Stories from Thursday, October 24, 1991

To the Editor: I am deeply concerned about Proposition B. Despite all I have read and heard my position is unchanged. Voters should vote "no" on Proposition B because: 1) It is a last minute, last ditch effort. If this is the best our legislators could come up with, a special session of the General Assembly should have been called by the governor...

An informational meeting on the proposed enhanced 911 emergency telephone system for Cape Girardeau County will be held Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church. The meeting will start in the Fellowship Hall at 7 p.m. The church is at Broadway and Caruthers...

As a teacher, Mary E. Morton wants her students to feel that they are important. She teaches second grade at the Orchard Drive Elementary School in Jackson. "Children are aware of so many ugly things in our world today that they can't change," Morton said...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring Halloween Happenings for kids on Saturday at the A.C. Brase Arena Building. The evening of activities begins at 6 p.m. with a pumpkin carving contest for ages 8-12 and a coloring contest for ages 4-7...

Season tickets for upcoming productions by the Broadway Community Theater are $25 per person. The first production, "How to Eat Like a Child and Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-up," will be performed Nov. 1-3. "Babes in Arms" is planned for Jan. 24-26, and a dinner theater, with the title of the production yet to be announced, is planned for May 8-9...

The Broadway Community Theater opens its season Nov. 1 with a children's musical "How to Eat Like a Child and Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-up." The one-act production stars 27 children, ages 6-13, from Cape Girardeau and surrounding towns. It will be performed Nov. 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Concord Theater in Cape Girardeau. A matinee is scheduled for Nov. 3 at 3 p.m...

Stories of ghosts, goblins and ghouls will linger early this Halloween at Trail of Tears State Park during Halloween Storytelling Night Saturday at 7 p.m. The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources...

Nov. 1 and 2 are dates of two German dances at the Jackson Knights of Columbus Hall. On Nov. 1, Marv Herzog and the Bavarian Polka Band from Frankenmuth, Mich., will perform at a benefit dance for Notre Dame High School. The band plays at major German festivals and has recorded close to 30 songs...

A Southeast Missouri State University club plans to recreate the Middle Ages complete with folk dancing and knights in armor on Saturday. The Society of Creative Anachronism will display different activities from the Middle Ages on the Academic Hall terraces from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. In case of rain, the event will be held at Southeast's Recreation Center...

Lonnie Hayden Piper went from singing in churches to recording an album. And, at 29, she's just where she wants to be. "I've had a dream for 10 years to be a full-time singer in gospel music," she said. "I feel it's my calling in life." Piper, formerly of Cape Girardeau, and her husband Jerry, released their album about a month ago. The album, titled "Unashamed," is their first together. The couple now live in Elkville, Ill...

A Cape Girardeau-based heavy metal band has released its first album. The band, Beggar's Jury, calls the album "Just Because We Can." "When we started out, people told us `you can't make it big in Cape Girardeau,'" said Timexx Nasty, 20, who sings lead vocals for the band...

I LOVE FALL weather and the aroma of burning leaves. I wish everyone would burn their leaves. Thank you. I WOULD LIKE to congratulate the Jackson freshman football team. They're undefeated so far and working to beat Cape this Saturday, Oct. 26. I would like to encourage Jackson fans to help cheer them on to a victory. Good luck, guys, you're doing great...

I just love having my Consciousness Raised about sexual harassment, don't you? Sunday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch Business section contained another couple of articles. These articles take us across still more frontiers of Consciousness-Raising. We're now getting down to the details of defining the charge. ...

After several years of controversy and haggling, the bottom line on Greer Spring remains this: it is worth disagreeing about ... and ultimately worth agreeing about. And the deal that is made to protect the land and make its wonders available to mankind should be done right. We are pleased federal lawmakers, the landowner involved and other private interests have reached an agreement that will satisfy these requirements...

