Stories from Wednesday, June 19, 1996

DIX, Ill. -- Lloyd W. London, 76, of Dix, died Monday, June 17, 1996, at the Good Samaritan Regional Health Center in Mount Vernon. He was born Feb. 21, 1920, in Cape Girardeau, son of Chester and Artie "Tilley" London. He and Dorothy Kinnison were married on July 7, 1946, in Appleton...

High bids will apparently delay the street improvements at the New Madrid-Henderson intersection for a year. The intersection is on the edge of the Southeast Missouri State University campus next to the new business building nearing completion. Both bids for the project were well over the estimated costs. These bids could send the project back to the drawing board...

The Cape Girardeau Board of Education is working to create a five-year, long-range plan. Such a plan is essential, especially in the face of many pressing needs in the district. Without long-range planning, a school district -- like any other organization or business -- simply puts out the fires but fails to sidestep crises before they develop...

NEW HAMBURG -- Rick Chastain, embattled principal at Meadow Heights schools, has been chosen as superintendent of Kelso C-7 schools. "The community is very supportive," Chastain said. "Everyone I've talked to has had nothing but good things to say. I'm excited about the opportunity of working with Kelso C-7 and the school board."...

The city of Cape Girardeau has crashed so far in its efforts to keep a restaurant at the regional airport. The latest operator of the Runway Restaurant in the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport terminal closed the doors at the end of April and left town...

The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will play its second concert of the season tonight at 8 at the Capaha Band Shell. Last week's concert was rained out. Selections will include "Marching Up Broadway," "Light Cavalry Overture," "Lassus Trombone," "Fiesta Tropicale," "Bombasto March," "Third Suite" and "Porgy and Bess."...

To the editor: In their reply to my letter reporting the shameful performance of our federal representatives regarding human and environmental health issues, the Arnzens accused me of distortion. However, they identified no distortion, merely resorted to the tired and misplaced cry and red tape and regulation...

VIENNA, Ill. -- The Shawnee Correctional Center in Vienna has taken action to identify the active carrier of tuberculosis after more than 100 persons at the facility tested positive for the tuberculosis bacteria. Warden Rich McVicar said eight staff members and 100 of the 1,800 inmates tested positive last week in a skin test for the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. ...

At a dinner meeting some years ago, a gentleman relayed a note to me suggesting a column on the proper use of "alumni." I had heard the error. The guest speaker had called a recipient of an award "an alumni." My response was titled "If you're an alumni, you're plural." Dated July 12, 1984, a faded copy turned up recently when I dropped a pencil into the heating valve of my alleged workroom. ...

MILLER CITY, Ill. -- Vera E. McCoy, 96, of Beaumont, Texas, died Monday, June 17, 1996, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. She was born Dec. 10, 1899, in Miller City, daughter of John and Elizabeth Hochnedel Willis. She married Thomas W. McCoy, who died in 1951...

Daughter to Dean and Mary Wright of Jackson, St. Mary's Health Center in St. Louis, 5:32 a.m. Friday, May 31, 1996. Name, Macy Marie. Weight, 4 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Mrs. Wright is the former Mary Wissman, daughter of Joe and Shirley Wissman of Cape Girardeau. Wright is the son of Harold and Mollie Wright of Cape Girardeau. He operates Wright's Garage...

Memorial service for Barbara B. Close of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Centenary United Methodist Church. Close, 64, died Wednesday, April 10, 1996, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 28, 1931, at Farmington. Close served in the Women's Air Force and worked at the Pentagon. She lived in California more than 30 years, moving to Cape Girardeau about two years ago...

DEXTER -- Vick L. Hisaw, 47, of Fremont, Calif., died Saturday, June 15, 1996, in Fremont. He was born Dec. 7, 1948, at Dexter, son of Hollie and Annice Hook Hisaw. He and Julia Liaw were married Jan. 9, 1972, at Dexter. Hisaw was a graduate of Dexter High School, Southeast Missouri State University, and the University of Missouri at Columbia...

BENTON -- John Franklin Seabaugh, 93, of Benton, died Tuesday, June 18, 1996, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. He was born Sept. 22, 1902, at Scopus, son of Hosea and Agnes Mungle Seabaugh. He and Lora Ellen Nanney were married Sept. 5, 1924, at Burfordville. She died July 28, 1979...

PERRYVILLE -- Cecil T. Miller, 91, of Perryville, died Monday, June 17, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 13, 1905, at Biehle, son of John Lewis and Annie Oster Miller. He and Mary Bequette were married April 8, 1947. She died Oct. 1, 1989...

