Stories from Thursday, June 23, 1994

Dear Editor: I WOULD LIKE to thank you for the excellent editorial of Sunday, June 19 concerning the problems with the school board and the superintendent. It clearly and concisely expressed the problem that exists between the school board and the community and the lack of trust. ...

You don't have to travel hundreds of miles to enjoy the year-round beauty of the outdoors. It can be found nearby in state and national parks, forests and other recreational facilities in Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois and western Kentucky and Tennessee...

Here's a list of some of the state and national parks and historic sites in Missouri, Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and western Kentucky and Tennessee: MISSOURI State parks: -- Trail of Tears, Cape Girardeau County. -- Hawn, Ste. Genevieve County...

Gender equity in sports. It is a notion that is sweeping colleges and universities across the nation -- spurred by lawsuits and scrutiny by both the NCAA and the Office of Civil Rights. The challenge is to find a balance -- boosting up women's sports programs and scholarships while retaining competitive men's sports...

Dear Editors, Your editorial of Sunday, 19 June, regarding the School Board is right on target. You superbly summarized the problems, issues, and difficulties facing the current Board as well as Dr. Clark. The current Board members are each fine people with the best of intentions. ...

Dear Editor, I WANT TO commend the writer of the editorial in last Sunday's paper regarding the local school board. It was one of the most forthright, insightful articles I have seen regarding this situation. The writer was absolutely on target. ANN SHELTON...

A decision Tuesday by State Rep. Steve Carroll to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race has left many Southeast Missouri Democrats looking for a candidate to support. Carroll, from Hannibal, was regarded as one of three top contenders for the Democratic nomination. He was attractive to Bootheel Democrats because of his conservative views and rural background...

The Clinton administration's "God Squad" must be barred from banning religious expression in the workplace, U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson said Wednesday. Emerson plans to join two other Republican colleagues in offering an appropriations-bill amendment today, which would prohibit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from using funds to enforce proposed religious harassment guidelines issued last fall...

ALLENVILLE -- Residents of Allenville, a tiny community west of Cape Girardeau, hope to build their first city hall by appealing to the very people it will serve. So they started a fund-raising campaign to generate $15,000 for a building and well, said Judy Biester, secretary of the fund-raising group. Allenville has 103 residents...

A proposed hiking and biking trail along Bloomfield Road annexation property could cost the city of Cape Girardeau $25,000 annually in maintenance if approval is granted by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department (MHTD). Property owners requesting the annexation have proposed the trail, which would extend for a mile from Siemers Drive to County Road 206 or Benton Hill Road...

The temperatures are above 95 degrees, the humidity is above 50 percent, the air is hazy and there is not even a slight breeze. Luckily, most of us can escape to our air-conditioned homes, but there are some disadvantaged people who don't have such luxuries...

Dear Melina, Last week, a patient who'd driven an hour and a half to the clinic told DC a presence had visited her on the way. The presence told her a great calamity could occur on June 16. This upsetting news apparently affected the patient's driving, which caught the attention of a highway patrolman. When she explained why her car was behaving erratically, the officer let her go. Turns out she was the sixth person that day on that stretch of road who'd had the same experience...

DUTCHTOWN -- After an 18-month delay caused by floods and wet weather, shoulder work on the west side of the new section of Highway 25 between Dutchtown and Blomeyer should be completed in mid-July. No one will be happier about its completion than Missouri Highway and Transportation Department District 10 Engineer Bob Simpson at Sikeston...

Paul V. Sikes, 69, 1518 Jane, died Tuesday, June 21, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Nov. 7, 1924, at Flat River, son of Marvin Wesley and Letha Nipper Sikes. He and Evelyn G. Johnson were married Aug. 14, 1943, at Flat River. Sikes was a truck driver with ABF. He was a member of Free Will Baptist Church in Flat River; VFW Post 3838 and Teamsters Local 575. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II...

