off limits to the general public is an insult to virtually all citizens. Using the excuse that it will stop timber harvest on more roadless areas, the president is effectively stopping most camping, hunting and fishing on these additional acres in the national forests by average American families. ...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: KRISTI KEASLER BORN TO TEACH
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
BENTON -- Kristi Keasler was born to teach. Keasler, a second-year teacher at Kelly Elementary School, said she thinks people are born with certain characteristics that enable them to be good at a job. In her case, those characteristics included a love of children and desire to help them excel academically...
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FED TARGETS RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
(Editorial ~ 10/26/99)
Earlier this month, officials of the Federal Reserve launched a new center to study rural and agricultural needs, saying the new center can play a key role where more than a quarter of Americans -- and more than half of U.S. banks -- are. The fed's new center will be based in Kansas City, and it represents a consolidation of existing rural research and policy projects, said Tom Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City...
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SPENDING IN CONGRESS ISN'T PRETTY SIGHT
(Editorial ~ 10/26/99)
The spectacle of politicians spending money usually isn't a pretty sight. So it is again this year as Congress struggles to pass the appropriations bills that contain the federal budget. "Spending bill contains many hometown projects," read the headline over a recent Associated Press dispatch...
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CLICK AND DOUBLE CLICK: ENCYCLOPEDIA OVERWHELMED BY REPONSE TO WEB SITE
(Column ~ 10/26/99)
Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. That's what the folks at Encyclopedia Britannica discovered last week when overwhelming response shut down their new Web site. Britannica had found demand for its service all but drying up. In a daring move, the 213-year-old company decided to offer free access to its 32-volume set online. The only source of revenue will be online advertising. That's quite a change considering the bound volumes still sell for $1,250 a set...
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VO-AG CHANGES WITH THE TIMES
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
When David Wells took on the job of vocational-agriculture instructor at Jackson High School 23 years ago, there weren't any girls in his program. It wasn't a field girls were encouraged to enter. Then Wells attended the SEMO District Fair and noticed a young lady showing cattle."She was sitting there doing her homework, and I thought, now there's a girl I'd like to have in my program," he said. ...
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SCHOOLS PLUG DRUG-FREE KIDS
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
Although they are busy with parent conferences and Halloween planning, several area schools are taking time this week to promote drug-free lifestyles to students. Students throughout the region received red ribbons Monday to wear through Friday in celebration of Red Ribbon Week. The weeklong event is a national celebration held in late October each year...
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MADD CHAPTER WINS NATIONAL AWARD
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
MADD has something to be glad about. Cape Girardeau's Mother's Against Drunk Driving Community Action Team got national recognition of its work at a MADD awards ceremony in Albuquerque, N.M. It was selected as the community action team of the year out of more than 600 national chapters...
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STATE LOTTERY BRINGS IN RECORD AMOUNT IN FISCAL YEAR JUST ENDED
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Annual state lottery proceeds have increased 88.2 percent since the lottery's first year. The Missouri Lottery transferred $150.6 million to the state's lottery proceeds fund for fiscal year 1999, which ended June 30. The FY 1999 proceeds were the highest in the 13-year history of the lottery...
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COUNTY IN SEARCH OF NEW JUVENILE CENTER SITE
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
Not in my backyard. County commissioners say they have gotten that message in their efforts to find a suitable site in Cape Girardeau for a new juvenile justice center. In September, the commissioners looked at buying an 11-acre site on Clark Street sandwiched between the Cape Girardeau Senior Center and the Christian School for the Young Years. The Notre Dame High School Booster Club owns the property...
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BETWEEN THE LINES: SEASON MEANS PLAY IN PETS, PLENTY OF FALLING LEAVES
(Column ~ 10/26/99)
Raking leaves as an adult isn't nearly as much fun as it was when I was a kid. Fall is one of my favorite seasons of the year because the weather turns cooler and the air is crisp. But it's also the time of year that requires tremendous amounts of work if you have deciduous trees anywhere near your yard...
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NEW SCHOOL BARGAINING WITH LUTHERAN CHURCH
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
Saxony Lutheran High School is in the midst of negotiations with an area Lutheran church for a temporary location for the school. If all the documents get prepared and signed as planned, Saxony Lutheran High School should open its doors at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, at the corner of Cape Rock Drive and North Kingshighway...
