Stories from Thursday, May 6, 1993

PERRYVILLE -- Rose I. Stroud, 86, of Perryville, died Wednesday, May 5, 1993, at Perry County Nursing Home in Perryville. She was born July 10. 1906, at Vergennes, Ill., daughter of Jacob G. and Magnolia Crow Quillman. She was married to James H. Stroud, April 14, 1960. He died March 31, 1989...

All four Southeast Missouri Republicans were among the 85 House members voting against legislation creating a new school funding formula Wednesday. Republicans voting against the bill were: Reps. Mary Kasten of Cape Girardeau; David Schwab of Jackson; Jim Graham of Fredericktown; and Mark Richardson of Poplar Bluff...

The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer has given another three-year approval to the cancer treatment program at Southeast Missouri Hospital's Regional Cancer Center. The commission's Committee on Approvals also cited Southeast as a Community Hospital Comprehensive Center Program. Southeast first received that designation in 1987...

U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor and Education that the federal government should keep its funding promises with local school districts affected by the federal ownership of land. The administration's budget plan calls for cutting portions of impact aid funding by at least 50 percent. ...

For almost half a century, Cape Girardeau was home to an art show that anyone was invited to enter and everyone seemingly did. The Missourian Art Exhibition, an autumn tradition from 1938 until its demise in 1982, displayed nearly 5,000 pieces of art by more than 2,700 artists during its lifetime...

Southeast Missouri State University music faculty will perform a benefit recital for the Music Preparatory Program at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Centenary United Methodist Church. The University Brass Quintet and Southeast Chamber Players will perform. Instrumental, string, voice and keyboard faculty members will give solo performances...

Students in the first grade through high school enrolled in the Music Preparatory Program at Southeast Missouri State University will present a spring recital at 7 p.m. Monday in the University Center Ballroom. The recital is presented in conjunction with David Crowe, an area dentist. Crowe has made a monetary donation to the Music Preparatory Program...

The following is the text of a speech given by Former Attorney General Bill Webster Tuesday: My purpose today is to call on the Clinton Administration and Attorney General Janet Reno to put an end to what I believe is a gross abuse of the federal justice system...

CAPITAL CHRONICLES In addition to the four seasons of the year, Missouri has a fifth season, also known as the 6-P Season: the Perennial Period of Pure Political Panic and Pandemonium. This is the time of the year, just before and immediately following, the required adjournment of the Missouri General Assembly. ...

A page in the history of Jackson was turned this week. After 20 years on the job, Carlton Meyer handed over the reins as mayor to Paul Sander, who was elected by Jackson voters last month. Meyer's work for the city of Jackson and in other endeavors exemplifies the term "public servant," and we commend him for a job well done...

Today has been designated in some quarters as the National Day of Prayer. While not an official national holiday (what would the American Civil Liberties Union say about such a thing?), it seems a worthy observance. A couple of events are planned in the area as part of the holiday, including gatherings at the Cape Girardeau City Hall and the Jackson County Courthouse from 12:20-12:40 p.m., where prayer services are planned...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Lance Holloway, Jackson Route 4, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:19 a.m. Tuesday, April 27, 1993. Name, Emily Lynne. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. Mrs. Holloway is the former Lynne Key, daughter of Thomas and Roberta Key of Cape Girardeau. She is employed at Southeast Missouri State University. Holloway is employed at Holloway Floor Covering, and is the son of Eugene and Joyce Holloway of Cape Girardeau...

Mabel L. Ritter, 89, died Wednesday, May 5, 1993 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born July 25, 1903 to Monroe and Albenia Clingingsmith Kurre. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

DONGOLA -- Helen Nash, 70, of Dongola died May 5, 1993, at Union County Hospital in Anna. No services wil be held. The Crain Funeral Home of Dongola is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral service for Carl Berry of Kevil, Ky., will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Earl Cox and Floyd Penny will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m...

SCOTT CITY -- Louise Alma Harris, 84, of Scott City, died Tuesday, May 4, 1993, at Doctors' Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born June 4, 1908, in Princeton, Ky., daughter of Alvin and Birch Crews Wilson. She and Clifton Pearl Harris were married June 10, 1925. He died June 2, 1959...

Hazel A. Niswonger, 77, 1029 S. Benton, died Wednesday, May 5, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born May 4, 1916, at Patton, daughter of Ray E. and Hannah E. McGraw Grindstaff. Niswonger was a child care provider in various homes in Cape Girardeau, and was a member of Gospel Assembly Church...

JEFFERSON CITY - State Sen. Jerry Howard is one of 10 Missouri legislators spending long hours this week trying to hammer out a compromise between House and Senate versions of a workers compensation reform bill. The legislation is regarded as a top priority of the 1993 session. ...

EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- For those who live along the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau, this week must seem like deja vu. Twenty years ago, on May 1, 1973, the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau crested at an all-time high of 45.6 feet, causing wide-spread flooding and property damage along both sides of the river and along the north side of the Diversion Channel from the river westward to Allenville...

SCOTT CITY -- Despite the rainy, cold weather Saturday, 32 students from Scott City High School collected more than $1,100 to be used to erect new welcome signs for the city. The students set up "roadblocks" throughout the city, stopping passing traffic to ask for donations. Each donor was entered into a drawing for $75 in meat, and a $50 and a $25 savings bond...

Law enforcement officials are being tight-lipped about the Federal Bureau of Investigation's search of a local union headquarters late last week. On Friday, FBI agents, in cooperation with the Labor Racketeering division of the U.S. Department of Labor and local law enforcement agencies, executed a federal search warrant at the headquarters of the Craftsman Independent Union, 2709 Bloomfield Road...

The Optimist Clubs of Cape Girardeau honored area law enforcement personnel Wednesday through the presentation of service awards to officers and agencies. The Respect for Law Enforcement banquet was started in 1965 by the Optimists of Cape Girardeau, to "mesh together the public and law enforcement personnel to promote a better understanding between them," said Bonnie Walker, of the Excelsior Optimists...

The Cape County Women of Law Enforcement recently raised $1,279 for the bullet proof vest fund drive. The money was raised through sale of cookbooks. The check was presented to Charles Herbst, president of the Cape Girardeau Regional Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #33, which is sponsoring the drive. It is the goal of the FOP to make a "bullet-resistant" vest available for all area law enforcement officers based on need, explained Donna Eakins with the Cape County Women of Law Enforcement...

CHAFFEE -- The Scott County News has been purchased by Concord Publishing House, Inc., effective immediately The purchase includes the equipment and building at 113 N. Main St. in Chaffee. The newspaper's current staff will continue with an emphasis on local news coverage...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will hold its 3rd Annual Arts and Crafts Festival Saturday and Sunday at Capaha Park. The free event is open to the public and will take place from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday...