Stories from Thursday, June 27, 1996

To the editor: In the June 23 issue of the Southeast Missourian, an individual expressed (in Speak Out) a very harsh assessment of the salaries of the administration of the Jackson School District. I would like to know what this individual would consider a fair work-to-compensation ratio. ...

Lacey's On The Hill, a 74-seat, full-service restaurant located on the mezzanine overlooking the new Southeast Missouri Hospital lobby, will open in August. The restaurant will feature a full-course menu ranging from sandwiches to main courses of roast beef, rib eye steak, fried chicken and fish and will be open to the public...

The Southeast Missouri Alliance for Disability Independence (SADI) presented awards to various Cape Girardeau businesses and an individual at its annual Disability Fair Saturday. JCPenny, Sears, Target, the Southeast Missourian, and Melvin Gately all received awards for their contributions to the disabled community...

Members of the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, will join a nationwide day of picketing Monday. "We're not picketing to complain about wages or working conditioning," said Phil Birk, president of Local 4088. "We want to alert the public of attempts to privatize the U.S. Postal Service and how that could impact the public."...

BENTON -- Fourteen years ago, no one would have guessed that Ann Grimes, 54, of Benton would need a liver transplant today. But Grimes, who has a rare liver disorder, was just added to the list of people who need a transplant. It could be a year before a matching liver is found...

There are no tents, houses or homes in this village, but there are plenty of people milling around the Salvation Army this summer as residents of the Rainbow Village. Angel Tyler and C.J. Walker learned about citizenship during lessons Wednesday morning. Other activities focused on learning numbers and the alphabet, but most students needed only a refresher course for those subjects...

A farewell reception for Dr. Bill Atchley, Southeast Missouri State University's 15th president, and his wife, Pat, will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. today in the University Center Party Room. The informal event will be hosted by the president's office staff. The public is invited to attend...

Colleagaues of Bill Emerson praised the Cape Girardeau congressman during several hours of testimony on the House floor Wednesday. Below are excerpts from some of the many speeches. Paul E. Kanjorski, D, Pennsylvania Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today to pay tribute to my oldest and dearest friend, Bill Emerson.Bill and I knew each other for 43 years. ...

Robert W. Dillon Jr. is the founder and director of the Old Seminary Shakespeare Festival. Trucks may rumble by in the background, a bee might dive bomb your lemonade, a drunk could even make a surprise entrance. Outdoor theater can provide moments -- some of them inspired -- that are difficult to control...

A plague of lawsuits has broken out in the state capital. Specifically, the director of the Department of Insurance in Gov. Mel Carnahan's administration, Jay Angoff, is being sued more frequently and facing more serious allegations than any predecessor in recent memory...

The problem of uninsured motorists continues to plague Missourians and cries out for tougher laws by the General Assembly. A recent survey by the Southeast Missourian demonstrated that nearly 16 percent of drivers in this part of the state aren't insured and are ignoring the state's financial responsibility law...

Funeral service for U.S. Rep. Bill EmersonFirst Presbyterian Church235 Broadway10 a.m. todayPrelude -- "Fantasia on `America, the Beautiful,'" Mary Miller, organist.Call to Worship -- The Rev. Charles B. Dreyer, interim minister at First Presbyterian Church.Hymn -- "Onward Christian Soldiers."Opening Prayer -- Dr. ...

The people spoke, and the Missouri Heritage Mural Association listened. In response to complaints about colors chosen for the Missouri Wall of Fame mural on the Cape Girardeau floodwall, touches of dark green have been added, said J. Tim Blattner, the association president...

The 25-to-40-car procession that will accompany the hearse that carries the body of U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson to his final resting place in Hillsboro will make its way slowly up Broadway from Lorimier between 11:30 a.m. and noon today. Cape Girardeau police Lt. ...

Signing a check is a promise that the money is in the bank awaiting withdrawal. But that apparently isn't clear to everyone. "Every day there are checks that will not clear against accounts," said Terry Tuschhoff, a senior vice president at Boatmen's Bank in Cape Girardeau...

Gov. Mel Carnahan said he likely will call a special election to coincide with the Nov. 5 general election to fill the unexpired term of U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson. The Cape Girardeau Republican died Saturday of lung cancer. But Carnahan said he hasn't made a final decision and will listen to both Republican and Democratic party leaders. The earliest the special election could be held is Sept. 10...

They came to say goodbye to their congressman. More than 1,200 of them. Democrats, Republicans, business leaders and just plain citizens filed past the flag-draped coffin of Missouri's 8th District U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson during visitation Wednesday evening at Old St. Vincent's Church in Cape Girardeau...

June 27, 1996 Waiting for the end of the world, part one Dear Patty, Here on the downslide to the millennium, the skies are searched for signs, and apocrypha are everywhere. The weather is wacky, aliens are invading the movie houses and nobody cares who wins the pennant any more...

PERRYVILLE -- Milton M. Etzold, 68, of Perryville, died Tuesday, June 25, 1996, at the Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 3, 1928, at Farrar, son of Alfred and Bertha Hadler Etzold. He and Mary Ann Lohmann were married May 9, 1954. Etzold had been a partner in Perryville Packing. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church at Longtown, American Legion Post 133 and VFW Post 4282 in Perryville...

Funeral service for Audrey Dean Gunter, 2312 Jane, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. John Owen will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel from 4-8 p.m. today. Gunter, 70, died Tuesday, June 25, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

Helen Marie Carver, 79, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, June 26, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Dec. 12, 1916, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Walter H. and Beulah Schuck Meystedt. She and Lyall E. Carver were married May 20, 1944, in Cape Girardeau. He died Nov. 23, 1965...

Funeral service for Oral Eugene Johnson of Pekin, Ill., formerly of Cape Girardeau, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Davison-Fulton Woodland Chapel in Peoria, Ill. The Rev. Tim Nolan will officiate, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery in West Peoria. Johnson, 65, died Monday, June 24, 1996, at his home...

GRASSY -- Leroy Hovis, 72, of Grassy, died Wednesday, June 26, 1996, at Chaffee Nursing Center. He was born March 1, 1924, at Flat River, son of Charles and Della Robins Hovis. Survivors include two sisters, Velma Frymire of Grassy and Lorene Phillips of Zalma...

Funeral service for Dorothy Marie Volkerding of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev. David Dissen will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...

Daughter to Teketta Michele Fleming of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:19 p.m. Sunday, June 16, 1996. Name, Tambraneseeya Shaniece. Weight, 5 pounds 2 ounces. Fleming is the daughter of Micky Fleming and Tommie Donaldson of Cape Girardeau. She is a student...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Laretha Niswonger of Jackson will be held at 2 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. Bill Ellis will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Niswonger, 79, died Tuesday, June 25, 1996, at Vencor Hospital of St. Louis...

Here's a partial list of those who will attend the funeral of Missouri Rep. Bill Emerson, according to House Speaker Newt Gingrich's office. The funeral is set for 10 a.m. today at First Presbyterian Church, 235 Broadway. Burial will be at Hillsboro Cemetery in Hillsboro...