Stories from Sunday, October 20, 1991

PERRYVILLE -- Bernadine A. Sauer, 60, of Perryville died Thursday, Oct. 17, 1991, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 25, 1931 at Lawranceston, Mo., daughter of Herman and Christine Grither Schwent. She was a cook at the City Tavern in Perryville and a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville...

Dear Editor: Yes, after 215 years, this country still has those creative, working citizens that made our United States of America. I do not, and will not believe that trophies, ribbons, or money are the motivating factors for success in this, or any other country on this earth. ...

Seventy-nine students at Southeast Missouri State University have been inducted into the Missouri Eta chapter of the Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society. The students were inducted Oct. 13 during a ceremony in the University Center. Alpha Chi is a national honor society that...

Twenty years and $743 million (soon, a billion dollars) later, Missouri has achieved little from court-ordered desegregation of its urban schools. Money has poured into St. Louis and Kansas City schools in a flood. And what has nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars bought Missourians? Have our urban schools been transformed into beacons of educational excellence? Hardly...

Peter Hilty is a linguist who taught English and history of the language at Southeast Missouri State University for 30 years. He resides in Cape Girardeau. A word in the news Harassed by Harass It seems difficult to say anything new about present events, but perhaps I have found a fresh topic. ...

.... This is a good fight. It's a particularly good fight because it forcesMDBR liberals like me to confront a reality we don't want to confront, which is that we're depending on the least democratic institution, with small `d', in government (the courts) to win what we are no longer able to win out there in the electorate. And this is frankly devastating in its long-run implications ... It's a great political fight, it's one the Democrats are going to lose .....

AFTER READING ABOUT the planned Christmas decorating project, I'm hoping that Cape residents will participate. Let's make Cape shine. Show our Bootheel sister city we can do it too. The tours sound like fun for all. Light Cape up. THE NEWS OF the past week has suddenly made me aware of how under-represented we women are in the U.S. Senate: 98 men and two women. The next time a well-qualified woman runs for Senate, let's join together and get her elected...

To the Editor of the Southeast Missourian and Citizens of Cape Girardeau: Re: Purchase of Union Electric Water System Communities should control the quality of their water supply. Professional personnel who daily maintain and monitor operation and construction are basic to a safe water supply. ...

Music is Mike Deasy's weapon against drug and alcohol abuse. As one who has overdosed, he uses it with mission-like precision. Deasy, who played music with legends Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix, Friday brought that weapon to Academic Auditorium at Southeast Missouri State University as part of the Region 6 meeting of the Future Homemakers of America. About 845 FHA members, advisers and officers from 26 schools in Southeast Missouri attended...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Horton of Thebes, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:41 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, 1991. Name, Marshall Edward. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Horton is the former Wendy Christensen, daughter of Ken and Judy Christensen of Marathon, Fla. Horton is employed at Missouri Dry Dock and Repair, and is the son of Charles and Norma Horton of Thebes...

CHAFFEE -- Edward Glueck, 70, of Chaffee, died at 4:08 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements were incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee.

Funeral service for Jewell Bernard Clark, 2564 Ranchito, will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Charles Grant will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., and at the church from 1 until service time...

Eva Marie Thornton of Anna, formerly of Johnston City, died Friday at Union County Nursing Home in Anna. Thornton, 81, was born Dec. 14, 1909, in Springfield, Ill., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Desper. She was married to A. M. Thornton in 1956. He preceded her in death in 1966...

Carl Schumacher, 71, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Oct. 18, 1991, at the Lutheran Home. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

JACKSON -- Lenore Kerstner, 103, formerly of Jackson, died Saturday, Oct. 19, 1991, at the Lutheran Home. McCombs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Kacy Elwood Nichols, 78, of 1430 Cousin, died at his home Friday, Oct. 18, 1991. He was born Nov. 11, 1912 in Henry County, Tenn., son of Everett Elwood and Ida Kennedy Nichols. He was a self-employed welder and blacksmith early in his life, and then he was an ironworker for 40 years, working for Mueller Erection Co. in St. Louis...

Joshua Elam, the infant son of Michael and Michelle Womble Elam of Cape Girardeau, died at birth Thursday night, Oct. 17, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The parents survive, along with paternal grandmother, Carolyn Elam of Bismarck; maternal grandparents, Elvis and Sharon Womble of Bismarck; and great-grandparents, Helen Eaker of Patton, Phyllis Luhman of Kankakee, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Robert Womble of Bismarck; and Mildred Miller of Bismarck...

