Stories from Tuesday, November 22, 1994

Jane Stovall has worked for the Nell Holcomb School District for 10 years, but only recently has she been a full-time teacher. She started as a teacher's aide and bus driver for the school. Now she teaches math for grades six, seven and eight, eighth-grade algebra and seventh-grade reading...

With quick clicks of the computer mouse, 11-year-old Aimee Crowley works to bring a mountain scene to life with flying butterflies and galloping horses. On the same Macintosh computer, Jennifer Ruebel, 12, develops a cartoon strip that shows a cape-clad super hero leaping from rooftop to rooftop...

A Cape Girardeau County sheriff's deputy escaped serious injury Monday when a tree limb fell on his police cruiser as he drove in the 900 block of Broadway. Deputy Mike Englemann suffered face and hand lacerations after the limb broke from a tree near the First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...

Darron L. Jansen, 23, of Kelso was killed in a construction accident Monday morning in Cape Girardeau. Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Carpenter said Jansen was hit on the head by a steel beam about 10:50 a.m. Jansen was pronounced dead from a massive head injury at St. Francis Medical Center at 11:52 a.m...

The Christmas shopping season officially gets under way Friday. But consumers were out in force last weekend, taking advantage of well-stock shelves and good prices. With many big sales in progress -- including Famous Barr and J.C. Penney Co. -- and the arrival of Santa Claus, shoppers were out in force...

Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, the one time of the year when you can pig out at the dinner table and get away with it. My 2-year-old daughter, Becca, already knows this basic fact. The other day I asked her if she knew what Thanksgiving was...

PULASKI, Ill. -- Arthur E. Vines, 76, of Pulaski, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 23, 1918, in Alto Pass, son of Jacob Warren and Ida Mae Vines. He married the former Rita Miller. Vines was owner of the former Vines Garage in Mounds, retiring in 1980. He was a member, deacon and former trustee of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

James J. Owen, 72, 1974 Perryville Road, died Monday, Nov. 21, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born July 18, 1922, in St. Louis, son of Judge Oswald P. and Catherine Alles Owen. He and June Huebner were married June 7, 1947, in St. Louis...

Monday, Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Public hearings No opposition to Community Development Block Grant application for extending sewer service for a proposed plant on Southern Expressway. Consent ordinances Granted a special-use permit to St. Francis Medical Center for construction of a medical office building. Second and third readings...

SIKESTON -- Harold Cox, 69, of Sikeston died Monday, Nov. 21, 1994, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born June 19, 1925, in Bennett, Colo., the son of Gayle M. and Vesta A. Gasser Cox. On Sept. 12, 1967, he married Virginia Lane Sharp, who survives of the home...

PERRYVILLE -- Tuni M. Tervo, 91, of Perryville, died Friday, Nov. 18, 1994, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Oct. 16, 1903, in Trout Creek, Mich., daughter of Matt and Elizabeth Palamaki Pari. She and John Heppen were married in 1922. He preceded her in death. She later married Richard Tervo in 1953, who also preceded her in death...

Funeral service for William R. "Bud" Sweet, 113 S. Ellis, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Glenn Eftink will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7...

KELSO -- Darron L. Jansen, 23, of Kelso and formerly of Oran, died Monday, Nov. 21, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran. Visitation has been tentatively set for 5:30 p.m. today with funeral services planned for Wednesday...

JACKSON -- Myrtle L. Suffern, 81, of Jackson, died Monday, Nov. 21, 1994, at Jackson Manor. She was born May 7, 1913, in Virginia, Ill. She married Howard Suffern, who died in March 1962. Suffern was a registered nurse, specializing in ventilation therapy. She moved to Jackson in 1984 from Provo, Utah...

SIKESTON -- Graveside service for Ernest R. Taylor of Sikeston will be held at 1 p.m. today at Matthews Cemetery, with the Rev. DeWayne Coleman officiating. Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. today. Taylor, 76, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

SIKESTON -- Frances H. Evans, 87, Sikeston Route 2, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 1994, at Miner Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 13, 1907, in McMullin, daughter of Henry and Eva Winders Yeakey. She and Roy V. Evans were married Dec. 18, 1926, at Bloomfield. He died April 16, 1975...

