Stories from Friday, May 29, 1992

JACKSON -- R. Lloyd Henson, 75, of Jackson died Thursday, May 28, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Nov. 21, 1916 at Buckhorn, Mo. in Madison County to Oscar and Hattie Hovis Henson. He married Hazel Barks on Nov. 5, 1938. She survives...

Scott Air Force Base officials say this year's two-day air show may be one of the biggest and best in years. The show is Saturday and Sunday at the air base, 10 miles east of Belleville, Ill. The gates will open at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. There is no admission charge...

Too often government reacts to emergencies as opposed to preventing them. Carefree spending and lack of planning have spelled disaster at the federal level. But fiscal common sense seems to be working closer to home. The Cape Girardeau city staff and council have towed the line in the 1992-93 budget. As a result, taxpayers will get more bang for their buck in this $26 million budget document...

Robert C. Cole of Cape Girardeau, a recent graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, received the first St. Louis Chapter Financial Executives Institute Academic Achievement in Finance Award. Deborah Beard, acting chairperson of the accounting and finance department at Southeast, said: "This award recognizes his outstanding academic performance and his commitment to excellence. We are indeed proud that Robert has earned this award and has brought this distinction to the university."...

Daughter to Terry Hadley and Rachel Kellett of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:29 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, 1992. Name, Lindsey Renae. Weight, 6 pounds 10 ounces. Miss Kellett is the daughter of Jerry Kellett and Barbara Griffin of Sikeston. Hadley is employed at Capetown RV Sales, and is the son of Bob Hadley and Deanie Hadley of Cape Girardeau...

Audrey M. Baker, 1417 N. Henderson, died Wednesday, May 27, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born May 2, 1912, at Oak Ridge, daughter of J.P. and Sally Jenkins Malone. She and Albert E. Baker were married May 30, 1934. He died in April 1951...

MARBLE HILL -- Chester T. Chorn, 84, of Glen Allen, died Wednesday, May 27, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Nov. 2, 1907, at Boonsboro, son of Owen and Olie Quinley Chorn. He married Mary Huff in 1956. He was a retired hospital maintenance engineer...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Beauton Eleta Long of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Shelby Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Dave Bowden will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today...

Dr. James Dzur says it's hard to go solo with government regulations and mounting bureaucracy. After 18 years of going solo in Cape Girardeau, Dzur closed his office Thursday in preparation for a move to a group practice in Idaho. Dzur and his wife, Judith, plan to leave Cape Girardeau June 10. Dzur is scheduled to begin working in a 27-person group practice June 29 in Nampa, Idaho...

Cape Girardeau City Council members Thursday sought ways to further trim a lean city budget in hopes of avoiding staff recommended hikes in the property tax levy and in trash and water fees. Some of the council members said they were "uncomfortable" raising sewer fees in particular, because solid waste has been such a volatile issue among residents in the past year...

PERRYVILLE -- If at first you don't succeed, try again. That's the belief of officials in the Perryville School District who have decided to ask voters a second time to approve a $4.9 million bond issue to fund improvements in school buildings. The measure was narrowly defeated along with a proposed increase in the school tax rate in April...

Missouri public schools will face the coming school year with more students and fewer teachers, according to a recent survey. The Missouri State Teachers Association asked superintendents to provide information about the impact on students caused by Missouri's education funding crunch...

A Navy sailor died of burns he suffered when the parked car he was in caught fire Thursday morning in the first block of North Main Street. Seaman Mark Singleton, 20, of Great Lakes, Ill., died at 1:47 p.m. Thursday at St. John Mercy Medical Center in Creve Couer, said Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Carpenter. Singleton would have been 21 on Saturday...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Roy Blunt pledged Thursday to take an aggressive role in dealing with crime in Missouri if he is elected. Blunt, who is serving his second term as secretary of state, said he would form a partnership with people in communities most affected by the problem to bring about results...

For the past 50 years, people who never completed high school have had the opportunity to earn their diplomas or equivalencies through the General Educational Development test. The GED test is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Jewel Eggley is testing supervisor at Southeast Missouri State University, which has administered GED tests for over 20 years...

