Stories from Tuesday, April 6, 1993

JACKSON - Board members of the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association have narrowed a list of seven applicants for its executive director's position to three and hope to conduct interviews next week. Cape Girardeau Mayor Gene Rhodes, who is chairman of the association's board, said the group agreed on three finalists at a meeting Monday afternoon...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Aldermen voted Monday to appoint a four-member study committee to look into the formation of a board that would assist in promoting tourist attractions in the Jackson area. Ward 4 Alderman LeRoy Brown was appointed chairman of the committee. ...

Fearing its effect on a business in the area, the Cape Girardeau City Council Monday elected to hold off on a parking ban in the 400 block of Good Hope Street that was aimed at curbing illegal drug sales. Police Chief Howard "Butch" Boyd Jr. requested that the no-parking ordinance be established for 170 feet along the south side of the street...

Three hundred eighty-six area students participated in the annual District 9 History Day last month at Southeast Missouri State University. Richland High School of Essex won the Sweepstakes Award, which is presented to the school earning the most winning entries. Brenda Campbell, a teacher at Richland, was named the 1992 Missouri History Day Teacher of the Year...

The Cape SEMO Chapter of Parents Without Partners has scheduled an orientation for prospective members at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Community Counseling Center. Another orientation session will be held on April 15. The center is on the corner of Silver Springs and Bloomfield Road. The meeting will be held in the Harris Room...

SCOTT CITY -- Scott City Mayor Larry Forhan all but shot down a pitch by Cape Girardeau city officials dealing with a possible water supply project to serve the Nash Road Industrial Park and the Cape Girardeau County Municipal airport. Cape Girardeau Assistant City Manager Al Stoverink shared a long-range plan with the Scott City Council, detailing a fire-flow water supply via a water main or a water tower at the airport, and a functional, potable water supply for the Nash Road industries...

A feasibility study begun last fall on a proposed new east-west interstate highway known as I-66 is at the halfway point. Recently the Regional Commerce and Growth Association based in Cape Girardeau, which originated the idea in 1989, hosted a meeting in Washington, D.C., to provide an update on the study...

The Vi Keys annual hat auction will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Holiday Inn Gazebo. All proceeds from the auction benefit the Arthritis Foundation. The poster child for this year's auction is Amanda Wissman, a 6-year-old Cape Girardeau girl who has arthritis...

To Southeast Missourian readers: Many larger newspapers in this nation have editors devoted specifically to overseeing their comic pages. That is a luxury not affordable to a publication the size of the Southeast Missourian. At papers this size, editors, like myself, handle the comic page as part of their general duties of turning out a daily product. As a matter of routine, I don't spend a lot of my day thinking about comics ... though I have lately...

To the Editor: Anyone who thinks the "last minute" advertisements against the school bond issue just happened to fall 48 hours before the election is being unrealistic. One look at the "limited" information on who is really behind this onslaught tells the story...

When are the gastronomical workings of livestock central to the national agenda? Well, these are strange times, and the nation's capital hesitates not a minute to embrace strangeness when it suits the aims of elected leaders. Quirky behavior is occasionally endearing but seldom when it involves tax dollars, errant national policies and mislabeled "emergencies."...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Douglass Whitehead of Arnold, St. Anthony's Medical Center, 11:49 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, 1993. Name, Julia Megan. Weight, 9 pounds 12 ounces. First child. Mrs. Whitehead is the former Alana Brazel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brazel, Charleston Route 2. She is a fourth grade teacher at Clyde Hammrick School. Whitehead is an architect for AAi/Campbell, and is the son of Mrs. Gene Copeland of New Madrid and Irvin Whitehead of Olean...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Dalton D. Franks of East Prairie was held Monday at Shelby Funeral Chapel. The Rev. George White officiated, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park. Franks, 78, died Saturday, April 3, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Mary Agnes Mullins of Sikeston was held Monday at Ponder Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Charles E. Buck officiated, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mullins, 54, died Saturday, April 3, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

Common Cause, an organization of citizen activists, Wednesday will lobby in front of U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson's office in Cape Girardeau. The local effort is part of a national effort Wednesday, which has been dubbed "Clean Up Washington Day." Citizens from 10-11 a.m. will distribute flyers calling on members of Congress to work for quick passage of a campaign finance-reform bill aimed at reducing the power of special-interest money in Washington...

BLODGETT -- William David Rodgers of Olympia, Wash., formerly of Blodgett, died Friday, March 12, 1993. There was no service held. Mills and Mills Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Rodgers, 50, was born in Bradenton, Fla., in 1942. He and his parents, William and Alfreda Rodgers, moved from Detroit, Mich., to Blodgett when he was 17...

William F. "Sandy" Sanders Sr., 81, of Sikeston, died Sunday, April 4, 1993, at his home. He was born Oct. 21, 1911, in Sumter, S.C., son of Elijah and Mattie Sanders Sr. He and the former Patsy Pixley were married June 11, 1951, at Dexter. Sanders was a gunnersmate in the U.S. Navy, having served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church, and Sikeston Masonic Lodge 310 AF&AM...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Harold D. Fodge Sr. of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Norma Frailey will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Fodge, 40, died Sunday, April 4, 1993, in a car accident near Advance...

ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Charles Leon Bruce of Lula, Ga., was held March 31 at McGahee-Griffin Funeral Chapel in Cornelia, Ga. The Rev. Jerry Steeves officiated, with burial in Level Grove Cemetery in Cornelia. Bruce, 56, died Sunday, March 28, 1993, at his home...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Chellis Osman, 72, of Manteno, died Sunday, April 4, 1993, in Manteno. He was born Sept. 18, 1920, in Union County, son of Roy and Ethel Beggs Osman. He and Reba Dunn were married Jan. 15, 1942. She died Nov. 24, 1987. Osman was a member of First Baptist Church and Manteno Legion Post 755. He was a veteran of World War II...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Robert Lewis Ellis of Sikeston will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. The Rev. Dale Merritt will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Ellis, 61, died Saturday, April 3, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

BERTRAND -- Funeral service for Verla Frances Cook of Bertrand, formerly of Sikeston, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Chapel in Charleston. The Rev. J.L. Laughlin will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Cook, 83, died Sunday, April 4, 1993, at Bertrand Retirement Facility...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Robert Lee Clark of Charleston will be held at 11 a.m. today at McMikle Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Gerald Collier will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 9 a.m. Clark, 68, died Saturday, April 3, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...

A "Cholesterol Education for Health Care Professionals Conference" will be held April 24 at Southeast Missouri State University. Early registration fees are $25 for professionals and $5 for students. The deadline for early registration is Friday. Proceeds will go to the Missouri Affiliate of the American Heart Association...

The featured guest on "University Conversations" Sunday will be Southeast Missouri State University official Leonard Clark. The 30-minute program can be seen each Sunday evening on Cape Girardeau and Jackson cable access Channel 5 at 7:30 p.m. Clark, who is assistant to the president for equal opportunity at Southeast, and moderator Jim Biundo will discuss ethnic diversity...

The Southeast Missouri State University Orchestra, Choral Union and Choir will present a joint concert tonight, performing John Rutter's "Requiem" in Academic Auditorium. The event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Admission is free with Southeast identification. General Admission for adults is $3, and $1.50 for senior citizens and students...

MORLEY -- Pre-enrollment for kindergarten for the Scott County Central Elementary School continues today from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The child must be five years old before July 1, 1993. The parent must provide a certified state birth certificate, Social Security card and immunization records...