Stories from Friday, August 21, 1992

A new economic and development group is gearing up in Cape Girardeau County. The yet-unnamed organization faces a formidable challenge: Secure new jobs through nationwide and worldwide marketing strategies. The concept is admirable: There's no question new jobs would boost the local economy. The approach is unique: This partnership brings together entities in Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City, and puts aside parochial concerns...

Jackson's West Main Street paving project is back on track again, and officials are hoping it will stay on track all they way to completion in late September. Work on the delay-plagued project was halted Monday by the Jackson Board of Aldermen after acting City Engineer Rich Bowen told board members 146 feet of pavement poured last week in the westbound lane was defective and will have to be replaced. ...

The works of award-wining artist Charles Austin Ketcham will be featured at the Pico Rivera Centre for the Arts Gallery in Pico Rivera, Calif. during September. Ketcham, a former Cape Girardeau resident, has been featured in several one-man shows. The September show will feature a number of portraits by Ketcham...

JACKSON -- Nineteen senior girl scouts and leaders from the Jackson area recently returned from a trip to Texas. The group began their tour in Dallas. They visited the Science Place Museum, and became part of a taping of a local kid's program which aired last month in Dallas...

JACKSON -- Lisa Renee Nussbaum, daughter of Robert and Marilyn Nussbaum of Jackson, has been awarded a $300 undergraduate scholarship from Alpha Delta Pi Foundation, Inc. She is a student at Murray State University, majoring in broadcast journalism. ...

ALTENBURG -- Marty Kassulke, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Willard Kassulke of Altenburg, has won an all-college scholarship from Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL). He is one of 775 graduating high school seniors to be honored as a recipient of one of these scholarships, which range from $500 to $2,000 annually...

Three Cape Girardeau residents have received scholarships from Mercantile Bank of Cape Girardeau to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1992-93 academic year. The students are James T. Woods, Karen A. Crain and June M. Weaver. The Mercantile scholarship was established to help students who are in good standing with the university obtain a college education...

THEBES, Ill. -- Paula Shafer of Thebes recently returned from a 15-day visit to Russia. Her academic standing at Egyptian Community Unit School in Tamms qualified her for the Indiana State University summer honors program. Geography and geology were the focus of the study during the June 18-27 session with the additional option of participating in the summer field trip to Russia. Cities toured were St. Petersberg, Yalta, Odessa and Moscow...

SIKESTON -- A Sikeston woman and four of her children died early Thursday in a house fire that officials here called the "worst fire tragedy" in years. Patrice Jefferson, 30, of 403 Dorothy Street was pronounced dead at the scene after Sikeston Department of Public Safety Fire Division officers pulled her from the burning structure shortly after midnight...

JACKSON - After losing a close race for re-election in the Republican primary two weeks ago, longtime Cape County Associate Commissioner Leonard Sander says he plans to focus his efforts the next four months on trying to finish projects he has started...

A high school friendship has led to an agreement for cultural exchanges between Southeast Missouri State University and Kunsan National University in South Korea. The cooperative agreement was signed in a luncheon ceremony Thursday attended by Southeast officials and Kyung Deuk Kwon, act~ing president of Kunsan National University in Kunsan, South Korea...

ZALMA -- Dalford L. Dennison, 52, of Zalma, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1992, at his home. He was born Aug. 4, 1940, at Zalma, son of Gladys and Mildred Morgan Dennison. Dennison worked 10 years at Continental Can Co. in St. Louis. He was a member of Eagles Club at Advance...

SCOTT CITY -- Blanche Virginia Reed, 89, of Flora, Ill., died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 1992, at Flora Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 17, 1903, in Mayfield, Ky., daughter of James Robert and Mary Elizabeth Clark Smithson. She married Thomas Edward Reed Sept. 23, 1922. He died Dec. 22, 1970...

Daniel Webster Kingsley, 68, of Las Vegas, Nev., died Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1992, in Las Vegas. He was born June 28, 1924, in Dayton, Ohio, son of Daniel and Mabel Minnick Kingsley. He and LaVerne Meyer were married Nov. 20, 1943, in Ste. Genevieve. Kingsley lived in Cape Girardeau from 1988-91. He bought, sold and repaired houses...

MARBLE HILL -- Versie A. Martin, 79, of Marble Hill, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 13, 1913, at Bessville, daughter of William F. and Nellie Goodson Underwood. She and Frank Martin were married Sept. 24, 1937...

Funeral service for Paul D. Cook of Sarcoxie will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. Pastor Frank Giunta will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today. Cook, 70, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1992, at Carthage...

Funeral service for Kay F. Baker, 1720 Oak Hills, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. John Owen will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today. Baker, 51, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1992, at the Lutheran Home...

PERRYVILLE -- Clyde Weiss, 80, of Perryville, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 1992, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born July 20, 1912, in Perry County, son of William and Nellie Mae Erwin Weiss. He and Gertrude Grass were married Sept. 15, 1935. Weiss was a farmer, member of St. Marys Masonic Lodge, and Lithium Baptist Church...

MARBLE HILL -- Beulah D. Arthur, 77, of Marble Hill, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 4, 1914, at Kennett, daughter of Marshall Arnold and Hester Azalea Limbaugh Long. She married William Preston Arthur, who died March 6, 1974...

Son to Lt. and Mrs. James Burnett of San Antonio, Texas, Lackland Air Force Base Hospital there, 9:14 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1992. Name, Tyler James. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Mrs. Burnett is the former Andrea Jane Ruopp, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Dudley Ruopp of Cape Girardeau, and is a dental assistant. Burnett is stationed with the U.S. Air Force at Lackland, and is the son of Lt. Col. and Mrs. James Burnett of Satellite Beach, Fla...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Herbert Elkins, 79, of Jonesboro died Thurday, Aug. 20, 1992, at his daughter's home in Jonesboro. He was born March 4, 1913, in Union County, the son of Columbus and Grace Harper Elkins. On April 29, 1940, he married Mary Ellen Newton in Jackson, Mo. She preceded him in death Dec. 3, 1979...

SIKESTON -- Abram Jackson Hunter, 84, of Oakwood Farms in Sikeston, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 1992, at Hunter Acres Care Center. He was born Jan. 24, 1908, at Morley, son of John J. and Nancy McMullin Hunter. He and the former Mabel Louise Hunter were married March 24, 1934, in Nesbit, Miss...

Lloyd E. "Bub" Sparks, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 20, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born April 22, 1922 at Hartman, Ark., the son of Floyd and Eunice Snow Sparks. On May 10, 1952 he married Marguerite Wright in Piggot, Ark. She survives...

PUXICO An 10-hour, hunter safety course will be conducted at the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center near Puxico Aug. 29, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The course, sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Missouri Department of Conservation, will include gun safety, information about firearms and ammunition, responsibilities of the outdoorsman, outdoors ethics, and the role of the hunter and hunting in wildlife management and conservation...