Stories from Thursday, March 2, 1995

The Cape Girardeau Board of Education is once again exploring the possibility of a bond issue. The district hasn't built a new school for 30 years. Some of the buildings were built before World War I and are outdated for modern teaching. The board listened this week to a St. ...

As stated in my most recent column, pursuant to Senate Bill 380 Missouri is paying $250,000 each year to belong to something called the New Standards Project. Missourians are entitled to ask: What, exactly, are we getting for this money? What is the NSP?...

JACKSON -- Civil War enthusiasts again can find the grave of William L. Jeffers, a Confederate colonel buried in Jackson City Cemetery. A new white marker, peaked on top to signify a Confederate soldier, has been placed on the grave. "This was a prominent citizen from the past who is buried here," said Gary Gilbert of Cape Girardeau, a member of the Holmes Brigade of the Missouri Civil War Re-enactors...

The devout lined up by the hundreds in Cape Girardeau Wednesday to have ash crosses marked on their foreheads. It was Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40 days of Lent for religions that follow the church calendar. The day is observed by Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches in America to reflect purification and penitence...

Josh M. Miller of Cape Girardeau, Shelly N. Estes of Scott City and Laura N. Underwood of Jackson have received President's scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 1995-96 academic year. The scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who rank at least in the upper 20 percent of their high school class and score 25 on the ACT or 1,030 on the SAT. ...

Mayor Al Spradling III can cite examples of why enforcement of building codes and routine inspections can save homeowners thousands of dollars. The Cape Girardeau mayor, a partner in the law firm of Spradling and Spradling, said his office is handling complaints that contend contractors did subpar work or failed to live up to contracts when they built homes in Cape Girardeau County and Jackson...

The architect for Boyd Gaming Corp. said he believes Boyd will request dockside privileges for its Cape Girardeau operation. Gary R. Wagoner, project director for construction for Boyd's project here, said he believed Boyd would ask that the riverboat not be required to cruise the river "though I can't say that with absolute certainly."...

March 2, 1995 Dear Julie, Hawks on fence posts lined the drive to New Orleans like sentinels. On the way, DC asked how many places I'd lived since high school. Houses or apartments -- not towns. Feeling a bit like Wilt Chamberlain, only sheepish, I added up 26...

MR. CLARK said his focus was on the big picture of the district budget that involves millions of dollars and that he may overlook some small personal expense items. Well, first $644 is not a small item. $1 or $2 is a small amount, but even $1 or $2 overlooked for very long adds up. ...

There's a good reason Southeast Missouri hasn't been a hotbed of high school jazz musicians heretofore: Most of the area's high school band directors were trained at Southeast Missouri State University, a school which long lacked a jazz band itself...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Mary E. Fischer, 53, of Cairo, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 21, 1941, in Cairo, daughter of Arthur and Josephine Moreland Kaha. She married John A. Fischer Jr. Fischer was a billing clerk at Daystar Care Center and member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church...

CHAFFEE -- Flora S. Williams, 79, died Friday, Feb. 24, 1995, in Albuquerque, N.M. She was born Oct. 13, 1915, at Morley, daughter of Fred J. and Bertha Campbell Williams. The family moved to Chaffee in 1921. She was a graduate of Chaffee High School, and joined the U.S. Navy in 1943. She served 15 months in Guam...

BLOOMFIELD -- Mabel Moore Wallace, 82, of Long Beach, Calif., died Thursday, Feb. 23, 1995, in Long Beach. She was born Jan. 4, 1913, at Aquilla, daughter of David and Jessie Watts McElroy. She married Orville E. Moore, who died May 17, 1956. She and George Wallace were married in September 1976...

CHARLESTON -- Rosella Nunley, 75, of Gary, Ind., died Saturday, Feb. 25, 1995, at North West Family Medical Hospital in Gary. She was born July 1, 1919, in Jackson, Miss., daughter of Cal Collin and Flora Johnson Robinson. She married John Nunley, who preceded her in death...

GRAND CHAIN, Ill. -- Funeral service for Marvin Wartenbe of Grand Chain will be held at 1 p.m. today at Karnak Pentecostal Church, with the Rev. J.R. Woods officiating. Burial will be in Jonesboro Cemetery. Friends may call at the church from noon to service time...

NEW MADRID -- William Vaughn, 81, of New Madrid, formerly of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born April 15, 1913, in Dresden, Ky. He married Katie Lavern Carroll, who died Feb. 14, 1957...

SIKESTON -- William Robert "Bob" Guthrie, 57, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, March 1, 1995, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 14, 1937, in Sikeston, son of Robert Logan and Winifred Hulen Guthrie. He and Joy Ann Layne were married June 26, 1958. He later married Violet Grigsby Oct. 30, 1989...

ANNA, Ill. -- Virginia Chloeta Henry, 68, of Richton Park, formerly of Anna, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 1995, at St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights. She was born Oct. 13, 1926, in Union County, daughter of Roy L. and Eva Bird Hogue. She and Carol M. Henry were married Feb. 7, 1947, in Anna. He died May 2, 1991...

Daughter to Joseph and Leslie Roman of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:29 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, 1995. Name, Mary Angela. Weight, 5 pounds 1 ounce. Mrs. Roman is the daughter of Elaine C. Huller of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the late J. Paul Huller. Roman is a manufacturing manager at Procter & Gamble, and is the son of Joseph and Dorothy A. Roman of Pittsburgh, Pa...

Funeral mass for Michael M. Halter, 625 S. Pacific, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Jay Gibson officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, with military graveside rites by VFW Post 3838. Friends may call at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel after 5:30 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7 and KC rosary at 7:30...

BENTON -- Charles "Buddy" Hodgkiss, 66, of Benton, died Wednesday, March 1, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 14, 1928, at Randles, son of Tillman and Grace Harrison Hodgkiss. He and Irma Zach were married in 1952. He later married Veronica Rutland in 1980...

MORLEY -- Herbert S. Burton, 67, of Morley, died Wednesday, March 1, 1995, at Christian Northeast Medical Center in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran.

ST. LOUIS -- Donna Smith didn't expect much from Saturday's Metropolitan Opera National Council Midwest Regional Auditions. The Southeast junior had had laryngitis two days before, and mixed up the verses on her second number, Verdi's "Falstaff." But a shocked Smith was awarded the third-place prize in the prestigious competition, taking home a cash award and quite a resume entry for a 22-year-old hoping to make a profession of opera...

"Wily Penelope" by Alan Naslund "Police Vase" by Sarah Riley Two years ago, Sarah Riley and family began making hand-painted candlesticks from scrap wood with the intention of selling them. "I was on a sabbatical and low on money," explains Riley, chairwoman of the Department of Art at Southeast Missouri State University...