Stories from Tuesday, March 5, 1991

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- America must wage war on its "enemies" of unemployment, hunger, lack of education and poverty, a civil-rights leader said in a speech here Monday night. Yolanda King, daughter of slain civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., made the remarks in a speech before 344 people at the Show Me Center...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Without formal action, the City Council Monday accepted a Golf Course Advisory Board recommendation not to hire a professional manager at the Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. The golf course board Thursday had voted unanimously to recommend the city not hire a "golf pro" for the municipal golf course...

First in a series of three CAPE GIRARDEAU This morning almost 2,500 area students will learn about the world and their own communities by reading the newspaper. Teachers have added the Southeast Missourian to their teaching toolbox through a Newspaper In Education project...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Two finalists for the Cape Girardeau superintendent's post will be visiting the city next week. The two finalists who will visit Cape Girardeau are Dr. Neyland G. Clark, superintendent at Shepherdsville, Ky., and Dr. Shelton E. Smith, currently superintendent in Herculaneum, Mo...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The two finalists in Cape Girardeau's search for a new superintendent cite innovative ideas and ability to get things done among their qualifications for the post. The finalists, Dr. Neyland G. Clark, superintendent at Shepherdsville, Ky., and Dr. Shelton E. Smith, superintendent in Herculaneum, Mo., were selected from five semi-finalists interviewed over the weekend by the Cape Girardeau Board of Education...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Aldermen voted Monday night to protect the residential status of two subdivisions along East Jackson Boulevard while approving the rezoning of some of the properties along East Jackson to commercial a depth of one lot...

CHAFFEE -- The verdict is in: Chaffee city workers did not harm any trees last September when they trimmed them under the direction of Ward 2 Councilwoman Irmgard Chronister. The councilwoman told other council members about the findings at Monday evening's regular Chaffee City Council meeting...

SCOTT CITY -- Although few people attended a Monday night question-and-answer session on a proposal to enact a half-cent sales tax increase in Scott City, council members were able to clear up some confusion that apparently exists about the proposal...

HM3 STEPHEN EARL KELLEY U.S. NAVY HM 3 Kelley is the son of Lloyd and margaret Kelley of Jackson. A 1987 graduate of Jackson High School, he joined the Navy the following December. He is a Senior Corpsman stationed with a Marine MEV in Saudi Arabia. He was formerly stationed at Camp LeJeune, N.C...

"Behind the Headlines", our TV program on Cable Access Channel 13, will be returning to its original Wednesday evening beginning this week at 8:00 p.m. This week's guest will be Cape Girardeau City Councilman David Limbaugh. Give us a call to discuss your comments or questions on city issues...

Comprehensive training is the foundation of any top-notch police and fire departments. That training depends on accomplished teachers and suitable equipment. A well-trained police officer or fireman goes beyond a matter of pride. It is an issue of community safety...

The West Park Mall celebrated its 10th anniversary over the weekend with a "Cracker Jack" idea. On Friday and Saturday, United Way volunteers sold 25,000 boxes of Cracker Jacks. Mall merchants donated prizes that were placed in hundreds of the boxes...

CHAFFEE -- Service for Hattie Hall Sconyers will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, at First Baptist Church here, with Rev. CharlIE Schrum officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery at Cape Girardeau. Friends may call after 3:30 today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. An Order of Eastern Star service will be held at the funeral home at 7 p.m. today...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Agatha E. Duvall of Perryville will be said at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. Burial will follow in the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Perryville. Mrs. Duvall died Monday at the Perry County Memorial Hospital at Perryville. She was 83...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Robert Lyman Ozment will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Carl Addison will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today. Ozment, 67 years old, died Sunday, March 3, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Frank Robertson Jr., 608 S. Henderson, died Monday, March 4, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was 59 years old. Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Audie C. Thompson of Sikeston will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Ken Carnell will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Miss Anna Christine Hubbard of Fountainbleau Lodge will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Neil Stein will officiate. Burial will be at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery in St. Louis...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Graveside service for Andrew L. Brown Sr. of Jonesboro Route 2 will be held at 2 p.m. today at Lindsey Cemetery in McClure. The Rev. Lonnie Hulsey will officiate. Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home of Anna after noon today. Brown, 73 years old, died Monday, March 4, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Funeral service for Chester Nix of Jonesboro Route 1 will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Norris and Son Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Jimmy Wilson will officiate, with burial in St. John's Cemetery near Dongola. Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455 of Anna will conduct graveside rites...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Funeral service for William C. Stone of Dongola Route 2 will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Norris and Son Funeral Home. The Revs. Jimmy Wilson and Gene Hart will officiate, with burial in St. John's Cemetery near Dongola. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Wednesday...

WYATT -- Funeral service for Joshua Briar Housman, infant son of James and Teri Ann Cossey Housman Jr. of Wyatt, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at McMikle Funeral Chapel in Charleston. The Rev. Jim Romine and Larry Stephenson will officiate, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Russell Gene Brown, infant son of George Russell and Doris Jean Mulhern Brown, 1900 William, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Jerry Herring will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park...

SCOTT CITY -- Ruby Stevens of Scott City died Monday, March 4, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was 77. The body is at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Scott City, where arrangements are incomplete.

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Dr. Richard L. Kies will discuss cataracts on this week's edition of Ask Your Doctor. Ask Your Doctor is a local medical show featuring doctors answering questions from callers. It airs every Thursday night at 8 p.m. on cable channel 13...

CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH Ed Arnzen of the Southeast Missouri State University girls basketball team. Let's get out and support this great team during the playoffs here in Cape. I'D LIKE TO talk about the political implications and what led up to this war and about how politics affected it. ...