-
LETTERS: TAXI FOR DISABLED NEEDS TO BE EQUAL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/29/97)
To the editor: This letter is in response to the articles written about handicapped services in Cape Girardeau on Sept. 28, a letter to the editor on Oct. 4 and your editorial of Oct. 6 in which you state "handicapped services have their limits." When your reporter did the interview for the story, the printed story did not contain a fraction of what I told him. ...
-
A HARTE APPETITE: EASILY MADE TREATS FOR HALLOWEENERS
(Column ~ 10/29/97)
A recent survey commissioned by the Mars candy company, maker of M&M's among other treats, reveals that 7 percent of kids eat all of their Halloween candy on Halloween night. Frankly, I would have expected the figure to be much higher, but maybe I'm just projecting...
-
SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN RED RIBBON WEEK
(Local News ~ 10/29/97)
Chaffee high school students gasped as rescue workers pulled an 18-month-old child from the wreckage following a mock accident involving a drunken driver. Although the accident was staged as part of Red Ribbon Week, the impact was real, said Chaffee Police Chief Keith Carr...
-
UNITED WAY REACHES HALF OF $500,000 GOAL
(Local News ~ 10/29/97)
The Area Wide United Way hit the halfway mark for the 1997 fund-raising campaign with contributions tallied at $274,775. The campaign goal is $550,000. Significant increases from employee groups have contributed to the success of the early portion of the campaign, including employees from the city of Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Drury companies, JCPenney, Schnucks, Southwestern Bell, Union Electric, DANA and Procter and Gamble...
-
DRINKING ON CAMPUS IS TARGETED
(Editorial ~ 10/29/97)
For many years, drinking and college parties went hand in hand. Nationwide, about 12 million college students consume a staggering 430 gallons of alcoholic beverages each year. But many universities and colleges -- including Southeast Missouri State University -- are working hard to increase the awareness on the dangers of alcohol...
-
RUST COMMENTARY: BROADWAY IS ALIVE AND WELL
(Column ~ 10/29/97)
It's a small world. My wife WENDY and I spent last weekend in New York City after a newspaper meeting in Newark, N.J., Thursday P.M. and all day Friday. Friday night we attended the Tony Award winning play BARRYMORE...the one man show starring CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER of "The Sound of Music" movie fame...
-
NEW CABLE ACCORD LOOKS LIKE A GOOD PLAN
(Editorial ~ 10/29/97)
TCI Cablevision and city officials have forged a new franchise agreement for Cape Girardeau. This compromise now goes before the City Council for consideration. The agreement will benefit the city's cable system by combining a complete system upgrade, a new educational channel and other several other improvements...
-
HELPING OTHERS: LOCAL PEOPLE RECOGNIZED
(Local News ~ 10/29/97)
Eight-year-old Ryan Miller learned to ride his bicycle last summer, an accomplishment for any youngster. It was especially so for Ryan: He has cerebral palsy. Ryan's parents, Tommy and Sonya Miller of Scott City, want Ryan to have a normal childhood and want to help other parents through the complications that come with parenting a disabled child...
-
SHAWNEE HOPEFULS TALK MONEY
(Local News ~ 10/29/97)
WARE, Ill. -- Candidates for the Nov. 4 school board election in Shawnee Community Unit School District 84 voiced their opinions on a number of issues at a debate Tuesday night. Nine candidates are competing for four seats on the Shawnee Board of Education...
-
CENTRAL'S BAND IN WINNING SEASON
(Local News ~ 10/29/97)
More than 100 Central Marching Tiger Band members lined up for practice Tuesday afternoon in front of the high school. Cape Girardeau Central High School's largest team is also one of the winningest teams at the school this year. Band director Ron Nall said the 100 students who make up the Marching Tigers -- the high school's marching band -- are as much a team as any sports group at the school. They work together and develop discipline and endurance skills just as other teams do, he said...
-
AGENCIES TESTED IN MOCK DRILL
(Local News ~ 10/29/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Two paramedics arrive at Perryville Municipal Airport responding to a call of a sick pilot in need of medical assistance. What they find is a full-blown aviation disaster. Thankfully, it didn't actually happen, but that scenario was the basis of a large-scale disaster response drill Tuesday night involving more than 50 rescue personnel from 11 different agencies...
