Stories from Tuesday, March 19, 1991

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Some members of the Cape Girardeau Naval Reserve Center's Fleet Hospital Unit, which was called to Mideast duty Jan. 7, will be returning this week. "We've received word that fleet hospital personnel are being deactivated," said Lt. Comdr. Jack Dalrymple, who heads up the reserve center. "We don't know how many or when they will be back in the area, but some of them may be here this week...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A new reading series will change the way children learn to read in Cape Girardeau public schools. The Board of Education last week approved the purchase of a new elementary reading series for children in kindergarten through sixth grade at an investment of about $90,000...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The City Council Monday approved a resolution to authorize a contract with the Federal Aviation Administration for operation of the Municipal Airport control tower. The council's action resolves a six-month conflict over whether the city should continue control tower operations or relinquish the contract to a private air traffic control company...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The first of several plans that will be floated for reaction on how to redraw the state's nine U.S. House districts would considerably increase the likelihood of a Republican holding the 8th District seat. Under a plan released last week by a Senate committee studying redistricting, heavily Democratic Ste. Genevieve County would be moved into the 3rd Congressional District of Rep. Richard Gephardt. The 8th District would also lose Sullivan Township in Franklin County...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Linda Heitman and Marcia Southard-Ritter have done more than "nurse" their careers; they have excelled at the profession of nursing. The two longtime Cape Girardeau nurses are among 14 statewide who are finalists in the second annual Tribute to Missouri Nurses Awards program...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Concert bands from Cape Girardeau and Jackson high schools will perform tonight at the Central High Gymnasium, beginning at 7 p.m. The concerts culminate an afternoon of instruction by guest clinician Dr. Sterling Cossaboom, chairman of the department of music at Southeast Missouri State University...

SCOTT CITY -- Though few attended a public comment session Monday to discuss the proposed half-cent increase in city sales tax, members of the Scott City Council heard opposition to it. If approved by voters, the sales tax increase will fund street repairs and improvements in the city for the next five years...

CHAFFEE -- Starting today, motorists can begin using a new concrete bridge at Nunn Road and Ponderosa. Chaffee Mayor Ron Moyers said Monday night at the regular meeting of the Chaffee City Council that the bridge will open at 5 p.m. The bridge replaces a wooden bridge condemned about six months ago. Its cost is being split between the city and Scott County...

SGT. TONY RAY MILLER U.S. MARINES Sgt. Miller is the son of Burel and Carol Miller of Dongola, Ill., and a 1985 graduate of Dongola High School. He joined the Marine Corps in 1985 and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Before being deployed to the Middle East, he was stationed aboard the USS Okinawa. He has a wife, Beverly and two daughters, Ashley and Amber...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Aldermen Monday approved what was described as a tight but fiscally sound 1991 budget that gives city employees a 5 percent raise and includes major capital improvement projects. The budget was adopted by a 7-0 vote following a public hearing prior to the regular board meeting...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - The next meeting of the Southeast Missouri Group of the Sierra Club (previously Earth Day 1990 - Heartland Region) will be held Wednesday at the Cape Girardeau Public Library, 711 N. Clark. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. This meeting will focus on the development of a program of activities and the formation of interest groups. ...

I HAVE KNOWN Coach Arnzen for years and I personally cannot think of a better person or coach I would rather like to see receive all the success he has had this year. His team is filled with hardworking, talented, and all-around genuine players. He has taught them the true meaning of success, and they all deserve nothing less than the NCAA Division II title. ...

I WOULD LIKE to congratulate the Otahkians. Also, I would like to congratulate the coach and his family, and thanks for letting us fans be a part of the family unity you have portrayed with your team. Thank you. I'D JUST LIKE to say that I'm impressed with Peter Kinder's apology Tuesday to Mr. ...

The streets of the City of New York were the scene of an astonishing occurrence this past Saturday. The occasion was the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. It is traditional at this parade for the mayor to march or ride in a place of honor at the head of the thousands of marchers. Tradition was broken this year, and there ensued another skirmish in our country's kulturkampf, or "culture war."...

America's National Guard and reserve units played a courageous role in Operation Desert Storm. Now, as the troops begin their return to the United States, soldiers will be greeted by some disturbing news: about 25 percent of the armed forces will be deactivated under Defense Secretary Dick Cheney's plans to reduce military spending...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Graveside service for William M. Griffin of Cairo will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Dexter City Cemetery in Dexter, Mo. The Rev. Kenneth Provines will officiate. Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home here from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Bernard Franklin (Willie Bee) Cockrell of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Dolan Rogers will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral service for George W. Kinsloe of Dayton, Ohio, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Carrigan-Mains Funeral Home in Dayton. Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home here from 9-10:30 a.m. Friday. Graveside service will be at 11 Friday at Beechwood Cemetery in Mounds, with the Rev. Robert McCoy officiating...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for A.C. Davis, 1520 Price, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Neil Stein will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

SCOTT CITY -- Virgil (Smokey) Brant of Wappapello died Monday, March 18, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was 62 years old, and formerly of Scott City. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements.

WYATT -- Funeral service for Lon Foster Hinchey of Wyatt will be held at 1 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Chapel in Charleston. The Rev. Tom Bridges will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of service...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service of August F. Peetz of Fountainbleau Lodge will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. Otto Steinhaus will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Frank Conway of Cape Girardeau will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Ray Otto will officiate and burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Mrs. Lois Kyle, 2825 Bloomfield, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Kelley Grubbs will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

MARBLE HILL - The Bollinger County sheriff's department said Monday that Friday's fatal shooting of a two-year-old St. Louis County boy was an accident. Sheriff Januar Peters said Rodney Lynn Duvall II, of High Ridge, Mo., was shot at about 10:30 p.m., Friday, while riding in the back seat of his father's two-door car...