Sister Jeanne Goessling is principal of St. Mary Catholic School in Cape Girardeau. Recently on a teleconference broadcast here in Cape Girardeau, Charles McClain, commissioner of higher education, said the $385 million tax-and-reform measure provides incentives for improving education at all levels. He added that he doesn't know of any entity that has been "starved into excellence." I beg to differ with that comment...

World Wrestling Federation action returns to the Show Me Center Dec. 8 for a 7:30 p.m. performance. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper will take on the "Real" World Champion Ric Flair. There will also be championship tag-team action with the Legion of Doom taking on the Natural Disasters; Big Boss Man will meet Irwin R. ...

International issues pertaining to the environment, military spending, population, and chemical and biological weapons will be debated by high school students today at the Model United Nations. The event, held on the Southeast Missouri State University campus, is expected to draw 200 to 250 student delegates, said Rick Althaus, Southeast professor of political science and coordinator of the Model United Nations...

Ferdinand H. Manger of Sherman Oak, Calif., died Thursday, Oct. 17, 1991, at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. He was born Dec. 22, 1910, at St. Louis, son of Ferdinand H. and Clara B. Manger. He married Winifred Baxter in 1922, who preceded him in death...

Virgil Moore, 74, of 1013 Ranney, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1991. Arrangements are incomplete, and will be announced by Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

SIKESTON -- Iva Scally, 66, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1991 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 15, 1925 in Perkins to Robert and Sophia Myers Driskell. She married Russell Medley. He preceded her in death. She then married James T. Scally, who also preceded her in death...

Donald R. Fox, 54, of 1432 Bessie, died Wednesday Oct. 23, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center, where he had been patient 30 days. He was born Nov. 11, 1936 in Delta, the son of Lester R. Fox and Lillian Welker Fox. On Sept. 22, 1958 he married Felicia Snider in Cape Girardeau...

Helen L. Henderson, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 1991, at Liberty Hospital in Liberty. She was born March 30, 1915, at Jonesboro, daughter of John Lyman and Rose Kendall Rich. She married Homer Henderson Oct. 7, 1933, at Anna, Ill. He died Sept. 16, 1981...

JACKSON -- Wise Overbeck, 85, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1991, at Deal Nursing Home. McCombs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

JACKSON -- Lillian Borgfield, 80, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Sept. 8, 1911, at Tilsit, daughter of Ferdinand and Emillie Burgfeld Peetz Sr. She married Alvin Borgfield Sept. 8, 1935, at Moro, Ill. He died Dec. 3, 1990...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Edna M. McCloud, 76, of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born June 11, 1915, at Jonesboro, daughter of Charles Phillip and Lela Frick Morgan. She married Paul McCloud March 23, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, Mo...

JACKSON -- Henry Biester, 95, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1991, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born April 17, 1896, at Burfordville, son of August and Helene Nagel Biester. He first married Lydia Meier Nov. 16, 1919, who died March 12, 1921. He then married Fay Philipps May 29, 1925, who died Aug. 18, 1974. He and Edna Best were married Sept. 26, 1975. She died Jan. 7, 1988...

Theora "Theo" Kaempfer, 89, 418 South Spring, died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 21, 1902, in Prescott, Ark., daughter of Ross and Ida Robinson Rebman. She married William C. Kaempfer in September 1923 in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Sept. 15, 1947...

Bertha M. Mason, 90, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1991, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. She was born May 4, 1901, in Oden, Ind., daughter of J.F. and Minnie Rosenberry Winkleplack. On Feb. 26, 1932, she married Clarence Mason, who preceded her in death July 15, 1956...

Visitation and funeral services for Irene Thilenius, 78, of Waldport, Ore. have been postponed, due to the death of her husband, Herbert Thilenius. Mrs. Thilenius died Sunday, Oct. 20, 1991 in Newport, Ore. and visitation had been scheduled tonight. Herbert Thilenius died at his home in Waldport...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Tim Madsen of Columbia, University of Missouri-Columbia Medical Center, 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1991. Name, Taylor Marie. Weight, 7 pounds 5 ounces. First child. Mrs. Madsen is the former Tracie Allen, daughter of David and Sheila Allen of Jackson, and is a registered nurse at UMC Medical Center. Madsen is employed at ABC Laboratories in Columbia, and is the son of John and Karen Madsen of Oak Grove...