-
SEMO STUDENTS WITNESS START OF WALL STREET FALL
(Local News ~ 10/29/97)
A group of Southeast Missouri State University students hope to accumulate some wealth, even if they can't spend it. "We definitely want to make money," said Jennifer Kraft. Kraft and other students in the portfolio management class of finance professor Dr. Michael Devaney took Monday's stock market plunge in stride...
-
HURRICANE PAULINE RELIEF DRIVE TODAY
(Local News ~ 10/29/97)
Alpha Mu Gamma and the Spanish Club at Southeast Missouri State University will collect donations for victims of hurricane Pauline, which hit Acapulco, Mexico. The foreign languages department is sponsoring the effort. Donations may be made at the University Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today or in the foreign languages department. They may be in the form of cash or checks. Checks should be made payable to the American Red Cross...
-
UNDER A BUCK: GASOLINE PRICES DIP; PRICES USUALLY GOD OWN AFTER SUMMER DRIVING SEASON
(Local News ~ 10/29/97)
A sign at a Sprigg-and-Independence service station lists gasoline prices at 98.9 cents and $1.04. Across the street, the prices are 99.9 and $1.09. It doesn't take long for motorists to realize that the station with the 98.9 cents per gallon is closed, and has been for some time...
-
ETHICS COMMISSION TO MEET ON THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 10/29/97)
The city of Cape Girardeau's Ethics Commission will meet for the first time Thursday night. The meeting, which starts at 7 in the city council chambers, comes a year and a half after voters approved the charter amendment establishing the commission...
-
JACKSON CRACKS CLASS 5A RANKINGS
(High School Sports ~ 10/29/97)
A state ranking is nothing new to the Jackson Indians' football program. But a Class 5A ranking ... now that's news. The undefeated Indians (8-0) received the No. 10 spot in this week's 5A poll of Missouri sports writers and sportscasters released Tuesday. Although a fixture in the 4A poll for several years, the 5A ranking marks the first time Jackson has ever been ranked in the higher classification...
-
COACH'S CORNER: SEMO MUST BOUNCE BACK AFTER BLOWOUT
(College Sports ~ 10/29/97)
A team that has struggled as we have can ill afford to approach any game without total focus and intensity. We did so last Saturday against Middle Tennessee and ended up on the receiving end of a 55-6 embarrassment. MTSU deserves the credit for an excellent offensive game plan. They effectively spread us out, ran the ball and then threw deep on us. Their running backs were very good. We helped them by not running through tackles...
-
BRIEFLY: SEMO'S DERWORT NAMED OVC PLAYER OF WEEK
(College Sports ~ 10/29/97)
Southeast Missouri State University sophomore outside hitter Jackie Derwort has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week. Derwort had 52 kills, 17 assists and 47 digs in three matches last week. She had 24 kills and 21 digs against Tennessee Tech on Saturday, then registered her first triple-double with 11 kills, 11 assists and 12 digs against Middle Tennessee on Sunday...
-
ND, WOODLAND ADVANCE TO 2A DISTRICT FINAL
(High School Sports ~ 10/29/97)
Notre Dame and Woodland advanced to the championship game of the Class 2A, District 3 Volleyball Tournament with two-set victories in Tuesday night's semifinals at Notre Dame High School. Top-seeded Notre Dame, the defending district champions, swept No. 4 St. Vincent 15-2, 15-3 to improve to 26-2 on the season...
-
FANNIE L. EADY
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Fannie L. (Eadie) Eady, 75, of Portageville died Oct. 27, 1997, at St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. She was born Sept. 12, 1932, in Walls, Miss., to Nelson and Jurine Green Trotter. She had lived in Missouri since 1955. On April 11, 1966, she married the Rev. Willie Eady...
-
HENRY CLAYTON DAY
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
SIKESTON -- Henry Clayton Day, 87, of Sikeston, formerly of New Madrid County, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Sept. 28, 1910, in New Madrid County, son of John and Rhoda Cooper Day. He and Delphia Adams were married May 11, 1935. She preceded him in death July 25, 1989...
-
ELMER MAURATH
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Elmer R. Maurath, 65, of Sunset Hills died Monday, Oct. 27, 1997, at St. John's Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur. He was born July 29, 1932, in St. Louis, son of Elmer L. and Bernardine Gude Maurath. He married the former Evelyn Sanders of Scott City...
