Stories from Thursday, July 9, 1992

Irresponsibility and drunkenness at the wheel aren't necessarily behavior unique to the roadway. Unfortunately, this conduct makes itself apparent on water, as well. Statistics for recreational boating accidents are showing a disturbing trend, one that indicates sobriety and caution are not universal on the water. The dangers are noteworthy, and boaters must be more alert than ever...

The hard rock band Tesla will play at the Show Me Center Aug. 16 along with opening act Firehouse, the Show Me Center announced Wednesday. Tesla has enjoyed great success with their albums, "The Great Radio Controversy" and "Psychotic Supper." Tesla has opened for the band Great White at the Show Me Center...

The East Missouri Action Agency (EMAA) has $500,000 available statewide for its summer crisis assistance program. Funds will be made available to provide cooling assistance for those households most vulnerable to the soaring temperatures. About $22,500 will be used to help low income persons with their electrical services when a shut-off notice has been given. Priority will go to the elderly and handicapped...

The 75th anniversary of Missouri State Parks will be celebrated with two concerts by traditional Missouri folk musicians Cathy Barton and David Para. The first performance will take place at the new amphitheater in the Trail of Tears State Park on Saturday at 4 p.m...

"Access and Vehicles: Paintings and Pastels" by local artist Wayne McDowell will be exhibited at the University Museum at Southeast Missouri State University. The exhibition begins with an opening reception for the artist Sunday from 2-4 p.m. The paintings and pastels by McDowell share with gallery visitors the artist's love of local landscapes. ...

An all-youth horse show, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau County 4-H Council, will be held July 19 at the Danny Gilder Arena on Route Z in Gordonville. A variety of classes for stock horses, gaited horses and ponies will be held. The show is open to all horse owners under 18, regardless of 4-H membership. Admission is free and the public is invited...

The state government of Missouri quietly did something good last week. The reason it was done quietly, perhaps, is that it was done seven years late. In contributing for the first time to the legislatively created "Rainy Day Fund," Missouri officials are finally taking a step toward setting some public dollars aside to deal with unexpected situations. Such a savings account, properly supported and in timely fashion, would have eased the state's path through the recent economic downturn...

Rose lovers are invited to join in a tea party and celebration of recent improvements at Capaha Park Rose Garden. The event is hosted by the members of the Cape Girardeau Council of Garden Clubs on Sunday from 3-7 p.m. A special ceremony featuring the dedication of the new Rose Garden Entrance Gazebo will begin at 4 p.m. In addition, a garden walk is planned and refreshments will be served under a tent...

The Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday recommended only minor changes in city laws that regulate day care homes. The commission's review of day care regulations was prompted by a recent neighborhood dispute over a day care home on Delwin Street...

A structural engineer toured Cape Girardeau's four oldest school buildings looking for possible problems Wednesday. The engineer, Robert MacDermott of R.W. MacDermott and Associate Consulting Engineers in Kirkwood, said he plans to submit his findings and a plan for a more complete survey to the Board of Education by this weekend's board retreat. A study of facilities is on the board's agenda...

With the heat on, the administrator of the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri is asking that you do unto your dog or cat as you would do unto yourself: that is, keep them cool. "We've been hosing dogs down all day to help keep them a little bit cooler," the administrator, Nancy Richards, said from the Humane Society off Route W. "We take them one-by-one; we take them out to the back."...

PERRYVILLE -- A 7-year-old Perryville boy is dead after being struck in the heart Wednesday by a BB gun pellet. Thomas Clifton died on arrival at Perry County Hospital at 1:04 p.m. He was accidentally struck by the pellet about an hour earlier, said Perry County Coroner Patrick Neager...

The Cape Girardeau Salvation Army has raised more than $600,000 towards its capital campaign goal of $1 million. The committee raising money to construct a new building for the Salvation Army met Wednesday for a progress report. Plans call for a new 17,200-square-foot building, which will be constructed near the site of the current Salvation Army building, which will be demolished once the new facility is built...