ANNA, Ill. -- Gov. Jim Edgar has announced approval of 75 capital projects totaling almost $84.5 million. "The projects on this list continue to place an emphasis on using our resources to protect the state's investment by repairing and improving existing facilities and building new facilities," he said...

Thanks to experimental laser eye surgery Wednesday at St. Francis Medical Center, a Southern Illinois man may be able to discard his eyeglasses. Dr. Charles H. Cozean, a Cape Girardeau ophthalmologist, used a new Eximer laser to sculpt the surface of Scott Gibbs' eye in an effort to correct his vision problems...

(Last in a series) Missouri's business leaders view Proposition B as a sound investment in the state's economic future. "Economically, our backs are against the wall right now," said Richard Mahoney, co-chairman of Missourians for Quality Education, a statewide group of business leaders, educators, lawmakers and others who are pushing for passage of Proposition B...

State legislators from Southeast Missouri say they plan to vote for Proposition B and are doing whatever they can to provide voters with information to help them make a decision Nov. 5. All of the lawmakers say they have been flooded with calls about the proposal, and have had many opportunities to speak about the issue with groups in their districts. ...

The Mississippi River from St. Louis to Cape Girardeau is forecast to drop next month to levels not seen since the record low-water conditions in December 1989. Meanwhile, as the river continues to fall, representatives of the river industry, Coast Guard, and Corps of Engineers are scheduled to meet in St. Louis next week to prepare plans for keeping the river open to commerce...

WASHINGTON - Projects that will benefit southern Missouri are included in a new six-year, $151 billion federal highway bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday night. U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, who had a hand in drafting the legislation in his role as a member of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee, praised the bill because it will help both Southern Missouri and the entire state...

JACKSON -- Wendell Bailey had some good news for Missourians Wednesday night. Speaking before a group of Jackson area businessmen, he said the state "saved $17 million Wednesday" by refinancing two series of bonds at lower interest rates. "We called the bonds and had them re-issued at lower rates," said Bailey, who is Missouri State Treasurer and a candidate for governor...

Most Missouri taxpayers won't be severely burdened by Proposition B, say proponents of the tax-and-reform measure for education. Sam Cook, co-chairman of Missourians for Quality Education, a statewide group pushing for passage of the Nov. 5 ballot measure, said the proposition's funding provisions will have little effect on most taxpayers and will provide a tax break for lower- and middle-income families...

JACKSON -- A 16-year-old youth was listed in stable condition in St. Francis Medical Center following a one-vehicle accident near Jackson Wednesday night. Missouri State Police said David Bendel of Jackson suffered injuries when the vehicle in which he was riding left the roadway and landed in a ditch...

The screening, diagnosis and treatment of prostate and breast cancer cancers that this year will strike 122,000 men and 175,000 women will be the focus of the 1991 Fall Cancer Symposium this weekend. The annual event will be held at the Show Me Center and is sponsored by the Regional Cancer Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

CHAFFEE - Chaffee's wastewater treatment plant would reportedly be the first in Missouri to use duckweed to control algae growth if a city bond issue is passed Nov. 5. "Our engineers are telling us we'd be the envy of everyone in the state of Missouri if we're going to do this," Ward 4 Councilman Tom Cunningham said Wednesday night at a public hearing on the bond issue...

PERRYVILLE -- Spending the first six years of his life living near the jungles of South America taught Walter Crawford to love animals and nature. And it taught him that people who love and appreciate the wonders of nature will work to protect them...

Southeast Missouri State University's industrial technology department is working to meet the demands of a changing economy. From robots, machine tools, machine vision systems and programmable controllers to personal computers, bar code technology, conveyer systems and computer aided drafting and design, Southeast is preparing its industrial technology students for the wave of the future...