Stories from Sunday, January 13, 1991

ORAN -- Service for Corene Hoffman will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Guardian Angel Catholic Church at Oran, with Rev. Norman D. Varone officiating. Burial will be in Guardian Angel Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran after 3 p.m. today. A parish rosary will be held at the funeral home today at 6 p.m...

To The Editor: As the mother of a young Marine awaiting duty in Saudi Arabia, I have an interest in those in our community who are serving in the military. After reading Ken McManaman's letter published January 10, I felt the need to respond to his comments regarding a local physician "honoring his commitment to his country."...

PERRYVILLE -- Service for Glen C. Phillips will be held at Young & Sons Funeral Chapel here Monday at 2 p.m., with Arnold Clauson officiating. Burial will be Home Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today. Phillips, 71 years old, of Millersville, died Friday, Jan. 11, 1991, at his home...

Action is eloquence. Anonymous George Bush is not an eloquent man. He is known, however, for attracting people of truly exceptional judgment and ability to his service. It is reasonable to say that he has assembled a team marked by exceptional talent to manage the current crisis in the Persian Gulf. ...

Wayne Muri is Missouri's chief of highways and transportation and vigorously makes the point that he is an engineer, not a politician. We both believe and appreciate this admission. Still, despite his candor and single-minded pursuit of better roads for Missouri, his warnings that the state is lagging dangerously behind in highway funding could fall on deaf ears from a public not anxious to add to its tax obligation. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Melody Hutson of Cape Girardeau has had a lot on her mind lately. Her husband, Jim, is in Saudi Arabia as part of Operation Desert Shield, and she recently received word that her 18-year-old reservist daughter, Sheri, also will be heading to the Middle East...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - After hearing presentations from two firms interested in designing a new College of Business Administration Building, the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents Friday asked for more specific information before a decision is made...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Although only a small number of residents have taken advantage of a "papers to trees" recycling project here, state officials are optimistic the campaign will be successful. State Rep. Mary Kasten, R-Cape Girardeau, said she is pleased Cape Girardeau has been included in the Department of Natural Resource's project to recycle newsprint by offering coupons for trees in exchange for a three-foot stack of newspapers...

CAPE GIRAREDEAU -- Congressmen in Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri voted on opposite sides of a resolution Saturday to give President Bush authority to send U.S. forces into combat against Iraq. Missouri Congressman Bill Emerson was one of the 250 who voted to grant war authority to the president. Glenn Poshard of Illinois rejected the resolution...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Teen~agers behind the wheel of a car are a safety threat to themselves and others if teens are not properly trained, say area driver education teachers. But less than half of Missouri's public schools teach students to drive. Only 184 of 450 high schools in the state offer driver education. Just 46 schools offer a summer class...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Thirty-eight Seabees, a construction unit that trains at the Cape Girardeau Naval Reserve Center, left here Saturday as a step toward deployment for the Persian Gulf. The group left by chartered bus for St. Louis, where they will board a plane en route to Port Hueneme, Calif...

PVT. RUSSEL B. GRAMMER U.S. ARMY Private Grammer is the son of Bobby and Sue Grammer of Cape Girardeau. He graduated from Cape Central High School in 1989 and joined the Army that same year. He completed basic training at Ft. Knox, Ky., and has been stationed at Ft. Riley, Kansas. He was deployed to Saudi Arabia on Dec. 31...

As 1990 was drawing to an end, there was great concern at our house that there were no new calendars to replace the old ones. Then, upon our return from the Christmas holidays in Georgia, the mail was filled with calendars. Calendars have come a long way from the time of my childhood when the only calendar hanging in our kitchen was one from Bruchhauser's Mill. ...

ALTENBURG -- Southeast Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals will hold its winter meeting Friday at Altenburg. Guest speakers include Gale Hairston, president of the Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals, and Nancy McGrew, remedial-reading teacher at Chaffee, who will discuss parental involvement...

ANNA, Ill. -- Service for Mrs. Nellie Murphy will be held Monday, Jan. 14, at 1 p.m. at the Crain Funeral home here, with Rev. Jack Wolfe officiating. Burial will be in Taylor Cemetery near Vienna. Friends may call the Crain Funeral Home in Anna from 4 to 8 p.m. today...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for August C. "Dude" Heisler Jr. of Cape Girardeau will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Jeffrey Sippy will officiate and burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

MCCLURE, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mrs. Alberta J. Roy of McClure, Ill., will be at 1:30 p.m. tuesday at the Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Chapel in Cape girardeau. The Revs. Randy Morgan and J.C. Mattox will officiate and burial will be in the Lindsey Cemetery in McClure...

