Stories from Tuesday, October 29, 1996

Lauren Mosley of Sikeston attended the National Young Leaders Conference last week in Washington. The conference was a unique leadership development program for high school students who have demonstrated leadership potential and scholastic merit. The theme was The Leaders of Tomorrow Meeting the Leaders of Today...

Renaissance at Cape Central High School will present "A Tribute to Veterans" on Veteran's Day, Nov. 11 at 9:45 a.m. in the auditorium. Student actors and musicians will present the 40-minute assembly for a portion of the student body and our guests. Veterans are encouraged to attend this tribute in their honor and to wear or bring their uniform...

The Delta Rho Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Hayti will sponsor its annual beauty pageants Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. in the Hayti High School Gym. The Miss Jingle Belle contest is for girls age 3-5. They must wear short dresses in the holiday colors of red, green, gold, white, silver or a combination of these. Practice will be held at 6 p.m. Nov. 15...

A proposed tax levy and three Bollinger County political races will be decided by voters Nov. 5, while three other positions will remain occupied by incumbents running unopposed. Gene Ward, John W. Reilly and James M. Bollinger, all unopposed, will keep their offices as Bollinger County coroner, surveyor, and assessor, respectively...

Aid Association for Lutherans is offering three scholarship programs for AAL members seeking post-high school education: the All-College Scholarship, the Vocational/Technical School Scholarship and the Lutheran Campus Scholarship. The All-College Scholarship is available to AAL members who will be 1997 high school graduates and who plan to enroll at any accredited college or university. These scholarships range from $1,000 for one year to $10,000 divided evenly over four years...

A National Accreditation of Teacher Education review team will visit the Southeast Missouri State University campus April 12 through 16 as the university's College of Education seeks reaccreditation. "They will be looking at every aspect of our program," Dr. Shirley Stennis-Williams, dean of the College of Education, said. "It will be a complete assessment of our program"...

Southeast Missouri State University will offer a residual ACT assessment exam Nov. 16 on campus for prospective students. The test is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in the fourth-floor lounge area of the Scully Building. Those taking the exam should bring a photo identification or a signed letter of identification...

Dr. Paul Keys, dean of the College of Health and Human Services, and Dr. Michael Brown, associate dean and director of the Southeast Police Academy, both at Southeast Missouri State University, announced that the Missouri Task Force on Children's Justice and the Missouri Division of Family Services have awarded a $50,000 contract to the College...

Naomi Lynn Lund of Jackson was named to the Utah State University honor roll for the spring quarter. A student must carry 15 or more credit-hours and earn a 3.5 or better grade-point average to be on the honor roll.

The new president/CEO at St. Francis Medical Center, James Sexton, plans to get his feet wet before making any changes in the organization. "I want to learn the organization prior to trying to fine tune it," Sexton said at a news conference at the medical center Monday morning. He claims he will take advice from his father's old adage which was to "ask a lot of questions and keep your mouth shut."...

Southeast Missouri State University may build a new student center in the middle of the campus, but first it will have to convince its Board of Regents. The Board of Regents Monday authorized the development of preliminary plans for such a project. The preliminary work by an architectural or engineering firm will cost about $50,000 to $75,000...

When Lori Zieba got locked in a closet, there wasn't an angry mob of students to blame. Zieba was accidentally trapped in a school closet at Trinity Lutheran School. She is a first-grade teacher at the parochial school. While her students attended gym class, Zieba went to a supply closet in a vacant classroom. ...

Jo Ann Emerson will hit the road as her 8th District congressional campaign enters its final days. The Cape Girardeau independent/Republican candidate will make a three-day campaign swing through southern Missouri aboard country music star Tammy Wynette's tour bus...

The Oak Ridge School District has received a $4,468 grant for the 1996-97 school year from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Incentives for School Excellence Program. The state-funded incentives program will provide $6 million this year to support innovative projects in public schools...

