Stories from Tuesday, March 9, 1993

SCOTT CITY - Citing a lack of confidence and common philosophy between himself and members of the board, Allan Maki resigned Monday as executive director of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority. The seven board members present at Monday's monthly meeting made no comment about his resignation, which was immediately accepted...

The Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau is forecast to crest late this week at 36 feet, four feet above flood stage. However, no significant flooding typically occurs in the city at that level. The National Weather Service says the 14.4-foot rise on the river that began March 3 is the result of warmer temperatures last week that melted heavy snow in central Missouri...

JEFFERSON CITY - During her 31-year career as a school board member and state representative, Mary Kasten has become well known as a mild-mannered, pleasant and compassionate individual, who will go out of her way to help anyone in trouble. It is indeed a rare occasion when Kasten becomes irate...

JACKSON - It was "Show and Tell" night at Monday's Jackson School Board meeting as kindergarten and first grade teachers and junior high math teachers explained two pilot mathematics instruction programs now under way in their classes. The teachers who spoke attended a week-long workshop last summer in St. Louis to learn innovative techniques for teaching math...

When Randy Barnhouse took over operations at Central Municipal Pool in Cape Girardeau, his first priority was to spark interest in the pool and increase its usage. At the same time, city officials frustrated that the costly facility was bringing little financial return decided to impose fees on many swimmers who have for years used the pool for free...

SCOTT CITY -- A chance meeting "down under" has given two former high school classmates the opportunity to renew their friendship. Air Force Capt. Jack R. King and Marine Capt. Mark Goodman, former classmates at Scott City High School, met recently during a flying exercise in Australia. Both are pilots...

Getting a young child to provide the information needed to prosecute an alleged child molester is tricky but not impossible. Videotaped testimony is one of the tools increasingly used. The taping sessions always involve both a Division of Family Services investigator and the police...

Cape Girardeau public schools have been designated drug-free and gun-free zones, as part of a city-wide effort to curb drug and weapon offenses. Monday, the Cape Girardeau Board of Education adopted a formal resolution designating all school properties and areas within 1,000 feet of the schools as drug-free and gun-free zones...

President Bill Clinton advised the nation three weeks ago of his plan for setting straight the federal budget, using small doses of spending cuts and much larger doses of taxation. At the time President Clinton made public his intentions, he challenged congressional opponents of his proposal to come up with specific alternatives. Missouri Sen. Christopher Bond has answered the challenge, and we favor his approach to handling the government's budget mess...

To the Editor: I just can't figure it. It appears to me that the English language as we learned it in school has become obsolete. I remember ex~plicitly when the adjective "bad" came to mean something good. I was sitting in the back seat during an e~xcursion in a high school driver's education class. ...

To the Editor: 1. Remove Social Security from the budget. The only reason they insist on Social Security remaining in the budget is that the Social Security account shows a large surplus, and by using this large surplus it makes the deficit appear to be $50 billion or $60 billion less than it would otherwise...

MILLERSVILLE -- Euga Smith, 75, of Grand Blanc, Mich., died Monday, March 8, 1993, at her home. She was born March 24, 1917, at Millersville, daughter of Daniel and Elsie Miller Wallis. She and Sherman Smith were married May 24, 1935. The Smiths moved to Grand Blanc in 1963. She was a member of Millersville Baptist Church...

JACKSON -- Private graveside service for Clarence Stevens of Jackson was held Monday at Russell Heights Cemetery. McCombs Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Stevens, 71, died Saturday, March 6, 1993, at his home.

Eula Lee Williams, 83, of Advance, died Sunday, March 7, 1993, at Doctors Hospital in Poplar Bluff. She was born March 21, 1909, at Gatewood, daughter of George and Sarah Holland Smith. She and Lawrence Williams were married Feb. 25, 1925, at Bloomfield. He died Dec. 29, 1991...

ADVANCE -- Nathan M. Sims, 82, of Advance, died Monday, March 8, 1993, at Advance Nursing Care Center. He was born May 6, 1910, at Tilman, son of James J. and Ina B. Dunlap Sims. He and Dortha E. Johnson were married Sept. 20, 1931. Sims had been foreman with WPA, chairman of ASC Office in Bloomfield, worked at Union Central Real Estate and Insurance in Sikeston 10 years, and owned and operated Sims Implement Co. 20 years. He had also farmed...

PIEDMONT -- Funeral service for Donald Ray Chilton and his wife, Patricia Lynn Chilton, was held March 4 at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. Pastor Dave Stogsdill officiated, with burial in Mountain View Cemetery at Des Arc. Military graveside rites were conducted for Donald...

MCGEE -- Nathan Milford Walk, 78, of McGee, died Monday, March 8, 1993, at Doctors Hospital in Poplar Bluff. He was born July 17, 1914, at McGee, son of Ed and Etta McDaniel Walk. He and Phyllis Rogers were married Jan. 21, 1955, at Fisk. Walk was a farmer...

CHAFFEE -- Lenora Glastetter, 80, of Chaffee, died Monday, March 8, 1993, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON -- Gene Godwin, 69, of Sikeston, died Monday, March 8, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Oct. 17, 1923, in New Madrid County, son of Odes and Vada Vaughn Godwin. He and Wanda Gale Stallings were married Oct. 17, 1947. She died Aug. 12, 1980. He and Helen Collins were married June 5, 1982...

CHAFFEE -- Chloe Adams, 90, of Chaffee, died Saturday, March 6, 1993, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 20, 1902, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Jacob and Lou Seabaugh Slinkard. Adams operated the Koffe Kup Restaurant and Bakery here a number of years...

PERKINS -- Andrew Russell Standley, 69, of Perkins, died Monday, March 8, 1993, at his home. He was born June 14, 1923, at Perkins, son of Charles Franklin and Hazel Idalene Marcus Standley. He and Ruth Ann German Pirtle were married April 10, 1981...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Lillian Kemp of East Prairie was held Monday at Shelby Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Burl Britt officiated, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Kemp, 92, died Friday, March 5, 1993, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews...

The Easter Seals Telethon, held Sunday, raised over $60,000, exceeding the goal by $5,000. Chuck Martin with the local Easter Seals chapter, said when the telethon went off the air at 6 p.m. Sunday the final total was $60,115. The goal had been $55,000...

An antiques and collectibles market will be held in Cape Girardeau's A.C. Brase Arena Building on Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Exhibitors from four states will be offering a variety of antiques including jewelry, coins, glassware, furniture, dolls, toys, comic books, baseball cards, clocks, Precious Moments collectables, and primitives...

Accreditation for Southeast Missouri State University's mass communication department would help put the program on the nation's academic map, says the department's chairman. Ferrell Ervin, department chairman, said Monday that national accreditation would give more legitimacy to the program and help attract students interested in pursuing mass communication careers...