Stories from Wednesday, March 25, 1992

Dear Editor: My mother, Mrs. Alberta Spicer Kemp, sent me a copy of your Black History Edition. I was born and raised in Cape. Thank you so much for something so positive. It touched me dearly. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It was beautiful. I'm the niece of Dr. Edward Spicer...

Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts' 22nd annual spring arts and crafts fair has been reorganized into a spring arts festival. The festival, titled "Show Me the Arts," will include live performances, fine arts and crafts exhibitors, and hourly attendance prize drawings...

Statues add to the appearance of a city, and some cities such as Richmond, Va., Washington, D.C., and St. Louis have many. Statues commemorate someone or some event. They are modeled along either historical or artistic lines. A visitor to Richmond is impressed with Monumental Avenue, which features statues of the South's Civil War generals mounted on their horses or displaying their swords from their pedestals. ...

Whenever Lynne Taylor "played school" with her friends when she was a child, she always chose to be the teacher. "I have always enjoyed showing other people how to do something," Taylor said, "so it seemed a logical choice to become a teacher. "I had some very inspiring art teachers who instilled in me the joy of being able to create something of value out of a few raw materials."...

The Midwestern River Cities Chapter of American Transcription will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Harrison Room at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Dr. Walter A. Schroeder will speak on "Hair Replacement Surgery" and Dr. Ronald Hill on "Cosmetic Surgery."...

APPLE CREEK - The 12th annual Hee Haw Show - Apple Creek style - is scheduled for the this weekend. Shows are planned for 7:30 p.m. Saturday and at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The event will be held at the Apple Creek Hall, which can be reached by taking the Biehle exit on I-55, going south on Highway B for one mile, and then left off Highway F for four miles...

The Missouri Department of Conservation will conduct a pre-turkey season hunter education class on Saturday. The 10-hour course will be conducted at the Cape Girardeau Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall starting at 8 a.m. "Hunters born on or after Jan. 1, 1967, are required to successfully complete this course before they can purchase any firearms hunting permit," said Gene Myers of the Cape Girardeau regional DOC office...

The University of Missouri Board of Curators made some hard choices last week. The board voted to eliminate 604 jobs and a number of programs over the next five years. It's part of a plan to reallocate $125 million to pay for various improvements, including building repair and maintenance, higher salaries, more student aid and better libraries...

Jerry Brown finished second in the Michigan primary and finished off Paul Tsongas as well. In the language of the Vietnam War, Brown, like Pat Buchanan, is a "search and destroy" candidate. He careens from one issue to the next, seeking targets of opportunity wherever he can find them. Brown is uninhibited by basic facts, elemental truth or previously expressed positions. His instincts drive him to divide and lose...

Let's proceed directly to the bottom line: some people in government have too much time on their hands. Fortunately, others in government seem to recognize this. Maybe, in this instance, the casual madness and its more astute reaction are attributable to growing pains in the state of Florida. ...

The organization charged with preserving Cape Girardeau's history has taken a stand against a Cape Girardeau Board of Education's plan to eliminate one elementary school principal position. The Cape Girardeau Historic Preservation Commission says leaving a school without a full-time principal will negatively affect property values in the city's historic areas...

Southeast Missouri State University Provost Leslie Cochran has been named president of Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio. The university's nine-member Board of Trustees unanimously selected the 52-year-old Cochran during a 50-minute closed-door meeting Monday night...

MARY STUCKER Occupation: Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau assistant. Pet Peeve: "Drivers who don't use their turn signals." The best part of my job is: "All the people I work with." What do you do in your spare time: "Spend time at home with my husband, Charlie, and two dogs, Levi and Emma."...

SCOTT CITY -- Kindergarten registration in Scott City has been set for April 9 at the elementary school. Registration will be held from 8-11 a.m., 12:45 to 3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on that day. To enroll in kindergarten a child must live in the city limits of Scott City and be 5 years old on or before June 30...

PERRYVILLE -- A judge's ruling that Missouri's Department of Natural Resources has illegally established guidelines for solid waste regions shouldn't keep area counties from setting up a waste management district here. That was the message Tuesday from Tom Tucker, executive director of the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission in Perryville...

The American Red Cross, in cooperation with the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department, will host the 12th annual Swim-A-Cross Saturday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Cape Central Municipal Pool. Swimmers volunteer to swim laps or jog around the pool in exchange for donations pledged by Swim-A-Cross sponsors. All money raised through the event will go to Red Cross programs, including disaster relief, service to military families, blood services, and water safety and first aid...