Alienation. Isolation. That is how some black students describe life for them at Southeast Missouri State University. A three-member delegation of black students told the Board of Regents Monday that the school lacks a support system for them. But the students said Southeast's president, Dr. Dale Nitzschke, is addressing the issue...

Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) officials want the public's help in making decisions about improvements to three Cape Girardeau County roadways. "We want to know if any realignment in one area will affect another area," said Larry Rohr, a district highway design engineer. "We want to get the public's input on any improvements for Routes 25, 34 and 72."...

"We're not suspended and we're not expelled; we're just not allowed in school." Such is the plight of red- and green-haired Amanda Green and Shanna Abner, sophomores at Oran High School. The 16-year-olds were not allowed into school Monday morning because their hair color violated the student dress code...

I have decided that my good-luck friend James might have been the model for "Forrest Gump." On Saturday, Lori and I spent a pleasant evening visiting an old high-school friend of mine and his lady friend. I still manage to see James about twice a year despite the fact that he changes addresses as often as someone whose face frequents post-office posters...

Earlier this month, the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the state's school funding system. In a lawsuit similar to the one that resulted in Missouri's formula for distributing state aid to local school districts' being struck down, 100 school districts had claimed that the Illinois formula was unconstitutional. ...

When the so-called Motor-Voter Law was passed in 1993, we warned on this page that it would open the door to the corruption of the voter rolls and resultant fraud in our elections. Now, sadly, comes confirmation of this forecast. Stunned election officials in Chicago recently learned that 150,000 Chicagoans -- more than 10 percent of that city's voters -- registered more than once for next week's election. ...

To the editor: The results of the upcoming presidential election will undoubtedly reveal a great deal about contemporary American culture and values. The choices are obvious. On one hand we have Bob Dole, a man who has spent his life in public service beginning with nearly sacrificing his life on the battlefields of Europe during World War II. ...

To the editor: Bouquets to Lanie Black of Charleston for agreeing to run for state representative from our area. How we need people of his character, intellect, decency and civic-mindedness to enter politics. I've watched him, among many others, ever since he was a youngster, a Boy Scout and high school student. ...

To the editor: Very shortly the American people will have the privilege to go to the polls and vote for the person whom they believe to be the best person to take us into the 21st century. Are we prepared to stand by our convictions, or will we vote the way we feel others are voting just to be on the winning side? Everybody loves a winner, but being a winner sometimes means being a good loser, a person who will stand up for what he believes in the face of adversity...

REGARDING the caller who said he had to wait a long time at the doctor in Cape. I also had a recent doctor's appointment in Cape. I brought my two kids along because I did not have a sitter. After two hours at the doctor, they were both screaming, tired and hungry, and I was very angry. ...

Five candidates are seeking to represent the 8th District in Congress. The Southeast Missourian asked all five candidates the same 14 questions, which we feel are major issues in this campaign. Their answers will appear in a candidate profile today through Friday. Ballot order was used to determine publication date...

SIKESTON -- Memorial service for James R. "Jim Bob" Dixon of Sikeston will be held at 10 a.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Keith Wilson will officiate. Private burial will be held later. Dixon, 40, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, at his home...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral Mass for Frieda Ann Howell, formerly of Wyatt, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at St. Henry's Catholic Church in Charleston. Msgr. Mike Swalina will officiate, with burial in Calvary Cemetery near Charleston. McMikle Funeral Home at Charleston is in charge of arrangements...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Noah B. Holliday of Perryville will be held at 2 p.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The Rev. Ed Hankinson will officiate, with burial in Brown Cemetery at St. Mary's. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon to service time...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for John Albert Burns of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Ronnie Ledbetter will officiate, with burial in Essex Cemetery at Essex. Burns, 75, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 1996, at Sikeston Health Care Center...

