Stories from Thursday, April 4, 1991

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Auditions for the first Broadway Community Theatre production will be held Sunday and Monday. The community theater group, which evolved from the Broadway Players organization, will present "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder May 31. The play will be done in the round at the Holiday Inn Convention Center...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Volunteers are needed to assist the city's Parks and Recreation Department and the Chamber of Commerce with the annual Help Cape Shine effort. Planting flowers and rose bushes and picking up trash are just a few of the projects scheduled throughout the month to help make Cape Girardeau a little brighter...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A benefit dance to raise money for cancer victim Terri Frayser of Cape Girardeau will be held April 20 from 7 p.m. to midnight at the A.C. Brase Arena. Admission to the dance, sponsored by a group, Friends of Terri Frayser, is $5. Persons must be 21 to attend. Prizes will be given...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- An auction conducted by the Cape Girardeau County Medical Auxiliary raised approximately $8,000 that will be given to local health-related charities in honor of physicians in the county. Becky Kies of the auxiliary said items that were auctioned were donated by local businesses. The auction was held March 23 at the Cape Girardeau Country Club, she said...

Juliet, played by Abbie Crites, asks her father, Lord Capulet, played by Dan Akre, for his forgiveness in a scene from Romeo and Juliet. Behind them are Cheryl Yount, as Lady Capulet, and Sharon Wickerham as the nurse. CAPE GIRARDEAU - The highlight of the Shakespeare Festival at Southeast Missouri State University will take place next weekend with the theater department's production of Shakespeare's classic love story, "Romeo & Juliet."...

JACKSON -- Two free presentations concerning the history of railroads mark opening weekend for the St. Louis Iron Mountain Steam Railway. The weekend kicks off Friday with a presentation, "Jesse James Railroads and Banks," by Howard Noble, chairman of the history department at Mineral Area College...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Comedian David Naster will host the final Comedy Club of the semester tonight at 8 at the Southeast Missouri State University Center cafe. Naster frequently tours colleges and universities and is billed as "the most-sought-after performer on college campuses today."...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Northern Illinois University percussionist Richard Holly will perform a recital Wednesday at Southeast Missouri State University. The recital will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Academic Auditorium. It is free and open to the public. Holly is a nationally-known marimbaist, set drummer and recitalist. While on campus Holly will present lectures and demonstrations on West African, Cuban and Brazilian drumming to music and university studies students...

ST. LOUIS Season tickets for the 73rd summer at The Muny are on sale. The season opens June 10 and will feature seven shows. Highlighting the 1991 season are "My Fair Lady," voted number one in a 1990 survey as the musical St. Louis would most like to see, and "It's Delightful, It's Lovely, It's Cole Porter," a celebration of Cole Porter's 100th birthday...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Community Concert Association of Cape Girardeau will offer two bonus concerts this month in conjunction with its annual membership drive. The concerts are open to the public free of charge when season tickets to the Community Concert Association's 1991-92 season are purchased...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Ses~ame Street Live may offer some educational lessons to its young spectators, but it also offers a heavy dose of entertainment, says the show's producer, Vince Egan. "The show itself is based upon the characters' various personalities," Egan said. "They all try to create the silliest dance, and the lesson is that it's OK for all of us to be different."...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Federal officials remained silent Wednesday regarding the FBI's seizure of absentee ballots in the Cairo election Tuesday night. Clifford J. Proud, first assistant for the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Illinois, said Wednesday that his office had no comment concerning the confiscation of absentee ballots...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Southeast Missouri State University's annual revenue has grown by 219 percent in actual dollars and 47 percent when adjusted for inflation over the past 13 years, a study shows. The information was compiled by Faculty Senator Terry Sutton of the university's economics department...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The city's Airport Advisory Board continues to express concern over the number of boardings at the Municipal Airport, which have lagged well behind last year's pace. The airport last year reported slightly more than the 10,000 boardings needed to receive $300,000 in annual Federal Aviation Administration entitlement funds for airport development...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A Cape Girardeau Marine was given a hero's welcome this week upon his return from Saudi Arabia. A line of red, white and blue balloons, yellow ribbons, and a giant welcome-home sign greeted Cpl. Chris McNeely when he returned home after more than seven months in the Middle East...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Mrs. Blanche E. Macke, 1021 Themis, will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. S.S. Borum will officiate, with private burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 8 a.m. until the service...

