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TEACHER'S CORNER: VETERAN ST. AMBROSE TEACHER DRAWS LESSONS FROM WEALTH OF EXPERIENCES
(Local News ~ 12/28/99)
CHAFFEE -- Veteran teacher Mary Lou Kurtz can draw on a wealth of experience as she prepares for each school day. Kurtz, who leads a sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade classroom at St. Ambrose School, said she develops her lessons daily based on her experiences as the oldest of seven children, or her memories of her favorite seventh-grade teacher, or on her 27 years experience working in Catholic schools...
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BLEAK HOLIDAYS SAVED BY GENEROSITY OF LOCAL PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 12/28/99)
A tragedy has shown one Cape Girardeau family just how wonderful people can be. Rhonda Buttelwerth's 11-year-old daughter, Stephanie, contracted viral encephalitis and fell into a coma Oct. 10 and has remained comatose at St. Louis Children's Hospital since then. ...
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EXPECT SLOW GOING AT FRUITLAND THIS WEEK
(Local News ~ 12/28/99)
FRUITLAND -- Motorists traveling along Highway 61 in the vicinity of the Interstate 55/Fruitland interchange may have some 15-minute delays over the next three days. New steel girders -- supports for the new overpass driving surface -- will be placed along the southbound lanes of Interstate 55, starting about 7 a.m. this morning...
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BLANCHARD SCHOOL FINALLY OPENS
(Local News ~ 12/28/99)
The Cape Girardeau School District took formal control of its newest elementary school Monday afternoon. Members of the Board of Education and business community were on hand as Superintendent Dan Steska signed the occupancy permit which allows the district to move into Barbara Blanchard Elementary School...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM GETS NATIONAL AWARD
(Local News ~ 12/28/99)
The Cape Girardeau Adult Basic Education program has been selected to receive one of 10 U.S. Department of Education awards for superior programming. Earlier this month, Secretary of Education Richard Riley informed program coordinator Nancy Branson her ABE program had been selected to receive the Secretary's Award for Outstanding Adult Education and Literacy Programs. A ceremony will be held Feb. 15 for presentation of the award...
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PRECIOUS PASSION ALSO NEEDS TO BE PRACTICAL
(Local News ~ 12/28/99)
To write romance novels, it helps to have a romantic soul, a good imagination and a compelling writing style, according to Elizabeth Doyle Stott, whose first novel, "Precious Passion," is now in bookstores. But the most important attribute is something much more practical, the ability to finish what you start, said Stott, as she sat in the home of her in-laws Barbara and Gerald Stott of Cape Girardeau...
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LETTERS: TOYBOX RESPONSE WAS OVERWHELMING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/28/99)
To the editor: I am one of the Jaycee elves who had the privilege to work Toybox this holiday season. This year was the first time in my 12 years of working Toybox that I was concerned we would not receive enough toys to distribute to all the applications we received this year. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/28/99)
ABORTION SEEMS to be woman's favorite choice for birth control. Think about it before you murder your unborn baby. I have a friend who has a friend who has nightmares and hears her baby cry every night. Is this what you want? You better think again. It's murder...
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GORE BULLISH ON GOVERNMENT...AND MORE GOVERNMENT...AND
(Column ~ 12/28/99)
Who would have ever dreamed that a federal budget surplus would generate more problems than it would solve? At least the ongoing deficits forced lawmakers into making some tough choices on the spending side. But the projected surpluses are having the opposite effect for Democrats...
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MORE U.N. DANCING AROUND ISSUE OF IRAQ BOMBS
(Editorial ~ 12/28/99)
President Clinton, we are told again and again, is constantly looking to define his legacy for history, a legacy. We can suggest what now appears clear to be another key part of the Clinton legacy: A nuclear-armed Iraq. A recent vote within the United Nations Security Council illustrates the point. ...
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ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE, COLLEGE STUDENTS DON'T NEED 'JET' BANKS AT TEACHER'S LECTERN
(Editorial ~ 12/28/99)
It is a sad end to a long and not-very-distinguished career: Former state Sen. J.B. "Jet" Banks, D-St. Louis, has resigned his office after a guilty plea to the felony of filing false income-tax returns and has received a suspended imposition of sentence. Banks is a 30-year veteran of the Legislature...
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SE ATTRACTS VOTES IN USA TODAY TOP 25 POLL
(College Sports ~ 12/28/99)
The best start for Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball program at the Division I level got a little better Monday with recognition in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 poll. Southeast, which improved its record to 8-1 with a surprising 65-60 victory over Bradley on Wednesday, picked up five points in this week's coaches' poll. The points are the first ever for Southeast, which moved up to Division I in 1990...
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U-HIGH ENCOUNTERS TAME OPENING DAY; AMONG TOP SEEDS, ONLY NO. 8 FALLS
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/99)
The fifth-seeded Advance Hornets remained undefeated in a 78-51 blowout over the 12th-seeded Bell City Cubs in the opening round of the University High School Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center Monday night. The only unbeaten team in the field, Advance, ranked seventh in Class 1A, will face fourth-seeded Notre Dame in today's quarterfinals at 9 p.m.. Earlier in the day, Notre Dame defeated 13th-seeded Delta 84-39...
