Stories from Wednesday, July 15, 1992

To the Editor: Isn't the proposed implementation of policies and standards for the improvement of academic achievement by the task force on critical choices for Higher Education a similar plan California has used for many years? Hasn't there been great expense in gathering of the data? Also, added cost has been involved in travel, meals and lodging?...

The Democratic convention this week offers viewers a lot of pomp and circumstance. The Republicans will do the same when they gather in Houston next month. Even though most of us won't be attending, we'll be footing much of the bill. That revelry doesn't come without a hefty cost to the American taxpayer. In all, taxpayers will shell out $49 million for these two conventions...

To the Editor: It is important to identify family values (Perspective, July 13). The definition I feel best is that family values are "a set of guidelines or general principles on which a home is operated." This is, of course, a mouth full in today's society of broken homes, single parents and a lack of general direction in many homes...

MARBLE HILL -- Bollinger County doesn't have a 911 emergency response system. But county Sheriff Dan Mesey says it may now have something better. Recently, the county sheriff's department begin making available Emergency Notification Cards, thanks to an idea by Mesey. The cards are designed to aid and provide information to authorities when they respond to emergencies with either an individual or business...

When a family member has Alzheimer's disease, it can be scary. "Even though you've known this person all your life, it's like someone else is living in that person's body. I didn't know what he might do next," said Allie Taylor, of her 73-year-old husband, Emmet. He is a patient in the newly-established Alzheimer unit at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center, 2852 Independence...

OLD APPLETON -- Youthful members of three rural families teamed up this spring to help provide food for needy city families. "A group of our grandchildren and one of their friends planted 100 pounds of potatoes this spring," said Helen Ponder. "They dug the potatoes last weekend."...

Missouri's Board of Healing Arts has been cleared to discipline a doctor who performed abortions at the former Women's Health Center in Cape Girardeau. The board charges Dr. Scott Barrett Jr. of Chesterfield with eight counts of misconduct in abortions he performed in Springfield and Cape Girardeau...

If the neighborhoods in south Cape Girardeau where the Mississippi River bridge route is to be built were lined with $100,000 homes, the bridge would likely be built somewhere else, state officials say. Leroy Nunn of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department said state expenditures would be significantly higher than the $6 million relocation plan est~imate if the neighborhoods were upper-middle class and filled with new homes instead of older ones...

Southeast Missouri State University has received a $541,185, three-year federal grant to train Missouri elementary and secondary school educators on teaching English skills to students who lack proficiency in the language. The funding, the first of its kind in Missouri, was announced Tuesday at a press conference at the University Center. ...

Integrating work experience with classroom education should produce graduates better prepared to enter the work force. At least that's the premise of pilot projects being developed in Cape Girardeau, Columbia and St. Louis. A team of educators and business representatives from the three communities met in St. Louis this week to discuss the project, developed by Missouri Commissioner of Education Robert Bartman...

NEW YORK - As a potential Democratic nominee for governor of Missouri, Lt. Gov. Mel Carnahan said Tuesday he is excited about the prospects of running with the Clinton-Gore ticket this fall. "We are all fired up about this ticket," said Carnahan from the St. Moritz On The Park Hotel in New York City, where the Missouri delegation is staying. "We believe this is a ticket we can elect."...

JACKSON - Even though Cape Girardeau County's July sales tax check increased less than a half percent over the previous July, overall for the year the county's sales tax is running 4.4 percent ahead of 1991. Overall for the first seven months of 1992, receipts have totaled $1,872,534.19, which is $79,000 ahead of last year...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of E ducation Tuesday got some good news about the cost of its employee health insurance for the coming year. In a preliminary report to the board, Business Manager Howard Alexander said it appears the cost of the program will be much lower than expected. He said the district received bids from seven insurance carriers...

AMY KINDER Occupation: Assistant, Office of Alumni Services, Southeast Missouri State University. What do you do in your spare time? "Since I am a single parent, work full-time and go to school full-time, I rarely have spare time. On those rare occasions, I enjoy spending time with friends and finding unsual things to do."...

