Stories from Friday, June 7, 1991

To the Editor: I cannot understand why we sit around and complain about the lack of energy when we have more at our front door than we can use. The Mississippi River. There are more than 30 dams on the Mississippi and only one creates any power. These dams could be utilized and help a great deal to solve the energy shortage. It would not interfere with the river traffic. One does not need dams; a paddle wheel stuck out in the current would produce electricity...

The artwork of third-grade students who have pledged to draw away from smoking will be on display during the weekend's Riverfest activities. Posters created by the Smoke-Free Class of 2000 will be exhibited at the Riverfront Banquet Center, Broadway and Main Street, Friday through Sunday...

Bicycle riders will meet at Dutchtown at 2 p.m. Sunday for the Velo Girardeau Bicycle Club's 32-mile, Whitewater-Chaffee ride Sunday. The ride features several flat stretches, and "just enough hills to keep it interesting," said club spokesman Ann Bartlett...

Gordon Brookman of Cape Girardeau, and Troy Ford of Advance recently teamed up to win $500 in cash and prizes during the 19th annual Goody's St. Judge Open Bass Classic held on Sardis Lake at Sardis, Miss. The two Southeast Missourians caught a total of seven fish, weighing 14.8 pounds which was good for a 23rd place in the tournament field...

Volunteer bird watchers in the Cape Girardeau area can lend a helping hand to the Missouri Department of Conservation June 15-16, during a two-day bird survey. The bird surveys are part of the Breeding Bird Atlas Project, a seven-year state-wide study to determine the distribution and abundance of breeding birds in Missouri...

WAPPAPELLO -- Canoe races, children's games, contests, and musical entertainment will be provided for Watersafe '91, to be held at Clearwater Lake near Piedmont June 15. The Clearwater Lake Association will have a booth, providing loads of information about the Clearwater recreational area...

BENTON -- Two students from Thomas Kelly High School have been selected to attend the 52nd session of Missouri Boys State. Jerry Hart of Sikeston and Sean Stuckey of Benton were selected to represent their school. Boys State will be held June 15-22 on the Central Missouri State University campus in Warrensburg. About 1,000 young men from over the state who have completed their Junior year in high school will participate...

BENTON -- Two students from Thomas Kelly High School have been selected to attend the 50th session of Missouri Girls State. Kara Heuring of New Hamburg and Wendy Wooldridge of Benton were selected by their teachers to represent the high school. Girls State will be held June 16-23 on the William Woods College campus in Fulton. Approximately 600 young women from Missouri who have completed their junior year in high school will participate...

SCOTT CITY -- Nona Walls, city and court clerk of Scott City, has been named to the committee for the certification of Missouri court clerks. Walls, city and court clerk since 1983, received the appointment at the annual convention of the Missouri Association of Court Administrators held May 21-24 at Lake of the Ozarks...

Linda S. Reutzel of Cape Girardeau has been awarded a Walter Roth and Martin Bender Roth Scholarship in mathematics and accounting at Southeast Missouri State University. Reutzel is a 1971 graduate of Central High School and is a junior at Southeast majoring in accounting...

The global nature of modern commerce demands a more fuller understanding of international trade than in years past, even in those parts of the United States where such concerns seem far removed. Our region is far from an ocean yet, with a burgeoning port authority sanctioned by Cape Girardeau and Scott counties, a seaport is virtually at our doorstep. ...

To the Editor: Your feature article on "Cape Girardeau in the 20's....." by Jay Eastlick (Feb. 24, 1991) reached us recently here in New Mexico. The excellent photo of Mayor James A. Barks (my father) presenting the key to the city to Lt. Comm. John Philip Sousa in 1929 overwhelmed me with memories. How splendid to recall the growth of the city during that decade!...

To the Editor: For six years the Southeast Missourian has been a dedicated Adopt-a-School partner to Schultz. For six years and issue after issue, the Southeast Missourian has provided Schultz with The Paw newspaper. The school paper provides the students with news about their own school and something enjoyable to read. All of this is at no cost to the school...

Tim Landewe, a senior at Notre Dame High School, has received a President's Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University. The renewable scholarship pays $1,000 per academic year and is based on ACT score and class rank. Landewe is a member of Future Business Leaders of America. He worked on the crew for the spring musical each year. He played varsity soccer...