Eula May Pender, 88, of 414 Independence, died Saturday, Oct. 19, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 26, 1903 in Sedgewickville, daughter of James Edward and Ida May Cook Linebarger. On June 16, 1923, she married Hollin Pender at Jackson. He survives...

Marcella D. Margrabe, 68, 2552 Independence, died Friday, Oct. 18, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb 9, 1923, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Burley and Eunice Ellis Reynolds. She married Herman W. Margrabe Sept. 3, 1949, in Piggott, Ark. He died Dec. 27, 1984...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Ruth Stokes, 74, of Jonesboro, died Saturday, Oct. 19, 1991, at her home. She was born Aug. 10, 1917, at St. Marys, daughter of Luther and Nora Dodds. She married James Stokes Aug. 29, 1952, who died in 1985. Stokes was a member of Sunshine Inn, American Red Cross, First Christian Church at Anna, and was a veteran of World War II...

Zone and leaf pickup schedules have been announced for the Cape Girardeau Public Works Department's citywide leaf collection program that starts Oct. 28. "The zones underwent some changes last year, and will remain the same this year," Street Superintendent Emmett Baker said. "Leaves will be picked up twice in each zone during the pickup period, which runs through Dec. 20."...

(First in a series) Public school educators say they can live with the reforms in Proposition B but can't live without the additional $190 million the proposal would generate for schools. Jackson schools Superintendent Wayne Maupin said: "I can't find fault with the reforms, which are educationally sound and focusing in on meeting the needs of kids. Basically, the reforms are not insurmountable; many of the things we are doing already...

Proponents of Proposition B hope Missouri voters on Nov. 5 will give a passing grade to the $385 million tax-and-reform package for education. The Southeast Missourian today begins a five-part, 10-story series examining the ballot measure. Proposition B has received broad-based support from a coalition of educators, business and political leaders...

SCOTT CITY - First Missouri Terminals, a recently formed corporation that will handle liquid fertilizer, has become the fourth tenant of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority. The company will lease 2.5 acres of land near the harbor from the port, and has begun construction on a one-million-gallon bulk-liquid fertilizer-storage tank...

The SEMO Regional Consortium on AIDS will hold a meeting Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Harrison Room of Southeast Missouri Hospital. A representative from Southeast Missouri State University will discuss the "Names Project," a quilt memorial to persons with AIDS. The quilt is traveling through the United States and is scheduled to be on display at the Show Me Center in November...

A Mobil Oil Co. executive will address "Total Quality Management: A Winning Strategy for the '90s" as part of an Experts in Business series Oct. 31 at Southeast Missouri State University. Robert H. Erickson, total quality management manager for the marketing and refining division of Mobil Oil, will be the keynote speaker at the event scheduled for 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Show Me Center...

The fourth annual Disability Talent and Resource Fair will be held at West Park Mall Friday and Saturday. The event is expected to draw participants from a five-state area. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. each day. The event is co-sponsored by the SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence and the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities...

EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Two men were injured, one seriously, in a traffic accident early Saturday morning on Route 146 at the Purple Crackle night club, said the Illinois State Police. One of the victims, Terry King, 33, of Cape Girardeau, was listed in serious but stable condition at Southeast Missouri Hospital Saturday night...

Southeast Missouri State University, along with 150 other universities nationwide, will participate in Aerobic Fitness Week, which begins Monday. The universities Thursday night will hold what is billed as the "World's Largest Aerobics Class." At Southeast, the aerobics class will be held in the Student Recreation Center. Organizers said the university's faculty and staff and the public are encouraged to participate...

JEFFERSON CITY - Six state appeals court judges, assigned the task of redrawing Missouri's 34 state Senate districts, have held an organizational meeting and will hold hearings this week in Jefferson City. The judges, two from each of the state's three appeals court districts, were appointed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward Robertson on Sept. 24, after a 10-member bi-partisan commission was unable to come up with a reapportionment of the Senate districts...

ADVANCE -- The Future Homemakers of America in Advance is sponsoring a Fall Festival Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the front yard of Advance High School. The festival includes contests and games every hour and craft booths. Individuals interested in selling crafts should call 722-3584 or 334-8551...

There comes a time in the early autumn days when you decide the grass cutting is over for the year. It is an end-of-the-season thing, accompanied by a good feeling that you've once more successfully finished a demanding marathon of staying ahead of the grass and weeds and are ready for what comes next...

Believe it or not, "cows" are big this year. So is gore. And Batman and Robin Hood. But not Spiderman, or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This year, the most popular Halloween costumes range from the really ugly to the cinematic super hero to the farm animal...

