Stories from Wednesday, February 24, 1993

DELTA -- Each day Delta Fire Chief Carson Kelley carefully inspects the two pumps in the town's tiny water plant - situated beneath the 50,000-gallon elevated water tower - looking for any sign of problems. One pump draws water from the town's single 100-foot well. The other pumps the treated water into the water tank...

Rising admission standards at Southeast Missouri State University are drawing mixed reactions, with some educators saying it will benefit students and others that it will limit access. Some high school guidance counselors worry that the tougher requirements will close the door to a college education, particularly for those in the Cape Girardeau region, where there is no community college within an easy driving distance...

The director of a Caring Communities program in St. Louis shared information about his program that might help Cape Girardeau begin a similar program Khatib Waheed, director of the Walbridge Elementary School Caring Communities Program, spoke with about 35 representatives from Cape Girardeau public schools and local human services agencies Tuesday...

DOROTHY STATLER Occupation: Secretary to Cape aGirardeau Public Schools Superintendent. Pet Peeve: People who continue to talk to you after you've excused yourself for a telephone call or when you're speaking to someone else on the telephone. The bst part of my job: When I complete a difficult project and it looks good. Making teachers happy by getting their contracts to them in the spring...

The annual K103 Cape Jaycees St. Jude Radiothon raised more than $38,000 for the children of the research center in Memphis, Tenn., far surpassing the total from the previous year. "We knew we could do it," said Cape Girardeau Jaycees member Jackie Ahrens, co-chairman of the event. "We're really happy with the total."...

With the approach of spring and warmer weather, officials at Trail of Tears State Park remind park visitors that the abandoned rock quarry at the north edge of the park is now closed and off limits to the public. The quarry was closed last year following a series of accidents that resulted in serious injuries to people who fell from the steep, vertical cliffs on the walls of the quarry...

MARQUAND -- Jerry Deardorff, superintendent of the Marquand-Zion R-VI School District, recently participated in the Satellite Academy Winter conference. The academy is a statewide project that provides school administrators with training in leadership style and skills, instructional leadership, school-management skills and school improvement plans...

CANALOU -- Freddie Marie Masters, 80, of Canalou, died Monday, Feb. 22, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born March 4, 1912, in Portageville, daughter of William Lewis and Florence Agnes Lackey Masters. She and James Carter were married in 1927 at Portageville. He died in 1932...

Daughter to Jessica Lea Rose and Gary Matlock Jr. of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:23 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, 1993. Name, Taylor Michelle. Weight, 6 pounds 14 ounces. First child. Miss Rose is the daughter of Jackie Rose of Cape Girardeau. Matlock is employed at SEMO Specialties and Sports, and is the son of Gary and Patty Matlock of Gordonville...

PERRYVILLE -- Jerome "Jerry" E. Hagan Sr., 59, of Perryville died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1993, at his home. He was born Oct. 19, 1933, at Perryville, the son of the late John S. and Lillian M. Glaub Hagan. On March 30, 1953, he married Catherine Sue Ochs, who survives of the home...

MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for J.D. Estes of Marble Hill will be held at 2 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Donald R. Cook will officiate, with burial in Plainview Cemetery near here. Friends may call at the funeral home from 8 a.m. to service time...

SCOTT CITY -- Carl Eugene Anglin Sr., 59, Scott City Route 2, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1993, at his home. He was born Aug. 7, 1933, in Thebes, Ill., son of Chance and Dixie Hill Anglin. He and Bettie Hilliard were married March 5, 1959. Anglin was a truck driver with PJ's Trucking at Fruitland. He was a member of American Legion Post 0900 of McClure, Ill. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines...

Joe Oliver Brasher, 74, of Fulton, Ark., died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1993, at the VA Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. He was born Jan. 20, 1919, at Burfordville, son of Jesse D. and Viola Nanney Brasher. Brasher attended Southeast Missouri State University. He taught school in Dunklin County, was a high school coach at Campbell, operated a used car and auto salvage business at Malden, and had operated two service stations...

BELL CITY -- Terry Lynn Hicks, 33, of Bell City, died Monday, Feb. 22, 1993, in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 26, 1959, in Sycamore, Ill., son of T.E. and Chris Tillman Hicks. Hicks was formerly employed by Gene Stamper Trucking Co., and was a member of Apostolic Church at Morley...

ADVANCE -- Beulah A. Gatt, 85, of Advance, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1993, at Advance Nursing Care Center. She was born Feb. 25, 1907, in Stoddard County, daughter of William Elmer and Bertha Elizabeth Mann Strobel. She married Francis McCain, who died March 2, 1944. She later married Anthony Gatt, who died in 1973...

Ruth Finney, 69, 1 Springview Place, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born March 11, 1923, at Crump, daughter of Joseph and Emina Issac Stovall. She and John Finney were married Sept. 9, 1938. The Finneys had lived in Cape Girardeau since 1975. She was a member of Bible Missionary Church, former steward, and taught Sunday School many years...

JACKSON -- Ben Wendel, 88, of Jackson, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1993, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Oct. 20, 1904, at Tilsit, son of Jacob and Minnie Suedekum Wendel. He and Flora E. Kasten were married Oct. 24, 1925. She died Oct. 24, 1992. Wendel was a farmer. He was a member of Emanuel United Church of Christ and its Men's Fellowship...

After a long delay, the new Bloomfield Road bridge has opened. We welcome back the return of this major east-west connection that links Bloomfield to Kinghighway and points west. The old bridge was shut down last June for construction of the new 36-foot-wide span, which includes a 5-foot-wide pedestrian crossing. The wider bridge should be safer and better able to handle the traffic flow...

To the Editor: I have been reading with much interest in recent days about the disagreement at the SEMO basketball game over the playing of a supposedly black national anthem and folks being asked to stand to pay respect to Martin Luther King during the playing of this song...

To the Editor: Has a~~~nyone had that n~~~agging feeling of worry a~s you watch the needle~ on your fuel gauge near the ~~"empt~~y" mar~k, and ~now that you have to somehow mak~e that ga~s last until your next paycheck ~still two day~ away? Can you afford a ~~substantial~ incre~ase in the price of ga~soline?...

Central High School's annual Pops Concert features an assortment of music and dancing Friday at the Central High School Auditorium. "It's really a lot of laughs and a lot of fun," said Judy Williams, director of Central High School choirs. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $1...

BENTON -- Christy Withers set the mood to read Halloween stories with her third- and fourth-grade students by closing the door and turning the lights off. Teacher and pupils were deep in a story about ghosts and goblins when suddenly came a knock on the door. "We all screamed because we were scared," Withers said...