Stories from Wednesday, January 10, 1996

Harry Leward McDonald, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996, at his home. He was born March 10, 1917, at St. Louis to Charles and Lea Anna Tyler McDonald. In 1959, he married Rose Lee Brock, who died in 1971. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1941 through 1946. He worked as a laborer for St. Louis County for 15 years before retiring at the age of 72...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- David W. Haney, 28, of Jonesboro, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996, at Vencor Hospital in St. Louis. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Cobden is in charge of arrangements.

JACKSON -- Gerald E. Snyder, 74, of Jackson, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 5, 1922, in Beverly, Ill., son of Sylvan and Ethel Triplett Snyder. He and Maidie Liberta were married Nov. 11, 1944...

MILLERSVILLE -- Wilma L. Wills, 69, of Millersville, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born Jan. 1, 1927, in Caledonia, daughter of Emmett and Era Shelton Montgomery. She and P.C. Wills were married July 4, 1946. Survivors include her husband; three stepsons, Dean and Billy Wills of Jackson, James Wills of Oak Ridge; a stepdaughter, Phyllis Scott of Fruitland; a brother, Ralph Montgomery of Park Hills; a sister, Evelyn Stephens of Caledonia; six stepgrandchildren, and two great-stepgrandchildren.. ...

Son to Leroy and Sandy Bollinger of Chaffee, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:13 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, 1995. Name, Tyler Joseph. Weight, 7 pounds 13 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Bollinger is the former Sandy Senciboy, daughter of James and Mildred Senciboy of Chaffee. She is a teacher at Delta R-5 Schools. Bollinger is the son of Helen Bollinger of Chaffee and the late Ancle Bollinger. He is a carpenter at Interior Plus Inc...

To the editor: The conventional wisdom regarding the present federal budget impasse is that the two sides are only a few dollars apart and a resolution should be readily forthcoming. Not so. They're miles apart. This is the clash of the politics of rich and poor. ...

Out of the gridlock in the Missouri House of Representatives that has resulted from the inability of the Democratic majority to pick a new speaker comes one clear conclusion: Speaker Bob Griffin should stick to his plan to retire from the Legislature by immediately vacating both his seat in the House and his position as speaker...

Arrests stemming from marijuana eradication efforts in Missouri jumped almost 28 percent in 1995, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Working with local law enforcement agencies and the Missouri National Guard, the patrol located and destroyed 53,590,096 marijuana plants illegally being cultivated last year. As a result, 884 arrests were made compared to 613 in 1994...

Planning and Zoning Commission Agenda, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Request of Harold J. and Yvonne M. Werner to rezone 2011-2019 Perryville Road from R-1, single family residential, to C-1, local commercial. Request of Bert and Mary Ann Kellerman to designate the Alliance Building at 7-15 Spanish Street as a historic landmark...

The Cape Girardeau City Council shorted out Monday night over a plan that would require electricians to pass a test to be licensed to perform work in the city. A divided council tabled the first reading of a proposed ordinance that would implement such testing because council members remained divided over the regulatory measure...

To the editor: In a news release dated Oct. 10, Gov. Mel Carnahan, the head of the Commission on Performance, gave approval for the revised set of performance standards for Missouri public schools. In the article, Carnahan says, "Thomas Jefferson argued for the necessity of statewide standards in free public schooling. Today, I am proud to note the similarities between Jefferson's vision and Missouri's proposed Show Me Standards for Academic Success."...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Raymond Randall of Jackson will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. Bill Ellis will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today...

PERRYVILLE -- Stella Marie Ruch, 80, of Perryville, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996, at Perry Oaks Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 1, 1915, at Yount, daughter of August and Irene Robinson Geile. She and Francis C. Ruch were married May 19, 1936, at Silver Lake. He died Sept. 10, 1988...

CHAFFEE -- Beatrice Evylin Glastetter, 70, of Chaffee, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 18, 1925, in Colfax, Iowa, daughter of Robert H. and Hazel Wade Mock. She and Al Glastetter were married Nov. 16, 1946...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Rose McBride Brooks, 95, of Pensacola, Fla., and formerly of Dongola, Ill., died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at the Crain Funeral Home in Dongola.

SIKESTON -- Herman B. White, 55, of Chicago, formerly of Sikeston, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 1996, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born April 16, 1940, in Matthews, to Percy and Nellie Mae Hampton White. White had lived in Chicago for more than 30 years...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Wanda Darlene Busby of Bloomfield will be held at 2 p.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Doyle Corlew will officiate, with burial in Chalk Bluff Cemetery near Dexter. Busby, 47, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Ruby Rigsby, 85, of Mississippi County, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996, at East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Dec. 10, 1910, in Mississippi County, daughter of N.B. and Lois Roach Busby. She and Lexie Rigsby were married in 1935. He died in July 1974...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Stanley B. Woods of Sikeston will be held at 1 p.m. today at First Baptist Church, with Dr. Jim Guffie officiating. Burial will be in Sikeston City Cemetery. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Woods, 77, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

SIKESTON -- Irene Mallard, 78, Sikeston Route 2, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Nov. 16, 1917, in Pollard, Ark., daughter of Robert Vance and Anna Lou Rice Householder. She and Alvin C. Mallard were married April 7, 1933, in Pollard...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral service for Issac Hudson Davis Jr. of Cairo will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Bethel Temple Church of God In Christ at Mounds. Elder E.E. Whitaker will officiate, with burial in Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds. Friends may call Thursday at the church from 1 p.m. to service time...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Mattie Wiggins, 75, of Cairo, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Aug. 8, 1920, in Eudora, Ark., daughter of Henry and Lula West Burgess. She married Samuel Wiggins, who preceded her in death...

