Stories from Sunday, July 21, 1991

If you own real estate, stocks, bonds, a small business or other tangible or financial assets, you need a tax cut. We tax-cutters are often derided by those who skewer us for our single-minded commitment to reducing the cost of capital. But let's revisit the overwhelming case for such a rate reduction...

WELL, THE BOLLINGER big mouths finally got their way on the Cape County-Bollinger County lake. It's a real shame not only for the citizens of Cape County but also for the youngsters in Bollinger County who would have benefited so much in so many ways. ...

Mike Turner is a resident of Patton and proponent of a public vote on the proposed bi-county lake project. Every citizen of this great country has been guaranteed certain rights, among those being freedom of speech by way of one vote for each citizen. That is, those rights were guaranteed until now!...

We note with appropriate respect and condolence the death Thursday of Iben Browning. As 1990 began, most of us were happily ignorant of this New Mexican; by year's end, he had become a household name. Depending on who you spoke to, Browning's name was either revered or vilified ... quite a trick for a scientist. His death poses us an opportunity to ponder what we learned from Browning, and at what price...

A multi-million dollar professional office/retail complex will house its first occupant here by September 1992. Health Services Corporation of America is building the $7 million-plus complex on the six-acre tract it owns along Mount Auburn Road, between Doctors Park and West Park Mall...

After people, place may be the most important concern for educating children. In Cape Girardeau, the place has run out of space, says Superintendent Neyland Clark. For months, discussions about reducing class size or implementing innovative teaching strategies have stalled because the district has no place to put another classroom...

Greyhound Bus Lines has moved into new quarters in Cape Girardeau. Seven buses daily are running from the new bus station, located at Spanky's Texaco, 353 S. Kings~highway. "This is a full-service bus operation," said Bill Lefler, customer service supervisor with Greyhound Lines, Inc. "Tickets are available, we will have a nice waiting room area, and freight can be shipped or received by bus."...

Henry and Anne Spratt have been waiting for the recycling program in Cape Girardeau. "We moved here from New Jersey three years ago," said Henry Spratt. "We were ardent recyclers there. In fact, if you didn't separate your trash, it wouldn't be picked up."...

After more than three years of negotiations, the city of Cape Girardeau has reached an agreement with Union Electric Co. to acquire its water system and to renew gas and electric franchises for 20 years. City Manager J. Ronald Fischer announced the agreements on Friday and said the City Council planned to submit the issues to voters for approval in November...

Southeast Missouri State University Theatre has announced four plays for its 1991-92 season. The season will include: "Baby With the Bathwater," by Christopher Durang, on Oct. 4-5 and 9-12. "Murder in the Cathedral," by T.S. Eliot, on Nov. 15-16 and 20-23...

A new manufacturing plant that recycles materials such as tires and batteries will be located in Cape Girardeau and operating later this summer, according to an announcement made Friday morning. Initially, the firm, known as UPR, Inc., will employ about 50 people but could grow to 100 employees within a year. It is a newly formed Missouri-based corporation...

Cape Girardeau's newest school building is 24 years old. The oldest buildings are 77 years old. Here is a description of each building from the district's asbestos management plan. Buildings are listed from the newest to the oldest. Built in 1967, the Vocational-Technical School, 300 N. Clark, sits on 4 acres. It is a brick and masonry structure and originally contained about 24,000 square feet of space. The facility was increased in 1978 by approximately 10,000 square feet...

Teams of "old newsboys" will hit the streets of Cape Girardeau and Jackson in September hawking newspapers to raise money for youth activities. The first-time event, called Y.E.L.L. for Newspapers, is sponsored by the Area Wide United Way, the Southeast Missourian, the Cash-Book Journal and Southwestern Bell Telephone...

Dumey Excavation Inc. and Brenda Kay Construction of Oran submitted the low bid Thursday for construction of channel improvements to Cape LaCroix Creek. The firm's $7.2 million bid for the first segment of the joint Cape Girardeau and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control project was within the Corps of Engineers' estimate for the work...

Velma Ruth Riston of Naples, Fla., died Friday, July 19, 1991, at Naples Community Hospital. Riston, 79, was born Aug. 23, 1911, in McClure, Ill., daughter of Ross Leroy and Mary Myrtle Cleaver Skiles. She married Cecil Riston on Oct. 5, 1935 in Benton, Mo. He preceded her in death in 1974...

PERRYVILLE -- Frances R. Grass, 89, of Perryville, died Friday, July 19, 1991, at her home. She was born Oct. 11, 1901, in Perry County, daughter of Robert F. and Theresia Huber Grass. She was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church. Survivors include three sisters, Evelyn Grass, Stella Grass and Edna Schumer of Perryville...

