Stories from Thursday, July 16, 1992

The Cape Girardeau Board of Education has its hands full with facilities concerns these days. During last weekend's retreat, the board decided to aim for a spring 1993 ballot question on the construction of new buildings in the public school system here. ...

Regional Commerce and Growth Association members met Wednesday at the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School to hear a report on efforts the school is making to adequately prepare its students for employment. Educators at the school, including Director Harold Tilley, appealed to the businessmen at the meeting for help in suggesting what they look for in employees, which in turn can be included in the school's various programs...

The Missouri Pops Orchestra returns to Cape Girardeau to perform Saturday. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. in Academic Auditorium. Boatmen's Bank and Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts are sponsoring the performance, which includes a montage of popular American music and European classics...

BENTON -- The upcoming REO Speedwagon concert at the International Racepark in Benton will be the first of several major concerts the park will sponsor this year and next, according to co-owner Keith Simpson. "We've been wanting to have a concert, and we feel like we've got the perfect place for an outdoor concert," said Simpson...

Folks of all ages are invited to join in the fun and games at the 16th annual Kelso Sommerfest on July 31 and Aug. 1. Live music will be provided all weekend and attendance prizes will be given away hourly. The Sommerfest is sponsored by the Kelso Jaycees, and participants can enjoy lots of food and cold refreshments in a large shaded eating area...

SIKESTON -- Internationally known artist Susan Blackwood will be teaching a three-day watercolor painting workshop, beginning Monday. The workshop will be taught at the Sikeston High School G Building from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. The cost is $50 for members of the Sikeston Art League and $90 for non members...

Prints by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall and Mihail Chemiakin have been donated to the museum at Southeast Missouri State University. The three prints were donated by former Southeast Board of Regents member Kay Schilly Brown and her husband, Dr. Patrick Brown, of St. Louis...

GRASSY -- An annual Bluegrass Festival will be held this weekend at the Arrowhead Campgrounds at Grassy. The festival is sponsored by the Ozark Bluegrass and Gospel Music Association and features Jim Orchard and the Bressler Brothers from Eminence, Bluegrass Mountaineers from Bismark, Ezell Family from Marble Hill, Heartland Gospel from Vulcan, and J.C. Express from Hillsboro...

A group of river enthusiasts are planning to combine canoeing skills with a desire to help Cape Girardeau's recovery community. At least 10 volunteers will participate in the fourth annual Mississippi River Canoe Trek, which is scheduled for Aug. 7-9...

In the age of television, there has never been a totally unimportant acceptance speech at a national nominating convention. For a candidate below the rank of incumbent president, the convention address is where the American electorate first forms an enduring impression of the nominee...

SIKESTON -- Applications are available for the Sikeston Jaycee Rodeo Queen Pageant and for a Rodeo-Week arts and crafts show. The Rodeo Queen Pageant will be held on July 31 at 7 p.m. at the Sikeston Inn and is open to young women between the ages of 18 and 26 who are high school graduates and have never been married...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a "Baby Boomer Bash" July 25 from 8-11 p.m. The dance will be held in the A.C. Brase Arena Building. Music from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s will be played. Anyone over age 21 may attend. Admission is $3 per person. Concessions will be available. Coolers are allowed...

The Jackson Municipal Band will per form its weekly concert tonight at 8 at the band shell in City Park. Special guest performers are Daron and Cary Nall, a cousin duo who has been singing together since they were young. Daron's father, Ron Nall, is band director at Cape Girardeau Central High School. Cary's father, Dennis Nall, is choir director at Festus High School...

PADUCAH, Ky. A metaphysical symposium and psychic festival will be held Aug. 1-2 at the Executive Inn in Paducah, Ky. The festival will feature psychics and venders from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois and Tennessee. The psychics will give readings throughout both days of the festival using techniques ranging from numerology and clairvoyance to the use of Tarot cards, playing cards, crystal ball, palmistry and kirlian photography...

The second performance of the children's play "Jack and the Beanstalk," sponsored by Keyboards and Kindermusik, will be presented tonight at Bethel Assembly of God, 1855 Perryville Road. The third performance of the play will be held Aug. 6 at 2 p.m. at the A.C. Brase Arena Building...

The Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Advisory Board believes a sports theme project will provide the most immediate return on the use of tourism tax dollars and will enhance recreational opportunities for the city's residents. The board voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend to the Cape Girardeau City Council that a sports theme project is its No. 1 priority for the use of reserve tourism funds...

"The culture, refinement, and, in fact, the civilization of a people can be measured by the respect paid its honored and distinguished dead." Louis Houck, 1896. The Cape Girardeau Historic Preservation Commission, appointed in April 1990, Wednesday recommended its first local historic landmark designations be Old Lorimier Cemetery...

A 17-year-old student from Kent, England, got his first taste of America Saturday when he arrived in Cape Girardeau to attend a three-week music camp at Southeast Missouri State University. "I was a bit nervous at first," said the student, Duncan Sutton, "but everyone has been very friendly. I have enjoyed meeting new people."...