SCOTT CITY -- John C. Enderle, 62, of Scott City, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996, at his home. He was born Feb. 1, 1933, at Kelso, son of Benjamin John and Dorothy Theresa Heuring Enderle. Enderle was a chief warrant officer in the U.S. Marines, serving in the Korean and Vietnam Wars...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Rosie Lee Hill of Scott City will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. Rennie Phillips will officiate, with burial in Lightner Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 3 p.m. today...

United Way officials announced Tuesday that the agency had topped its $500,000 fund-raising goal for 1995. Contributions to the campaign totalled $500,737.72, said Donna Hanschen, who chaired the campaign. "We collectively did it -- all of us here in Cape Girardeau and Jackson and Scott City," Hanschen said. "You're going to help those 24 agencies provide some wonderful services."...

PERRYVILLE -- Rex D. Miller hopes to find a new job with Perry County School District No. 32. Miller, 50, is one of three men who are being interviewed this week for the superintendent's job. Superintendent Ron Fitch announced his resignation last fall; he will leave the district at the end of the school year...

A falling river level and ice flows have imperiled river navigation on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. But Lt. Pat Riley of the U.S. Coast Guard office in Paducah, Ky., said the lower levels and ice haven't yet caused any accidents. "We've been warning mariners of the ice," Riley said, "and we've had no incidents so far."...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri prison director Dora B. Schiro doubts provisions of a bill calling for the use of chain gangs and shackled prisoners in Missouri would be implemented because the use of chains wouldn't be part of an expanded rehabilitation program that puts every prisoner to work every day...

What exactly is so wrong with Missouri's current, albeit drab, license plate that so many people are so keen to change it? Not vibrant enough, some say. Not as nice as other states', some say. Not at all evocative of post-impressionist style, some say. No snappy phrases concocted by the guys in marketing, the guys in marketing say...

WHAT'S THIS? In a recent editorial you wrote in reference to public education that "by and large most students receive a satisfactory education and either go on to college or enter the workforce." Your only reservation seemed to be that those less willing or able to continue their education beyond high school need to be better served. ...

SIKESTON -- The Sikeston City Council is discussing the prospects of establishing an industrial park and is looking at a 640-acre tract along Highway 61 North. Owners of the property, Hugh and Mary Austin Rose of Tucson, Ariz. have agreed to sell the land for $1.8 million...

BENTON -- The 14 members of the Scott County Democratic Central Committee chose one of their own Tuesday night to fill the vacant seat on the Scott County Commission. Wayne Petitt, a 27-year-old corporate administrator from Scott City, was elected to fill the unexpired term on the Scott County Commission. He also serves on the committee...

The list of candidates for Cape Girardeau's Board of Education is growing. Incumbents Steve Wright and Harry Rediger are seeking election to the Cape Girardeau Board of Education. Wright filed for one of three three-year terms on the board. Rediger filed for a one-year term. Also seeking the one year term is Jacqueline N. Sproat...

Economic development, creation of new jobs, retention of existing business and industry, kindergarten through 12th-grade education, availability of skilled workers and crime issues are high on the list of priorities of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce...

JACKSON -- Jackson students may go into college with up to 24 hours of credit under a curriculum approved for next year by the Jackson R-2 School Board. On Tuesday, the board added English Literature II and advanced placement biology to the list of high school classes for 1995-96. The English course is a semester long and worth half a credit unit, but the year-long biology course will be worth a whole credit...

JACKSON -- The first of six town hall meetings conducted by the Healthier Communities Committee will be at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. The Healthier Communities Committee, a joint effort of seven organizations interested in improving the health and quality of life in Cape Girardeau County residents, is organizing the meetings. Members are seeking input from people of all ages and income levels...

In two previous columns, I shared thoughts regarding the importance of ongoing discussions about the need for clear goals in our school curriculum. I also expressed the view that there are common traditional values that are important if our children are going to be successful and happy in the adult world, and we must all endeavor to teach these values...

The Southeast Missourian asked people if Jackson residents are ready for some new faces on the Jackson Board of Aldermen. Janet Loenneke: "I think that more people are filing for the board because the city is growing. The city is getting more problems, and maybe the people who are on the board now are used to smaller problems...

The city of Cape Girardeau and the Cape Girardeau Country Club have swapped land. The City Council approved the deal Monday night. Final approval is expected later this month. The Country Club will give the city 2.68 acres of land that fronts on Cape Rock Drive, including the Cape Rock Fountain next to the city's water plant...

Speed limits will increase on some Missouri roadways if the General Assembly accepts recommendations made Monday by Gov. Mel Carnahan. The recommendations, which include a 70 mph limit on rural interstates, were based on a report issued by a task force composed of representatives from several state agencies and both houses of the legislature...

Cold, wintry, blustery days have one advantage. There is more time to stay home and do some of the things the rush of the holiday season has not allowed. Days are getting noticeably longer and there are thoughts of spring. With your favorite seed catalog in hand, you can look over all of the exciting new varieties for 1996 and all those old favorites your family has enjoyed for years. Why not expand your horizons this year and be adventurous and try a few new and unusual flowers and vegetables?...

Well-prepared steaks are the stuff of dining dreams for many Americans. It has been that way for generations. Since 1910, the first year such statistics were compiled, Americans have been eating an annual per capita average of 60 pounds of beef. Whether from grocery store meat departments, local markets like Fruitland Dressed Meat, or other sources, Americans daily make beef selections that will ultimately become dining room favorites...