PERRYVILLE - Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep says he is pleased with the progress made at a meeting Tuesday to get a Solid Waste Management District organized for cities and counties in this area. The districts are required under a state law passed two years ago that is designed to reduce the amount of refuse being sent to landfills. By 1998, cities and counties in Missouri must reduce solid waste by 40 percent...

JACKSON -- Construction of a miniature traffic safety village to give bicycle and traffic safety instruction for young children is under way in the Jackson City Park. A ground-breaking ceremony was held Tuesday to mark the start of construction. The village will be located on Optimist Hill, on the west side of the lake and in the north side of the park...

JACKSON -- The Jackson School Board got a positive update on the current school budget Tuesday. The board also set the date for senior baccalaureate and commencement services and bid farewell to its senior board member, John Lorberg. In a time when good financial news is scarce, Business Manager Howard Alexander reported the district will end the financial year June 30 at nearly projected levels...

SIKESTON -- Hermon Dunning, 76, a resident of Matthews, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 3, 1915, at Flatwood, Mo., to the late Arthur and Ina Johnson Dunning. He was a former school bus driver for the New Madrid County R-1 School District...

ANNA, Ill. -- Nettie Vowels, 94, of Anna died Tuesday, March 24, 1992, at the City Care Center in Anna. She was born Nov. 27, 1897, near Simpson, the daughter of Newton and Leona Belcher. On Dec. 31, 1921, she married Clarence Vowels, who preceded her in death March 6, 1974...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Dorothy D. King, 69, of Cairo, died Tuesday, March 24, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born in East Prairie, March 21, 1923, the daughter of Orville and Cletia Lepchanske. She married Arthur T. King, who survives of Cairo...

SIKESTON -- Arlis R. Hill Jr., 55, of Sikeston, formerly of Caruthersville, died Monday, March 23, 1992, at his home. He was born May 31, 1936, at Kennett, son of Arlis R. and Ola Marie Alsup Hill Sr. He and Bonnie Chessor were married March 21, 1959, at East Prairie...

Debra "Deby" Hillegeist, 36, of Atwater, Calif., died Sunday, March 22, 1992, at her home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

PERRYVILLE -- Robert E. "Gene" Cissell, 52, of Perryville, died Monday, March 23, 1992, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 11, 1939, at Silver Lake, son of Claude and Pearl Gibbar Cissell. He and Dorothy Ann Ruch were married July 8, 1961, at Silver Lake...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Darryll Lynch of Evansville, Ind., Welborn Hospital there, 3 p.m. Friday, March 13, 1992. Name, Austin Paul. Weight, 9 pounds 15 ounces. First child. Mrs. Lynch is the former Lesa Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grammer of Benton, Ill. She is employed by American Red Cross. Lynch is employed at Schnucks, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Lynch, 1820 Marietta...

HARRISBURG, Ill. -- The Shawnee National Forest plan, which will guide every function of forest management over the next decade, has been released. "Thousands of people contributed to this plan," said forest supervisor Rodney K. Sallee, who revealed the amended plan during a special news conference at forest headquarters in Harrisburg Monday afternoon. "The principles of this new plan reflect a vital shift to more environmental sensitivity."...

Students on the Southeast Missouri State University campus have an opportunity this month to learn a little about living with a handicap. March is handicap awareness month. The month and a series of activities are designed to raise awareness about issues handicapped individuals face, said Randy Jones, vice president of Handi-Capable...

The Salvation Army will be serving Meals with Friends this week. The free meal is served from 4:30-6 p.m. at 701 Good Hope. Wednesday-Roast turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, coleslaw, cranberry sauce, fruit cup. Thursday-Hot dog on bun, baked beans, pineapple-cottage cheese salad, cookies...

The Gamma Sigma Sigma service sorority at Southeast Missouri State University plans to collect a mile of dimes for the March of Dimes at Capaha Park during the Broadway Mile Run April 12. The run, called the Bunny Run this year, begins at Capaha Park and ends at the riverfront. In addition to the competitive race, a fun walk will be held...

COLUMBIA -- University of Missouri-Columbia scientists are trying to genetically engineer plants that can manufacture their own insecticides. "If the research is successful, farmers could minimize their use of insecticides, which would be better for the environment and would reduce the farmers' production costs," said Dr. Michael Chippendale, professor of entomology at MU. "The research has gone very well so far. We have made progress in identifying putative plant materials that contain toxins."...

ORAN - Kindergarten enrollment for the 1992-93 school year at Oran will be held April 8-9 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Parents must first contact the Oran Elementary School at 262-3435 to schedule appointments. Children must be five years old by July 1 of this year to be enrolled for the upcoming school year. Prospective kindergarten students, whose birthdates fall between July 2 and Sept. 30, may be assessed, and if found ready, may enter kindergarten...