FROHNA -- Ronald Wayne Roth, 29, of Frohna, died Friday, July 19, 1991, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. He was born March 21, 1962, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Gilbert E. and Lucille C. Kasten Roth. Both parents survive. He was a mechanic, and a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville and AAL. He also was a member of the East Perry County Rural Firemen...

PERRYVILLE -- Esther A. Weinrich, 88, of Perryville died Friday, July 19, 1991, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was born March 4, 1903, in Perry County, the daughter of Adolph and Rossetta Elbrecht Ochs. On Jan. 4, 1925, she married Rudolph Weinrich, who preceded her in death Oct. 11, 1973...

Grace B. Brasher, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, July 19, 1991, at the Cape LaCroix Nursing Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 27, 1898, at Hayward, the daughter of William M. and Melvina Vaughn Terrett. On March 18, 1917, she married William W. Brasher, who preceded her in death June 30, 1974...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Charles F. Miller of Route 1, Tamms, died Friday, July 19, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Miller, 78, was born June 7, 1912 in Diswood, Ill., son of Charlie and Ada Hargis Miller. He married Leota Nelson on Nov. 14, 1936. She survives...

ANNA, Ill. -- Fred C. House of Anna died Thursday, July 18, at Carbondale Memorial Hospital. House, 84, was born Jan. 21, 1907 in Clay County, Mo., son of Herbert E. and Sarah Raby House. He married Catherine Carter. She preceded him in death in 1973. He married Alma Johnson Doggett in 1980. She survives...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Al Gray, 62, of Cairo died Saturday, July 20, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 9, 1929, at East St. Louis, Ill., the son of Albert J. and Katharine Jestus Gray. On June 16, 1955, he married Betty Steward, who survives of Cairo...

SIKESTON -- James M. "Jimmy" Law, 79, of Sikeston died Friday, July 19, 1991, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston following an extended illness. He was born Dec. 28, 1911, in Sikeston, the son of Robert Samuel and Ella Belle Clayton Law. On May 28, 1938, he married Eileen Johnson in Sikeston. She survives of the home...

BERTRAND -- Virgie Ivie, 87, of Bertrand, died Thursday, July 18, 1991, at Bertrand Nursing Facility. She was formerly of Anniston. She was born Jan. 10, 1904, in Mississippi County, daughter of Tom and Sallie Easter. Survivors include two sons, Jasper Easter of Charleston, Martin Easter of Karnak, Ill.; six grandchildren, and 13 great-grand-children...

CHARLESTON -- Maude L. Lomax, 76, of Merrillville, Ind., died Tuesday, July 16, 1991, in Merrillville. She was formerly of Charleston. Survivors include her husband; two daughters Laura Bird of Merrillville, Lelah Wade of Virginia Beach, Va.; three sons, Joe Bankhead of Wyatt, Shellie and Herbert Bankhead of Detroit, Mich.; a son-in-law, Earl McCleary of Charleston; a brother, Lloyd Green of Detroit; four sisters, Beatrice Morris, Lelah Johnson, Melinda McGill and Emma McKinney of Detroit; 26 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.. ...

ORAN -- Funeral service for Raymond Leon Stanley of Oran was held Saturday at First Baptist Church. The Rev. Jack Bishop officiated, with burial in Friend Cemetery. Stanley, 49, died Thursday, July 18, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born April 18, 1942, at Perkins, son of Leon and Imogene Bain Stanley. He and Laverne Davis were married Feb. 8, 1962...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Mrs. Pauline Holderfield of Mounds died Friday, July 19, 1991, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. She was born June 28, 1918 in Pulaski County, daughter of Robert and Etta Wright Johnson. She married John Holderfield on Nov. 27, 1937. He preceded her in death in 1982...

Carl E. Taylor, 76, of 1105 Linden in Cape Girardeau died Saturday, July 20, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born March 31, 1915, in Wayne County, the son of Ezekial L. and Sarah Elizabeth Lane Taylor. He worked for several years for Federal Materials Co. in Cape Girardeau...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Iben Browning, who gained the nation's attention last year when he projected a major earthquake would hit the Midwest, died Thursday of a heart attack. He was 73. Browning, a biophysicist who studied climatic cycles, died at an Albuquerque hospital. He had lived in Sandia Park east of Albuquerque...

The Student Government at Southeast Missouri State University is urging non-traditional students to return by July 31 a recently distributed survey regarding on-campus childcare. The survey was mailed to about 2,500 non-traditional Southeast students to determine the students' needs for childcare...