Daniel R. Hecht of Altenburg and Martha L. Carleton of Millersville have been awarded Earl G. Gramling scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1992-1993 academic year. The scholarship is awarded to students of history, government or political science. ...

The Cape Girardeau Chapter of AARP will meet Monday. Members with reservations on the bus for the trip to the Black Forest are should gather at 11 a.m. on the Grace Methodist Church parking lot. All others are welcome to join the group by automobile. Those attending are to bring a sack lunch. Snacks and beverages will be provided...

JACKSON -- "The Advantages of Breastfeeding" will be the topic at the Thursday meeting of La Leche League. The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. at 213 N. Russell in Jackson. This is the first in a series of four discussion meetings which offer both encouragement and breastfeeding information to interested moghers. Nursing babies are always welcome...

TIP, the Duke University Talent Identification Program, is sponsoring a recognition ceremony to honor some of Missouri's most talented seventh-graders. Chris Patterson attends St. Mary Cathedral School and will be one of the students recognized for academic achievement Wednesday at Drury College in Springfield...

TAMMS, ILL. The United States Achievement Academy announced that Tom Farris, Tanda Fore, Tim Hart and Ray Melton, all of Egyptian High School, have been recognized for outstanding accomplishments in the visual arts and are recipients of the United States National Arts Award...

Brandy A. Hoffman of Jackson has been awarded a Regents' Scholarship and the Missouri Higher Education Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1992-93 academic year. The Regents' Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class and who score above the 90th percentile on the ACT or SAT test. The award covers full-time fees per semester and is renewable for four years...

Juli Anne Drusch, from Cape Girardeau, was recently granted an internship with the United States State Department in the Italian Division of the Foreign Service Institute. Drusch has spent the last two summers in Italy. This month, she received her B.A. degree in communications with an emphasis in intercultural relations at Arizona State University. She is the daughter of Sam Drusch and Barbara Piper of Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY -- Two juniors at Scott City High School have been given national "I Dare You" awards from the American Youth Foundation. The award recognizes students who have demonstrated leadership skills and personal integrity. Recipients are Amy Page and Michael Leible...

Jenni Horn of Cape Girardeau was initiated into Centre College's chapter of Phi Sigma Alpha honorary society. Horn is the daughter of Paul and Barbara Horn. A 1989 graduate of Notre Dame High School, she is a resident assistant. Phi Sigma Alpha recognizes outstanding achievement in political science. Membership is by invitation...

Mark Thompson, 1991 graduate of Cape Central High School was awarded a three-year Army ROTC scholarship. Thompson has just completed his freshman year at Tennessee State University in Nashville. He received the scholarship for having achieved a meritorious record in academic studies, extracurricular participation, athletic activities and demonstrated exceptional leadership potential...

Julie Kirchdoerfer, a 1992 graduate of Notre Dame High School, has been awarded a $1,000 college scholarship by the Cargill Foundation. Her parents are Joe and Mildred Kirchdoerfer of Cape Girardeau. Julie plans to study nursing at Southeast Missouri State University...

Southwest Missouri State University senior saxophonist Eric Matzat recently competed on the national level in a music competition sponsored by the Music Teachers National Association. The competition was funded by Wurlitzer. Matzat is the son of Rev. William and Bonnie Matzat of Cape Girardeau. He is a 1988 graduate of Cape Central High School and is a music education major at SMSU...

A number of local students were recently awarded University of Missouri Curators scholarships. Gregory L. Kuntz and Deborah S. Chung, of Cape Girardeau, were among the students who received the awards. Kuntz, plans to study engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla after graduating from Notre Dame High School. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Kuntz...

BENTON -- Jill Miller, a graduating senior at Thomas W. Kelly High School, has won a $1,000 MFA Foundation scholarship. The scholarship was donated by the MFA Agri-Services at Benton. It is one oa about 250 scholarships presented this year by MFA Incorporated, MFA Oil Company and their affiliates...