Stories from Wednesday, January 23, 1991

A Missouri law that went into effect this month requires high schools to report to state authorities the names of dropouts within their districts. This is a low-profile law that could pay, over the long term, some high dividends for these young people and the state. We hope area school districts take the statute to heart and make these reports in a timely manner...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Josef Werne, a student at Cape Central High School, has been awarded the Condit Scholarship to attend DePauw University next fall. A senior, Werne was required to pass an examination and successfully complete an interview with members of the DePauw faculty to qualify...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Kristi Schetter of Cape Girardeau has been named to the fall 1990 dean's list at St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Schetter, a 1988 graduate of Cape Central High School, is majoring in pharmacy at the college, where she is in her third year...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Dr. Theodore J. Glenn will discuss learning disabilities of all ages on the "Ask Your Doctor" program Thursday at 8 p.m. on cable channel 13. The program features local doctors answering questions from local callers. Martha Muench and Dr. Jean A. Chapman host the program. "Ask Your Doctor" is sponsored by St. Francis Medical Center, Southeast Missouri Hospital, the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society and Channel 13...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Regional Arthritis Center at St. Francis Medical Center will sponsor a three-day training seminar in March designed to teach people how they can teach others about arthritis self-help. The 18-hour seminar will be offered twice, first on March 5-7 and again on March 15-17. The course will be held at the St. Francis Information Center in Jackson...

JACKSON-Cape Girardeau County residents will vote for members of the University Extension Council during the first part of January 1991. The Ballots for this election will be in local newspapers the week of January 14, 1991. Voting instructions and candidate information will also be included...

From time to time, readers have requested a column on transitive and intransitive verbs. Because so many verbs can serve in either capacity, I have hesitated to comply lest I confuse readers unnecessarily. However, a recent article featuring a small town in Michigan, home of the world-renowned magician Harry Blackstone, changed my mind. ...

The two great television events of this week (not counting "Lonesome Dove") have a relationship: the Persian Gulf war and the Super Bowl. Indulge the comparison because there is a point, not altogether far-fetched, to be made. The link between warfare and professional football is not new. One of the themes of the 1971 book "Out of Their League" was the connection between national attitudes and what people witnessed on gridirons on Sunday afternoons, particularly in terms of aggression...

Americans and, for that matter, all the civilized world, have been put through almost every emotion imaginable during the past two days as Iraq and a U.S.-led coalition of nations collided in war. ... Events only serve to underscore the importance and the strength of the political process that brought us to this difficult crossroad, and which, we believe, assures the people of this nation will stand together until we prevail. .....

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Nearly two years after he launched a drive among school children to pay for restoration of the original Missouri State flag here, Secretary of State Roy Blunt will return to the city Monday to unveil the restored flag for the first time...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - About 350 people turned out Tuesday night for a rally to show their support for Americans fighting in the Middle East. The rally, organized by staff members of the Dearmont Dormitory at Southeast Missouri State University, began at the University Center, where there were a few brief comments and prayers of concern for American troops stationed in the gulf...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Richard Gentry is missed by his co-workers in a big way. Gentry, who was among the 38 Naval reservists who left Cape Girardeau Jan. 12 for service in Saudi Arabia, will soon be the recipient of a giant greeting card from fellow workers (and the company pooch) at Lone Star Industries...

CHAFFEE -- The Chaffee General Hospital Board of Trustees met Tuesday with two representatives of the management firm that took over the hospital earlier this month. G. Douglas Atkinson, regional vice president of Brim & Associates' eastern division, told board members they must decide on what the hospital's role should be in serving Chaffee and surrounding towns...

PFC DONALD COBB U.S. ARMY PFC Cobb is the son of Judy Cobb of Chaffee and the late Lester Cobb. He graduated from Chaffee High School in 1989, and joined the Army in April of 1990. He had been a member of the Missouri National Guard for two years before joining the Army...

BEVERLY TACKETT Occupation: Teacher's Aide, Cape Girardeau Schools. Birthplace: Herrin, Ill. Pet Peeve: "Being lied to." The best part of my job is: "Having a job for eight years and never getting up one single morning dreading going to work. Working with kids everyday is a new experience."...

