Stories from Wednesday, July 17, 1991

BENTON -- Descendants of the Winfield Scott Suter family spent June 22-23 in Benton for a reunion at the American Legion hall. The event was planned by the children of Willis Haynes and Ida Sanders Suter: Marjorie, Hazel, Harold, Hallie, Norman and Janiece...

Two students at Southeast Missouri State University were honored recently at the Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference, which was held in Anaheim, Calif., July 6-9. Phi Beta Lambda is a professional business organization for college students who are pursuing careers in business...

JACKSON - The board appointed to recommend how to distribute about $220,000 collected each year from a tax levy to help fund programs for senior citizens will be holding its organizational meeting Tuesday. The first item on the agenda of the board when it meets at 6:30 p.m. in the county commission's chambers in Jackson will be to elect a chairman...

Southeast Missouri State University officials are organizing an intensive local campaign to amass support in November for Proposition B, a tax increase package to fund Missouri education needs. About 40 Southeast administration, faculty and staff representatives met Tuesday to establish various committees to work toward passage of the estimated $385 million tax proposal...

Darin and Michele Long went to China to teach but ended up learning lessons from their students. Darin Long, a 1984 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School, and his wife, Michele, are in Cape Girardeau this week visiting Long's parents and preparing to return to Brigham Young University, where they are students...

DELTA -- Voters in Delta School District will likely see a bond issue on the ballot within the next year to fund repairs or replacement of school buildings. Superintendent Larry Beshears said he and members of the Board of Education are looking for community input...

A member of the Cape-Bollinger County Lake Committee with extensive experience building lakes and dams said Tuesday it does not appear feasible to construct a recreational lake in Cape Girardeau County only. But, committee member Irvin H. Garms said it might be worthwhile to take one more look to see exactly what size lake could be constructed without Bollinger County's participation...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Shawnee Community College, located near here, is one of two Southern Illinois community colleges that will receive Strengthening Institutions Program grants from the Department of Education. Shawnee will receive $454,315 during the first year of a five-year application that will total about $2.4 million. Rend Lake Community College of Ina, Ill., will receive $346,731 in the first year of a four-year application for about $1.5 million...

DONNA S. BURK Occupation: Administrative Assistant to the Cape Girardeau County Commission. Pet Peeve: "Slow drivers." The best part of my job is: "I like the independence and responsibility I have. I also enjoy the environment and all the people I work with."...

Cape Girardeau police said a 13-month old girl was revived by her father Tuesday afternoon, after she fell into the bathtub in the family's apartment. Investigators said Rachele Yontz, of 123 S. Lorimier, was not breathing but did have a pulse when her father, Brad Yontz, pulled her out of the bathtub at about 4:50 p.m...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Jahn, Jackson Route 3, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:29 a.m. Tuesday, July 9, 1991. Name, Kelly Rena. Weight, 7 pounds 6 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Jahn is the former Susan Newell, daughter of Carl and Janice Newell of Jackson. The Jahns are self-employed. He is the son of Eldor and Eunice Jahn of Jackson...

Charles Geiger, 82, 708 S. Benton, died Saturday, July 13, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born March 15, 1909, in Georgia, son of James and Mattie Geiger. He married Mary Barbie in 1941. Geiger was a farm laborer. Survivors include his wife of Junction City, Kan.; three sons, Charles Geiger Jr. ...

JACKSON -- Virginia K. Smith, 64, Jackson Route 4, died Tuesday, July 16, 1991, at her home. She was born July 26, 1926, at LaBelle, daughter of Roy Lee and Mary Anna Clickner Thrasher. She married Billy H. Smith April 24, 1954. He died Oct. 28, 1974...

BIEHLE -- John S. Schemel, 71, of Biehle, died Tuesday, July 16, 1991, at American Care Center. He was born March 9, 1920, in Cape Girardeau County, son of William and Emma Biehle Schemel. He and Lutrudis Wibbenmeyer were married June 28, 1952. Schemel was retired from Penzel Construction Co. in Cape Girardeau. He was a member of St. Maurus Catholic Church here, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...

Carolyn J. Keller, 44, 2027 Brink, died Tuesday, July 16, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 1, 1946, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Jesse and Bessie Hahn Hand. Survivors include a son, Dwight Keller of Jackson; a daughter, Donna Seyer of Cape Girardeau; her parents of Cape Girardeau; three sisters, Dorothy Fornkohl of Pocahontas, Judith Walton of Sacramento, Calif., Joyce Keller of Edwardsville, Ill., and three grandchildren...

