Stories from Monday, April 5, 1993

Carl Lindgren's goal as a professional photographer, writer, historian and education consultant is to capture the passage of time, freezing it momentarily, preserving it for all time to come. "I prefer to aim my camera when all breathing has ceased," Lindgren said of his work. "When time has ebbed and it is perpetually 3 o'clock on a Sunday afternoon."...

The Cape Girardeau City Council today is expected to adopt new procedural guidelines for its bimonthly meetings. The new procedures are the recommendation of a committee of Councilmen Melvin Gateley, Melvin Kasten and Al Spradling III. One of the recommendations is that citizens addressing the council at public meetings have their comments subject to a time limit. ...

Proponents of the school bond issue and building fund tax levy to be decided Tuesday by Cape Girardeau voters denounced an "11th-hour campaign" by people hoping to defeat the two propositions. The opposition, Citizens Against the School Bond Issue, ran a half-page advertisement in Sunday's and today's Southeast Missourian outlining their reasons for opposing the school bond issue...

Widening of Route K from two to five lanes from the west side of its Interstate-55 overpass to the westernmost entrance to the Wal-Mart Supercenter is scheduled to begin this spring, a Missouri Highway and Transportation Department official said. The project is designed to relieve traffic congestion that has increased on Route K with the opening of the store last year...

The Southeast Missourian asked people what they thought about the $1 billion aid package President Clinton offered to Boris Yeltsin to help alleviate the Russian economy. John Hitt said: "He should give us the money. Our economic position, even though it may not be as bad as Russia's, still needs help. He said he was going to do a lot of things for our country and he hasn't done much yet, and now he's in Russia spending a billion dollars."...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Early educational programs at Egyptian Elementary School is celebrating Young Children Week, April 5-7. Each program will be about one hour long, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The programs are: Today a puppet story hour; Tuesday the plays "Hello Goodbye" and "Going on a Bear Hunt;" and...

"Preventing Nursing Malpractice," a one-day seminar designed to provide nurses and nursing students with current legal decisions, will be Friday at Drury Lodge from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The seminar is sponsored by Southeast Missouri Hospital. Kathryn Eisenkramer, a nationally known speaker on nursing and legal issues, will be featured. She is a member of numerous legal and nursing organizations, including the National Nurse Attorney Association...

The saga of the ever failing New York Post is more than a continuing comedy. It's a reflection of the changing habits, styles and thought patterns of contemporary America. Founded by Alexander Hamilton, the Post is America's oldest continuously published daily newspaper. It can be called "distinguished" in the past, "ridiculous" in the present, and "unpredictable" in the future...

Jails are not meant to be places of luxury, but to provide minimal accommodations for those who are sent there to await disposition of their cases or because they have committed crimes. Jails should, however, offer basic social services to their occupants. ...

Clara E. Niemann, Route 3, Gordonville, died April 4, 1993, at the Deal Nursing Home in Jackson, where she had been a resident the past five years. She was born July 23, 1904, at Gordonville, the daughter of Henry and Matilda Klaproth Sandvoss. She married Henry Niemann Nov. 16, 1924, at Gordonville, He preceded her in death on May 25, 1983...

THEBES, Ill. -- Jimmie Raymond Moore, 45, of Thebes, Ill., formerly of Scott City, died Sunday, April 4, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 22, 1947, at Kennett, son of Raymond F. and Dorthea May Vaughn Moore. He was married to Vicki Lyne Kelsey on Aug. 21, 1972, at Benton...

Matthew Richard Byrd, 59, of Sikeston died April 3, 1993, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. H was a retired crane operator. He was born Nov. 16, 1933, in Brilliant, Ala., the son of George Byrd and Daisy Burnett Byrd. They preceded him in death...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Glen Hinkle, 89, of Dongola, Ill., died Sunday, April 4, 1993, at Hillview Nursing Home in Vienna, Ill. He was born Sept. 20, 1903, at Dongola, Ill., son of Thomas and Ida Keller Hinkle. He was a retired carpenter. Hinkle was a member of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, a veteran of Work War II and a member of the Dongola American Legion...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Lenita E. Choate, 62, of Versailles, Mo., formerly of near Jonesboro, died Saturday, April 3, 1993, in Jefferson City, Mo. She was born Feb. 21, 1931, at Alto Pass, daughter of Willis and Clara Nichols Allen. She married Charles Choate Sept. 9, 1946, at Murphysboro...