Stories from Friday, January 29, 1993

The Missouri Attorney General satellite office will remain open in Jackson. It's a good move on the part of the new Attorney General Jay Nixon. The office has served a real purpose in handling both criminal and civil lawsuits, and consumer complaints in Southeast Missouri...

Are you aware of what rights you have as a nursing home resident? Many of us are not, and that is why Missouri's Ombudsman Program is so important; it is perhaps one of the most effective, cost efficient, but unfortunately least known of the services provided by the state to senior citizens. I have recently joined the program and have been greatly impressed by what it has achieved and even more so by the program's potential...

Words make a world of difference in how we perceive issues, policies and programs, and the way in which the public views the meanings of certain words is a significant factor in how they are accepted. For example, when public officials use the word "revenue," the connotation it carries is positive, since the public most often perceives the word to mean funding for increased services as well as the means of avoiding deficit spending and public debt. ...

Gwen Schild praised Franklin Elementary School first-grader Cecil Quinn after he finished reading his book. Beaming with pride, the youngster was anxious to begin reading the next. Schild is among a handful of senior citizens volunteering in Cape Girardeau public schools. That one-on-one interaction between senior citizens and children is a goal of the school district's new program...

Southeast Missouri State University's new $15 million College of Business Administration building looks great on paper. But turning it into reality may take some time. University officials aren't ready to throw in the towel when it comes to the possibility of state funding for the project this year. But state construction money for the project was not included in Gov. Mel Carnahan's recommended budget for the 1994 fiscal year, which begins July 1...

At this time of year, bald eagles sometimes roost in the trees that surround Mary and Greg Henson's house at Trail of Tears State Park. But seeing an eagle still thrills them. "If you ever see one, you've had a very lucky day," says Mary Henson, an assistant resource steward at the park...

The Southeast Missourian apologizes for the error in its TV Update this past Tuesday that announced President Clinton's State of the Union address would be telecast that evening. The error was made by TV Update, which prints the weekly magazine. It appeared incorrectly in more than 2,400 newspapers served by TV Update. ...

Funeral service for Garnet G. Williamson of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Neil Stein will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call until service time. Williamson, 67, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1993, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Lucille Proffer of Chaffee will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Ron Hoye will officiate, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel in Cape Girardeau from 3-8 p.m. today. Parish prayers and rosary will be at 7:30...

JACKSON -- Josie Witzel, 76, of Jackson, died Thursday, Jan. 28, 1993, at her home. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Bill Myler, 58, 1110 West Mount, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born May 22, 1934, at Farmington, son of Joseph LaVern and Mearlean Smith Myler. Myler was a security guard with Wolsey Investigative Service Inc. in Chaffee. He served 20 years in the U.S. Air Force...

Anton J. "Tony" Ziegler, 91, 2118 Bloomfield Road, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Dec. 17, 1901, at Kelso, son of Louis A. and Theresa Fischer Ziegler. He and Emma Burger were married May 25, 1926. She died March 1, 1954...

EAST PRAIRIE - Cleone Stinnett, 79, of Anniston, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 28, 1913, in Centerville, Tenn., daughter of William Wesley and Mattie Rivers Lynch. She married Ernest Burton "E.B." Stinnett on Sept. 13, 1930. He died July 13, 1987...

MCCLURE, Ill. -- Memorial service for William E. Walker of Alton will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Paynic Home for Funerals in East Alton. The Rev. Don Silverthorne will officiate. There is no visitation. Walker, 49, died Sunday, Jan. 24, 1993, at his home...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Leonard Clyde Jones of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Amos Johnson will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Jones, 90, died Thursday, Jan. 28, 1993, at East Prairie Nursing Center...

MORLEY -- Hulda Hudson DeKoster, 78, of Morley, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 25, 1914, in Corning, Ark., daughter of John and Effie Parrish Clark. She married Hubert R. Hudson Nov. 6, 1937, who died Sept. 30, 1982. She later married Charles DeKoster Feb. 25, 1984, in Nacogdoches, Texas...

SCOTT CITY -- Patricia Cornell Dice, 49, of Temple, Texas, died Sunday, Jan. 24, 1993, at King's Daughters Hospital. She was born Sept. 7, 1943, in Pine Bluff, Ark., daughter of J.W. and Margaret Wallace. She married Ralph Dice. Dice was employed by Cable TV Sales in Waco, Texas, until ill health forced her retirement...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Robert H. Gibson, 66, of Cairo, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1993, at his home. He was born Oct. 17, 1926, in Cairo, son of Cecil and Bessie Foster Gibson. He married the former Xandra Lentz. Gibson was a salesman with Interstate Flooring Distributors in Sikeston, and L&P Carpet in Anna and Cairo before retiring. ...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Carl B. Vaughn, 65, of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1993, at Life Care Center. He was born May 30, 1927, at Campbell, Mo., son of Robert and Verna Crow Vaughn. Vaughn was a deckhand on a riverboat. Survivors include four brothers, Robert Vaughn of Boulder, Colo., Billie Vaughn of Peoria, Ill., Jimmy Vaughn of St. ...

JACKSON -- Harold Lee Boese, 56, of Jackson, died Thursday, Jan. 28, 1993, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born June 16, 1936, at Whitewater, son of Ervin and Marsella Hartman Boese. He and Burlean Alvey were married April 1, 1952, at Chaffee...

DUTCHTOWN -- Funeral mass for Harry W. Obermann of Dutchtown will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson. Msgr. Edward Eftink will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park at Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7...

Mark Newton Jr., 37, of Cape Girardeau died Jan. 28, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

A desire to follow in his father's footsteps and become a Naval officer prompted Clayton P. Hahs to apply to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. He received confirmation of his appointment to the academy earlier this month. Induction is July 1. "I've wanted to go since I was about in eighth grade," Hahs said. "I want to become a naval officer like my father."...

The Area Vietnam Veterans and Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 63, over Beards Sports Shop. Individuals interested in developing a memorial park for armed services veterans will present their project plans. All Vietnam Veterans, spouses and interested persons are invited. For more information call Roy Rhodes at 335-0683 or Jim Holloway at 335-0354...

Coming up: Feb. 5 Spring Sports & Recreation Show, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Arena, 5 to 9 p.m. Feb. 6 Spring Sports & Recreation Show, SIU Arena, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 7 Eagles Days, Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, Puxico, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m...