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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: INTERNET RIGHT IN THE THICK OF MARK MCGWIRE'S HOME-RUN CHASE (COLUMN 98)
(Column ~ 08/11/98)
When the Cardinals are playing, the world seems to stand still when Mark McGwire comes to bat. Even people who don't know who's on first, wonder if Big Mac will break the record for most home runs in a season. Peggy Scott is on vacation, so sports enthusiastic Mark Bliss will fill in...
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DISTRICTS FEEL CRUNCH OF HIRING SUBSTITUTES
(Local News ~ 08/11/98)
Competition, low daily pay and stringent state requirements have forced area school districts to scramble for substitute teachers this year. Cape Girardeau assistant superintendent Bill Biggerstaff said there is generally a short list of people available to work on any given day because the substitutes usually make themselves available to more than one district in the area...
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BOSTON DEMOCRAT JOINS EMERSON ON ANNUAL AREA FARM TOUR
(Local News ~ 08/11/98)
Massachusetts Congressman William Delahunt says he has seen both ends of a horse but knows next to nothing about agriculture. Delahunt, a liberal Democrat whose district includes Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, traveled to Southeast Missouri Monday to get a first-hand look at farming...
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UN VOYAGE D'APRES-MIDI: AFTERNOON TRIP THROUGH AREA'S FRENCH HERITAGE
(Local News ~ 08/11/98)
Members of the Compagnie Franche de la Marine from Fort de Chartres, Ill., marched through historic downtown Ste. Genevieve during Jour de Fete. The Marines will take part in a rendezvous at Fort de Chartres later this year. Fort de Chartres was built in the 1750s and abandoned in 1771. The stone fort was the last of three forts erected by the French, the first was built in the 1720s...
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DIRECTIONS TO STE. GENEVIEVE AND FORT DE CHARTRES
(Local News ~ 08/11/98)
From Cape Girardeau: Head north on Highway 61 to Ste. Genevieve's historic downtown. From Ste. Genevieve to Fort de Chartres: Follow the signs north of town to the ferry landing. One way trip costs $6. Round trip is $10. After crossing on the ferry, drive east to Modoc, Ill., turn left on the blacktop road and go north to Prairie du Rocher. The fort is four miles west of town...
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MR. K'S FOOD CENTER TO OPEN HERE
(Local News ~ 08/11/98)
Mr. K's Food Center will open in Cape Girardeau this fall. Mr. K's, a family supermarket operation with two stores in Pekin, Ill., will become the largest supermarket in Cape Girardeau when it opens on Silver Springs Road. "We'll provide a full-service supermarket here," said Bob Schade, who will open and manage the store in the former 60,000-square-foot Shop 'n Save supermarket...
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P&G WILL START UP IN FALL 1999; PLANT OFFICIAL EXPLAINS WHY CAPE WAS CHOSEN
(Local News ~ 08/11/98)
The first product should roll off the lines of Procter & Gamble Co.'s $350 million addition in October 1999. Steve Bell, start-up director for P&G's expansion north of Cape Girardeau, said the addition is the second-most expensive transaction in the company's history...
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LEONARD SANDER, 79, DIES
(Obituary ~ 08/11/98)
JACKSON -- Flags throughout Cape Girardeau County are at half-staff in honor of longtime county leader Leonard F. Sander of Jackson, who died Monday, Aug. 10, 1998, from complications following a heart attack June 15. He was 79. Sander was the circuit clerk of Cape Girardeau County before being elected in 1976 to eight terms as a county judge and county commissioner. The county switched from a county court system of government to a county commission in 1984...
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BETWEEN THE LINES: TELEPHONES BRING PEOPLE CLOSER WITHOUT ROOM FOR MISTAKES
(Column ~ 08/11/98)
Why do people with Caller ID continue to return calls to someone they don't even know or to unrecognized numbers. Nearly 73,000 BellAtlantic workers went on strike Sunday and telephone service continues among the East Coast states affected by the strike...
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LET VOTERS HEAR RIVER CAMPUS DETAILS
(Editorial ~ 08/11/98)
Southeast Missouri State University wants to turn the former St. Vincent's Seminary into its River Campus housing a School for the Visual and Performing Arts. To accomplish this, it needs the community's help. The university has proposed increasing and extending the city's hotel and motel tax to fund the project. The plan would also extend, but not increase, the current 1 percent restaurant tax until 2024...
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CHURCHES WORK TOGETHER FOR COMMUNITY'S YOUTHS
(Editorial ~ 08/11/98)
It is great to see people working together to better the community. Such was the case last weekend when the House of Prayer Church and St. Vincent de Paul Parish worked to renovate an old house for a new youth center. The interdenominational effort is uplifting. It serves as a model for other churches and community groups...
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LETTERS: ENCOURAGING WORDS ARE APPRECIATED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/11/98)
To the editor: On Aug. 7 I received, to my surprise, a card in the mail from Steve Mosley with some wonderful words of encouragement. To receive such encouragement from a writer whom I have so much respect for certainly made my day. On Aug. 8 a friend gave me the May 1998 issue of Guideposts magazine to read. ...
