Stories from Sunday, April 21, 1991

To the Editor: Once again there has been a Central High School coaching change. This time it was Coach Wadlington who got the axe and we are supposed to believe it was due to his inability to win games. If you believe that, I know of a nice piece of swamp land you may like to buy...

We may look back ten or 12 years from now and say, in the words of the old '60s TV program, "this was the week that was" for education in America. This week President Bush launched a nationwide effort to improve education, calling for national academic standards, voluntary national tests and greater parental choice of schools, among other reforms. ...

PERRYVILLE -- The Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission has been recognized with four awards for economic development. Ron Steele, a regional planner with the commission has received an Excellence in Planning Award for the "Redevelopment Plan for Downtown Perryville" from the Missouri Chapter of the American Planning Association...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- High School juniors from Cape Central and Notre Dame Friday became city officials for a day, complete with a "mock" City Council meeting where they debated and acted on city business. About 40 students from Cape Girardeau, Delta and Oak Ridge schools participated in Cape Girardeau Youth in Government Day, sponsored by the city's four optimists clubs...

PERRYVILLE -- Laura Pingel, a senior at St. Vincent Catholic High School, has received two scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. Pingel was selected for a President's Scholarship and for a Leadership Scholarship...

PERRYVILLE -- Cheri Brown, a junior at St. Vincent Catholic High School, will compete at the state level in the Dreamers and Doers competition sponsored by the Walt Disney company. The national competition recognizes students who are active in trying to improve their schools and communities...

SCOTT CITY -- Susan E. Corvick of Scott City, a student at Southeast Missouri State University, has received the Earl G. Gramling Scholarship for the 1991-92 academic year. The Earl G. Gramling Scholarship is open to students of history, government, or political science who meet one of the following criteria: Entering freshmen must rank above the 75th percentile on a university admissions test and in the upper 25 percent of their graduating class; university and transfer students must have a 2.5 grade-point average; and graduate students must have a 3.0 grade point average for undergraduate work or a 3.5 grade point average for eight graduate hours.. ...

PERRYVILLE -- Niki Kutz represented St. Vincent Catholic High School at the Hugh O'Brian Leadership Conference held in St. Louis. The conference is for sophomore leaders from across the state. Kutz was selected to attend because of her academic achievements and leadership at the school...

PERRYVILLE -- Two juniors at St. Vincent's Catholic High School in Perryville were selected for the "I Dare You" leadership award. Shannon Zoellner and Chad Ernst were chosen for the honor. The award was first offered in 1941 by William H. Danforth, one of the founders of the American Youth Foundation. Danforth, a Charleston native who settled in St. Louis, also founded the Ralston-Purina empire. His grandson is Missouri Sen. John Danforth...

JACKSON -- Kimberly A. Sides of Jackson has received a President's Scholarship and a Missouri Leadership Award to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1991-92 academic year. The President's Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who meet the following criteria: Rank in the upper 15 percent of their high school class and score a 23 on the ACT; rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class and score a 24 on the ACT; or graduate as their class valedictorian or salutatorian.. ...

MILLERSVILLE -- Jimmy D. Criddle of Millersville has received a President's Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1991-92 academic year. The President's Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who meet the following criteria: Rank in the upper 15 percent of their high school class and score a 23 on the ACT; rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class and score a 24 on the ACT; or graduate as their class valedictorian or salutatorian...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Dr. Gerald Stott, associate professor of sociology at Southeast Missouri State University, has been awarded a $3,750 grant to attend the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) Summer Session for College Teachers. The seminar, funded by NEH, will be held from June 17 to Aug. ...

In an effort to reduce expenses, Gov. John Ashcroft is getting around in his official car instead of using expensive state airplanes. If things get worse, Missourians may want to start watching for familiar faces trying to hitch rides. --- There are some people who are just natural-born spokesmen: Dave Thomas for Wendy's, Wilford Brimley for Oatmeal, Ted Kennedy for after-hour bars...

I AM VERY happy to read about the Cape Girardeau teachers' increase in salary. In fact, more power to them. But before everyone gets the impression that all teachers in our area are receiving this increase and indeed even coming to close to matching their salaries, let me assure you this is not the case. ...

