Stories from Saturday, August 12, 1995

Two people were seriously injured Friday morning in a car-tractor accident near Morley. The Missouri Highway Patrol said a car driven by Helen Ingram, 32, of Morley crossed the centerline at a curve and struck a farm tractor head-on about a half mile east of Morley on Route C...

It has been a busy week for Sikeston with the 43rd annual Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. More than 40,000 people attended last year, and officials hope to top that number this week. The event began Wednesday and runs through tonight. The rodeo continues to grow in size and prestige, attracting many of the top rodeo riders for a purse of nearly $120,000. Jaycees feel this year's event will earn Sikeston a spot among the 10 largest in the country. About 320 cowboys are competing this year...

Sheriffs in several Southeast Missouri counties are examining the possibility of a regional jail under private management. It is worth investigating. Housing prisoners is expensive, both from a manpower and a money point of view. Inmate costs run at least $25 a day in Cape Girardeau County. That adds up to a substantial $450,000 a year...

Congress may soon liberate millions of American drivers who are tired of creeping along at 55 mph on roads designed for 65 mph or more. Despite continued whining by self-appointed safety advocates that higher speeds will increase the carnage on U.S. highways, a measure already has passed the Senate to repeal the National Maximum Speed Limit, a bureaucratic nightmare that for years made it illegal for drivers to exceed 55 mph anywhere in the country...

Vanity Fair magazine has revived the family values debate with its upcoming story about Newt Gingrich's alleged infidelity 11 years ago. Don't imagine that the publishers of Vanity Fair would dream of being so stodgy as to advance monogamous marriage as the moral standard for society. ...

Cape Girardeau Regional Airport will make history when its second fixed-base operator and charter company develops into a full-blown operation. The second FBO, Prestige Air Services, will join Air Evac Inc. as a fixed-base operator at the airport. There have never been two FBOs at the airport...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri Budget Director Mark Ward warned in a memorandum that the state will be adversely affected next fiscal year by a number of factors, including a spiraling prison population, changes in federal program funding, and possibly a slowing economy...

Signs bearing the image of a wind-chilled Indian will begin appearing along area roads in the next few weeks as part of a National Park Service effort to commemorate the historic Trail of Tears. The new signs recognize the sacrifices of 15,000 Cherokees more than 150 years ago...

There are certain problems you expect to have when you're 25, like making the mortgage payment on your beautiful new home or deciding whether you want the new Probe or equally beautiful Stealth. At age 16, I figured those would be big problems. Life would be so much better working as a producer for NBC news than going to school and working afternoons for a philandering boss who hated me...

BOLLINGER Countians, don't be fooled that the lake is going to help Bollinger County. The dam is going to be in Cape Girardeau County and that is where the businesses will build. It will result in higher taxes for Bollinger County, and Cape Girardeau County will get the benefit. ...

Changes in Medicaid and the increasing growth of managed care will affect the delivery of mental health services, the state's top mental health official and two lawmakers said Friday. Private-sector, managed care programs could improve mental health funding and services, said Dr. Roy Wilson, director of the Department of Mental Health...

Bob Fox, president of Cape Girardeau's Board of Education, is hopeful that a new strategic planning process will help restore community confidence in Cape Girardeau's schools. The Board of Education meets today for an annual planning session. The meeting begins at 8 a.m. at the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau and is open to the public. It is scheduled to conclude at 4 p.m...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Margaret DuBois, 76, of Mounds, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 1995, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo. She was born Feb. 14, 1919, in Milburn, Ky., daughter of James and Mary Elliott Willett. She married Bert DuBois, who died in 1965. DuBois had been a nurse aide at Meridian Manor Nursing Home in Mounds. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mound City...

Stan and Kay Thompson to Thompson Investments Inc.; Thompson Investments Inc.to the Kevin L. King Trust et al.; Richard L. and Christy A. Bohn to Gary and Tina Meyr. Henry E. Niemann et al. to Public Water Supply District No. 4; Rhonda Jean and Charles Seabaugh to David Dwayne Bortner; Jeffrey R. and Summer Y. Collins to David Dwayne Bortner...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Joe Seabaugh of Half Moon, Ark., was held Thursday at First Assembly of God Church in Half Moon. The Rev. Dale Ruddick and Tommy Abbott officiated, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Cobb Funeral Home in Blytheville, Ark., was in charge of arrangements...

CANALOU -- Grover David "G.D." Drake, 71, of Canalou, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 1995, at his home. He was born Aug. 31, 1923, in Canalou, son of Grover T. and Helen Bean Drake. He and Iris Blankenship were married Oct. 4, 1946. Drake had been a plate cutter at Union Carbide in Kokomo, Ind. He was a member of the VFW Post and Disabled American Veterans Chapter in Sikeston. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

PUXICO -- Funeral service for Mabel B. Doublin of Puxico will be held at 10 a.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Puxico. The Rev. Ray Placher will officiate, with burial in Fagan Cemetery near here. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Doublin, 94, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1995, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff...

Son to Shane Ray and Teresa Scherer, Benton Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:25 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4, 1995. Name, Gaven Shane. Weight, 6 pounds 4 ounces. Miss Scherer is the daughter of Charles and Rose Ann Scherer, Benton Route 1. She is employed at Cargill Inc. in Charleston. Ray is employed at Marnor Aluminum Processing Inc. in Sikeston. He is the son of Mona and Kenny Scheeter of Sikeston and Derrell Ray of Jonesboro, Ark...

NEW MADRID -- Funeral service for Frances Evelyn Parrish of New Madrid will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Richards Funeral Home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Parrish, 80, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

Vanita H. Bell, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Aug. 11, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for William John Hoffman of Jonesboro, Ark., was held Wednesday at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Jonesboro. The Rev. Russell Shewmaker officiated, with burial in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Emerson Funeral Home in Jonesboro was in charge of arrangements...

GORDONVILLE -- Evelyn Hanschen, 79, of Gordonville, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born May 13, 1916, at Gordonville, daughter of Ernest and Myrtle Baugh Hitt. She and Ed Hanschen were married July 2, 1938. Hanschen was a seamstress in her home about 20 years, and worked with St. Francis Medical Center Auxiliary from 1975-91. She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church and had taught Sunday School many years...

The Terrible Twos for Jennifer Warner won't be filled with the same mischievous activities that most children experience. Sixteen-month-old Jennifer, the daughter of Christy and Wayne Warner of Jackson, has been diagnosed with a muscular disease that limits her mobility...

Perry County Medical Center and Orthopaedic Associates will hold an open house 11 a.m - 1 p.m. Thursday in Medical Service Center-A, across from the Hospitals Outpatient entrance. The open house is being held to welcome Dr. William Kapp as an orthopedic surgeon...

A blood drive will be held 1:30-6:30 p.m. Monday at the American Legion Hall, North High Street, Jackson. On Wednesday, St. Andrew Lutheran Church will hold a blood drive 4-7 p.m. The church is located at 804 North Cape Rock Drive, Cape Girardeau. Also, a blood drive will be 2-6 p.m. on Friday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church Parish Center, 418 South 3rd Street, Chaffee...

The Gateway Area Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will honor special individuals, mothers and fathers who are challenged with multiple sclerosis. The chapter also recognizes employers who have gone out of their way to accommodate an employee with MS. The deadline for nominations is Aug. 31...

Because of the good response to the "Self Care by Children" free seminar, it will be repeated 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau County Extension Office on HIghway 25 in Jackson. There is no charge for this presentation, but reservations are required to insure adequate seating. Call the Jackson OUtreach Services at 243-5349 for reservations. Special back-to-school packets will be distributed to the children...