Stories from Friday, April 19, 1991

To the Editor: I am a concerned citizen of Jackson living on Spring View Drive, just a stone's throw away from the proposed site of the Transportation Center (School Bus Garage). I agree that a new Transportation Center is sorely needed for the Jackson R-2 District, however I am totally opposed to the location for this facility, which is to be constructed next to the new Orchard Drive Elementary School. ...

SIKESTON -- A Sikeston woman has been appointed to the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Janice J. Matthews, a Sikeston real-estate broker, was appointed to the position by Gov. John Ashcroft. Matthews is also a managing partner for a number of family-held interests...

SCOTT CITY -- Nicole Wadlington, a sophomore at Scott City High School, was fourth runner-up in the 1991 Missouri Miss TEEN Pageant held in St. Louis March 29-30. Fifty-four contestants competed in the statewide pageant. Wadlington, 16, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Wadlington of Scott City...

SCOTT CITY -- Laura Johnston, a senior at Scott City High School, has been named a recipient of a Regent's Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University next year. The Regent's Scholarship is awarded to high-school seniors who are in the top 10 percent of their graduating class and score above the 90th percentile on the ACT or SAT. The scholarship covers tuition and is renewable...

CHARLESTON -- Deidre DeLaney of Charleston has been selected as a regional semifinalist in Teen magazine's 1991 Great Model Search. She appears in the April 1991 issue of Teen. She is now being considered for the next level of the Great Model Search...

SCOTT CITY -- Former students of the Ancell g rade school have scheduled a reunion for July 6 at the Scott City Park. Gladys Raines Smith of Scott City said the reunion committee is trying to locate other former students with whom they have lost touch...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Kent L. Grayum of Cape Girardeau has received a President's Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1991-92 academic year. The President's Scholarship is awarded to high-school seniors who meet the following criteria: Rank in the upper 15 percent of their high-school class and score a 23 on the ACT; rank in the upper 20 percent of their high-school class and score a 24 on the ACT; or graduate as class valedictorian or salutatorian...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Mary Peters and Rodric Coslet, both of Cape Girardeau, have received Adult Learner Dean's scholarships for the 1991-92 academic year at Southeast Missouri State University. Peters is a junior majoring in mass communications at Southeast. Coslet, a senior, is majoring in historic preservation...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Southeast Missouri State University College of Education will hold its annual honors and awards banquet today in the University Center Ballroom. A social hour is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the University Center Party Room with a dinner to follow at 6:30 p.m. in the ballroom...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape Girardeau Civic Center, members of Alpha Phi Alpha and the Black Greek Council of Southeast Missouri State University will co-sponsor a picnic Saturday for the youth of the center. The picnic will be held at Cape County Park, and is for youths ages 7-18 who participate in the various programs at the center...

How's this for adding insult to injury? Thieves in Mount Lebanon, Pa., not only had displayed no respect for Officer Gregory of that city's police department, they kidnapped him from his patrol car last month. Never mind that Officer Gregory was a dummy. That's not meant as a slap at the hostage ... Officer Gregory is a mannequin...

Nearly one-half of Missouri's 114 counties are in financial difficulty, with little or no prospect that the future holds anything but a repetition of the past: declining population, diminishing tax resources and inflation-driven higher costs of doing business as usual...

Recent passage of a tax levy to support senior citizen services in Cape Girardeau County was certainly a sign of growing local advocacy for older adults here. While the tax approaches these needed services from one angle, volunteers are supplying some niceties in another way. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A screening for 3- and 4-year-olds will be held April Tuesday through April 27 at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 804 N. Cape Rock Dr. The screening is offered by Cape Girardeau Public School's Parents as Teachers program. Children who were 3 or 4 on or before July 1, 1990, are eligible...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A public hearing is slated for May 8 to gain citizen input on possible rezoning of William Street from Sprigg to Sheridan. The city's Planning and Zoning Commission recommended nearly two years ago that the city staff study a proposal to rezone William from Sprigg to West End Boulevard, and last month the commission asked that a public hearing be held on the matter...

