Stories from Thursday, October 2, 1997

The Village People,, a six-man vocal group known for the hits "YMCA," "Macho Man" and "In the Navy," will perform Saturday at Houck Stadium after Southeast's football game against Eastern Illinois State University. Their appearance is part of the Family Weekend festivities at the university...

"Altered States: Monotypes by Cecelia Feld," will open Friday at Gallery 100. Feld's one-of-a-kind prints are called monotypes, a process which combines painting and printmaking techniques. The image is developed on a flat plate, then transferred by hand or press to another surface, usually paper...

Youth and energy will command the audience's attention when Cape Girardeau's Show Me Center welcomes a new generation of country music stars to its concert stage Friday. Headliner Tim McGraw, the seasoned veteran among the performers, will share the microphone with relative newcomers Sons of the Desert for the 8 p.m. concert...

Two upcoming celebrations at Southeast Missouri State University will be packing crowds into Cape Girardeau. And the city's business owners are more than happy to welcome them. The university's Family Weekend starts Friday and continues through Sunday...

Biokyowa Inc. has given $25,000 to the Cape Girardeau Vocational-Technical School to help equip the new school with special-training facilities. Biokowa, the first producer of L-Lysine monohydrochloride feed supplement for swine and poultry in the U.S., is observing its 15th anniversary in Cape Girardeau...

MORLEY -- Half the residences in Scott County are either without addresses or were incorrectly addressed by the company that is mapping the county for the Enhanced 911 system, said Joe Burton, Scott County E911 supervisor. Burton said he is having to re-visit more than 1,500 residences in the county that have incomplete information on their address cards, and fill in the blanks. He said another 360 suburban residences were incorrectly addressed...

The University of Missouri will focus on partnerships among its own colleges and other schools, its new president said Wednesday. The University of Missouri system also plans to involve more faculty in classroom instruction and reduce the practice of graduate assistants teaching undergraduate courses, he said...

SIKESTON -- Dividing up desegregation savings funds topped educational concerns of area state lawmakers during a meeting Wednesday with the Southeast Missouri Superintendents Association. Six legislators said any education-related bills proposed in the next session should benefit the districts represented by the association. Other educational topics they expect to work with include teacher certification and charter and alternative programs...

Oct. 2, 1997 Dear Leslie Few signs of Blackbeard the pirate remain on Okracoke, the most pristine island along North Carolina's outer banks. Blackbeard plundered the Virginia and Carolina coasts in 1717 and 1718 aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge. According to legend, he had 14 wives, tied the braids in his beard with ribbons, cultivated a sulphuric air and kept his crew rummed up to prevent mutinies...

To the editor: Congratulations to the teacher and Class of 2000. Cape Girardeau will finally be getting a city flag. As one of the writers of the flag proposal submitted to Vision 2000 in 1993, I have a particular interest in this issue. There is one matter that requires clarification, however. ...

I JUST noticed in the paper that at Cape's newest movie theaters there is one PG movie, and all the rest are rated R. I wonder how many parents who send their children to the movies also notice. Where are all the PG movies? I JUST read the comment from "Appalled at rock music," which said, "If you're a Christian, you should know that you should not be listening to that kind of music, whether it's violent or not." Excuse me, it's the lyrics that matter here. ...

Charter schools have been in the news for a couple of years now, but so far there don't appear to be any particular success stories. On the federal level, charter schools have received little more than lip service. And states that have tried to implement the concept haven't had overwhelming success...

To the editor: This is to clarify some issues raised in the two articles by Tamara Buck in the Sept. 28 edition of your paper. I'll begin by addressing issues raised by former members who alleged they were treated unfairly by staff. Allegations of poor management came from members who did not wish to abide by the federally mandated program policies and procedures. Some examples:...

Last week's report that all but two of Missouri's riverboat casinos are losing money should not be a cause for alarm. There are, as most serious gamblers know, a lot of ways to calculate losses. The news that the casinos are in such dire financial straits came as the result of an effort by the riverboat owners to convince state lawmakers that current loss limits and other regulations are hurting business. Efforts to get these changes through last year's legislative session were unsuccessful...

JACKSON -- Motorists at Highway 61 and Route D in Jackson will soon be stopping for new intersection traffic signals. The signal lights were installed as part of a joint project by the city of Jackson and the Missouri Department of Transportation after traffic at the intersection increased 15 percent in one year. Normal traffic growth is 3 to 5 percent...

The Cape Central Tigers and Belleville-Althoff (Ill.) Crusaders come into tonight's 7:30 football game at Belleville under completely different circumstances. The Tigers (3-1) rolled past their first three opponents before falling to Marshall County (Ky.) last week 29-6. Althoff (2-3) struggled through a three-game losing streak before upsetting Illinois-ranked Mater Dei 28-13 last week...

