Stories from Saturday, March 19, 1994

I'm not used to being in the basketball-game-organizing business -- I prefer tapping ideas and analysis out on a keyboard. But for the past three years at about this time I've joined alongside a dedicated group of volunteers in organizing the Southeast Missourian Indian Alumni Shootout, a basketball game that benefits the Cape Girardeau Civic Center...

Missouri appears to be well ahead of other states in putting together highway and bridge plans for inclusion in a new National Highway System, which will bring about major highway and bridge improvements around the country into the next century. Missouri's strong and clearly defined position speaks well for the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department, which long has been using long-range highway programs for planning purposes...

WASHINGTON -- Eighth District U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson claimed a victory Friday for regulatory relief after the House passed legislation Thursday night delaying a new Environmental Protection Agency standard set to take effect next month. In the House version, the Worker Protection Standard for agricultural pesticides would not be implemented until January 1995; it was supposed to take effect April 21...

JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County's sales tax receipts for 1994 are pouring in at another record rate through the first quarter of the year. In March, the county's receipts from its half-cent sales tax totaled $510,696, the largest single monthly check ever received. The previous record was set last March when $469,823 was collected...

JACKSON -- Construction of the $5.7 million Jackson Middle School is under way again after being delayed for nearly a month by inclement weather earlier this year. Architect for the new school, John Dudley of Jackson, said Thursday Penzel Construction Co. resumed work on construction of the 93,570-square-foot building earlier this month...

Copyright 1994, Southeast Missourian A Southeast Missouri State University assistant professor of English accused of sexual harassment says his case reflects a growing concern on the nation's college campuses over the issue of academic freedom. Theodore Hirschfield said Friday that his case demonstrates a "groundswell of reaction to a liberal overreaction."...

Perhaps it's the most commonly broken law that is never enforced. Hint: Not only are you breaking it, but so are all your co-workers. It's the March Madness office scramble where hundreds of thousands of Americans hurriedly fill out their Final Four selections, each with a chance to win money and office bragging rights for a year. All for a mere dollar or two...

A Republican primary race has developed for Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds with the filing of Cheryl D. Stoffregen of Cape Girardeau for the position. Stoffregen said she filed for the office because she has the qualifications to provide the kind of efficient and accurate service the public needs in the recorder's office...

JACKSON - The Jacksonian chapter of the American Business Women of America will sponsor a Meet the School Board Candidates forum on Monday beginning at 7 p.m. in the R.O. Hawkins Junior High School Library in Jackson. The junior high school is on West Lane, immediately south of West Lane Elementary School. Babysitting and refreshments will be provided...

PATTON -- Missouri State Auditor Margaret Kelly has scheduled a public meeting for 7 p.m. March 30 at the Meadow Heights School to deliver a report on a state audit of the school district. Members of the auditor's staff will discuss the findings and recommendations contained in the report, and answer questions about it...

MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Bessie Burk of Marble Hill will be held at 2 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. David Jackson will officiate, with burial in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery. Burk, 93, died Wednesday, March 16, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

PERKS, Ill. -- Genova McCall, 76, of Perks died Friday, March 18, 1994 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 19, 1917 in Perks, the daughter of Pete and Nellie Ramage Wright. She was married Dec. 21, 1933 to the Rev. Raymond McCall. He preceded her in death April 23, 1987...

Funeral service for Anna L. Wright of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at McCombs Funeral Chapel in Jackson. Msgr. Edward Eftink will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Graveside service for Ada Vines Jones of East Prairie will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston. The Rev. Richard Farquhar will officiate. Friends may call at Shelby Funeral Home after 11 a.m. Jones, 87, died Thursday, March 17, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

GRASSY -- Mary Ann Rogers, 55, of Grassy, died Friday, March 18, 1994, at Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. She was born Aug. 5, 1938, at Glen Allen, daughter of Paul and Laura Huskey Deck. She and James O. Rogers were married Dec. 25, 1963. Rogers was a teacher many years. She was a member of White Oak Baptist Church in Glen Allen, and Beta Gamma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa...

SIKESTON -- Elva H. Skinner, 83, of Sikeston, died Friday, March 18, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Sept. 16, 1910, in Ragland, Ky., son of Charles Boyd and Laddy Bell Elrod Skinner. He and Ruth Ashley were married in 1960. She died Dec. 30, 1978...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Barry Hudson, 1965 Longview, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:02 p.m. Sunday, March 6, 1994. Name, Jared Lee. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Hudson is the former Simone Cruz, daughter of Gregorie and Arlinda Cruz of Leesville, La. Hudson is employed at Procter & Gamble, and is the son of Bobbie and Ann Hudson of Leesville...

The Mid-Western River Cities Chapter of the American Association For Medical Transcription will hold its next meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. at St. Francis Medical Center in conference room A. The speakers will be Cindy Neely, speaking on the topic "Sleep Studies: What Are They Anyway?" and Tina Kelly, speaking on "Sleep Disorders Overview." Neely and Kelly are associated with the Sleep Wellness Program at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri...

Donald L. Hunt, professor of elementary and special education at Southeast Missouri State University, will be the guest speaker for Ch.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders) on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Harrison Room at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

A three-part program aimed at helping people control their weight and reduce their risk of heart disease will be held at St. Francis Medical Center in April. The program, titled "Don't Eat Your Heart Out!" will begin April 7 in the St. Francis Health & Education Center. The second and third parts of the program will be held April 14 and 21. Each of the two-hour programs begins at 7 p.m...

Preventing and treating sports injuries is the subject of a free two-hour seminar at St. Francis Medical Center Wednesday. The program, sponsored by St. Francis and HealthSouth Rehabilitation Center, will begin at 7 p.m. in the St. Francis Health & Education Center...

Dr. Daniel S. Duick will provide an update on diabetes mellitus, both juvenile and adult, on this week's "Ask Your Doctor" program. "Ask Your Doctor" airs Thursday at 8 p.m. on Cape Girardeau cable channel 5. The program is sponsored by St. Francis Medical Center, Southeast Missouri Hospital, the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society and channel 5...

Hamner Hill, 37, is chairman of the philosophy department at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, an avid bicyclist, coach of the university fencing team and an active competitor in the sport, and also is a student of the martial arts...