The grip of summer heat can be relaxed with a quick call or trip to the Salvation Army or the East Missouri Action Agency Inc. Capt. Elmer Trapp of the Salvation Army at Cape Girardeau said this is the fourth year that the agency is making available its fan loan program. Effective immediately, he said, the agency is also opening its doors as a heat relief center...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Jack Hill has the go-ahead to proceed with developing plans for a new facility at Shawnee Community College. The college Board of Trustees authorized Hill, college president, to solicit proposals from state, local and regional architects for preliminary design work on the facility...

If he becomes Missouri's next treasurer, Bob Holden plans to make major changes in the MO BUCKS program that provides low-interest loans to stimulate job growth. "The appearance of political favoritism must stop," said Holden. He said his reforms would keep focus on creating quality jobs and maintaining the program's integrity...

Amethyst, a local rock group, will perform with the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band tonight. The band will perform its eighth scheduled summer concert at 8 p.m. at the band shell in Capaha Park. Conducted by Jon Fisher, the band will perform "Ozark Overture," a work by former band member Charles W. Smith. Other selections will include: "Horns a Hunting," "Fandango," songs from the musical, "Promises, Promises" and "On the Esplanade."...

PERRYVILLE -- Cecil H. Graves, 80, of Perryville, died Tuesday, July 14, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 19, 1911, at Coffman, son of Henry and Lillian Fahnestock Graves. He married Martha Herberts April 12, 1936...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral service for Glenda Keith of Hickory, N.C., will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Barkett Funeral Home. The Rev. Wilma Williams will officiate, with burial in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Aria Annette Dynis, 74, of Cairo, died Monday, July 13, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She married Frank Dynis, who preceded her in death. Dynis was a retired owner of Dynis Clothing Store here, and member of Cairo Baptist Church...

SIKESTON -- Eunice Ida Warren, 81, of Sikeston, died Monday, July 13, 1992, at Miner Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 4, 1911, in Stoddard County, daughter of Thomas Lee and Eula Susan Diamond Strayhorn. She and Rolla I. Warren were married Dec. 22, 1956, at Charleston. He died Nov. 23, 1980...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Gladys Wiggs, 85, of Carbondale, died Tuesday, July 14, 1992, at Carbondale Memorial Hospital. She was born Dec. 2, 1906, at Dongola, daughter of Thomas M. and Sarah Elizabeth Penrod Keller. She married Delbert Wiggs April 5, 1927. He died Feb. 12, 1989...

Stella M. Moeller, 86, 1650 Perryville Road, died Tuesday, July 14, 1992, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Sept. 18, 1905, at Perryville, daughter of Ferdinand and Louise Fassold Bergman. She and Walter Moeller were married June 4, 1931, at Perryville...

Funeral service for Juliet Elizabeth Wright of Springfield, Ill., was held July 9 at Lincoln Christian Church in Lincoln, Ill. Barbara Curie and James Gorby officiated, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery in Springfield. McCullough Funeral Home in New Berlin, Ill., was in charge of arrangements...

MILLERSVILLE -- Ora Lee Hahn, 82, of Millersville, died Monday, July 13, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 13, 1909, near Marble Hill, daughter of Frederick and Julia Yount Filer. She married Lester Hahn Aug. 24, 1932...

JACKSON -- Grace Killian, 89, of Jackson, died Tuesday, July 14, 1992, at Jackson Manor. She was born Aug. 5, 1902, at Mayfield, daughter of David and Edith Seabaugh Bollinger. She and Ernest Killian were married Jan. 17, 1923. He died March 25, 1979...

George W. Smith Jr., 50, 1024 S. Sprigg, died Sunday, July 12, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born June 1, 1942, in New Madrid County, son of George and Ophelia Moses Smith. He and Shirley Clark were married in 1960. Survivors include his wife; five sons, George Smith III, Clarence, Tony, Lattie and Arthur Smith; five daughters, Martha Clark, Vanessa Stewart, Glynis Bonner, Kathryne and Alysia Smith, all of Cape Girardeau; his father of Cape Girardeau; three sisters, Eva Smith of Cape Girardeau, Mae Stokes of Chicago, Mildred Coleman of Indianapolis, Ind.; a brother, Clarence Smith of Chicago; 14 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.. ...