The seeding for the Class 4A, District 1 tournament has already been determined, but that didn't mean Jackson High's softball team had nothing to play for Wednesday against Cape Girardeau Central. In addition to the ever-present rivalry between the two schools, the Lady Indians sought to avenge an 11-run beating Central dealt them at home earlier this season. Also, a win would keep them alive in the SEMO Conference title race...

As expected, Eastern Kentucky's football team got its first win of the season last weekend. But now another perennial Ohio Valley Conference power remains winless. Eastern Kentucky -- which had lost to three nationally-ranked teams to start the season -- broke out in a big way by hammering former OVC football member Austin Peay 56-3...

Cape Central improved to 10-0 in tennis duals with a 9-0 win over Chaffee on Wednesday. The Lady Tigers lost no more than one game in any match. Central's JV won 5-0. Varsity results Singles 1. Lisa Ahstrom (CC) def. Betsy Rice, 8-0 2. Lara Golike (CC) def. Amanda Ford, 8-0...

MALDEN -- A Malden man was killed and two others were injured in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon. Val Manning, 17, died at St. Francis Medical Center, where he was airlifted after the accident, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

FARMINGTON -- Barbara Ann McCombs, 45, of Farmington died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1997, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington. She was born April 20, 1952, at Perryville, the daughter of Jettie Hinkle and Barney Buchheit. Survivors include her husband, Peter Andrew McCombs of Farmington; two sons, Joey Anderson of Springfield, Ill., and Andy McCombs of Farmington; a daughter, Amie McCombs of the home; three brothers, Oscar Buchheit of House Springs, Leroy Buchheit of Seagoville, Texas, and Ralph Buchheit of Spokane, Wash.; five sisters, Valerie Nation of St. ...

Bobby Hess, 54, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Oct. 28, 1942, in Yukon, Va., son of Robert A. and Gertrude A. Moore Hess. Hess was a graduate of Chicago State Teachers College and received a master's degree in education from Northeastern Illinois State College...

Gail N. "Lefty" Tidd of Sebring, Fla., died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1997, at his home. He was formerly of Jackson. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

MARBLE HILL -- Keith Edson Purdy, 66, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1997, at his home. He was born Sept. 7, 1931, in St. Paul, Minn., son of Raymond F. and Jennie Winders Purdy. He married Randee G. Brown. Purdy retired as a police officer in New Brighton, Minn...

DONGOLA, Mo. -- Norman "Bob" Shell Jr., 64, of Dongola died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1997, at his home. He was born Oct. 8, 1932, in Dongola, son of Norman Robert and Rita Mae Sample Shell Sr. Shell was a retired pipefitter. He was a member of Advance VFW Post 7750, and Pipefitters Local 798 in Tulsa, Okla. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...

SIKESTON -- Orville Ray Payne, 70, of Winnfield, La., died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born March 20, 1927, in Corning, Ark., son of John Wesley and Lola Madlean Flanigan Payne. He married Evelyn Howard. Payne was self-employed in painting automobiles. He was formerly of Sikeston...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Robert James Miller, 96, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 26, 1901, in Walnut Ridge, Ark. He and Edith Edna Simpkin were married Dec. 14, 1919. She died Oct. 20, 1991...

Funeral service for Elda Haney of Bristow, Okla., will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Schumacher Funeral Home in Bristow. The Rev. Terry Jarrard will officiate, with burial in Magnolia Memorial Gardens in Bristow. Haney, 83, died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1997, in Tulsa, Okla...

MARBLE HILL -- Stanley O. Brock, 73, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1997, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 4, 1923, at Parma, son of Walter and Florence Walker Brock. Brock was a retired locksmith. He served in the U.S. Navy, and then served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He received four Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart...

Daughter to Brett and Casmira Brunkhorst of O'Fallon, Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital in St. Charles, 11:06 a.m. Tuesday, July 1, 1997. Name, Peyton Reanne. Weight, 6 pounds 15 ounces. First child. Mrs. Brunkhorst is the former Casmira Sandlin, daughter of Casmira and Jim Hudson of Virginia Beach, Va. She is a load coordinator at Hogan's Services. Brunkhorst is the son of Gene and Betty Brunkhorst of Cape Girardeau. He is an operational manager at Freedom Leasing...

The University Museum has acquired 14 drawings by Jake Wells, former chairman of the Department of Art at Southeast. The pencil drawings were part of a project which led to the 1990 publication of "Water Mills of the Missouri Ozarks." The author, professor emeritus Dr. George Suggs, has donated the works to the museum...

CHAFFEE -- A Chaffee man suffered moderate injuries in a one-vehicle accident Wednesday night. Gregory Wiley, 27, was injured when his southbound vehicle ran off the right side of Route 77 as it was overtaking several vehicles and ran into a ditch, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

ANNA, Ill. -- Ina Mangold, 86, of Anna died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1997, at her home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. Interment will be in Anna Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home...