Stories from Wednesday, September 30, 1992

When business and education form a partnership, the opportunities for learning flourish. Such is the case with the Adopt-a-School program in the Cape Girardeau public schools. Established in 1985, the program has become an integral part of the educational program...

The Cape Girardeau-Jackson area has many parks. They are inviting at all seasons of the year, but when frost turns the leaves to vivid shades of red and gold, park outings and cookouts are especially appealing. The Alvin F. Klaus Park on Highway 61 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson has an interesting history few persons are familiar with. ...

SUFFOLK, England A Jackson native assigned to the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing Weather Flight at Royal Air Force Bentwaters Station in Woodbridge, England, recently received top honors as the Outstanding Weather Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for 1991 for the U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) and the Air Force, world-wide...

Readers of these columns may recall the one in which I censured Bill Clinton's "Give Al Gore and I a chance." In Time magazine's Letters to the Editor, Aug. 31, a section titled "The I's Don't Have It" was devoted entirely to Clinton's plea to give Al Gore and I a chance. The section closes with a comment made by one Kenneth Dale of West Linn, Ore.: "Give I a break!" For the most part, however, the media ignore Clinton's gaffes. It figures...

Midwest Weather Inc. of Maryland Heights is scheduled to take its last hourly weather observation at Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport tonight before turning over operation of the Federal Aviation Administration's contract for weather observation to a new company...

If you intend to go to the polls Nov. 3 as an informed voter, it would be a good idea to start doing your homework. Besides a full slate of federal, state, and county candidates to choose from, voters in Missouri also will decide eight constitutional amendments and two statutory propositions - the most statewide issues on the ballot in 72 years...

If non-filing Americans paid their tax bill, they could wipe out more than a fourth of this year's $333.5 billion budget deficit. "Taxpayers who have dropped out of the tax-filing system owe more than $82 billion," said Paul Kipper of the local Internal Revenue Service, located in the Federal Building, 339 Broadway. "More than 10 million Americans are non-filers."...

DOROTHY POSTON Occupation: Accounting Department, Tri-Con Industries, Ltd. The best part of my job is: "Working with great associates." Describe your oddest experience: "Finding a lizared in my washing machine." What do you do in your spare time? "Bowling, boating, reading."...

The relationship of exercise and weight reduction to sleep disorders will be the topic of the AWAKE (Alert, Well and Keeping Energetic) support group meeting at St. Francis Medical Center. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Oct. 12 in the St. Francis Health and Education Centre. Guest speaker will be the St. Francis Fitness and Wellness Coordinator Bill Logan...

Local historians are joining an effort to memorialize native Americans forced to endure a black mark in the nation's history: the infamous forced removal of Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. The National Park Service has joined with local historical groups to research and mark the National Historic Trail of Tears...

The Missouri Circuit Clerk's Association will gather in Cape Girardeau today for its annual convention. Cape County Circuit Clerk Charles P. Hutson, who is hosting the event, said he anticipates between 80 and 90 of Missouri's 114 circuit clerk's to attend the convention...

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DOWDYTwin sons to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dowdy of Tamms, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, Friday, Sept. 18, 1992. Joshua Lee was born at 5:45 p.m. and weighed 4 pounds 11 ounces. John Joe was born at 5:46 p.m. and weighed 5 pounds 4 ounces. The couple has another son and daughter. Mrs. Dowdy is the former Sandra Wood, daughter of Raymond and Ruthene Wood of Anna, Ill. Dowdy is employed by Dowdy Farms, and is the son of Norman and Juanita Dowdy of Ullin, Ill...

PERRYVILLE -- Ethel L. Rozier, 75, of Perryville, died Monday, Sept. 28, 1992, at St. Mary's Health Center in St. Louis. She was born June 9, 1917, at Macon, daughter of William and Sophia Lewis Walker. She and Hugh Thomas Rozier were married Nov. 7, 1940. He died Aug. 16, 1991...

CHAFFEE -- Dennis E. LaCroix, 50, of Englewood, Colo., formerly of Chaffee, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1992, at Swedish Hospital in Denver, Colo. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Lee Roy Mullin of Sikeston will be held at 1 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Vernon Self will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to service time...

SCOTT CITY -- State Treasurer Wendell Bailey will present a program on MOBucks Friday morning at Scott City's city hall. The program will begin at 10 a.m. in the council chambers, and the public is invited. Bailey will explain how to apply for MOBucks...

The management of patients with acute respiratory distress, coronary heart disease and chronic renal failure and trends in the assessment and case management of the geriatric population will be the focus of a daylong conference sponsored by Southeast Missouri Hospital Oct. 15...

The 1140th Engineer Batallion recently held its annual family day picnic and celebration. More than 250 people attended. Company Commander Duane K. Eastman, 1SG Jimmie R. Winder and the company expressed their appreciation to the nearly 40 area merchants that gave prizes and gift certificates to be given away at the picnic...

Theodore J. Glenn, M.D., will discuss Mental Illness Awareness Week on this week's Ask Your Doctor program. The show airs every Thursday night at 8 p.m. on cable channel 13. Ask Your Doctor is a local medical show, hosted by Martha Muench and Dr. Jean A. Chapman...

Helen Payne's students don't often know what to expect when they enter her science class at St. Mary Cathedral School in Cape Girardeau. "We design our own experiments without using a textbook," Payne said. "This really throws them. "They like the security of following step-by-step instructions instead of writing the instructions themselves."...

JACKSON -- The Riverside Regional Library will hold a book/garage sale from 9 a.m. unitl 4 p.m. Saturday at the library's central center, 204 S. Union, in Jackson. Library spokesperson Bernice Springer said in addition to books, magazines and a large assortment of LP records, the library will also offer for sale the following items: framed paintings, reclining desk chair, card table, chalk board, 16-mm and 8-mm movie projectors, film strip projectors, film screens, other fil accessories, a small file cabinet, assorted metal cabinets, flower pots, aand four record players.. ...