Stories from Wednesday, February 27, 1991

The Cape Girardeau Police Department recently released a report concerning vehicle accidents in the city during 1990. Just because this is an annual document doesn't mean it should be dismissed without some thorough review. In addition to alerting the public to relevant statistical data about hazardous driving locations, it can also create something of an official blueprint for safety enhancement projects. ...

I have not been one to jump on the bandwagon of media lambasting that has flourished like crabgrass since the Persian Gulf War's beginning. My loyalty has nothing to do with allegiance for professional brethren; I am critical plenty of the press. I just don't feel the new media have behaved so badly in bringing us the war...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The computer science department at Southeast Missouri State University will offer four short-term courses, beginning in March. "Introduction to Word Perfect" will meet on Saturday. Participants in the workshop will learn to create, save and print documents using Word Perfect's text entry and editing features...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Although the news from the Persian Gulf improves by the hour for American forces, the Desert Storm Task Force support group will probably be needed at least through the end of the year, a task force spokesperson said Tuesday. The task force will provide assistance to families and dependents of Cape Girardeau area servicemen and women in Operation Desert Storm. It began operating last week...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Legislators from Southeast Missouri say they are optimistic the General Assembly will pass a law this year designating English as the official language of Missouri. Sen. Danny Staples, D-Eminence, and Rep. Larry Thomason, D-Kennett, are handling identical bills in their respective chambers that would enable Missouri to join 18 other states designating an official language...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A police and fire training center, complete with a handgun firing range, will be developed on a 7-acre site on South Sprigg Street. The property, formerly Central Foods, was purchase by the city of Cape Girardeau from Boatmen's Bank. The bank donated the money, $25,000, back to the city for improvements at the location, bank President James P. Limbaugh announced today...

CPL. KIRBY L. KRAUSS U.S. MARINES Cpl. Krauss is the son of Jerry and Laverne Krauss of Perryville and the grandson of Mabel Guth of Jackson. He graduated from Perryville High School in 1987 and joined the Marines in 1988. After completing basic training, he was stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Congressman Fred Grandy will keynote the 21st Annual Lincoln Day banquet March 23 at the A.C. Brase Arena Building. The Iowa Republican, who serves on the House Ways and Means Committee and who formerly served on the Agriculture, Education and Labor, and Ethics committees, is possibly best known for his role as "Gopher" in the popular 1970s television series "The Love Boat."...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape Girardeau performance of "Cats" has been canceled. "Cats," a long-running musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, was scheduled at the Show Me Center April 9 and 10. David Ross, manager of the Show Me Center, explained that a scheduling conflict prompted organizers to cut the Cape Girardeau stop from a tour of sports arenas...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Beer sales at a country music concert Feb. 17 at the Show Me Center proved successful, but drew some complaints. Building manager David Ross said the Show Me Center Board of Managers will discuss whether or not to have beer sales at future concerts at its March 6 meeting...

LILLIAN HAMAN Occupation: Cafeteria manager, Schultz School, Cape Girardeau. Hometown: Egypt Mills Current Home: Cape Girardeau Best part of the job: "Watching children grow." What do you do in your spare time? "Sew, crochet and shop." The best part of my life was: "Having four sons. Now, my husband and I enjoy our two granddaughters...

ANNA, Ill. - Three of four incumbents seeking new terms on the Anna City Council topped a field of 12 candidates in Tuesday's primary election, while in Cairo, all incumbents survived primary challenges. In the Cairo mayor's race, James E. Wilson finished strong with 1,022 votes to put him well ahead of Carolyn Mayberry with 398 votes and write-in Robbie Koen with 208...

CHAFFEE -- The Chaffee R-II and Delta R-V school districts are sponsoring preschool screenings March 12 and 13 at the First Baptist Church in Chaffee. The screening March 12 will be held from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. On March 13, it will be held from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m...

NEW HAMBURG -- Patricia Schott says she enjoys teaching her kindergarten students at Kelso C-7 School in New Hamburg. "Children at this young age are naturally adventuresome," Schott said. "They are enthusiastic about all aspects of their lives." She has taught kindergarten at the school since 1979. She received her bachelor of science degree in elementary education in 1978 from Southeast Missouri State University...

Probably no one has been more critical than I of the universal habit of turning verbs into nouns, nouns and adjectives into verbs, izing everything that can be ized, and reversing the natural order of a phrase. I still see no point in a young lady's saying she likes to bicycle-ride if she likes to ride a bicycle; in a newsman's reporting that missiles are incoming when they're coming in; or of planes overflying the Persian Gulf if they're flying over...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for LeRoy (Dock) Bisher of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Shelby Funeral Chapel here. Mike Johnson will officiate, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Huston B. Cannon of Charleston will be at noon Thursday at the Sparks Funeral Chapel in Charleston. The Rev. Virgil Owens will officiate, and burial will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Charleston. Mr. Cannon died Sunday at the Charleston Manor Nursing Center. He was 75...

CHAFFEE - Myrtle Minerva London, of Chaffee, died Monday, Feb. 25, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was 65. She was born Sept. 18, 1925 in Painton, the daughter of Fred Creed and Bessie Lee Gibbs. On Sept. 30, 1975, she married Delbert London. He died April 16, 1990...

