Stories from Thursday, April 30, 1992

PERRYVILLE -- Edgar Louis Prost, 95, of Perryville, died Tuesday, April 28, 1992, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born Feb. 8, 1897, at Perryville, son of Louis and Caroline Prost. He married Zita P. Zahner, who died June 13, 1987. Prost was retired from Crown, Cork and Seal Co. in St. Louis. He was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church, KC Council 1263 and American Legion Post 133 in Perryville. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I...

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St. Francis Medical Center will host the first monthly meeting of the Head Injury Support Group May 11 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Friends Lounge of the St. Francis Health and Education Centre. All survivors of head injuries, their families and friends are invited to discuss Social Security benefits, receiving health care and physical and psychological problems...

"Women as Educational Leaders: Couches and Horses Problematic Images" will be the topic of a lecture tonight at Southeast Missouri State University. Featured speaker will be Ann Stuart, provost and vice president of academic affairs of Alma College, Alma, Mich...

ADVANCE -- Two people were injured Wednesday in a head-on collision along Highway 91, six miles north of Advance. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Roger McNeely, 35, of Cape Girardeau was seriously injured when his truck crossed the center line and struck a car driven by Glenda L. Walker, 50, of Advance...

A support group for men sexually abused in childhood will hold its first meeting tonight. The group is scheduled to meet weekly at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Counseling Center. This is the first organization of its kind in the Cape Girardeau area. "There are self-help groups and other programs here for female survivors, but nothing exists for males," said the facilitator of the group, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who asked not to be named...

Fifty years ago, Charles Brune didn't realize a decision he made with friends to become a Navy pilot would shape the rest of his life. In 1942, Brune was part of a group of 20 college freshmen and sophomores who were told by the Navy that if they signed up, they would be kept together through World War II...

John Lewis has come a long way from his days in Cape Girardeau as owner of the Mule Lip Lounge. Now a news cameraman with the New York City NBC affiliate, WNBC, Lewis last month won an Emmy award for coverage last August of a hostage taking in Brooklyn...

A book signing by regional authors will be held today and Friday in connection with Southeast Missouri State University's Heritage Days celebration. Today, Nolan Porterfield of the department of English at Southeast will be at the University Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Authors Robert Vaughn, Connie Bennett and George Suggs will be at the University Center on Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m...

Faculty of the music department at Southeast Missouri State University will join with alumni to present a concert of chamber music at 3 p.m. Sunday in Old St. Vincent's Church in Cape Girardeau. Returning to perform are Lisa Basler, Linda Huck and Johanna Edrman. Also performing are faculty members Sara Edgerton, Paul Thompson, Robert Fruehwald and Gary Miller. Senior flute major Kristine Springer of Jackson will also perform...

MARBLE HILL -- An 18-event horse show is scheduled Saturday at Marble Hill, sponsored by the Marble Hill Optimists Club. Similar horse shows will be held the first Saturday of each month at the Lutesville Park. Saturday's show begins at 6 p.m. Proceeds from the shows benefit youth activities in the town...

PADUCAH, Ky. More than 30,000 people are expected in Paducah this weekend for the four-day American Quilter's Society National Quilt Show which opens at the Carroll Convention Center here today. The show runs through Sunday. More than 400 quilts will be displayed, with lectures, workshops and seminars throughout the event...

It's the same old story from county to county: governments are grappling with dwindling revenues. As county officials work to retain services, road and bridge maintenance has suffered. That's why an effort to allocate an increased share of the state gas tax to the counties is a wise move...

SIKESTON -- Suzanne Gilmore, 48, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, April 28, 1992, in the emergency room at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. She was born Aug. 6, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Weber and Mildred "Dooley" DeField Gilmore. Gilmore was a 1961 graduate of Sikeston High School, 1965 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, and 1991 graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. ...

Son to Emily McHughs and Brad Williams of McClure, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 1992. Name, Clint Dylan. Weight, 7 pounds 2 ounces. Third child, second son. Miss McHughs is the daughter of Vernon and Dixie McHughs of Thebes, Ill., and is employed at Tri-Con. Williams is self-employed, and is the son of Jim and Dorothy Williams of Centralia, Ill...

Cape Girardeau medical professionals are participating in a nationwide study of a drug that might prevent breast cancer in women. Local doctors Jonathan Foley, Brock P. Whittenberger and Stanley Sides are serving as investigators in the study. Southeast Missouri Hospital and St. Francis Medical are also participating...

