Stories from Tuesday, August 16, 1994

Anthony Charles Zoffuto Jr., a spring graduate of The Citadel, says the military college is right to preclude women from its 151-year all-male tradition. The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. has come under fire for refusing to admit a woman, Shannon Faulkner, to its corps of cadets...

SCOTT CITY -- A federal $1 million flood-relief grant will pay for street repairs and other improvements in Scott City's Nash Road industrial area. U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson announced the grant from his Washington, D.C., office Monday afternoon. "This grant helps to fulfill the federal government's pledge to the victims of the Midwest floods," said Emerson. ...

The president of Southeast Missouri State University's Historic Preservation Association hopes school officials will preserve the former home of the institution's oldest living alumnus. Jon Colburn, a historic preservation major at Southeast, has suggested turning the former home of Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. at 814 N. Henderson into a welcome center for the school...

Why? My 2-year-old daughter, Becca, carries on a whole conversation with that one word. "Mommy and Daddy have to go to work," I say. "Why?" Becca asks, her face a mask of innocence. "Because we have to," I reply. These days, Becca sees everything as a why...

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF REGENTS Tuesday, August 16, 1994, at 1 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom Items for Consideration The university's 1996 operating budget. Southeast's request of $65.5 million must be submitted to the Coordinating Board for Higher Education this month...

Dr. Gregory A. Tobin will discuss peripheral nerve surgery 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 features local doctors answering questions from viewers. Martha Muench and Dr. Jean A. Chapman host the program. It is sponsored by St. Francis Medical Center, Southeast Missouri Hospital, the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society and channel 5...

JACKSON -- Twice in the past few years attempts to rezone a tract of land in the Kimbeland subdivision from single-family to either commercial or multi-family use have been futile. Jackson developer Bob Adams is the third to ask that the tract on Donna Drive be rezoned from R-1 to R-2. Adams wants to build two, eight-unit, town-house apartment buildings on the site...

Eighth District Congressman Bill Emerson has scheduled an old-fashioned political rally on Aug. 27 at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. Emerson and his wife JoAnn will attend, along with other state and local candidates. The barbecue dinner will begin at 6 p.m. A brass band will perform...

Cape Girardeau City Council Meeting Monday, August 15 Public Hearings Request of Robert F. Jr. and Kathleen O. O'Grady for a special use permit for storage of vending machine inventory at 2026 Robin Hood Circle in an R-1, single family residential district. NO OPPOSITION...

The Cape Girardeau City Council will have to make a decision at its Sept. 6 meeting to keep a $25 million sewer improvement program from springing a leak. The council, during Monday night's study session, was presented with various options in anticipation of Hancock II being placed on the November ballot...

THEBES, Ill. -- Gerald Schlamer, 79, of Thebes, Ill. died Monday, Aug. 15, 1994, at the Lutheran Home. He was born in Cache, Ill., on Sept. 27, 1914, the son of Amil and Jennie Hewitt Schlamer. He and Nell Goode were married in 1956. She preceded him in death in 1983...

Daughter to Rick and Kelly Wolfenkoehler of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:53 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, 1994. Name, Shea Irene. Weight, 7 pounds 9 ounces. Third daughter. Mrs. Wolfenkoehler is the former Kelly Gilliland, daughter of Lawrence and Kay Gilliland of Cape Girardeau. She is a self-employed day care provider. Wolfenkoehler is employed at HWI Inc., and is the son of Dale and Carrie Wolfenkoehler of Jackson...

DEXTER -- Dee B. Robinson, 87, of Dexter, died Monday, Aug. 15, 1994, at Dexter Nursing Center. He was born Aug. 1, 1907, in Reyno, Ark., son of John T. and Hattie Belle Graham Robinson. He and Mary Grace Carter were married June 6, 1928, in Knobel, Ark...

