Stories from Thursday, March 23, 1995

Before leaving Jefferson City for a 10-day spring break last Thursday, the Missouri House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate a tax-limitation proposal. While Gov. Mel Carnahan is claiming it as his bill, it is important to note that the proposal that won House approval is far different from the weak measure he originally proposed...

I have alleged here that many in the higher reaches of Missouri's educational establishment are engaged in a massive and fundamental campaign to deceive Missourians about Gov. Mel Carnahan's so-called reforms in Senate Bill 380. One writer has called the tactics of officials in the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education "terminological evasion" -- essentially a shell game with words whose conscious design is to confuse, disorient, mislead and deceive us about the true nature of their agenda. ...

To the editor: Suggested reading for all school board members, administrators, teachers and parents: Southeast Missourian, Friday, March 17, Page 10, reprint from the Columbia Daily Tribune. Southeast Missourian, Thursday, March 16, Page 10, Peter Kinder's column...

Rose Welker sings "Ahab the Arab" during Sunday night's performance at the Apple Creek parish hall. APPLE CREEK -- After St. Joseph's Elementary School burned down in December 1979, some members of the church choir decided to put on a show to help raise money for a new school. But Mickey Rooney was nowhere in sight...

Barricades and barrels at a number of road construction projects in Cape Girardeau are causing traffic slowdowns. Broadway just east of Kingshighway is one of the newest spots for traffic congestion as four lanes have been narrowed to two across Walker Creek...

The decision on whether students, faculty and the overall look of the Southeast Missouri State's 413-acre demonstration farm would be served best by a beef or dairy cattle operation came down to money and risk. The farm currently operates with both beef and dairy cattle...

To the editor: I am writing in reference to the article, "Couples withdraw from road lawsuit," in the March 10 edition of your newspaper. We were quite appalled to have the name of our husband and father, who is recently deceased, mentioned in the article...

To the editor: I would like to salute Peter Kinder and the Missourians for Academic Excellence. It is about time a debate on the Outstanding Schools Act is proposed. It is long overdue. Senate Bill 380 was thrust upon the people of Missouri without our knowledge. ...

To the editor: The Speak Out caller who gigged the Southeast Missourian and compared it to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has no knowledge of what a newspaper should do. We Cape Girardeans want to know what is going on in the rest of the world, and we would like it as succinct as possible. Both papers must use the national wire services to give us this knowledge...

Tonight -God and Country Night, "The faith that made America great." Friday -Bring a Friend Night, "Why the Gospel is good news for you." Saturday -Motivational Night, "Secrets of Happiness and Success." Sunday -Final Rally, "From country rock to Christ, Lowell's life story," with special guest, Grand Ole Opry star Billy Walker...

Many customers of the Central Inn were taken by surprise when the longtime Cape Girardeau watering hole failed to open as usual at 6 a.m. Monday. The tavern at the corner of Independence and Frederick streets was open for business Saturday night, but by Monday morning had been emptied of everything except the front bar...

Cape Girardeau City Councilman Melvin Gateley will lead a citizens group to hold public meetings in April and May to determine the city's transportation needs and how to fund them. The transportation steering committee of Vision 2000 will hold a dozen meetings from April 18 through May 13, followed by a town hall meeting that has tentatively been scheduled for May 22...

March 23, 1995 Dear Pat, Spring is just reaching puberty in Southeast Missouri. You can feel the chlorophyll bubbling and see a thin veil of early leaves on the trees. I spent most of the morning raking old, old leaves in our new yard, leaves thinking about becoming coal. A foot-long earthworm was underneath (I swear)...

"Quality Service: A Constant Challenge" will be the topic of Arnold M. Weimerskirch during the 1995 business conference to be held April 12 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. Weimerskirch, vice president of corporate quality for Honeywell Inc. in Minneapolis, Minn., and former chairman of the Panel of Judges for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, will be keynote speaker at a noon luncheon of the one-day conference...

