Stories from Sunday, August 22, 1993

The Rev. Collie L. Shirrell, 86, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Aug. 20, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born June 4, 1907, at Zalma, son of John Shirrell and Zilla Fowler Shirrell. He married Altha Reutzel on Sept. 24, 1927. She survives...

Congratulations to all who were involved in Cape's first annual barbecue fest held this weekend at Arena Park. Special appreciation should go to Cape Girardeau mavens Dr. Charles and Ruth Knote, organizers and promoters of this competition, and authors of a fine book of recipes that you should own for your culinary library. ...

Rivers like the Missouri and Mississippi tend to flood sometimes massively. They've been doing it since the Big Bang. Although the Great Flood of `93 has been described as "historic," it is an even money bet that within the next 20 years some other huge flood will take place approximating the `93 model in acres submerged, houses and businesses destroyed and infrastructure damaged. ...

JACKSON - A citizens committee that has been meeting since March 9 has presented the Cape Girardeau County Commission with a set of recommendations and suggested priorities for dealing with county roads and bridges. The committee was appointed at the request of First District Associate Commissioner Larry Bock, who took office in January and oversees county roads for the three member commission...

As a result of flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers this summer, a Southeast Missouri State University biology professor has been asked to survey mosquitoes gathered from around the state in an effort to determine if they are carrying the deadly encephalitis virus...

Although the calendar doesn't yet agree, the start of school signals an end to summer. Most area public and private schools will gear up classes this week. Cape Girardeau also welcomes back thousands of Southeast Missouri State University students for the start of classes Monday...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Brad Wendel, Whitewater Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:04 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13, 1993. Name, Aaron Bradley. Weight, 6 pounds 8 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Wendel is the former Julie Kellogg, daughter of Mary Kellogg of Jackson, and the late John F. Kellogg. Wendel is assistant vice president and loan office at Capital Bank. He is the son of Robert Wendel and Sharon Wendel, Whitewater Route 1...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Marcy LeMar McCauley, 90, died Friday, Aug. 20, 1993 at the Oak Ridge Health Care Center in Oak Ridge, Tenn. He was born Nov. 23, 1902, at Leona, Kansas, son of John Ervin and Gertruth Heckman McCauley. He worked as superintendent of building and structures with New York Central Railroad, and in 1982 moved to Oak Ridge, Tenn., from Cape Girardeau...

Alma M. Schonhoff, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 19, 1993, at Chateau Girardeau Health Care Center. She was born March 11, 1908, at Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Louis and Amelia Foeste Stoll. On Nov. 11, 1983, she married Raymond Schonhoff, who preceded her in death Oct. 8, 1984...

WHITEWATER -- Jerome "Jerry" Chandler, 40, of Diboll, Texas, died Friday, Aug. 20, 1993, in Diboll. He was born March 3, 1953, in St. Louis, son of Glenn and LaVerne Cox Chandler. He married the former Velvet Pahls. Chandler was a truck driver with Gypsum Transport in Diboll. He was a member of Red Star Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau, and served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War...

SIKESTON -- Myrtle L. Andres, 87, of Sikeston died Friday, Aug. 20, 1993, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Sept. 27, 1905, at Iuka, Ill., the daughter of John Adam and Ida Mae Hahn Andres. She lived most of her life in Sikeston, where she worked for the International Shoe Company. ...

SIKESTON -- Kenny Ray Davis, 29, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1993, in Algoa, Mo. He was born Feb. 28, 1964 in Sikeston, son of Monroe and Ora Lee Moore Davis. He is survived by his parents; two sons, Kenny Ray Davis Jr. and Benjamin Davis, both of Sikeston;' brothers, Ivory Joe Davis, Farmington, Riley Davis, Tony Davis and Tyrone Davis, all of Sikeston; sisters, Ona Mae Washington of Springfield, Mo., Pearl Renee Davis of Milwaukee, and Twana Davis of Sikeston...

SIKESTON -- Thelma C. Boren, 72, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born May 26, 1921, in Prescott, Ark., daughter of Noah and Edna Guidry Champagne. Boren was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church here. She was a former member of St. Brigid Catholic Church in San Antonio, Texas, minister and member of Young at Hearts and member of Bible Study Group at the church...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Edward "Bugs" Burney Jr. of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel. Richard Farquhar and David Dowdy will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Burney, 69, died Friday, Aug. 20, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

MOREHOUSE -- Funeral service for Carl L. Launius of Morehouse will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Revs. W.H. Worth, Randy Thomas and Henry Jordan will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston...

