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POETRY CORNER: AUTUMN SPLENDOR
(Column ~ 10/03/99)
A squirrel sprung by on the green grass as I sat eating in my car, a bird swept to the ground . . . the sound of autos are not that far. The rust color . . . of the majestic tree got me attention. It seemed to ease my daily tension. This feat God lay before my eyes...
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LEGISLATIVE REPORT: KEEPING AMERICA'S PROMISE THROUGH THE GENERATIONS
(Column ~ 10/03/99)
No one makes it through life alone. Every success story has a parent, teacher, mentor or coach in the background offering guidance on the path to greatness. Unfortunately, many children and young Americans don't have a mentor in their lives. And despite record economic prosperity - young people today - even in our rural communities of Southern Missouri face tremendous challenges. Many desperately need a helping hand...
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FROM THE PULPIT: SURPRISES IN THE RIVERBANK
(Column ~ 10/03/99)
This summer's drought (as it stretches into this autumn's drought!) is draining water resources. One very visible casualty is the Mississippi River. It has reached a very low level. As the river gets lower, things on the riverbanks are seen that are usually not visible. We may be surprised at what we can find in places on shore that were once under water...
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ACE HARDWARE HONORS POCAHONTAS LUMBER & HARDWARE, INC.
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Pocahontas Lumber & Hardware, Inc., recently received a personalized, engraved premier Hardlines Dealer (PHD) plaque from Ace Hardware Corporation, recognizing the store's commitment to providing exemplary customer service. To receive the plaque, Pocahontas Lumber & hardware met 20 high performance retail standards, including operating a well-merchandised store, providing strong customer service, having knowledgeable, well-trained and helpful store personnel, operating convenient store hours and embracing the entire Ace retail program... ...
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FREE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST OPEN TO JACKSON
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
OWINGS MILLS, MD - The International Library of Photography is pleased to announce that over $60,000 in prizes will be awarded this year in the International Open Amateur Photography Contest. Photographers from the Scott County area, particularly beginners, are welcome to try to win their share of over 1,300 prizes. The deadline for the contest is Dec. 15. The contest is open to everyone and entry is free...
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LAUREATE BETA XI MEETS
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Charlotte Bess was hostess when Beta Xi met on Sept. 27, with 11 members present. President Char Gibbs, presided over a short business meeting. Plans were made to attend the Preferential Tea, which is to be held on Oct. 25, at the Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. It was also announced that the Chapter would be attending the Christmas Pageant in Dexter on Dec. 6...
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FROM WORMS TO KIDS: HARRIS HAS SHOWN GOLDEN ENTREPRENEURIAL TOUCH
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Entrepreneurs can often by discerned at an early age. Growing up in Marble Hill in the 1970s, Don Harris was never at a loss for money-making ventures. He worked a paper route for the Southeast Missourian, mowed yards, sold fishing worms and worked in a local grocery store...
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JHS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM RUNS AT HANCOCK
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/99)
Carol Koenig concentrates with half a mile to go in the 5,000-meter Hancock Invitational. Josh Minson's fifth place finish in the Freshmen-Sophomore Boys division highlighted the Jackson cross country team's appearance in the Hancock Invitational, Sept. 25...
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EIGHTH GRADE RUNNERS DO WELL AT HOME MEET
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/99)
Danny Bono (left) and Brock Williams, both medaled at the Jackson Invitational Monday. Jackson's eighth grade cross country teams turned in strong performances at the Jackson Junior High Invitational Monday. The eighth grade girls team took second overall and the eighth grade boys third...
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FORGET Y2K!: MCALISTER HOPES FRIENDS ARE 'J2K' READY
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Held one direction, Emma McAlister's rock clearly shows the head of a white stallion, with the letters "J2K" on it. Jackson USA Signal/Mark Evans Computer users and other citizens across the world are losing sleep over the dreaded "Y2K." Emma McAlister believes they should be more concerned with being "J2K ready."...
