Stories from Tuesday, January 4, 1994

ST. LOUIS -- The emergency appeal for blood donations by the American Red Cross ended Sunday, when the organization surpassed its goal of 5,100 pints. A regional effort kicked off Dec. 28, due to an insufficient local blood supply for area hospitals. Low donor turnout during the holiday season, along with extremely cold weather, had dropped the Red Cross blood supply to emergency levels...

A proposed $1.46 per month trash fee hike was again delayed Monday as the Cape Girardeau City Council voted to have a citizens group examine volume-based billing options. But the council refused to take steps to bid out city trash service to private contractors...

Donna Ham likes lemons. She enjoys fresh-squeezed lemonade on hot summer afternoons, lemon meringue pies and just about anything else you can make out of lemons. And for good reason, too. Ham has two lemon trees which produce the sour fruit the size of softballs...

The five finalists in the Southeast Missourian's Newspaper in Education Young Columbus essay contest were chosen Monday. The five students now advance to a current events competition Jan. 29. The finalists are Jonathan Anderson of L.J. Schultz School, Robin Wiegand of Jackson High School, Jennie Lukens of Cape Central High School, Crystal Rhodes of Woodland High School and Pam Cook of Fredericktown High School...

JACKSON - A Jackson realtor unable to fill his office building with tenants has sparked a firestorm of protest over his request to change the building's zoning to better suit market demands. Gerald W. McElrath, who owns a commercial building with three offices at 810 E. Jackson Blvd., has asked that the tract be rezoned a local commercial district...

SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Mary M. Barks, 71, of Sedgewickville, died Monday, Jan. 3, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 14, 1922, in Sedgewickville, daughter of Andrew and Artie Yount Seabaugh. She and Roy Barks were married June 1, 1951...

GRAND TOWER, Ill. -- Funeral service for Harold Franklin "Shorty" Wilson of Grand Tower will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Meredith Funeral Chapel. Allen R. Pharo will officiate, with burial in Walker Hill Cemetery. Wilson, 81, died Saturday, Jan. 1, 1994, at his home...

Alvin F. Zierath, 71, 101 S. Benton, died Monday, Jan. 3, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

ANNA, Ill. -- Mildred Hill, 81, of Anna, died Monday, Jan. 3, 1994, at Union County Nursing Home. Norris and Son Funeral Home in Jonesboro is in charge of arrangements.

ANNA, Ill. -- Dorothy Lela Williams, 73, of Anna, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 1994, at Union County Hospital. She was born Jan. 6, 1920, in West Vienna, daughter of Cornelius and Carrie Pruitt Braggs. She and Ernest Allen Williams were married May 12, 1940, in Jackson, Mo...

JACKSON -- Aaron Wilke, 82, of Jackson, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 29, 1911, in Kurreville, son of Lewis and Bertie Crites Wilke. He and Thelma Fulbright were married April 14, 1931...

Keith Edward Dowling, 33, of Aurora, Colo., died Friday, Dec. 31, 1993, in a single car accident near Denver, Colo. He was born Jan. 19, 1960, in Cape Girardeau, son of Paul and Dolores Hohler Dowling. Dowling attended St. Vincent's School, and graduated from Notre Dame High School in 1978. He played high school basketball, and had been involved in baseball, slow-pitch and karate. While in Cape Girardeau he had worked at Kroger and at Richardson Tire...

PUXICO -- Funeral service for Truman Noel Hartz of Norfolk, Va., was held Dec. 29 at Smith and Williams Funeral Home in Norfolk. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Hartz, 80, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1993, in a Norfolk hospital. He was born Oct. 9, 1913, in Acorn Ridge, son of Melvin and Ellen Potter Hartz. He married the former Amalee Daniels...

JACKSON -- Anna Jaco, 83, formerly of Jackson, died Monday, Jan. 3, 1994, at the Ratliff Nursing Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 12, 1910, at Tilsit, Mo., daughter of August and Wilhelmina Sperling Ahrens. She married Charley Jaco in 1929. He died June 9, 1950...

As industries go, fun is among the best. And Missouri has been imaginative and persistent -- not to mention lucky -- in developing a tourism industry that is the envy of many states. In this regard, a piece of legislation has been submitted for legislative consideration this year that would give all regions of the state an equal shot at tourism promotional money. ...

