Stories from Thursday, October 15, 1992

To the Editor: There will be an issue on the ballot asking Cape County residents if we should continue county planning and zoning. My answer is no, we do not need county planning and zoning under the plan we have today. The present plan does not protect landowners: it merely restricts the legitimate use of our land and then requires us to pay for the privilege. ...

SIKESTON -- The Four Seasons Audubon Society of Southeast Missouri will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Savings of America in Sikeston. The program will be given by Joe Garvey of Missouri Department of Conservation Forestry Division, concerning forestry management on public land...

JACKSON -- Walk-in business is the lifeblood of a retail store. Without it, sales slump. But that's what happened in a part of Jackson last summer. During June, July, August, and early September many businesses in the 100 to 400 blocks of West Main Street experienced slumping sales during the West Main Street paving project, said business owners...

Local gardeners will demonstrate their horticultural prowess Saturday in the Fall Floral Olympics. The flower show is sponsored by the Council of Garden Clubs of Cape Girardeau, an association of five local garden clubs. Charleen Back and Jo Wikel serve as general chairmen for the show...

A program of works by Bach, Mozart and Britten will be presented by the Southeast Missouri State University Orchestra Tuesday in Old St. Vincent's Church at 7:30 p.m. The program will begin with Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No. 5" for string orchestra with flute, violin, and harpsichord soloists...

JACKSON -- A four-hour course at the St. Francis Information Center in Jackson will help give first-time babysitters the know-how they need before accepting their first sitting job. The Guide for the First-Time Babysitter course will be offered in two two-hour segments. The first segment will be held Oct. 21 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The second half of the course is scheduled for the following Wednesday, Oct. 28, again from 6:30-8:30 p.m. A $5 registration fee includes all course materials...

METROPOLIS, Ill. -- One of the largest annual living history reenactments in Illinois will be held this weekend, during the 19th annual Fort Massac Encampment. The encampment, sponsored by the Illinois Department of Conservation, will be held Saturday and Sunday at the site of the original Fort Massac, located on the banks of the Ohio River in Metropolis...

To the Editor: Voters beware: I read with great interest Gene (Cape County Planning Commission Chairman) Peterman's letter last Friday on why we should all vote for the present planning and zoning ordinance. I, too, live in rural Cape County. I also do not want a trailer court, landfill~ or toxic waste dump next to my land. I believe we should have planning for growth that will push us into the next century...

Regarding Sunday night's first presidential debate, and in consideration of tonight's encounter in Richmond, Americans have cast their votes in a sense, electing to seek information about an important decision. We find this heartening. We also question the necessity in American politics of "spin" where straightforward discourse will suffice...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. David Manche Jr., Perryville Route 3, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:05 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, 1992. Name, Dalton Anthony. Weight, 10 pounds 7 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Manche is the former Debra Ruch, daughter of Alma Ruch of Perryville, and the late Anton Ruch. She is manager at the Dollar Store. Manche is employed at Gilster-Mary Lee, and is the son of David and Dolly Manche of Perryville...

SCOTT CITY -- The Carson & Barnes Circus will come to Scott City Oct. 23, bringing with it the largest traveling big top in the nation. In business for 57 years, the circus will perform two shows in Scott City and is sponsored by the Scott City Kiwanis Club...

STE. GENEVIEVE A hot air balloon exhibition will again be the highlight of Voyage de Sainte Genevieve on Oct. 24 in the French Colonial town. Modern hot air balloonists will lift off over historic Ste. Genevieve to commemorate the first manned ascent of the "lighter than air machine" over Paris in the fall of 1783...

Republicans hope President George Bush comes out swinging harder in tonight's second presidential debate, county Democrats think Gov. Bill Clinton will hold his own, and supporters of independent candidate Ross Perot dourly expect "more of the same" from the two front-runners...

Approval of planning and zoning on Nov. 3 is essential to the orderly development of Cape Girardeau County, two county commissioners and the county planning director said Wednesday. "We want to continue to keep Cape County a fine place to live and this is one of the tools to keep it that way," said Planning Director Charles Engelhart in an appearance before the Cape Girardeau Noon Optimist Club...