ANNA, Ill. -- Graveside service for Fred Goetz of Anna will be held Friday at Ridgewood Cemetery in Des Plaines. Crain Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements. Goetz, 91, died Monday, July 15, 1991, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center.

John Eugene Daniels, 2525 Boutin Drive, died Tuesday, July 16, 1991, at LaCroix Nursing Center. He was born Jan. 26, 1909, at Advance, son of William Melton and Flora Jane Smith Daniels. He married Bertha Hilderbrand April 22, 1934. She died June 6, 1960...

THEBES, Ill. -- Eva Moore, 86, of Thebes, Ill., died Tuesday, July 16, 1991, at Lifecare Nursing Center in Jonesboro. She was born Dec. 12, 1904, in Delta, Ill., daughter of Warren and Cora Bagby Hunsaker. She married Jesse Moore July 15, 1922. He died Nov. 5, 1976...

Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas says he's an enthusiastic member of the Republican Party. He also recounts frequent visits, while a resident of Missouri, to Harpo's Bar in Columbia. Seems he's more of a party man than anyone knew. --- A former top official says the CIA knew about the Iran-Contra deals while they were going on. It's reassuring to learn the intelligence agency knew one government secret before "60 Minutes."...

A lot of males of my generation had their outlook on life shaped at an adolescent stage by some common pieces of writing. One was Boy's Life, which taught you generally to be prepared, to persevere, to be adventurous (as long as you didn't worry your parents) and to be a good Boy Scout no matter what your age...

Leaders of the world's richest industrial powers - the so-called G-7 nations - conclude their economic summit in London today and will likely address a thorny problem: should the Soviet Union be bailed out? The Cold War is over, we hear, and the omnipotent menace for those decades of global tension is now calling out for assistance. ...

An 18-piece jazz band will perform at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band Concert tonight. The free concert begins at 8 at the Capaha Park bandshell. The band, under the direction of Jon Kent Fisher, is presenting its seventh concert of the 1991 season...

"Growing Your Business Using Microsoft Works" will be the topic of a seminar July 23-24. It is sponsored by the Small Business Development Center at Southeast Missouri State University and Microsoft Corp. The seminar, scheduled for 6-9 p.m. in Academic Hall Room 348, is designed to help small business owners manage their operations more effectively and increase productivity using a personal computer and Microsoft Works software...

The Missouri League for Nursing will present the workshop, "The Charge Nurse Case Manager in Long Term Care," Tuesday at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The workshop will provide charge nurse case managers with concrete information regarding roles, responsibilities and accountability in long-term care...

Sound nutrition, control of swine diseases, facilities matched to production, and adequate records, help to make swine herds profitable and productive say swine experts. `Birth-to-feeder pig diseases will be discussed during swine seminars, to be conducted today at the New Trends in Agriculture program, which gets under way at 9 a.m. today in the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus...

New Trends in Agriculture was established in 1988 when three successful one-day programs New Trends in Crop Production, sponsored by the Missouri Extension Service and the Agronomy Committee; SEMO Cattlemen's Conference, sponsored by the SEMO Cattlemen's Association and Extension; and Annual Agriculture Appreciation Day and Banquet, sponsored by the Chamber and Agri-Business Committee were combined into one big two-day event...

The Milan, Tenn. No-Till Research Station provides the latest and best data on no-till and other conservation tillage systems. There are two ways you can get this information says John F. Bradley, superintendent of the Milan Research Station. A person can either go to a field day event or attend the crop production seminars at New Trends in Agriculture...

New Trends in Agriculture speakers will discuss how to maintain and care for soil during seminars at the agriculture extravaganza to be held at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus This week. The New Trends program starts today, but soil seminars will be conducted Thursday, starting at 9 a.m...

Agriculture policy, major issues facing the nation's farmer today in regards to the use of pesticides, seminars concerning beef, dairy and crops, youth activities, and more than 75 commercial exhibits are included on the agenda of the New Trends in Agriculture show to be held Today and Thursday at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus...

Four Beef Seminars on reproduction, minerals, vaccines and intensive grazing will be presented today during the New Trends in Agriculture show which starts at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus. Dr. Monte Kerle, a University of Missouri Nutritionist, will discuss farm research on mineral uses in beef cattle and if certain minerals like copper, selenium and others have affect on reproduction and what producers have to look for in minerals...