Stories from Tuesday, August 6, 1996

The 10-year reunion for the Central High School class of '86 is scheduled for Aug. 30 and 31. A picnic will be held at Capaha Park Shelter #1 from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30. On Saturday, Aug. 31, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament will start at 9 a.m...

Five members of the Chaffee High School Drill Team attended the National Cheerleaders Association Danz Camp held recently at Southeast Missouri State University. The Chaffee team was one of only three teams, of 15, to earn a technical excellence award plaque...

Justin Lusk of Cape Girardeau attended Western Kentucky University's Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth (VAMPY). Lusk, a student at Cape Central Junior High School, was to have completed camp Saturday. The camp was designed to provide a balance of educational, cultural and recreational experiences for high ability young people...

The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at Southeast Missouri State University received the Tozier Brown Public Affairs Programming Award at the fraternity's 46th general assembly in June at Dallas. The award acknowledges the outstanding work the chapter did for its community. This honor is one of the three awards named after the fraternity's former board president Tozier Brown, who was at the award ceremony...

An annual Fruitland School reunion will be held Sunday, Sept. 1 at North Elementary School in Fruitland from 1 to 4 p.m. The senior class of 1936 and the eighth-grade class of 1946 will be honored. Members of those classes and all who attended the old Fruitland School may attend. Photos and memorabilia may be brought to be displayed. For more information, call Mary McDowell Morton at 573-243-3201...

Fifteen area students were awarded college scholarships by the Kiwanis Club of Cape Girardeau recently. Awards were presented during a banquet for students, parents and counselors. Students from Notre Dame, Cape Central and Kelly high schools were given the $1,000 awards. ...

Jamie Wessel, a recent graduate of Chaffee High School, was selected to cheer at the 20th Annual Missouri Lions Club All-Star Football Game. Wessel was co-captain of the Chaffee varsity cheerleading squad as well as in three other sports. She is the daughter of Mick and Linda Wessel of Chaffee...

Shelly Estes of Cape Girardeau is the recipient of an accounting department scholarship from Murray State University. Estes is a 1995 graduate of Scott City High School and is majoring in accounting at Murray State. She is the daughter of Lloyd I. and Donna J. Estes...

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder's (CH.A.D.D.) Second Annual Salute to Educators will take place at the regularly scheduled monthly meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Community Counseling Center in Cape Girardeau. Parents may nominate one educator (teacher, counselor, principal or administrator) from their child's school who has worked in their child's best interest...

The Children's Issues Committee of the Community Caring Council is sponsoring a Youth Activities Line aimed at promoting activities for family and youths. All organizations conducting or sponsoring activities or events for youths can register these activities. Anyone with a touch-tone phone can call the message line and receive information on various activities by choosing menu selections...

Thirteen VMI cadets, representing three classes, were among 36 college students chosen to attend the 1996 Virginia Program at Oxford. The VMI contingent will join 23 others from Washington & Lee University and Mary Baldwin, Hampden-Sydney, Sweet Briar and Roanoke Colleges...

Cape Girardeau Public Schools invite the community to share their computer lab and Internet access for free. The community must call and schedule as space is limited. The community appreciation nights are being offered tonight and Aug. 20, Sept. 3 and 17, Oct. 1, 15 and 29, Nov. 12, and Dec. 3 and 17 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Call Chris Cook at the Cape Girardeau Board of Education Office at 335-1867...

Kerensa Nenninger, daughter of Richard and Judith Nenninger of Burfordville, was nominated by Linn State Technical College for the National Dean's List. This honor is given to only 0.5 percent of the nation's college students. To be considered for the nomination, Nenninger had to maintain a 3.5 or above grade-point average...

Sheryl R. Smith, Southeast field representative of the Missouri State Teachers Association, attended the Satellite Academy Meeting The Satellite Academy is a statewide project that provides specialized training for local school administration in the Southeast region...

Sometimes it's hard to know where to go on the net. Several of the major players give us a push: Their cool sites. On the net, cool is often worth a second look. Sometimes cool means really well done, sometimes really wacky, sometimes downright weird. But of the millions of web pages out there, a few rise to the top. They are crowned cool, at least for a day...

Jackson R-2 Schools Junior high and high school students attending Jackson R-2 Public Schools can register for classes and receive schedules today, Wednesday and Thursday. Seniors registered Monday. All high school students should register in the high school cafeteria from 8 a.m until noon...

The Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School was recognized last month for its outstanding contributions in promoting the benefits of vocational education. at the annual Missouri Vocational Association state conference July 22-25. The Missouri Vocational Association, at its recent conference, awarded Cape Girardeau vocational-technical school awards of merit for its Vocational Education Week activities, marketing and recognition activities, student recruitment activities and community service.. ...

Everyone knows cryptosporidium -- a microscopic parasite that can cause sickness in people -- is out there, but there are no mandatory guidelines in place on how to test for its presence in water supplies. Neither the Missouri Department of Natural Resources nor the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued testing procedures for the parasite...

Councilmen put Cape Girardeau's water manager through a rigorous question-and-answer session Monday to form their opinions on a water system sales tax. Tom Taggart, utility manager for Alliance Water Resources, earlier this year predicted an impending water shortage for the city. Cape Girardeau's water system can process a total of 7.3 million gallons a day, and residents used 6.83 million gallons in one day last summer...

Groucho Marx once quipped: "Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?" Inevitably, the question I'm getting most often in the last week has been: "So, you ready for the big day?" When they explain that they're talking about my wedding Saturday and not November's general election, the excited smile tends to fade from my face and I look down at my shoes and mutter, "Oh, yeah. That."...

About 200 new jobs in Cape Girardeau were ensured Monday with a vote to abate property taxes on a customer service center. Alliance Blue Cross Blue Shield chose Cape Girardeau last week from a field of three and plans to put a customer service center here. The selection was contingent upon getting a 100 percent city property tax abatement for 10 years...

Missourians who need rehabilitative care for serious injuries and disabling conditions such as stroke have a tremendous treasure tucked away in Southwest Missouri. The Missouri Rehabilitation Center in Mount Vernon has just undergone a change that will allow it to play a more integral role in serving Missourians' health-care needs. As of July 1, the state transferred operation of MRC to the University of Missouri Health Sciences Center...

Cape Girardeau has been chosen as the site for an Alliance Blue Cross-Blue Shield service center. The St. Louis-based insurance company is expected to bring 200 new jobs to town. The deal was sealed Monday night when the Cape Girardeau City Council approved a tax abatement in the Cape West Business Park at Interstate 55 and Route K. The tax abatement in the enterprise zone will last 10 years. The county and city have also pledged $25,000 for job training...

Southeast Missouri Hospital threw a party Sunday to mark the opening of its new lobby, and more than 2,000 people showed up for the open house. That kind of crowd demonstrates the level of community interest in its hospitals. The $5.9 million lobby was part of the hospital's three-phase, five-year development plan. It represents the hospital's largest expansion since its construction in 1927...

To the editor: It looks like America is operating without God and heading in the wrong direction, now that we have and honest and reliable man running for president on the Republican ticket. Bob Dole, who put his life on the line of battle in World War II, knows the horror, fear, anguish, pain and cost of fighting for freedom which we all have enjoyed down through the years. But he's not the man our people want...

To the editor: I am going to ask the people in this community to walk a mile in my shoes for a moment. This is in reference to the proposed lake project on the Whitewater River. The Regional Commerce and Growth Association has formed an association called the Bollinger/Cape County Lake Landowners Association. ...

LET'S LEGALIZE marijuana. Tobacco, alcohol and nicotine are legal. The Bible refers to marijuana as "the healing of the nation." It's a natural antibiotic and muscle relaxer. It's a cheap source for paper, fabric, heating oil and building material. When will the truth be told instead of this propaganda? If pot was decriminalized and/or legalized, we could concentrate on eliminating hard drugs and fight the real criminals, instead of the police running around hassling nonviolent pot smokers. ...

Nancy Jernigan believes that people generally want to do good, so she is offering them a chance with the Second Annual Days of Caring. Days of Caring is a national United Way program that emphasizes volunteer efforts by matching workers with local United Way agencies. Employees who contribute to a company-sponsored donation can see how their money is being spent by volunteering at one of the 20 agencies sponsored by the United Way...

Craig E. Wells has been named community bank president of Mercantile Bank of Southeast Missouri-Cape Girardeau. Wells will assume the position Nov. 1, following the retirement of bank president O.J. "Ollie" Miller. Miller, who has more than 38 years of banking experience, retires after 24 years with Mercantile. He started his banking career at Southern Commercial Bank in St. Louis. Ten years later, in 1969, he helped organize a bank at Creve Coeur. He joined Mercantile in 1972...