JACKSON -- Graveside service for Emelita Bonita Wade was held Wednesday at Russell Heights Cemetery. The Revs. Rodney Travis and Will Wade officiated. McCombs Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. The infant, daughter of Robert E. and Maria B. Falcasantos Wade of Jackson, died shortly after birth Wednesday, June 15, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

ALTENBURG -- Louise E. Hecht, 99, formerly of Altenburg, died Tuesday, June 21, 1994, at Perry County Nursing Home in Perryville. She was born May 18, 1895, at Wittenberg, daughter of Charles R. and Emilie Palisch Swan. She and William H. Hecht were married Sept. 6, 1914. He died April 26, 1967...

MARBLE HILL -- William J. Arnzen, 86, Marble Hill Route 1, died Tuesday, June 21, 1994, at his home. He was born Aug. 7, 1907, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Arnzen. He and Julia Vandeven were married April 25, 1934. Arnzen was a retired farmer, and member of St. John's Catholic Church at Leopold...

Katrina "Kay" Jones, 68, 2801 Bloomfield, died Wednesday, June 22, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 12, 1925, in Bath, Maine. She first married Wilbur "Bun" Kesterson March 30, 1943, in Manchester, N.H.. He died June 20, 1970. She later married Lloyd A. Jones Jan. 3, 1974, in Cape Girardeau...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Charles Leo Hannan, 92, of Mounds, died Wednesday, June 22, 1994, at the Daystar Care Center in Cairo. The Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.

GREENBRIAR -- Bernice Alma Kinnison, 85, of St. Louis, died Tuesday, June 21, 1994, at Incarnate Word Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Dec. 10, 1908, at Greenbriar, daughter of Emanuel and Frances Sullivan Kinnison. Kinnison was a retired inspector with Ramsey Manufacturing in St. Louis...

Funeral service for John H. Wilfong of Chester, Ill., will be held at 2 p.m. today at Schroeder-McClure Funeral Chapel in Chester. Entombment will be in Evergreen Cemetery at Chester. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7:30 a.m. to service time...

Son to Kenny Hutson and Kristie Newell of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:48 p.m. Thursday, June 2, 1994. Name, William Lynn. Weight, 7 pounds. Third child, first son. Miss Newell is the daughter of Lorene Newell and William Newell of Oak Ridge. She is a housekeeper at Jackson Manor. Hutson is employed by Aufdenberg Construction, and is the son of Luella Hutson and Woodrow Hutson of Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY -- Scott City is nearing a contract agreement with the Lady Luck Gaming Corporation of Las Vegas, Nevada, but there are still some wrinkles to be ironed out. At Monday's regular city council meeting, Ward 2 Councilman John Rogers asked that the council extend the time period for contract negotiations an additional 30 days...

When your yard spans 152 acres and there are approximately 700 exotic pets roaming around, one might expect to forget where the deer, the wildebeest and the antelope last played. Not Todd and Vickie Lantz. In fact, if the operators of the Capetown Safari, a drive-through animal park, can't tell you where some of the exotic animals are at a particular hour, perhaps Todd's muffler will...

METROPOLIS, Ill. -- The Players Riverboat Hotel, part of the new entertainment complex in Metropolis, Ill., will inaugurate its 350-seat Merv Griffin Theater on June 24 with the Opryland Productions Group's Hitmakers musical revue. "We're excited and optimistic about working with Opryland Productions Group on this project," said Ed Fishman, chairman and chief operating officer of Players International, Inc. ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- McLeod Theater at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale is putting the finishing touches on its production of the Broadway musical Sugar. Sugar, based on the film Some Like It Hot, is originally written by Peter Stone. Suger is the story of two out-of-work musicians, Joe and Jerry, who happen to witness a gangland shooting one night in Chicago...

Area schools recently named valedictorians and salutatorians of their graduating classes. The students' cumulative grade-point averages were used to determine their class rank. Following are the top graduates: Cape Central Kimberly Gail Pulley is valedictorian and Aaron Michael Bruening salutatorian at Cape Girardeau Central High School...