To the Editor: Please allow me to tell your readers about a medical treatment that has been effective in combatting certain cancers, but is not widely available. I have cancer, and there is a new treatment (already available for prostrate cancer) that has been approved as an experimental treatment for breast cancer and bone cancer at Barnes Hospital in St. ...

STE. GENEVIEVE - Herb Fallert knows that two of the biggest issues likely to come before the Missouri General Assembly this year are health care reform and welfare reform. But the Ste. Genevieve Democrat wonders just how much headway state government can make on these issues...

FRUITLAND -- While Dan Stover's sixth-grade class at North Elementary School mostly adheres to the basics, he likes to plan a number of special activities to liven up the school year. For example, Stover said, "Students researched and constructed a Chinese earth kiln. Then, in cooperation with the art teacher, used a potter's wheel to construct clay pots and figurines. We fired the pots in the kiln. They turned out great."...

School children, taking notes and making notes in music classes, learn not just to read music, recognize compositions or play instruments. They learn about themselves and the world around them, music teachers say. "Music permeates every part of life," said Charlene Peyton, music teacher at Clippard Elementary School. "Everything we do has a beat, starting with a heartbeat. Music is important to the quality of life for any person."...

Linda Burns and Michael Hogan of Southeast Missouri State University have been appointed as regional judges for the 1993 National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing. Through this nationally recognized competition, now in its 36th year, approximately 800 high school seniors are cited for excellence in writing and are recommended to colleges and universities for admission...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Three students at Meridian High School have been named Illinois State Scholars. Matthew Bell, Evelyn Blanchard and Melissa Wood earned the award. About 10 percent of Illinois' high school seniors are designated State Scholars and receive certificates of achievement...

For several years our society has been bombarded with public service messages of "Don't Drink and Drive." As we have witnessed during the past holiday weekend, newspaper, radio, and television messages have continued their warning of the consequences of drinking and driving. ...

Lisa Bollinger of Patton was named valedictorian of the December graduating class at Metro Business College. She lead the class of 17 students. Sharing the salutatorian honor were Suzanne Zeigert of Cape Girardeau and Renee Courtois of Arcadia. Bollinger earned a degree in information processing and graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade point average...

Two Southeast Missouri State University students have each received TG (USA) Corp. scholarships valued at $500. They are seniors Gail Richardet, a management major from Perryville, and Wes Howard, an industrial technology major from Chaffee. TG (USA) Corp. is a Japanese manufacturer of domestic and foreign automotive parts and components with headquarters in Perryville...

Southeast Missouri State University will offer review courses for area high school juniors and seniors preparing to take the American College Testing (ACT) exam beginning Jan. 18. The January preparatory course is designed for students planning to take the Feb. 5 ACT exam...

Sara Scheper of Jackson has been awarded a President's Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 1994-95 academic year. The President's Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who rank at least in the upper 20 percent of their high school class and score 25 on the ACT or 1030 on SAT. The scholarships also are awarded to students who are their class valedictorian or salutatorian and complete the core curriculum...

Ann Ostendorf, a senior at Notre Dame High School, has been named the school's Sylvan Scholar as winner of the Century III Leaders competition. The 17-year-old student is now eligible to compete with Sylvan Scholars from around the state for one of two $1,000 college scholarships and an all-expense-paid trip to the National Century III Leaders Conference next spring in Baltimore...

Four Notre Dame High School seniors have received Missouri Higher Education Academic Scholarships, commonly known as Bright Flight scholarships. They are Daniel Newton, Adam Cox, Chrissy Auer and Chris Bucher. Newton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Newton of Cape Girardeau; Cox is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cox of Chaffee; Auer is the daughter of Margaret Auer and Andrew Auer of Cape Girardeau; and Bucher is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bucher of Kelso...

Ten students participating in the Southeast Missouri Music Academy under the auspices of the music department at Southeast Missouri State University have received special honors for their accomplishments during the fall semester. Three academy students were named to the All-District Choir. They are Adam Cox of Chaffee, Dina Dempsey-Santos of Cape Girardeau, and Sarah Jones of Jackson. Jones also was named to the All-State Choir...