Stories from Tuesday, December 14, 1993

The Southeast Missouri University Foundation and the University of Missouri have rescinded policies barring investment in corporations doing business in South Africa. The board of directors of the foundation, the fund-raising arm of Southeast, voted unanimously on Dec. 3 to change its policy, which had only been in effect for a year...

It's not something you are going to see everyday. On Monday, firefighters set fire to an abandoned house on Laura Street for the sole purpose of putting it out -- several times. The incendiary nature of the fire was part of a training exercise that the department training officer, Mark Hasheider, has been planning for several weeks...

A work session to examine directions that might be taken following a series of public hearings and two failed tax-increase proposals has been set by the Cape Girardeau Board of Education. The session was set for Dec. 29 at 6 p.m. during the school board's Monday night meeting. Also Monday, the board accepted the resignation of James Englehart, director of secondary education for the past 20 years, and officially named the new gym at Central High School Tiger Fieldhouse...

FRUITLAND -- A Jackson Route 2 woman died Monday afternoon as a result of a two-vehicle collision on U.S. 61 at Fruitland. Patricia Nussbaum, 53, who was a cook for the priest at St. Vincent de Paul rectory in Cape Girardeau, was taken to St. Francis Medical Center after the 2:25 p.m. accident...

PERRYVILLE -- A 42-year-old Perryville man died Sunday afternoon from injuries sustained while cutting down a tree. Richard A. "Stone" Courtois Jr. was pronounced dead at Perry County Memorial Hospital a short while after the 4 p.m. accident. He was a self-employed logger and sawmill operator. Courtois was cutting down trees in an area outside Perryville...

Heart surgery and now kidney troubles have taken a toll on Mr. N this year, but he and his wife are determined to keep a positive outlook. They are looking forward to Christmas, always a holiday favorite. Mr. and Mrs. N have gotten out all the holiday decorations amassed over their married lives and have proudly decked their small home...

A lot of parents encourage their children's natural curiosities and desire to learn with educational toys, books, blocks and games. But used educational toys can be few and far between, and parents on a tight budget cannot always afford the toys they feel would bring out the best in their prodigy children...

Cape Girardeau Central High School's band, choir and orchestra will present a Christmas concert tonight at 7:30 at the high school auditorium. The performance is free and open to the public. The three musical groups will each perform a selection of traditional Christmas music...

SCOTT CITY -- The amount of tonnage received by the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority for the first 11 months of this year is more than three times that of tonnage received in 1992. Mysie Keene, chairman of the port authority's board of directors, reported on the tonnage Monday...

JACKSON -- Patricia Ann Nussbaum, 53, of Route 2 Jackson died at St. Francis Medical Center Monday, Dec. 13, 1993, as a result of a traffic accident. She was born Sept. 29, 1940, at Perryville, the daughter of Walter and Opal M. Henderson Berkbigler. Her mother preceded her in death...

JACKSON -- Lora Allen, 92, of Jackson, died Monday, Dec. 13, 1993, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 15, 1901, near Tamms, Ill., daughter of James F. and Ida May King Palmer. She and Claude Allen were married June 29, 1929. He died June 24, 1983...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Lucille G. Roufe Masterson, 68, of Olive Branch, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 21, 1925, at Mounds, daughter of E.Y. and Birdie Brown Roufe. Survivors include a daughter, Arlene Graham of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; a son, James "Jimmy" Roufe Masterson of Olive Branch; a brother, William T. "Buddy" Roufe of Pulaski; a sister, Joann Carter of East Cape Girardeau, and two grandsons...

Funeral service for August Ludwig Vogelsang of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. today at St. Mary's Cathedral. The Rev. Richard Rolwing will officiate, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel from 8-10:45 a.m...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Lorene Love of Jackson was held Sunday at New McKendree United Methodist Church. The Revs. O. Otto Steinhaus, O. David Griffin and Nancy Woods officiated, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Love, 92, of Jackson, died Friday, Dec. 10, 1993, at Cape LaCroix in Cape Girardeau...

