Stories from Friday, January 4, 1991

American teenagers encounter greater temptations than ever before. This is not only in the sense of illegal substances or cultural corruption, but in terms of monetary seduction. Stoked by economic and social pressures and by the growing number of service sector jobs, more teenagers are joining the labor force. ...

The game is "Jeopardy" (how fitting) and the category is geography. This is according to the home version found at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. A card flips up to reveal the answer: "Iraq." The correct question: "What is not Vietnam?" Please regard this not as a matter of geographical illiteracy but of political immediacy. On a map, there are more than 3,000 miles between Ho Chi Minh City and Baghdad. On the political landscape, there aren't nearly enough miles to suit the Bush administration...

CHAFFEE - June Stubbs entered the teaching profession through a "non-traditional" route. "When my son started school, I decided to go to college," she explained. "I wanted to be a teacher because I liked children and I felt that I would enjoy working with them...

CHAFFEE -- A Portland, Ore.-based firm will officially take over management of Chaffee General Hospital next week. Hospital board President Randy Dooley said board members and hospital officials plan to meet with officials of Brim & Associates, a management firm, this weekend to sign a six-month management contract with the company...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Southeast Missouri Hospital said farewell to six of its own Thursday as a bright yellow ribbon was placed on the flag pole in front of the hospital complex. The six members of the hospital's medical staff are being deployed for military duty as part of Operation Desert Shield in the Persian Gulf. One of them, Staff Sergeant H. Charles Mosebach, a licensed practical nurse on one of the hospital's general medical units, left shortly after Christmas for duty with the Army Reserve...

SCOTT CITY -- A senior patrolman with the Scott City Police Department resigned Thursday night, making him the fifth officer to leave the department in the past eight months. Senior Patrolman Alvin W. Blumenberg gave a letter of resignation to Police Chief David Beck outlining 14 reasons for his resignation, which takes effect today...

JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri General Assembly will likely take up a number of issues in 1991, but the state's tight financial picture will likely override everything lawmakers try to do this year, says State Rep. Mary Kasten. "I think frugal financing will the focus of our time," declared the Cape Girardeau Republican. "We will be dealing with some big issues that take money and we just don't have a lot of money."...

SGT. PATRICIA A. BURNS U.S. AIR FORCE Sgt. Burns graduated from Cape Central High School in 1982, and after working for a while, she enlisted in the Air Force. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burns of Cape Girardeau. She is a member of the 833rd Security Police...

JACKSON -- Five incumbents have filed for re-election to their municipal and school board offices in the city of Jackson. Wednesday was the first day for candidates to file. Filing for re-election to the Jackson Board of Aldermen are Kevin Sawyer, Ward 2, Leonard Dambach, Ward 3, and Paul Sander, Ward 1...

Son to UTI Jeffrey Paul and UT2 Angela A. Osborne, U.S. Naval Hospital in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 1990. Name, David Christopher. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. Fourth child, third son. Mrs. Osborne is the daughter of David and Betty McCormick, 1036 N. Fountain. Osborne is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tomas Osborne of Russell, Pa...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Mrs. Etta Mae Kassel, 611 South West End Boulevard, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev. Carl Richardson will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-9 p.m. today...

NEW HAMBURG -- Funeral mass for the Rev. Francis P. Donovan, former pastor of St. Denis Parish at Benton and St. Lawrence here, will be held today at St. Francis of Assisi Church in St. Louis. Bishop John J. Leibrecht of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau will officiate, with burial in Mt. Olive Cemetery in St. Louis...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Odis L. Seabaugh of Cape Girardeau will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Neil Stein will officiate and burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Funeral service for Mrs. Clolie A. Crites of Sedgewickville will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel in Jackson. Ron Fields will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Mrs. Grace A. Giles of Quincy will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Wesley Wright will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10-11 a.m. Saturday...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Thurman Lee Shelton, 1431 rear N. Spanish, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. Wes Rider will officiate, with burial in City Cemetery at Poplar Bluff. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

LANSING, Mich. - Funeral services will be held Monday for Geraldine Summers Bell, formerly of Cape Girardeau. She died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1991, in Lansing, where she had resided for 15 years. She was 84. She was a member of the Centenary Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau and had worked for many years at Missouri Utilities, retiring in 1971. She had attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and was a teacher for a time...

WARE, Ill. -- Almost three-quarters of million Canada geese are now wintering in the Southern Illinois area. During the latest goose census conducted by the Illinois Department of Conservation, it was estimated that more than 716,000 geese were in the area...

WAPPAPELLO -- The Johnson Tract Nature Trail, in the Johnson Natural Area at Wappapello Lake, has been designated a National Recreation Trail, part of the National Trails System, by the Department of the Interior. "We're planning a ceremony to dedicate the new national trail in early spring of 1991," said Michael McClendon, of U.S. Army Corps of engineers. The trail is located on public land, administered by the Corps of Engineers, about 20 miles north of Wappapello Dam, on Highway D...

BRANSON -- The "Caped Crusader" would be proud of Silver Dollar City. The manager of the amusement park are working to ensure that their business, perched atop the rugged hills of Tandy County, doesn't cause more problems for the endangered gray bats in Marvel Cave, one of the park's main attractions...

JEFFERSON CITY -- The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, near Puxico, will hold its annual "Eagle Days" sessions Feb. 2-3. No registration is required but participants should arrive early for best eagle viewing. Guided eagle watches, educational displays, and an appearance by Phoenix, a live bald eagle exhibited by Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield, are part of each event. Activities are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day...