Stories from Tuesday, June 11, 1996

King Cole played by Champ Friend talked to the Queen of Hearts played by Bridgett Johnson during a rehearsal for "Who Stole the Tart?" Amanda Dumey, playing a page, opens the play by reading a scroll during rehearsal at Rose Theater. Some 70 students ages 10 to 15 were enrolled last week in Horizons Program classes at Southeast...

LEOPOLD -- Pat Bollinger feels like an average teacher but probably doesn't have an average day on the job. No two days are alike in her kindergarten classroom at Leopold R-III schools. "At any given time, we might be doing something that will have an impact on some child for the rest of his or her life," Bollinger said. "We never really can be sure what will make a lasting impression."...

High bids could delay the New Madrid-Henderson intersection project for a year, officials said Monday. The Cape Girardeau City Council authorized Southeast Missouri State University to proceed with the realignment project last month. But that was contingent on bids for the joint university-city project coming in at or below the engineer's estimate...

With the Aug. 6 election date moving closer, Missouri Department of Revenue officials still don't know how much use tax cities can anticipate receiving. Voters in Cape Girardeau, along with those in Jackson and Cape Girardeau County, will decide in August whether to impose a local tax on out-of-state purchases...

A barge accident briefly closed the Mississippi River bridge at Chester, Ill., Monday. Similar accidents have occurred at the Cape Girardeau and Cairo, Ill., bridges in the past three weeks. Petty Officer Waylan Jennings of the Coast Guard Group, Upper Mississippi, said that the towboat Ray Eckstein reported that it missed its turn at about 1:25 p.m. and that the tow broke up, setting approximately 30 barges adrift...

Two hospitals in Southeast Missouri are the first in the region using an interactive link to share diagnostic information. Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville and Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau are now on-line sharing CT (computerized axial tomography) images via telephone line...

Four men went before the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Board Monday in an effort to have a portion of Capaha Park named after John Yallaly. Southeast Missouri State University president Dr. Bill Atchley, Walter Ford, Calvin Chapman and J. Ronald Fischer asked the board to name the baseball field at Capaha Park after Yallaly, who has devoted 40 years and thousands of dollars to the field and the young men who have played on it. Yallaly coached the American Legion baseball team...

Cape Girardeau City Hall Wednesday, June 12, 7 p.m. Public hearings, discussion and voting 1. Request of Melvin G. Barks and Bruce A. Jateff to rezone at 52-foot by 150-foot section of 620 Emerald from R-4 to C-1. 2. Request of East Missouri Action Agency Facilities Inc. for a special use permit to erect a 4-by-6-foot advertising sign at 1111 Linden in an R-4 district...

Plenty of parents would launch their kids into extended orbit after a long day at a theme park. School's out and kids across America are getting packed for those exciting summer vacations with mom and dad. Kids are particular about this stuff. They don't want just any vacation...

JACKSON -- Barbara Brockett, 61, of Jackson died at her home Monday, June 10, 1996. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Service will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Randy Miller officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery at Morley...

Thomas Lee Hails, 40, of Denver, Colo., died Saturday, June 8, 1996, at Briarwood Medical Center in Denver. He was born Dec. 19, 1955, at Sikeston, son of Lee and Marilyn Bayless Hails. Hails was a 1974 graduate of Central High School. He was an artist and had lived in Denver eight years...

PERRYVILLE -- Herman Joseph Winschel, 81, died Monday, June 10, 1996, at Perry Oaks Nursing Center. He was born Oct. 14, 1914, in Perry County, son of Hugo and Caroline Wibbenmeyer Winschel. Winschel had been a farmer. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, its Men's Sodality and WCU...

ANNA, Ill. -- Roy L. Bird, 80, of Simms, formerly of Anna, died Monday, June 10, 1996, at Jeffersonian Nursing Home in Mt. Vernon. He was born May 8, 1916, in Union County, son of Ira E. and Myrtle Hoyle Bird. He and Lula J. Meyers were married Dec. 5, 1944...

