Stories from Thursday, January 17, 1991

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- America's all-star brass ensemble, the Summit Brass, will present a concert in Cape Girardeau Feb. 13. The concert will be held in Academic Auditorium at 8 p.m., and is part of the Cultural Program Series at Southeast Missouri State University...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Former members of the defunct Teen Activity Center are hoping to resurrect the group's activities through a new organization, the Teen Activity Council. The new group's teen board of directors is made up of several of the former youth directors of the Teen Activity Center. The old center disbanded last year after financial difficulties forced it to abandon its facility at 1810 South Plaza Way...

The big band sounds of the 1940s and '50s will come alive again beginning in February at the River City Yacht Club at Port Cape Girardeau. It's an effort to give people the opportunity to dance to songs of that era, and to offer a type of entertainment not easily found in Southeast Missouri, said Dennis ("Doc") Cain, owner of the restaurant...

CARBONDALE, ILL The 1991 Spring Sports and Recreation Show at the SIU Arena will have more than 65,000 square feet of exhibits offering hundreds of ideas on how to enjoy those warm summer months ahead. The show will feature boats, RV's, hunting and fishing equipment, information on locations to catch or bag the big ones, resorts and more...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- While some expressed surprise at the swift U.S. air strike against Iraq, people in Cape Girardeau Wednesday night said they supported U.S. troops' actions in the Persian Gulf. Keith Stark, 24, of Cape Girardeau, said he was surprised that the U.S. air strike against Saddam Hussein's armed forced in Iraq came so close to the United Nations' Jan. 15 deadline for Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Cape Girardeau area veterans and members of various veteran groups are divided on the wisdom of the U.S. attack against Saddam Hussein at this time, but all agree that the nation should pull together and support the president and troops in Saudi Arabia...

L. CPL. PATRICK M. KELLY U.S. MARINES L. Cpl. Kelly is the son of Tom and Pat Kelly of Cape Girardeau. He is a 1988 graduate of Notre Dame High School and is attending Southeast Missouri State University. He is a member of the Marine Corps Reserve, and was called up for duty in November. He was trained at Cape Le Juene, N.C. and arrived in Saudi Arabia in late December...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- More students are enrolled at Southeast Missouri State University this spring semester than was the case a year ago. As of Monday, the first day of classes, a total of 7,646 undergraduate and graduate students were enrolled, an increase of 2.3 percent or 167 students over last year's first-day headcount of 7,479...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Southeast Missouri State University would operate in the 1992 fiscal year with no increase in state funding, under budget recommendations made by Gov. John Ashcroft. Kala Stroup, Southeast's president, said the university has already had to cope with budget cuts and Ashcroft's recommendations reflect a continuing dismal financial picture for Southeast and higher education in general statewide...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A Southeast Missouri State University student, who grew up in Kuwait, said he hopes the U.S.-led assault on Iraq will soon liberate his country. "To the best of my knowledge and understanding, there seemed to be no way to get Saddam Hussein out of there peacefully," said Samih Ayoub, 22, who currently resides in Cape Girardeau...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive at Peoria, Ill., attracts 40,000 visitors annually, and those visitors spend money that is recirculated in the area. Plans are being made for an annual scenic drive through Southeast Missouri that will showcase the area and bring outside dollars into local economies...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- An effort to reopen the old Sprigg Street Tap Monday was squelched for the third time in two years when the City Council failed to act on a liquor license application for the tavern. Phillip McClellan, who submitted the latest liquor license application, didn't speak on behalf of the request at Wednesday's council meeting...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Estel Horrell, 56, of 1053 Park Street died Wednesday evening at his home. Funeral arrangements at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau are incomplete.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hipp of Kirkwood, St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, 5:39 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 1990. Name, Emily Lauren. Weight, 7 pounds 15 ounces. Mrs. Hipp is the former Jennifer Collier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Collier of Jackson, and is an engineer at General Motors in Wentzville. Hipp is an engineer with McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Hipp of Mehlville...

