Stories from Sunday, August 28, 1994

Ernest "Sonny" Albrecht, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 27, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Oct. 30, 1938 at Belleville, Ill., son of Ernest A. Albrecht and Loretta Ann Stoch Albrecht. He was owner-operator of a truck and was a truck driver 25 years...

With the addition of air conditioning to several buildings and other improvements made throughout the district, the ease with which students returned to class in the Jackson R-2 School District is in marked contrast to the traditional hot, hectic and headachy first day of school...

Despite warnings to the contrary, Steve Duniphan says he has good luck mixing business with pleasure. A lifelong outdoorsman, Duniphan has combined his love for the outdoors with his passion for writing. The effort has seen him published in such nationally-recognized sporting magazines as North American Fisherman and In Fisherman, a nationally-distributed and widely-read fishing monthly. ...

Laird holds the china plate that won first place at the Missouri China Painters Association convention in Kansas City about four years ago. Behind her are other examples of her work. "If it doesn't move, I paint it," says Mary Deneke Laird of Jackson, as her dog, Kissy II, who was painted pink last Halloween, scampers away...

Reid Cranmer, managing editor at the Squawler, files ads for future use. Students in Debbie Otto's journalism classes work all phases of newsopaer operation. Brad Andrews proofreads Wednesday's back-to-school edition of the high school newswpaper. About 3,700 copies were inserted into the Southeast Missourian for distribution in the Jackson area. Andrews is an editor-in-chief of the Squawler...

High school seniors planning to attend college in the fall of 1995 should apply for financial aid and scholarships early -- perhaps as early as this fall. According to college planners, scholarships are available through corporations, foundations, trade associations and numerous other groups, but applications often are received too late for consideration. Some deadlines may be as early as a year in advance...

JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Michael L. Annis Inc. to the Roland Ray Drum Trust; Webster L. and Dixie J. Rowe to Frederick W. and Luann F. Vocke; Herman J. and Beatrice P. Margrabe to Thomas R. and Saundra S. Farrington...

Watching our solons on Capitol Hill finally grind out a crime bill wasn't exactly a confidence-building exercise. It is, after all, late August. Ordinarily, Congress would have been dismissed weeks ago, with representatives and senators sent home to visit with constituents or to go off on vacation, with plans to return rested and refreshed after Labor Day...

This "Year of Health Care" may end up like all the other years of this century -- with no national health care. The president's progress towards his principal goal is as becalmed as his approval rating. Presidents are only as powerful with Capitol Hill as they are popular with the voters. When the polls are good, the White House gets its way in Congress. Conversely, when the polls are bad, presidents are rebuffed...

"Why are there so many spelling and grammar errors in the Southeast Missourian?" The question was earnest and straightforward. The woman on the telephone was asking out of concern as a longtime and loyal reader. It is a good question. Errors in newspapers come in many forms. ...

To the editor: The front page story headlined "Females paid less than males at SEMO" (Aug. 21) is a classic example of the way statistical information and presentation can inadvertently give a false interpretation of the facts. The information and national comparative data I provided your reporter on Friday should have resulted in a headline which read "Southeast ahead of peers in faculty salary gender equity," with a subhead reading "Average female salary at each rank almost identical to average male salary; difference due to experience, not gender." The headline and subhead leave the reader with the incorrect impression that the university in some way discriminates against its female faculty.. ...

To the editor, On Aug. 10 AARP President Lehrmann recommended AARP members support the health care reform bills sponsored by Gephardt and Mitchell. Lehrmann said, "Although neither bill is perfect, after careful review, we conclude that they provide the foundation for comprehensive health care for all Americans."...

A Victorian tea party will be held Sept. 10 at the Glenn House, 325 S. Spanish Street. Tea, lemonade and desserts will be served from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The tea party is free. Admission to tour the Glenn House is $3 for adults, $2 for children, and free for children under 6...

Readers of this space are aware of predictions that other shoes would drop on Senate Bill 380, Gov. Mel Carnahans 1993 tax increase for education. Well, in Jefferson City this past Thursday afternoon, Cole County Circuit Judge James McHenry dropped an enormous, muddy clodhopper into the governors punchbowl. There it floats, stinking up the party for Missouris political establishment...

MARBLE HILL -- Woodrow W. "Woody" Hutson, 80, of Delta, formerly of Ridley Park, Pa., and Lutesville, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 26, 1994, at his home. He was born in Oran on Dec. 21, 1913, son of Columbus and Bertha Williams Hutson. He married Jewell E. Ashby on Sept. 24, 1939. She survives...

TAMMS, Ill. -- David Brent Blaney, 18, of Tamms, died Saturday in Tamms. Blaney was born March 20, 1976 in Cape Girardeau, son of Ralph and Diane Jordan Blaney. He was a member of the Elco Methodist Church, the FFA Chapter at Egyptian High School, and Ducks Unlimited...