SIKESTON -- Horace Adrian (Hulie) Hulehan, 71, of Pensacola, Fla., formerly of Sikeston, died Wednesday, June 5, 1991, in Pensacola. He was born Nov. 1, 1919, in Grand Rapids, Mich., son of Owen and Florence Todd Hulehan. He and the former Deloma Stallings were married Nov. 22, 1937, at Marble Hill...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Department of Conservation officers have issued citations for fish and wildlife violations to about 40 people in 15 counties. Conservation Director Brent Manning said the two-year undercover operation involved 110 agents from the conservation department, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Illinois Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Powerboats, sailboats and wooden boats will be featured in the Chicago In-Water Boat Show, to be held at Chicago's lakefront June 14-16. The show, which will include the A German Amphicars half car, half boat will be held on the Navy Pier...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- A youth fishing day and a pair of tournaments are on schedule in Southern Illinois Saturday, during the free-fishing days program in Illinois. The kids fishing day, to be held at Oakwood Bottoms Greentree Reservoir near Grand Tower, Ill., is sponsored by the Murphysboro Ranger District of the Shawnee National Forest...

EDWARDSTwin son and daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Edwards of San Antonio, Texas, Saturday, April 20, 1991. Names, Marshall Thomas and Katylan Elaine. Mrs. Edwards is the former Kathy Bailey of Cape Girardeau. She is a speech pathologist with San Antonio Public Schools. Edwards is a CPA with First Federal Savings and Loan in San Antonio...

Nona Bullock, 72, of Henderson, Ky., died Wednesday, June 6, 1991, at Brentwood Convalescent Center in Evansville, Ind. She was born June 7, 1918, in Union County, Ky. Survivors include a daughter, Bernice LaLumendier of Cape Girardeau; a son, Ronald Bullock of Muncie, Ind.; five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren...

ORAN -- Charles Ray Parker, 73, of Oran, died Thursday, June 6, 1991, at his home. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements.

BLOOMFIELD -- Howard Robinson, 82, of Bloomfield, died Thursday, June 6, 1991, at Dexter Nursing Center. He was born Aug. 11, 1908, at Bloomfield, son of Sam and Cora Mae Dickey Robinson. He and the former Geraldine Crowe were married Nov. 2, 1929, at Puxico...

Donald Joe Brooks, 24, 1826 Meyer, died Thursday, June 6, 1991, in a motorcycle accident at Perryville and Sherwood in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 6, 1967, in Cape Girardeau, son of Joe and Mary Held Brooks. He and the former Karen McCulley were married Dec. 19, 1983...

BLOOMFIELD -- Retha Duke, 81, of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, June 5, 1991, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 3, 1910, at Avert, daughter of Ed and Ora Jane Price Robey. She married Trenton Leon Duke Sept. 4, 1947, who died April 17, 1983...

LEOPOLD -- Leo A. Elfrink, 87, of Leopold, died Wednesday, June 5, 1991, at his home. He was born April 1, 1904, at Leopold, son of George and Elizabeth Holweg Elfrink. He and the former Minnie Nenninger were married April 22, 1925. Elfrink was a retired blacksmith and wagonmaker. He was a member of St. John's Catholic Church here...

The 13th annual Riverfest celebration gets under way in downtown Cape Girardeau late this afternoon, with organizers predicting that expected good weather could bring out record crowds. "Everything is falling into place," Johnny Ray Conklin, general chairman of the two-day festival, said late Thursday night. "The riverboat is here, painters put the final touches on the river-wall mural late Thursday, and the weather man has promised the best weather we've ever had at Riverfest."...

MARBLE HILL -- A call for help that was dismissed by a dispatcher at the Bollinger County Sheriff's Department this week has prompted the sheriff to "lay down the law" to department employees. The dispatcher has been put on probation, said Sheriff Dan Mesey, who called the episode an unfortunate mistake, and warned: "If he makes this one again, he's in the unemployment line."...

The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents Thursday approved an amended faculty merit pay plan that excludes annual across-the-board merit pay increases. A merit pay plan recommended earlier this year by the Faculty Senate would have awarded faculty members an across-the-board pay raise of at least 3 percent annually for each of the next three years. Also, eligible faculty members would have received an additional 2 percent merit pay increase, under the Faculty Senate plan...