-
MAXINE DEAN
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Maxine Elizabeth Dean of East Prairie will be held at 3 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. The Rev. Bob Williams will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Dean, 72, died Monday, Oct. 27, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
-
BRUCE GODWIN
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
SIKESTON -- Graveside service for Bruce Godwin of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Dogwood Cemetery near Charleston. Friends may call at Ponder Funeral Home from noon to service time Friday. Godwin, 95, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 1997, at Sikeston Health Care...
-
OREN ELLIS SR.
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
Oren O. Ellis Sr., 97, 1530 N. Main, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Sept. 15, 1900, at Oriole, son of Ruben and Francis Summers Ellis. He and Mae Simmons were married Feb. 2, 1924, at Benton. She died June 25, 1982...
-
TALITHA OCHS
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Talitha Flora Ochs, 95, of Perryville died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1997, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Oct. 22, 1902, at Farrar, daughter of Alvin and Frieda Schuessler Magwitz. She and Clarence G. Ochs were married June 13, 1928. He died Oct. 16, 1985...
-
ELNORA MICHEL
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
Elnora Frederica Michel, 90, of Marietta, Ohio, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1997, at Harmar Place in Marietta. She was born Dec. 8, 1906, in Beemont, daughter of Louis H. and Emma Holtgrewe Brinkman. She and Dr. Russell J. Michel were married Nov. 9, 1935, in St. Louis. He died Sept. 7, 1989. He was a math professor at Southeast Missouri State University and had been chairman of the department. He retired in 1975...
-
SARAH SPURLOCK
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
BUNCOMBE, Ill. -- Sarah M. Spurlock, 84, of Buncombe died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1997, at Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born March 31, 1913, in Lathe, Ark., daughter of John and Dora Wright. She first married Clyde Arnold, who preceded her in death. She and George M. Spurlock were married June 10, 1947...
-
NORMA PRATT
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
SIKESTON -- Norma W. Pratt, 78, of Sikeston died Monday, Oct. 27, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 7, 1919, near Sikeston, daughter of William Lee and Iva Mae Gray Bohannon Sr. Pratt was a graduate of Diehlstadt High School, and received an associate degree in elementary education from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau...
-
EDWARD REJNIAK
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Edward P. Rejniak, 73, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1997, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born July 9, 1924, in St. Louis, son of Boleslaw and Josephine Grzegorowski Rejniak. He and Betty Lou Beckham were married April 12, 1974, in St. Louis...
-
LOTTIE ALLENSWORTH
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
PUXICO -- Lottie Allensworth, 89, of Puxico died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1997, at Puxico Nursing Center. She was born Dec. 24, 1907, near Bloomfield, daughter of Harve and Laura Proffer Helderman. She first married Floyd Adolph Fowler Dec. 24, 1924. He died May 16, 1972. She then married Logan Clark April 6, 1974, who died Aug. 20, 1978. She later married Clyde Allensworth in June 1980, who died July 4, 1985...
-
LANDALL BOYD
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
CHARLESTON -- Landall E. Boyd, 37, of Minneapolis, Minn., died suddenly Monday, Oct. 27, 1997, at his home. He was born Dec. 25, 1959, in East St. Louis, Ill., son of Leonard and Rutha L. Lark Boyd. Boyd was a 1978 graduate of East Side High School in East St. Louis, and attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff...
-
NADINE WILLIAMS WARFIELD
(Obituary ~ 10/29/97)
SIKESTON -- Nadine Williams Warfield, 68, of Sikeston died Monday, Oct. 27, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 20, 1929, in Charleston, the daughter of Willie Ben and Audrey Pettigrew Williams. She married Samuel Warfield in 1958. He died in 1994...
-
TRAFFIC JAMS IN JACKSON: CITY TRIES TO CATCH UP WITH GROWTH
(Local News ~ 10/29/97)
JACKSON -- Katherine King remembers when the drive from Jackson to Cape Girardeau was practically an all-day trip. Alderman Jack Piepenbrok recalls drag racing on Main Street. But you don't have to be a longtime resident to remember the days when a traffic jam in Jackson was having to wait at a four-way stop...
-
JACKSON SCHOOL BOARD OKS PROJECT WITH CITY
(Local News ~ 10/29/97)
JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Education accepted an audit on school finances and gave tentative approval to a joint project with the city of Jackson during a meeting Tuesday night at the Jackson Middle School. School auditor Jim Hillin told board members that administrators had maintained "a very good record" of the district's revenues and expenditures for the 1996-97 school year which ended June 30. ...
Stories from Wednesday, October 29, 1997
Browse other days