CHAFFEE -- It looks like Janet Sullivan will remain as Chaffee's next new city council member. Despite some voters being given wrong ballots Tuesday in the city's only council election, Scott County Clerk Bob Kielhofner said Wednesday it appears there would be no change from Sullivan's victory over incumbent Ed Gauthier of Ward 2...

Daughter to Cpl. and Mrs. Stephen Hamblin of Irvine, Calif., Saddleback Women's Hospital in Laguna Hills, Calif., 11:09 a.m. Thursday, March 21, 1991. Name, Kaleigh Ann. Weight, 1 pound 8 ounces. First child. Mrs. Hamblin is the former Traci Stearns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stearns of Jackson. She is employed in the accounting department at El Toro Marine Air Station. Hamblin is stationed with the U.S. Marines at El Toro, and is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Bob Hamblin of Cape Girardeau...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Morris Wolford of East Prairie will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Shelby Funeral Chapel here. The Revs. Robert Burke and Virgil Hyslip will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3:30 p.m. today...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Graveside service for Mrs. Marguerite Busch Oliver of Springfield was held Monday at Maple Park Cemetery in Springfield. Mrs. Oliver, 78 years old, died Thursday, March 28, 1991, in St. Joseph. She was born Feb. 14, 1913, in Springfield. She was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and the University of Missouri School of Journalism...

WYATT -- Elza Sparks, 88, of Wyatt, died Wednesday, April 3, at the Charleston Manor Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

CHARLESTON -- Cecil Holmes, 79, of Charleston died Wednesday, April 3, at the Charleston Manor Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for William Henderson Winchester Jr. of East Prairie will be at 3 p.m. Friday at the Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. The Rev. Clinton Wofford will officiate and a eulogy will be given by George Simmons of Charleston. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery near Charleston...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Herman Joseph Leible of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Church in Apple Creek. The Rev. John Bolderson will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Drayton Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today. A wake service will be held at 7...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Verlin Charles Sheldon of Bloomfield will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Jack Crawford and Robert Gardner will officiate, with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Bell City...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Delfis H. Robey of Sikeston will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Don Embry will officiate, with burial in Walker Cemetery near here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Scott Wayne Woods of Little Elm, Texas and formerly of East Prairie, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. Burial will follow in the East Prairie Memorial Park cemetery. Mr. Woods died Monday, April 1, at Bessemer, Ala. He was 20...

GLEN ALLEN -- Funeral service for Truman Dale Shell of Glen Allen will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Baker Funeral Chapel in Lutesville. The Revs. Randy Poole and Gerald Huff will officiate, with burial in Baker Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Friday...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Billy Gene Biggs of Warrenton was held March 14 at Nieburg-Martin Funeral Chapel in Warrenton. Biggs, 52 years old, died Monday, March 11, 1991, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 24, 1938, at Illmo, son of Marion and Mary Biggs. He married the former Patricia Kay Percell...

KELSO - How the remaining seat on the Kelso C-7 School District Board of Education will be filled in light of a two-way tie in Tuesday's election was still unknown Wednesday. But District Superintendent Darryl Sauer said he doubts a special election would be held to break the standstill for the three-year seat...

If Gov. Ashcroft accepts a federal appointment after his term is up, he'll feel right at home in Washington. There isn't any money there, either. --- Maybe we'd all be better informed if the nation's economists forecast the weather and the meteorologists made the economic predictions...

Alan R.P. Journet is professor in the biology department at Southeast Missouri State University. He is a previous contributor to this column. After ten years with no energy policy, suddenly politicians and commentators are worrying about what the U.S. ...

