Stories from Wednesday, June 10, 1992

To the Editor: Your "Opinion" in the June 7, 1992, Southeast Missourian stinks like week-old garbage! Sure you are for the general public being charged more for solid waste but who is it you pay to handle yours? Your paper and other business interests have a choice in who handles your garbage and I am willing to bet that BFI is cheaper than the city's commercial pick-up. If I had a choice I would not be using the city's service either, but I do not have that luxury as a common citizen...

We as concerned citizens of Cape Girardeau publicly express our dismay over any proposed White Supremacist, or any other type of ethnic intimidation, activity in our city. This is counterproductive to our efforts to improve racial respect and understanding in our community. The cultural diversity of all Americans is extremely valuable and should be celebrated...

Seat belts could have saved 2 out of every 3 people who died in Missouri traffic accidents last year. That's the findings of a recent Missouri Highway Patrol survey that looked at the "survivability" of highway accidents. It's an eye-opening statement, which only confirms what our local Community Traffic Safety program officials have been saying all along: Seat belts save lives...

At Monday's meeting of the Cape Girardeau Board of Education, reports were presented from three committees of the Project Partnership endeavor. Today and in the coming two editions, the Southeast Missourian will publish those reports verbatim. Today's report is from the Facilities Committee...

James L. Davis used to spend a lot of time dealing with building repairs. But with construction of the Southeast Missouri Community Treatment Center, that's no longer the case; these days he can give full attention to his real job helping troubled youths...

If the U.S. Department of Transportation concurs with the recommendation of the Cape Girardeau City Council, the city will have commercial air service to Memphis, Tenn., in addition to St. Louis. At a joint meeting Tuesday of the city council and the Airport Advisory Board, the council unanimously recommended a proposal by Lone Star Airlines of Fort Worth, Texas to provide air service between Cape Girardeau, Memphis and St. Louis...

JACKSON -- The Jackson School Board Tuesday approved an $11.7 million tentative budget for the 1992-93 school year, which includes a teacher salary hike. School officials called the budget "bare bones," and said they were concerned most about the district's Special Revenue Fund which pays teacher salaries and benefits...

NONA WALLS Occupation: City clerk and municipal court clerk in Scott City. Pet Peeve: "People who do not tell the truth." The best part of my job is: "Meeting people and working with the public." The best part of my life will be: "When I can retire."...

SCOTT CITY -- The waterways division of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Deptartment has allocated $41,000 toward operating expenses for the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority in fiscal year 1993. The port's board of commissioners had requested $50,000 from the state for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Last year, due to cuts and withholdings in the state budget, the port received $36,000 from the waterways division...

Mary Margaret Lynn, 65, of South Roxana, Ill., died Tuesday, June 9, 1992, at her home. She was born Sept. 24, 1926, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Alvin A. and Mary Hahn Schlueter. She married J.C. Lynn in September 1947. Survivors include her husband; four sons, Randall Lynn of Town and Country, Kenneth Lynn of Glen Carbon, Ill., John Lynn of South Roxana, Stephen Lynn of Davenport, Iowa; a daughter, Janet Ayres of Edwardsville, Ill.; a brother, Walter Schlueter of Crestwood; a sister, Oma Geringer of Cape Girardeau, and five grandchildren.. ...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Kenneth Gowin, 83, of Olive Branch, died Monday, June 8, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Sept. 12, 1908, near Oblong, son of Frank and Mary Ann Littlejohn Gowin. He and the former Pauline Alexander were married Sept. 12, 1929...

Daughter to Beth Wessell and Jack Putney, 1943 Carolina, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:12 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 1992. Name, Madison Neeley. Weight, 7 pounds 13 ounces. Fourth child, third daughter. Ms. Wessell is the daughter of Dot Jones of Sikeston and Monroe Wheeler of Hamilton, Ala. She is a technician at Procter & Gamble. Putney is a self-employed construction worker, and is the son of the late Mary Rodgers of Dexter and Johnny Putney of Searcy, Ark...

The Cape Girardeau Board of Education approved for a first reading a new policy concerning naming and renaming of buildings and other school facilities. At the board's Monday meeting, the school board also approved a salary increase for support staff, with board member Kathy Swan voting against the package and board member John Campbell abstaining...

Police reported a 15-year-old boy was injured when an automobile struck him Monday on South Benton near William. The youth, Marcus T. Newson, of 127 South Benton, was taken by Cape County Private Ambulance Service to Southeast Missouri Hospital with disabling injuries, Cape Girardeau police said. A Southeast spokeswoman said Tuesday afternoon that the teen-ager remained in good condition...

More than two dozen local and area health care organizations were recognized as "Partners in Health Care" at St. Francis Medical Center's annual banquet Tuesday. More than 800 people attended the event held at the Show Me Center. "Our annual banquet gives the medical center a chance to say thank you...the community...for the loyal support you have given to St. ...

The local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Friday will host a city-wide prayer vigil. The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the St. James A.M.E. Church at 516 North Street. The Rev. Leoma Leigh Crawford, who also is chairman of the NAACP housing committee, is the host pastor...

SIKESTON -- Pearline S. Hampton, 62, of Sikeston, died Monday, June 8, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born April 19, 1930 in Parma, daughter of John and Adell Stinson Couch. She worked in housekeeping for the Sikeston Convalescent Center, and was a member of Smith Avenue Church of God in Sikeston...

The Cape Girardeau County Genealogy Society was formed May 18, 1970, with Clinton M. Wunderlich as president. The 25 original members were interested in finding more information about the early residents of the county because some of the members were descendants of the first settlers...

Letters from strangers citing new or unusual usages in language are always welcome. One such has come from a former Southeast Missouri State University music teacher who is also an auto-racing fan: the use of "off" as a noun. In 1976, I was unable to get affordable lodging in Indianapolis because everything was reserved for the Indy 500. ...