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THOMAS H. LINTNER
(Obituary ~ 04/13/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Thomas H. Lintner, 83, of Perryville died April 12, 1995, at Perry Oaks Healthcare Center. He was born Sept. 5, 1911, in Perry County, the son of Alvin and Sophie Horn Lintner. He married Leona Wills April 25, 1943. Lintner was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church and had been a heel spotter at the shoe factory...
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COUPLE TO PRESENT PROGRAM ON TOUR
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
The Cape Girardeau Public Library will host Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kuster at 7 p.m. April 20, for the Third Thursday Travelogue. The Kusters traveled for three weeks through Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland on an Elderhostel tour. A former professor at Southeast Missouri State University, Kuster is an escort for Panorama Tours. His program is one in a series of Third Thursday Travelogues that will continue at the library through May...
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BROOKS & DUNN
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
In popular music, the successful duos have been few -- Loggins & Messina, Hall & Oates. In country music, Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd had a few hits as Foster & Lloyd. But when Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn teamed up at the behest of a record company executive, they created a country music phenomenon that shows no sign of fading...
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SHAKESPEARE WITHOUT FRILLS
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
The best way to do Shakespeare is to strip the stage of elaborate trappings, let the actors bond with the audience and watch the rich material carry everyone on an imaginative journey, Jim Warren believes. "It's the actor, the text and the audience, and that's it," says Warren, co-founder and one of the directors of the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: LOOKING FOR OBE ANSWERS IN CAPE
(Column ~ 04/13/95)
About 10 years ago, the former U.S. education secretary, William Bennett, singled out the public shools in Chicago for special recognition. "The Chicago public school system," the blunt-spoken Dr. Bennett said, "is the worst school system in America." At that time, it had been years since chicago had hopped aboard the trendy choo-choo train of educational reform according to the experts who now want us to know how great Senate Bill 380 is...
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MISSOURI WATCH: FINAL EXAMS FOR POLITICIANS
(Column ~ 04/13/95)
As we recently discussed what kind of final examination would be given at the end of the semester, a nervous young university junior observed that college life would be a lot easier without tests. "Sometime," he said in a wistful voice, "I'd like to be able to live in a test-free environment without having to worry whether I succeeded or failed because of some test."...
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VISION 2000 SURVEY OFFERS GOOD INSIGHT INTO CITY'S CONCERNS
(Editorial ~ 04/13/95)
One of the more effective gauges of attitudes in Cape Girardeau has been the annual survey conducted the past few years by Vision 2000, a community organization whose goals include the overall betterment of the city. The latest survey, released earlier this month, identifies several specific items that contribute to the more nebulous "quality of life" in Cape Girardeau. Residents have strong opinions about industrial growth, traffic flow, street planning, health care, taxes and education...
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DST, CST: PICK ONE
(Editorial ~ 04/13/95)
Southeast Missourians recently abided the ritual of changing their clocks to accommodate that curious rite known as daylight-saving time. The spring change, when clocks are set ahead one hour, always seems the toughest to adjust to, as any observant minister knows that Sunday...
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LETTERS: INTERNET IS A GOOD EDUCATIONAL TOOL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/13/95)
To the editor: I would like to respond to the April 6 article about the youth who created a bomb after following instructions downloaded with a computer, possibly from the Internet. I am interested in encouraging support for the use of the Internet in schools...
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LETTERS: INTERNET USE REQUIRES INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/13/95)
To the editor: After being smothered by recent media overexposure about the Internet, I became appalled at the insinuations made, without proof, that made it sound like the student who concocted a bomb in fact got the information from Central High School and retrieved it from the Internet...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
Scott CountyRobert L. and Brenda S. Burton to Melvin and Janis Eftink; Judy M. Kielhofner to Cynthia E. and Martin Priggel Jr; Glenn W. and Judy Dean Gosnell Greene to Lester L. and Carla F. Powell. McMikle Real Estate Inc. to James A. and Penny L. Loflin; John and Faye Houchin to Bruce and Bonnie Lawrence; Robert R. and Robin G. Burger to Maurice and Margie Schlosser...