APPLE CREEK -- Service for Ray Ponder will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic Church here at 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Young & Sons Funeral Home at Perryville after 5 p.m. Monday and until 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. A wake will be held at the funeral home today at 7 p.m...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Service for Mrs. Wilma Aden, will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church here, with pastor William Horn officiating. Burial will be in the American Legion Cemetery at Dongola. Friends may call at Crain's Funeral Home here after 5 p.m. today...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Willie Estella Statler Yount of Perryville will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Whitewater Presbyterian Church in Lutesville The Rev. Fred Shrum will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Yount died Saturday at the Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was 99...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Service for Mrs. Maude Braden Lackey will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge with Rev. Jesse Bellamy, Rev William Winters, and Rev. John Kern officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge...

ORAN -- Funeral service for Beulah A. Hatfield of Oran will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Morley Baptist Church. The Rev. Jim Matthews will officiate and burial will be in the New Morley Cemetery. Mrs. Hatfield died Saturday at the Miner Nursing Center. She was 84...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Juanita Marie Spane of Chaffee will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the General Baptist Church in Chaffee. The Rev. Arvil Huffman will officiate and burial will be in Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee. Mrs. Spane died Friday at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was 67...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Nina Bell Beardslee of Scott City will be at 2 p.m. today at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. Ron Dunavin, pastor of Broadway United Methodist Church in Scott City, will officiate. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery at Commerce...

PADUCAH, Ky. Funeral service for Peter J. Drury of Paducah, Ky. will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Roths Funeral Home in Paducah. Mr. Drury died Friday at the Life Care Center in Paducah. He was 76. He was born June 1, 1914 in Kelso to the late Landry and Dora Dannenmueller Drury. He married Margaret Purschell, who preceded him in death in 1971...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Joseph Mann Dickey of St. Louis died Thursday, Jan. 10, 1991, at his home. He was 72 years old. He was born Jan. 14, 1918, in Deming, N.M., son of Dr. Joseph and Artie Dickey. He married the former Annabelle Brockmire, who preceded him in death...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Mrs. Willie Wellborn of East Prairie was held Saturday at Shelby Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Martin Lucas officiated, with burial in IOOF Cemetery near Charleston. Mrs. Wellborn, 76 years old, died Thursday, Jan. 10, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mrs. Patsy Ruth Cagle of Cheboygan, Mich., was held Saturday at Nordman Funeral Chapel there. The Rev. Robert Timmons officiated, with burial in Ohio Ville Cemetery near Indian River, Mich. Announcement courtesy of Jones Funeral Home at Tamms...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mrs. Nellie Murphy of Anna will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Crain Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Jack Wolfe will officiate, with burial in Taylor Cemetery near Vienna. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Ervin Proffer of Jackson will be held at 1 p.m. today at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Don Cox will officiate, with burial in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until time of service...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for John R. Nickens of San Antonio, Tex., formerly of Chaffee and a businessman in Southeast Missouri many years, was held Dec. 28 at Hoggard Funeral Home in Piggott, Ark. The Rev. Richard Combs officiated, with burial in Piggott Cemetery...

ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Lyman A. McClain of Salem was held Jan. 7 at Fairview Church near here. Walter Smith and the Rev. Lloyd Tyree officiated, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. James and Gahr Mortuary of Salem was in charge of arrangements...

SIKESTON - Funeral services will be held Monday for Loyd C. Newman, formerly of Canalou and Oran. He died Friday afternoon, Jan. 11, 1991, at the Sells Rest Home in Matthews. He was 76. He was born June 26, 1914, in Canalou, son of the late Mode and Mary Landers Newman. He was a self-employed farmer...

FLAT RIVER -- East Missouri Action Agency here has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a full year of funding for the Head Start program in its eight-county area, 8th District U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson announced. Emerson said the $1,061,492 grant will fund the program during 1991 in the eight counties of Cape, Bollinger, Iron, Madison, Perry, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve and Washington...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The scoreboard at the Show Me Center Saturday indicated that Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team had been defeated by Central Missouri State 62-56. But Southeast coach Ed Arnzen found it extremely difficult to call his Otahkians anything but winners...

CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Shooting percentages - FG: Central .433, Southeast .483. FT: Central .762, Southeast .750. Assists: Central 11 (Humphry 3), Southeast 16 (Dohogne 3, Coleman 3, Everett 3). Turnovers: Central 11, Southeast 5. Technical Fouls: none. Officials: Paul Valline, Paul Birchfield, Ron Whittier. A - 6,904...