ORAN - Veronica Walter, a sophomore at Oran High School, has recently returned from attending the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership conference in St. Louis. There, she met with other youth leaders from around the state to discuss issues such as censorship, the environment, education and America's incentive system...

MCCLURE, Ill. -- Kenneth D. Phillips Jr. of McClure has been accepted in the family practice residency program at the University of Illinois. He will serve his residency at St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Phillips received a bachelor of arts degree in physiology and biological science from Southern Illinois University in 1986 and a master's degree in biology from the University of Illinois in 1987...

To the Editor: This is an open thank you letter to the people of Cape Girardeau who contributed to the Band, Choir and Orchestra of Central High School that helped in some way to finance our trip to Washington, D.C. I believe that I may speak for Mrs. Williams and Mr. Nall in expressing our gratitude for contributions to their efforts as well as ours...

Daughter to Bradley Moore and Amanda Davis of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:28 a.m. Wednesday, April 3, 1991. Name, Delicia Danyale. Weight, 8 pounds. Second child, first daughter. Miss Davis is the daughter of Lee Henry and Emma Davis of Charleston. Moore is employed at Broussard's Restaurant, and is the son of Thomas Moore and Barber Moore of Charleston...

It's time for people to become more realistic about the high cost of health care. That's the advice from the chief executive officer of Missouri's largest health insurer, who visited the area last week. It's an astute observation well deserving of our reflection...

MORLEY -- Funeral service for Gracie L. Farrar of Morley will be at 1 p.m. today at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran. The Rev. Jack Bishop will officiate, and burial will be in the New Morley Cemetery. Ms. Farrar died Friday at the Chaffee General Hospital. She was 83...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- John Lester (Skeeter) Wissmann, 83 years old, of Cape Girardeau Route 1, died Saturday, April 20, 1991, at his home following an extended illness. He was born April 7, 1908 near Oriole, son of John and Ethel Perry Wissmann. He married Marjorie Davis on Oct. 7, 1935 in St. Louis. She died Sept. 21, 1982...

BROWNWOOD -- Memorial service for Elwood White, 76 years old, of Brownwood, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Brownwood General Baptist Church with the Rev. Earl Elfrink officiating. White died Thursday, April 18, 1991, at his home. He was born Nov. 28, 1914, the son of Henry and Clara Williams White...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Floy E. Porter, 95 years old, of 2525 Boutin Drive, died Friday, April 19, 1991, at the Cape LaCroix Nursing Home. She was born July 31, 1895 at Leora, daughter of Trusten P. and Elizabeth Beal Randol. She married William C. Porter on Sept. 21, 1912 at Morley. He died Jan. 22, 1963...

MALDEN - Funeral services for Paul Reuben Musgraves, 81, of Malden, will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Bradshaw Funeral Chapel in Malden. The Rev. Joe Williams will officiate. Burial will be in the Malden Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of services today...

FROHNA -- Service for Dorothy W. Raybold, 77, of Frohna will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Concordia Lutheran Church of Frohna. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today and until noon Monday at Young & Sons East Perry Chapel. She died Friday, April 19, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

ORAN -- Jewell (Cotton) Anderson, 68, of Oran, died Saturday, April 20, 1991, at the North Scott County Medical Center in Chaffee. He was born in West Plains on June 26, 1922, to the late Walter and Mary Peace Anderson. He married Dorothy Cook on June 24, 1961. She survives...

PERRYVILLE - Communities in Missouri need to strike up a grass roots protest to keep the Army from closing National Guard units in their towns, says state Adjutant General Charles M. Kiefner. "I think that Missouri needs to make noise," Kiefner, a Perryville resident, said Saturday at the 99th annual meeting of the Southeast Missouri Press Association. The day-long meeting was held at Perryville High School...

