Stories from Tuesday, February 4, 1997

Roy Kridelbaugh finished his art project, a Non-Objective Sculpture Maquette that remained untitled. Jessie Beasley read material on Harriet Tubman during eightth-grade English class. Emily Limbaugh talked to students about "The Moses of Her People" by Harriet Tubman during English class...

Cybertip: Yahoo! lists more than 400 art galleries and museums across the world. You can jump directly to the search by typing: http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Museums_and_Galleries When one talks of surfing the net, culture isn't usually the first thing that comes to mind. But we found a number of art galleries and museums on the web...

Cindy Rhodes has become expert in working under special conditions with a special group of students. Rhodes is an early childhood special education coordinator and teacher for the Oak Ridge Elementary School. Her special situation is the hourlong commute between the school and her home in Dexter, where she and her husband both grew up...

The following students were recipients of Southeast Missouri State University Regents' scholarships. The scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who have achieved an Enhanced ACT score of 27 or SAT score of 1,220. Students must also have a high school grade-point average of 3.5 or graduate in the top 10 percent of their class. ...

The Cape Girardeau City Council discussed proposed changes to its franchise agreement with the local cable television provider in a closed meeting Monday night. A reporter from the Southeast Missourian challenged the council's decision to discuss the matter secretly but the reporter was not allowed to attend...

A new, local television station is expected to begin broadcasting in March. It will share facilities with Cape Girardeau television station KBSI and serve parts of Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. WDKA-TV, channel 49, will be an affiliate of United Paramount Network. It will carry both UPN and local programming, including 30 to 40 St. Louis Cardinal baseball games this year...

Timing of the reassessment and its effect on residential property values could affect a proposed bond issue and tax increase in the Cape Girardeau School District. The district is asking voters for a 30-cent property tax increase and a 39-cent Proposition C property tax rollback to fund a $14 million bond issue. The ballot measures will be decided April 1...

A major reassessment of real estate values could mean larger tax bills for some Cape Girardeau County homeowners. Residential and commercial property values will increase by approximately 25 percent on average, said Cape Girardeau County Assessor Jerry Reynolds...

A pep rally Thursday will kick off a campaign for passage of a 69-cent tax increase for Cape Girardeau schools. The kickoff will begin at 6 p.m. at Central High School auditorium. The campaign culminates with an April 1 election. "We are concentrating on the positive," said Julia Jorgensen, a teacher at Central High School. She is with the Renaissance Program, which is putting the kickoff together...

I didn't know there were so many pointy things in a dentist's office, let alone that they used them to scrape your gums. "Mr. Moyers?" I looked up from the amusing "Laughter: The Best Medicine" anecdotes I was reading from a 1954 issue of Readers Digest. "The doctor will see you."...

The American Bar Association will have at least one less member when Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle resigns from the group. Swingle wrote his letter of resignation Monday, the same day he learned the nation's largest organization of lawyers voted to seek a moratorium against the death penalty...

One of the reasons that the United States blocked the re-election of the previous secretary-general of the United Nations was an assessment that he had not kept his pledge to streamline the international organization, thereby failing to control the rising operating costs...

I WOULD like to comment about people who dress their dogs in clothing. It's a sickness and perversity to get enjoyment out of seeing little Fido in a biker outfit. Their masters must be akin somehow to transvestites who themselves don't have the courage to come out of the closet so they live their sickness through their dogs. It should be against the law to put an animal through that, and the Humane Society ought to be called on them...

When the nation began taking a get-tough stand on crime a few years ago, the goal was to reduce the number of crimes being committed by sending the message that offenders would get harsh penalties. Sure enough, state legislatures across the land heeded the get-tough call by passing mandatory sentences for everything from repeat offenses to driving while intoxicated...

JACKSON -- Parking lots in the city of Jackson no longer can be used to advertise a car for sale. The Jackson Board of Aldermen passed an ordinance Monday prohibiting the parking of cars on public property, or in private lots, for the purpose of advertising them for sale...

For the second game in a row, Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team was right in the thick of things for more than 35 minutes. But, for the second straight game, the Otahkians wilted in the late going as they dropped a 77-60 Ohio Valley Conference decision to Austin Peay at the Show Me Center Monday...

As the final seconds of Monday's game ticked off ever so slowly, Bud Eley had something of a sick feeling in his stomach. "I was nervous," he said. "I thought they might throw in a lucky one at the end." But on this night, luck was with Eley and Southeast Missouri State University's basketball Indians. They watched three Austin Peay shots miss their mark in the closing seconds as Southeast held on for a pulsating 73-72 victory...