ORAN -- Scott County Central High's girls basketball team had an easy time Saturday night in winning the championship of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament. The top-seeded Bravettes dismantled second-seeded Kelly 113-63 to run their record on the season to 10-0. Kelly, which had won nine straight games, fell to 11-3...

PERRYVILLE -- Festus High's boys basketball team kept its undefeated record intact Saturday night by edging Cape Central 63-60 in the championship game of the Perryville Tournament. Festus, now 11-0 on the season, was the No. 2 seed. Cape Central came in as the top seed...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Larry D. Underwood of ERA Cape Realty, has won a trip to the ERA National Convention in San Diego, Calif. Jan. 17-20. David S. Glastetter, broker/owner of the firm, announced Underwood's honor this week. "The trip includes registration for the convention, and air fare," said Glastetter. "The total value of the package is over $800."...

MARBLE HILL -- It didn't take long for Woodland to prove its superiority over visiting Zalma Friday night. The Cardinals jumped out to a 21-7 first-quarter lead and expanded the margin to a whopping 50-13 at halftime. "We played well," said Woodland coach Daren Barnes, whose team raised its record to 9-6. "Our kids played very intense. We came out and dominated the game early."...

BENTON -- Derek Dirnberger and Pat Hulshof combined for 43 points as Kelly broke open a close game with a big second quarter to beat visiting Oran in Scott-Mississippi Conference play Friday night. The two teams were knotted at 18 after the first period of play, but the Hawks pumped in 25 points in the second quarter to take a 43-32 lead at the break...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Ryan Burnett turned in a big performance to lead Delta past host East Prairie Friday night. Burnett, who has seen limited action this season, scored 17 points, 12 coming in the fourth quarter, as the Bobcats pulled away down the stretch...

MORLEY -- Mark Mosley had 15 of his game-high 25 in the second and third quarters when Scott County Central went on a 49-11 tear en route to its 36th straight triumph Friday night. Visiting Bell City tried in vain to hold the ball and play slow-down with the Braves in the early going...

ESSEX -- Advance picked up a huge basketball victory Friday night by traveling to Richland and stunning the highly regarded Rebels. "It was really a great win for us," said Advance coach Eddie Dunivan. "We played very well. The kids have come out night after night lately and done the job. They've been doing all the little things."...

FREDERICKTOWN -- Terry Helvey scored 10 of his game-high 27 points in the first quarter as Fredericktown jumped out to an early lead and then held on for a one-point win over Mineral Area Athletic Association foe Potosi here Friday night. The Black Cats (9-3 overall, 4-1 in conference) took a commanding 23-10 lead after the first period on the strength of Helvey's performance, but then went cold in the second quarter when Potosi pulled back within five, 30-25...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A pair of conference boys basketball tournaments will be held this week, the Scott-Mississippi tourney at Chaffee High School and the Stoddard County tournament at Bloomfield. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Scott County Central is the top seed and heavy favorite to claim Scott-Mississippi honors. The undefeated Braves are 15-0...

Marquand's Friday night game with Leopold was postponed due to poor traveling coniditions. A new date for the game has not yet been set. MDNM

OAK RIDGE -- Chaffee High's boys basketball team built 13-point lead, saw it dwindle to one, and then held on for a big 61-56 road triumph over Oak Ridge Friday night, snapping the Red Devils' nine-game losing skid. Four Red Devils broke into double figures, led by 12 points from both Joe Hendrix and sophomore Jamie Gordon, as Chaffee improved to 2-10 overall and 1-2 in the Scott-Mississippi Conference...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Matt Wittmer has been Cape Central High's `go-to' guy this season and Friday night the Tigers went to him often enough to pave the way for a 77-65 victory over visiting New Madrid County Central. Wittmer, a 6-foot-3 senior forward who averages better than 19 points per game, poured in 31 points and grabbed 14 rebounds against the Eagles...

Folks tend to be hard on themselves in January. There are those Resolutions they're going to keep, really keep this year. So the dining table doesn't creak with platters of T-bong steaks, standing rib roasts, gravies, rich creamy casseroles and delectable desserts...