MORLEY - Morley resident Annie J. Nearns, 86, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1991 at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. Nearns was born July 1, 1904 in Bollinger County to Eugene Conrad and Carrie Webb. A homemaker, she married George Nearns, who survives. Two brothers and one sister preceded her in death...

WYATT -- Mrs. Lucinda Harris, 84, of Wyatt, died Monday at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements at Sparks Funeral Home in Charleston are incomplete.

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Thelma L. Wright of Charleston will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the McMikle Funeral Chapel in Charleston. The Rev. Gerald Collier will officiate and burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery in Charleston. Mrs. Wright died Tuesday at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was 88...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Florence Boyt of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was 81. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Danny Hager, 1037 W. Cape Rock Drive, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:48 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, 1991. Name, Chrystal Danielle. Weight, 7 pounds 2 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Hager is the former Susan Fornkohl, daughter of Junior Fornkohl and Linda Fornkohl of Cape Girardeau. Hager is employed by Jerry Lipps, and is the son of Oscar Hager and Sandy McDowell of Cape Girardeau...

ALTENBURG -- Funeral service for Albert B. Fiedler of Altenburg will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev. Willard Kassulke will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons East Perry Chapel after 4 p.m. Friday...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Graveside service for Robert E. Bonikowski of Jackson will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Cemetery. The Rev. Stephen Schneider will officiate, with Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in charge of arrangements. There is no visitation...

SIKESTON -- Graveside service for Miss Mary Alice Satterfield of Sikeston was held Tuesday at High Gate County Cemetery. The Rev. Doug Lane officiated, with Amick-Burnett Funeral Home of Sikeston in charge of arrangements. Miss Satterfield, 78 years old, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Missouri State Board of Nursing will hold a public forum to gather comments about its advanced-registered-professional-nursing-position statement. The forum will be held Monday at the Drury Lodge from 7-9 p.m. All nurses, administrators, physicians and others who are interested are invited to attend...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Central High School Future Business Leaders of America captured top honors at a district leadership conference recently hosted by Cape Central. The CHS team won the district title and traveling trophy for its performance. Winners were: Jon Robinson, first, public speaking; Cheri Scherer, first, short hand, second, machine transcription; Joy Todd, first, job description manual; Frankie Dietiker, first, computer applications for business; Keith Johnson, first, business law, fifth, business calculations; Josh Hogan, first, economics; Chrissy McCart, first, information processing concepts; and Jane Thorpe was named Ms. ...

Old newspaper clippings saved from Cape Girardeau weeklies reveal interesting facts about the city. Newspapers during the formative years of Cape Girardeau kept residents posted about problems that confronted them just as publications do today. The list of present-day concerns is long: the crisis in the desert; the mounting cost of the war, now $56 billion-plus; the drug problem at home; and many other unsolved quandaries...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Dr. Charles H. Cozean will discuss the excimer laser during Thursday's Ask Your Doctor television program. The show airs each Thursday at 8 p.m. on cable channel 13. Ask Your Doctor features local doctors answering questions from viewers. Martha Muench and Dr. Jean A. Chapman serve as hosts for the program...

COLUMBIA -- Engineers will embark on a project to fuel a pickup truck with modified soybean oil, to replace petroleum fuel in a "diesel" engine. "The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council provided a one-year, $22,000 grant for the project," said Jim Frisby, agriculture engineer, at the Missouri University Farm. "Soybean oil show tremendous promise as a fuel for diesel engines."...

KENNETT -- A total of 10 speakers will appear at a "Missouri Cotton Production" Conference, to be held at the American Legion Building here March 7. "Growing cotton in Missouri is challenging," said Mike Milam, agronomy specialist (cotton) in Dunklin County. "We're at the northern edge of the Cotton Belt, and our growing season is shorter. We have to develop strategies to overcome this limitation."...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri Director of Agriculture Charles Kruse has been appointed to the President's Council On Rural America. The 13-member council was created as part of the Bush Administration's initiative on rural development. "The decade of the 1980s was especially difficult for many rural communities that experienced job declines in agriculture,mining, timber, energy and manufacturing," said Kruse. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Eight District Congressman Bill Emerson has been named to three subcommittees of the House Agriculture Committee. He has been elevated to the ranking Republican on the Cotton, Rice, and Sugar subcommittee. He was also named to the Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition subcommittee and the Forests, Family Farms, and Energy subcommittee...

COLUMBIA -- Demonstrations of software and hardware, vendor displays, and seminar presentations by users will highlight the "Computers on the Farm" meeting, to be held March 5-6 here. A pre-registration fee for the two-day conference is $50, which includes dinner March 5, breakfast March 6 and all materials...

VANDUSER -- Jim Johnson, a cotton ginner at Vanduser, is one of four Missourians who have been elected to leadership positions in the National Cotton Council. Johnson was elected unit vice chairman. Other elected during the Council's 53rd annual meeting, held at Los Angeles, are Senath grower Charles H. ...

SPRINGFIELD -- The Missouri Small Fruit Conference will be held at the Quality Inn North here Feb. 19-20. First-day sessions will include topics on strawberry production, wholesale marketing of fruits and vegetables, and chemical use guidelines. Session on production of blueberries and table grapes will highlight the second-day schedule...