The garden chrysanthemum is the surprise of the late summer, the accent of fall gardening. Their fall colors are like a "thank you" to gardeners for having once again weathered another summer of hot, humid weather, wilted foliage and reluctant blooms on spent annuals...

Marv Herzog and the Bavarian Polka Band will be the featured entertainment Nov. 1 at a fund-raising dance to benefit Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau. The dance will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jackson with food being served at 7 p.m. and dancing being held from 8 p.m. to midnight...

The Salvation Army will be serving Meals with Friends Monday through Friday from 4:30-6 p.m. Hot, nutritious meals are prepared at no cost to the individual. The menu follows: MONDAYHam & beans, slaw, cornbread & butter, applesauce. TUESDAYSliced turkey, potatoes & gravy, corn, cranberry sauce, fruit cup, bread & butter...

The Community Counseling Center is offering a presentation for prospective and new parents called "Preparing Yourself Emotionally for Parenthood." The program will be presented Tuesday from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Community Counseling Center and is free to the public...

If a price check question arises at West Park Mall's newest store when it opens Wednesday, employees will join in to tell the consumer that "Everything's A $1.00." "That's the name of the store," said Mike Hensley, store manager. "Here, Everything's A $1.00."...

What do Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Emerson, John Ashcroft and Pampers have in common? At one time or another, they have all been brought into sharp focus on the ground glass of Steve Robertson's camera. Robertson, who sold his first professional picture in 1964 to the O'Fallon, Ill., Progress newspaper, is observing his 10th year as owner of Robertson's Creative Photographer, and 25th year since the sale of that first picture...

A Southeast Missouri State University research team is halfway through its 16-week study to determine the feasibility of a business incubator in Cape Girardeau. Jamie Frakes of Portageville and Christy Mothershead of Benton, graduate students at the university, are heading up the research project under the guidance of Linda S. Cochran, director of the university's economic development department...

Nick Altamore, who owns a school of cosmetology in Rockford, Ill., and is considered in the hair stylist industry as the number one "clipper cutter" in the U.S., will be guest artist during the Southeast Missouri Cosmetologists' Competition and Trade Show, to be held Oct. 26-27 at the Drury Lodge...

The Cape Girardeau Prosthetic Lab Inc. is in new quarters. Delbert Lee Cobb announced this week that the lab had moved to 44 Doctors' Park. "We have a new building," said Cobb, a certified prosthetist. "We moved in last weekend." The architect for the 4,000-square foot-structure was David R. Alberson. The general contractor was Kiefner Brothers Inc...

Lori Lain and Beverly Estes, both of Gulliver's Travel Agency Inc. of Cape Girardeau, recently completed an on-site inspection of the Alton Belle, the newest gambling boat on the Mississippi River, at Alton, Ill. The Belle offers two-hour circle cruises...

Donald Louis Harrison has been named chairman of the board of AmeriFirst Bank of Cape Girardeau. Harrison is a founding director of AmeriFirst. He succeeds the late Lehman Finch of Cape Girardeau as chairman. He and his wife, Shirley, are natives of Cape Girardeau. A graduate of Western Military Academy at Alton, Ill., Harrison attended Southeast Missouri State University for two years before his graduation from Yale...

JACKSON -- Creative Concepts, a firm designed to provide businesses with insight, advice and practical solutions to employment and personnel problems, has opened at Jackson. Michael Meyer, owner/founder of the new firm, has more than 10 years experience and training in the area of human resources and personnel management...

CyberTel, which recently opened in its new building at 500 N. Kingshighway, has announced the addition of five employees. They are: Jo Ann Barrett, customer service representative; Raymond Gillis, installation technician; Jill Wilferth, account executive; and Toni Cobb and Timothy M. Hahn, retail sales specialists...

Schnucks is implementing the EarthWise Sack Recycling Program, which will benefit education and environment by providing schools an opportunity to earn funds by recycling plastic grocery sacks. "This program will provide an added benefit," said Scott Schnuck, president and chief operating officer. "Not only does it provide an opportunity to recycle, but it `closes the loop' recycling the return plastic bags into new plastic trash bags."...

Heavy equipment buyers and users from Southeast Missouri, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois converged on Cape Girardeau recently for the Cape Girardeau Division of Erb Equipment companies' 10th annual fish fry and open house. More than 25 pieces of John Deer utility, forestry and heavy equipment were on display along with Trail King trailers and Bomag rollers...