Stories from Tuesday, August 2, 1994

JACKSON -- Even though there are no sheriff candidates on the ballot, the outcome of today's primary election could have an impact on which candidate will receive their party's nomination later this week. The Cape County Democratic and Republican county central committees both are scheduled to meet Thursday to nominate candidates for the Nov. 8 general election to decide who will serve the remaining two years of Sheriff Copeland's term...

The score didn't matter. So what if the Cards lost to the Cubs? Joni and I enjoyed Sunday's baseball game at Busch Stadium because it was another first in the life of our 2-year-old daughter, Becca. She attended her first baseball game. In the long run, the fact that the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-7 on a day sparkling with summer sunshine won't mean much to Becca...

SCOTT CITY -- Seven members of the Scott City Council used an expense-paid trip to Las Vegas to visit the Lady Luck Gaming Corp. headquarters as a learning experience, members said Monday. The council members and their spouses spent Friday through Sunday in Las Vegas, touring Lady Luck's casinos and meeting with company executives and employees...

JACKSON -- Jackson City Administrator Carl Talley will step down this fall from the job he's held for 24 years. In a letter to Mayor Paul Sander and the board of aldermen, Talley said his resignation is effective Oct. 31. The resignation was accepted Monday night by a 7-0 vote of the board...

DELTA -- Grace L. Reiminger, 77, of Delta, died Sunday, July 31, 1994, at her home. She was born May 28, 1917, in Ordway, Colo., daughter of Ernest and Ida Pobst Prindle. She and Theon Reiminger were married Jan. 6, 1938. He died Nov. 22, 1980. Reiminger was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church at Chaffee...

Son to Craig and Trisha Melrose of Oran, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:11 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, 1994. Name, Colby Alan. Weight, 8 pounds 14 ounces. Mrs. Melrose is the daughter of Larry and Linda LeGrand of Oran. Melrose is employed at Lee-Rowan, and is the son of Phil and Middy Melrose of Sikeston...

Constance Rowe, 86, 3120 Independence, died Monday, Aug. 1, 1994, at Chateau Girardeau Health Care Center. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Rosie Foster, 92, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Morley, died Monday, Aug. 1, 1994, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements. CONSTANCE ROWE

ANNA -- Graveside service for Juanita Mitchell of Anna was held Monday at Casper Cemetery. Crain Funeral Home of Anna was in charge of arrangements. Mitchell, 67, died Saturday, July 30, 1994, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. She was born March 28, 1927, in Anna, daughter of Clarence and Edith Cooper Pitts. She married Harold Mitchell Aug. 8, 1948...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Edna Kimbro of Anna will be held at 2 p.m. today at Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home here. The Rev. Richard McFarland will officiate, with burial in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. today...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Larry Joseph Miget of Scott City will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Christian Faith Fellowship in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Mark Carbaugh will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson, with graveside rites by Veterans of Foreign Wars...

BELL CITY -- Philip W. Steiner, 84, died Friday, July 29, 1994. He was born Oct. 8, 1909, in Baltimore, Md. He and Margaret Fulton were married 41 years. She died in 1984. Steiner attended Johns Hopkins University. He was an instructor at the Marine Corps Institute and was also a recruiter. He was an accountant and auditor...

CROSSTOWN -- Edith L. McIntire, 87, formerly of Crosstown, died Sunday, July 31, 1994, at Green Meadows Health Center in Linn. She was born Oct. 5, 1906, at Crosstown, daughter of James Elta and Mary June Ellis Roberts. She and Oscar M. Weibrecht were married Sept. 26, 1938. He died March 15, 1991...

BUNCOMBE, Ill. -- Lester Gladwyn Hall, 74, Buncombe Route 1, died Sunday, July 31, 1994, at his home. He was born Feb. 2, 1920, in Anna, son of Ford Crawford and Eva May Goddard Hall. Hall was a retired interior decorator and painter. He was a member of First Baptist Church, and veteran of World War II...

ALTENBURG -- Jeanette H. Wunderlich, 75, of Altenburg, died Sunday, July 31, 1994, at Altenburg. She was born Feb. 6, 1919, at Shawneetown, daughter of Ferdinand and Lina Schlimpert Wunderlich. Wunderlich was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church here...

As the Congress continues to race toward its August recess, the Liberal Leadership is becoming increasingly concerned about the prospects of passing health care reform this session. I, too, want to improve our health care delivery system, but instead of panicking and slapping together a 'politically viable' package, I want to make sure it is done right -- not done simply to meet an arbitrary timetable...

Petitioners are urging the Cape Girardeau Board of Education to deny Superintendent Neyland Clark's contract extension. Clark, familiar with National Education Association rabble-rousing in Kentucky, thinks the teacher organization may be linked to this effort...

Peter Kinder's recent column titled "Who investigates state officials?" stated that Missouri's attorney general "has, quite literally, no jurisdiction whatever" in investigating alleged wrongdoing by state officials. Peter, my good friend, you're just plain wrong...

JACKSON -- In a midnight ceremony at the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's office Sunday, Leonard Hines became interim sheriff and a 41-year law enforcement career drew to a close for Norman Copeland. As the clock struck midnight, Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney Miller administered the oath to Hines, who had been appointed by the county commission to serve as interim sheriff until a replacement for Copeland could be elected...

When the bell rings for the start of classes this fall, Cape Girardeau students will step across freshly waxed floors into newly painted classrooms. Sprucing up the campus, an annual summer occurrence, gives a fresh look to school buildings for the start of each school year...

Cecelia Kluesner of Cape Girardeau was recently awarded a New York Life Foundation scholarship by the national chapter of Business and Professional Women's Association. She completed her course work at Southeast Missouri State University in May and plans to begin courses at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale this month. She plans to study nuclear medicine technology...

Emily Shanks a student at Thomas Kelly High School at Benton was elected one of 10 national officers of the Future Homemakers of America during the organization's national leadership meeting held July 10-14 in Orlando, Fla. Election as a national officer is the highest honor an FHA member can receive...

Julia Green, a senior at Jackson High School, recently attended to honors programs at Missouri universities. She attended the 1994 Jackling Institute sponsored by the University of Missouri-Rolla. The institute is designed to introduce potential students to careers in engineering. Participants were selected on the basis of their college exam scores, academic record and school administration recommendations. She was one of 45 students selected to attend...

Lara McLaughlin, 5, of Cape Girardeau has been accepted as a state finalist in the Miss American Coed/Princess pageant to be held in Kansas City on Sept. 3-4. The pageant program is open to girls ages 4-19. The Princess pageant is for girls ages 4-7. Emphasis is placed on physical fitness, mental alertness, self-confidence, achievement in school and service to the community and church...

Jamie Essner of Chaffee is attending the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. through Aug. 10. The conference is designed for high school students who have demonstrated leadership potential and scholastic merit. Essner, a senior at Thomas Kelly High School, is among 350 delegates attending from across the country...

Chaffee junior and senior high school students may pick up their class schedules Aug. 10-12. Students should report to the high school library. Seniors may pick up their schedules Aug. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon. Juniors may pick up schedules Aug. 10 from 1-4 p.m...

Enrollment dates for students at Thomas Kelly High School in Benton have been announced. Students should report to the high school office. Seniors may enroll Aug. 10 from 1-4 p.m. and Aug. 11 from 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Juniors may enroll Aug. 12 from 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m...