PERRYVILLE -- It all started with a letter, sent by Perryville school children, addressed "to any soldier" serving in the gulf war. That soldier, Spec. James Logan of Manassas, Va., is back home now, traveling through the southern and central states during the two weeks before he reports for duty, visiting school children who wrote to him during the war...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Two employee groups at Southeast Missouri State University have requested pay raises in the 12 percent range for the 1991-92 fiscal year. They also want the university to absorb the anticipated 25 percent increase in the cost of the family medical/tax sheltered annuity benefit...

CAIRO, Ill. -- When Allen E. Moss Sr. announced that he would not be a candidate for mayor in 1991, it marked the end of a two-decade era, not only for a man who ruled the city treasury with an iron hand, but for the city itself. "I have operated the city like a business," said Moss, owner and operator of Al's Boat & Trailer Sales and Service, 3801 Sycamore here. "If we had funds, we got some things done, if funds were tight, the spending was tight."...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- About 400 to 500 people turned out for the sixth annual Friends of the Park Day Saturday, despite the chilly, cloudy weather. The project, however, did prompt a storm of protest from a Cape Girardeau veteran who was unhappy that a "Friends of the Park" banner, bearing advertising, was strung between two brick pillars that make up part of the Freedom Corner memorial. The memorial stands at the corner of Broadway and West End Boulevard on the edge of Capaha Park...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - The College of Liberal Arts will hold its annual recognition for faculty and students at 3:30 p.m. May 1 in the University Center Party Room. Those to be recognized include faculty honor recipients, retiring faculty, dean's scholarship recipients for the 1991-92 school year, and current dean's scholarship holders. Students on the fall dean's list and graduating seniors will also be honored...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Regency House, a 20-unit apartment complex for the mentally and physically handicapped, will be formally dedicated today. The house, located at 141 North Silver Springs Road in Cape Girardeau, is owned by VIP Industries. It opened for residency in December...

MARBLE HILL -- Shirley Illers Cooper, the mayor of Marble Hill, has been selected as one of six Jefferson Award winners by WPSD-TV of Paducah, Ky. The Jefferson Award is designed to recognize outstanding community service work in local communities. Winners are selected by a panel of nine judges from throughout Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Illinois...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Southeast Missouri State University's School of Graduate Studies will host a conference on "Ethics and Public Service" on Friday at the University Center. A hospitality session will begin at 8:15 a.m. in the University Center Party Room...

FRUITLAND - A Chicago, Ill. man who apparently fell asleep at the wheel Friday morning sustained moderate injuries when the van he was driving ran off Interstate 55 and overturned. The Missouri Highway Patrol at Poplar Bluff reported the accident victim, Cornelius Gibbs, 68, was taken to St. Francis Medical Center...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Dr. Jerry Richardson, assistant professor of music at Southeast Missouri State University, will be joined by the "Faculty Three and Friends" for a jazz recital Monday. The musical evening will begin at 8:15 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom...

JACKSON -- The Jackson R-2 school board will decide Tuesday whether to build a $177,000 school bus transportation facility near the district's Orchard Elementary School. The issue is the first action item on the board's agenda when it meets at 8 p.m. in the Jackson School District administrative office...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - The Cape Girardeau Circle 603 Daughters of Isabella will host a state convention in Cape Girardeau May 17-19. The event is expected to draw several hundred women from throughout the state. Convention activities will be headquartered at Drury Lodge...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts is forming a visual artists guild. Two organizational meetings will be held Tuesday at 1:30 and 7 p.m. at Gallery 100, 100 Broadway. Artists and hobbiests are encouraged to attend either meeting...

I've always rather liked the way people, when they unexpectedly get in the view of the TV camera, say, "Hi, Mom." You can seldom hear them, but those are words that you can surely lip read. At the same time, I've always felt a little sorry for dads...

For the past decade the Family Learning Center has provided a safe haven for Cape Girardeau's children. Many of its young clients are victims of abuse, neglect, or are members of families struggling to stay together. In the Family Learning Center's home-like setting, children learn the skills they need to survive...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - The honor society of nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, has recognized a tool designed by Southeast Missouri Hospital personnel to introduce children to cardiac risk factors and a heart-healthy lifestyle. Called "You and Your Heart," the tool consists of an audio cassette and educational coloring book. Children listen to the tape and follow along with the book...