Major renovation work on Southeast Missouri State University's oldest building -- the Social Science Building -- has closed sections of two campus streets and turned them into dead-ends. The closing of Cheney and Circle drives has eliminated 120 faculty and staff parking spaces. Those streets will remain closed for the next 18 months, university officials said...

Southeast Missouri State University announced Monday that Dave Grossman, who was involved in a controversy and suspended over the use of DMSO, has resigned as head trainer for Southeast athletic teams. The university said in a statement that, at the request of Grossman, the resignation was accepted in order that Grossman may accept an opportunity to participate as trainer for the United States Women's Freestyle Wrestling Team in its activities...

ADVANCE -- Glenna Anschultz, 68, of Memphis, Tenn., died Monday, Aug. 5, 1996, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.

LICK CREEK, Ill. -- Ethel M. Thomas, 108, of Lick Creek, died at 3:49 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 1996, in Union County Hospital at Anna. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna.

DEXTER -- Graveside service for Evelyn Ruth Anderson, 70, of Dexter, will be at 10 a.m. today at Dexter Cemetery with the Rev. Kenneth Biggs officiating. Anderson died Saturday, Aug. 3, 1996, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. She was born May 31, 1926, at Harviell, daughter of Ira Andrew and Minnie Jane Armstrong Ivy. She married Herbert Lee Anderson July 15, 1950, in Piggott, Ark. He died Dec. 4, 1974...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Mae Lois Gordon, 36, of East Prairie, died Friday at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Jan. 25, 1960, in Dorena to James O. Johnson and Ella Lee Tippler. She attended East Prairie High School. She married Everett Keith Gordon May 7, 1996...

Dorothy Marie Busch, 85, died Monday, Aug., 5, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 10, 1919, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Dena Graden and Charles Froemsdorf. She married Raymond W. Busch May 14, 1938, in Jackson. He died March 2, 1993...

ST. LOUIS -- Sister Lourdine Katherine Dohogne, 81, of St. Louis, died Monday, Aug. 5, 1996. She was born Sept. 25, 1914, in Kelso, daughter of Louis and Coena Heisserer Dohogne. Dohogne lived in Kelso before entering a convent. She spent 54 years as a Franciscan sister of St. Mary's...

Monday, Aug. 5 7:30 p.m. Action Items Power and Light Committee -- Authorized pay request in the amount of $89,043 to Caldwell Tanks Inc. as final payment under the 300,000-gallon elevated tank contract. -- Accepted dedication of sanitary sewer and drainage easement from Cantaberry Properties...

Cape Girardeau City Council Agenda Monday, Aug. 5, 7:30 p.m. Public Hearing -- Conducted a public hearing regarding the request of Six Sisters Inc. to rezone 1641 Kingsway Drive and part of Lot 3, Six Sisters Subdivision from R-1 to C-2 general commercial...

SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Council was up to its elbows in water and sewer problems Monday night. Orley and Betty Jackson, representing a group called the Urban Water Users, presented a list of questions to the board about a problem they are having with the city's water system...

JACKSON -- The city of Jackson is still looking for input on whether to impose a curfew on juveniles, Mayor Paul Sander said. "Different organizations are still gathering information," Sander said at Monday night's meeting of the Board of Aldermen. City officials are waiting for word from those organizations -- including the Optimist Club and the Jackson Police Department -- before taking any action, he said...

The Alumni Association of Southeast Missouri State University has selected five alumni and a Southeast professor to receive the university's annual alumni and faculty merit awards. The six will be honored during a merit award dinner Oct. 25 in the Show Me Center. Each alumni award is presented by an academic college at Southeast...

The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will hold a jazz concert Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Capaha Park Band Shell. Ronald Nall will lead the band during the free concert. Nancy Jernigan, executive director of the Area Wide United Way, will be the celebrity director...

A 1972 Chevrolet Bel Air used for 24 years by the Frohna Police Department finally will get some rest. The city of Frohna sold the car to an Indiana law enforcement officer who wants to restore it and take it to police car shows. Ed Sanow paid $2,000 for the car, which was purchased new for $3,291. The Chevrolet was considered in service until the day it sold, although recently it was driven only once or twice a month...

PERRYVILLE -- Classes designed to help current and potential entrepreneurs operate their own businesses will begin Aug. 27 in Perryville. The nine-week course will be conducted at the Perryville Senior High School library. It is produced by the Thomas Hill Enterprise Center, a not-for-profit community development agency. The Perry County Industrial Development Authority, Perryville Chamber of Commerce and Perryville Development Corp. helped bring the course to the area...