Stories from Wednesday, March 24, 1993

Dr. Ram Kakaiya and David Palmer will be guests this week on "Ask Your Doctor." They will talk about the American Red Cross. Kakaiya is medical director for Missouri and Illinois Blood Services Region. David Palmer is the Missouri and Illinois regional blood drive coordinator...

Cape Girardeau's proposed new schools would provide for interdisciplinary teaching in classroom clusters, have built-in earthquake protection, be accessible to the handicapped, and assure separation of sixth-graders from older children in the middle school...

This is a season of change for farmers. "Along about March, farmers start to tinker with farm machinery, preparing it for the planting season to come," said Terry Birk of the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service office at Jackson. "Wet weather conditions are keeping farmers out of the fields, but a lot of preventative maintenance work is being done on equipment."...

Renovations to existing school buildings are a major part of the funding package being placed before voters this April in the Cape Girardeau School District. Superintendent Neyland Clark said the proposed 27-cent hike in the building fund levy is needed to adequately maintain and renovate existing schools...

Citizens addressing the Cape Girardeau City Council at public meetings will have their comments subject to a time limit according to new procedural guidelines under council consideration. In January, a committee comprised of Councilmen Melvin Gateley, Melvin Kasten and Al Spradling III was appointed to consider possible changes to council procedures. The group this month presented its recommendations, which will be considered for adoption next month...

SCOTT CITY -- Brenda Moyers has taken a special interest in the affairs of her community for many of the 25 years she has lived in Scott City. "I first got involved in the Parents-Teachers Association when my kids were in school," Moyers said. "It just grew from there."...

KARA LIVINGSTON Occupation: Sales clerk. Pet Peeve: "People that think they're better than everybody." The best part of my life will be: "When I win a million dollars." In my spare time: "I take care of my dogs. I have Schih Tzus. In the summer, I go to Kentucky Lake to water ski and swim."...

JACKSON -- Pending approval of the proposed $4.7 million bond issue by district voters on April 6, the Jackson school board now has plans in place for the layout of a new middle school. The school board accepted the tentative floor plans for the 84,000-square-foot building at Tuesday night's meeting. A 57 percent voter approval on the bond measure is needed to move ahead with the project...

Sonny Oliver will be the featured speaker at the eighth annual fund-raising banquet for Mid-America Teen Challenge. The event will be at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau April 2 at 7 p.m. Oliver grew up in inner-city Chicago, where he became a heroin addict. His life was turned around after he found Christ and graduating from the Teen Challenge Training Center in Rehrersburg, Pa...

SCOTT CITY -- Polly Ann Goodale, 34, of Scott City, died March 23, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

Scott County Central Elementary will host a kindergarten orientation session for parents on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the elementary building. All parents of children who will be five years of age prior to July 1, 1993, are encouraged to attend. The orientation will provide parents with information regarding their child's education and answer questions parents may have...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Coe of St. Louis, St. Luke's Hospital there, 8:47 a.m. Tuesday, March 2, 1993. Name, Taylor Danielle. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Coe is the former Kris Perr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Perr of Jackson. She is employed by First Community Credit Union in St. Louis. Coe is employed by Aaron Office Furniture in St. Louis, and is the son of Linda Fuhrmann of St. Louis and Richard Fuhrmann of Belle...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Morris Edward Rogers, 52, of Poplar Bluff, died Monday, March 22, 1993, at Doctors' Medical Center here. He was born July 20, 1940, in Dardanelle, Ark. Survivors include two daughters, Vickie McDonald and Sonya Rogers of Dexter; his mother, Marie Rogers of Poplar Bluff; a brother, Charles Rogers of Poplar Bluff; two sisters, Marlon Gurlen and Geneva Emmons of Cape Girardeau, and three grandchildren...

ANNA, Ill. -- Roy R. Craig, 81, of Anna, died Tuesday, March 23, 1993, at St. Louis University Hospital. Crain Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements.

Hazel Marie Thomure, 82, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, March 23, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Aug. 10, 1910, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Albert J. and Mamie Masters Schrock. She married Oscar Kies in 1935, who preceded her in death. She later married Elmo Thomure Aug. 28, 1948. He died Nov. 26, 1982...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Richard L. "Richey" Greene of Sikeston will be held at 10 a.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Tom Geers will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Greene, 27, died Sunday at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

ARNOLD -- Kenneth Leroy Popp, 48, of Arnold, died Monday, March 22, 1993, at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Oct. 22, 1944, at Frohna, son of Olaf and Wilma F. Popp. Popp had worked in a plastics factory, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

KELSO -- Grace Marie Smith, 62, of Kelso, died Friday, March 19, 1993, at Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Fla. She was born May 27, 1930, in Akron, Ohio, daughter of John and Ruth Dowdy Arndt. She and Thomas L. Smith were married June 19, 1953...

Funeral service for Effie Mae McClure of Cahokia, Ill., will be held at 1 p.m. today at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. Pastor Jack Cathcart will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. today...

For Linda James, the school is her classroom at West Lane Elementary School in Jackson. As elementary art teacher, James takes her traveling show from room to room. "Art provides an opportunity to bring out the individuality of each student," James said, "and seeing the results of creative problem solving."...

Parents and students at Cape Girardeau Central High School this year will have the opportunity to select a teacher of the year. The Central Booster Club will sponsor the Golden Tiger Award, which will be announced in May at the All-School Recognition Banquet...

Most Missourians, like most Americans, are essentially understanding and fair-minded, a trait that can occasionally be traced to indifference and at other times to studied tolerance and acceptance. As a matter of fact, given the peccadilloes performed on a regular basis in city halls, state capitals and Washington, the tolerance of average citizens is something of a miracle. ...

A shortage of primary care physicians has forced waiting lists at a number of doctor offices in the region. Especially hard hit are the poor and elderly served through Medicaid and Medicare, respectively. Two Cape Girardeau clinics are successfully working to extend health care to those with little or no medical access. The Sprigg Street Medical Center and Cape Girardeau County Health Department's Primary Care Clinic are filling a tangible medical void in the community...

To the Editor: FACT: Southwestern Bell is the provider of monopoly services (i.e., no real competition). Because Bell is a monopoly, they are regulated by the Public Service Commission. Southwestern Bell is guaranteed a rate of return on their regulated investments. ...

To the Editor: As president of your Community Concert Association, I want to give a round of applause to all the people that attended our concerts this year at Academic Hall. Our March 11 concert featured The Dallas Brass, and for you who did not get to attend, they are premier musicians and a credit to the entertainment world!...