Today marks the beginning of summer vacation for 17-year-old Amy O'Kelly. But, unlike many of her high school friends, O'Kelly's chief concerns this summer will not be her tan or her Saturday night plans. She is married and has a 4-month-old son. O'Kelly, who has just finished her junior year at Cape Girardeau Central High School, is a teen parent hoping to earn her high school diploma next year...

Some Cape Girardeau patrolmen are getting some bizarre looks lately from city residents. Over the last week, the Cape Girardeau Police Department has received four new 1991 Chevrolet Caprices it had on order. The new police cruisers look different than the traditional patrol cars...

JACKSON -- Its scientific name is filamentous algae, but it is commonly referred to as the "green scum" that is seen at this time of the year on the surface of farm ponds and shallow lakes. It looks unsightly, but other than causing problems for fishermen and clogging up aerator pumps, it is a harmless, free-floating aquatic plant. Some fish and most ducks and geese eat it...

The Southeast Missouri State University administration Thursday revealed a plan to offset the remainder of a $1.9 million shortfall in its proposed fiscal year 1992 university budget. The university's Board of Regents unanimously adopted the balanced amended budget package...

Terry Ford, Cape Girardeau Veterans Home administrator, has resigned his position effective today. He began his duties Dec. 1989 as the home was being constructed at Highway 61 and Interstate 55. His letter of resignation simply stated he was leaving the position "to pursue other career options," according to the Missouri Veterans Commission...

A 24-year-old Cape Girardeau man, who authorities say was operating a motorcycle at high rate of speed without a helmet, and fleeing from a police officer, was killed early Thursday morning when he lost control of his 1981 Yamaha SX 1100 motorcycle...

A Cape Girardeau man died Thursday night at a Cape Girardeau hospital from what police said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He died at 8:54 p.m., according to Cape County Coroner John Carpenter. Police spokesman Sgt. Carl Kinnison said the 22-year-old man was found on the steps of the Riverfront Park, behind the river floodwall at about 3 a.m. Thursday. The officer said a passerby heard a noise behind the floodwall and investigated, and then called police...

Following are Southeast Missouri State University honor graduates for the spring semester: SUMMA CUM LAUDE CAPE GIRARDEAU: Liana Sue Loos Foster, 1018 N. Fountain, Bachelor of Science, Majors, Biology and Chemistry; Matthew T. Janzow, Rt. 1, Box 173, Bachelor of Science, Major, Interdisciplinary Studies; Corey John Muench, Rt. 2, Box 552C, Bachelor of Arts, Major, French; Donna S. Reynolds, 2615 Themis, Bachelor of Science, Major, Social Work...

Twenty one contestants will compete for the title of Miss Riverfest 1991. The fourth annual pageant will be held on the main stage at 5 p.m. Saturday. Carol Yount, organizer of the pageant, said there will be five judges, including reigning Mrs. Missouri, Melody Hutson of Cape Girardeau, and first runner-up, Jana Jateff. There will be one other judge from Missouri and two from Illinois, she said...

Three area teachers have been elected to offices with the International Reading Association. Mary Wilhite of L.J. Schultz School, Cape Girardeau, will serve as parliamentarian and River Heritage zone coordinator for the state council. Marsha Miller of Orchard Drive Elementary School, Jackson, will serve as the 1991-1992 president of the Southeast Council...

"Mexico: Mayan and Modern A Study in Contrasts" is the theme of a trip to Mexico this summer coordinated through Southeast Missouri State University's foreign languages department. Twenty-four people are scheduled to make the trip, which also doubles as a two-week undergraduate and graduate summer course titled "Field Experience in Foreign Language and Culture."...

The Cape Girardeau Historic Preservation Commission has made posters from Preservation Week available for sale to the public. The 15-inch by 22-inch posters are imprinted with "Celebrate Your Heritage, Preservation Week, May 12-18, 1991," and they include a photograph of the Common Pleas Courthouse...

Dr. Fred E. Rawlins will cap off the success he enjoyed during the Senior Olympics regional competition in St. Louis with a ritual he has observed for five decades : swimming across the Mississippi River. The 75-year-old obsetetrician and gynecologist will observe his annual ritual on Saturday during Riverfest weekend...