Stories from Friday, January 24, 1992

Open Letter to State Rep. Mary Kasten: Please, no new taxes. Regardless of everything, once the government puts on a tax it never comes off. The money goes into that vast sinkhole that a bunch of politicians call need. The tax to pay for the Show Me Center is being wasted and not used for a valid purpose. Retire the debt...

If he is elected attorney general this year, former Assistant U.S. Attorney John Hall says his primary focus will be on modernizing law enforcement in the state of Missouri. Hall promised "to modernize Missouri's total approach to law enforcement for the 21st century. From my perspective as a prosecutor, there has been too much talk, and too little action on issues that matter across the board in law enforcement...

WARE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois hunters have bagged about more than 24,000 geese in the four-county Alexander, Union, Jackson and Williamson quota zone since the start of the 1991-92 Canada goose season started Nov. 9. The majority of birds were harvested in Williamson and Jackson counties, where an aggregate total of 10,945 birds have been harvested. The Alexander County harvest total is 6,064 and 4,769 geese have been killed in Union County...

I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be. So, what do you do with good ol' boys like me? By Don Williams Though he's out of work in a tough economy, you still can't stoke up a lot of sympathy for ~Mikhail Gorbachev. The guy had a good run: dickered with Reagan, cashed in with the Nobel committee, great seats for the Bolshoi, met the Scorpions. He has some great memories to fall back on ... probably got misty-eyed when he cleaned out his desk and found an "I Love Glasnost" button...

Peter Hilty is a resident of Cape Girardeau and a retired professor in the English department at Southeast Missouri State University. Her call at eight o'clock Sunday night interrupted our four-handed Canasta game. "Come quick. My sister is dying." When we arrived at their house, a short block away, the lady was already "gone" from the house where she and her twin sister had been born 85 years ago and where they had lived most of the rest of their lives...

Southeast Missouri State University Faculty Senate is studying a change in the textbook rental system. Two recommendations are before the council: Changing the rental system to require students to purchase their books, or keep the current system with some policy changes. These changes would make it easier for faculty members to change textbooks...

Cape Girardeau's "power brokers" its business and educational leaders met Thursday to discuss the city's public schools. The educational "summit" launched the Cape Girardeau School District's long-range planning process, which is expected to be completed by June, according to Superintendent Neyland Clark...

On Sunday, the biggest unofficial holiday of the year will be celebrated in homes, restaurants and sports bars across the nation. It's Super Bowl Sunday, the day football fans will gather to watch the "big game" this year between the Washington Redskins and the Buffalo Bills. The game will be played in Minneapolis, with kickoff scheduled at 5:30...

Clean Air Act regulations will force costly changes for at least one Southeast Missouri power plant, while the new rules will have little impact on some other generating plants in the region. Associated Electric Cooperative Inc., based in Springfield, Mo., has announced plans to switch to a low-sulfur coal supply for its New Madrid power plant in order to comply with sulfur dioxide emission limits mandated in amendments to the Clean Air Act passed in November 1990...

Though the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau has dropped to its lowest level since October, authorities say water levels between St. Louis and Cairo should remain near winter depths. On Thursday, the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau was at 9.9 feet, up slightly from Wednesday's stage of 9.6 feet, but down six feet from Friday's 15.6 foot level...

Kenneth E. Myles of Cape Girardeau has been elected as the 103rd Potentate of the Moolah Shrine Temple in St. Louis. Myles, an insurance broker and real estate developer, has been a member of the ascending line of officers for the past 10 years. He is the first person from Southeast Missouri to be elected potentate in the 106-year history of the St. Louis organization...

Cape Girardeau officials are poised to embark on a new grant program that will fund renovation of up to 15 rental units in a designated "East Cape Rental Rehabilitation Neighborhood." If attendance at Thursday's informational meeting on the program is an indication, the city will have no trouble finding enough units to qualify for the program...

Vision 2000's Community Relations Council held its third annual Awards of Distinction breakfast at Southeast Missouri Hospital's Harrison Room on Thursday. Among those individuals honored for "devoted service to the quality of life in Cape Girardeau" included: Michael Aide, Jim Dufek, Brian Golden, Judy Stricker, Susan Vickery, Jim Brickler and Ron Duff...

ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Felicia Del'Mar Veale, two months, of Grand Prairie, Texas, was held Jan. 15 in Texas. The infant died Sunday, Jan. 12, 1992, at her home. She was born Oct. 17, 1991, in Arlington, Texas, daughter of Frank and Maria Veale of Grand Prairie...

ADVANCE -- Ruby Lilly Massey, 103, of Advance, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1992, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 12, 1888, in Batesville, Ark., daughter of John William and Mary Lucy Johnson Bilyeu. She married Alce Massey, who preceded her in death...

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- John Harvey Edwards, 71, of Mound City, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born April 10, 1920, at Villa Ridge, son of John M. and Mattie Henderson Edwards. Edwards was a retired jailer at Mound City Courthouse. He was a member of Cairo Baptist Church, Cairo Elks Lodge, and past commander of American Legion. He was a veteran of World War II...

ADVANCE -- T.A. Niswonger, 82, of Advance Route 1, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He had been hospitalized for two weeks. He was born Oct. 28, 1909 at Millersville, the son of Lee Niswonger and Nora Walker Niswonger...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lee Warren of Charleston, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:36 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, 1992. Name, Mamie Elizabeth. Weight, 4 pounds 1 ounce. First child. Mrs. Warren is the former Tami Griggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Griggs of Charleston. She is employed at Steward Steel Supply Co. in Sikeston. Warren is employed by Industrial Systems in Cape Girardeau, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lee Warren of Eustis, Fla., and Sharon Clark of Cambria, Mich...

Funeral service for Terri Sue Frayser, 2029 Anthony, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Wallace Brown will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today. Frayser, 30, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County Recorder of Deeds: Robert G. and Rose Mary Warmack to Associates Relocation Management Co. Inc.; Associates Relocation Management Co. Inc. to Timothy L. and Shirley R. Harrison; Paul A. and Mary F. Hendrix to Frank D. and Mary Ellen Bean...

The 1992 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" will include the names of 21 students from Southeast Missouri State University who have been selected as national outstanding leaders. Campus nominating committees and editors of the annual directory have included...