Stories from Sunday, March 27, 1994

CAIRO, Ill. -- Ray D. Metheny, 65, of Cairo, Ill., died Saturday, March 26, 1994, at his residence. He was born Aug. 19, 1928, at East Prairie, son of Ray V. and Ruby Walden Metheny. He was the Postmaster of the Cairo Post Office for 45 years before his retirement...

It wasn't exactly Gay and Lesbian Student Awareness Week on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University when Bill Bennett showed up to address a wildly enthusiastic, capacity crowd. One of America's great leaders and most formidable battlers in today's cultural wars, Bennett drew two standing ovations as he delighted his audience, both in initial presentation and in response to audience questions...

Missouri is not rare among states looking to supply young people with a fair ration of educational resources. In fact, two dozen states face lawsuits stemming from plaintiffs' contentions that financing systems for public education are grossly inequitable and that property owners are bearing an unfair burden in revenue generation. ...

Members and guests of the Cape Girardeau branch of the American Association of University Women will meet Monday night at 6:30 for dinner at Ponderosa. Joan Gones, branch president, will be in charge, and hostesses will be Gones and Donna Domian. Those who wish may order from the menu or go through the buffet line...

The Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association of Southeast Missouri will hold its monthly meeting Monday night from 7-9 p.m. in Conference Room B of St. Francis Medical Center's Education Department. The topic will be depressive and manic-depressive family support and supplemental health insurance. Anyone may attend...

The Cape Girardeau County League of Women Voters' city council candidates forum will be aired four times on cable access channel 5. Mayoral and council candidates will each make statements and answer questions. The forum will be presented tonight at 6, Thursday at 7 p.m., April 3 at 6 p.m. and April 4 at 6 p.m...

There are times I believe some of the better students in my Missouri Government class at Southeast Missouri State University would do a better job of running the White House than the Oxford University scholar who now occupies that building. I will admit that running the affairs of the largest democratic government in the world is no small task, but there have been presidents, even in the lifetime of my students, who have demonstrated far more skill in handling both the domestic and foreign problems of the USA than the former governor of the splendid state of Arkansas.. ...

JONESBORO, Ill. Louie Joe Turner, 63, of Wickliffe, Ky., formerly of Jonesboro, Ill., died Friday, March 25, 1995, at the Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. He was born April 18, 1930, at Jonesboro, son of Louie E. and Nona Redman Turner. He married Shirley Miller, April 12, 1952, at Jonesboro...

PERRYVILLE -- Terry Linn Flentge, 34, of Perryville, died Friday, March 25, 1994, near Montauk State Park. He was born Aug. 23, 1953, at Perryville, son of Howard and Delores Duvall Flentge Oster. He married Sandra Dobbelare, Dec. 16, 1983. Flentge was a laborer. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, the Sportsman's Club and Elks Lodge 2701...

Joe W. Masterson, 80, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, March 26, 1994, at Ventcorp Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Feb. 20, 1914, at Oran, son of Elam and Alma Randol Masterson. Masterson was an assembly line worker for General Motors. He served during World War II in the U.S. Air Force...

SCOTT CITY -- Marie Lusk, 74, Scott City, died Friday, March 25, 1994, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 6, 1919, at Randles, Mo., daughter of William Francis and Iva Florence Jones Lusk. She was a machine operateor for Florsheim Shoe in Cape Girardeau until retiring in 1981...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Lindel Morris, 1651 Perryville Road, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:41 a.m. Friday, March 18, 1994. Name, Morgan Anne. Weight, 9 pounds 4 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Morris is the former Bobbi Whitnel, daughter of James E. ...

JACKSON -- Three city offices have moved into the former Jackson Exchange Bank, which will become the new Jackson city office administrative complex. Remaining city offices will not move into the building until 1995. On Monday, the public works office, the office of construction services, and the office of developmental services and inspections officially opened on the second floor of the building at West Main and Court streets...

SCOTT CITY -- Scott City is in dire need of an economic stimulus. Mayor Larry Forhan believes riverboat gambling is the answer the city has been searching for. After voting to place the local option on riverboat gambling on the April 5 ballot, Forhan solicited proposals from casino operators from throughout the country that might be interested in Scott City...

JACKSON -- Todd Sides' world was made a little bigger and brighter Saturday afternoon. The 14-year-old boy was diagnosed with osteopetrosis at birth, and has since lost his sight, mobility and some of his hearing to the bone disease. During one of many trips Todd and his family have made to the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., the Sides signed up to receive a "wish" from the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri...

The Cape Girardeau County Commission has hired a law firm to clarify legal issues regarding Scott City's attempt to annex part of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority in order to bring in a gambling boat. "We are not going to stand by and let this happen until some court says it will happen," said Cape County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep...

When Cape Girardeau police dog Greif was struck by a car last Saturday, police dispatchers scrambled to find a veterinarian for the injured animal. Since there are no "emergency rooms" in Cape Girardeau for animals, a vet had to be summoned to the office to care for the dog...

The featured guest today on "University Conversations" will be Charles Kupchella, provost of Southeast Missouri State University. On April 3, the featured guest will be Mary Miller, director of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau. The moderator is Jim Biundo, assistant vice president for university relations at Southeast...

"Living with a Chronic Illness" will be the program topic when the Lyme Disease Self-Help Support Group meets Tuesday. The program, a video, will feature Jim Cavera, treatment coordinator with the St. Mary's Stress Center. The Lyme Disease Self-Help Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. in Southeast Missouri Hospital's Harrison Room. The general meeting will begin at 7 p.m...

I will respond. I will recall the happenings of every day of what was to become known as Holy Week centuries after those first seven days. APRIL, 30 A.D.: For days and weeks streams of people had been making their way to Jerusalem to celebrate the ancient rituals of the Passover. Down the Jordan Valley, across from the Moab hills, up from the desert, eastward from the Mediterranean seashore, across wadies, arid places, rocky hillsides they made their way. JESUS WAS AMONG THEM...

When Mary Miller and her staff go about the business of promoting Cape Girardeau, they talk about the city's central location, its beauty, close proximity to other attractions, wide variety of shops and restaurants, and, of course, its placement on the banks of the Mississippi River...

SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Historic Preservation Commission invites anyone interested in organizing a museum in the area to attend its Monday meeting at 7 p.m. in the council chambers of the Scott City Hall. The commission is a city-licensed organization that cannot be responsible for a museum...

WARRENSBURG -- Ima West of Warrensburg will be honored April 9 as 1994 Missouri Mother of the Year. The honors luncheon will be hosted by American Mothers, Inc., Missouri Association, according to Juanita Yates of Monroe City, search chairman for Missouri Mothers...

The SEMO Council on the Arts will accept entries for its annual Southeast Missouri Regional Juried Art Show Monday through Friday. Entries may be mailed or hand delivered to Gallery 100 during the hours of 1-4 p.m. The Regional Juried Art Show will be limited to work created by artists 18 years and older who reside within a 75-mile radius of Cape Girardeau...