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SCC's JOHNSON SHOOTS DOWN SCORING RECORD
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/99)
Jreece Johnson wasn't aware just how many points he was piling up. The Scott County Central basketball star was simply enjoying himself. "I was just having fun out there," said a smiling Johnson. Johnson had enough fun to pile up a University High Christmas Tournament-record 49 points as sixth-seeded Scott Central slipped past 11th-seeded Kelly 84-81 in a first-round game at the Show Me Center Monday night...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/28/99)
Daughter to Scott and Joy K. Watson of Jackson, Ste. Genevieve County Memorial, 12:14 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1999. Name, Sydney Michelle. Weight, 7 pounds, 11 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Watson is the former Joy Stinnett, daughter of John and Faye Stinnett of Jackson. Watson is the son of John and Sharon Watson of Silvis, Ill...
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GEORGE HOLPERT
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
George W. Hilpert, 90, of Palmyra and formerly of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 27, 1999, at the Luther Manor Nursing Home in Palmyra. He was born Dec. 29, 1908, at Ilmo, son of George D. and Lydia Zschoche Hilpert. He and Mary Louise Hitt were married June 1, 1941, at Gordonville. She died Feb. 9, 1987...
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WILLIAM WATKINS
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
William H. Watkins, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 27, 1999, at the St. Francis Medical Center. He was born June 27, 1911, at Oriole, son of Elmer E. and Louise Bodenschatz Watkins. He and Olla Dell Helderman were married Feb. 26, 1938, at Cape Girardeau...
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RONALD ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
DEXTER -- Ronald G. Adams, 71, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1999, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born May 13, 1928, in St. Louis, son of the late Virgil and Julia Catherine McKee Adams. He had lived in Dexter since 1972 and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church of Dexter...
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OTTO FRIEDHOF
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
Graveside service for Otto Ray Friedhof, 45, of Cape Girardeau will be at 11:30 a.m. today at Hanover Lutheran Church Cemetery. The Rev. Cy Smith will officiate. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. today at Ford & Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. He died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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MAURICE MAINER
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
CENTRALIA, Ill. -- Maurice Laverne Mainer, 90, of Centralia, died Thursday, Dec. 23, 1999, at the Centralia Friendship House. He was born Dec. 20, 1909, at McClure, son of John William and Hattie Parlee Craig Mainer. Mainer attended the Jacksonville School for the Deaf for five years and was a member of the First Apostolic Church in Centralia...
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ALLEN LOSH
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
BERNIE -- Funeral for Allen Noah Losh, 85, of Bernie, will be at 10 a.m. today at Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter, with the Rev. Denver Harper officiating. Burial will be in Hagy Cemetery in Dexter Losh died Friday, Dec. 24, 1999, at Birch View Nursing Home in Birch Tree...
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FRANK TRENERY
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
Frank Eldred Trenery, 78, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Dec. 25, 1999, at the Chateau Girardeau Health Center. He was born Feb. 8, 1921, at Kewanee, Ill., son of Guerdon E. and Marie L. Carpenter Trenery. He and Mary Ellen Hulshof were married June 10, 1967, at River Forest, Ill...
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KENNETH DOSTER
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
DEXTER -- Kenneth Lee Doster, 59, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1999, at Beverly Health & Rehab Center in Dexter. He was born Dec. 13, 1940, at Hayti, son of John Andrew Doster and Vada Brooks Doster. Doster lived in Portageville before moving to Leora 20 years ago. He was a member of the Leora Baptist Church...
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GLENN PLUCKNETT
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
SIKESTON -- Glenn W. Plucknett, 75, of Sikeston, died Friday, Dec. 24, 1999, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born Dec. 15, 1924, in Dewitt, Neb., son of the late Walter Harrison and Flossie Marko Plucknett. He was a self-employed farmer and a member of the Christ Episcopal Church in Beatrice, Neb. He was a member of the Sikeston Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 3319...
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JAMES DALBEY
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
ANNA, Ill. -- James C. Dalbey, 84, of Anna died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1999, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 8, 1915, at Ardock, N.D., son of James Richard and Coral Huffman Dalbey. He and Virginia Grace Rohling were married Aug. 24, 1934, at Covington, Ind...
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WILMA P. BOLLINGER
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
JACKSON -- Wilma P. Bollinger, 91, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1999, at the Presbyterian Manor Nursing Home in Farmington, where she had been a resident since 1991. She was born July 19, 1908 at Sedgewickville, daughter of Robert N. and Elizabeth Thiele Seabaugh...
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SUSIE SMITH
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
ANNA, Ill. -- Susie Webb Smith, 87, of Anna died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1999, at the Union County Nursing Home at Anna. She was born Feb. 21, 1912, in Union County, daughter of Andrew and Nancy Brimm Boyer. She was first married to Roy Webb. She and Louie L. Smith were married June 10, 1952, at Piggott, Ark. He died March 31, 1981...
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WILLIAM MCFERRON
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
William R. McFerron, 71, of Laporte, Ind., died Friday Dec. 17, 1999, at LaPorte Hospital, following a 2-month illness. He was born May 14, 1928, in Cape Girararf Beechwood Men's Club, Polish Falcons of America Nest 564 and the U.S. Navy Reserves. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Michael J. ...
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HELEN RUSSELL
(Obituary ~ 12/28/99)
LICK CREEK, Ill. -- Helen L. Russell, 83, of Lick Creek died Monday, Dec. 27, 1999, at Union County Hospital at Anna. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Crain Funeral Home at Anna and after noon Thursday at the Mount Hebron Cumberland Presbyterian Church...
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