CHARLESTON -- Joe McCray, 91, of Charleston, died Saturday, June 8, 1996, at his home. He was born Nov. 14, 1904, in Greenville, Miss., son of John and Mahalia McCray. He and Martha Frazier were married Oct. 31, 1958. She died July 22, 1989. Survivors include five sons, Joe McCray of Charleston, Robert and Richard McCray of Seattle, Wash., David McCray of Kansas City, Billy McCray of Clearwater, Fla.; five daughters, Rosemary Clark, Georgia Gillespie and Jettie Haynes of Charleston, Betty Betts of Kansas City, Etta Cosby of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a brother, Bette McCray of Greenville; 40 grandchildren; 83 great-grandchildren, and 31 great-great-grandchildren.. ...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Ernest Penrod, 93, of Dongola, died Sunday, June 9, 1996, at City Care Center in Anna. He was born May 19, 1903, in Dongola, son of Daniel and Ella Mowery Penrod. He and Roxie Lingle were married Dec. 24, 1947. Penrod had farmed, and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church...

Allie B. Watson, 88, died Monday, June 10, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born April 11, 1908, in Carrsville, Ky., daughter of Fidelo H. and Susie Threlkeld Moore. She and Daniel Ivan Watson were married June 27, 1927. He died Jan. 7, 1972...

MATTHEWS -- David E. Moore, 39, of Matthews, died Sunday, June 9, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born April 6, 1957, at Sikeston, son of Paul and Betty Holland Moore. Moore was a chemist with Kraft Foods. Survivors include his parents of Matthews; two brothers, Doug Moore of Matthews, Doyle Moore of Symsonia, Ky., and a sister, Diane Lee of Lula, Ga...

Hollie Robert Cutright Sr., 79, of 19 S. Pacific died Monday, June 10, 1996, at his home. He was born Dec. 6, 1916, in Advance, son of William D. and Mary Elizabeth Brown Cutright. He and Lucille Thorn were married Sept. 17, 1939, in Cape Girardeau...

PERRYVILLE -- Ruth Ann Leible, 52, of Mexico, Mo., died Saturday, June 8, 1996, at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico. She was born Sept. 6, 1943, in Perry County, daughter of Wilbert and Della Weisbrod. She and Oscar "Bud" Leible were married Sept. 10, 1960, in Perry County...

Son to Robert and Tammie Lawrence of Perryville, Perry County Memorial Hospital, 10:01 a.m. Saturday, June 1, 1996. Name, Clayton Matthew. Weight, 8 pounds 9 ounces. First child. Mrs. Lawrence is the former Tammie Athey, daughter of Mike and Joyce Baker of Jackson. She is employed at My Camp in Uniontown. Lawrence is the son of Gary and Betty Lawrence of Perryville. He is employed at Keucker and Sons Farm in Perryville...

Special to the Southeast Missourian As expected, the Medicare trustees reported that Medicare's hospital fund will run out of money in five years -- or as soon as four years from now if its condition continues to deteriorate faster than expected. The severity of this situation cannot be overstated. Unless changes are made to the program, major tax increases for working Americans and cost increases for Medicare beneficiaries are the only ways to prevent bankruptcy...

Special to the Southeast Missourian EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was in the June 3 edition of Roll Call just prior to the release of the Medicare trustees' report. This week, the annual trustees' report on the financial health of Medicare is due to be released, and its findings will surely have profound political implications for the upcoming Congressional and presidential elections...

For decades, 4-H clubs across the nation have provided opportunities for youngsters to participate in projects aimed at making communities and neighborhoods better places. In the process, youngsters developed ideals, skills and confidence that lasted into adulthood...

To the editor: It never ceases to amaze me how Alan Journet manages to distort the facts. No one would disagree that we need to protect the future quality of life and economic wealth of Americans by wise management of our resources and protection for human health...

To the editor: In your May 26 article and June 2 and June 4 editorials, you failed to include House and Senate Republicans' role in the failure to achieve a tax cut in Missouri. In the House, Democrat Rep. Ken Jacob worked for many months trying to secure House Republicans' support for either a quarter-cent reduction in the overall sales tax rate or a 2 percent reduction in the food sales tax. ...

What to do about Missouri's biodiversity may not be high on any list of concerns for most of the state's residents. But there is a small -- and vocal -- group that sees something sinister in the effort to identify the natural resources of the state and to develop plans to both maintain that diversity and make use of it in constructive ways...

People planning to attend Riverfest this Friday and Saturday are probably beginning to wonder about the weather. Will it be rainy, as has been the case so much lately? Will it be cool? Or will it be hot and muggy? David Humphrey, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., said Monday that things are looking up for the entire Midwest...