PERRYVILLE -- Hilda M. Behrle, 71, died Monday, Nov. 21, 1994, at her home in Perryville. She was born June 13, 1923, at Flat River, the daughter of Henry and Rosie LaRose Buff. She married Walter Behrle at Clairville on Oct. 18, 1941. He survives of the home...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Georgia Marion "Myrt" Walker, East Prairie Route 2, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Johnny Bell will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Walker, 56, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 1994, at her home, following an extended illness...

HOWARDVILLE -- Sarah Stevenson, 58, of Howardville, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born May 13, 1936, in the state of Mississippi, daughter of John Henry and Alberta Williams Stevenson. Survivors include five daughters, Rose Stevenson of Anderson, Ind., Viola and Alberta Stevenson of Howardville, Sherry and Melba Stevenson of Fort Wayne, Ind.; two sons, Herbert Stevenson of Howardville, Obera Stevenson of Hayti; a sister, Lottie Stevenson of Fort Wayne, and 14 grandchildren.. ...

DEXTER -- Jo Hollis, 75, of Dexter, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 6, 1918, in Dover, Ark., daughter of George W. and Myrtle Rogers Haskins. Hollis had been a restaurant owner and operator, and had lived in Dexter 52 years. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Disabled American Veterans in Dexter...

DUDLEY -- Hazel Iola Orr, 73, of Dudley, died Monday, Nov. 21, 1994, at Doctors' Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born Sept. 11, 1921, in Bernie, daughter of Joseph Lee and Addie Bowles Stephens. She and Raymond Orr were married May 25, 1940...

Interest rates got another boost last week when the Federal Reserve approved an increase of three-quarters of a percentage point. The nation's central bank said the increase -- the sixth this year and the largest since 1981 -- was needed to slow a surging economy and prevent inflation...

It's a pity that the pollsters have convinced politicians of every stripe that it is necessary to pander to the people. Since they have, however, we won't be hearing any home truths about the nation's economy from Democrats or Republicans in the foreseeable future...

CHARLESTON -- The Charleston Lions Club will sponsor its annual Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Missouri National Guard Armory in Charleston. The event will feature a variety of handmade crafts and gifts. Exhibitors from Gideon, Dexter, Brosley, Poplar Bluff, Hayti, Morehouse, Jackson, Sikeston, East Prairie, Kennett, Catron, Charleston and Olmsted, Ill., will participate...

Jackson Mayor Paul Sander is very much like the city he leads -- progressive, ordered and yet very aware of his roots. Sander's proud of the fact he has never lived anywhere else but the city he loves. The city of Jackson is experiencing phenomenal growth. When Sander was growing up in the 1960s, the town's population was just over 4,000. The rapid growth began in the mid- to late-1980s, with no end in sight...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Cairo public school students are getting an extended Thanksgiving holiday. The city's four public schools remain closed today following a walkout of teachers last week when salary negotiations broke down. This marks the fourth day of no school for the more than 1,000 students. It could be next week before school resumes, said superintendent of schools, Dr. Elaine Bonifield...

BENTON -- Fifty-six voters in the Commerce precinct will be able to have their votes counted in the Nov. 8 election concerning the Illmo Special Road District. Circuit Judge Anthony Heckemeyer ruled Monday that a special election will be held. No date was set...

Jackson has become more aggressive in not only residential, but business growth. When Lee-Rowan became landlocked and bought property in Tennessee to expand, the city of Jackson stepped in. The city optioned 23.1 acres across the creek from the plant and made the land available to Lee-Rowan...

Matthew Strohmeyer, a biological sciences sophomore at Quincy University, is among 24 recipients of a Leadership Award scholarship. The award is for recipients living in Quincy University housing and is equal to basic room costs for all four years. He is the son of Mrs. and Mrs. Gerald Strohmeyer of Cape Girardeau...

Frank Essner, Linda Yarbro, Charles Goodale, and Dorothy Dirnberger, school board members in the Kelso C-7 School District, were among more than 3,000 board members, administrators and others from districts throughout the state who participated in the 1994 fall conference sponsored by the Missouri School Boards Association and the MIssouri Association of School Administrators...

Jessica Anderson has been selected as the Exchange Club Student of the Month for November. She is a senior at Cape Girardeau Central High School, where she is the president of Fellowship Christian Athletes and vice president of National Honor Society and chamber Choir...