Next week Cape Girardeau will host the undisputed "hottest" air show act in the nation when the U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform at Aviation Days May 9-10. Mark Seesing, manager of the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport, said securing the Blue Angels for Aviation Days was a major coup for the city...

The Southeast Missouri District Fair is the fourth largest outdoor event in Missouri. "We want to make it bigger," said Steve Engles. "To do this we need to continue our ongoing project of upgrading the fair grounds." Engles, a representative of the SEMO Fair Board, appeared before the Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau Advisory Board Wednesday requesting a portion of tourism tax funds for fair advertising...

John Gary sees the world much differently than he used to. Growing up in an economically depressed area of Charleston, he knew he'd have to overcome the odds to get what he wanted. At 24, he's started to realize his dream of success, and is being recognized on a national level for what he is giving back to society...

Faculty senators at Southeast Missouri State University said they are heartened by recent comments from members of the Board of Regents indicating a willingness to consider possible athletic budget cuts. "They are assuring us that they will consider everything," said faculty senator Shelba Branscum, who noted that the regents in recent comments to the news media have insisted there are no "sacred cows" in the budget process...

Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft has appointed Scott D. Giles, a student from Jefferson City, as the new student regent at Southeast Missouri State University. He will serve as a non-voting member on the Board of Regents until Jan. 1, 1994. The appointment was announced Wednesday. Giles will succeed Steve Nenninger, whose term as student regent recently expired...

A report by the National Transportation Safety Board says both wings of an airplane that crashed in a field eight miles west of Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport in February 1991 twisted from the fuselage while the plane was in flight. The plane "broke up" in mid-air, it said...

SCOTT CITY -- A student campaign urging people to patronize businesses in their hometown won top statewide honors for Scott City High School's Future Business Leaders of America. The "Buy Local" campaign developed by the FBLA won first place in the American Enterprise Project category at last week's FBLA State Leadership Conference...

The Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School Knowledge Master team placed first in Missouri and sixth in the world during recent competition. The Central High School team ranked fifth in Missouri and nationally placed 107 out of 1,704 schools. The junior high school team scored 1,779 of a possible 2,000 points and answered 197 of 200 questions correctly...

Five Notre Dame High School juniors have been selected as participants to Missouri Boys State June 15-22 at Central Missouri State. The students are Gregory Bone, Gregory Rubel, David Tanner and Charles Wehner, all of Cape Girardeau, and Tom Jansen of Kelso...

Jenni Horn of Cape Girardeau has been inducted into Phi Alpha Theta for outstanding achievement in the study of history at Centre College in Danville, Ky. Horn is the daughter of Paul and Barbara Horn on Cape Girardeau and is a 1989 graduate of Notre Dame High School...

JACKSON -- Jessica Louise Beeson of Jackson has been awarded the Marion Greene Education Scholarship for the 1992-93 academic year at William Jewell College. The scholarship covers the cost of tuition, $8,724. In addition, she has received a Missouri Teacher Education Scholarship in the amount of $1,000...

Zonnya White, a senior at Purdue University majoring in industrial engineering who will graduate magna cum laude May 8, has been selected as a participant in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program. The program is financially supported by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States under the authority of the Fullbright-Hays Act of 1961 and the German Bundestag. The one-year work-study exchange program is designed to strengthen ties between both countries...

The May issue of a national children's magazine has published a book recommendation by Whitney Pingel, a first-grade student at Alma Schrader Elementary School. Readers of Highlights for Children magazine were asked to recommend books other children would like to read. Whitney recommended the book, "The Art Lesson," written by Tomie dePaola...

ADVANCE -- Todd D. DeJournett, a senior at Advance High School, has received a regent's scholarship and a Missouri Leadership Award to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1992-93 academic year. The regent's scholarship is awarded to seniors who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class and score 27 on the ACT...

Mandi McCoy and Takara Stanley have been awarded the national "I Dare You Leadership Award" in recognition of personal integrity, balanced living and potential for leadership. The honor will be presented by counselor Jerry Witvoet at ceremonies to be held at Cape Girardeau Central High School May 26...

SCOTT CITY -- Jennifer A. Roth of Scott City has been awarded a University of Missouri System Curator's Scholarship. Scholarship winners must score at or above the 90th percentile on the standardized college entrance test as well as rank in the top 3 three percent of their graduating class, depending on its size. Students are nominated by their high school principal or counselor...