Stories from Sunday, December 8, 1991

JACKSON -- Frances E. King, 89, died Friday, Dec. 6, 1991 at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born Feb. 12, 1902 in Kansas, the daughter of Benjamin J. and Cora Shue Breeden. In August 1922, she married John Paul King, who preceded her in death July 1, 1985...

Dear Editor: I have never written to the paper before. However, as I was driving my two children through Cape County Park last night to view the beautiful light display, I saw something so distressing that I felt I had to voice my opinion. I am a proud citizen of Cape Girardeau and feel the team effort that provides the lighting display is exceptional. ...

If Mario Cuomo had been another Italian, he'd still be trying to decide if it was all right to search for the New World and leave Queen Isabella all alone. --- Well, at least Santa knows what Willie Smith would like for Christmas: a jury hung by the courtroom fireplace...

Congratulations are in order for Jackson attorney John Lichtenegger, who Friday became the second Cape Girardeau Countian ever elected President of the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri. John occupies an important position that has been filled by many other distinguished leaders in our state's history...

I'M CALLING IN regards to abortion. I just went through a major surgery to find out I could never have children. Never enjoy the feeling of life growing inside me, you know it makes me plumb sick to think of a woman who is blessed with life inside her womb and thinks she can just murder that precious life. ...

When voters of Cape Girardeau approved a $5 million bond issue in 1983, primarily to provide local funds for a multipurpose civic arena, the measure left room for other endeavors in economic development. The Show Me Center has fulfilled the main purpose of the bond issue in a big way. ...

Four local dancers will perform in St. Louis Dec. 18-22 at the Fox Theatre in the State Ballet of Missouri's Nutcracker at the Fox. Sarah Semmler, Michelle Bennett, Tania Morris and Bethany Caplan will dance in seven performances, which will feature the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra...

A major neurological goal has been reached at Saint Francis Medical Center. Medical center officials announced last week the establishment of the Saint Francis Neurosciences Institute, designed to help physicians and patients identify and use the neuro services available at the medical center...

Robert W. Foster, executive vice president of Southeast Missouri State University, will be honored at a retirement reception Dec. 17 in the Show Me Center. The event, scheduled for 3-5 p.m. and open to the public, will feature a formal presentation at 4 p.m...

A Christmas concert entitled "Christmas Wonderland" will be performed Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the library at Louis J. Schultz School. The Schultz Select Choir will perform under the direction of Mike Dumey. The Schultz Orchestra will also perform under the direction of Steve Schaffner...

Lone Star Industries of Cape Girardeau, one of the largest users of energy in the area, will convert its coal-burning cement kiln into a system that will burn toxic waste fuels in 1992. "We probably use as much electricity at Lone Star Industries as the entire city of Cape Girardeau," said Norris Johnson during an address at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee. "In addition, we burn up to 600 tons of coal each day."...

TCI Cable TV, which operates the cable system in Cape Girardeau and Jackson, will swap two cable channels as of Dec. 19. Manager Roger Harms said TCI also is looking at adding pay-per-view service in 1992. The channel swap will involve WGN, which now appears on Channel 30. It will move to Channel 11. Discovery, which now airs on Channel 11, will relocate to the vacated spot on 30...

CAIRO, Ill. -- When the 31st Regiment of Illinois Infantry was officially mustered in September of 1861, Capt. Oramus Greenlee and a small group of soldiers didn't have to travel far for initial training. Under the guidance of John A. Logan, the 31st was mustered into service at Cairo, Ill. Several of the soldiers who made up the 1,130-man regiment were from Cairo...

WEBSTER GROVES -- H. Edward Carson, 61, of Webster Groves, died at his home Sunday, Dec. 1, 1991, after suffering a heart attack. A music teacher for 30 years, Carson began his teaching career in Jackson and Sikeston. He taught music at Jackson High School in the late 1950s and at Sikeston High School in the early 1960s...