Karlios Hinkebein recently rolled his first career 300 game at West Park Lanes. Hinkebein was presented a commemorative ring and a check for $100. He bowls for the Rowdy Rollers in the Executive League.

Against Jackson last Thursday, Notre Dame High's girls basketball team committed 11 turnovers -- in one period. Monday against New Madrid County Central in the opening round of the Charleston Tournament, the Lady Bulldogs committed just 11 turnovers for the game and came from behind in the second half to win 54-51...

Bob Brune, who started at quarterback for Cape Girardeau Central the past two seasons, is expected to sign a football scholarship with Southeast Missouri State University on Wednesday. Brune, 6-foot-4 and 205-pounds, passed for 1,170 yards his senior season. He also eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark as a junior...

McCLURE, Ill. -- Dorothy Baugher, 92, of Fontana, Calif., died Saturday, Feb. 1, 1997, in a hospital in Fontana. She was born Aug. 26, 1904, in McClure, daughter of Harmon and Sarah Hill. She and Cecil Baugher were married in 1922. Survivors include a son, Ogie Baugher of Fontana; three sisters, Hazel, Ann and Zelma, all of Fontana; and 18 grandchildren and great-grandchildren...

SIKESTON -- Millie Olive Helms, 82, of Sikeston died Saturday, Feb. 1, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born June 16, 1914, at Marston, daughter of Charles Franklin and Golda Jane Haynes Skalsky. She and William Everett Helms were married Dec. 24, 1934, at New Madrid. He died March 21, 1987...

ADVANCE --Ralph Crosswhite, 87, of Advance died Saturday, Feb. 1, 1997, at his home. He was born May 11, 1909, in Mays County, Okla., son of Emmett and Della Hudson Crosswhite. He and Mary Cox were married Nov. 2, 1949, in Advance. Crosswhite retired as a factory maintenance supervisor. He was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses in Advance...

JACKSON -- Nicholas Keith Myers, 20 months, of Jackson died Sunday, Feb. 2, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center, from injuries received in a fall. He was born May 25, 1995, in Cape Girardeau, son of Keith and Margaret Cordia Myers. Survivors include his father of Nashville, Tenn.; his mother of Jackson; grandparents, Patricia Webb of Tulsa, Okla., Lem Myers Sr. ...

SIKESTON -- Dorothy Jean Adams Casey, 66, of Sikeston died Sunday, Feb. 2, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Feb. 20, 1930, in Essex, daughter of Elvis Alfred and Emma Mae Harvey Brown. She and Willie Coy Adams were married Jan. 6, 1951, in Piggott, Ark. He died Sept. 4, 1969...

DUDLEY -- Artie Moore, 78, of Dudley died Sunday, Feb. 2, 1997, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. She was born May 20, 1918, at Wappapello, daughter of Hobart and Mittie Hayes Andrews. She and Lewis Moore were married May 16, 1935, in Poplar Bluff...

SHAWNEETOWN -- Funeral service for Anita Wilma Striler of Wright City was held Saturday at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. The Rev. Richard LaBore officiated, with burial in the church cemetery. Nieburg-Martin Funeral Home of Warrenton was in charge of arrangements...

ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Edna M. Hay was held Monday at Immanuel United Methodist Church in Jordan, Minn. The Rev. Mark Werner officiated, with burial in Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minn. Ballard Funeral Home in Jordan was in charge of arrangements...

MARBLE HILL -- Oscar John Graul, 77, Marble Hill Route 1, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 1997, at Bond Nursing Care Center. He was born March 21, 1919, in Evansville, Ind., son of Philip and Elizabeth Schroeder Graul. He married the former Virginia Penn. Graul was a painting contractor. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1936-45...

ADVANCE -- Sterling Kirkpatrick, 86, of Advance died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Morgan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Ivory Lee Betts, 57, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 3, 1997, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Lillie Mae Wiseman, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 3, 1997, at the home of a daughter in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

SCOTT CITY -- Alma Rose Jackson, 92, of Scott City died Sunday, Feb. 2, 1997, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 21, 1904, at Fornfelt, daughter of John and Saloma Hahn Hoffman. She and Clarence Louis Jackson were married Aug. 13, 1921, in Scott City. He died Nov. 13, 1974...

MARBLE HILL -- Adelaide E. (Dolly) Gusler, 77, of Marble Hill died Feb. 3, 1997. She was born June 15, 1919, in Pittsburgh, Pa., the daughter of Franz Joseph and Lillian Egler Willenpart. She married George W. Gusler on Nov. 4, 1939, in Pittsburgh. He preceded her in death on Sept. 12, 1982...