As sure as April rolls around bringing with it the welcomed showers and lovely spring blossoms, then comes the annual Plant Sale sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Council of Garden Clubs. This year's sale is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, at the Missouri Conservation Shelter in Arena Park from 8 a.m. ...

BELL CITY -- The graduates of the 1941 class of Bell City High School will have a reunion and plant a tree at the school on April 27. The alumni will meet for lunch at 11 a.m. at the home of Tyree and Frances Brown. The tree planting will be at 3 p.m. at the high school...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - St. Francis Medical Center will observe National Organ & Tissue Donor Awareness Week Wednesday with its fourth annual donor awareness march. The American Council on Transplantation has designated the week as April 21-27, reported the hospital. It is intended to draw attention to the ongoing shortage of organ and tissue donations...

JACKSON - Cape Girardeau County Treasurer Bill Reynolds was elected president of the Missouri County Treasurers Association at the group's annual meeting and training seminar in Jefferson City earlier this month. Reynolds will serve a one-year term and was chosen by his colleagues after having been first vice president the past year...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School will offer four microcomputer courses beginning June 10. Basic Computer Fundamentals begins June 10 and will run for six weeks. The class meets on Mondays from 6-8:30 p.m. Students will acquire fundamentals of computer science with emphasis on software applications. An introduction to Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect and Dbase III will be included. The class costs $50, plus the book...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Paul Ebaugh Jr. has been named vice president-general manager of Delta Concrete Inc. Ebaugh supervised construction of the plant facility and has served in the capacity of general manager since the corporation founded its ready-mix operations in August of 1987...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A lady who made drapes in her home never thought about establishing a business. She attended a Supplier Trade Conference. There she learned that a large manufacturer in St. Louis needed someone to provide the firm with drapes and curtains. She now has a contract with the company...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Jim Crain, owner and pharmacist of the Cape Girardeau Medicine Shoppe, 8l64 N. Kingshighway, has been selected for the "Good Neighbor Award," presented by Medicine Shoppe International Inc. The award is presented for ongoing community service...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Cameron Insurance Companies recently elected new officers at its 99th annual meeting, held at Cameron. Danny Tanzey was elected chairman of the board; Edgar A. Walvoord, president; Rex Hoggatt, executive vice president; Doyle Nimmo, vice president; Kent Osborn, treasurer; and Janet Stonum, secretary...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Bullet and Brian Brittain of J & L Tack Supply in Poplar Bluff have obtained the distributorship for Longhorn saddles. J & L Tack is one of the area's largest tack distributors, supplying western stores throughout the Midwest. They currently handle 10 brands including: Circle Y, American, Silver Royal, Billy Cook, and other popular brands...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Terry Berkbigler has been honored by Truck Transport for safe drvining. Terry Berkbigler of Perryville, a commercial truck driver, was honored for 12 years of driving with no accident. A picture appearing here last week was incorrectly identified as Berkbigler. The Missourian regrets the error...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Ken Voepel, American Family Insurance agent here, received a number of awards during the firm's recent state spring convention at the Lake of Ozarks. Voepel received awards for business insurance sales, life insurance sales and state honors for being a profit leader in 1990. He also received district awards for "Big Three Club" and business lines sales...