Funeral service for Elva L. Englehart, 2010 Thilenius, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel, with the Rev. Larry Gallamore officiating. Burial will be in Baker Cemetery at Marble Hill. Englehart, 92, died Saturday, Aug. 13, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Dorothy Veasman Barnes of Sikeston will be held at 10 a.m. today at Ponder Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Charles E. Buck will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery here. Barnes, 87, died Saturday, Aug. 13, 1994, at Sikeston Convalescent Center...

ZALMA -- Mildred Lezia Fish, 83, of Zalma, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 1994, in Poplar Bluff. She was born Feb. 16, 1911, in Zalma, daughter of William and Ida Trafford Morgan. She and Floyd Fish were married Oct. 17, 1936. He died Jan. 16, 1958. Fish attended Corinth General Baptist Church at Lowndes...

EAST PRAIRIE -- George Bryant, 75, of East Prairie, died Friday, Aug. 12, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 18, 1919, in Caruthersville, son of Rich and Susie Bryant. Bryant was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife, Geneva; four sons, Earnest Bryant of Seattle, Wash., Earl, Tony and Sylvester Bryant of the home; two daughters, Georgia Boyd of Charleston, Mary Swan of Chicago; two stepsons, Sammy Cox of Florida, Leonard Cox of Alamo, Tenn.; a stepdaughter, Ann Cox of Chicago; a sister, Ruth Sisson of Chicago; 21 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.. ...

PERRYVILLE -- Wallace W. Young, 79, of Perryville, died Monday, Aug. 15, 1994, at his home. He was born Jan. 14, 1915, in Perryville, son of Edward C. and Adelheidt Palisch Young Sr. He and Lucille M. Versheldon were married Nov. 19, 1937. Young was an embalmer at Young and Sons Funeral Home, and former mayor of Perryville...

SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Funeral service for Joe Stolba of Sedgewickville was held Monday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The Rev. J. Michael Davis officiated, with burial in Crossroads Methodist Cemetery. Stolba, 81, died Saturday, Aug. 13, 1994, at Aspen Forest Care Center in Perryville...

ADVANCE -- Sarah Mahatta Jenkins, 95, of Advance, died Monday, Aug. 15, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 19, 1898, at Patton, daughter of James and Ellen Bollinger Long. She and the Rev. Adam Jenkins were married Dec. 30, 1939. He died Aug. 27, 1971...

JACKSON -- Brianna Katlin Sievers of Jackson died shortly after birth Saturday, Aug. 13, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Survivors include her parents, Brian and Joanna Lukefahr Sievers of Jackson; two brothers, Jake and Luke Sievers of the home; paternal grandparents, Don and Anita Sievers; maternal grandparents, Dewey and Nelda Lukefahr; paternal great-grandparents, Raymond Godwin and Anita Sievers, all of Jackson...

Despite a leveling off in new residential construction nationally, Cape Girardeau continues to enjoy a development boom. While development in some subdivisions is accelerating, however, other projects have been throttled before they ever made it off a plat. ...

The mindset of the radical environmental movement continues to amaze. A brief story will illustrate. In February of this year, perusing the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, I came across an article about a bill moving through the Congress. ...

These remarks were made at last week's meeting. As has been our custom, as immediate past president of the Cape Girardeau Board of Education I assumed the role of coordinating Dr. Neyland Clark's evaluation for this. In other years that process would have been completed by April or May. ...

When it came time for David Andrews to start his master's project, he had no idea where to begin. But as he began to look forward, he took a giant step back in time. "Cape Girardeau: The First 200 Years" became the focus of a 30-minute made-for-television video. It is the culmination of three years of research, shooting and editing...

A review of the best-selling book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" will be the topic of the Woman to Woman luncheon Thursday at St. Francis Medical Center. The program begins with a noon meal in conference rooms A&B at the medical center...

Notebooks, crayons and pencils are taking over store aisles. Blue jeans and backpacks are the hot item at many stores. Teachers are busily cleaning up dusty classrooms. All of this can mean only one thing: It is back-to-school time again. Many schools in the area will start classes in less than a week, and throughout the area parents and children are gearing up for another school year...

