Stories from Wednesday, December 2, 1992

To the Editor: As a graduate of St. Vincent's Seminary I would like to urge the people of Cape Girardeau to help save this admirable facility through the Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation. This dwelling, of course, has a special place in my heart in how it and the Vincentian priests have helped assemble a solid foundation in my life and the lives of thousands of young men over the past 150 years. ...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Mike Reagan, Patton Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:17 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, 1992. Name, LeeAnna Christine. Weight, 6 pounds 14 ounces. Fourth child, first daughter. Mrs. Reagan is the former Melissa Shoffner, daughter of Emmett and Sue Shoffner and Annalee Shoffner, all of Fredericktown. The Reagans own Mr. Siding. He is the son of Ivan and Shelby Reagan of Patton...

In her role as an assistant professor of foreign languages at Southeast Missouri State University, Pamela Brakhage has led annual trips to Mexico for the past six years. Next summer, however, Brakhage will be heading east to Spain. The 15-day trip, sponsored by the university's foreign languages department, will involve stops in a number of cities, including Madrid, Toledo and Barcelona...

People may express opinions about Missouri's policies concerning the arts at a public hearing Thursday. The Missouri Arts Council will conduct the hearing at the Victorian Inn at 4 p.m. Remarks will be used to develop a statewide arts plan. The council has invited representatives from the city to make presentations. The public is also invited to speak...

The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri asks that you remember the homeless animals in the Cape area at Christmas and donate cat food, dog food or kitty litter in the bins at area grocery stores. "Food is really scarce here this year," said Nancy Richards, director of the Humane Society...

An America 2000 town meeting on national education goals will be held Thursday via satellite in cities across the nation, including Cape Girardeau. Wal-Mart stores nationwide have been serving as meeting sites for the monthly series of town meetings...

A student once told Nell Holcomb art teacher Marion Weiss she looked a lot like the school's speech teacher. The child's observation was truer than he realized. Weiss is both art teacher and speech therapist. "My job is very unique because of my dual role," she said. "I teach art to students in kindergarten through eighth grade. I have every student in the school in one of my art classes, and it is very fast-paced and exciting...

One year ago, the Governor's Commission on Crime urged increased training requirements for police officers. Now, on the eve of a new administration, this recommendation still awaits action. Missouri ranks dead last out of 50 states in terms of minimum training for police officers. Even if the state doubled its current 120 hour minimum, it would still rank last in the nation. That underscores the need for action...

To the Editor: I am writing to express my praise and wholehearted agreement with Jim Grebing's front-page article in Monday's paper regarding the Highway Law and its impact to our region. As a member of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee, I am ever-mindful of the importance of an enhanced road and bridge infrastructure and its positive relations with increasing commerce and trade. ...

Zebra mussels may find it difficult to go up the Mississippi River without detection these days. But the "zebras" have finally made it to Cape Girardeau, say Missouri Department of Conservation officials. "We don't know when the zebra mussels came into the area," said Robert Hrabik, a fisheries biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation field office in Cape Girardeau. "We don't know why they're here or how long they have been here, but we're concerned."...

The stories of children and their families seeking help this Christmas from Toybox vary greatly, but all have one thing in common. This holiday season some neighbors in our community need help providing their children with a Christmas gift and a little holiday joy...

Mr. and Mrs. C balked at the idea that they should be featured in this year's Christmas for the Elderly program. "There must be others worse off than us who really need the help," Mr. C protested. Perhaps ... but Mr. and Mrs. C can use a little happiness during this holiday season...

Veteran state Rep. Joe Driskill and former longtime representative Marvin E. Proffer are among those being mentioned for high-level positions in the administration of governor-elect Mel Carnahan. Driskill, of Poplar Bluff, recently won a sixth term in the House from the newly-drawn 156th District. He is being touted as the possible director of the Department of Economic Development...

Six months after the old bridge was closed, Cape Girardeau officials hope a new Bloomfield Road bridge over Cape LaCroix Creek soon will open. The bridge was shut down June 2 for construction of the new, 36-foot-wide span that will include a 5-foot-wide pedestrian crossing on the north side...

JACK H. MANN Occupation: Principal, Nell Holcomb School Pet Peeve: "People who give up too easily." The best part of my job is: "The opportunity to interact with the students, parents and staff of this school district." The book I'd recommend is: "The Razor's Edge," by Somerset Maughm...

Members of two congressional delegations that recently traveled to Somalia, Africa, Tuesday issued a joint statement supporting President George Bush's policy toward the nation. Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., chairman of the African affairs subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., chief House deputy whip and member of the Congresssional Black Caucus, separately led congressional delegations to Somalia within the past two weeks...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- The new Horseshoe Lake dam and spillway area is taking on a new look. Construction is under way to replace a deteriorating spillway at the southeast end of the 2,400-acre shallow lake. The spillway is near the Promised Land Road...