MARQUAND -- Charles A. Miinch, 87, of Marquand, died Friday, Dec. 6, 1991, at the Ozark Nursing Home in Fredericktown. He was born April 26, 1904 at Marquand, son of Frederick Otto and Mary Alice O'Kelley Miinch. On Feb. 29, 1928, he married Bessie Yount. She survives...

SCOTT CITY -- Johnny Woodrow Henson, 50, died Friday, Dec. 6, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 22, 1941 in Patton, son of the late Jefferson "Jack" Henson and Minnie Brotherton Henson, who survives of Flat River...

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Henri Cowles, 83, of Mound City, died Friday, Dec. 6, 1991, in the Charleston Manor Nursing Home. She attended the Congregational Church in Mound City. She was formerly a clerk at the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department and at the county clerk's office...

Marjorie Dianne Monds of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Dec. 7, 1991 at Ellis Fishel Cancer Hospital in Columbia. She was 44. She was born June 13, 1947 in Salinas, Calif. to Leo and Margie Bailey Monds. Monds worked three years for American River Transportation Co...

ANNA, Ill. -- Grover M. Spear, 73, of Anna died Friday, Dec. 6, 1991 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 21, 1918 in Anna, the son of Martin Spears and Sarah Wrinkle Spears. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Anna and a RSVP Volunteer with 20,000 hours of service...

JACKSON -- Celia J. Sewing, 91, of Jackson died Friday, Dec. 6, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 14, 1900 near Oak Ridge, the daughter of Henry Tuschhoff and Mary Grebe Tuschhoff. On Nov. 14, 1932, she married Herman K. Sewing. He preceded her in death in May 1947...

Harold Dwayne Roberts, 59, of Cape Girardeau Route 1, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 31, 1932 at Sandwich, Ill., son of Melvin and Loreita Veteto Roberts. He was employed as an installer for Western Electric for 20 years. He was a member of Iona Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau County and the Communication Workers of America...

Wanda Jarrett, 53, of 2735 Chrysler, died Friday, Dec. 6, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born April 18, 1938 in Christian County, Ky., the daughter of Brasher F. and Mabel Combs Wagner. She was married to John Jarrett on Dec. 11, 1950 at Fort Campbell, Ky...

BELL CITY - Nada Alberta Warren, 77, of Bell City Route 1, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1991 at Starmont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kan. She was born in Bell City March 5, 1914 to James Ora Woods and Maggie Greer. On Nov. 24, 1933 she married Marvin A. Warren. He died in August 1965...

JACKSON -- Sherry Ruth Rose, formerly of Jackson, died Saturday, Nov. 30, 1991, in Van, Turkey. She was born at Gordonville, Feb. 22, 1952, daughter of Walter and Ruth Siebert Rose. Survivors include her mother, Ruth Volkerding and stepfather, Joe Volkerding, both of Jackson; brother, Darryl Rose, Bartlett, Tenn.; two stepsisters, Judy Wendel of Jackson and Jane Windisch, Cape Girardeau; and five nephews...

JACKSON -- Jason Lynn Aufdenberg, 15, of Route 2 Jackson, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 1991, near Jackson. He was born at Cape Girardeau Sept. 15, 1976, son of Lynn Aufdenberg and LaVerne Winchester Aufdenberg. He was a sophomore at Jackson High School. He is survived by his parents; maternal grandfather, Curtis Winchester of Cape Girardeau; paternal grandmother, Esther Aufdenberg, Cape Girardeau; and sisters, Gina Nicole Aufdenberg of Jackson and Christine Strohmeyer of Cape Girardeau...

MILTON, Fla. Donald Harold McCullough, a native of Cape Girardeau, died at his home in Pace, Fla. Thursday, Dec. 5, 1991. McCullough, 69, was a retired electronics engineer. He worked for Litton Industries before retiring. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a former golf pro...

A workshop focusing on parental involvement in the classroom will be held Tuesday at Cape Girardeau Central High School. The workshop is being sponsored by the Southeast District Professional Development Cooperative. The speaker for this presentation is Dan Clark, a master storyteller and solution technician. He is author of several books, including "Getting High How to Really Do it."...