There will be a kids' Safety Day at Chuck E. Cheese pizza, 250 Silver Springs Road, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Aug. 27. Chuck E. Cheese and McGruff the Crime Dog will be at the event. The Cape Girardeau Police Department will be there fingerprinting children for safety. The Cape Girardeau Fire Department will present a safety demonstration, and firefighters will bring the fire truck out...

Seventeen area trucking companies will be on the Shawnee Community College campus in Ullin, Ill., for a transportation job fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The companies planning to participate: Victory Express, Danny Gilder, Pullen Brothers, CCC Express, PTI, STAR, Highway Carrier, Burlington, USA Truck, Werner, KLLM, Jerry Lipps, Tollie Freightways, Celebrity, Sitton Motor Lines, M & M Freight Transportation and Allpoints Inc...

Linda Wiggs, assistant professor of administrative services and secondary education at Southeast Missouri State University, has been named "University Educator of the Year" by the Missouri Business Education Association. The award was presented to Wiggs at the association's state conference July 27 in Springfield. Members of the association include business educators in all post-secondary schools in Missouri...

Michael Riehn of Oak Ridge attended Boys State on the Central Missouri State University campus in June. He was among over 900 boys to attend the week-long event sponsored by the Missouri American Legion. Riehn is a member of the National Honor Society, pep club, band, science club and participates in baseball and basketball. ...

The Salvation Army will begin giving school supplies to needy children on Aug. 22. Persons requesting suplies should bring identification for each child to the Salvation Army office, 701 Good Hope, from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The program is for students kindergarten through high school, but not for college students...

Cadet Anthony Charles Zoffuto Jr. of Cape Girardeau achieved Gold Star status at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, for the second semester of the 1993-94 college year. Gold Stars, symbol of the highest scholastic rating, are awarded to cadets who earned rade point averages of 3.7 or higher. The stars are worn on the cadet's dress uniforms...

Cape Girardeau Central High School will hold orientation sessions Thursday at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in room 54 at the high school for all sophomores and transfer students. Students may attend either session. The orientation will help students become acquainted with the building and offer a chance to meet counselors and discuss school procedures...

Preston Newell, 3, recently won the Little Mr. Western title at the Sikeston Annual Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. He won in the 3-to 6-year old division, competing against 38 other boys. Along with a 4 1/2 foot trophy, Newell won gift certificates, a $50 savings bond and a silver belt buckle with his name engraved on it...

Six former members of Girl Scout troop 77 of Jackson met at the home of Perry and Marjorie Grindstaff July 23 for a 20-year reunion. Some of the women had not seen each other since graduation from Jackson Senior High School in 1974. Former Scouts attending the brunch: Martha Ladreiter Austin of Jackson; Brenda Grindstaff Ferst, Tallahassee, Fl.; Jane McClary Oakley, Rocky Hill, N.J.; Cynthia Nitsch Raganyi, Jackson; Judy Phillips Synder, Jackson and Ann Kasten Steck, Cape Girardeau. ...

The National Council of Teachers of English announces the appointment of Ellen Lukens, a teacher at R.O. Hawkins Junior High School in Jackson, as a regional judge for the 1994 NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing. Through this nationally recognized competition, approximately 800 high school seniors are cited for excellence in writing and are recommended to colleges and universities for admission and for financial aid, if need. ...

The 1994 Annual Job Training Partnership Act Alumni Recognition Banquet will be held in Cape Girardeau today. Mary McBride, executive director and Randy Starkey, chairman of the Southeast Missouri Private Industry Council will award certificates of outstanding accomplishment to deserving individuals who have excelled in their training programs...

Notre Dame High School graduate Adam Cox of Chaffee has been awarded a valedictorian scholarship and theater talent scholarship from Millikin University. Cox intends to major in musical theater. He is the son of Jerry and Clarissa Cox. In high school he was a member of National Honor Society and participated in Scholars Bowl and Students Against Drunk Driving...