The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will present its second concert of the season at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Capaha Park Band Shell. Special guest entertainment will be provided by Freedom Celebration. Ray Vogel will be the celebrity guest conductor. Planned selections include "Strike Up The Band" by George Gershwin, "Chorale and Shaker Dance" by John Zdechlik, "Second American Folk Rhapsody" by Clare Grundman and "Oklahoma" by Richard Rodgers...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Plans are being made for the 22nd annual Sweetcorn Festival in downtown East Prairie June 28-July 4. Festival activities include entertainment, food, car show, exotic animal petting zoo, parade, games for children of all ages, street dance, fireworks display and more. An arts and crafts fair also is planned...

Tuesday, June 11, 7:30 p.m. Middle School Library Action Items -- Consider state and federal programs for 1996-97 school year. -- Consider tentative budget for 1996-97. -- Consider construction of concession/restroom facility for stadium. -- Consider canceling board meeting for June 25...

Nicole Marie Vernier-Gelven recently graduated from the Oklahoma City University School of Law. She received the Excellence in Native American Legal Assistance Clinic Award. Vernier-Gelven, a 1988 graduate of Notre Dame High School, lives in Oklahoma City, Okla., with her husband, Chris Gelven. She is the daughter of Joe and Helen Vernier of Jackson...

Culver-Stockton College has announced its President's List, Dean's List and Honor Roll for the 1996 spring semester. Matthew Cox Waldron has made the honor roll. He is the son of Kennethy and Norma Waldron of Jackson.

Natalie R. Schuessler, of Frohna, a fifth-year senior in Kansas State University's architecture program, is the 1996 recipient of the Gastinger and Walker Architects Scholarship. The scholarship carries a $1,000 stipend. She is the daughter Robert and Janet Schuessler and is a 1992 graduate of Perryville High School...

Six students from Franklin Elementary School placed in the top 10 state finalists in the Missouri Elementary Math and Art Tessellation Poster Contest. Three Franklin students received honorable mention. The contest was sponsored by the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics. This is the first year our students have entered the contest...

The American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Unit 63 of Cape Girardeau recently sponsored a poppy coloring contest in the special education classes at Franklin School. Classes participating were first and second, third and fourth, fifth and sixth. First-place winners were Jacob Baugher, Joe Harrison and Lionel Dixon...

Champ Friend, 13, won the 1996 Optimist District Oratorical Contest in May. Friend receive a $1,500 scholarship for his humorous essay about procrastination, "Now is the Time." Friend is a student at Nell Holcomb School and is the son of Charles and Maggie Friend of Cape Girardeau. After placing in the regional contest, he advanced to the district level...

Janet Smith, an eighth-grader at Cape Central Junior High School, was one student recently recognized by the Cape Girardeau Board of Education for outstanding achievement. Each year, English teachers in Missouri submit students' works of prose and poetry to a committee of the Missouri Association of Teachers of English. Some of the works are chosen and printed in the annual publication Missouri Youth Writes...

Erica Lea Camp will be part of a group of 197 students to tour Europe as part of the Missouri Band, String Orchestra and Choir. The Missouri Ambassadors of Music will represent Missouri in a 16-day tour of seven European countries from June 13 to 28. The Missouri Ambassadors is composed of a highly select concert band, choir, string orchestra and jazz band. Students were selected on the basis of recommendations from their high school music teachers...

Tim and Danny Robert of Cape Girardeau have placed first in every regional math competition they entered. Tim, an eighth-grader, placed first at both the regional MathCounts and Missouri Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) eighth-grade test with algebra. Danny, a sixth-grader, placed first at the regional MCTM elementary competition in both problem solving and concepts...

Southwest Missouri State University of Springfield conferred 1,395 degrees in its commencement ceremony on May 17 at Hammons Student Center. Two area students were among those graduates. They are Brenda Uhrhan of Jackson and Nickole L. Keller of Gordonville. Both students received Bachelor of Science degrees...

Ryan Hagedorn graduated cum laude on Dec. 16, 1995, from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. He earned a bachelor's degree in aeronautical science and is a pilot and flight instructor for Air Evac Aviation in Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Richard and Doris Hagedorn of Cape Girardeau and is a 1990 graduate of Notre Dame High School...

Major William Keith Stockman has graduated from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., with a Ph.D. in Economics. Stockman is a 1973 graduate of Cape Central High School and a 1977 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. He is the son of Charles and Betty Stockman of Cape Girardeau...