Stories from Tuesday, October 17, 1995

Gloria Miller a therapist with the Community Counseling Center used puppets for play therapy with her clients at May Greene Elementary School. Members of the Caring Communities hold a staff meeting to discuss cases. The group is made up of representatives of several organizations and works closely with teachers and administrators...

Practice makes perfect, and in Jim Hindman's music class practice can also make profits. St. Mary Cathedral School band students who practice their instruments regularly earn "band dollars." Once a semester, they can redeem their dollars to buy items. Last year items included a rubber rat, videos, CDs, flashlights and a $5 bill...

Cape Girardeau and Commerce are two of three cities Missouri has approved for a government buyout of properties repeatedly affected by flooding. The state recommendations -- announced Monday by Gov. Mel Carnahan -- are subject to federal approval. Ken Eftink, Cape Girardeau's development services coordinator, said federal approval might only be a formality...

WASHINGTON -- Aides to U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Mo., say House legislation will save a Medicare system that otherwise will go broke in seven years. A vote on the Medicare Preservation Act is scheduled for Thursday. The law, which reforms Medicare, passed two House committees last week...

The Cape Girardeau City Council balked Monday night at a Southeast Missouri State University plan to move the Henderson-New Madrid intersection project ahead of others on the transportation tax plan. The council tabled the issue at its study session after councilmen Melvin Gateley and Richard Eggimann said such a move would violate the city's promise to voters, who approved the transportation tax in an election in August...

When Shawn Harris decided to attend Southeast Missouri State University, he made a commitment to try to improve the campus for black men. Harris, a freshman, is among founders of a new campus movement called KUAS, Kings United Against Struggle. KUAS held its first event Monday, a march in support of the Million Man March in Washington, D.C. About 30 black men walked from Graul to Academic Hall...

Painters hope to complete Cape Girardeau's Missouri Wall of Fame today with name plates for each of the 45 men and women honored on the mural. J. Tim Blattner, president of the Missouri Heritage Mural Association, said good weather helped the painters make short shrift of the work...

When you're 3, the best events are those that come with candy. That was definitely the case at SEMO's homecoming parade. Forget the floats, the bands, the dignitaries. It was the candy that made it a mega-event for daughter Becca and her friends. They eagerly scooped up all the candy thrown in their direction as we sat along the parade route...

I'M CALLING in reference to the narrow-minded person who commented that Walt Disney World has now become a friendly place for the gays and lesbians. That place is for everyone. My belief is he's not a Christian because he has no right to judge. The Lord is the only one who has the right to judge. And if he's not going to take his family there, I don't think they want him there anyway...

Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Mo., compiled a set of "facts about Medicare's condition." The list appears here. Medicare is going broke. According to the 1995 report from the Medicare Board of Trustees -- three of who are Clinton Administration Cabinet Secretaries:...

It is old news that the federal government wastes as much as it spends on programs that actually do some good. Almost any program Washington touches winds up costing billions of dollars more than the direct benefits to recipients of a particular program's largess. This is mainly due to the overhead government consumes in the process of delivering its services...

Another bit of news from Washington, this time from the Internal Revenue Service, may have brought a few smiles to weary taxpayers. Like most of the federal government, the IRS is facing a reduction in funding for its operations. But the IRS commissioner, Margaret Milner Richardson, is protesting. She says you've got to spend money to collect money...

To the editor: Just to set the record straight, I am not a member of any oppressed group except, perhaps, the working class. Blacks and other minorities have long contended that racist attitudes are a common as pig tracks among law enforcement personnel and that the bones of these attitudes have been given flesh in many instances by false arrests, brutal mistreatment, falsification or augmentation of evidence a perjurious testimony at trial -- mostly directed against blacks and Hispanics. ...

To the editor: This is to address the issue raised by the Cape Girardeau School District concerning school nurses. While cost is certainly a factor to consider in making decisions about personnel, quality also must be addressed. Registered nurses, particularly those with baccalaureate degrees in nursing, are the ideal candidates to fill school nursing positions. ...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Bernice "Beanie" Hart, 75, of Dongola, Ill., died Monday, Oct. 16, 1995, at the Healthcare Center in Jonesboro. She was born June 24, 1920, at Vienna, Ill., daughter of Robert and Luetta Fuller Litsey. She and Harold "Jug" Hart were married Oct. 7, 1946...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Viola Gertrude Cowgur of Bloomfield will be held at 2 p.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home. The Rev. Greg Greason will officiate, with burial in North Antioch Cemetery near here. Cowgur, 80, died Sunday, Oct. 15, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Derek Howell of Naperville, Ill., Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Ill., 7:58 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1995. Name, Bradley David Smith. Weight, 8 pounds. Second child, first son. Mrs. Howell is the former Karen Smith, daughter of Bob V. Smith of Cairo, Ill., and the late Martha A. Smith. Howell is the son of Laura Howell of Carol Stream, Ill., and the late David C. Howell...

Funeral service for John Rodney McEwing of Bonne Terre, formerly of Cape Girardeau, was held Friday in Syracuse, Neb. Burial was in Johnson, Neb. Announcement courtesy of Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City. McEwing, 75, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1995, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis...