NEW HAMBURG -- The 11th annual Kow Pasture Klassic will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday at Schindler's Tavern in New Hamburg. In this year's event, participants will be assigned to a tee box in the driving range behind Schindler's, and will begin firing on command, alternating swingers during the 15-minute time limit...

BELL CITY -- Funeral service and burial for Floyd H. McCulley of St. Louis was held Monday in St. Louis. McCulley, 78, died Saturday, March 18, 1995, at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Aug. 12, 1916, in Bell City, son of Harrison and Ida Drew McCulley...

PERRYVILLE -- Oscar E. "Jack" Bodenschatz, 94, of Perryville, died Tuesday, March 21, 1995, at Perry Oaks Healthcare Center. He was born July 1, 1900, at Wittenberg, son of William and Mary Degenhardt Bodenschatz. He and Norma Isenberg were married Sept. 5, 1925...

CHAFFEE -- Clara Gertrude Isaac, 84, of Chaffee, died Tuesday, March 21, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 13, 1910, at Commerce, daughter of Philip and Caroline Weber Strack. She and G.E. "Blue" Isaac were married Feb. 7, 1931...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Maonia F. Friedman, 79, of Mounds, died Tuesday, March 21, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 13, 1915, in Cairo, daughter of H.G. and Emily Cowan. She married Walter Friedman. Friedman was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Mounds...

GIPSY -- Silas William Borders, 78, of Gipsy, died Tuesday, March 21, 1995, at Advance Nursing and Residential Care Center in Advance. He was born Sept. 12, 1916, near Zalma, son of William R. and Hattie Mae Armstrong Borders. He and Mildred James were married Nov. 4, 1943, at Zalma...

Mildred A. Becker, 76, 2528 Meadow Lane, died Wednesday, March 22, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Son to Tom and Sherry Jones of Gordonville, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:54 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 1995. Name, Blake Thomas. Weight, 7 pounds 3 ounces. First child, Mrs. Jones is the former Sherry Franklin, daughter of Jim Franklin and Lee Batson of Pensacola, Fla. She is a sales coordinator at Drury Lodge. Jones is operations manager at Lowe's Home Center, and is the son of Tobbie and Virginia Jones of Warner Robins, Ga...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Oma M. Boyd, 86, of East Prairie, died Tuesday, March 21, 1995, at East Prairie Nursing Center. Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON -- Edna E. Tedrick, 74, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, March 22, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Feb. 23, 1921, in Portageville, daughter of Morris Brooks and Fannie Bell Stover Arnett. She and William Bert Tedrick were married June 26, 1954, in Hernando, Miss. He died in November 1958...

Graveside service for Eva V. Shirley Anderson of Springfield will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park. The Rev. Neil Stein will officiate. Clinkingbeard Funeral Home at Ava is in charge of arrangements. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6:30-7:30 p.m. today...

Cape Girardeau County Ralph H. Hinkebein et al. to Beth Hinkebein; Edward L. and Abbie Crites Leoni to Paul and Pamela Sander; Alan W. and Mary Ann McSpadden to Willie C. and Ada J. Jones. Schott Farms Inc. to Carl Schott Farms Inc.; the Delos Sebaugh Trust to Doyle E. and Marge A. Leine; JB Properties Inc. to Larry Smith et al...

SIKESTON -- Howard Ward, 80, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, March 21, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born June 7, 1914, in Biggers, Ark., son of James Blane and Nellie Elliott Ward. He and Lucille Campbell were married Dec. 2, 1935. She died April 15, 1984...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Sarah Mueller, 14, of Tamms, died Wednesday, March 22, 1995, in Columbia, Mo. Arrangements were incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms.

The flute and percussion duo Windfire will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Academic Auditorium. John and Paula Kasica's program will include music from the Kabuki Theatre, scarf dances of Argentina, Civil War fife and drum flourishes, Vaudeville and more...