The board of directors of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce appointed a task force Saturday to look at future funding for the chamber-operated economic development office. The action by the 18-member board came during its two-day retreat, held Friday and Saturday at the Lone Star Industries' natatorium...

JACKSON -- John Lichtenegger, an attorney from Jackson, was elected to a one-year term as president of the University of Missouri Board of Curators Friday. Top issues facing the board during the coming year include reducing personnel, balancing spending with resources, and hiring key new leaders, said Lichtenegger, who begins his term in January...

Amy and Christopher live with their grandparents now, which is makes these two children, ages 6 and 4, very happy. The grandparents, although living on a very limited budget, provide the children with a stable home life and a lot of love. They cannot provide the children with a lot of toys...

By penny-wise design, a Cape Girardeau church youth group hopes its fund-raising campaign for missionaries will ascend to a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Members of the youth group at the Bethel Assembly of God Church worked from Friday evening to Saturday afternoon tirelessly placing pennies, edge-to-edge, in a design on the church's gymnasium floor. The church is at 1855 Perryville Road...

A seventh candidate for Cape Girardeau City Council filed Friday, but his eligibility is in question leaving doubt as to whether there will be a primary election Feb. 4. A primary election is only held if there are seven or more candidates for the three council seats to be decided in the April municipal election...

Small communities that can't afford to comply with safe federal drinking water standards may be able to do so soon with the consent of the Environmental Protection Agency. Peter Censky, executive director of the Water Quality Association near Chicago, Ill., said Friday the EPA is on the verge of approving a more affordable water treatment solution that the association recommends. ...

Plans for an upcoming community survey and educational summit top the agenda of the Cape Girardeau Board of Education. The board will meet tonight at 4:30 p.m. Superintendent Neyland Clark explained that preliminary work has been under way to formulate Project Partnership: Schools and Community, a strategic planning committee...

Mr. I has been sick for the past 10 years with a debilitative, progressive illness, which has devastated his financial situation. He must see a specialist out of town and often doesn't have the money to get there. Mr. I has sold his television set and his tools to raise money...

Two vehicles that overturned in separate accidents Saturday in Bollinger and Ste. Genevieve counties moderately injured a Glen Allen man and left a Festus man with serious injuries. The Missouri Highway Patrol at Poplar Bluff reported the Bollinger County accident moderately injured David Barker, 30, of Glen Allen. Barker was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, said a patrol spokesman. A hospital spokeswoman said Saturday night that he was in stable condition...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in some places more than others. Holiday lights lining rooftops and decorating shrubs have become something of a passion for some folks who will light up just about anything that doesn't walk away. "This year I went a little overboard," said Ken Voepel, who has decorated nearly every square inch outside his business, 2256 Kingsway. After considering his statement for a moment, he changed his mind. "No, not really."...

Every autumn when the trees began to put on their gypsy clothes, Grandpa and I made a special trip to the Farm Bureau Store. The way was up hills and down, through woods, over rivers and creeks, alongside fields. To my nine-year-old sense of distance, it was a long trip. I looked forward to it almost as much as I did Christmas...

For many families the selection of the Christmas tree marks the real beginning of Christmas. It would not be Christmas without a tree to decorate with sparkling lights and colorful ornaments. The selection of the tree is one of the most important decisions made during the holiday season...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has declared this week National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week. The observance started Saturday and continues until Friday, reports the Cape Girardeau Community Traffic Safety Program. During this week the Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) red ribbon campaign is working to bring attention to the issue. Motorists are asked to tie a red ribbon on their vehicle to remind the public to not drink and drive, the traffic program said...

The St. Louis district of the Small Business Administration (SBA) approved 25 loans for businesses in eight Southeast Missouri counties during the 1991 fiscal year. The combined amount was $3,598,000. The loans helped create 195 new jobs. At least three businesses were started with the loans and others were expanded...