Gov. John Ashcroft Wednesday called Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton and Missouri Senate candidate Betty Hearnes "tax-and-spend" liberals who put their trust in government and not people. Ashcroft leveled the criticism at a fund-raising luncheon in Jackson for Hearnes' opponent, state Senate candidate Peter Kinder, a Cape Girardeau Republican...

Long before marijuana makes it to urban areas where pushers sell it to anyone with a buck and a habit, the weed is grown in country fields. Police in rural counties make it their mission to rid the countryside of the weed before it's bought and sold on city streets...

Square dancing will promenade into the spotlight in Cape Girardeau this weekend when as many as 1,600 dancers arrive for the 33rd annual Missouri State Square 'N Round Dance. The event will be held at the Show Me Center and the Holiday Inn Convention Center...

The Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission wants the city council to find a way to fund two road projects that last year were moved off the city's five-year capital improvements plan. At a meeting Wednesday, the commission reviewed the city's major streets plan last updated in 1990 which is a blueprint for long-range city road projects...

Mother Nature has combined all the necessary ingredients to make this fall one of the most colorful in recent years, a horticulturist at Southeast Missouri State University said. "It's already pretty out there, and it's going to become even more colorful during the next two to three weeks, if the weather continues like it is now," said Charles Korns, professor of horticulture. ...

JACKSON -- Traffic signals at West Jackson Boulevard and West Lane should be in operation by the end of the month, a Missouri Highway and Transportation Department spokesman at Sikeston said Tuesday. The spokesman, Jack Grimes of the department's maintenance and traffic division, said workers were removing striping from the highway so left-turn lanes in the eastbound and westbound lanes of West Jackson and West Lane can be striped this week...

JACKSON -- In 1986, a team of researchers from the University of Missouri's College of Education conducted a study of the Jackson School District to determine projected enrollment trends through 2000. The Cohart-Survival Technique Study projected a student enrollment of 3,388 by the 1992-93 school year. As it turns out, the projection was on the low side; actual enrollment this fall exceeded the projected figure by more than 200 students...

"Reach to Recovery," a one-to-one hospital or home visitation program providing emotional support and understanding for breast cancer patients and their families, is seeking new volunteers. A volunteer training program will be held Monday from 5-8:30 p.m. at St. Francis Medical Center in Conference Room B of the hospital's Womancare center...

Bertha L. Holder, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1992, at the American Care Center in Perryville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

JACKSON -- Tommie O. Marlin, 91, of Highway 61 East in Jackson died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1992, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

MARBLE HILL -- Georgia Conrad, 78, of Marble Hill, died Sunday, Oct. 11, 1992, at Newton Presbyterian Manor in Newton, Kan. She was born March 23, 1914, at Marble Hill, daughter of George E. and Flora Jameson Conrad. Conrad was a retired office worker, and member of Marble Hill Presbyterian Church...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Dennis R. Jannin of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church at Silver Lake. The Rev. Charles Rice will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 6:30-9:30 a.m. today...

CHARLESTON -- Neeta Pierce, 89, of Charleston, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1992, at Miner Nursing Center. She was born June 29, 1903, in Villa Ridge, Ill., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wright. She and Mories Pierce were married Dec. 31, 1925. He died Nov. 1, 1959...

Learning a new eating style to match a healthy lifestyle is not always an easy task. However, a cholesterol treatment program, entitled Eater's Choice, at St. Francis Medical Center can make that learning experience easier. The class, which consists of six 90-minute weekly sessions, will be held on Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 12 and 19, and Dec. 10. The beginning class will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the remainder of classes will be held from 7-8:30 p.m...

JACKSON -- U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond was in Cape Girardeau Wednesday to push for his economic agenda, which includes renewed public and private investment to create jobs and long-term economic growth. "I know how important it is to maintain a strong economic base to provide job opportunities, particularly for our young people who otherwise leave our communities," Bond said. "That's why fighting for economic opportunities and jobs is my top priority."...

PERRYVILLE -- Perryville is one of more than a dozen communities expected to submit applications for a women's maximum-medium security correctional facility. "Our proposal is in the mail," said Joan Summers, executive director of the Perry County Industrial Development Authority...