Stories from Saturday, April 15, 1995

HOWARDVILLE -- Minister Felix Williams, 75, of Howardville, died Wednesday, April 12, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 12, 1919, in Osceola, Ark., son of Arcenus and Mary Ellen Wilburn Williams He married Minnie Lou Johnson July 23, 1938. She survives...

To the editor: In response to your April 12 editorial, I am prompted to explain our company's position on earthquake coverage along the New Madrid Fault. Within the last six years our company's earthquake exposure has multiplied 1,500 percent. This increased awareness and demand for earthquake coverage can in part be attributed to recent earthquake activity along other faults, including California and abroad, as well as Iben Browning's prediction of an earthquake along the New Madrid Fault...

To the editor: I write in response to Jon Rust's April 11 column concerning the National Organization for Women's Stop the Violence Rally. As a participant in the rally, I was shocked and saddened by Mr. Rust's commentary. That he neglected to address the centerpiece of this rally, the Clothesline Project, is symbolic of his complete misunderstanding of the event. ...

The Missouri Senate this week faced some probing questions about state funding for the state's eyebrow-raising involvement in the New School Project. In the end, senators voted 14-18 to keep the $250,000 in the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education budget. But the lengthy debate that preceded the vote is an example of the growing awareness -- and concern -- about the direction education reform has taken...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Repairs to the main water tower of the Central Alexander County Water District here will mean no water at night for three weeks. Sandblasting and painting the tower, both inside and out, will begin Monday. The repairs are required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

Forget the O.J. trial. Forget the return of professional baseball. The best entertainment bet for the next several months will be the 1996 presidential campaign. I realize these campaigns typically are the stuff that send insomniacs into dreamland. But this next election will be different. This week, "B-1" Bob Dornan, the fiery congressman from California, joined the swelling GOP presidential field, and the bomb-lobbing ensued...

Lee Kimmel knows he'll be working late Monday with last-minute taxpayers. Kimmel is district manager for H & R Block's 25 offices, stretching from Farmington to Paragould, Ark. Kimmel works out of the district office in Cape Girardeau."We don't quit until the last person walks out our door," he said...

While area residents enjoy the blooming dogwood trees during this pre-Easter week, Christians are reminded of the "Legend of the Dogwood." The dogwood blossoms "can serve as a nice, visual reminder from nature of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ," said the Rev. Dr. John Owen, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...

Isn't eating out great? Sure, it's expensive. But when you have an extra few bucks, what's nicer than spending them on a meal someone else cooks, serves and cleans up? My passion for eating out stems from an inability to cook impressive food. I cook enough to keep myself alive -- soup, sandwiches, salads and the occasional bag of pasta and jar of already-prepared spaghetti sauce...

Paint expert to speak at SEMO A nationally known expert on historic paint colors will present a program May 11 at Southeast Missouri State University in conjunction with National Historic Preservation Week May 7-13. John Crosby Freeman, known as "The Color Doctor," will present the program at 7 p.m. in Crisp Hall Room 125...

The Historic Preservation Association of Southeast Missouri State University will hold an evening of traditional music and dance April 29 from 7-10 p.m. in the Parker Building dance studio. A contra dance is planned, which involves sets of about a dozen couples...

PLEASE LEAVE the police reports, the marriage licenses, divorce and court news in the paper. I buy the paper for news, and those items are news. WE CERTAINLY have our share of whining crybabies in this town, and it seems the majority of them have chosen to associate themselves with education, from the university to the public school system. Figure it out: If you can't do your job, you'll be replaced...

ST. LOUIS -- Two residents of Cape Girardeau have been chosen to serve on Missouri Arts Council citizen advisory panels. The members of each panel review grant applications made to the council and make funding recommendations. Beverly Strohmeyer, executive director of the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts, will serve on the Multi-Discipline Panel meeting Monday in Kirksville...

The Lorax, an imaginary creature from the mind of Dr. Seuss, may be the best spokesman for Earth Day. In Dr. Seuss' popular book, the fuzzy creature stands up to a businessman who harvests trees to make sweaters, destroying the Lorax's habitat in the process...

ALTO PASS, Ill. -- When worshipers visit the Bald Knob Cross for Easter Sunrise service Sunday, it will mark the 59th annual sunrise service atop Bald Knob Mountain near Alto Pass, Ill. The visitor's center at the site will be open tonight, and breakfast will be available Sunday, starting at 2 a.m...

A proposal to make the mule the official state animal plowed out of a Senate committee Thursday. The next hurdle is to get the mule debate a hearing before the entire senate. "We're making splendid progress," said Charles Woodford with the Cape Girardeau American Legion. The local legion started the push to designate the Missouri Mule the Official Animal of Missouri...

Tenor Christopher Goeke will present a recital of works for voice and piano Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Old St. Vincent's Church. Goeke is an assistant professor of voice and opera at Southeast Missouri State University. The centerpiece of the evening will be "Winter Words," a song cycle by Benjamin Britten based on poems by Thomas Hardy...

JACKSON -- The Cape Girardeau County Commission happily accepted a dividend return from the Missouri Association of Counties Workers' Comp Fund, thanks to safety-conscious employees. Commissioners heard of the refund at a recent meeting. The county received one check for $7,364, a percentage of its premiums, for having a low number of claims. The other was a safety award of $1,267...

ORAN -- -- Gail Dean Davenport, 57, of Taegu, Korea, died Friday, April 7, 1995, in Taegu. He was born Feb. 16, 1938, in Osceola, Ark., son of Ira and Dorothy McCray Davenport. He and Kim Mai Su were married Dec. 18, 1990, in Seoul, Korea. Davenport was a program analyst with the Department of the Army. He had been in Korea almost 11 years, moving from Memphis, Tenn...