Cape Girardeau County's unemployment rate moved up a bit in October, but the 4.4 percent jobless rate still ranks the area among the 10 lowest in the state. "The 4.4 figure is still under the 4.5 percent figure of a year ago," said a spokesman for the local Missouri Division of Employment Security office. "We dropped to 4.3 percent in September, but October's rate is not bad."...

Dr. Thomas C. Sparkman, a family practitioner from Cape Girardeau, recently attended the 8th annual Scientific Assembly of the Southern Medical Association, held in Atlanta. Ga. The four-day assembly offered educational courses and featured guest speakers in 23 medical specialities...

Gina Cissell of Perryville has joined First Community Credit Union, the largest credit union in St. Louis, as marketing director with its management team. Donald C. Berra, president of First Community, announced Cissell's appointment recently. Cissell has experience in public relations and communications. She was formerly an officer and marketing director at the Bank of Perryville. She is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau...

"Stereo One Around The House" is the theme of a multi-room gallery established in the new Stereo One facility, 345 S. Kingshighway. "We're using a showcase gallery concept to display and demonstrate our audio and video capabilities in the home," said John Selby, company president...

Arkansas Freightway is moving to new quarters. "We hope to be in our new building in late January or early February," said Dennis Laubach, terminal manager of the firm's Scott City terminal. "We have outgrown our present facility and need more room."...

OPTION Care, a provider of home IV and nutritional services, has moved to a new location at 61 Doctors' Park. The new quarters provide more space for the firm, which opened in Cape Girardeau in June 1989 at 60 Doctors' Park. "The new facility gives us about 6,000 square feet," said Lisa Botsch...

JACKSON -- A $500,000 apartment building is under construction here. "We're hoping for completion in March," said Chad Hartle. Hartle, who has 137 units of storage and apartments in Jackson, Cape Girardeau and Perryville, said the new complex will consist of two buildings...

Mogo, Inc., has been granted a utility patent for the design of a new hair barrette. "The patent covers the various kinds of material that go into the manufacture of the barrettes, including a colorful design of beads," said Patty Moffat of Cape Girardeau, designer of the Mogo Barrette...

The Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School will offer a new course entitled Tax Preparer in January. The course is designed for students wishing to learn how to prepare their own taxes and individual tax returns for clients. Emphasis will be placed on the laws governing the tax practitioner, business deductible and nonbusiness deductible. A brief course on how to start a tax practitioner business will be reviewed...

Nina Swan-Kohler, formerly of Pocahontas, Mo., has opened a new food marketing agency Swan-Kohler and Associates in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Swan-Kohler, a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University at Cape Girardeau, has more than 15 years experience in communicating the benefits of food products...

A new Cajun restaurant has opened in downtown Cape Girardeau. The Rajun Cajun, located at 24 S. Spanish, specializes in Cajun foods, including Cajun catfish, shrimp and crabmeat gumbo, crawfish etouffee, fried alligator and other Cajun-type specialities...

Two employees at Tri-Con Industries, Ltd. in Cape Girardeau recently received an award of merit from I.T.T. Hartford Insurance Group. Those honored included: Karen G. Zipprich, corporate nurse, and Mike Stevens, plant manager. They were recognized for successfully lowering the worker's compensation claims by 43 percent over the past year...

A program to train jail staff and to protect them from civil and criminal liability will be offered next semester at Southeast Missouri State University. Two 20-hour weekends, scheduled for Feb. 21-23 and March 6-8 in Crisp Hall's Dempster Auditorium, will provide quality instruction to help in protecting area law enforcement agencies against litigation by inmates. ...

A memorial scholarship has been established by the Professional Black Men's Club in honor of Edward M. Spicer. The scholarship, maintained through the Southeast Missouri State University Foundation, will benefit the local Grow Your Own project, which cultivates minority students for careers in education...

When it comes to Christmas displays and decorations, few can equal the handiwork of Tom Gerhardt. "I think Christmas is my favorite season," said Gerhardt, a former Cape Girardeau resident who now lives on Portage Point in Onekama Township, Mich., on the western side of the state along Lake Michigan, about halfway between Muskegon and Traverse City...