Dorothy Polly Pannebecker, 64, 210 Greenbriar, died Monday, Dec. 13, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Aug. 9, 1929, in Charter Oak, daughter of Arzie and Bertie Barnett Baldwin. She and Roy Pannebecker were married July 10, 1974, in Cape Girardeau...

PERRYVILLE -- Richard A. "Stone" Courtois Jr., 42, of Perryville, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1993, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born July 18, 1951, in Shirley, Mass., son of Richard and Theresa Kirn Courtois Sr. of Perryville. Courtois was a self-employed logger and sawmill operator. He was a member of Wood Miser Million Board Foot Club, KDHX Community Radio Club, and booster member of St. Louis Symphony...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Emma D. Williams, 72, of East Prairie, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1993, at the home of a son in Festus. She was born Dec. 22, 1920, in Dorena, daughter of Henry H. and Nellie Elizabeth Funkhouse Everett. She and Robert Howard Williams were married April 28, 1945. He died Jan. 2, 1958...

CHARLESTON -- Rosie Banks, 83, of Charleston, died Saturday, Dec. 11, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Dec. 11, 1910, in Cairo, Ill., daughter of Bob and Martha Jefferson Johnson. She married Beslue Banks, who preceded her in death...

CHARLESTON -- Bertha Wheeler, 81, of Charleston, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 1993, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 25, 1912, in Hickman, Ky. She had lived in Missouri more than 70 years. Survivors include three nephews, Lazarus Jones of Cairo, Nannon and Tracy Jones of Benton Harbor, Mich.; four nieces, Lona Tuck and Vera Shoat of Cairo, Manvella Martin of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Alice Wrenn of Kansas City...

ESSEX -- J.W. Sandage, 70, of Essex, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1993, at his home. He was born Sept. 16, 1923, at Steele, son of Guy Overton and True Robinson Sandage. He and Rosella Hicks were married Dec. 26, 1946, at Gray Ridge. Sandage was a retired welder. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

OLMSTED, Ill. -- Rena Eastwood, 93, of Olmsted, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1993, at her home. She was born Aug. 9, 1900, near Olmsted, daughter of George and Ida Kenneth Britt. She and Irvin Eastwood were married Dec. 24, 1915. He died Jan. 9, 1953. Eastwood had done sewing and upholstery work in the area. She was a member of Olmsted United Methodist Church...

PATTON -- John H. Johnson, 74, of Patton, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1993, at his home. He was born in Bollinger County, son of Dave and Alice Johnson. Johnson received a bachelor of science degree from Southeast Missouri State University, and attended Washington University in St. Louis. As director of quality control with two Fortune 500 companies, he had worked throughout the United States. After retiring he returned to Patton...

The people at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are understandably euphoric with the success of the shuttle Endeavour's mission, completed Monday. During the 11-day, 4.4-million-mile journey, seven astronauts met the challenge of making repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope as it remained in orbit. ...

To the editor: Mental depression at Christmastime is often very painful. There is a bewilderment as to why one feels so depressed. The perceived reasons for depression are varied. With many, it is just a matter of not feeling happy at a time when everyone has a RIGHT to be happy...

A Honor Roll Third Grade Thomas Carr, Abbie Crowley, Caitlin Bahn, Eve Bates, Sara Broom, Rathael Fambro, Robert Foeste, John Hill, Michael Lilly, Stephen Smith, Codey Williams. Fourth Grade Sophie Gathman, Jocelyn O'Malley, Betsy Mason. Fifth Grade...

A Honor Roll Third Grade Bobby Bacak, Megan Luttrell, Margaret McCaig, Molly Reynolds, Jenna McCarron, Carly Pind. Fourth Grade Erick Harris, Clint Hoffman, Aaron Marr, Marsha Weibrecht, Carrie McClard, Cory Popp, Marlene Werne. Fifth Grade Brandy Davis, Lesley Teague...

A Honor Roll Eighth Grade - Brandon Blattel, Michelle Essner. Seventh Grade - Daniel Mothershead. B Honor Roll Eighth Grade - Jessica Bailey, Lyndsey Burger, Gail Dirnberger, Leonna Essner, Tiffany Glastetter, Erin Hamm, Nikki Heisserer, Ben Klipfel, Gary Kluesner, Natalie Legrand, John Murrah, Amy O'Brien, Stefanie Rouse...