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NEW BOOKS ADDED AT LIBRARY
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Several new titles have been added at the main facility of the Riverside Regional Library. New titles in the adult category are Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II, Volcanoes of the World, by Bill McGuire; Mountains of the World, by John Cleare; Bowhunting Equipment and Skills, by Dwight Schuh; Now How Shall We Live, by Charles Colson; The Majors, by John Feinestein; Climbing High, by Lene Gammelgaard; The Innocents Within, by Robert Daley; and Hearts in Atlantis, by Stephen King...
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FICTION; A NEAR DISASTER
(Column ~ 10/03/99)
"Bye Mommy," little Jeremy said as he went out the door. "I have to hurry or I will miss the bus. I will see you this afternoon. I love you." "Don't forget your sweater Margery," her Mother said. "It may be a little cool on the way to school this morning."...
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A LOOK BACK AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
25 years ago: 1974 Jackson native and well-known Missouri educator, Robert R. Russell, died Sept. 25 at St. Louis hospital, following extended illness; born April 4, 1896, Russell was veteran of World War I, and received his bachelor of arts degree from Cape Girardeau Teachers College in 1923; in 1945 he received his master of arts from Washington University in St. ...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/03/99)
Dear Editor: Below is "The Student Pledge Against Gun Violence." Gun violence is not just effecting our schools anymore, it is now effecting our churches and communities. Will you help end gun violence? The Student Pledge Against Gun Violence calls for a national observance on October 21, 1999 that will give students throughout the country a chance to sign a voluntary promise that they will never: carry a gun to school, will never resolve a dispute with a gun, and will use their influences with their friends to keep them from resolving disputes with guns. ...
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STUDENTS STILL HAVE FUN AT SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Several years ago only those adults who chose to watch Fifteen, Beverly Hills 90210, Saved By The Bell or a handful of other television shows aimed at the younger teen market, got a glimpse at what supposedly goes on inside America's high schools and junior highs...
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JHS STUDENT LEADERS FACE ISSUES; STUDENTS HOPE ADULTS DON'T JUDGE TEENS UNFAIRLY
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Twelve Jackson High School student leaders met last week with the USA Signal. While the idea of holding this forum predated the Littleton, Colo. and Georgia school crises and this fall's local controversies, these events lent extra significance to the meeting...
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LETTERS: PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE FLORSHEIM TEAM
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/03/99)
To the editor: I thought someone should speak out for Florsheim for once and not against it. We should put the blame where it belongs: on our president and the government. It's politics, not economics, that's shutting down America and giving it away...
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INDUSTRIAL APPRCIATION WEEK STARTS IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Highlighting the week are the Industrial Appreciation Golf Tournament being held Monday at Cape Girardeau Country Club and the annual Industrial Dinner Wednesday at the Show Center. The dinner will feature the presentation of the Commitment to Excellence award honoring the 1999 Industry of the Year. This marks the 11th year for the event...
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ASHCROFT AND CARNAHAN: PLENTY OF CONTRASTS
(Editorial ~ 10/03/99)
As Missourians have become aware recently that Mel Carnahan is the most pro-abortion governor ever, a sharp divide has become apparent on that issue between the governor and his U.S. Senate-race opponent next year, John Ashcroft. While incumbent Ashcroft is solidly pro-life, Carnahan is so unswervingly pro-choice that he routinely vetoes even measures banning partial-birth infanticide. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: WHEN WE OBSESS ON CAMPAIGNS, WE TOO OFTEN MISS THE POINT
(Column ~ 10/03/99)
Whether anyone approves or not, many Americans will spend the next 13 months obsessing on the Year 2000 presidential campaign, an event that will be decided with or without the approval of George Will, George Stephanopoulos or George the magazine. As anyone who has tried, often vainly, to budget his or her time in order to gain completion of essential tasks clearly recognizes, obsessing on some extraneous problem over which we have absolutely no control is a tragic example of wasted time, motion and energy.. ...
