Stories from Sunday, January 6, 1991

CANALOU -- Georgia Caroline Vickers, 90, of Canalou, formerly of Matthews, died Friday, Jan. 4, 1991, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews. She was born Sept. 14, 1899, in Bolivar, Tenn., to William and Docia Baker. She married Thomas Vickers on July 11, 1940 at Benton. He proceeded her in death on Nov. 3, 1971...

Dear Gary: I've read with alarm that subversive forces within our community are trying to pressure you into doing away with Speak Out. In this day of homogenized media, Speak Out is a breath of fresh air. It's a great future. Just in case you're taking votes, I vote to keep Speak Out!...

Dear Editor: To what purpose should I trouble myself with saving the Earth when death and destruction are continually before my eyes? With the ease at which we are being led down the path to war with Iraq I see little conflict between our ability to reason and the deep ancient reptilian part of our brain. ...

PERRYVILLE -- Four people have filed so far for three positions on the Perryville Board of Aldermen. The period for filing opened Wednesday and will close Jan. 29 for the April elections. Additionally, no candidates have filed for three seats on the Perry County District 32 Board of Education...

Missouri's General Assembly convenes Wednesday in Jefferson City with a challenging task. The task is not new by any means, but it is no less challenging either. What lawmakers face in the upcoming session is a tight financial circumstance that will leave little room for legislative mobility. Just like business people in these tricky fiscal times, our elected officials will need all their resourcefulness and management skills to manage the public's money...

Holly Rust Payne is a resident of Cape Girardeau and vice president of Concord Printing Services. Six years ago the first LEADERSHIP CAPE was held in Cape Girardeau. It was sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce and there were 35 participants. ...

The end of any year brings with it all sorts of lists. We have the top news stories of each year, state and national; the best- and worst-dressed lists; "People" magazine's 25 most interesting people of the year; lists of who or what is "in" and who or what is "out", etc. How about a list of the most biggest and most important stories ignored by the media each year?...

I WOULD LIKE to thank the officials and the maintenance people in Jackson for the super job they did restoring power to the residents on Sunday. They did a super job also on our streets with cinders that were available. It's just a great place to live here and we thank everyone...

BLOOMFIELD -- A Bloomfield woman received moderate injuries Saturday when the car she was driving slid on a patch of ice, struck a bridge rail and overturned, said a spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol. Mary Jerls, age 70, was driving east on Stoddard County Road 442 when the accident occurred two miles south of Bloomfield, the patrol said. The accident occurred at 12:45 p.m...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Nell-Holcomb R-4 Board of Education members Robert Rubel and Dwayne K. Kirchhoff have filed for re-election. Rubel and Kirchhoff are up for re-election for three-year terms in the April 2 election. Candidates wishing to compete for the seats may do so by filing for the election at Nell Holcomb School by Jan. 29...

CHAFFEE -- Already, with only three days into the filing period for the City of Chaffee's April election, a three-way race has developed for the mayor's seat. Chaffee Mayor Ron Moyers has filed for re-election, but one of the candidates taking him on is former mayor Robert Capshaw, whom Moyers defeated in April 1987 for the seat. Moyers beat Capshaw by 549 votes to 351, or a margin of 198...

WE WOULD LIKE to take this method of thanking all the people who were ready to help with annual Red Cross blood drive at St. Joseph's Parish Hall in Scott City. Although the drive was postponed and then canceled due to the severe weather conditions, many volunteers and perspective donors were ready and willing to give someone another chance. ...

Dear Editor: Today, one of the Show Me Center's original employees, Jim Doyle, leaves our employment for a new marketing position with Stardate Productions in Milwaukee, Wis. Due to the university vacation schedule; excitement of the Christmas holidays; and the recent level of activity at the Show Me Center, time to properly arrange a farewell from the university and all the business associates Jim has had contact with in his three and a half years in Cape Girardeau was not available...

LUTESVILLE -- Gene Wiley, 61, of Lutesville, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1991, at his home. He was born May 14, 1929, at Farmingto to William and Ellen Thompson. He is survived by his mother Ellen Wiley Probst of Lutesville, one brother, Thomas Wiley of Santa Monica, Calif.; three sisters, Hattie Plouvier, Loveta Long, and Marie Pyle all of Lutesville...

SIKESTON -- Service for Loetta Marie McCoy was held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, with the Rev. Cecil Adams, of First Baptist CHurch of Matthews, officiating, assisted by Rev. Nolan Hartlein of Canalou. Burial was in the Garden of Memories Cemetery...

JACKSON - Funeral services will be held Monday for Hannah Penrod of Cape Girardeau County. She died Thursday, Jan. 3, 1991, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. She was 99. She was born June 24, 1891, the daughter of Henry Emmit and Allie Meyer Pinkerton. She was married on Nov. 14, 1907, to Clinton Penrod. He preceded her in death on April 5, 1960...

