Stories from Thursday, January 16, 1992

Daily lives proceed and sometimes the logical question about some everyday circumstance is never asked. We are pleased the people at Cape Girardeau Central High School thought to do so. Administrators and students there are studying the notion of giving facilities at the school particularly the "new gym," which is now 14 years old specific name identifications. ...

The next meeting of the Trail of Tears Group-Sierra Club will be Monday at 7 p.m. at the Missouri Department of Conservation building in Cape Girardeau County Park. Dave Wissehr from the Missouri Department of Conservation will discuss wildlife conservation in Missouri...

A number of local students have been named to the dean's honor roll at the University of Missouri-Columbia for the fall semester. CAPE GIRARDEAU: Lance Michael Doyle, sophomore, College of Arts and Science. Matthew Joseph Emmendorfer, junior, College of Business and Public Administration...

It's Girl Scout cookie time again, and local scouts are gearing up for the start of sales Saturday. Orders will be taken until Feb. 1, and delivery is set for Feb. 24 through March 8. Millie Turner, public relations director for the Otahki Girl Scout Council in Cape Girardeau, said Girl Scouts who participate in cookie sales learn more than just how to make the sale...

Is your child not feeling well, out of sorts, on the mend, or just plain sick? The Cape Girardeau Public Library has a solution Chicken Soup. A collection of educational entertainment materials for sick children preschool through sixth grade, Chicken Soup contains books, pop-ups, videos, cassettes and special items a child can keep...

ST. LOUIS A dazzling array of orchids will be on display in the natural setting of the tropical rainforest at the Missouri Botanical Garden's 1992 Orchid Floral Display beginning on Saturday. This year's orchid show will emulate a rainforest with orchids, waterfalls, vines and other visual elements. ...

SIKESTON -- The annual Kenny Rogers Cerebral Palsy Telethon in Sikeston will be emceed this year by Jay Thomas, one of the stars of television's "Murphy Brown." Headlining the event will be the all-woman country band Wild Rose. The telethon is scheduled for Feb. 22-23...

The Southeast Missouri State University Sundancers will sponsor their annual Sunbeam Clinic on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the University Center. The clinic is open to children age 5 to 12 who are interested in learning routines from the Sundancers. The cost is $10 per child, or $15 with a Sunbeam T-shirt. Participants will perform the routines at half time of Saturday night's Indians game at the Show Me Center...

In November, I ran across one of the finest illustrative articles about the effects of punitive tax rates that I have ever seen. Consider the following real-life example from the experience of one hardworking, ambitious, forward-looking American family...

The U.S. economy will show steady growth during 1992. This is the forecast from two nationwide brokerage firms A.G. Edwards & Sons and Edward D. Jones & Co. both headquartered in St. Louis. "We expect to see strong growth in the economy by the second half of the year, despite a negative outlook which is being held by some economists and financial officials," said Marsha Limbaugh, manager of the A.G. ...

A crowd of about 150 people gathered Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church to honor the memory of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and were urged to "refuel King's dream" of equality for everyone. The service was organized by the Southeast Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Cape Girardeau National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and local clergy...

A program to help chemically dependent women with young children break their drug and alcohol abuse habits will begin next month in Cape Girardeau County, Family Counseling Center officials said Wednesday. "We want everyone in the community and the area to know that the women and children's Comprehensive Substance Treatment and Rehabilitation (CSTAR) program will begin in Cape Girardeau on Feb. ...

JACKSON - Jackson Board of Education Member Jeanette Bollinger became the third candidate to file for one of the two seats that will be filled in April. Bollinger, who was elected in April 1991 to complete the one-year, unexpired term of former board member Nancy Schaefer, filed for re-election Wednesday...

There was little change in the projected 1992-93 Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) budget that was submitted to the CVB Advisory Board Wednesday. Lyn Muzzy, director of the bureau, and Bob Hendrix, president of the Chamber of Commerce, prepared the projected five-year budget plan at the request of the CVB board...

JEFFERSON CITY - State Rep. Ollie Amick, whose seat in the Missouri House of Representatives was dissolved as part of the state's post-census redistricting process, has decided to challenge state Rep. Dennis Ziegenhorn. Amick, who has been in the House for two terms representing most of Mississippi and north Scott counties, saw his present district divided up among three other representatives. ...

Jeff Harms knows what a seat belt can prevent. In his case it would have kept him from being in a coma for 19 days after his brain crashed into his skull. Harms, of Cape Girardeau, said he arrived dead on arrival at a Columbia hospital June 21, 1986, after his Chevrolet Corvette turned over twice, ejecting him. He was 27, cruising on the first day of summer, and he was drunk...