Melvin Schwab of St. Louis died suddenly Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, in St. Clair. Schwab grew-up in Cape Girardeau and was an outstanding athlete. He was a former Minor League baseball player, and had also played with the Cape Capahas team Survivors include two sons, Charles and Jon Schwab; nine grandchildren; a great-grandson; and many cousins in the Cape Girardeau area...

SCOTT CITY -- Graveside service for Josephine P. Taylor of Jerseyville, Ill., will be held at 1 p.m. today at Lightner Cemetery. The Rev. Pat Wissman will officiate. Elias-Smith Funeral Home in Godfrey, Ill., is in charge of arrangements. Taylor, 82, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 1996, at Jerseyville Manor...

ANNA, Ill. -- Junior Shelton, 76, of Anna died Monday, Oct. 28, 1996, at the home of a daughter in Canton, Mich. He was born May 22, 1920, in Reynoldsville, son of Samuel Wesley and Maude Hensley Shelton. Shelton was a retired machinist. Survivors include three daughters, Robin Tudgay of Canton, Virginia Young of Novi, Mich., Dolly Lynch of Westland, Mich.; three sons, James, Mark and John Shelton, all of Westland; a sister, Gladys Stark of Jonesboro; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.. ...

BUNCOMBE, Ill. -- Kyle Lee Kristoff, 3, Buncombe Route 1, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 1996, from injuries received in an automobile accident in northeast Union County. He was born Aug. 23, 1993, in Carbondale, son of Gregory A. and Sherry Lynn Webb Kristoff...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Lucas Panici, 14, Dongola Route 1, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, from injuries received in an automobile accident southeast of Anna. Friends may call at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna after 5 p.m. Wednesday. The wake will be at 7...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Leila Inez Raines, Scott City Route 1, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. William Dickey will officiate, with burial in Lightner Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 4 p.m. Wednesday...

Robert L. Cockrell, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Oct. 28, 1996, at The Lutheran Home. He was born July 18, 1919, in Marmaduke, Ark., the son of Ceasar and Siddie Payne Cockrell. He and Dorothy Smith were united in marriage on Sept. 6, 1952, in Chicago...

Nettie Hinkle Fullbright, 75, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Oct. 28, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Funeral Home.

Loretta Hagy, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Oct. 28, 1996, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Funeral Home.

Daughter to Paul Alan and Karen Rena Bohnert, 1145 Landgraf, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:16 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, 1996. Name, Maggie Elizabeth. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Bohnert is the former Karen Lueder, daughter of Arthur Lueder Jr. of Cape Girardeau and the late Marion Lueder. She is office manager at Chateau Girardeau. Bohnert is the son of Lloyd Bohnert and Shirley Bohnert of Cape Girardeau. He is a shift supervisor at Spartech Compounding...

ANNA, Ill -- A 3-year-old Anna boy was killed Sunday night in a single-car accident in rural Union County. Kyle Lee Kristoff was killed when the vehicle he was in ran off Rocky Comfort Road 1.6 miles north of Hull Church Road at a sharp curve and struck a tree at approximately 8:45 p.m. The vehicle was traveling south in heavy fog and ran off the east side of the road...

Southeast Missouri State University wants to make people aware of violence against women and is conducting a "Take Back the Night March" tonight. Faculty, staff, students and the public are invited to participate in the event, which will begin at 7 p.m. in front of Academic Hall. The walk will be a quarter-mile. In case of rain, participants should meet inside Academic Hall...

The city of Cape Girardeau will host an informational open house about the water system from 5-8 p.m. today at City Hall, 401 Independence. Its purpose is to allow citizens the opportunity to receive answers to any questions they may have concerning the city's water system prior to the Nov. 5 election...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Hazel M. LeRoy, 94, of Cairo, died Monday, Oct. 28, 1996, at Daystar Care Center. She was born Jan. 30, 1902, in Mound City, daughter of Robert and Amy Atkinson White. She first married Albert Brimm and later married Hugh LeRoy. Both preceded her in death...