BEL NOR -- Funeral service for Georgia Marie Jones, 83 years old, of Bel Nor, was held Tuesday at the Bryson Funeral Home in Pilot Knob, with the Rev. Robert Mordt officiating. Burial followed in the Arcadia Valley Memorial Cemetery. She died Sunday, Dec. 30, 1990, at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Cape Girardeau resident Marie Benson, 79, of 1105 Linden, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 1991, at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 19, 1911 at Illmo to Frank and Martha Rush Mason and had lived in Cape Girardeau six years...

PERRYVILLE -- Rosa M. Fritsche, 82, of Union Grove, Wis., formerly of Perryville, died Friday, Jan. 4, 1991 in Union Grove. She was born March 20, 1908, in Crosstown to Martin and Martha Steffens Bachmann. She married Otto Fritsche on April 7, 1929. He proceeded her in death on Oct. 14, 1983...

LUTESVILLE -- Gene Wiley, 61, of Lutesville, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1991, at his home. He was born May 14, 1929, at Farmington to William and Ellen Thompson Wiley. He is survived by his mother Ellen Wiley Probst of Lutesville, one brother, Thomas Wiley of Santa Monica, Calif.; three sisters, Hattie Plouvier, Loveta Long, and Marie Pyle all of Lutesville...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Estelle S. Kilgore, 92, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 1991 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Aug. 6, 1898, in Mississippi County to William and Martha Baker Smith. She married Reuben Kilgore on Aug. 4, 1920 at Benton. He died in October, 1958...

MATTHEWS -- Essie Mae Ergle, 74, of Lilbourn, formerly of Matthews, died Friday, Jan. 4, 1991, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She as born June 27, 1916, at Hattieville, Ark., to Austin G. Johnson and Ella Hicks Johnson. She married Ed Ergle on Sept. 13, 1952, at Piggot, Ark. He survives...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Helen S. Fulbright, 85 years old, of Desloge, was held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, with the Rev. Charles E. Buck officiating. Burial followed in Garden of Memories Cemetery. She died Thursday, Jan. 3, 1991, at the Desloge Health Care Center...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A dramatic drop in December boardings at the Municipal Airport was nearly enough to drop enplanements below 10,000 for the year. But Airport Manager Mark Seesing said that despite the inclement weather in late December, the airport managed to show 10,016 boardings for the year...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A Cape Girardeau woman filed Friday for a seat on the Cape Girardeau Board of Education, making her the fourth person to file since the filing period opened Wednesday. Seeking a one-year, unexpired term is Julia Cowsert. Lyle A. Davis, who filed Wednesday, is also seeking the seat, vacated by Benjamin Lewis, who is now Division III associate circuit judge...

CAPE GIRARDEAU In the early 1930s, the Missouri state legislature was considering the benefits of adopting a proposed 1-cent sales tax. Drinkers anticipated the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Drivers wanting a new car eyed a New Pontiac Straight Eight roadster for $585...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- U.S. Congressman Bill Emerson will speak at a brief ceremony Monday honoring Naval Reserve members who are departing for duty in the Persian Gulf. About 55 departing reservists, dressed in camouflage uniforms, will be on hand for the 10:30 a.m. ceremony at the Naval Reserve Center, 2530 Maria Louise...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Although citizens' response to the city's recycling program has been positive, city officials say at least one-eighth of the materials collected aren't salvageable. Doug Kaminskey, the city's environmental services coordinator, said that about 300 pounds of non-recyclable trash is separated each day from the materials brought to the city recycling bins at the Public Works Building on Kingshighway...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The New Beginnings support group will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Birthright meeting room at 134 S. Park. "Coping with the Stress in Your Life" is the topic for discussion. New Beginnings is a support group for those who are widowed, divorced or separated. The public is also invited to attend. For more information, call 243-0130...

CPL. MITCH CALLIS U.S. MARINES Cp. Callis is the son of Carol Callis of Cape Girardeau and George Callis of Jackson. He graduated from Jackson High School in 1980, and is a member of the U.S. Marine Reserve Unite based in St. Louis. He is a student at Southeast Missouri State University, and is employed at Sears in Cape Girardeau...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - There's a new organization in town and it's looking for a few good men. The organization is the Cape Girardeau detachment of The Marine Corps League, a Marine Corps veterans organization. On Saturday evening the organization received its charter from Ron Brown, the league's National Midwest Division vice-commandant. ...