Bernice W. Hardy, 79, of 1440 N. Main died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau are incomplete.

PERRYVILLE -- Edna L. Schumer, 78, of Perryville, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 7, 1913, in Perry County, daughter of Frank and Theresa Huber Grass. She and Hervey A. Schumer were married Feb. 8, 1947, at Perryville...

ALTENBURG -- Oswald F. Leimbach, 84, formerly of Altenburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1992, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 12, 1907, in Perry County, son of Henry and Emma Holschen Leimbach. He married Flora Lueders Aug. 12, 1934, who died Nov. 9, 1955. He later married Cordia Winters June 15, 1957, who died March 31, 1977...

BLOOMFIELD -- Mary Ethel Walker, 91, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1992, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Nov. 7, 1901, at Aquilla, daughter of Henry and Lizzie Bodenhammer Lawrence. She married William Franklin Walker Nov. 14, 1921, who preceded her in death...

William R.T. Hughes, 75, 21 Village Drive, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 16, 1916, at Fornfelt, son of William and Donnie Hazel Hughes. He and Gladys Daugherty were married Jan. 16, 1942, in Hernando, Miss...

Clifton LeRoy Elder, 87, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born July 30, 1904, in Clark County, Iowa, son of Ira C. and Alice May Randall Elder. He and the former Lynne New were married in June 1953 in Harden, Montana...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- JoEtta L. Harvel, 62, Dongola Route 2, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Jan. 20, 1929, at Tamms, daughter of Paul and Myrtle Smith Jordan. She married Loyd Harvel May 4, 1947. Harvel was a member of Salem Lutheran Church, and past matron of Order of Eastern Star...

PERRYVILLE -- Mabel E. Tucker, 81, of Perryville, died Monday, Jan. 13, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 12, 1910, in Perry County, daughter of Hedwig Schenck. She married Kermit Tucker April 23, 1935, who died Nov. 19, 1977...

PERRYVILLE -- Violet A. Yamnitz, 81, of Perryville, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1992, at American Care Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 2, 1910, in Perry County, daughter of Joseph and Josephine Weinkein Unterreiner. She married Leonard Yamnitz. Yamnitz was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral mass for Amanda Pfefferkorn, formerly of Chaffee, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church. Burial will be in Chaffee Cemetery, with Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. There is no visitation...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Ward Vick, 67, of Tamms, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Aug. 19, 1924, in Alexander County, son of Columbus and Lucy Wilson Vick. He and Pauline Phillips were married July 3, 1950...

MARBLE HILL -- Avis J. Varvil, 72, of Marble Hill, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born June 26, 1919 to Thomas and Ancie Gaines Phillips. On July 7, 1934, she married W.D. Varvil. He preceded her in death May 9, 1969...

MILL CREEK, Ill. -- Allen Monroe Whitney, 70, of Mill Creek, died at his home Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1992. He was born Nov. 14, 1921 at Uniontown, Ky., the son of William E. and Lucy Myers Whitney. On Nov. 2, 1940, he married the former Myrtle A. Kidd in Charleston. She survives...

SCOTT CITY -- Sarah Amrhein recently won the school-level competition of the National Geography Bee at St. Joseph School in Scott City. The fifth grade student is the daughter of Brad and Becky Amrhein of Scott City. She now has a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. The school-level bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the fourth annual National Geography Bee, sponsored by National Geographic World and Amtrak...

Michael Deimund, 2316 Jean Ann Dr., is among 329 DePauw University students who have been recognized for outstanding academic performance and named to the dean's list for the fall semester. Deimund is a senior at DePauw, which is located at Greencastle, Ind...

Stanley D. Sides, M.D., has begun a two-year term as president of the medical staff at St. Francis Medical Center, succeeding R.A. Ritter Jr., M.D. Sides' term began Jan. 1. Other members of the St. Francis Medical staff's executive committee are cardiologist James B. ...

Total headcount at Southeast Missouri State University for the spring semester is up 14 from a year ago, university officials said Tuesday. "I think we are pleased that undergraduate enrollment is up slightly from last year," said Art Wallhausen, assistant to the president at Southeast...

TAMMS, Ill. Larry Naeger, principal at Egyptian Elementary School, has been named an associate of the Illinois Administrators' Academy. Naeger has held teaching and administrative positions for 18 years. He was honored by the Illinois Superintendent of Education, Robert Leininger...