The Army ROTC program at Southeast Missouri State University won't be feeling the pinch from cutbacks taking place at many ROTC universities throughout the country. Fifty-two Army ROTC units will be closed this August, according to Maj. Roger McMaster, chief of the Army ROTC program at Southeast, including one at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. Southeast's program, however, is expected to grow...

There comes a pause in the summer's occupation, to borrow phraseology from Longfellow, when the hedgerow reaches its apex of youth and settles down toward maturity. I arrive at this conclusion by a complicated, subjective theorem. It is somewhat like this. ...

Her days begin early, usually about 6 a.m. when the cat, (named "T" for trouble) awakens her. She'll read The Wall Street Journal and any other financial publication (there are many) that find their way into her home. Later, she'll research material for her new book on the emotional ups and downs of playing the stock market...

Tennis players have their elbow, but gardeners have it all. Aching backs, stiff necks, sore ribs and battered hands are some of their complaints. Some can be prevented by using the correct tools. If you wish to cultivate your green thumb, do things the easy way, and get yourself a few really good basic tools. Learn spades from scuffle hoes and dig deep to buy the best...

POPULAR BLUFF -- Liz Curtis Higgs of Louisville, Ky., will be a keynote speaker at the Women Aware Inc. Conference Aug. 8 at Three Rivers Community College here. Since 1983, Higgs has presented more than 400 humorous, motivational and inspirational programs for businesses, associations, churches and civic groups over America. Combing original humor and gentle motivation, Higgs offers her audiences encouragement...

SIKESTON -- Campers and friends of Girl Scout Camp Latonka are invited to take part in homecoming festivities planned in celebration of the 40th anniversary Aug. 2-4. Opened in summer 1951, Girl Scout Camp Latonka was the first camp of its kind between St. Louis and Memphis. Since its first summer, thousands of girls have enjoyed the camp...

The department of art at Southeast Missouri State University is enrolling students for the final two workshops of its summer series. One workshop, AW-838 Computer Assisted Typogrophy, began last week and runs through Aug. 2. The course introduces the use of the Macintosh computer and related design ideas in preparing brochure, pamphlets and other material requiring creative typography. The workshop is taught by Bob Shatzer...

Debra Eggley Rau, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eggley of Cape Girardeau, earned a masters of arts in child clinical psychology from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. While in the masters program, Rau was the student representative to the deparmental faculty meeting and a member of Pfi Kappa Pfi. She was the recipient of a masters fellowship and will continue her studies on a doctoral fellowship...

JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Brian J. and Patricia K. Wibbenmeyer to Ann L. Schamburg; Richard J. Comeau II and Jane E. Comeau to John H. and Ruth Ann Meyer. Harold J. Crouch Jr. and Diane E. Crouch to Catherine Taylor Foster; James L. and Mary L. Steinbach to Thomas S. and Jean P. Diemer; Jonathan K. and Kerrye L. Foley to Kathleen A. and G. Richard Brown...

JACKSON -- Mario's Pizza and Subs III will open here in the near future. Mario Grippo of Glen Allen expects the business to open in two weeks at 214 W. Main. "This is the third location," Grippo said. "We have operations in Marble Hill and Advance. I sold them and they are now independently owned and operated."...

South East Missouri Bank has doubled the size of its building, added an ATM operation, and now has 10 drive-through lanes. "We have had good growth here over the past three years," said Percy Huston, president of the bank. "The expansion had been in the planning stage a number of years."...

It's in the bag. The Southeast Missourian newspaper has converted to recycled plastic bags for inclement weather delivery, according to circulation manager Mike Sturm. The new bags replace ones made from raw plastic compounds. "We have an obligation to do what we can to save our natural resources," he said. "Since we rely heavily upon them, we need to do our part."...

DEXTER -- Gone but not forgotten is the premise of a decidedly unique Dexter business. Susan McNeely-Ellenbracht's idea has led to a patent which she hopes will attract a portion of the $24 billion spent each year in the pet industry to her new business Everlasting Memories...

Farm and Home Savings Association is moving to a new location. The firm is relocating from its 440 Broadway location to 211 Silver Springs Rd., in front of West Park Mall, where it will open Aug. 12 in the former First Federal Savings and Loan Association building...

Professional Business Systems has added to its product line a new electronic cash register designed specifically for convenience stores. PBS is one of the first dealers in the area to offer the TEC FT-40 Convenience Store System. Representative Mark London said the system has a unique gas pump readout built into the system with a separate screen. ...

Anne Rees of Accu-Grow Gardens and Florist has been certified as a Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) Master Florist Manager. Rees completed four two-day seminars including financial analysis, creative marketing, managing people for improved results and improving shop productivity. The sessions were held in Cape Girardeau, Mt. Vernon, Ill., and St. Louis...