BELL CITY -- Funeral service for Fred A. Green Sr. of Bell City will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. The Rev. Otis Littles will officiate, with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Bell City. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5:30-8 p.m. today...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Helen T. Ryan, 81, of Cairo, died Monday, June 17, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born July 26, 1914, in East St. Louis, daughter of John and Genevieve Brauch. She married John Ryan, who died in 1992...

The state passed over Cape Girardeau County for a proposed juvenile center. It cost 33 new jobs and about a $1 million injection into the local economy. Under the 1995 Juvenile Crime Bill, the Missouri Division of Youth Services was to build two 20-bed facilities in the southeast region, one on each side of Highway 67. The city of New Madrid got one; Cabool the other...

When Brian Yarbrough sneezes, coughs and rubs his watery eyes in the spring, he's not just suffering from a common cold: Like more than 35 million Americans, Yarbrough suffers from allergies. He doesn't know what specific plant or pollen causes his symptoms...

Boyd Gaming Corp. has spent thousands of dollars in Cape Girardeau. Lady Luck Gaming Corp. has invested many dollars and much time at Scott City. Both have signed local development contracts for riverboat gambling casinos. Boyd and Cape Girardeau officials have agreed to a $52 million downtown development. Lady Luck and Scott City officials have agreed to s $65.3 million operation in the Diversion Channel area...

There are two ways to avoid the post-vacation letdown: Don't go or don't come back. The Other Half and I just returned from a week on the East Coast. We're in one piece, the car is in one piece and domestic violence charges haven't been filed against either of us...

North Main Street will be closed today for repairs. According to Harry Salazar, Public Works Department street foreman, a crew will be applying asphalt to eliminate dips in the street. Between 8 a.m.-4 p.m. today, north-bound traffic will be detoured at Park Drive west to Sprigg Street. Large trucks southbound on Highway 177 will be detoured at Bertling Street west to Sprigg Street...

DELTA -- Five Cape Girardeau County residents were seriously injured in a head-on collision late Tuesday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Thomas Schreckenberg, 21, of Leopold, was westbound on Route N eight miles north of Delta when he fell asleep at the wheel...

JACKSON -- Aldermen approved 10 projects for this year's asphalt street improvement project Monday night. The city will seek bids and work should begin "probably in the next 45 days," Mayor Paul Sander said. The 1996 overlay program includes Georgia Street from Florence Street to Greensferry Road; Old Orchard Road from the state right-of-way north 500 feet; Ohio Street from Main Street to Washington Street; Russell Street from Washington Street to Mary Street; Cherry Street from Missouri Street to Russell Street; Mary Street from High Street to Hope Street; Brookside Park parking lot; the lower tennis courts in Jackson City Park; Elwanda Drive from Sheila Lane north; and North Farmington Road.. ...

The Southeast Missourian asked patrons at Riverside Regional Library in Jackson how they felt about the library starting to charge fines for overdue books and materials effective July 1. Also, a $24 annual library card fee per family will go into effect for patrons living outside its service area...

JACKSON -- Aldermen voted Monday night to join the list of plaintiffs against the Missouri Department of Revenue. "We've entered into that just like Cape County and Cape city have," Mayor Paul Sander said. Sander said Jackson will "go to battle with the rest of them."...

June 17, 1996 Action Items Power and Light Committee Authorized payment on Jackson Missouri Electric System Refunding Revenue Bonds due July 1. Approved resolution accepting petition for voluntary annexation from Gerald and Mary Stoverink and set a public hearing for July 15...

Get your summer fun calendars ready: Jackson's going to be a busy place in the next few weeks. The Jackson Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual installation banquet Monday, June 24, at the Jackson Knights of Columbus Hall. New officers are Jeff Moore, president; Brent Wills, vice president; and John N. Thompson, secretary...

JACKSON -- Thursday's performance of the Jackson Municipal Band will feature the old-time country sounds of Bob and Geneva King. Bob King was named outstanding adult country fiddler at last year's SEMO District Fair, and Geneva King accompanies him on keyboard...

JACKSON -- Jackson Jaycees are hard at work on their plans to make the Fourth of July festive. The celebration will be held in the Jackson City Park. A highlight of the celebration will be the mud volleyball tournament, which begins at 8 a.m. Registration deadline is June 26, and participation is limited to the first 48 teams signed up...

Bad things happen to people who don't get enough calcium. This applies to both sexes and all ages, from small children to older people, especially older women. The solution: Consume lots of milk and other dairy products. June is an especially appropriate time to do so because June is National Dairy Month, a designation that began officially in 1939...