Stories from Friday, November 15, 1996

To the editor: When Veterans Day was highlighted at our local high school, I came away more than impressed. The Renaissance group of Cape Girardeau Central High School presented tribute to veterans. This was a most inspiring presentation for several reasons...

Ernest Hemingway, Garrison Keillor, Sylvia Platt and other literary writers spoke Thursday night at a Cape Girardeau bookstore -- through local readers who performed literary interpretations of their work. Barnes and Noble Booksellers hosted an open-mike night for those wishing to read works by their favorite authors or their own works...

History professor Dr. Burt Folsom will speak on "Robber Barons" book at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Southeast Missouri State University Center's ballroom. Folsom is a scholar for the Makinac Institute in Wisconsin. He has authored several books, including "The Myth of the Robber Barons," a look at the rise of big business in America...

The Cape Girardeau Board of Education talked Thursday with three architectural firms, each hoping to win a contract for the school district's master-plan construction. Approval of a proposed master plan is the top agenda item for Monday's Board of Education meeting...

The Salvation Army and FISH Volunteers of Cape Girardeau will probably provide increased services as the organizations prepare for the Thanksgiving holidays. Each year the Salvation Army hosts a Thanksgiving dinner for the needy or shut-ins. FISH has no special projects during the holidays, but provides food to anyone who needs it year-round...

Bill Dumey is not a household name, but the Cape Girardeau native's name will be before the public this weekend when Staples Office Superstore holds its grand opening in Cape West Business Park. The store, in a 26,000-square-foot building at 294 Siemers Drive in Cape West Plaza Shopping Center, is being dedicated to Dumey, a Staples associate living near London, England...

A renewed effort to provide financial security for the Cape Girardeau Civic Center appears to be taking both an honest and cautious approach. The center's activities at its downtown location have all but stopped because of questions that resulted in a cutoff of United Way funding. Now the Area Wide United Way has granted some emergency relief to the Civic Center, but restoration of full funding is still a long way off...

Missouri's driver's licenses will enter the age of new technology early next year in Cape Girardeau when the Department of Revenue's fee office begins making the licenses on the spot instead of having to wait several weeks for the licenses to arrive in the mail...

To the editor: As a subscriber to your fine newspaper, I am writing to voice my displeasure with your front-page coverage of the two students who painted their hair. I think there are many other newsworthy items you could have chosen for front-page coverage...

To the editor: I am new to Cape Girardeau and to the Cape Girardeau school system. I am the speech/language pathologist at L.J. Schultz School this year. I was very pleased to learn that I could get a copy of the newspaper each morning to use as needed in my work with students...

Southeast Showcase's "Westward, Ho!" saluted the hearty pioneers who crossed the Mighty Mississippi to settle the West. Hosted by the Southeast Missouri Hospital Foundation at the Show Me Center, the Thursday night event drew over 1,000 people. Since its inception in 1988, Southeast Showcase has netted over $100,000 to benefit patient care services at Southeast Missouri Hospital, said Charles Stotz, executive director at Southeast Foundation...

PERRYVILLE -- Charges against Perry County sheriff's deputy Delbert Riehn have been dismissed, but special prosecutor Briney Welborn said he plans to refile in December. Riehn, a detective with the Perry County Sheriff's Department, was charged with felony stealing and acceding to corruption. The charges stemmed from an incident in August 1995, when Riehn and used-car dealer David Crump allegedly sold a stolen 1978 Porsche recovered by the Perry County Sheriff's Department...

New state education standards put a greater emphasis on the arts in public schools. Fine arts used to be an elective. The new standards approved by the State Board of Education have elevated fine arts to equal status with core subjects such as math and science...

Sometimes, even when you do everything right, things can go wrong. Terry and Tina Hale of Scott City did everything right when they found out they were expecting their third child. They scheduled regular prenatal visits; they ran all of the right tests...

Two parents and two sons. We lived that way for 22 years. So why is it so hard to cope when everyone gets together? When my wife and I became empty-nesters a few years ago, we moped and lamented just like we had seen our friends do when their children left home for college or jobs or marriage...

Funeral service for Helen D. Stilley, 266 Capaha Trail, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. David Pringle will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. today...

MARBLE HILL -- Murrell Kirkpatrick, 84, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 17, 1912, near Marble Hill, son of Ollie Ray and Ida May McPherson Kirkpatrick. He and Idell Baker were married July 18, 1934, at Marble Hill...

JACKSON -- Marjorie Mae Henry, 80, of Jackson died Thursday, Nov. 14, 1996, at Jackson Manor. She was born Aug. 24, 1916, at Festus, daughter of Dayton and Samantha Stone Thiele. She and Walter Edward Henry were married Aug. 2, 1935, in Cape Girardeau. He died May 11, 1985...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Graveside service for Harry Cooper of Mounds will be held at 1 p.m. today at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. Rabbi Lufkowitz will officiate. There is no visitation. Barkett Funeral Home at Mounds is in charge of arrangements. Cooper, 79, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1996, at Meridian Manor...

ADVANCE -- Joshua Zachariah Beeson, 2 months, died Thursday, Nov. 14, 1996, at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He was born Sept. 9, 1996, in Cape Girardeau, son of Cleo M. and Jennifer Voudrie Beeson Jr. of Advance. Survivors include his parents; a brother, Michael Storie of the home; maternal grandparents, Robert and Kathy Voudrie of Sturdivant; paternal grandparents, Cleo and Peggy Beeson of Advance; paternal great-grandparents, Cecil and Lila Beeson of East Prairie and James and Gladys Norton of Lilbourn.. ...

Glenn E. Fornkohl, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Nov. 24, 1923, at Egypt Mills, son of Henry C. and Mary Day Fornkohl. He and Delores Humes were married April 20, 1958. Fornkohl worked two years at John Deere Co. in Dubuque, Iowa. He came to Cape Girardeau in 1948 and worked at Heuer Sons Implement Co. until retiring in 1994. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and VFW Post 3838...

ALTO PASS, Ill. -- Funeral service for Wayne Leroy Miller of Alto Pass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church. The Rev. Verlee Eaker will officiate, with burial in Alto Pass Cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 5-8 p.m. today, and Saturday until service time...

SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Nola Pauline Hornberger, 81, of Sedgewickville died Thursday, Nov. 14, 1996, at Madison Medical Center in Fredericktown. She was born Oct. 27, 1915, at Ellington, daughter of Charles and Clara Prewitte. She married Arthur Hornberger, who preceded her in death...

JACKSON -- Dorothy Bernice Seabaugh, 76, of Jackson died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 23, 1920, in Jackson, daughter of Otto J. and Grace I. Randol Davis. She and Odus Litzelfelner were married in June 1944. He died in 1945 in Germany during World War II. She later married William B. Seabaugh Nov. 1, 1947...

Dewey V. Shaw, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 14, 1996, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete with Ford & Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Dallas Edward "Puddin" Dover of Scott City will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. Bill Dickey will officiate, with burial in Lightner Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral chapel after 4 p.m. today...