Stories from Thursday, June 18, 1992

Anna B. Winters, 101, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Lutesville, died Wednesday, June 17, 1992, at Cape Girardeau Care Center. The body is at Baker Funeral Home in Marble Hill where arrangements were incomplete.

The American Red Cross services will host a community drive on Wednesday, June 24 from 2-7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. Many accidents during the summer months, and the need for blood typically increases. Red Cross officials say that's why summer drives are so important...

SCOTT CITY -- Joseph Wade Schumer graduated summa cum laude from the University of Missouri at Rolla with a Bachelor's of science degree in nuclear engineering. Schumer was involved in several activities at Rolla, including the American Nuclear Society and the Collegium Musicum vocal ensemble...

BENTON -- Patrick Hulshof of Benton has been selected to receive the Kenneth Ray Heath Memorial Scholarship, the Wurdack Scholarship and the Richard McIntosh Memorial Scholarship. To be eligible to receive each of these scholarships, the candidate must be enrolled in the agriculture department at the University of Missouri...

Christina D. Melton of Cape Girardeau and Lori D. Meyr of Chaffee have received President's scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1992-93 academic year. The President's Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who rank at least in the upper 20 percent of their high school class and score 24 on the ACT, those who rank in the upper 15 percent of their class and score 23 on the ACT, or those who are their class valedictorian or salutatorian...

Julie T. Kirchdoerfer of Cape Girardeau and Nicole S. Martin, of Jackson have been awarded Regents' scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1992-1993 academic year. Martin also was awarded a Missouri Leadership Award. 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...

ORAN -- Scott County R-3 school in Oran presented several scholastic awards to their seventh and eighth graders at an assembly held last month at Oran High School Gymnasium. Aaron Teague and Clint Tyler, eighth graders, received the reading medals. Eighth grader Laramie Klipfel and seventh grader Chad Jansen were awarded the language arts medal for English...

Westminster College student Brian A. Beatte of Cape Girardeau has been named to the dean's list for this spring semester at the private, liberal arts college in Fulton. Beatte is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Beatte of Cape Girardeau. He is a 1988 graduate of Cape Central High School, and is currently pursuing a bachelor of arts degree in English and business...

Kathryn Elizabeth Ellis of Marble Hill, a freshman at Asbury college in Wilmore, Kenn, was named to the dean's list for this spring semester. Ellis is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ellis. To be named to the dean's list, a student must complete a minimum of 12 hours and earn a 3.5 or higher grade point average for the semester...

ZALMA -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol named Conrad Ward an Honorary Trooper June 1 at its second annual Appreciation Day Barbecue. The certificate was given to Ward in recognition of the service he had rendered to the officers of the Patrol working out of the Cape Girardeau, Fredericktown and Dexter zones during the time he served as the Zalma City Marshall and as a Special Deputy for Bollinger County...

ORAN -- Trina Louise Dirnberger of Oran, has been recognized for academic achievement as a United States National Honor Roll Award winner. Dirnberger, the daughter of Paul and Frances Dirnberger of Oran, attends Kelly High School in Benton. Dirnberger will appear in the United States Achievement Academy Official Yearbook, which is published nationally...

Donna Ford, local coordinator for the Academic Year in America high school exchange program, is presently interviewing families in this part of Missouri to host a foreign exchange student. The cross-cultural learning program places teenagers from Europe, Asia and Latin America with American families for a semester or school year...

Do you recall the 1990 murder of Brian Watkins, a 22-year-old visitor to New York City? Watkins was a member of a devout Mormon family from Utah that had come east to attend a tennis tournament. Watkins was set upon by a pack of savage muggers intent on robbing them in a train station. As his family watched in horror, Brian was stabbed to death...

For the second time this year, a widely known Cape Girardeau legal figure stands a good chance of being named to Missouri's highest court. Earlier this year, well respected Cape Girardeau attorney John L. Oliver Jr. was one of three finalists for a spot on the Missouri Supreme Court. Oliver was not selected, as the coveted appointment went to Kansas City attorney William Ray Price Jr...

Dear Editor: The environment? What could I, one person, do to save it? That is for the government to deal with. It is too big a task for one person to undertake. This type of attitude is taken on by many people, members of this community in particular. ...

JACKSON -- The second annual Optimist appreciation banquet was held recently at the Jackson KC Hall in conjunction with the culmination of Optimists in Action Week. Optimists in Action is a pilot project of Optimist International whose purpose is to involve members of the community in projects sponsored by local Optimist clubs...

Dear Editor: I am so ashamed. On my drive home from Cape to Carbondale this evening, I had this overwhelming feeling of shame. My family settled in Southeast Missouri in 1980 from Southern California. During the first six years, I always felt like an outsider. ...

CHAFFEE -- Juanita Dale Buckhanon of Dallas, Texas, died Sunday, June 14, 1992, in Dallas. A native of Chaffee, she was the daughter of Ed and Elsie Cable. Survivors include her husband, Wayne; a daughter, Deborah Rowland, both of Dallas, and stepmother, Clara Cable of Chaffee...

ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Frances Fern Robinson, Advance Route 1, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Charles Newell will officiate, with burial in Berrong Cemetery near Gipsy. Robinson, 57, died Tuesday, June 16, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

Charles Dill Shuppert, 58, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, June 16, 1992, near Morley. He was born Sept. 17, 1933, at Sikeston, son of John Raymond and Ella Mae Dill Shuppert. He formerly was owner/operator of Carroll's Florist, and later worked at First United Methodist Church in Sikeston...

PERRYVILLE -- Stephen E. Black, 24, of Perryville, died Tuesday, June 16, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Nov. 21, 1967, in St. Louis, son of Ronald R. and Betty S. Ates Black. Black was a truck driver with Rollet Brothers here. Survivors include his parents of Perryville; a brother, Mike Black of Perryville, and a sister, Cathy Keeton of Chester, Ill...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Vera Evelyn Tanner, 61, Jonesboro Route 1, died Wednesday, June 17, 1992, at Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born March 10, 1931, in Alto Pass, daughter of Melvin and Alma Elizabeth Fox Tellor. She married Floyd Tanner. Survivors include her husband; three sons, Mike Tanner of Mountain Glenn, Pete Tanner of Cobden, Herman Tanner of Jonesboro; her mother of Anna; four brothers, Henry Tellor of Jonesboro, Walter Tellor of Dongola, Alfred Tellor of Mountain Glenn, Donnie Tellor of Vienna; three sisters, Ella Smith of Dongola, Esther Barker of Anna, Agnes Friese of Alto Pass, and 11 grandchildren.. ...

Leonard A. Gettings, 74, of Scott City, died Wednesday, June 17, 1992, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Jan. 6, 1918, at Chaffee, son of Enos Hardy and Clementine Cox Gettings. He and Jewell Reid Witcher were married Feb. 6, 1959. Gettings was a self-employed painter. He was active in athletics at Chaffee High School...

Cape Girardeau reminds country singer Clint Black of a time in his career when he was without number one singles or million-selling albums. This is the city where he and his band performed their first concert after getting their first tour bus in 1989...

The National Barbecue Association is an association for everyone interested and involved in barbecue. The NBBQA was formed January 1991, and now has over 200 members nationally and continues to grow. Members in the association include restaurateurs, caterers, backyard barbecuers, cook-off participants and teams, industry suppliers, manufacturers, barbecue retailers and many others...

Missouri Pops Orchesta set to perform July 18 at university The Missouri Pops Orchestra will perform in Cape Girardeau July 18, sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts and Boatmen's Bank. The performance is at 8 p.m. at Academic Auditorium. ...

"Keyboards" and "Kindermusik" will present an operetta, "Jack and the Beanstalk," free to the public June 25. The 7 p.m. performance will be held at the Bethel Assembly of God Church, 1855 Perryville Road. "This performance is truly a children's theater for children and by children," said Don Presson, who directs the programs along with his wife, Janet...

More than 3,100 students are enrolled this year in Southeast Missouri State University's summer session. The number is likely to increase this week, said Art Wallhausen, assistant to the president at the university. Wallhausen said Wednesday some students will adjust their schedules and others will enroll later this week. Last year's final count for the summer session was 3,272...

JACKSON -- A baby iguana named "Iggy" made a hit with youngsters attending a Jackson Public Library program on reptiles and amphibians. A 20-inch red-tailed boa constrictor brought mixed reviews. Della Hale, manager of Sunny Hill Pet Center in Cape Girardeau, brought a collection of exotic "critters" for the youngsters to see Wednesday...

The Convention and Visitors Bureau is planning a special convention planners trade show this fall. "We haven't established a date for the show but we're looking at late August or early September," said bureau staff member Laurel Adkisson. "The basic theme of the workshop will be `How to Plan a Convention.' We want to tell people what's available here."...

Luv, to fracture a lovely old song, is a many-splintered thing. Quite possibly, one of the best writers to turn those splintery prickles into splendid tickles is Murray Schisgal, whose two-act comedy, "LUV," is the 1992 presentation of Southeast Missouri State University's Summer Touring Theatre, which will appear at Rose Theatre Friday and Saturday nights. Tickets will be available at the door, and there will be no reserved seats...

Three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for the Missouri Senate in the Aug. 4 primary said Wednesday they are pleased with the way their campaigns are going and optimistic they are on track for victory. "I'm doing what everybody does in a campaign: I'm out every day in different spots, meeting people and asking for their vote," said former state Rep. Betty Hearnes of Charleston...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Diebold of Scott City, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:19 p.m. Sunday, May 24, 1992. Name, Katie Renee. Weight, 8 pounds 1 ounce. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Diebold is the former Stacey Gettings, daughter of Deloris Gettings of Sikeston and Barry Gettings of Chaffee. She is employed at Shoney's. Diebold is employed by Kraft Foods, and is the son of Mary Diebold and Gene Diebold of Scott City...