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IN WITH THE NEW AND RECYCLE THE OLD BOOKS
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
"Project ReDirectory" gets under way this week in Southeast Missouri. Area residents are encouraged to take part in the Southwestern Bell Telephone/Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages campaign, designed to recycle outdated telephone directories. "We started delivering new directories late last week," said Don Fisher, of Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages. "Everyone in the Cape Girardeau region should have a new directory by the end of the month."...
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CO-WORKERS BEGIN COLLECTION FOR VICTIMS
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
WHITEWATER -- When Laura Amelunke's co-workers heard that her home had been destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon, they immediately began thinking of ways to help. They started Monday by taking up a collection of food, clothing and money to give to Amelunke and her two children, an 11-year old girl and 13-year-old boy...
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SHARECROPPERS' FIGHT SUBJECT OF DOCUMENTARY
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
An award-winning documentary about the 1939 roadside protest by Missouri Bootheel sharecroppers will be screened Wednesday night in Sikeston. The showing of "Oh Freedom After While," from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Sikeston Public Library, will open the annual convention of the Missouri Folklore Society, which will continue through Oct. 30...
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LYNWOOD TO OFFER 'JUDGEMENT HOUSE'
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
Lynwood Baptist Church will begin its "Judgement House" presentations Wednesday evening. It is the second year for the church's production. "Judgement House" is an eight-scene play that allows visitors to walk from room to room as the play unfolds to learn more about the characters and whether they will choose heaven or hell. This year's story involves students and a tornado...
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COUNTY BUYS SERVICE STATION
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
JACKSON -- The Cape Girardeau County Commission has purchased a former service station adjacent to the county jail. Commissioners agreed Monday to buy the property for $65,000. The sale is contingent upon the seller, FFP Partners of Fort Worth, Texas, meeting environmental requirements by removing the underground fuel tanks...
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PROJECT IMPACT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
Project Impact and several area businesses helped install window film on the Headstart Day Care Center during National Make A Difference Day Saturday. The film is designed to help prevent glass from shattering during an earthquake. Project Impact, Solar Control, Enpro Distributing, the East Missouri Action Agency and Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center joined together on the project...
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RIVER CAMPUS BOARD WANTS MUSEUM INPUT
(Local News ~ 10/26/99)
The River Campus Board of Managers wants advice from Cape Girardeau's historical groups and the city on what should be displayed in a proposed museum at the campus. Board members voted Monday to seek suggestions from city officials and leaders of the River Heritage Museum, the Glenn House, the local historical society and the former Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation...
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STRUGGLING SE FOOTBALL SQUAD ENJOYS 1ST VICTORY
(College Sports ~ 10/26/99)
For the first time all season -- and for the first time in more than a year -- Southeast Missouri State University football coach John Mumford got to talk about a victory at his weekly media conference. The Indians broke a 12-game losing streak Saturday by rallying past visiting Southwest Missouri State 28-23. That was Southeast's first win since Oct. 10, 1998, when the Indians beat host Tennessee Tech 29-24...
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PERRYVILLE GIRLS SEE SEASON END WITH DISTRICT LOSS
(High School Sports ~ 10/26/99)
PERRYVILLE -- Perryville's girls saw its season come to a close Monday night with an opening-round loss to Ste. Genevieve in the Class 3A, District 2 volleyball tournament. Fourth-seeded Ste. Genevieve advances to tonight's semifinals with its 15-10, 8-15, 15-12 victory over fifth-seeded Perryville...
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HENRY J. WESSEL
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
GORDONVILLE: Mr. Henry J. Wessel age 96, a life long resident of the Gordonville Community passed away at his home Saturday, Oct. 23, 1999. Mr. Wessel was born July 17, 1903 son of the late William H. and Emma A. (Sievers) Wessel. He married the former Sophie E. Eggimann Feb. 11, 1934 in Dutchtown, Mo. and she survives of the family home So. of Gordonville...
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EDITH BOLDEN
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral for Edith Mae Bolden of East Prairie will be held at 1 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home. Dewayne Jolly, Walter Stevenson and Ross Coy will officiate. Burial will be in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Bolden, 70, died Saturday, Oct. 23, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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JIMREE ALLEN
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral for Jimree R. Allen of East Prairie will be held at 11 a.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home. Fred Girdwood will officiate. Burial will be in Dogwood Cemetery. Allen, 75, died Friday, Oct. 22, 1999, at East Prairie Nursing Center...
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GLEN MOORE
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
PAINTON -- Memorial service for Glen F. Moore of Clovis, N.M., was held Oct. 17, 1999. The Rev. John Rollinson officiated. Military rites were conducted by the Cannon Air Force Base Honor Guard of Clovis. Steed-Todd Chapel of Clovis was in charge of arrangements...