Funeral service for Frances Faye Ervin, 2221 Earleen, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. David Bragg will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to service time. Friends may also call from 9-10 a.m. Monday at Roberts Funeral Home in Booneville, Ark...

Isabel A. Roberts, 56, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, April 13, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Sept. 5, 1938, in Lyons, N.Y. Roberts moved here a year ago from Clyde, N.Y. She was a graduate of Rochester Business Institute in Rochester, N.Y...

Russell George Siebert, 90, 3120 Independence, died Thursday, April 13, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 17, 1904, at Farmington, son of Simon P. and Emma Herter Siebert. He and the former Virginia Hoeller were married Aug. 20, 1929, in Cape Girardeau...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Thelma L. Black of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Jim Guffie and Charles Buck will officiate, with burial in a Sikeston cemetery. Information provided to the Southeast Missourian gave the wrong day for the funeral...

ANNA, Ill. -- Roy Joseph "Joey" Modglin Jr., 25, of Anna, died Thursday, April 13, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born May 15, 1969, in Anna, son of Roy Joseph and Kathy Brimm Modglin Sr. He and Tammy Sadler were married Sept. 30, 1989, in Anna...

Henry Joseph "Bud" Moore, 84, of Elkland, died Thursday, April 13, 1995, in Elkland. Survivors include four sons, Jerry Moore of Missouri, Robert Moore of Kansas City, Kan., Jarvis Moore of Springfield, James Moore of Kansas City, Kan.; three daughters, Naomi Elliott of Windyville, Waneta Britton of Elkland, Leona Tracy of Denver, Colo.; three brothers, Fred and Bill Moore of Cape Girardeau, Albert Moore of Jackson; three sisters, Ruth Beal, Edith Krager and June Pender of Cape Girardeau; 38 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren.. ...

WYATT -- Dudley Bowles, 91, formerly of Wyatt, died Friday, April 14, 1995, at Charleston Manor. He was born Dec. 16, 1903, in Mounds, Ill., son of Elijah and Jane Bowles. He and Hilda Emma Nally were married June 20, 1926. She died Sept. 13, 1990. Bowles was a retired farmer and landowner, and member of Pentecostal Holiness Church...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Funeral service for Bob Jones of Olive Branch will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of service. Jones, 68, died Thursday, April 13, 1994, at his home...

Glenn W. Woeltje, known as "The Beagle Man," of 156 Ponca Lane in Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 14, 1995, at VeCora Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau.

PERRYVILLE -- The Rev. Virgil Patrick O'Brien, 78, died Wednesday, April 12, 1995, at St. Mary's of the Barrens. He was born Jan. 26, 1917, in Nara Visa, N.M., son of Louis Edward and Philomena C. Kappus O'Brien. O'Brien attended St. Vincent's College in Cape Girardeau, and studied philosophy and theology at St. ...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Roy J. Modglin Jr., 25, of Anna a passenger in a vehicle driven by James Trambley, 22, died following a one-car accident just south of Etherton Thursday. Modglin was thrown from the vehicle when it left the road, overturned and struck a tree...

PUXICO -- W. Eugene "Dude" Young, 70, formerly of Puxico, died Friday, April 14, 1995, at Hunter Acre Caring Center in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 28, 1924, at Morley, son of Thomas and Flora Ruth Kenser Young. He and Lois Jean Kesterson were married Oct. 6, 1949, in Poplar Bluff. She died Nov. 23, 1990...

Loud basketball coaches always seem to grab the spotlight. Chair throwing, towel throwing and foot stomping often seem to be prerequisites for the job. If those truly were requirements, Fredericktown coach Dave McMahon never would have enjoyed 30 productive seasons as a high school boys basketball coach...

Like the Energizer bunny, Kerry Robinson keeps going and going. With four hits in eight at bats during a double header Friday night against the Austin Peay Governors, the Southeast Missouri State University center fielder and hitter extrodinaire tied the existing OVC record for consecutive games with a hit...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Southeast Missouri State University positioned itself well for moving out of the pool play portion of the Frost Cutlery Tournament Friday afternoon by going 2-1. The Otahkians (31-11) sandwiched victories over Georgia Tech and Furman around a 6-1 loss to Southwest Louisiana...

POPLAR BLUFF -- The Cape Girardeau Central High tennis squad beat Poplar bluff High 7-2 Thursday. Winning singles matches for Central, No. 2 Todd Matzat beat Jeremy Booker 8-3; No. 3 David Haycraft beat Todd Richardson 8-5; No. 4 Bryan Daume beat Rob Kerby 8-5; and No. 5 Nick Suhre downed Mike Roach 8-4...

The laboratory at Southeast Missouri Hospital has been awarded a two-year accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists, based on results of a recent on-site inspection. Tony Williams, laboratory director, said Southeast's lab is one of more than 4,600 CAP-accredited laboratories nationwide...

April 16 through 22 has been designated National Organ & Tissue Donor Awareness Week. A walk has been planned to help draw attention to the serious shortage of organ and tissue donations. The walk will be Thursday at 6 p.m. Registration starts at 5 p.m., and banners for contest must be registered by 5:30 p.m...

Nurse practitioner Kathy Blevins conducted a patient interview at East Missouri Action Agency. On a typical workday, Ferne Jamieson goes to the office at 8 a.m. She sees uncomplicated obstetrics patients, talks with them about appropriate lifestyles for pregnancy and evaluates fetal growth and well-being. ...

The American Red Cross will hold its Greek Week Blood Drive April 24-28 at Southeast Missouri State University. The blood drive is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 24-26 in the Greek Complex Lounge and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 27-28 in Academic Hall Auditorium...