SCOTT CITY -- Clifford Harold Bonenberger, formerly of Scott City, died Wednesday at the Bond Nursing Center in Lutesville. Funeral arrangments are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City.

GLEN ALLEN -- Funeral service for William Dale Kinnison of Glen Allen will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Liley Funeral Chapel in Lutesville. The Rev. Arvil Huffman will officiate, with burial in Glen Allen Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. today...

SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Funeral service for the Rev. Fred A. Heckathorn of Sedgewickville will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Craig Nessan will officiate, with burial in Lixville Cemetery. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4-8 p.m. today...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Ernest J. Basler of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent's Church. The Rev. J. Edward Wilson will officiate, with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at Drayton Funeral Home from 3-9 p.m. today...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Billy Joe Taylor of East Prairie will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Oneness Pentecostal Church here. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston. Friends may call at the church from 6-9 tonight. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of arrangements...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Florsheim Factory Shoe Store manager Don Hinkebein's idea becomes a reality today. Hinkebein's idea was to provide service stations, restaurants, and other businesses frequented by the public with brochures spotlighting things to see and do in the area...

SCOTT CITY -- The Police Personnel Board in Scott City found no merit to eight of 11 allegations of misconduct brought against Police Chief David Beck, and recommended no disciplinary action be taken against Beck. In a written report given to city officials Wednesday, the board listed its findings as to each allegation and concluded that in three instances, Beck's actions were "inappropriate."...

JACKSON -- The first candidate has filed for a one-year, unexpired term on the Jackson Board of Education. Ronald L. Obermann filed Jan. 16 for the seat held by former board member and treasurer Nancy Schafer, who resigned this month to accept a pastorate at a South St. Louis church...

JEFFERSON CITY - Three of the most powerful committees in the Missouri House will be chaired this year by Southeast Missouri legislators. Two of the representatives are holding the posts for the first time. Named to another term as chairman of the Banks and Financial Institutions Committee was Rep. Gene Copeland, D-New Madrid, serving his 16th term in the House and a longtime head of that committee...

And will someone tell me just exactly where would we be today if, last weekend, Congress had voted against President Bush's authority to use force in the Persian Gulf? Laudable Gesture of the Week: Yelena Bonner, widow of Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, is seeking to return the prestigious peace prize her husband earned, saying she doesn't want his name linked with that of fellow Nobelist Mikhail Gorbachev. ...

Now that it's report card time, it might be wise for kids to remind their parents that the Bush administration doesn't believe administering sanctions against the enemy will be effective. --- About the only consolation for all those Missourians now serving in the Persian Gulf is that they missed the lousy winter weather back home...

So, it is war. The assault by the United States and other United Nations members last night against the forces of Saddam Hussein achieved, in military terms, a "high degree of tactical surprise." It should not have held any surprise for the decent countries of the world that watched this intolerable situation in the Persian Gulf build since last August. ...

I JUST WANTED to say that the person that called in that was upset with all the churches endorsing the removal of a feeding tube from Nancy Cruzan and favored abortion should go to Iraq where there is only one religion allowed. Thank you. I HOPE THAT your newspaper is going to keep us informed about how our members of Congress vote on these debates that are going on in the Congress at this time. It would really be interesting to see how all of them voted. Thank you...

THIS IS IN regards to Dr. Sacha. I really believe that we shouldn't criticize him until we've walked a mile in his shoes. Let's back Dr. Sacha. Thank you. I GRIEVE FOR THE soon-to-be widows and orphans and for the blind actions of a gullible government that has placed American GIs in harm's way. ...

I CANNOT BELIEVE someone would publicly admit to smoking a joint. Sure, one joint may not make your child retarded but the chance of a human life to be ruined by your doing something illegal is just amazing. I'm only 15 years old and realize the ignorance and stupidity of your smoking during pregnancy. Your children being intelligent is obviously not inherited from your side of the family. Thank you...