Since the passage last fall of riverboat gaming in Missouri, discussion of state-sponsored gambling typically evokes the image of paddlewheelers roving the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. But thousands of dollars are spent daily in Cape Girardeau on the state's two other types of legal gambling...

Waters from the "Flood of 1993" are receding slowly, but the record flood's aftermath is leaving behind some numbing statistics. Millions of acres of crop land have been affected in Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. Raging waters have wiped out more than 1,900 levees in the Midwest...

Area legislators say they are receptive to a sooner-than-expected state gas tax hike as a way to generate revenue for repairs of flood-damaged roads and bridges. But most are wary of other tax increases to pay for flood damage, contending that new taxes should be a last resort...

CHAFFEE -- Kindergarteners, starting their first day at Chaffee public schools Monday, will be attending classes all day, thanks to Missouri's new school funding and reform law. The Outstanding Schools Act, also known as Senate Bill 380, makes it profitable for school districts to expand their kindergarten programs...

Southeast Missouri State University will have fewer but better students this fall, university President Kala Stroup said Friday. "We have the best freshman class in the history of Southeast Missouri State University," Stroup said at a breakfast meeting with the local news media, held at the University Center. About 20 top university officials and representatives of the news media attended the meeting...

Ian Aldrich washed the dirt and grit from his hands, brushed off his shirt, and headed for the dining area of the Red Star Baptist Church in Cape Giraredeau. "This is dirty work," said the 11-year-old youngster from Clarksville, Tenn. "It's the first time I've helped in a flood project, but I'm glad to be here."...

MARBLE HILL -- A reunion for those who attended James School District 26 in Bollinger County will be held Aug. 29 at Twin Cities Park in Marble Hill. Those attending should bring lunch, lawn chairs, pictures and other memorabilia. For more information, call Maxine Cook Morton at 651-4210, or Cloyd Garland at 866-2193...

U.S. Rep. Mel Hancock and Sandy McClure, state director of United We Stand America, will hold one in a series of public hearings discussing a stronger version of Missouri's tax and spending limitation amendment in Cape Girardeau Monday night. Hancock, who authored the original amendment that bears his name and was passed by voters in 1980, has teamed up with United We Stand to try and build support for what is being termed: Hancock II...

Orientation meetings are planned Monday and Tuesday for students entering kindergarten, first-, second- and fifth-grade and their parents at Charles C. Clippard Elementary School. On Monday, orientation for kindergarten students and parents will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the school gym. Kindergarten teachers will share plans for the year and answer questions...

MARION, Ill. -- David and the Giants will be in concert Tuesday night at 7 at Marion Civic Center. Tickets are $5 in advance, $6 at the door, and $1 for children under 12 years. Those buying three tickets in advance will receive one free. Tickets are available in all area Christian bookstores...

FREDERICKTOWN -- The city of Fredericktown wants to be in the running for whatever plans the Missouri Department of Corrections comes up with for a new women's prison facility. "We have already sent in two proposals as a potential site for a new women's prison," said Fredericktown Mayor Willard LaPlant. "We have a site, a group from the state has looked at it, and it fits into the prerequisites established earlier this year by the state."...

The Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau will host the Missouri Showcase Marketplace this month. The showcase, a gathering of more than 50 tour operators, will be held this week at the Black Forest, north of Cape Girardeau. Final marketplace plans were announced to the CVB Advisory Board during its August meeting, held last Wednesday at City Hall...

JACKSON -- The second annual Victorian Driving Tour and Progressive dinner will be presented Sunday, Aug. 29, by the Jackson Heritage Association. The tour will begin on Hubble Creek in Jackson City Park at 12:30 p.m. with a viewing of vintage cars and native American artifacts, and sampling of Indian foods...

The Beatles, Jimmy Hendrix, bell bottoms and tie-dye shirts bring to mind a time known to most as the Woodstock era of the 1960s and '70s. An now, in the 1990s, both the music and fashions are making a reappearance. To most, it would be just a fad. But to one Cape Girardeau businessman it is the idea behind an entire store...

The hot humid days just followed one after the other. I began to think I was trapped in some Sargasso Sea. Then, as it does every year at a distinct moment in time, something happens and I know that my boat has made some infinitesimal change in position, or the slightest of breezes have blown against the sails...

Flowers everywhere! Flowers overflowing gardens, in beds, in containers. Flowers everywhere! This is a dream garden, but not this year. Our gardening scene is not as those pictured in the mail order catalogs, but one of survival of the fittest of the flowers that have endured our torturous summer...