Stories from Monday, December 16, 1991

The Cape Girardeau City Council will consider a resolution Monday that would formally adopt an updated Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program for the Municipal Airport. Last year, the city adopted the program, which essentially sets a quota for the percentage of minority contractors who participate in city projects that use federal funds...

CARTERVILLE, Ill. - U.S. Rep. Glenn Poshard says the March primary race in the new 19th Congressional District against fellow Democrat Terry Bruce of Olney, Ill., will be a "tough, uphill battle." The veteran Illinois congressmen are pitted against each other because of a new congressional map for the state that reduces from 22 to 20 the number of people representing the Land of Lincoln in the U.S. House...

ALTENBURG -- In times of economic trouble for schools across the state, tiny Altenburg Public School is paying cash for a new building addition. Superintendent Richard Hoffman said the 77-student district has been saving money for the past six years to build the new structure...

The Southeast Missourian asked people whether surplus money in the city's tourism fund, generated by the motel and restaurant tax, should be used to pay ahead of schedule the debt incurred to construct the Show Me Center, or if the money should be used to fund new projects deemed worthy by the city...

The Area Wide United Way campaign is close very close to meeting its goal for the 1991 fund-raising campaign. On Friday, the United Way had reached 97 percent of its goal by raising $454,000. This year's goal is $470,000. Campaign chairman Harry Rediger, said, "That's so close. We're making some progress every day."...

An announcement that Southeast Missouri State University's "New Vision of Excellence" capital campaign likely will surpass its $25 million goal illustrates the generosity in the region despite the nation's shaky economic conditions. It a lso indicates that people around the region generally are confident that the economy soon will improve...

Son to Capt. and Mrs. Charles W. Ross of Woodbridge, England, 10:38 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, 1991. Name, William Taylor. Weight, 8 pounds 13 ounces. First child. Mrs. Ross is the former Holly Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hill of Durant, Miss. Ross is a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, stationed at RAF Woodbridge Air Force Base. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Ross, 1540 N. Henderson...

OLD APPLETON -- Shawn Henry Blechley, 18, of Old Appleton died Saturday, Dec. 14, 1991. He was born March 29, 1973, in Perry County, the son of James G. and Clara A. Ponder Blechley, who survive of old Appleton. He was employed at Heartland Cable of Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY -- Otto F. Hamm, 75, of Scott City died Friday, Dec. 13, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chaple in Scott City are incomplete.

The local Salvation Army's Tree of Lights campaign isn't shining as bright as it could be. As of Sunday, Cape Girardeau Salvation Army Capt. Elmer Trapp said, the campaign for the needy had raised $60,000 of its $100,000 goal. Though more than halfway to the goal, the campaign is actually four or five days behind where it needs to be, said campaign Chairman Bob Neff...

PERRYVILLE -- A two-car accident late Saturday in Perry County killed a Perryville teenager and left two others seriously injured. Dead is Angela Renee Cassoutt, 18, of Perryville. A spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol said a car driven by Matthew Heob, 17, of St. Marys, pulled out of a driveway and into the path of a car driven by Cory Stueve, 18, of Frohna. The accident occurred on a hill, the patrol said...

PERRYVILLE -- Angela Renee Cassoutt, 18, of Perryville, died Saturday, Dec. 14, 1991, in Perry County following an automobile accident. She was born March 20, 1973, in St. Louis County, daughter of Clyde Joseph Cassoutt and Virginia Moonier Cassoutt Johnson...

The Eldercare Center at Southeast Missouri State University has received a $20,000 federal grant from the Action Student Community Service Program to develop projects that allow students to interact with older adults. Cynthia Kothe, director of the center, said the Eldercare Center is one of just two agencies in the state to receive the federal money. The grant is for one year...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Construction of a 20,000-square-foot "mega-clinic" here is ahead of schedule. "We're hoping to be in the new facility by July," said Fred Bernstein, director of Community Health Services, Inc. at Cairo. "That's about 30 days ahead of schedule."...