THEBES, Ill. -- Three Thebes village officials turned cowboys Thursday night. Jim Sutton, town marshal of Thebes, was notified about 6:40 p.m. that 50 head of cattle were roaming along Highway 3, north of here. He turned to Mayor David D. McNeely and Fire Chief Fred Petzoldt for assistance...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Two and a half years ago, they stood together in a wedding aisle. Today they stand shoulder to shoulder over an operating table to help people with failing hearts. Drs. Louis and Bridget Ostrow, husband and wife, work together on the open heart surgery team at St. Francis Medical Center...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Despite efforts by Missouri's legislature to address educational funding, the president of the state Board of Education predicts that the courts will have the final say on how Missouri will fund schools. The state board met in Cape Girardeau Thursday and today...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Missouri Board of Education will cite four programs at Southeast Missouri State University as exemplary this fall. University officials showcased the teacher education program Thursday as members of the state board of education met in Cape Girardeau. The meeting continues today at the Holiday Inn...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The annual American Contract Bridge League Sectional Tournament will be held this weekend at the Cape Girardeau Holiday Inn. The "Showers of Silver" tournament is sponsored by the Sikeston and Cape Duplicate Bridge Clubs. Organizers are expecting 125 to 200 bridge players from across the nation to attend the tournament...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Unlike last year, few activities are planned to celebrate Earth Day this year. Last year, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Earth Day, area residents participated in numerous activities, including a parade and festival, a mile run, and a Trail of Tears Litter Drive...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A riverboat, destined to be the first new riverboat on the St. Louis waterfront in 50 years, passed Cape Girardeau Thursday morning en route to its new home near the Gateway Arch. The $10 million, 322-foot-long, 60-foot-wide, riverboat Belle of St. Louis was to arrive in St. Louis at 10 a.m. today, according to Patrick Kaiser, president of Gateway Riverboat Cruises Inc. of St. Louis, owner of the boat...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral mass for Mrs. Catherine E. Spence of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cairo. The Rev. Jerome Fortenberry will officiate, with burial in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge. Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo from 5-8 p.m. today...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Mrs. Juanita C. Petryszyn of Chaffee will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Assembly of God Church. The Rev. William Marshall will officiate, with burial in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Lutesville. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home here...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for William Alfred (Button) Kinney, 531 Boxwood, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Wilson Funeral Chapel in Fredericktown. The Rev. Clyde Bess will officiate, with burial in Marcus Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

BLOOMFIELD -- Graveside service for Charles Floyd Clary of Miden, La., will be held at noon Saturday at Gravel Hill Cemetery near here. The Rev. Gary Cooper will officiate. Clary, 79 years old, died Tuesday, March 12, 1991, at Miden Medical Center. He moved to Miden in 1972 from the Bloomfield area...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Lucille Cruse of Elgin, formerly of Anna, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Crain Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Phil Poe will officiate, with burial in McGinnis Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Sunday...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Donald S. Beeson of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent's Church. Burial will be in St. Boniface Cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 3-9 p.m. today. A parish wake will be held at 7...

JEFFERSON CITY - Sen. John Dennis said Thursday he is optimistic legislation giving Missouri Highway Patrol troopers the authority to seek search warrants will win approval this year. The measure has passed the Senate and is awaiting action in the House, where it was recently approved by the House Civil and Criminal Law Committee...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Family and friends of Spec. David L. Fales are sponsoring a welcome back party Saturday, marking his return from the Persian Gulf. All interested persons are invited to attend. The gathering will begin at noon at Cape County Park Shelter #6...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- It almost a year to confirm, but a hybrid sunfish caught last may is the latest Illinois state fish record. Originally thought to be a green sunfish, electrophoretic testing determined the two-pound, 4.48-ounce fish to be a hybrid bluegill/green sunfish mix...

SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois "Fishing Hot Line" is now available. Anglers may call the Department of Conservation's toll-free numbers, 1-800-624-3077 for fishing conditions throughout Illinois. "Avid anglers have depended on our hot lines each year for up-to-date information on where the fish are biting," said DOC director Mark Frech. "One quick call, and anglers know where to drop their lines."...

PIEDMONT -- Highway K Park near Annapolis will open its gates May 1, with full facilities to be available May 15. Highway K Park, near Clearwater Lake, will offer campsites ($7 and $10), which includes picnic areas, toilets, playground, swimming beach, drinking water and telephone...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Bicycle riders will meet at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport Sunday at 2 p.m. for the weekly VELO Girardeau Bicycle Club's 30-mile jaunt over rolling hills south of Scott City. The final ride of April will be the P & G Loop Breakfast Ride, a 35-mile loop to Frontier Restaurant at Fruitland for breakfast, then on the Procter & Gamble plant and Trail of Tears Park. The ride starts at 8 a.m. from Kent Library...

PUXICO -- The annual "Spring Flower Tour" will continue Sunday at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. The 25-mile drive around the refuge will be open to the public, with the self-guided tours starting at the refuge visitor center, north of Puxico, on Highway 51...

ST. LOUIS Missourians will have an opportunity to voice their concerns over national wildlife refuge management during a special meeting to be held at the Bridgeton Holiday Inn April 24. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) representatives will explain how they develop refuge management plans...

WAPAPELLO -- If you're going to fish Lake Wappapello, don't toss those small bass back. Mark Boone, fisheries management biologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation, is asking anglers to keep the small bass and let the big ones go. "Small bass are interfering with the opportunity to grow greater numbers of large bass," said Boone. "Because of the competition for a limited food supply, many of the smaller bass don't get the chance to survive and grow."...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Conservation is looking for smallmouth bass angler who fish Illinois streams. "We're looking for anglers who fish the same stream 10 to 20 times a year to and will volunteer to keep a diary of their fishing trip," said Mark Frech, DOC director...

ULLIN, Ill. -- John turner, director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Congressman Glenn Poshard will be among speakers for the May 18 dedication of Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge and Cache River State Natural Area, to be held at Shawnee Community College near here...