Stories from Wednesday, July 24, 1991

"The Greeks had a word for it, the Romans had a word for it, the Anglo-Saxons had a word for it. That's why we sometimes have three words for it." Jesse Grumette, The Chapel Hill Herald The truth is, we often have a dozen words for it. This is because we appropriate words from so many sources, explains Bill Bryson, author of THE MOTHER TONGUE: English & How It Got That Way...

Robert B. Hendrix, a member of the St. Francis Medical Center's Board of Directors since 1980, has been elected to succeed Maurice Sandfort as chairman of the board. Sandfort resigned from the position earlier this summer after announcing he was leaving Cape Girardeau to take a job in West Plains...

The 1991 United Way goal to raise $470,000 is a 5.5 percent increase over the money raised last year, but Harry Rediger, serving his third stint as campaign chairman, says this year's goal is attainable. The 1991 goal is a $30,000 increase over the $440,000 raised last year...

A lower than expected bid for work on the first phase of the Cape LaCroix Creek-Walker Branch flood control project could save the city more than $500,000. Dumey Excavating and Brenda Kay Construction of Cape Girardeau submitted a bid of $7.2 million for the first phase of the flood control project, which was well below the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimate of $10 million to $12 million for the project...

JACKSON - Members of the Cape Girardeau County Senior Services Board met with county commissioners Tuesday night at the group's first meeting. Robert Deneke Sr. was elected chairman of the seven-member board, and Cecelia-Sonderman was chosen vice chairman...

For the fourth time in a little more than a year, the Cape Girardeau Greyhound bus station is an orphan searching for a home. The new bus terminal, which opened just five days ago at Spanky's convenience store at 353 S. Kingshighway, closed Monday night after the agent and owner of the store, city Councilman David Barklage, was notified the terminal violated city zoning regulations...

WASHINGTON -- A bill that would set aside about $250 million for high-priority highway projects in Missouri has been endorsed by a House transportation panel. Co-sponsor of the Intermodel Surface Transportation Infrastructure Act of 1991 better known as the Highway Bill is U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau...

The Cape Municipal Band will present a variety of musical styles and guests at its concert Wednesday. The public is invited to attend the free concert, which will begin at 8 p.m. in Capaha Park. The concert will open with "Diamond Jubilee March," written by conductor Jon Fischer for the band's 60th anniversary. The contemporary overture "Chorale and Shaker Dance" will be followed by a special Baroque arrangement from "Sonata for Two Trumpets."...

KELLY HARTMANN Occupation: Administrator in the bad check unit at the Cape County Prosecuting Attorney's office. The Best part of my job is: "Working with the staff at the office and police department, and being able to get to know the merchants in Cape County."...

Area law enforcement agencies will demonstrate equipment and discuss their roles and responsibilities in law enforcement during the 9th annual Law Enforcement Day Program, to be held at West Park Mall Saturday, from 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Area residents will have an opportunity to visit with members of the Cape Girardeau and Jackson Police Departments, Southeast Missouri State University's Department of Public Safety, U.S. ...

CHARLESTON -- Kathleen Hutson, 83, a resident of the Bertrand Nursing Facility and formerly of Charleston, died Tuesday, July 23, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Dec. 15, 1907, in Kirksville, daughter of George E. and Gertrude Smith McFadden...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Petzoldt, Cape Girardeau Route 3, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:25 p.m. Thursday, June 27, 1991. Name, Jordan Michael. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. First child. Mrs. Petzoldt is the former Pam Wojpkunski, daughter of Bill and Sandy Wojpkunski of Florissant. She is a kindergarten teacher at Jackson R-II Schools. Petzoldt is employed by Cape Special Road District, and is the son of Junior and Jean Petzoldt of Pocahontas...

Elza O. Seabaugh, 88, 1033 N. Fountain, died Monday, July 22, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born May 17, 1903, at Kurreville, son of Joseph and Minnie Haupt Seabaugh. He and Eunice Burke were married Dec. 30, 1939. Seabaugh was employed in the maintenance department at Southeast Missouri State University 42 years, retiring in 1968. He was a member of Red Star Baptist Church...