DELTA -- Students Against Drunk Driving at Delta High School will host a lockin Friday night. The lockin will begin at 8 p.m. and last until 6 a.m. on Saturday. During that time students and parents will hear from guest speakers and participate in educational and recreational activities...

Correction: JACKSON Ross Claren Heise, 73, of Jackson, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 30, 1919, in Jackson, Mich., son of Walter and Matilda Ross Heise. He and Viola Grace Sanders were married Nov. 7, 1966, at Jackson, Mo...

Correction: Funeral service for Pauline Elizabeth Haupt, Cape Girardeau Route 2, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. Louis Launhardt will officiate, with burial in Caney Fork Cemetery near Oak Ridge. Haupt, 61, died Monday, Nov. 30, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

Myra J. Taylor, 79, of 555 Spring in Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1992, at her home. She was born July 7, 1913, in Burfordville, the daughter of James and Leona Mabrey Curry. She married Jack Taylor in 1965, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 3, 1982. She also was preceded in death by two brothers...

ORAN -- Joseph Vogel, 71, of Oran died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran.

PATTON -- Bessie L. Presnell, 72, of St. Charles and formerly of Patton died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1992, at the Parkside Meadows Retirement Community in St. Charles. She was born Feb. 13, 1920, at Marquand, the daughter of Harley and Alpa Killian Yount. On April 2, 1941, she married Pinkney P. Presnell, who survives of St. Charles...

SIKESTON -- Frieda P. Penrod, 76, died Dec. 1, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel.

Correction: ZALMA George Lee Davis, 87, of Zalma, died Monday, Nov. 30, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 11, 1905, at Zalma, son of Leo and Phoebe Shirrell Davis. He and Alta Jackson were married May 12, 1928, at Zalma...

MILLERSVILLE -- Winfred "Winnie" Miller, 77, of Millersville died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1992 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 6, 1915 at Millersville, the son of Truman B. Miller and Alice R. Estes Miller. On Feb. 3, 1936, he married Mabel Stearns. She survives...

Correction: Claude L. Allmon, 67, 31 N. Hanover, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1992, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

BRAZEAU -- Elmer O. Katt, 62, of Brazeau, died Monday, Nov. 30, 1992, at his home. He was born Jan. 25, 1930, in Perry County, son of Otto and Emilie Bock Katt. He married Marie Weinrich Sept. 4, 1955. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Ricky Katt of Cape Girardeau, Rodney Katt of Brazeau, and a sister, Marianna Steffens of St. Louis...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Edna Pauline "Polly" Wood Rogers, 72, of Mounds died Monday, Nov. 30, 1992, at her home. She was born July 28, 1920, at Little Rock, Ark., the daughter of Robert Bruce and Minnie Belle Kneal Adams. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Dupree Wood, in 1976, and her second husband, Jack W. Rogers, in 1985. She also was preceded in death by a son, Robert M. Wood...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Jamie Lynn Spaulding of Villa Ridge, Ill. has been certified by Dance Masters of America to teach tap, jazz, ballet and acrobatics. She has attended the Dance Masters of America Teachers Training School at Kent State University, in Kent, Ohio, for three years...

Deidre Jewel of Cape Girardeau was elected to serve as a first year law student representative for the Student Bar Association at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Jewel was one of two representatives elected from the 159 student in the first year class...

Tisha Lambert Harden, a former Cape Girardeau resident, has been named Ms. Lincoln University recently. Harden, 22, is a senior criminal justice major at the university in Jefferson City. She is active in student government and is an intern with the law firm Carson and Coil. Upon graduation, Harden plans to attend law school and eventually affiliate with a major corporation...

Denison University sophomore Josef Werne of Cape Girardeau was recently named to membership in Denison University's chapter of the Phi Society academic honorary. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Werne of Cape Girardeau. Phi Society was founded at Denison, in Granville, Ohio, under the auspices of the university's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa...

Five students earned I ratings at the Missouri Music Teachers Association state piano competition. Bryan Daume, John Detore and Andrew Hicks, students of Becky Fulgham; and Jennifer Layton and Diana Weaver, students of Alicia Wappel, each played two memorized pieces before a judge in the Columbia competition...

Jennifer Messmer and Kyle F. Chasteen have been named Students of the Month for November by the Cape Girardeau Elk's Lodge 639. Messmer, 17, is the daughter of Mary Gardener and Dean Messmer. She is a senior at Notre Dame High School. Messmer has been active in volleyball, cheerleading, softball, the Pep Club and the school play. She plans to attend Southeast Missouri State University and pursue a nursing career...

The Gutter Busters Special Olympics Bowling Team from Southeast Missouri placed second at the state tournament held recently in Springfield. Team member are Cheryl Glenzy, daughter of Terry and Pat Glenzy of Chaffee, and Greg Swinney, son of Ed and Margaret Swinney of Sikeston. The pair was coached by Vicky Mitchell and Jim Dannenmueller...