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LETTERS: UNIONS CONTRIBUTE MEMBERS' MONEY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/11/98)
To the editor: Alan R.P. Journet, in his Aug. 7 letter regarding the comparability of vote buying in Southeast Missouri to political contributions by corporations and corporate trade associations, blithely zooms by the same type of contributions by many labor unions to the Democratic Party and individual Democratic candidates for office. Further, many of these contributions are made against the wishes of some union members...
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LOCAL FAST-PITCH TEAMS GIVE CHASE TO NATIONAL TITLES
(High School Sports ~ 08/11/98)
Three area fast-pitch girls softball teams will attempt to bring home national championships this week. The three Benton-based squads will leave early Wednesday morning for Houma, La., where they will compete in the Babe Ruth Softball National Tournament that runs from Thursday through Sunday...
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GARNER TALKS JOB WITH THE BULLS; SE COACH CONSIDERS RARE OPPORTUNITY
(College Sports ~ 08/11/98)
In a twist stranger than Dennis Rodman's wardrobe, Southeast Missouri State University basketball coach Gary Garner has had conversations with the Chicago Bulls about possibly becoming an assistant coach with the six-time NBA world champions. A Southeast source said Garner has definitely been offered a job to join the Bulls' coaching staff next season...
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AREA PLAYERS WITH MAJOR ASPIRATIONS
(College Sports ~ 08/11/98)
The following is a listing of players with area ties who are competing in professional baseball. Included in the list are each players' name, school or team, his last year as an amateur and his major league affiliation (statistics are through Sunday)...
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JACKIE OLD
(Obituary ~ 08/11/98)
SIKESTON -- Graveside service for Jackie Old of Sikeston was held Monday at Garden of Memories Cemetery. Ponder Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Old, 70, died Saturday, Aug. 8, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born April 1, 1928, in Anaheim, Calif., daughter of John and Kathleen Vries. She and Shad B. Old Sr. were married April 7, 1946. He died Nov. 6, 1985...
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DORTHY LAYTON
(Obituary ~ 08/11/98)
BLOOMFIELD -- Dorthy Jean Layton, 69, of Bloomfield died Sunday, Aug. 9, 1998, in Bloomfield. She was born June 15, 1929, at Fisk, daughter of James and Charlotte Grace Brannon. She and Elvis Layton were married April 1, 1946. Layton was a member of First General Baptist Church...
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W.C. RICHMOND
(Obituary ~ 08/11/98)
CHARLESTON -- W.C. Richmond, 67, of Charleston died Sunday, Aug. 9, 1998, at his home. He was born Oct. 19, 1930, in Greenville, son of John and Stella England Richmond. He and Maxine Berry were married March 27, 1949. Richmond lived in Mississippi County most of his life, and worked with the Mississippi County Sheriff's Reserve...
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HELEN SNIDER
(Obituary ~ 08/11/98)
Helen Bernice Snider, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 9, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born July 13, 1913, at Oran, daughter of John E. and Nelda Rottler Davenport. She and Hubert O. Snider were married Aug. 22, 1932, at Delta. He died April 17, 1968...
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BRACY MARTIN
(Obituary ~ 08/11/98)
SIKESTON -- Funeral for Bracy Martin of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. The Rev. Dean Phillips will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Martin, 85, died Sunday, Aug. 9, 1998, at Clearview Nursing Center...
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ANITA FREED
(Obituary ~ 08/11/98)
MORLEY -- Funeral for Anita Freed of Morley will be held at 2 p.m. today at Morley Baptist Church. The Revs. Dennis Cebulak and Delbert Bishop will officiate. Burial will be in Morley Cemetery. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Oran is in charge of arrangements...
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MALCOMB AND SHERRIE BONE
(Obituary ~ 08/11/98)
BERTRAND -- Malcomb Franklin Bone, 47, and his wife Sherrie Jean Bone, 40, of Bertrand died Friday, Aug. 7, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born April 23, 1951, in Bardwell, Ky., son of Malcomb Franklin and Mayona Hogancamp Bone Sr...
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ALVIN MESSMER
(Obituary ~ 08/11/98)
Alvin August Messmer, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Aug. 10, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Dec. 29, 1932, at Kelso, son of Edward V. and Clara Martin Messmer. He and Thyra Strop were married Jan. 26, 1952, in Cape Girardeau...
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LEONARD SANDER
(Obituary ~ 08/11/98)
JACKSON -- Leonard F. Sander, 79, of Jackson, died Monday, Aug. 10, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Sander, former First District Cape County Commissioner and Jackson businessman, suffered a heart attack June 15. He was born Dec. 21, 1918, at Tilsit, son of C.H. and Olga Sander. He and Aleene Illers were married March 20, 1938...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/11/98)
Daughter to Timothy Wayne and Kelly Renee Schaefer, Scott City Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:41 a.m. Monday, Aug. 3, 1998. Name, Taylor Renee. Weight, 6 pounds 9 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Schaefer is the former Kelly Edwards, daughter of Jerry and Darlene Edwards of Risco. She is comptroller at Oil Dri-Mounds Production Co. Schaefer is the son of Edward and Georgia Schaefer of Scott City. He is employed by Midwest Specialties...
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