CARBONDALE - Southern Illinois Congressman Glenn Poshard is now a member of the Public Works and Transportation Committee. "This assignment will help me work on a number of issues and projects that are important to Southern Illinois," Poshard said. He joins Congressman Bill Emerson, who is already a member of the committee...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - The monthly Walking Together program will be held Tuesday morning in the Venture Court at the West Park Mall. For early arrivers, a free continental breakfast will be served at 8 a.m. The program will follow at about 8:30 a.m. The program is co-sponsored by Southeast Missouri Hospital, St. Francis Medical Center, and West Park Mall. Free coffee is provided by Chick-Fil-A...

CAIRO, Ill. -- When two groups filed riverboat gambling applications with the Illinois Gaming Board last week, Cairo's chances of securing a floating casino operations dropped to a new low. Southern Illinois Riverboat-Casino Cruises, Inc., and Players Club International was one of two groups which filed riverboat gambling applications two days before Wednesday's deadline, seeking Metropolis as its home port...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- More than 150 combat engineers and support personnel from the Missouri Army National Guard's 1140th Combat Engineers, based at Cape Girardeau, and others from around the state, have traded their winter parkas and snow boots for tee-shirts and sun-tan lotion for the next 17 days...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A rural supplier trade conference will beheld here in April. Bernard K. Andrews, senior project manager of existing business development with the Missouri Department of Economic Development, was in Cape Girardeau Friday to help in the planning of the supplier trade conference. The event will be held April 23, at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus...

SIKESTON -- Doug Davidson will return to Sikeston for a three-day stay next month. Davidson, who plays Detective Paul Williams on the CBS network daytime show, "The Young and the Restless," will serve as emcee for the 1991 Kenny Rogers Cerebral Palsy Telethon to be held at the Sikeston Inn here Feb. 15-17...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Two employees of Consolidated Grain & Barge Company's Cape Girardeau marine terminal survived an icy plunge into the Mississippi River Friday. A spokesperson for Southeast Missouri Hospital said Bobby Griffith, 30, of Whitewater, and Gary Brown, 38, of Cape Girardeau, were treated for effects of hypothermia and released...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Some big changes have been made in international trade. "There's a vast international market out there, and with modern communications, you can become involved in the export/import business," said Allan Maki, executive director of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority...

The second-round census figures are in. There is no change in the direction indicated by the 1990 count of Cape Girardeau's population. The U.S. Census Bureau says the city has lost about 200 people since 1980. What makes this so fascinating is that City Manager J. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape County Christian Women's Club will meet Jan. 14 in the Jackson Room at Holiday Inn. The event begins at 2 p.m. and concludes at 4. The program on "June in January Fashions" will be presented by New Beginnings Dress Shop. Speaker is Eileen Pfiefer, and music will be provided by Sara Dyer...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A letter to producers of television show "To Tell the Truth" landed 10-year-old Tara Koosak a spot on the program. Tara, a 10-year-old fourth grade student at Alma Schrader School, wrote and illustrated a book of cartoons called "School Biz Is...," which was published in May...

The January moon is the Wolf Moon, that dreaded harbinger of cold, hard, scary times, and it comes, this January, crescent new on the fifteenth. Note the date! Seems as if the moon is having a lot of influence over our lives this winter. Last month it was to be partially responsible for a Big Earthquake. ...

Top left: Bollinger Mill State Historic Site. Above: Mustard blooms in Bollinger County. Left: Lily pad at Otter Slough in Stoddard County. The eroded limestone of Tower Rock, uncovered during the 1988 drought, captivated nature photographer Charles Gurche, who selected the scene for the cover of his book: "Missouri: Images of Nature."...

Always January is a renewal. This is the time of the year when the future suddenly becomes the first day of the year. This is the time when gardeners suddenly become aware of the coming season in the garden. Armchair gardening is one of the best occupations of winter weather. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Planning activities for children will be the topic of the January Workshop on Wheels program. The presentation will be held Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. at St. Vincent's Early Childhood Center, 1912 Broadway. Teacher Kathy Brown will talk about planning a day, week or month around a special theme, using the theme, winter, as an example. She will bring music and language activities that can be used in group times, and materials will be available to trace; handouts will be provided...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Two clinicians at the Community Counseling Center Rondi J. Rork and Christi A. Turpin have completed final requirements for doctoral degrees by defending their doctoral dissertations. Both will receive doctorates of philosophy in psychology...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Diane Bauman, Human Resource manager for Dana Corp. here, will be guest speaker at the Cape Girardeau Professional Women's Club meeting Tuesday. The 6:30 p.m. session will be held at the Holiday Inn. Bauman is a member of the Cape Area Personnel Association and was chairman of the 1990 CAPA Conference held in November at the Show Me Center. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Dr. John K. Holcomb has completed requirements to receive the Physician's Recognition Award from the Missouri State Medical Association (MSMA). The award, presented by the MSMA and the American Medical Association is given to physicians who voluntarily complete 150 credit hours of continuing medical education courses in a three-year period...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Over the past six years, the Cape Girardeau County labor force has grown at a rate of almost 20 percent a year. In numbers, that tabulates into more than 600 new workers a year, from a civilian labor force of 31,155 in December of 1984 to 34,815 in December of 1990...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Van Matre Buick, which moved to new quarters at 511 South Kingshighway more than a year and a half ago, has expanded. "We've added a new building to house our body shop," said Mark Van Matre, general manager of the dealership. "The structure is a 48 x 48 feet, for a total of 2,304 square feet."...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Stan Lowery of Cape Girardeau has been named "Salesperson of the Year" at Coad Chevrolet here for a second straight year. Lowery's sales honor was announced this week by Clyde Greene, central purchasing agent for the three Coad Chevrolet dealerships at Anna, Ill., Perryville, and Cape Girardeau...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Lynn Moll, CTC, owner and president of Gulliver's Travel Agency, Inc., recently returned from a familiarization tour to Paris, and the Loire Valley area of France. While in Paris she toured the city, visiting Le Printemps Paris' version of a shopping mall and spending an evening at the Lido de Paris the city's foremost cabaret show...

