Stories from Thursday, June 25, 1992

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Bernard L. Clifton of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Vincent's Catholic Church. The Rev. Henry Grodecki will officiate, with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 6:30-9:45 a.m. today...

STE. GENEVIEVE Visitors to the St. Genevieve County Fair, which is set for July 10-12, have the opportunity to go home with a Polaris Trail Boss 2-wheel-drive 250 ATV. The vehicle will be awarded at the Demolition Derby on July 12. The fair will be kicked off with a Missouri Western Horse Show Association Point Show on July 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds arena...

Traditional Missouri folk music concerts are planned at Trail of Tears State Park and Bollinger Mill State Historic Site in July. The performance at Trail of Tears will be held July 11, beginning at 4 p.m. The concert at Bollinger Mill in Burfordville will be July 12 at 4:30 p.m...

The Academy of Dancearts has started a new ballet theater offering ballet performances for the community. The organization, called Southeast Missouri Ballet Theatre, will present its first ballet, "The Fantastic Toyshop," Nov. 13-15. Auditions will be in August or September...

WICKLIFFE, Ky. The public will have a chance to get a first-hand look at on-going archaeological excavation work at Wickliffe Mounds this weekend. An open house will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The cost is $3.50 for adults, $3.25 for senior citizens ages 55 and older, and $2.50 for children ages 6-11. Children younger than 6 years of age will be admitted free of charge...

Economic development authorities say there are few opportunities for communities to land large firms that will employ hundreds of people. So in Cape Girardeau, efforts are being made to nurture new small businesses. A Vision 2000 survey taken of new businesses in 1990 found that many novice businessmen complained they weren't prepared for the many city zoning, licensing and construction regulations...

Without knowing it, wild horses that roam the rugged terrain of Shannon County are even more unbridled these days. Last week, a U.S. District Court judge barred the National Park Service from removing what Missouri Humane Society officials believe are the last wild horses east of the Rocky Mountains. We agree with the judge for reasons that are aesthetic, cultural and bureaucratic. Let the wild horses remain so...

CAIRO, Ill. -- The third annual Cairo Car Show will be held Sunday at St. Mary's Park in Cairo, Ill. The event usually has about 150 entries and draws car enthusiasts from Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. Registration begins at 8 a.m., with judging at 1 p.m. Trophy presentation will be at 4 p.m...

Bobby Neal Hudson, 14 months, son of Barry and Simone Lee Cruz Hudson, 1965 Longview, died Tuesday, June 23, 1992, at Children's Hospital in St. Louis. He was born April 20, 1991, in Cape Girardeau. His parents are members of St. Vincent's Catholic Church...

The American Red Cross, in cooperation with a number of sponsoring agencies, will hold a number of blood drives in the next week. Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau will host a blood drive today from noon-5 p.m. St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Scott City will host a drive Sunday from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m...

SCOTT CITY -- Herbert Daniel Burger, 82, of Scott City, died Wednesday, June 24, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 24, 1910, at Commerce, son of Alexander and Clara Georger Burger. He and Marie Elizabeth Held were married June 1, 1940, in Cape Girardeau...

BLODGETT -- Clarence L. "Shorty" Hughes, 56, of Blodgett died Tuesday, June 23, 1992, at his home. He was born May 6, 1936, in Porum, Okla., the son of the late Dennis Clarence and Mary Viola Breedlove Hughes. On Aug. 17, 1957, he married Peggy Thurman in Sikeston. She survives of the home...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Terry Randol, Cape Girardeau Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:25 p.m. Thursday, June 11, 1992. Name, Brandon Lane. Weight, 6 pounds 11 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Randol is the former Noel Holland, daughter of Bill and Mary Holland of Advance, and Danny and Mozelle Potts of McClure, Ill. ...

Storms caused a tree to fall on two cars Wednesday night in the 00 block of North Ellis, Cape Girardeau police said. No injuries were reported and damage to the cars was minor. Other storm damage in Cape Girardeau, Scott and Bollinger Counties was minor, authorities said. One tree was reported down in Jackson...

Farm-state lawmakers are asking the Bush administration to step up efforts to expand markets for American farm products. In a meeting with high ranking administration officials, including representatives from the Department of Agriculture, Domestic Policy Council, Office of Management and Budget and others, a group of 11 Republican senators, including Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, this week expressed their farm market concerns...

"It was like Christmas in June when they showed up at our front door," said an elated Trail of Tears State Park Superintendent Hershel Price. Price was referring to the 11 young people who are participating in a pilot project designed to give disadvantaged young people of Cape Girardeau County job skills and experience needed to hold a job while completing their education...

Sen. Roger B. Wilson Wednesday derided Missouri Auditor Margaret Kelly for failing to adequately examine the state's Second Injury Fund. Kelly, a Republican, and Wilson, a Columbia Democrat, are candidates for state lieutenant governor. Wilson who held a news conference Wednesday at the workmen's compensation building in Cape Girardeau asked Kelly to contract with an independent firm to audit the Second Injury Fund...

The state treasurer's office should take a lead in providing financial relief to laid-off workers in Missouri, a Democratic candidate for state treasurer said Wednesday. The candidate, Bob Holden, proposed expanding the MO BUCKS program to offer low-interest loans to those workers who are currently out of work...

At least 75 exhibitors from four states will participate in Sunday's Antique and Collectibles Market in Cape Girardeau's Arena Building. The market is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Exhibitors will display antique jewelry, glassware, dolls, comics, baseball cards, coins, character collectibles, military memorabilia, and paper Americana...

JACKSON -- In conjunction with the Jackson Fourth of July Celebration, the Jackson Heritage Association will sponsor a Little Mr. and Miss Firecracker contest. Children ages 4-6 may participate and contestants will ride in the July 4 parade. The contest will be held after the parade...