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IT'S GOOD TO BE ARMED, CAMPUS POLICE SAY
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Campus police at Missouri's colleges aren't gunning for trouble, but they say it makes sense to be armed. Truman State University in Kirksville plans to arm its police officers with guns despite opposition from students. The university has ordered semi-automatic handguns for its 10 officers...
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JACKSON SCHOOL ENROLLMENT UP AGAIN, TOPS CAPE'S BY 421 STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Jackson School District has a record enrollment for the fifth straight year. Based upon official enrollment counts taken Wednesday, Jackson's enrollment has grown nearly 3.5 percent to 4,484 students this year. All Missouri schools are required to submit enrollment figures to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on the last Wednesday in September and in January. ...
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41 TEAMS ARE IN CITY FOR SOCCER TOURNAMENT
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Jean Aslinger isn't afraid to be called a soccer mom, although she isn't quite sure where the phrase came from. "It was probably someone who wanted to sell some T-shirts," she said. T-shirts extolling girl players' prowess and soccer glory were on offer with other soccer paraphernalia Saturday during the first day of the City of Roses Soccer Tournament. It has brought 41 teams representing five states to Cape Girardeau this weekend...
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ILLINOIS WELFARE ROLLS SHRINKING
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
A record number of Illinoisans are leaving state welfare rolls for work. Over the past two years, more than 97,000 people have worked their way off Illinois welfare rolls, said Gov. George H. Ryan, in announcing statistics of the Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Welfare-to-Work program...
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MARK MY WORD: KIDS LOVE BUGS, BUT NOT THE CREEPY, CRAWLY KIND
(Column ~ 10/03/99)
Becca sees Bugs everywhere. Not those creepy, crawly ones, but rather the four-wheel variety. Our 7-year-old daughter spies those hump-back, German cars in driveways, parking lots and on the open road. "Look. It's a green Bug," she called out excitedly as we traveled through Cape Girardeau one afternoon...
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INDUSTRIAL APPRECIATION WEEK STARTS IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Highlighting the week are the Industrial Appreciation Golf Tournament being held Monday at Cape Girardeau Country Club and the annual Industrial Dinner Wednesday at the Show Center. The dinner will feature the presentation of the Commitment to Excellence award honoring the 1999 Industry of the Year. This marks the 11th year for the event...
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MERCHANTS OFFER 4TH IN ORNAMENT SERIES
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
The newest downtown Cape Girardeau holiday ornament will have a familiar look. The fourth annual ornament is similar to the first one. The ornaments are issued by the Downtown Merchants Association. The hand-painted ornament, which will go on sale in downtown stores Nov. 1, features the "Clock and the Courthouse."...
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COURTHOUSE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY DEC. 1
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
CHARLESTON - Mississippi County commissioners cut in half the amount of money retained on a courthouse construction project. Commissioners approved a motion last week that reduced the contract from 10 percent to 5 percent. In return, C.A. Walker Construction Co., who holds the contract, guaranteed officials that the building would be ready Dec. 1...
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HALLOWEEN DECOR AT CITY'S OLIVER HOUSE
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
JACKSON -- A witch with a gleam in her eye, black cats with arching backs and jack o'lanterns with evil grins, all stare out at visitors from a packed curio cabinet in the home of Robert and Lisa Friedrich. There are dozens of Halloween decorations stuffed into the approximately 5-by-2 foot cabinet, and many of them will be on display from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Oliver House, 224 E. Adams St...
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EYE IN THE SKY: JUPITER AND SATURN CLOSER TO VIEW
(Column ~ 10/03/99)
Save the bridge? A golf course? River overlook? These have been some of the suggested uses for the area freed up when the new bridge is completed. My suggestion? A science center, of course! Area school systems not wanting to spend the money and time to go to St. ...
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THE LATEST LINE: MIDNIGHT MADNESS COMES TO SOUTHEAST
(Sports Column ~ 10/03/99)
There will be plenty of more information on the event later, but Southeast Missouri State University basketball fans should mark Friday, Oct. 15, down on their calenders as soon as possible. Both SEMO teams will take part in Midnight Madness that night in an event that will feature many interesting sidelights for the fans...
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INDIAN COMEBACK FALLS SHORT
(College Sports ~ 10/03/99)
For the second straight week, Southeast Missouri State University's football team put together a spirited, hard-nosed performance that fell a bit short. The Indians, turning the ball over on their first four possessions Saturday night, dug themselves an early 28-0 hole against Eastern Kentucky...
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JACKSON RUNS DOWN DISTRICT SOFTBALL TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/99)
JACKSON -- If Jackson's softball players drive the way they run the bases, they'd all be ticketed for speeding and failure to yield. Add four additional counts of stealing to their road rage and they'd really be in trouble. But this was softball, not driving etiquette...
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OTAHK VOLLEYBALL NETS SWEEP OF MOREHEAD ST.
(College Sports ~ 10/03/99)
The Southeast Missouri State University volleyball team completed an Ohio Valley Conference weekend sweep Saturday, beating Morehead State University 15-6, 15-6, 15-7 at Houck Field House. The Otahkians also swept Eastern Kentucky 3-0 Friday night in the first game of the weekend series...
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NOTRE DAME SOCCER POSTS PAIR OF SHUTOUTS IN MURRAY TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/99)
MURRAY, Ky. -- Notre Dame won a three-team high school soccer tournament Saturday, outscoring its two opponents by a combined 10-0 score. Notre Dame, which improved to 13-2, first defeated Owensboro Catholic 6-0 before downing Louisville Atherton 4-0...
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OTAHK RUNNERS FINISH FOURTH IN SALUKI INVITATIONAL
(College Sports ~ 10/03/99)
The Southeast Missouri women's cross country team placed fourth out of 16 teams Saturday at the Saluki Invitational. The Otahkians finished with 90 points. Host Southern Illinois-Carbondale won the event with 36 points. The Southeast men finished 13th. Indiana State University took first-place honors...
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DON'T CALL THE MULES' BLUFF WHEN IT COMES TO AMAZING COMEBACKS
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/99)
SPRINGFIELD -- A warning to Poplar Bluff's future football opponents: never count the Mules out. Poplar Bluff pulled off an amazing comeback Friday night to knock off Springfield Kickapoo 51-50 and remain perfect on the season at 5-0. The Mules trailed 35-14 at halftime, but battled back. Quarterback Stan Revelle capped a 414-yard performance with a 17-yard touchdown pass with just 2.7 ticks left on the clock...
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AREA BRIEFS: ST. VINCENT DE PAUL BOOSTER CLUB GOLF TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/99)
The St. Vincent De Paul Booster Club will hold a four-person golf scramble Oct. 18 at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. Cost is $65 per person, which includes lunch. Proceeds will go to support the St. Vincent sports programs. For more information and registration forms, call Larry Hendricks at 334-1527 or Keith Boeller at 334-9714...
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AREA BRIEFS: CO-ED SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT IN SIKESTON
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/99)
Co-ed softball tournament in Sikeston A co-ed slow-pitch softball tournament will be held Oct. 9 at the Sikeston Recreational Complex. The entry fee is $75. Teams will furnish and hit their own blue dot softballs. Proceeds will benefit the Sikeston YMCA...
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AREA BRIEFS: SAINT FRANCIS TO HOLD CHILDREN'S FUN RUN OCT. 16
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/99)
Saint Francis Medical Center will hold its Children's Fun Run Oct. 16 on the hospital grounds. The race is open to children in kindergarten through 6th grade. Every participant will receive a T-shirt as well as a medal and treat bag. Registration cost is $8 and should be received no later than Oct. 1...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: WILDLIFE CAN THRIVE WHEN IT'S LIVING ON THE EDGE
(Column ~ 10/03/99)
Forest edge provides both food and cover for a variety of animals. Conservationist Aldo Leopold once said that many kinds of wildlife are a product of the "edge." In other words, many living creatures depend on the area that separates a field from a woodland for their existence. Forest edge provides a combination of food and cover that is critical to the amount, diversity and quality of an area's wildlife population...
