Stories from Tuesday, August 6, 1991

Cape Girardeau voters will have the opportunity Nov. 5 to vote on new utility franchises with Union Electric and a proposal to purchase the city's water system from the utility company. The Cape Girardeau City Council Monday approved the 20-year gas and electric franchise agreements, which City Attorney Warren Wells said include much more detailed and complete provisions than the old agreements that expired more than two years ago...

SCOTT CITY -- Voters in Scott City today will decide whether or not to enact a half-cent sales tax increase to fund repairs and improvements in city streets. Voters from all wards are to cast ballots at City Hall, which will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m...

CHAFFEE -- A thunderstorm packing heavy rain and winds estimated at 50 to 60 mph downed numerous trees in Chaffee early Monday night and caused power outages. There was also some minor tree damage reported in Scott City. At least one tree was blown over near St. Joseph's Catholic Church. There were also several power outages there...

The Cape Girardeau City Council took action Monday night to comply with a new state ethics law that apparently has confused legal experts and lawmakers alike. The ethics measure requires that local officials disclose personal financial information, including income sources, corporate interests, names of relatives who are city employees or lobbyists, property and stock holdings...

The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents will consider operating budget cuts totaling $936,000 when it meets Friday. The regents will also consider bids for expansion of the Bootheel Education Center at Malden. The board will meet at 1 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom...

A new shelter for homeless people that is being established by the New Life Evangelistic Center is more than just a shelter, says the Rev. Larry Rice, director of the St. Louis-based center. "Our primary goal is to get people off the streets," said Rice Monday in reference to the facility at 713 Morgan Oak St. "But our program goes far beyond that," he said...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Aldermen Monday night set a date for a public hearing on the city's 1992 tax levy, adopted legislation establishing ethics requirements on public officials, and approved a number of payments for street and other capital projects now under way...

CHAFFEE -- The invention of a Rockview man could bring Chaffee 35 to 50 new jobs. All that remains now is to find a manufacturing plant for the product. Chaffee City Council members heard about the product a self-contained remote-controlled hydraulic car carrier at their regular meeting Monday evening. The remote-controlled carrier can be used to move disabled vehicles...

The Downtown Merchants Association is sponsoring a break from the summer heat with a "Slice of Summer" all day Saturday, in which people are invited to enjoy a piece of watermelon. Lemonade and balloons will also available. The watermelon feast marks the first use of the new downtown pavilion at the South Main Street parking lot...

Missouri's adopt-a-highway program has met with considerable enthusiasm in Southeast Missouri and across the state. It's an example of small groups of people or individuals making a difference to improve their communities. A group of young men and women in Cape Girardeau are taking the matter a step further. The Derby Knights have "adopted" Broadway, and spend time each week picking up trash along the busy thoroughfare...

The celebrated meeting between President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev last week was said to have laid the groundwork for a new cooperative spirit between the super-powers. Reading the words of these two world leaders following their nine hours of talks indicates that indeed Soviet and U.S. relations could be entering a boldly forthright and amenable era...

The American Cancer Society has received a gift of nearly three-quarters of a million dollars from the estate of a former Jackson businessman. In his will, John R. Cox of Jackson left $748,600 to the cancer society. Cancer society officials announced the gift Monday afternoon...

Schlosser told the Monday night Scott City Council meeting that fliers encouraging citizens to attend the meeting should not have been placed in mailboxes without postage affixed. He said this constitutes a possible violation of federal statutes and, if it happened again, he may have to notify postal inspectors about the problem...

MOREHOUSE -- Jewell Faye Scales, 67, of Morehouse, died Monday, Aug. 5, 1991, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. She was born July 1, 1924, at Van Buren, Ark., daughter of Daniel and Myrtle Wind Freeman. She married James Everett Scales Feb. 14, 1941, at Morehouse. He died May 22, 1982...

JACKSON -- Callie L. Long, 92, of St. Peters, Mo., formerly of Jackson, died at 4 a.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 1991, at St. Peters. She was born Aug. 27, 1898, at Kenton, Tenn., daughter of Ingram and Sallie Miles Norton. Survivors are daughters, Imogene Sandvigen, Seattle, Wash., Doris Puls, Jackson, Peggy Alprn, Creve Couer, Joyce Erickson, Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Carol Dobyns, St. Peters; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren...

