Stories from Tuesday, April 16, 1991

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- As a Jew growing up in Poland during World War II, Alicia Appleman-Jurman lived through a hellish time. Appleman-Jurman survived the holocaust, but her parents, four brothers and about 80 close relatives were all killed by the Nazis and their collaborators...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- As part of its effort to comply with a new Missouri law that calls for a 40 percent reduction in landfill waste, Cape Girardeau this year likely will implement an ambitious citywide recycling program. At Monday's City Council meeting, members of the city staff and a citizens' solid-waste committee discussed a proposal to provide curbside recycling pickups throughout the city beginning in October...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- If you waited until right before the midnight deadline to file your 1990 tax return, you were not alone. You were one of 27 million Americans to do so. "I think people just try to put it off as long as possible," said Dennis Middleton of Cape Girardeau, who had just dropped his return into one of the designated mailboxes at the Cape Girardeau Post Office about 10:30 Monday night...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A split City Council Monday voted to hold a special meeting April 26 to field complaints from contractors, architects, realtors and developers concerning the city's building inspection practices. The meeting was suggested by Mayor Gene Rhodes, who said he's received numerous complaints from building-trades representatives about the way the city's inspection division handles building permits and inspections...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Riverfest revelers for the first time may ride the Mississippi aboard a paddlewheeler during this year's annual downtown celebration. Organizers of Riverfest announced Monday plans for a riverboat to make excursions from the Cape Girardeau waterfront June 7 and 8...

CHAFFEE -- A "war" that Chaffee Mayor Ron Moyers pledged last year against Union Electric's plan to close its Chaffee office has reached a cease-fire with a June pullout date. UE District Manager Virgil Churnside told the Chaffee City Council Monday that the office's last business day will be June 28...

SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Council Monday finalized a city contract that authorizes a 12-year, $360,000 bond issue to fund water and sewer lines to the Nash Road Industrial Tract. Revenue from sale of the bonds, along with a $203,500 grant from the Department of Natural Resources, will pay for the approximately $563,500 cost of constructing the lines. City officials hope the project will lead to more businesses situating on the tract and expansion of ones already there...

It should have said the pay raise given to city employees in the new budget is a 5 percent increase and 51 city employees are eligible for refunds of premiums they have paid into the LAGERS retirement system. (RAN 4-17-91, PAGE 2A) JACKSON The issue of the Jackson R-2 School District's school-bus transportation center was back in the court of the Jackson Board of Aldermen Monday. But aldermen said it's in the hands of the school board...

On tomorrow night's Behind the Headlines, we'll be discussing educational funding, and tax proposals to increase same, and I'm pleased to announce an additional guest. He is Jackson attorney John Lichtenegger, a member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators. Tune in Channel 13 at 8:00 p.m. for this live viewer call-in program...

Fred Goodwin is co-chairman of this year's Community Concert Association membership campaign. He is also a retired dean of the College of Humanities at Southeast Missouri State University. For the past two weeks, some 50 of your neighbors in Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Scott City and Chaffee have been at work on an annual task in civic betterment. We want to say thanks to them...

Years of easy money have triggered hard times for many people. Personal bankruptcies are escalating across the country, and Cape Girardeau County has not escaped this dismal trend. Cape Girardeau County bankruptcies surged 38 percent in 1990, according to U.S. ...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Georgia L. Jones of Sikeston will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Dennis Breland will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Luther George. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery near Bloomfield...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Earl A. Mitchell of Sikeston will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. A.G. Hampton will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Mrs. Eva Caroline Aslin will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Jerry Pennington will officiate, with burial in Walker Cemetery near here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

PERRYVILLE -- Service for Leonard E. Moore will be held at the Christ The Savior Catholic Church here at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, with Rev. Felipe Martinez, C.M., officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at Young & Son Funeral Chapel after 4 p.m. today and until 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. A wake service will be held at the funeral home at 7 p.m. today...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Service for Mrs. Dallas H. Wood will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Barkett Funeral Home here. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens, near Villa Ridge. Friends may call at the funeral home from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday. Friends may also call at the Irwin Chapel on Maryville Road in Granite City from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday...

I'M A CAPE Girardeau resident and I was reading in the April 15 paper about the concerns on the agricultural rule change to make ketchup thicker. I cannot believe that the newspaper, anybody, would actually go and interview people about this. It is absolutely ridiculous. There are so many other things out there that are a lot more important. Let's be real about this...