It should have said the district originally wanted to build the garage on school property on East Lane directly east of the R.O. Hawkins Junior High School. The request was withdrawn because of opposition from neighbors. The district now plans to build the facility on property just east of the new elementary school...

FULTS, Ill. -- A 106-car Union Pacific Railroad coal train derailed late Monday near Fults, Ill., but a Union Pacific official said the broken tracks caused by the accident should be cleared up by about 10 a.m. today. The train was enroute from Chester, Ill. to Kansas City...

ORAN - Virgil Keith Moore, a well known businessman and longtime member of the Chaffee City Council, was killed late Tuesday afternoon in an automobile accident. Scott County Coroner Scott Amick said Moore, 62, and his wife, Wanda, both died instantly following the head on collision of two cars on Highway 77 and Scott County Route W, at the east city limits of Oran...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Mrs. Lillian Everett of Bryan, Tex., formerly of Cape Girardeau, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Bethel Lutheran Church in Bryan. Mrs. Everett, 78 years old, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 1991, in a Bryan hospital. She was born March 10, 1912, at Egypt Mills, daughter of Julius and Clara Hente Borchelt. She married Omer L. Everett Sept. 30, 1941...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mrs. Maxine Bailey of Paducah, Ky., formerly of Cairo, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Barkett Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Earl Elgood will officiate, with burial in Beechwood Cemetery at Mounds. Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home after 5 p.m. today...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mrs. Gladys I. Mohundro of Cairo will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Barkett Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Parvin Hall will officiate, with burial in Mound City National Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Thursday...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Memorial service for Mrs. Helen Eloise Mahan, 735 Perry Avenue, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Cape Bible Chapel. Hal Greene will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements. There is no visitation...

JACKSON -- James L. Jones of Sun City, Ariz., formerly of Jackson, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1991, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete in Sun City.

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Clara Thompson of Perryville will be said at 10 a.m. Thursday at the St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. The Rev. Edward Wilson, C.M., will officiate and burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Donald J. Pasaka of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Charles E. Buck will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-8 tonight...

NEW HAMBURG -- Lucille J. Heuring, 72, of New Hamburg died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 29, 1918 in New Hamburg, daughter of Stephen and Coena LeGrand Westrich. She was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg, a member and past president of St. Ann's Sodality, a member of the New Hamburg Homemakers Club, and a member and past president of North Scott County Association of Retarded Citizens...

Daughter to Tina Watson of Cape Girardeau, 7:21 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 1991. Name, Whitney Marie. Weight, 6 pounds 12 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Ms. Watson is the daughter of Nadine Winch of Cape. Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Keith Spears of Advance, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:31 a.m. ...

American quilts have played an important role in the history of our country, documenting through blocks of colored cloth joined together into quilts, historical events. A display of quilts is now at Gallery 100, 100 Broadway. During the early settlement of the country times were difficult for both men and women. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Wanda Steffens finds that her first-grade students are a joy to teach because of their eagerness to learn. "It is so exciting to see the level of learning from which most of them begin, to the progress that is shown throughout the year," Steffens said...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - One of five victims of a two-vehicle accident that involved a police squad car here early Sunday remained hospitalized Monday. Timothy B. Galloway, 20, of St. Joseph, was in fair condition at Southeast Missouri Hospital, a hospital spokesperson said late Monday afternoon...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The mix of crops farmers plant in 1991 could change more than in recent years, as crop plantings and commodity prices show variations in the coming year as farmers settle down with the new farm law. Changes in the new, 1990 Farm Bill are among topics to be discussed during the 1991 New Trends in Agriculture program to be held at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus this summer...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape Girardeau Rotary Club is soliciting essays from for a district contest. Students in junior and senior high school may enter. The theme of the essay is "Preserve our Community: Planet Earth." The essay must be typewritten, double-spaced, and must not exceed 1,150 words. The entry must have a removable cover page with the author's name, address, phone number, name of Rotary Club and school category...