Stories from Tuesday, September 22, 1998

Monday, Sept. 21 Public hearingsHeld a public hearing on the necessity to improve Missouri Street from Mississippi Street to Scott Street.* Held a public hearing regarding the necessity to make certain sewer improvements in Lateral Sewer District No. 14-M-2 and certain lots in Lateral Sewer District No. 14-R-1, Lakeshore Drive area...

What a week for the Internet. The release of the Starr Report and President Clinton's grand jury videotape put the Internet smack dab in the middle of this continuing controversy. The pundits argued back and forth whether the Internet was an appropriate way to release such important information. In the end, it didn't matter. The Ken Starr report and president's two rebuttals were accessible at a number of Internet sites...

Monday, Sept. 21 Public Hearing -- Held a hearing to consider the request for the rezoning of certain parcels of property owned by Cape Girardeau County along North High Street and North Missouri Street from R-3 (general residential) to C-3 (central business district) as requested by the Cape Girardeau County Commission...

The next Cape Girardeau School District superintendent should have strong fiscal management and curriculum development skills, a recent survey said. Dr. Jacques Cowherd of the Missouri School Boards Association presented the findings of volunteer surveys to Monday night's Cape Girardeau Board of Education meeting. The school board has contracted with MSBA to help find a replacement for Dr. Dan Tallent, whose contract expires June 30...

The chief scientist of the Australian Antarctic Division will present a lecture on "The Global Significance of Antarctica and Antarctic Research: An Australian Perspective" Oct. 1 at Southeast Missouri State University. Dr. Patrick Quilty will speak at 7 p.m. in Rhodes Hall Room 121. The event is free and open to the public...

U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson picked up the endorsement Monday of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Chamber officials announced the endorsement at a news conference in Cape Girardeau. "This election is no contest. Jo Ann Emerson is the obvious choice for American business," said Kris McKnight, executive director of the organization's south central region...

Agenda 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1998 Jackson Board of Education office Action Items: -- Consider policy changes. -- Consider district testing plan for 1998-99. -- Consider Agreement with Gilmore and Bell to calculate arbitrage rebate for the 1993 bond issue...

Young journalists from the region will learn from experts and each other during a conference at Southeast Missouri State University Thursday. The 25th annual Southeast Missouri Scholastic Press Association (SEMSPA) workshop will convene at 9:15 a.m. at the University Center. SEMSPA is affiliated with the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association...

Breonne Johnson emerged safely from the covered slide at Franklin Elementary School. Devante Griffin swung from one rung to another at Franklin Elementary School while Joyce Fulks, a substitute teacher, watched. School playgrounds are much safer than they used to be...

To the editor: The merger of St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital is a matter of great importance to the area. Following is a copy of our letter to Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon, which we ask that you print in its entirety. Thank you for your courtesy...

Republicans last sat in the majority in the Missouri House of Representatives in 1954. In the Senate, you must go back 52 years -- to 1946 -- to find a GOP majority. Missouri is one of only six states in America that have Democratic majorities in both houses of the Legislature and a Democratic governor...

News that the Missouri Department of Transportation plans to widen an exit ramp at the intersection of I-55 and U.S. 61 was a welcome recent announcement. The northbound exit ramp off I-55 at the interchange, called Center Junction, will be improved in a $219,340 project. ...

The only drawback for average Americans in having Mark McGwire as our new national hero is that our own lives now seem so, you know, average. No wonder Mark McGwire is so strong. After he hits each home run, he has to lift his son into the air. Life has its ups and downs. While most Americans are cheering a new national hero, consider the jeers being given to the Oakland executive who sold McGwire to the Cardinals...

"Class, today we're going to draw a picture of what you'd like to be when you grow up." It did not take long for Terry Maire to know what she wanted to draw. She has many memories of holding a broom in one hand and a book in the other, and she said she's always wanted to be a mother and a teacher...

The future of Social Security dominated debate Monday among the three candidates for the 8th District congressional seat. About 100 people, most of them elderly, crowded into the Cape Girardeau Senior Center to hear the candidates speak out at a forum sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons...

Cost and competition were key issues Monday as area business leaders questioned Cape Girardeau hospital administrators about the merits of the proposed hospital merger. Officials from Southeast Missouri Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center are trying to build community support for the merger...

Watching and listening to President Clinton's grand-jury testimony about his affair with Monica Lewinsky was a favorite diversion Monday morning. Small groups throughout the area hovered over television sets, radios or computer display screens to hear details once again. But this time they could watch the president testify...

JACKSON -- The city has bought 60 acres of agricultural land north of town for use as an industrial park. The land, most of which is about half a mile northwest of U.S. 61 and Route D, is known as the old Jenkins property. Acquisition had taken the city some time due to the number of Jenkins heirs that had to be negotiated with...

A Canadian company might establish an airplane manufacturing plant at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. Zenair of Canada of Toronto wants to move its manufacturing operations to the United States. The company manufacturers single-engine, two-seater and training aircraft...

After losing many of the stars off last year's strong defense, some people thought that unit might be a weak link for the 1998 Southeast Missouri State University football Indians. So far, however, that certainly has not been the case. Through three games, defense has definitely been the Indians' strength -- as it has been for the past several seasons...

Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball team will look to knock off another prime Ohio Valley Conference contender tonight when Eastern Illinois visits Houck Field House for a 7 o'clock match. The Otahkians have won the past five OVC regular-season championships and are favored to make it six in a row this season. They are coming off a big Saturday home win over Tennessee Tech, last year's OVC Tournament champion...

The Cape Jaycees held their annual NFL Gatorade Punt, Pass & Kick Competition Sunday and over 30 youths participated. Advancing to next month's sectional competition: (Boys) Brad Lebruyere (Age 8-9), Mark Johnston (10-11), Jacob Welch (12-13), Jeremy Glastetter (14-15); (Girls) Brittnie Welch (10-11), Joy Johnson (12-13)...

ST. LOUIS -- Kathy Michel has been a brutal adversary for batters in recent days. Last week the Cape Girardeau Central High pitcher went 4-0 with three shutouts. That included a 1-hitter Saturday in the third-place game in the Jackson Invitational. On Monday, Michel went one better. She tossed a no-hitter against Mehlville as Central won 4-1...

PERRYVILLE -- Benjamin DeClue, 24, of Perryville died Sunday, Sept. 20, 1998, in a single vehicle accident in Perryville. His brother, Tate Joseph DeClue, was also killed. He was born April 4, 1974, in Chester, Ill., son of Randy J. and Mary O'Dell DeClue...

PERRYVILLE -- Tate Joseph DeClue, 27, of Perryville died Sunday, Sept. 20, 1998, in a single vehicle accident in Perryville. His brother, Benjamin DeClue, was also killed. He was born Aug. 26, 1971, in Chester, Ill., son of Randy J. and Mary O'Dell DeClue...

BONNE TERRE -- Funeral for Lloyd Reid of Bonne Terre was held Sunday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. The Rev. Mark Inman officiated, with burial in Portageville Cemetery. Reid, 55, died Friday, Sept. 18, 1998, at his home. He was born Nov. 11, 1942, in St. Louis, son of L.C. and Louise Layman Reid. He and Nola Maddox were married May 3, 1961, in New Madrid...

KARNAK, Ill. -- Verna Hickerson, 88, of Karnak died Saturday, Sept. 19, 1998, at her home. She was born May 14, 1910, in Wayne County, Iowa, daughter of Henry and Etta Shriver Hammond. She married Ralph Hickerson, who died in 1993. Hickerson attended Antioch Christian Church...

DEXTER -- John David Cahow, 17, of Dexter died Sunday, Sept. 20, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was injured in an automobile accident on Sunday. He was born Dec. 16, 1980, in Poplar Bluff, son of Delbert and Barbara C. Hunsaker Cahow...

BERTRAND -- Funeral for Willie Frances Badgett of Bertrand will be held at 1 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Ted Wimberly will officiate, with burial in Maynard Cemetery near Diehlstadt. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10:30 a.m. until service time...

A memorial service for Tom Brockmire of Auburn, Calif., was held Friday at Meadow Vista Park in Meadow Vista, Calif. Brockmire, 46, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 1998, in a single motorcycle accident near Marysville, Calif. He was born May 24, 1952, in Wichita Falls, Texas, son of William R. and Jacqueline Blaylock Brockmire. He attended Jefferson School in Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral for Samuel Harvey Pace of Scott City will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. Frank Giunta will officiate, with burial in Lightner Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 5-8:30 p.m. today...

DEXTER -- Funeral for Lucille A. Price of Dexter will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance. Wayne Page will officiate, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park in Advance. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. today...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Dorothy Lucille Arrott, 66, of Dongola died Monday, Sept. 21, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Nov. 9, 1931, in Beeville, Texas, daughter of Alex and Clara Gavlik Dlugosh. She and Reed T. Arrott Sr. were married Nov. 6, 1952, in Pascagoula, Miss...

Funeral for Julia Patterson Tillis of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. Elder Marion A. Green will officiate. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 9 a.m. Wednesday...

Eva Bessie Allen, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 21, 1998, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services of Cape Girardeau. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

CAIRO, Ill. -- Cynthia M. Rundles, 61, of Cairo died Sunday, Sept. 20, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo is in charge of arrangements.

MARBLE HILL -- Eula Harrold, 95, of Bond's Nursing Home in Marble Hill died Monday, Sept. 21, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born June 30, 1903, at Glen Allen, daughter of Homer and Anna Pridy McClendon. She married Edgar Harrold in 1924. He died in 1974...

Daughter to Michael and Kimberly Cochrane of LaJolla, Calif., Sharp Mary Birch Hospital, 7:49 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 1998. Name, Julia Catherine. Weight, 6 pounds 13 ounces. Mrs. Cochrane is the former Kim Barks, daughter of Barbara Barks West of Cape Girardeau, and the late Richard Barks. She is a marketing director with Pacific Medical Buildings. Cochrane is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Cochrane of Oceanside, Calif. He is a first officer with Southwest Airlines...

Mrs. Francine Seier of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Sept. 20, 1998, at the Southeast Hospital at the age of 59. She was born Aug. 16, 1939, in Perryville, Mo., the daughter of John and Hazel (Richardson) Ford. She married David "Peewee" Erlbacher in 1959 and in 1974 she married A. J. Seier and he survives...