Milford B. Minner, 2524 Peach Tree, died Tuesday, July 14, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 30, 1914, at Morley, son of Robert O. and Lillie Bynum Minner. He and Lillie Irene Altom were married Feb. 10, 1949, at Sikeston. She died May 22, 1991...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral mass for William J. Wolter of Cairo will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. The Rev. Jerome Fortenberry will officiate, with entombment in Brooks Memorial Park Mausoleum in Paducah, Ky. Barkett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

CHARLESTON -- Nancy Cooper, 92, of Charleston, died Sunday, July 12, 1992, at Charleston Manor. She was born March 17, 1900, in Paragould, Ark. She is survived by one daughter, Neila Pettigrew of Charleston; one son, R.F. William of Indianapolis, Ind.; and two grandchildren...

Whitney L. Rueseler of Cape Girardeau has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. Rueseler, a journalism and mass communications major, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rueseler. To qualify for this honor, a student must have earned a minimum 3.5 grade point average out of a possible 4.0, while attempting at least 12 credit hours of coursework...

Jennifer Bell from Notre Dame High School earned a $500 scholarship from the Missouri Waste Control Coalition for projects and papers that research air water or waste management issues. Bell's project was entitled, "Household and Industrial Waste A Necessary Resource."...

FRIEDHEIM -- Terry BerkBuegler, a recent graduate of Kansas City University, was one of two students who won first place in the 17th annual Student Landscape Architecture Competition. Berkbuegler, who graduated with a degree in landscape architecture, and Mark Zielsdorf, of Topeka, Kansas, won the national design competition for their design reclamation of stone quarries for the Martin Marietta Aggregates' Greenwood Quarry in Cass County, Mo., near Kansas City...

Jennifer L. Gwin of Cape Girardeau has received a scholarship from the Cape Girardeau Breakfast Optimist Club to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1992-1993 academic year. Gwin is a junior at Southeast majoring in nursing, and is vice president of the Student Nurses Association...

Syndie K. Metzger of Cape Girardeau has been awarded an Earl G. Gramling scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1992-1993 academic year. The Gramling award is given to entering freshmen and current students of history, government or political science...

ZALMA -- Amanda White of Zalma will be among candidates competing for the title of Miss Teen of Missouri at the 10th annual state pageant Thursday through Saturday. She is the daughter of Connie White of Zalma. The winner of the pageant will receive a $1,000 cash scholarship as well as an all-expense paid trip to the national pageant...

Steven Hunt of Cape Girardeau graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., June 14. Hunt, the son of Robert and Sue Hunt, received a bachelor of arts degree with honors in biology. He qualified for the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society...

SIKESTON -- Elementary teachers from Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky will meet in Sikeston July 23 for a "Make-It and Take-It" workshop, sponsored by the Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company of Greensboro, N.C. and Craftmasters of Sikeston...

July and August are vacation months across the country for many individuals and families. In this bicentennial year for Cape Girardeau, the city extends a welcome to travelers to stop and visit. There are many attractions in the city that had its founding in 1792-93 by a French Canadian who arrived with two tribes of Indians in tow the Shawnee and the Delaware, members of the Algonquin nation...

The first reunion of the Costner/Chostner families will be held July 25 and 26. A catered picnic lunch will be held at noon July 25 at Cape Girardeau County Park, and that night a dinner will be held at Holiday Inn. A catered picnic lunch will also be held at noon July 26 at Jackson City Park...

A German Dance fund-raising activity for Notre Dame High School netted $9,600 for the school. Over 700 people turned out May 27 in the A.C. Brase Arena Building to hear German music and eat German food to benefit Notre Dame. Marylan Diebold of Kelso won the top prize, an entertainment center. Craftsmen Independent Union of Cape Girardeau won an oak bookshelf. Henry Niederkorn of New Hamburg won an afghan made by the Sisters of St. Augustine Parish...

"Healthy Choices a Prescription for Life" is the topic of the Woman to Woman luncheon Thursday at St. Francis Medical Center. The meeting will be held at noon in conference rooms A and B of the health and education center. Oncology program coordinator at St. Francis, Jo Clayton-Dodd, will be the featured speaker. She will stress how practicing healthy life styles can be a prescription for increasing energy levels and lowering our risk for disease...