JACKSON -- Arnold E. Lohmann, of Jackson, died Friday, Aug. 26, 1994, at Pershing Veterans Hospital in Poplar Bluff. He was born May 15, 1912, at Cape Girardeau, son of Edward and Emma Kohlfeld Lohmann. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army...

Goldie Hargrave, 86, of Bloomfield, died at Dexter Memorial Hospital Thursday, Aug. 25, 1994. Hargrave was born Aug. 17, 1908 at Carmi, Ill., son of William Willis Hargrave and Alice Hutchcraft Hargrave. Hargrave married Mary E. Binford on April 16, 1938. She survives...

Jackson's growth has shifted to the south with the recent friendly annexation of Grandview Acres and some of the surrounding area. We welcome the more than 200 new residents to our city. I feel this growth is well-planned and orderly for Jackson. This growth may enable the city to develop further to the south in the years to come...

CAIRO, Ill. -- The Ohio River bridge between Illinois and Kentucky was closed for more than three hours Saturday morning when a boat tow struck a bridge piling. One barge of an 18-barge tow struck the piling at about 7 p.m. "The bridge was closed until it could be inspected for damage," said Lt. Robert Coller of the Coast Guard's safety office in Paducah, Ky. "The bridge inspection revealed no structural damage to the bridge, and traffic was resumed about 11 a.m."...

Voters in Scott and New Madrid counties will be asked to approve a 15 percent surcharge to establish an Enhanced-911, emergency telephone system for the two counties. Members of a steering committee set up by the two county commissions said the issue will be placed on the Nov. 8 election ballot...

Until today, Missouri ranked dead last in the nation in the amount of training required to be a police officer or a sheriff's deputy. A new state law has increased the minimum number of hours of training from 120 to 300, and the minimum will ultimately climb to 470 hours on Aug. 28, 1996...

A group that placed newspaper and radio advertisements around the state opposing a $250 million bond issue approved Aug. 2 by voters is linked to Cape Girardeau and has not filed the required campaign finance-disclosure reports required by law. The ads were placed by Red Letter Communications, a Cape Girardeau public relations firm, for a group known as Missourians Against Amendment 4. A disclaimer on the ads listed H.C. Mellone of Cape Girardeau as treasurer...

SCOTT CITY -- Mayor Larry Forhan says the city wants to keep its dispatchers and doesn't want to be a part of a centralized dispatching system that has been proposed for Scott and New Madrid counties. Members of a steering committee set up by the two counties said voters in both counties will be asked Nov. 8 to approve a surcharge to establish an Enhanced-911 telephone system. If approved, the E-911 system could involve setting up a dispatching center in Sikeston to serve both counties...

Promus Co., developer of a St. Louis-area riverboat casino, has stopped work there. Players International Inc. has put plans on hold in the Maryland Heights area of St. Louis. Hilton Hotel Corp.'s plans for a floating gambling casino in Kansas City offers a scaled-down gambling plan...

Former Missouri governor John Ashcroft and U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson lashed out Saturday night at the crime bill and the politics of "pork." Ashcroft, who is running for the U.S. Senate, and Emerson were among about 540 candidates, political leaders and supporters who attended a Republican rally and barbecue held at the A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. Local political leaders at the rally included State Reps. Mary Kasten and David Schwab, and State Sen. Peter Kinder...

Winding up an exciting season of bow hunting competition which yielded six state championship titles, Brad Adams put the crowning touch on his efforts by capturing the world championship. The 8-year-old Adams of Patton, Mo., shot a perfect score of 120 out of 120 to claim International Bowhunters Organization (IBO) World Championship Pee-Wee Division title Aug. 13 at Flatwoods, W.Va. The pee-wee division is comprised of archers 8-years-old and younger...

Small creek fishing is a far cry from lake and big river pursuits, but miniature waters have their own sort of rewards. There's an intimate attraction to compact waters, and it's greater if a stream is relatively wild and uncluttered by the accoutrements of civilization. The setting can add much to the experience, and that's exactly the case when the trickle in question is southern Illinois' rugged Lusk Creek...

First things first of a cool August morning, the perking of the coffee pot. Despite the modern conveniences of instant coffee,drip coffee or no coffee, I cling to the percolator. Its cheerful little tune is almost as pleasant to me as the pre-dawn call of a red rooster. As the city grew up around me the rooster's call vanished, literally westward into the sunset. The percolator S put...

If having a baby provides a bundle of joy, does having twins mean double the happiness? Ask some parents of twins: "You need to have a lot of patience, and even though it looks grim when you start out, it does get easier," said Patti Siemers, the mother of 3-year-old twins Jonathan and Jared...