Stories from Saturday, June 10, 1995

It is official. The half-cent transportation sales tax issue will be on the Aug. 8 ballot in Cape Girardeau. Residents and community groups have had ample opportunity to suggest much-needed transportation projects. Many of those suggestions are included in the list of projects that would be funded by the tax. The fact the tax has a five-year sunset clause should also prove popular with voters. The tax would be dropped at the end of five years unless voters approved an extension...

A just-released book, "After the Crusade, American Foreign Policy for the Post-Superpower Age," provides a compelling blueprint for the proper role the United States should assume in world affairs. It also makes clear the folly of President Clinton's present policy in Bosnia...

Jane Q., a 42-year-old married woman with two children, began experiencing panic attacks at work. With the attacks increasing in frequency and intensity, thus causing problems on the job, Jane was temporarily suspended from her job. At that point, Jane began to socially withdraw from friends and family and to lose interest in normally pleasurable activities. She stopped going to church and to sports activities in which her children were involved...

Nurse Amy Ward of Cape Girardeau was honored with the Gateway Region Volunteer Achievement Award by the American Diabetes Association at the group's meeting this month in Jefferson City. Ward was recognized for her efforts in starting the Southeast Missouri Chapter...

The SEMO Regional Chapter of American Red Cross is holding a blood drive today from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the American Red Cross office, 2430 Myra Drive. Also, Cracker Barrel will hold a blood drive Wednesday from 1 to 6 p.m. at Victorian Inn Conference Room...

Following a stormy Thursday night, blue skies reappeared over Cape Girardeau Friday as Riverfest '95 got off to a sunny start. Although a crowd count was not available Friday, the crowd started braving the 95-degree weather for the festival's 3 p.m. opening. Ten degrees cooler and three hours later, downtown streets of Cape Girardeau started filling up, and when the vintage rock group Rare Earth got into its act, the streets and Common Pleas Courthouse lawn and steps were full...

Schnucks Midtown market will open at 121 S. Sprigg in Cape Girardeau Tuesday. John Hostetler, who has been serving as supermarket manager at Schnucks Food & Drugs, has been named store manager of the new market in the Del-Farm National store. National will cease operations at 6 p.m. Sunday...

Area residents took assessments at first light Friday morning after the storm the previous night downed trees and power lines causing extensive damage and major inconvenience. Union Electric still had crews working late Friday night restoring power to almost 2,500 customers in Southeast Missouri...

Cape Girardeau's city charter should be amended to hold tax and fee hikes in check, two councilmen said Friday. Councilmen Richard Eggimann and Melvin Gateley said such a move offers the only guarantee the council and the city staff will abide by a tax-and-fee cap...

Every year, doctors and cancer-prevention organizations band together to issue the warning: Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays may cause skin damage or melanoma. They're right, and we all know they're right. More than likely, we know somebody who is leathery, living proof...

I DON'T have to be a movie or music critic to agree with Bob Dole on his stance on sex and violence in movies and music. Even our liberal president agrees with him. IN REFERENCE to the youth gangs hanging around Broadway with guns, I think it's about time the police crack down on these people. ...

A new locally produced television program featuring local attorneys discussing aspects of law will air Sunday. "Perspective on the Law" can be seen at 6:30 p.m. Sunday on Cape Girardeau's cable access channel. During the first 30-minute show, attorneys Diane Howard and Malcom Montgomery will discuss consumer credit, debt and things to avoid...

METROPOLIS, Ill. -- The 17th annual Superman Celebration continues here today. The event is held in the mythical hometown of one of the most celebrated superheroes in popular culture. Activities include a parade, a volleyball tournament, a Clark Kent-Lois Lane pool tournament, a car show, a Little Miss Supergirl and Mr. Superboy pageant, and a Super Dog contest...

KELSO -- William N. "Bill" Essner of Scott City, formerly of Kelso, died Friday, June 9, 1995, at his home. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home at Scott City is in charge of arrangements.

PERRYVILLE -- George W. Kirn, 91, of Perryville, died Friday, June 9, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 19, 1903, in Perry County, son of William A. and Rosa Winkler Kirn. He and Frieda A. Gegg were married Oct. 6, 1930, at Weingarten. She died July 2, 1992...

ANNA, Ill. -- Orlan E. Morey, 69, of Anna died at his home Friday, June 9, 1995. Friends may call at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Anna City Cemetery, with the Rev. Larry Shacklee officiating. Military honors will be conducted by the Anna VFW Post 3455...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Opal Joyce Nance, 55, of Route 2, Cobden, died Friday, June 9, 1995, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Lutz and Rendleman Funeral home of Cobden.

Daughter to Alan and Rhonda Zacharias of Laguna Niguel, Calif., South Coast Medical Center in Laguna Beach, Calif., 10:27 a.m. Friday, May 15, 1995. Name, Lillian Grace Louise "Lily Grace." Weight, 9 pounds 1 ounce. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. ...

JACKSON -- Fern Johns, 76, of Jackson, died Friday, June 9, 1995, at her home. She was born Feb. 12, 1919, in Wayne County, daughter of Newton B. and Elizabeth E. Cotner Sample. She and Cleo Johns were married March 10, 1937. Johns had worked at Kroger Egg Plant, Lee-Rowan, and as a cook on a riverboat for Nilo Barge Co., Grable Barge Co. and Kentucky Navigation, retiring in 1988...

Clarence "Toots" Griffith, 86, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, June 7, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

Funeral service for Estel L. "Red" Bryant, 1373 County Road 206, will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Cy Smith will officiate, with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

Jackie L. Bess, 46, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, June 8, 1995, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Glen Woodfin of Marble Hill will be held at 2 p.m. today at Baker Funeral Home. The Rev. Jerry Sander will officiate, with burial in Baker Cemetery. Woodfin, 63, died Thursday, June 8, 1995, at his home. He was born Nov. 22, 1931, at Sank, son of James Henry and Nora Ann Baker Woodfin. He and Carolyn Huffman were married June 17, 1966...

BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. -- Cape Girardeau's Ford & Sons American Legion baseball team improved to 6-0 on the season with a victory in the opening round of the Cason Classic Friday afternoon. Behind a two-run triple by Jeremy Johnson, Cape Legion defeated Dunklin County 6-0 to move into today's winner's bracket semifinal game...

Amy Roll of Evansville, Ind., won the women's competition at Friday's 13th Annual Riverfest Run, covering the 5.2-mile course in 33:55. Considering how humid it was in Cape Girardeau Friday night, competitors in the 13th Annual Kohlfeld Riverfest Run might rather have been immersed in the cool waters of the Mississippi River rather than running along them...

The Kohlfeld Capahas game against Granite City, Ill., was canceled Friday night due to a storm-related power outage at Capaha Field. Power is expected to be restored for today, but the doubleheader against O.B. Clark has been shortened to a single game scheduled for 4:30 p.m...

CHAFFEE -- The Chaffee Junior American Legion team swept Poplar Bluff in a doubleheader Friday at Harmon Field 9-0 and 3-1. Justin Vetter went the distance on the mound for Chaffee and struck out eight. He was also 2 for 3 at the plate. Justin McAlister added two hits on two RBIs for Chaffee...