COMMERCE -- Billy Gene Gunter, 59, of Melbourne, Fla., died Friday, July 26, 1991, at his home. He was born Aug. 14, 1931, at Commerce, son of Elmo "Bill" and Ethel Praul Gunter. Gunter served in the U.S. Air Force 27 years, and was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Mel Dockins Jr., 2849 Vista Lane, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:26 a.m. Sunday, July 28, 1991. Name, Megan Link. Weight, 8 pounds 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Dockins is the former Ruth Waller, daughter of Carmen Lenhart of Cape Girardeau. She is employed in the classified department at the Southeast Missourian Newspaper. Dockins is self-employed at A-1 Construction, and is the son of Melvin and Ruth Dockins of Cape Girardeau...

ADVANCE -- Repaving of just over seven miles of Route O near Advance will begin today and motorists are being advised to seek alternate routes. The paving project is being done by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department. Kenneth Allen, maintenance area supervisor for the department's Advance office, said the work should be concluded by Aug. 16...

The Jackson Municipal Band will hold its last Thursday concert this week at the Band Shell at 8 p.m. The band will have two more concerts, but they will not be held at the Shell. The Aug. 13 concert will be held on stage at Homecomers and the Aug. 22 concert will be held in the gazebo, in uptown Jackson...

Martin. W. Grebing, a sophomore at Chowan College in Murphreesboro, N.C., has been awarded the Eva Ethridge Scholarship for the 1991-92 academic year. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Grebing of Cape Girardeau. The scholarship was endowed by the estate of Eva Ethridge Miller of North Carolina. It was awarded to Grebing upon his selection as co-editor of the Chowan student newspaper, "Smoke Signals," for the upcoming year...

CONGRATULATIONS, VISION 2000, and to all the people who are making Cape the City of Roses again. They look good despite the drought. Good show, guys. I WAS WONDERING if anybody knows of plans for a 20-year high school reunion for the Cape Girardeau class of 1972. Need dates for son in Arizona...

ADVANCE -- Drenna Burton, kindergarten teacher at Delta R-5 Elementary School, has been named for her second time to "Who's Who In American Education." The publication recognizes professionals nationwide who are committed to excellence in education at all levels. It is a directory of America's top educators...

SIKESTON -- Bill Marble of Sikeston has assumed the duties of administrative assistant for the Regional Commerce and Growth Association. Marble will be responsible for membership services and new membership recruitment. Marble had formerly been office manager of the Plaza Office Furniture Store in Sikeston. He has owned and operated Marble Construction Co., and four diet center franchises...

Host families are being sought for high school exchange students from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Brazil, Ecuador, Japan and Australia. The exchanges will be held during the 1991-92 school year in a program sponsored by the American Intercultural Student Exchange...

Home and time management speaker Deniece Schofield will talk about the battle for sane housekeeping at an Aug. 21 seminar at the Holiday Inn. Schofield, an author in the area of home management, has tried and retried various techniques and refined and adapted numerous strategies for solutions to help her handle home management while giving her the time and freedom to enjoy other activities...

Tracy C. Bender of Cape Girardeau graduated in June from the University of Chicago with honors in her class and department. She received a bachelor of arts degree in history, philosophy and social studies of science and medicine on June 15. Bender has accepted a position as project coordinator at the University of Chicago Hospital's department of anesthesia. She also accepted a position as assistant volleyball coach at the university...

Jenni Horn, a junior at Centre College in Danville, Ky., will serve as a resident assistant for the 1991-92 school year. Horn, daughter of Paul and Barbara Horn of Huntington Drive, is a 1989 graduate of Notre Dame High School. She will be activity fund chairperson for her sorority...

An election to select a member of the governing board of the East Missouri Action Agency to represent the lower-income residents of Cape Girardeau will be held Aug. 12-30 at the EMAA office, 1301 N. Kingshighway. Low-income residents of Cape Girardeau county, qualified either by conformity to the poverty guidelines established by the OMB or by being a participant in any of the programs operated by the EMAA, may participate...