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FRIEDA M. STEFFENS
(Obituary ~ 04/13/95)
FROHNA -- Frieda Martha Steffens, 92, of Frohna, died Wednesday, April 12, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 8, 1902, at Farrar, daughter of Ernst and Magdalena Roth Koenig. She and Claus Steffens were married April 24, 1921. He died July 25, 1972...
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WILLIAM A. PERKINS
(Obituary ~ 04/13/95)
PERRYVILLE -- William Andrew Perkins, 77, of Perryville, died Wednesday, April 12, 1995, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 18, 1918, at Brown Station, son of Henry Harrison and Mamie Calvert Perkins. He and Laura Alice Vanlandingham were married Feb. 13, 1941...
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JOHN O. MCCOMMONS
(Obituary ~ 04/13/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- John Orr McCommons, 85, of Anna, formerly of Marion, died Tuesday, April 11, 1995, at Marion Memorial Hospital. He was born April 28, 1909, in Dongola, son of Jessie and Evelyn Johnson McCommons. McCommons was a member of the Church of Christ in Marion...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/13/95)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Shull Jr. of Corpus Christi, Texas, 3:02 a.m. Wednesday, April 5, 1995. Name, Andrew Agustin. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Shull is the former Vicki Holland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Holland of Cape Girardeau. Shull is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Shull Sr. of Corpus Christi...
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THOMAS H. ISBELL
(Obituary ~ 04/13/95)
ANNISTON -- Thomas H. Isbell, 51, of Anniston, died Tuesday, April 11, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 9, 1943, in Harrisburg, Ill., son of Sherman O. and Lillian B. Donaldson Isbell. He and Beverly Garrett were married in 1976. She died in 1982. He later married Dolly Berlin March 15, 1985, in Sikeston...
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ENNO R. GEMEINHARDT
(Obituary ~ 04/13/95)
Funeral service for Enno R. "Jack" Gemeinhardt, 1448 N. Kingshighway, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Hanover Lutheran Church. The Rev. Jeffrey Sippy will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...
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WILLIE B. GOODWIN
(Obituary ~ 04/13/95)
Willie B. Goodwin, 90, 1935 Weissinger, died Tuesday, April 11, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 23, 1904, in Longtown, Miss., son of John and Vernon Bretherick Goodwin. He and Lila Kelly were married Dec. 24, 1924. Goodwin had been an accountant with Western Auto, and had also managed Marks Savings and Loan in Marks, Miss. He was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church and its Men's Bible Class, and a Masonic Lodge...
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HUNTER M. HITT
(Obituary ~ 04/13/95)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Hunter Mark Hitt of Tupelo, Miss., was held April 2 at Calvary Baptist Church in Tupelo, with Dr. John Armistead officiating. Burial was in Tupelo Memorial Park. W.E. Pegues Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Hunter, 4, died Friday, March 31, 1995, at North Mississippi Medical Center, following an extended illness...
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LOYD E. GRINDSTAFF
(Obituary ~ 04/13/95)
SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Funeral service for Loyd Edward Grindstaff of Sedgewickville will be held at 11 a.m. today at Liberty Congregational Methodist Church near Marquand. The Revs. Eugene McIntosh and Kirby Grindstaff will officiate, with burial in Patton Cemetery...
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MARIE RUEHLING
(Obituary ~ 04/13/95)
JACKSON -- Marie Ruehling, 81, of Jackson died Wednesday, April 12, 1995, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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CITY, BFI MAY REACH RECYCLING PACT
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
Mike Murphy talks trash with enthusiasm as he walks through a cavernous, concrete-block building stacked full of towering bales of newspapers, magazines, office paper, cardboard and flattened plastic soda and milk bottles. The building is the BFI Recyclery on Nash Road and is used to recycle about 1,000 tons of trash a month...
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SWAN, RUOPP RESIGN FROM SCHOOL BOARD
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
Central High School seniors this year were in kindergarten when Pat Ruopp was first elected to Cape Girardeau's school board. On Wednesday, Ruopp and fellow board member Kathy Swan announced their resignations at a news conference. Both said they didn't think they could work with the new board members, especially new board president Bob Fox...
