Stories from Thursday, December 13, 1990

Education, as has been argued here before, is best directed from the local level. Needs are more clear, resolution of difficulties more immediate. The lines of accountability are distinct, uncluttered by distance or added bureaucracy. Thus, we regard the selection of educational leaders to be an important endeavor; it is one being carried out at several districts in this area and we see a value in the resources of these efforts being shared for the betterment of the schools involved...

Hypocrisy: a pretending to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a pretense of virtue, piety. Webster's New World Dictionary As more and more reductions in earlier appropriations to Missouri programs are announced, there are heightened cries for additional state revenue and demands for higher taxes to forestall future cuts in departmental budgets. ...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Skip Holman of Chaffee, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:32 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 1990. Name, Brittany Elizabeth. Weight, 6 pounds 2 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Holman is the former Paula Moss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moss of Dutchtown, and is a nurse. Holman is an auto body worker, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Holman of Chaffee...

MOREHOUSE -- Funeral service for Mrs. Ollie Hester Greer of Morehouse will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Milton Poole will officiate, with burial in Essex Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for John R. Cox of Jackson, a former area businessman, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Otto Steinhaus will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery at Sikeston. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-7 tonight...

ST. MARYS Funeral service for Mrs. Roela V. Brewster of St. Marys will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Saline Baptist Church in Minnith. The Rev. E.D. Francis will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville after 4 p.m. today...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Mrs. Stella Clements of Perryville will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The Rev. Jeffrey Lloyd will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today, and until 1:30 p.m. Friday...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Mrs. Anna Augusta Helena Roth of Scott City will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Eisleben Lutheran Church. The Rev. Daniel Wagner and David Dissen, nephew of Mrs. Roth, will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Tony Darrell Ellis of Hueytown, Ala., formerly of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 1990, from injuries received in a car accident near Hueytown. Shelby Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements.

CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral service for Liston D. Hodges of Cairo will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Cairo Assembly of God Church. The Rev. Carl Cravens will officiate, with burial in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge. Barkett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Derotha Hutchison of Bloomfield will be held at 2 p.m. today at First General Baptist Church. The Rev. Kevin Eskew will officiate, with burial in Bloomfield Cemetery. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

VANDUSER -- Funeral service for Mrs. Ava C. Chasteen of Vanduser will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Marshall Page will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A service in memory of Willis Andrew (Trey) Springer III, 1810 Thilenius, will be held tonight for students in the Cape Girardeau and Jackson area. The service is at 6 p.m. at St. Vincent's Catholic Church. Trey, 17 years old, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 1990, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for William (Billy) Whittaker Sr. of Creve Coeur, Ill., will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Revs. J.C. Mattox and S.S. Borum will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

I JUST WANT to say that I'm really upset over the witch hunt for David Stewart that's going on. I didn't even know there was a Center for Earthquake Studies until I read about David Stewart. I didn't know, having lived in Cape all my life, that we had over 200 earthquakes on the New Madrid Fault a year until David Stewart told us. ...

THE 1200 BLOCK of Bloomfield is such a wonderful block to live in. It has such nice people. The beautiful Christmas lights are a joy to look at at night. I wish everyone had a neighborhood like this one. Merry Christmas to each and every one of you. Thank you...

CONGRATULATIONS, LADY RAMS. You played a great game in the Chaffee tournament. We are so proud of you. Keep up the good work. I'D LIKE TO SAY I think the Country Club in Scott City looks great with lights this year. Keep up the good work. MY WIFE LIKES to keep old newspapers every now and then. ...

I AM VERY sorry that Judge Wapner is put on too early in the morning. The older of us can't see it. Now they're taking Andy off and putting "Golden Girls" on. "Golden Girls" should not be on at the time when the kids come home from school to sit down and watch TV because it's not for kids at all. I wish they'd put Judge Wapner back on. We'd all learn from that. Thank you...

I WAS WONDERING. Since Harry Smith thinks we're so stupid in this area that we're listening to one man's prediction, why were so many satellite dishes sitting down in New Madrid from all the major networks? This is the reason "CBS This Morning" is the lowest of the three network morning talk shows...

I'M CALLING IN regards to the lady who wrote that Mr. Bush should reinstate the draft; that way everybody gets a chance and you don't have to call in the reserves. Well, I think that's a bunch of bull. The reserves did that; they decided that on their own and that's what they're for. Thanks...

I WOULD LIKE to know where the bumper stickers are coming from in Jackson that say, Political Parasites No More Taxes. I'd like to find out where to get one. Thank you. IF YOU THOUGHT the Oprah Winfrey show was so disgusting, then why did you spend the whole hour watching it?...