DEXTER -- Elizabeth Jean McCulley, 38, of Peoria, Ill., died Tuesday, July 23, 1991, at Methodist Hospital in Peoria. She was formerly of Dexter. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance is in charge of arrangements.

PULASKI, Ill. -- Loyd G. Turner, 86, of Pulaski died Tuesday, July 23, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was a retired grain buyer for Swift and Co. and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Mounds, Ill. Survivors include his wife, Kay Turner of Pulaski; a son, Loyd G. Turner Jr. of St. Ann, Mo.; four grandchildren; and a great-grandson. He was preceded in death by a daughter...

GORDONVILLE -- Mildred Jewel Tankersley, 78, of Gordonville, died Tuesday, July 23, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Sept. 26, 1912, in Bollinger County, daughter of Abraham and Nessie Patton Lincoln. She married Earnest Arvin Tankersley May 27, 1934. He died Dec. 26, 1989...

The television commercial is like a thousand others, only less abashed (if that's possible) by its overriding message ... which is buy, buy, buy. Jay Leno is exercising his ample jaw on a Dorito, a tasty corn chip that creates breath no flossing can remedy. The tag line he delivers is this: "Crunch all you want ... we'll make more."...

The announcement that John Dennis will not seek a fifth term in the Missouri Senate next year will not take many political observers by surprise. Forty years is a long time in public office, Jefferson City is a long way from Scott County, and the Benton Democrat would be 79 by the time the next term ended. ...

SCOTT CITY -- A new band director, basketball coach and business teacher have been hired at Scott City Schools, said Superintendent Bob Brison. The three were hired at a closed school board meeting Tuesday, Brison said. "These aren't new positions, but ones that have been vacated" he said...

Data Investments, Inc. has 30 days to respond to a $150,000 fine the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recommended against the Cape Girardeau firm. "It appears that Data Investments has violated a FCC regulation concerning the moving of two Public Land Mobile Service (PLMS) stations without prior FCC authorization," said Rosemary Kimball, a FCC public affairs spokesman...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Chamber of Commerce Agri-Business Tour will visit business and industries in the Perry County area during its annual tour July 31. The group will visit the TG-USA plant at Perryville; the Gilster-Mary Lee Popcorn plant at McBride; historic sites in Altenburg, and the a lumber company operation in the Altenburg-Frohna area...

SIKESTON -- Charles Kruse, former director of the Missouri Department of agriculture, will be guest speaker at the 1991 Sikeston Production Credit Association annual meeting, to be held at the Sikeston Public High School here Aug. 15, at 7 p.m. Kruse has farm operations in and around Dexter. He has a B.S. degree in agronomy from Arkansas State State University at Jonesboro, and a M.S. degree in agronomy from the University of Missouri-Columbia...

Roger Moen, special agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, was honored Thursday with an award from the SEMO Peace Officers Association. Chief Deputy Leonard Hines of the Cape County Sheriff's Department recommended Moen for the award. Hines said Moen's service to the Peace Officers Association and to the ATF for 20 years and his investigative work made Moen worthy of recognition...

When Europeans learned about the discovery of America across the Atlantic, it created in the minds of many the desire to migrate and start a new life where they could obtain land and eventually educate their children, worship as they pleased, and be free from military service...

Dixie Lee Cook of the Cape Girardeau School District was nominated for recognition at the Missouri Scholars Academy Teacher Appreciation Day held recently at the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. Cook was nominated by Central High School student Jennifer Worth...

The next regularly-scheduled Antique and Collector's Market will be held Sunday in Cape Girardeau's Arena Building from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Exhibitors from four states will be offering quilts, antique glassware, jewelry, coins, comics, dolls, baseball cards, furniture, primitives, paper Americana and various other collectibles...