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COMMISSION WILL APPOINT NEW MEMBERS
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones couldn't imagine why people kept calling him Wednesday morning hinting that Kathy Swan and Pat Ruopp would resign from the school board. "I asked, `Why tell me?' Well, surprise, surprise," Jones said...
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ADVANCE FIRES POLICE OFFICERS
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
ADVANCE -- The Advance Board of Aldermen fired the town's three police officers Tuesday night. The vote was 3-1. Several critics of the action, particularly some local ministers, said Wednesday they feared drug users and other criminals would again invade the town...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: SO-CALLED CALAMITIES & GEYSERS IN THE BASEMENT
(Column ~ 04/13/95)
April 13, 1995 Dear Leslie, The one good thing about being sick, the kind of fevery sick that immobilizes everything except your channel-changing finger, is watching TV shows you ordinarily don't. Bruce Springsteen was right: "Fifty-seven Channels and There's Nothin' On."...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/13/95)
THE BOMB article in the April 7 Missourian stating that the information for making the bombs may have come from the Internet contains nothing more than pure speculation by Chief Howard Boyd. The fact is that many libraries and bookstores have such information readily available to anyone looking for it. The real problem is why are kids making bombs, and where is their supervision? Can you blame kids for getting into mischief if nobody pays them any attention or guidance?...
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SPEAKER TELLS HOW PLAN WORKS FOR BUSINESS
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
Although the Malcolm Baldrige Program is best known for its quality awards, the program's criteria are often used by companies to improve their organizations. "The program is designed to move a company from "customer focus" to "customer satisfaction," said Arnold M. Weimerskirch, vice president of corporate quality for Honeywell Inc...
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JACKSON PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CALLS IT QUITS
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
JACKSON -- When Mark Brown was hired as Jackson's public works director, the city was divided into about 12 departments working independently of each other. Brown took over in November 1993, brought eight departments under one umbrella and designed a new logo. Jackson Utilities and Public Works was born...
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BUSINESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSES CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
The competition for the retail dollar is getting tougher. The fast-paced lifestyle of consumers, a constantly changing market and home shopping opportunities are forcing retailers to adjust to consumers' needs. Whether the business involved is large or small, whether it is long-established or new, retailers must adapt to meet the challenges of the future...
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HEALTH CARE FASTEST GROWING FIELD THROUGH 2000
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
If you're unhappy with your job and are looking for a field with a brighter future, health care is it. In Missouri you can expect 12,327 jobs for nurse's aides and orderlies to open up in the next five years, and there will be 10,696 registered nurses jobs to apply for...
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PAT RUOPP RESIGNATION STATEMENT
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
To the Citizens of Cape Girardeau, It is with a heavy heart that I come before you today. After thirteen years of selfless service to the Board of Education I am announcing my resignation, effective immediately. This action is necessary following the Board meeting on Monday night...
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KATHY SWAN RESIGNATION STATEMENT
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
To the Citizens of Cape Girardeau: Due to differing educational philosophies, I am compelled to resign from the Cape Girardeau Board of Education, effective immediately. It has become glaringly apparent that the philosophies of the new Board are in direct conflict with the Board's adopted mission statement. ...
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INDUSTRIAL RECURITER CITES DEEDS
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
Before Mitch Robinson asked area governments for more money, he sent them a neat blue folder. Robinson became the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association's executive director in May 1993, overseeing the organization's $140,000 budget...
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SEN. BOND TO SPONSOR HEARING TODAY
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
U.S. Sen. Kit Bond will host a hearing at 2:30 p.m. today in the Show Me Center to determine how local agribusinesses feel about federal regulation in the field. Slated to appear to testify are Charles Kruse, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau; H. Weldon Macke, Cape Girardeau County auditor and former owner of Macke Farm Equipment in Gordonville; and several other people involved in Southeast Missouri agribusiness...
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44 CENTRAL HIGH STUDENTS TO NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
(Local News ~ 04/13/95)
Forty-four Central High School juniors and seniors were inducted into the National Honor Society during a ceremony Tuesday night in the Central Auditorium. Students who receive invitations to membership uphold standards of scholarship, leadership, service and character as determined by the faculty council...
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