With considerable fanfare this week, Iowa initiated its foray into riverboat gambling. In Bettendorf, Davenport and Dubuque, floating casinos now grace the riverfront and carry their card players and dice throwers up and down the Mississippi. Fanciful as it might be to recall the river's bygone gambling days, and gleeful as Iowa revenue and tourism officials might be at their inspired prospects, we remain unconvinced that these ventures will serve the broad interests of the states so anxious to promote them.. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The results of a survey on the economic impact of Southeast Missouri State University on the Cape Girardeau community will be discussed at the First Friday Coffee. Robert Foster, Southeast's executive vice president; and Harry Rediger, a member of the board of the University Foundation, will discuss the survey results...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Quinstate Economic Development Conference will observe its 10th anniversary in Missouri. Representatives from five states were in Cape Girardeau to establish dates for the 1992 conference and discuss plans for the event, which is expected to attract between 200 and 300 people...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - A senior citizen activity day is planned Wednesday at West Park Mall Cine, beginning at 8:30 a.m. It was erroneously reported in Wednesday's edition of the Southeast Missourian that the activity day was to be held yesterday. We regret any inconvenience caused by this error...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - The Southeast Missouri Amateur Radio Club and the Cape Girardeau County Office of Emergency Preparedness will sponsor a public, Basic Severe Weather Spotter Training Seminar tonight. The 1 hour program will be begin at 7 p.m., in the Harrison Room at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

VALPARAISO, Ind. - Denise Hartmann, daughter of Bob and Esther Hartmann, of Cape Girardeau, has been named to the Dean's List for the fall semester at Valparaiso University. She is a 1987 graduate of Central High School and will graduate from Valparaiso in May with a degree in elementary and special education...

BENTON -- Jennifer Felter, a student at Thomas W. Kelly High School, will join approximately 200 other sophomore leaders from high schools in eastern Missouri at the Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation's annual leadership seminar. The program will be held in St. Louis this weekend...

CHAFFEE -- Kindergarten enrollment will be held April 10-11 at the Chaffee Elementary School from 8:30-11 a.m. and noon to 2:30 p.m. each day. Children who have had their fifth birthday before July 1 may enroll. Parents must bring their child's birth certificate and immunization record to the enrollment...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club will hold their monthly meeting Friday at noon in the executive room of the Holiday Inn. Featured speaker will be Ian Sutherland, assistant prosecuting attorney for the county and author of the book, "History of the Special Forces of the U.S. Army." Sutherland is also a retired Lieutenant Colonial...

OAK RIDGE -- Melody F. Green, science teacher at Oak Ridge School, attended a workshop entitled "Teachers, Industry and Environment." Teachers were selected for the workshop through written recommendations by Missouri secondary school principals at both public and private schools...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Faculty Dames of Southeast Missouri State University will hold their annual spring luncheon at the University Museum. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. The program will consist of election and installation of officers for 1991-92, and brief program on the museum...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Mississippi Valley Home Educators will meet April 11 at Cape Bible Chapel on Kage Road from 3-5 p.m. The children's presentations will be on the theme, "Trees," and a project on Arbor Day is planned. A field trip is scheduled April 19 will be to Trail of Tears State Park...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- An exhibit of painted and embroidered quilting by regional artist Kathleen Sanjabi will open Sunday at Gallery 100. "Iris, Orchids & Others" contains floral paintings on cotton with embroidery and hand or machine quilting. Sanjabi, of Carbondale, Ill., has been exhibited in national events such as "Stitchery International" in Pittsburgh, Penn., and "Needle Expressions" in St. Louis...

I WOULD JUST like to say that I am very proud of our troops who served in the Middle East. I would just like to wish them the best of luck and I hope that all of them return home safely, especially my uncle Derek because I miss him very, very much. I really truly love him and I just hope he returns just like the rest of the troops...