Stories from Thursday, February 29, 1996

The reception Friday for Pamela Boyd's "Four Seasons of Nature" will be an opening for Gallery 100 as well. The gallery, located in cramped quarters on Mount Auburn Road for the past two years, has just moved into a new space at 6 N. Sprigg St. The quick and somewhat unexpected transition was a happy conjunction of being "squeezed out" of the old space by landlords looking for long-term tenants and the offer of a new space designed for a gallery, said Beverly Strohmeyer, executive director of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri.. ...

Though many people living in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois know about the Cherokee tragedy called the Trail of Tears, the story of what happened after the many Indian nations were forcibly removed to Oklahoma during the 19th century is less seldom told...

Key findings of a new statewide opinion poll on Missouri's public schools closely match results of a fact-finding effort by Cape Girardeau public schools. Missourians want public schools to teach students basic skills in reading, writing and mathematics, the statewide survey found. Schools should also offer a safe learning environment...

For most people, Feb. 29 is little more than a number on the calendar, a chance to straighten out the world's way of keeping time. For Leap Year Day babies, it is a chance to have another rare birthday -- once every four years. And parents of those babies, careful not to play favorites, will at least say the children born on Feb. 29 are special...

Despite differences in age and social background, Dawn Evans, Charlene Peyton, Calvin Bird and Donna Wilson share a common bond -- discrimination. The four Cape Girardeau residents, who are black, spoke at Central High School Wednesday afternoon about personal experiences with discrimination...

Feb. 29, 1996 Dear Pat, It's a traumatic day on Lorimier Street. Hank and Lucy are due early at the vet's to be "fixed," and DC's worried. Not about anything in particular, just that her pups are having life-altering operations. With Lucy there was no question about having it done. We signed an agreement with the Humane Society stating we'd have her spayed, and she's such a free spirit she probably won't stop wagging her stub tail during the procedure...

In the past, the Cape Girardeau County Commission often found itself in the awkward position of mediating skirmishes between Cape Girardeau and Jackson. It isn't only in high school athletics that these two cities have sustained a friendly rivalry. To the benefit of both cities and the county, though, discord between Cape Girardeau and Jackson has largely dissipated in the past few years...

This newspaper and its parent company, Concord Publishing House of Cape Girardeau, recently won an important legal battle in the Missouri Supreme Court. In a 22-page decision, the court ruled that computer equipment used in the production of newspapers are exempt from sales taxes...

Son to Lee and Ginny Lester of O'Fallon, St. John's Mercy Hospital, 3:13 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1996. Name, Alec McKinley. Weight, 6 pounds 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Lester is the former Virginia Smith, daughter of David and Sue Smith of Willow Springs, N.C. She is employed at Christian Family Services in St. Louis. Lester is the son of Doug and Nancy Lester of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at Resource Net International in St. Louis...

SCOTT CITY -- Chril Reynolds, 72, of Scott City died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Aug. 27, 1923, at Salcedo, daughter of Wesley Jordan and Effie Belle Hinkle. She and Lloyd Leslie "Slim" Reynolds were married March 24, 1945, at St. Louis. He died June 14, 1987...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Joseph "Sep" Renner Jr. of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle, with the Rev. Joseph Eilers officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Miller Family Funeral Home from 6:30-9:30 a.m. The rosary will be recited at 9...

DEXTER -- Funeral service for John Willard Christian of Dexter will be held at 1 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter. The Rev. Vyron Yount will officiate, with burial in Hagy Cemetery. Christian, 63, died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...

WARE, Ill. -- Leon Burchyett, 87, of Ware died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1996, at the City Care Center in Anna, Ill. He was born Jan. 14, 1909, at McClure, Ill., to William and Flora Verble Burchyett. He and Ida Johnson were married Dec. 5, 1936. She died May 24, 1985...

CHARLESTON -- Elnora R. French, 88, of Millbrae, Calif., died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996, at Sheltering Pines Convalescent Center in Millbrae. She was born July 7, 1907, at Cooter, daughter of Walter and Cora Grooms Reynolds. She and Aston E. French were married in 1929 at Charleston. He died in 1973...

JACKSON -- Geraldine Lane, 77, of Jackson, died Monday, Feb. 26, 1996, in Jackson. She was born Sept. 4, 1918, in Tennessee, daughter of Marvin and Daisy Ladd Fausett. She married Willian Lane, who died Jan. 7, 1981. Lane had upholstered furniture for Chromecraft, and later was a professional cake decorater in the Festus area...

Funeral service for Billy Howard of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. today at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Neal Zeilinger will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Howard, 60, died Monday, Feb. 26, 1996, at his home.

Dorothy P. Garlinghouse, 80, of Lenexa, Kan., died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Shawnee, Kan. She was born Sept. 17, 1915, in Kansas City, Kan., daughter of John and Caroline Potts Rogers. She married George L. Garlinghouse, who died in 1976...

PERRYVILLE -- New traffic lights along Highway 51 should alleviate some congestion in Perryville. The Missouri Highways and Transportation Department soon will begin a project here to install lights at the intersections of highways 51 and 61 and 51 and Route T...

Shop 'n Save has left the Cape Girardeau grocery market, but the St. Louis-headquartered company recently increased its presence in the St. Louis market with the purchase of six Price Chopper supermarkets. Shop 'n Save Warehouse Foods Inc. announced in mid-February that the 60,000-square-foot store at 254 S. Silver Springs Road in Cape Girardeau was being phased out after five years in business...