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JANETTE WATSON MAYER
(Obituary ~ 10/03/99)
KARNAK, Ill. -- Janette Watson Mayer, 68, of Grand Chain, Ill., died Saturday, Oct. 2, 1999, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak.
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PAUL EIFERT JR.
(Obituary ~ 10/03/99)
CHAFFEE -- Paul Eifert Jr., 78, of Chaffee, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 1999, at the family home. He was born July 11, 1921, at Illmo, son of Paul Casper and Hattie Bretzel Eifert. He and Gladys Mae Day were married Sept. 22, 1945, at Morgan Field, Ky. Eifert was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a self-employed carpenter until his retirement. Eifert was a member of Elks Lodge 1810, a lifetime member of Disabled American Veterans and commander for one year at VFW Post 3127...
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BERTHA HELEN OWEN
(Obituary ~ 10/03/99)
SCOTT CITY -- Bertha Helen Owen, 86, of Scott City, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Jan. 11, 1913, at Graysboro, daughter of William and Odellia DeRousse Cassout. She and Francis Edward Owen were married Jan. 5, 1935, in Cairo, Ill...
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IDA L. MCMILLION
(Obituary ~ 10/03/99)
ANNA, Ill. -- Ida L. McMillion, 81, of St. Louis and formerly of Anna, Ill., died Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999, at Westview Nursing Home in St. Louis. She was born March 25, 1918, in St. Louis, daughter of Edward and Louise McCartney Schoenenberg. She and Andrew Johnson McMillion were married July 21, 1954. He died Dec. 23, 1972...
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ARPA HILL LEWIS
(Obituary ~ 10/03/99)
SIKESTON -- Arpa Hill Lewis, 97, of Sikeston, died Friday, Oct. 1, 1999, at the Clearview Nursing Center. She was born Oct. 24, 1901, at East Prairie, daughter of T.M. (Dick) and Mary Rankin Hill. She and Orbra W. Lewis were married Dec. 27, 1973. Lewis was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. ...
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BRIAN A. MITCHELL
(Obituary ~ 10/03/99)
MARBLE HILL -- Brian A. Mitchell, 35, of Patton, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 1999. He was born July 10, 1964, in California, son of Aveard and Mildred Rose Rackers Mitchell. He was employed as a timber man. Survivors include two brothers, Robert Ellis of Cape Girardeau, and Curtis Mitchell of Patton...
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OLIVER 'JACKIE' PARKER
(Obituary ~ 10/03/99)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Oliver "Jackie" Parker, 64, of Florissant, died Friday, Oct. 1, 1999, at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield. He was born Sept. 5, 1935, at East Prairie, son of Arbie L. and Christie Hopper Parker. He and Edna Raye Dodge were married June 4, 1955...
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BRIDGING THE GAP
(Local News ~ 10/03/99)
Louise Hargens, left, and Jessie MaeLottes, right, played out a hand during their bridge game. Players kept track of their points, hoping to win the game. When Mary Alice Regenhardt and Mary O'Neil moved to Cape Girardeau, knowledge of the game of bridge proved to be an invaluable asset for both of them...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN!
(Column ~ 10/03/99)
When knits, polyester, tumble dry and clothes dryers came into being, I folded my much used ironing board and bid it adieu. Well, almost. It makes a good table when all other surfaces are three deep in papers. Edward and Steve were with me during the wash-rinse-starch-hang-to dry-dampen-iron age. Oh, those shirts! More for Steven than for Edward. Edward didn't want starch in his work clothes which were almost like a uniform, dark green pants and shirts...
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