Stories from Tuesday, November 15, 1994

Prior to the election, conventional media wisdom about the Republican Contract With America was that it was little more than a campaign gimmick:a series of popular promises unlikely to be kept. One reason:Democrats would never lose control of the House of Representatives. Another reason:Americans really didn't want government services cut to the degree Republicans foreshadowed...

Keith Kight takes history a step further with his students at Scott City High School. "I try to stress the development of critical thinking and writing skills that will help the student not only to better understand history," he said, "but also help the student in other subject areas...

For many children, the holiday season means fun, excitement, high expectations, family, friends and, of course, time away from school. Although most youngsters don't typically think of the holiday season as a time for learning, this special time of year can actually provide our young learners with some wonderful opportunities -- painlessly disguised as fun for the whole family -- to discover and learn many new things...

When Greg Chenoweth learned that the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport had a commuter air carrier -- Trans World Express -- he jumped at the chance to become airport manager here. "We lost our air carrier in Hutchinson, (Kan.) -- Air Midwest -- to the airport in Wichita, which is only 50 miles away," said Chenoweth, who was picked from a list of 160 applicants to become manager of Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Monday. ...

Republicans have a "Contract with America." Personally, I'd like to have a contract with my 2-year-old. The GOP wants a balanced budget amendment and a legislative line-item veto. I would settle for getting Becca to pick up all her toys so our house no longer resembles a Gremlins' Christmas special...

They come from just across town or as far as Indiana, but all of them are searching for something. They're looking inside the Cape Girardeau Public Library for their great-great-grandfather or another relative, even though the family members are nothing more than names on census records or in church minutes...

JACKSON -- Six days after his election, John Jordan became sheriff of Cape Girardeau County. Jordan, who had worked as a lieutenant in charge of investigations during the administration of former sheriff Norman Copeland, will serve the remainder of Copeland's term, which expires Dec. 31, 1996...

PERRYVILLE -- Irene C. Turlin, 79, of Perryville died Monday, Nov. 14, 1994, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was born Apr. 21, 1915, at Fredericktown, the daughter of Charles and Nellie McCormick Seabaugh. She was a homemaker and member of the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the VFW Auxiliary...

Son to Gregory Paul and Mary Henson of Jackson, St. Luke's Hospital West in St. Louis, 5:16 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 1994. Name, Matthew Gregory. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Henson is the former Mary Rodrigues, daughter of James and Felicia Rodrigues of Baldwin. Henson is a naturalist and assistant superintendent at Trail of Tears State Park. He is the son of Paul and Eva Henson of Fetus...

SIKESTON -- Nancy Ann Pipkin, 91, Sikeston Route 3, died Monday, Nov. 14, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 24, 1903, in Mattoon, Ill., daughter of John Samuel and Mary Frances Maples Frost. She and James Porter Pipkin were married Sept. 8, 1922, in Piggott, Ark. He died Dec. 8, 1964...

JACKSON -- Thomas K. Brockett, 33, of Jackson, died Saturday, Nov. 12, 1994, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. He was born April 17, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, son of Thomas Eugene and Barbara Schmidt Brockett. Brockett was a graduate of Jackson High School, and attended Three Rivers Junior College in Poplar Bluff...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Hallie Glasford of Anna will be held at 10 a.m. today at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home, with the Rev. Scott Harner officiating. Burial will be in Alto Pass Cemetery. Glasford, 86, died Saturday, Nov. 12, 1994, at her home...

Funeral service for Mable Garner of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. E.D. Francis will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10 a.m. to service time...

Funeral service for Virgil Albert Cotner, 3007 Themis, was held Monday at Red Star Baptist Church. The Revs. Cy Smith and Alan Berry officiated, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Cotner, 81, died Thursday, Nov. 10, 1994, at Memorial Hospital in Hollywood, Fla...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Jerry Lee Self of Jackson will be held at 2 p.m. today at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel. The Rev. John D. Gearing will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to service time...

Vernon Louis Kipping, 73, of the Twin Peaks area of San Francisco, Calif., died Friday, Oct. 21, 1994, at his home. He was born Oct. 19, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, son of Theodore F. and Augusta Meyer Kipping. He married the former Anna Ruth Uelsmann of Cape Girardeau...

JACKSON -- Max Stovall, who lost a race for 2nd District associate commissioner last week by a narrow margin, has asked Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney Miller for a recount. Stovall lost to Republican Joe Gambill by 39 votes out of a total of 11,489 that were cast...

Bill Mishk, director of marketing for Trans World Express, called an International Airline Passengers Association claim Monday that commuter airplanes are unsafe "an outlandish statement." Trans World Express is the commuter airline at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport...

An early-morning power outage Monday resulted in a boil-water order being issued for Tanglewood Subdivision north of Cape Girardeau. Tom Taggart, water system manager, said the power to a pumping station on Cape Rock Drive went out. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources requires systems to issue boil-water orders when water pressure drops below 20 pounds per square inch...

Prior to the election, conventional media wisdom about the Republican Contract With America was that it was little more than a campaign gimmick: a series of popular promises unlikely to be kept. One reason: Democrats would never lose control of the House of Representatives. Another reason: Americans really didn't want government services cut to the degree Republicans foreshadowed...

Missouri's six regional food banks took a big hit recently from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That includes the food bank in Sikeston, which serves much of Southeast Missouri. The federal budget for the purchase of USDA food items was slashed from $80 million to $25 million annually. That translates to a 70 percent decrease in the 1995 allocation. It is a drastic reduction that will ripple across Southeast Missouri...

The headlines have been grim. Death is hard to fathom, ever more so when the life snuffed out is that of a child. It is easy to point fingers when those deaths occur far away or when a mother goes berserk in South Carolina. How could it have happened? It couldn't happen here...

The Southeast Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics recognized three area teachers as outstanding mathematics educators at the ninth annual fall conference on school science and mathematics. Martha Short, who has taught 17 years in Jackson, was given the award for the elementary math teacher. She currently is the elementary vice president of the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics...

The Central Junior High School academic team took top honors in the state and nation on in the "Questions Unlimited Electronic Scholastic Tournament." The team, composed of 17 eighth- and ninth-grade students placed first in Missouri, first among AAA schools and fourth in the nation...

Amber Bertrand, representing Cape Girardeau's Order of Job's Daughters' Bethel 51, was first runner-up in the recent Missouri Junior Miss Pageant held in St. Louis. She also received an award for attaining the most sponsors. Amber is planning a career in fashion design and designed the gown she wore in the competition...

Chandler Blackstone has graduated with honors from DeVry Institute of Technology in Kansas City, with a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering. Chandler received a scholarship to DeVry when he graduated from Delta High School in 1991. He has accepted a position with Sprint in Kansas City...

Two Southeast Missourians recently earned degrees at Regents College, the University of the State of New York. James Andrew Lawrence of Cape Girardeau received a bachelor's degree in liberal studies and Mary Michele Spalding of Scott City received an associate degree in nursing...