High Honors Seventh Grade - Demetry Allen, Kristi Bierbaum, Melissa Crofutt, Timothy Mize, Joda Spaulding. Sixth Grade - Abed Abukhdair, Tiffany Daniels, Jeremy Evers, Jeremy Herring, Detra Humble, Brian Jones, Matthew Lawler, Shannon Minor, Kelly Stricker, Latonia Young...

Honor Roll Twelfth Grade - Sarah Hill, Heidi McHughs, Robbin Rohlfling, Sonney Warren, Tina Taylor, John Hale, Jennifer Enke, Paula Cole, Shawn Clover, Mike Carver, Tony Tucker, Michael Goodman, Darline Dodson, Jimmy Falkenbury. Eleventh Grade - Sarah Myers, Krystal McCain, Staci Nelson, Mary Ann Schaefer, Julie Dodson, LaCretia Nimmo, Paula Pinnon, Les Heywood, Justin Schultz, Rebecca Loden, Tracy Samuels, Tracy Mezo, Douglas Neathery, Laura Chavarria...

High Honors Twelfth Grade - Melissa Arnold, Carrie Henderson, Angela Culkin, Sunny Bone, David Blaney, Amy Johnson, Lisa Webb, Erikia Whitmore, Deena Williams, April Brown, Tarsha Marable. Eleventh Grade - Michelle Lipe, Regina Durham, Janette Dumas, Joshua Armstrong...

High Honors Twelfth Grade - Matthew Bell, Evelyn Blanchard, Roslyn Bierbaum, Billie Berry, Melissa Wood, Jodi George, Dana Corliss, Ashley Helman, Zachara Clark, Lisa Dunaway, Ruth Dover, Raub Bierbaum, Ali Abukhdair, Willie Thompson, Brandon Harp. Eleventh Grade - Valencia Clark, Taress Bosecker, Adam Whiteside, Gregory Gary, Kelly Klein, Allen Lewis, Lacresia Barnett, Sheila Dickerson, Shawn Larry...

Honor Rolls Sixth Grade - Lindsay Francis, David Dement, Jennifer Gosche, Joseph Hamilton, Scott Hill, Carrie Johnson, Jackie McAllister, Jessica Porter, Kathy Reynolds, Shawn Stevens, Eric Wessel, Doug Davis, Chrissy Gore, Heather Hinkebein, Willie Long, Catherine Reed, Tabatha Stovall...

In conjunction with the annual SEMO Writing Achievement Awards competition, L.J. Schultz Middle School has announced the winners of its recent school writing contest. Casey Ferden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Ludolph, won the essay competition with her entry, "The Garden."...

A Honor Roll Second-Third Grades Jessica Ruffin, Cortney Wanick, Danielle Swader, William Johnson, Toni Shavers, Lori Smith, Antowan King. Fourth-Firth Grades Britnie Jones, Andrew Baldwin, Doris Wolford, Chris Johnson. Sixth Grade Danielle Carter. B Honor Roll...

Mary Koeberl knows that a note from the teacher can smooth things over with the tooth fairy -- she's done it. As a first-grade teacher for over 20 years, Koeberl has written a lot of notes for her students, including one to the tooth fairy sent home along with a child's freshly pulled tooth...

Children get a head start on their education in pre-school today, learning everything from shapes and colors to how to share and play together. That schooling comes through pre-school programs. There are a number of such programs in Cape Girardeau. Some are operated as part of day-care centers while others are strictly pre-schools...

Characteristics and special needs of students ranging in age from 10 through 14 are unique and very diverse from those students in other age groups. Specifically designed programs of study and specially trained teachers are needed to meet these needs of the middle student...

The Knowledge Master teams at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School placed first in Missouri and fourth in national competition. The Central High team placed tenth in the state and 230 nationally in high school competition. The Knowledge Master Open is an academic competition involving schools across the nation. The event is run on Apple computers. Computers tally the students' scores based on speed and accuracy...