THEBES, Ill. -- Earthwork on the Thebes-to-Twente Crossing Road portion of the $13 Million Illinois Route 3 relocation project is proceeding on schedule, the Illinois Department of Transportation reported Wednesday. "We've been making fairly good progress on the earthwork this year because of good weather, at least until this week," said department District Engineer Bob Zieba at Carbondale. "About 70 percent of the earthwork is completed. All of the box culverts and drainage structures are in."...

A tentative agreement was reached Wednesday to resolve a prevailing-wage dispute that has held up several construction projects at Southeast Missouri State University. The agreement between two labor unions and state wage-determin~ation officials must be approved by the Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission before it can take effect...

A 6-year-old boy was injured Tuesday when he rode his bicycle into a vehicle along Jefferson Street. Paul Duncan, 1206 Jefferson, rode his bike into the car about 5:10 p.m. and suffered a cut on the forehead, said Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Carl Kinnison. Kinnison said the boy went by private vehicle to Southeast Missouri Hospital, where he was treated and released...

Neal Quitno has logged nearly 60,000 miles on his car over the last 10 months since declaring his candidacy for attorney general. He said he's enjoyed the travel but is now looking forward to the Aug. 4 primary when Democrats will choose from four candidates for the office...

SCOTT CITY -- The enterprise of the Future Business Leaders of America at Scott City High School has brought it national recognition. Faculty sponsor Pat Andrews said she learned last week that the school's chapter had won third place for a project report it entered in a competition at the National Future Business Leaders of America Leadership Conference in Chicago June 30 to July 3...

Charlotte Russell, 36, a passenger in a car driven by Sherry Russell, 19, both of Portageville, was fatally injured in a one-car accident near Wardell Wednesday afternoon. The Missouri Highway Patrol reported the car, headed south left the roadway on Route B a mile south of Wardell and struck a bridge...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Walter Wright of Charleston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Sparks Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Willie Eadie will officiate, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Wright, 85, died Sunday, July 12, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

BLOOMFIELD -- Duane C. Christian, 57, of Flint, Mich., died Monday, July 13, 1992, in Flint. He was born July 25, 1934, at Bloomfield, son of Cecil and Ruth Christian. He and Marcia L. Coulter were married June 19, 1954. Christian received a master's degree from the University of Michigan. He taught school 26 years and coached numerous sports at Freeman Elementary School in Flint, retiring in June. He was a private pilot 10 years, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Vernon William Marquis of Bloomfield will be held at 1 p.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Harold Ferrell will officiate, with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery near here. Marquis, 76, died Tuesday, July 14, 1992, at his home...

PERRYVILLE -- Loretta G. Thompson, 77, of Perryville, died Tuesday, July 14, 1992, at American Care Center. She was born Jan. 25, 1915, at Millheim, daughter of August and Barbara Schott Weiss. He and Herman J. Thompson were married Sept. 15, 1935. He died March 19, 1975...

ANNA, Ill. -- Graveside service for Alex Rogan of Anna will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Pleasant Grove Memorial Park near Carbondale. Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home here after 9 a.m. today. Rogan, 78, died Tuesday, July 14, 1992, at Union County Hospital...

ORAN -- Ruth O. Finney, 69, of Oran, died Tuesday, July 14, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Jan. 2, 1923, in Tipton, Tenn., daughter of John Biffle and Myrtle Iva Osbon Orr. She was formerly married to Jack Finney. Finney was a staff sergeant with the U.S. Marines during World War II. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church...

JACKSON -- William Russell Conley, 75, Jackson Route 3, died Tuesday, July 14, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 29, 1917, at Jackson, son of Huey and Bertha Froemsdorf Conley. He and Virginia Crader were married Sept. 4, 1938. She died Aug. 15, 1986...

Mildred Harwell, 85, 2766 Gordonville Road, died Wednesday, July 15, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Alice Lee Fox, 58, of Charleston, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the United Methodist Church. The Rev. Richard Combs and Deacon David Coon will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at McMikle Funeral Home from 9 a.m. to noon...

MATTHEWS -- James Doyal Jackson, 73, of Matthews, died Wednesday, July 15, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born April 29, 1919, in Double Springs, Ala., son of Walter and Nora Curtis Jackson. He and Floy LeMay were married Dec. 29, 1939, in Vina, Ala...

A. Leonard Reid Sr., 82, 1848 Thilenius, died Tuesday, July 14, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 25, 1910, at Oak Ridge, son of William and Marzilla Malone Reid. He and Elodie McLane were married Jan. 23, 1932, at Jonesboro, Ill...

In his quest to learn more about the family who built and lived in the historic Glenn House in Cape Girardeau, John Bry came across something he didn't expect: the ashes of the Glenns' daughter-in-law. "She called this place home until the 1920s, and even then, she made frequent trips back to visit relatives and friends," said Bry, the home's director, speaking of Geraldine Albert Glenn...