Holiday feasting, nibbling and celebrating adds pounds and prompts New Year's resolutions to shed that extra weight and begin a healthier year. "January is the busiest month of the diet season," said Sandie Folender, president of Weight Watchers of Greater Missouri...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Every plus is an asset, and Judy Moss sees many "pluses" for the Cape Girardeau area. "The late years of the 1980s were good ones in this area, not only in the area of new industry, but expansions of existing businesses," said Moss, economic developer for the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The repair shop in Bob's Shoe Service, 515 Broadway, is lined with wooden drawers and cabinets containing sundry parts and maintenance items. Rows of shelving hold pairs of boots and shoes in various states of repair. A myriad of Singer and Landis sewing machines and binders are ready to mechanically stitch, fasten or revamp customers' footwear...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Janice Bisher, secretary at the Show Me Center, has attained the rating of Certified Professional Secretary (CPS). The CPS rating recognizes secretarial proficiency and is graded by the Institute for Certifying Secretaries, Kansas City...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Larry Crosier of Cape Girardeau has joined the Country Companies Massac-Alexander-Pulaski Agency. Virgil Hargin, agency manager, announced Crosier's appointment recently. The Country Companies are a group of companies providing auto, life, health, home, farm, health and disability insurance and investment services...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Five Mary Kay Cosmetics consultants were recently honored for sales. Southeast Missouri area directors for the Dallas-based firm recently held a workshop and luncheon at the Cape Girardeau Country Club, with Jana Jateff, senior sales director, chairing the event...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- University Mall here is under new management. Heitman Properties of Chicago, owner of the mall, has assumed management from David Hocker & Associates of Owensboro, developer of the mall, and will remain as developer. Mike Murphy, who has worked in mall operations at Atlanta and Dallas, is the new manager of the mall, succeeding John Korey, who has transferred to another Hocker mall...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Donald K. Ford, director of development at Southeast Missouri State University, will be guest speaker at the Jan. 18 meeting of the Cape Girardeau Association of Life Underwriters, to be held at the Holiday Inn Oak Room. Ford, who served the past two years as a broker for Mass Mutual Insurance Co. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A commuter airline starting service between Mt. Vernon and Chicago, Ill. may form a link to Cape Girardeau. Will Davis, president of Direct Air of Ft. Wayne, Ind., confirmed the possibility exists but would be in the distant future. "Cape Girardeau has been discussed," he said. "We are looking at it."...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Dr. Anthony Charles Zoffuto 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 -- Mike Ringwald, service manager at Cape Toyota-Suzuki, has won a parts sales contest sponsored by Toyota Motor Co. The award was based on most improved part sales and customer satisfaction in the three month period ending Nov. 30, 1990, over the same period a year ago for intermediate size dealers...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Gil Degenhardt will conduct a counseling session for small business, and those planning business Jan. 23 at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Degenhardt will be available for one-hour sessions. There is no charged for the sessions...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Eight operating room technicians at Southeast Missouri Hospital here have completed certification requirements to attain Certified Operating Room Technician (CORT) status. In addition, one of the hospital's registered nurses has completed the Certified Nurse Operating room (CNOR) examination...

PERRYVILLE -- A centennial observance will be held here today. "The Bank of Perryville is celebrating its 100th anniversary," said Gina Cissell, marketing coordinator for the financial institution. "We're planning a yearlong observance, and it all starts (today) with a Germanfest, to be held at the American Legion Hall here starting at 1:30 p.m."...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Cape Girardeau is one of six Missouri locations being considered as possible sites for a Hampton Inn. Ginger Schuette, central regional director of development with Hampton Inns of Memphis, Tenn., said research had been conducted in about 450 markets for new prototype lodging for use in communities supporting hotels of less than 100 rooms...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- "Business After Hours," a program sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, will be held Jan. 15, at Wedge's, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The program is designed for members to meet, mingle and make new business contacts. This month's session will be sponsored by Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Professional & Therapeutic Massage Services has relocated to 505 S. Mt. Auburn Rd. The new site is in Universal Physique Fitness at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. "The new location includes expanded therapy rooms, a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere, the use of sauna, whirlpool and shower facilities, and expanded hours," said co-owner Paula Morrill Yount. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Mercantile Bancorporation Inc., parent company of Mercantile Bank of Cape Girardeau, has reported a strong earnings increase for 1990, with record levels of total assets, total loans outstanding and total deposits, confirming the strategy and management process initiated in 1989 to improve the company's performance...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Kay's Creative Hair and Nail Design will open near here Monday. "We'll feature hair styling, cutting, and nail sculpturing," said Kay Wolpers, who will open her new salon at Parkwood Lakes Estate, Number 2, located on Route K two miles west of WEst Park Mall...