Emma Elizabeth Frye, 93, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Oct. 15, 1995, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Feb. 25, 1902, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of William Henry and Annie Lucy Alford Brucher. She and J. Grant Frye were married Sept. 1, 1923, at First Christian Church. He died Jan. 11, 1956...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Funeral service for Joshua Wolfe will be held at 11 a.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Ullin. Ronnie Gulley will officiate, with burial in Christian Chapel Cemetery. Joshua, 2 months, died Saturday, Oct. 14, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo...

Malcolm Richard "Mack" Reddick Sr., 74, 1438 N. Water, died Monday, Oct. 16, 1995, at his home. He was born March 29, 1921, in Chicago, son of Joseph Michael and Dorcas Irene Lorenz Reddick. He and Betty L. Little were married Nov. 1, 1958, in East St. Louis, Ill...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Lois Mosier Furlong of East Prairie will be held at 11 a.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. James Bolden will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery near Charleston. Furlong, 73, died Sunday, Oct. 15, 1995, at Bertrand Nursing Center in Bertrand...

Funeral service for Dora Louise Delzer of Tehachapi, Calif., was held Oct. 6 at First Baptist Church there. The Rev. Marvin Anderson officiated, with burial in Tehachapi Public Cemetery-Eastside. Wood Family Funeral Service in Tehachapi was in charge of arrangements...

JoAnne S. Seabaugh, 74, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Oct. 16, 1995, at Fountainbleau Lodge. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel.

Three Southeast Missouri men were recognized at the State Historical Society of Missouri's annual meeting Oct. 14. H. Riley Bock of New Madrid was elected president of the society. He will serve a three-year term in that office, and had been a member of the Board of Trustees...

Dr. Kathryn Kornegay has authored "Within Hospital Walls," a collection of short stories that explore chemical dependency and the recovery process associated with it. Kornegay, associate professor of nursing at Southeast Missouri State University and a registered nurse, called the book "a departure from the norm."...

JACKSON -- When it comes to fixing up the new Jackson City Hall, the city's Board of Aldermen isn't messing around. Last month they approved the purchase of all new desks, tables and chairs from a factory run by the Missouri Department of Corrections to employ prisoners...

Linda Alberson, a fifth-grade teacher at Franklin School, was nominated for the KBSI-TV/FOX 23 "Good Apple Award." Students entered the contest by writing a letter about a teacher that deserved special recognition. Marissa Benn nominated her teacher, Alberson, for the award. Alberson won four tickets for the Disney on Ice show. Her aide, Emilie Clardy and the entire class also won tickets to the show...

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale named 863 students to the summer session Dean's List. The students must earn a grade point average of 3.25 to 3.75. Area students include Doris L. Hayden, Marcy D. Hazel, Julia A. Lewis, Terry R. Miller, Eric J. ...

Three area residents were among the summer graduates at the University of Missouri-Columbia. They include Susan Melinda Brooks of Scott City, master's degree in mathematics; Jennifer Ann Johnson of Sikeston, master's degree in horticulture; and Candace M. Heise of Cape Girardeau, master's degree in library science...

Ghosts and goblins of all ages are invited to an evening of Halloween happenings Friday at the A.C. Brase Arena Building. The event begins with a coloring contest for children ages 3-7 at 6 p.m. Older children can enter a pumpkin carving contest at the same time...

The Cape Girardeau Central Marching Tigers placed fourth in their class and sixth overall during their first performance at the Alton, Ill., competition. The contest, held Saturday, featured 23 bands. The Central band scored a first place in marching and maneuvering, second for drum majors and music and third for the color guard...

High school students can learn first hand about the workings of the world around them in GeoQuest, a series of sessions in geology. The geosciences department at Southeast Missouri State University is offering the sessions. The sessions began Saturday with a look at fossils. Future sessions are scheduled for Oct. 28, Nov. 4 and Nov. 18...

The Cape Girardeau Adult Basic Education program is offering fall classes at 13 places in five counties. The classes, which are free, offer students an opportunity to work on improving reading, writing and math skills, and prepare for the GED test. Classes are available from 7:45 a.m. ...

Derrick Nunley, a 1995 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School, recently received a scholarship donation. The award was given by the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge 6th District of Missouri and the Harmony Lodge 40 of Cape Girardeau. Nunley attends Illinois Valley Junior College in Ogelsby. He is studying business administration. He is the son of Ricky and Linda Nunley of Cape Girardeau...

Casey Jean Glueck, a cheerleader at Notre Dame High School, was selected an Elite All-American at the Elite Cheer Camp. She attended a workshop at the school. She was selected for the award based on her cheerleading technique, leadership and ability...

After traveling across the country to display their History Day exhibit, Pat and Beth DesPres were chosen guest speakers at the Noon Optimist Club's August meeting. The St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School students entered a History Day competition in April. Their project, "Saving the Buffalo River," won first place at competition in Cape Girardeau and second place at the state competition in April...