Maggie Friend of Cape Girardeau has joined the staff of West Park Mall as assistant manager, marketing. She started with May Centers Inc. Monday. Friend is coordinating promotional events, marketing and advertising for the mall. "I am now in the process of meeting the mall merchants," she said. "I am working on two upcoming events - Law Enforcement Day and Building Blocks for Better Health and Safety."...

JACKSON -- A new `round-the-clock' day care center has opened here. "We're open 24 hours a day," say Kenneth and Kathleen Gibbar, who operate the Little People Day Care Center at 225 Bellevue. "We're licensed for 10 children at any one time." The new service opened July 8...

James Banken, parts manager for Van Matre Buick, won the 1990 Grand Travel Award from General Motors Parts Division. He and his wife, Mary Jane, toured Toronto, Canada on an all-expense paid trip. Banken exceeded parts sales, efficiency and training objectives set by GM. Competition was with other similar size GM dealers in the St. Louis sales zone. He is one of 388 parts managers in the country to be awarded a trip...

Alecia Robert of Cape Girardeau has joined the staff of Concord Publishing House as a customer service representative. Her duties include servicing new and existing accounts in the Cape Girardeau and Jackson areas. She will handle sales and service for commercial printing work. She was previously in customer service work at the Southwestern Bell product promotion center here two years...

Debbie Leoni, director of the Southeast Missouri Hospital Fitness and Wellness Center, and staff members, Virginia Heston and Ed Slaughter, recently attended the National Wellness Institute Conference in Stevens Point, Wis. The weeklong conference included seminars on nutrition, fitness, corporate marketing and wellness presentations...

Linda Wessell, Southeast Missouri Hospital patient educator, has completed requirements for five-year re-certification as a board-certified Enterostomal Therapy Nurse. In her position, Wessell instructs pre-operative and post-operative patients in the care and management of ostomies, wounds and fistulas...

Dr. James B. Chapman recently assisted St. Joseph's Hospital, Denver's largest cardiology hospital, with the implementation of a new cardiac program. Chapman was invited by the hospital to work with cardiologists on directional coronary atherectomy (DCA), which was first performed in 1985...

Susan Helwege of Cape Girardeau has joined the staff of Targeted Publications, a division of the Southeast Missourian newspaper as an account executive. She is selling and designing advertisements for Zip Sheet, TBY and other regular publications and special tabs of the company...

Dr. Mark Kasten, a Cape Girardeau physician, has been installed as the 43rd president of the Missouri Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP). The MAFP is a state chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians, which has more than 68,000 members, including practicing family physicians, residents and medical students. The state association has 1,250 members...

Charles J. Givens, author of two financial books, "Financial Self-Defense," and "Wealth Without Risk," will conduct two money-strategy workshops at the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau July 23. The workshops, scheduled at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., are sponsored by the Charles J. Givens Organization, Inc., a financial educational organization...

SCOTT CITY -- Danny Boshears, an employee of Blair Industries, Scott City, was awarded $500 for his suggestions to improve productivity at the firm. Boshears received his award during the annual Blair picnic last weekend, which was attended by 415 people Blair employees and their guests...

Nita Morris has been authorized as a financial planner with MetLife Securities Inc. Morris, who has worked in the financial services industry four years and holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University, recently completed the MetLife advanced training program for financial planners...

JACKSON -- Deb Maevers of Interior Reflections here recently attended the Window Fashions Design Expo, held in Chicago. She attended several educational conferences and had opportunities to view the many exhibits featuring the newest interior design products...

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Joyce, of Century Electronics in Cape Girardeau, recently attended the Electronic Technician Association's (ETA) Satellite Dealers Coalition Annual Trade Show, at Stouffers Concourse Hotel in St. Louis. The three-day show included manufacturer and programming distributor seminars, and an examination to certify ETA installers...

BLOOMFIELD -- Dean Williamson of Route 2, Bloomfield, has been designated as Missouri State Certified Real Estate Appraiser by the Missouri Real Estate Appraisers Commission. Williamson, a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and the American Society of Professional Appraisers, is authorized to do appraisals of residential property, real estate used in production of farm products and federally-related appraisals...

OAK RIDGE -- Diane Seabaugh of Oak Ridge, supervisor for Christmas Around the World, a national party plan company headquartered near Kansas City, has completed an orientation course held in Hawaii. The course included a complete introduction to the firm's 1991 marketing program. She participated in a number of training classes and discussions of new company policies and the new line of merchandise...

Dr. Robert Kessinger attended his sixth conference on Upper Cervical Specific Chiropractic recently. This was the last class of a series to certify Kessinger as a Brainstem Specialist. The final conference consisted of a review of all previous conferences, along with practical testing...