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LARRY WRIGHT
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
Larry Joe Wright, 32, of Lecoma died Friday, Oct. 22, 1999, at University Hospital in Columbia. He was born April 19, 1967, in St. Louis, son of Larry and Lucy Wright. He and Marie Braswell were married Sept. 19, 1999. Wright was employed by the Army National Guard...
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TRULA SEWING
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
PERRYVILLE -- Trula M. Sewing, 85, of Perryville died Monday, Oct. 25, 1999, at Perry Oaks Healthcare Center. She was born Jan. 24, 1914, at Lixville, daughter of Ferdinand and Pollie McGraw Propst. She and Otis Roy Sewing were married Feb. 20, 1938...
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J. GLADYS BRITTON
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
Graveside service for Joel Gladys Britton of Cape Girardeau will be held at 3 p.m. today at Cape County Memorial Park. The Rev. James Sanderson will officiate. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 2-2:45 p.m. Britton, 89, died Sunday, Oct. 24, 1999, at the Lutheran Home...
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FRANCES CISSELL
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
PERRYVILLE -- Frances E. Cissell, 77, of Perryville died Sunday, Oct. 24, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 17, 1922, in Perryville, daughter of August and Ida Kirn Berkbuegler. She and Melvin L. Cissell were married Nov. 28, 1946, in Perryville. He died Dec. 13, 1998...
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LLOYD SITTER
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
ANNA, Ill. -- Lloyd E. Sitter, 70, of Anna died Sunday, Oct. 24, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 29, 1929, in Anna, son of L. Oard and Beulah Rendleman Sitter. He and JoAnn Gollon were married April 30, 1955. She died July 5, 1993...
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LEOLA BRYANT
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
Leola Rachel Bryant, 71, of Sullivan died Sunday, Oct. 24, 1999, at Phelps County Regional Hospital in Rolla. She was born Dec. 7, 1927, at Gordonville, daughter of Herbert and Frieda Gerecke Quade. She and Estel "Red" Bryant were married in 1945 in Cape Girardeau. He died June 8, 1995...
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JESSIE BLAYLOCK
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Jessie Abernathie Blaylock, 81, of Murphysboro died Monday, Oct. 25, 1999, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. She was born Nov. 21, 1917, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., daughter of Judah Palestine and Mary Evaline Angle Seabaugh. She first married the Rev. Gordon C. Abernathie Sr. May 23, 1936, at Benton, Mo. He died Dec. 14, 1975. She and Lester "Bud" Blaylock were married Jan. 1, 1980, at Boskeydell. He died March 15, 1994...
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JANICE HAAS
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
CHAFFEE -- Janice Rice Haas, 68, of Chaffee, died Monday, Oct. 25, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
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VERLA LITTLETON
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
CYPRESS, Ill. -- Verla Houseright Littleton, 63, of Cypress, died Saturday, Oct. 23, 1999, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was born Nov. 2, 1935, in Karnak, daughter of Loren and Mabel Taylor Houseright. She and Charles Littleton were married. He survives...
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LUETTA QUICK
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
DEXTER -- Luetta Quick, 63, of Puxico died Monday, Oct. 25, 1999, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. She was born Nov. 20, 1935, daughter of Fred and Ella Hoss Lizenbee, at Risco. She and Millie Quick were married July 5, 1958, at Bloomfield. Quick had lived in Acorn Ridge for 34 years and moved to Puxico two years ago. She had been a sewing machine operator at the Elder's Manufacturing Co. in Bloomfield for 28 years. She attended the Methodist Church and Lick Creek Baptist Church...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/26/99)
Daughter to Jason and Jill Morrow of Joplin, Freeman Hospital in Joplin, 12:28 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, 1999. Name, Maggie Rae. Weight, 8 pounds. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Morrow is the daughter of Don Kelpe and Diane Kelpe of Cape Girardeau. Morrow is the son of Barbara Morrow of Cape Girardeau, and the late Wayne Morrow. He is a manufacturing systems analyst with Leggett and Platt in Carthage...
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JOHN WOODALL, JR.
(Obituary ~ 10/26/99)
John Woodall, Jr. of Universal City, TX passed away on Saturday, October 23, 1999 at the age of 25. He is survived by his wife Cynthia, daughter, Abygail, Parents, John and Mary Woodall, sister, Lisa Evans, brother, Daniel Woodall, Father and mother-in-law, Harry J. ...
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