MAKANDA, Ill. -- Thomas R. Frenkel, CTP, vice president of Presley Tours here, has been elected president of the National Tour Association (NTA). The NTA is comprised of more than 600 tour company members from the U.S. and Canada, and more than 2,100 supplier members such as hotels, restaurants, attractions, airlines, cruise lines, and other travel-related businesses...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - A live satellite broadcast will be the basis of a shareholders meeting Tuesday in local Edward D. Jones & Co. offices. The seminar is for investors in American Fund's SMALLCAP World Fund mutual fund. Tuesday's broadcast will be the first of four similar satellite broadcasts this year by the Jones firm. Others will cover other mutual funds held by large numbers of its customers...

TOLEDO, Ohio Dana Corporation, headquartered at Toledo, has announced a new joint venture with Tianjin Auto Filter Factory (TAFF) of Tianjin, People's Republic of China, for the manufacture of Dana's WIX brand filters. TAFF is one of the 50 factories under the leadership of Tianjin Auto Industry Corporation, which is Cnina's fourth largest manufacturer of automobiles and trucks and one of that country's major producers of light trucks and vans...

CINCINNATI, Ohio The Procter & Gamble Company has announced the establishment of a new Eastern Europe Division, and a vice president for the new division. The board of directors elected Herbert Schlmitz, current vice president of Central Europe, Health and Beauty Care, as vice president-Eastern Europe...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School will offer three sections Business Law, Economics and Management, and Accounting of the Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) Review. The review courses are designed to prepare students who have a basic knowledge of the topics for CPS examination. The courses start Jan. 28, and will meet six nights, from 6 to 9 p.m. at a cost of $40 each...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape Girardeau Legal Secretaries Association will visit the Southeast Missouri Crime Lab here Tuesday. Robert Briner will be guess speaker. Following the visit to the lab, members will go to the Spradling & Spradling law officers for a business meeting with president Glendella May as hostess...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Mike Dean of Cape Toyota-Suzuki, 835 S. Kingshighway here, has won the Toyota District Circle of Champions for a second straight year. Dean won the 1990 "Walk Around" event at St. Louis, and will compete in the regional competition at Kansas City this month...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Until the mid 1970s, home mortgages were basic affairs, having low fixed interest rates ranging up to 6 percent, and fixed loan periods of 30 years. But, with the remnants of the Vietnam War, the OPEC energy crisis and mounting inflation of that era, the home loan scenario lost its focus as interest rates skyrocketed to 18 and 19 percent levels...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Stereo One, Inc., a stereo and video retailer here since 1980, is moving to a new location. "We have a purchase agreement for property in the 300 block of South Kingshighway," said John Selby. "We will have an expanded showroom and demonstration facility, greater product selections, and a more efficient service and installation operation."...

(The following "Year in Review" articles were compiled by Sharon Sanders, Southeast Missourian librarian. The remainder of the months will be run in the coming days.) FEBRUARY 1. City would spend nearly $24.5 million on capital improvement projects over next five fiscal years under plan proposed by city staff...

(The following "Year in Review" articles were compiled by Sharon Sanders, Southeast Missourian librarian. The remainder of the months will be run in the coming days.) JANUARY 2. Carolyn Kelley and David Goncher become first to candidates to file for seats on Cape Girardeau Board of Education...

(The following "Year in Review" articles were compiled by Sharon Sanders, Southeast Missourian librarian. The remainder of the months will be run in the coming days.) MARCH 1. Southeast Missouri State University Faculty Senate is resolved to let university administration know that teachers are displeased with its proposal to give teachers salary hikes of 4 percent and benefit increases of 2 percent next fiscal year...