Stories from Saturday, April 27, 1996

@$: Local doctor honored for achievement Dr. Charles Cozean Jr. of Cape Girardeau received an Alumni Achievement Award Saturday from Westminster College at Fulton. Cozean was one of six alumni to receive the school's highest award Saturday...

State Rep. Mary Kasten's plan to erect a statue in honor of the late Rush H. Limbaugh has been toppled by opposition from the Limbaugh family. Kasten said Friday that she would look for another way to honor Limbaugh, a well-known Cape Girardeau lawyer who died April 8 at the age of 104...

Former U.S. senator John Danforth hopes Cape Girardeau will greet Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with open arms. Thomas will visit Southeast Missouri State University Tuesday. "I hope people let him know that they like him. He is a very nice human being. He has had a very rough go," said Danforth, a friend and one of Thomas's staunchest supporters...

BLOOMFIELD -- With a string of drawings a mile long, Grace Corrigan could have circled the gymnasium twice as she pulled out the more than 800 letters and drawings from students in the Bloomfield School District. Each creation, which ranged from drawings of space shuttles and pictures of the flag to poems and letters, was a tribute to her daughter, Christa McAuliffe, who was the first civilian to fly in space...

BLOOMFIELD -- Her students refer to her as "The Space Cadet," and her classroom filled with space suits, shuttles, and photos as the "Space Room," but Sheila Perry doesn't mind. Perry, technology coordinator at Bloomfield schools, is used to the nickname -- it suits her enthusiasm and interest in the NASA space exploration program...

Do you practice random acts of kindness? In just 16 days, a special regionwide observance will promote kindness among businesses, organizations, churches, schools and individuals. More than 120 groups and businesses have signed up to participate in Random Acts of Kindness Week, said Joni Adams, managing editor of the Southeast Missourian. The newspaper is sponsoring the week May 12-18...

Southeast Missouri State University's Donald L. Harrison College of Business has received national accreditation, school officials announced Friday afternoon. The accreditation is a big boost to the business program, putting it among the top 10 percent of business schools in the nation...

As part of my personal therapy and progression toward wellness, I'm forcing you to share in the pain of my circumference. Thursday was Take Our Daughters to Work Day, and the surgical nurses had 10 girls touring the hospital that morning. I was doing a story about it and had to follow the group into an operating room, which meant changing into scrubs...

SCOTT CITY -- Henry Antone Wilhelm, 85, of Scott City died Friday, April 26, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements were incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

Son to Bob and Dawn Myers, Oran Route 1, Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, 11:34 p.m. Monday, March 25, 1996. Name, Tyler Robert. Weight, 8 pounds 11 ounces. First child. Mrs. Myers is the former Dawn McCarlen, daughter of Pat and Denny Robinett of Bloomfield, and the late Gene McCarlen. She is a staff accountant with Food Giant Corp. Offices. Myers is the son of Bernie Myers of Marble Hill, and the late Luther Myers. He is employed in retail technology services with Fleming Foods...

Fred O. Williams, 86, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, April 26, 1996, at Cape Residential Care Center. He was born Dec. 30, 1909, in Blodgett, son of Robert Lee and Carrie Lee Hurley Williams. He and Pearl J. Proctor were married Nov. 23, 1949, in Blytheville, Ark...

Funeral mass for Rita M. Glueck of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Mary's Cathedral. Msgr. Richard Rolwing will officiate, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Glueck, 74, died Thursday, April 25, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

Hessie Boone Sullivan, 89, Chateau Estates, died Friday, April 26, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

DEXTER -- Thomas Jackson Harwood, 72, of Port Orange, Fla., died Wednesday, April 24, 1996, in Port Orange. He was born Sept. 18, 1923, in Center Ridge, Ark., son of Perd and Annie Hill Harwood. He married the former Edna Presson. Harwood retired as a clerk at McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis. He had lived in Port Orange since 1993. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...

MORLEY -- Funeral service for Mathis Copeland of Morley will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Charles Warren will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Copeland, 77, died Thursday, April 25, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

BELL CITY -- Funeral mass for Charles O. Heffner of Springfield was held Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church in Springfield. Burial was in Resurrection Cemetery near Springfield. Heffner, 78, died Friday, April 19, 1996, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia...

Dollie Mae Mills, 77, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, April 26, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Scott City is in charge of arrangements.

JACKSON -- Mildred B. Smith, 87, of Jackson, died Friday, April 26, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 22, 1909, in Oak Ridge, daughter of Brown and Cora Hartle Clippard. She and Chester Smith were married April 21, 1928. He died July 3, 1989...

SCOTT CITY -- Coralie Jean Wright, 60, of Scott City, died Thursday, April 25, 1996, in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 1, 1935, in Miller City, Ill., daughter of David Ralph and Mary Alice Bowers McCoy. She and Marion Wallace Christopher Wright were married July 27, 1962...

To the editor: I want to tell you how happy I am to see a prayer each day in your paper. Thank you, and God bless all of you. MARIE BIRK Jackson

To the editor: We can choose to see only the bad things around us or the good things of God. Thank you for the prayer a day on the Opinion page. MYRNA CHEEK Morley, Mo.

To the editor: The fourth grade class at Washington School would like to express our gratitude for the Southeast Missourian's generous contribution to our drawing we had on April 4. The money we raised helped support our trip to Jefferson City where we toured the governor's mansion, Supreme Court building, the House of Representatives and the Senate...

The announcement was exciting and long awaited. Notre Dame High School will relocate to a 40-acre site at Route K and Hitt Road, about two miles west of Interstate 55. Proponents now face the task of raising $5 million in private funds to build the 90,000-square-foot structure...

Something needs to be done about Cape Girardeau's aging water system. There is no question improvements are needed. But while the need is clear, the solutions are not. The price tag has grown considerably, and the city faces a major selling job on both the size of the project and financing method...

HEIDI NIELAND had a very interesting column in Saturday's paper about her taxes being higher now that she is no longer single. I am a senior citizen, and my taxes are $1,000 more now that my husband is no longer living and I'm filing single. My pension went up a little, but it seems to me that I wouldn't haven't to pay so much. ...

To the editor: The future of telecommunications is much closer than you think. The Missouri Senate has passed a bill that, if passed by the House, would bring consumers all the advantages of full and fair competition. Passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in Washington, D.C., paved the way for states to determine just how they would ensure the benefits promised by sweeping reform. ...