JACKSON - U.S. Sen. Christopher Bond said Wednesday it is essential that candidates running in 1992 discuss the growing federal deficit and ways to bring it under control. "I think any candidate running for federal office needs to talk about the deficit and what we are going to do about it," said Bond. "We've got to get a handle and control on spending."...

PERRYVILLE - The Perry County Democratic Committee will be holding a "get out the vote rally" Friday at the Perryville City Park. St. Louis Mayor Vince Schoemehl, a Democratic candidate for governor, will be the featured speaker. The event will start at 7:30 p.m. at Pavilion No. 20. There is no charge and refreshments will be served...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Pauline Peppers of Sikeston was held Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel here, with the Rev. Tommy Estill officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. today in Oak Lawn Cemetery at Elmhurst, Ill. Peppers, 62, died Monday, July 6, 1992, at her home...

APPLE CREEK -- Funeral mass for Theodore "Ted" Buchheit of Apple Creek will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Joseph Catholic Church. the Rev. John Bolderson will officiate, with burial in Apple Creek Cemetery. Miller Family Funeral Home at Perryville is in charge of arrangements...

BELL CITY -- Jerry Coleman, 50, of Bell City, died Wednesday, July 8, 1992. Morgan Funeral Home at Advance is in charge of arrangements.

Marietta Logan, 87, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, July 8, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 5, 1904, in Catlettsburg, Ky., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Breeding. She married J. Hugh Logan Sept. 15, 1935, in Memphis, Tenn...

Thomas M. Cotner, 75, of 404 McKenna Street in Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, July 8, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Robey, Sikeston Route 2, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:40 p.m. Monday, June 29, 1992. Name, Shae Lindsey. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Robey is the former Sonya Ray, daughter of Mona and Kenney Scheeter of Sikeston, and Derrel and Evelynn Ray of Jonesboro, Ark. She is a word processor at First National Bank. Robey is a welder at Kelpro Inc., and is the son of Melvin and Margaret Robey of Sikeston...

Three area students are among honor graduates at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Joseph Wade Schumer of Scott City graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering. Jill Suzanne Gosnell of Cape Girardeau graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in geological engineering. Brian R. Nettleton of Cape Girardeau graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering...

SCOTT CITY -- Teena Lou Sharrock of Scott City, daughter of Don and Melba Sharrock, graduated May 16 with a doctor of medicine degree from the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is doing a residency in internal medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn...

FROHNA -- Natalie Schuessler of Frohna has won a $1,000 All-College Scholarship from Aid Association for Lutherans. She is one of 775 graduating high school seniors to be honored as a recipient of one of the scholarships, which range from $500 to $2,000 annually...

ZALMA -- Stacy Mayberry of Zalma will be among candidates competing for the title of Miss Teen of Missouri at the 10th annual state pageant in Jefferson City July 16-18. Each candidate will be scored for scholastic record, service and achievements to school and community, personal development of talents and skill, written general awareness, personality projection in formal wear and judges' interview...

Missouri Mother of the Year 1993 will be honored as the 50th Missouri Mother of the Year. Nomination forms are now available. To be eligible, a mother must be at least 45 years of age; her youngest child must be 15 by Jan. 1, 1992; and she must be an active member of a church, demonstrating an uplifting influence in her home, church and community...

JACKSON -- Kyle Patrick Thoma of Jackson, a student at Columbia College, has been selected as a campus leader by the "Who's Who Among Students in American University and Colleges." He will be included in the 1992 edition of the "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" annual directory of students...

The Cape Girardeau Central High School Class of 1962 celebrated its 30-year reunion June 19-20 at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. There were 85 classmates and 65 guests in attendance. Guests included teachers from the years 1958-1962. Class members were greeted with recorded sounds of pep band tunes as they arrived for a mixer...