Livesay joined CIPS in 1957 as a utility man at Grand Tower. Over the years he served as boiler operator, turbine operation, and relief man. He was named engineer training coordinator in 1988. Livesay, a veteran of the Korean Conflict, is a member of the VFW in Anna. He is also a member of the Galilee Baptist Church, Shawnee Amateur Radio Association, Mount Ava Repeater and the QST Club of Newington, Conn...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Gayle Lynn Swan, an employee at Victorian Inn, was recently promoted to guest services manager. Swan, a native of Jackson, is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, with a bachelor of science degree in hotel and restaurant management...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Tom Wilcox has been named sales manager for Nation Brothers Auto Electric branch operation, located at 547 S. Sprigg. The firm, which rebuilds generators, starters, and alternations for trucks, cars and farm equipment, has reopened at the S. Sprigg address after being closed there since August...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Southeast Missourian Newspaper captured two awards in Suburban Newspaper of America's 1991 SNA Advertising & Promotion Contest recently. The local newspaper won a first and a third in Best Signature Page or Signature Section. The first place d was created by the newspaper's Creative Services department...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Cathy Peters McClard, nurse manager of Southeast Missouri Hospital's Surgical Intensive and Coronary Care Units, has received the 1991 Critical Care Nurse of the Year Award, presented by the Southeast Missouri Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurse (AACN)...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Terry N. Miller and Lisa Kirk have joined MetLife as sales associates. The new agents attended the firm's Pre-Appointment Training (PAT) here before attending the firm's Career Success School at Tulsa, Okla., where they received training in the company products, selling skills, client building, computer capabilities and other subjects...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Division of Employment Service here will be providing "on site" services to area high schools in Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Perry counties. "This service is targeted for students who will be entering the job market on a full or part-time basis on completion of the school year," said a spokesman...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Victorian Inn has been honored with the "Commendation of Excellence" award from Mayflower Tours for a second consecutive year. The award is presented by Mayflower, an escorted touring service headquartered in Downers Grove, Ill., for outstanding services by hotels...

SIKESTON -- The Scott County Farmers Mutual Insurance Co., 942 S. Kingshighway here, recently held its 100th annual policy holders meeting. The firm started business in April of 1890 and has been in continuous operation since. The firm currently provides nearly $60 million in insurance protection in Scott and adjoining counties to approximately 1,400 property holders...

PERRYVILLE -- NPS Corporation, which manufactures foam packaging products, has been named overall "Supplier of the Year" for 1990 by O'Sullivan Industries. Steve Hastings, owner of NPS, accepted the award. NPS products are used to package O'Sullivan's prefabricated furniture products such as entertainment centers, desks and bookcases...

PERRYVILLE -- A "satellite" secretaries briefing program will be held at Perryville Junior High School Library here April 24. The program, open to Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois secretaries and managers, is designed to update participants on changes in the 1990s that will affect their profession, and present strategies to for success...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Linda Raker Williams has been appointed promotion producer at KFVS-TV television. John Blim, operations manager, announced the appointment this week. Williams, a native of Chicago, has worked at KSDK-TV in ST. Louis, as an engineer and production assistant three years, and served as production assistant for WILL-TV inChampaign/Urbana, Ill...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Eight area residents were among the more than 500 Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL) volunteers who attended the annual Missouri Federation Convention of AAL Branch recently at Jefferson. Attending were: Bill Beggs, Shirley Beggs, Allen Clark, Joyce Clark, Erwin Dost and Laurine Dost, all of Cape Girardeau, and Wesley Bock and Viola Bock of Advance...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Debbie Gross, agent with W. E. Walker Company, has completed the Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) course held at Sikeston. The course is one of five offered by the Missouri Professional Insurance Association. After completion of all five courses, agents are awarded the CISR designation by the National Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Steve Ketelsen has joined Southeast Missouri Bank, 111 S. Broadview, as vice president in charge of consumer lending. Ketelsen, 44, has 18 years' experience in the banking field. He is leaving the Archie State Bank of Harrisonville, where he was vice president and senior loan officer...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Roberta Drury-Young, supervisor of Southeast Missouri Hospital's Speech and Language Pathology Department, has been named to the first Distinguished Service Registry for Speech, Language and Hearing. Young, an employee at Southeast Hospital since December of 1989, previously served as a speech and hearing consultant with the University of Illinois-Chicago. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Ric Anello, vice president and creative director at D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, St. Louis, will be guest speaker at the Southeast Missouri State University Market Club banquet here May 3. In attendance at the banquet, to be held at Drury Inn, will be students from the Marketing Club and members from the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Jeffrey A. Krantz, director of planning at Southeast Missouri Hospital, has been selected for inclusion in the third edition of "Who's Who Among Emerging Leaders of America." Krantz joined Southeast Hospital in 1986. Prior to that he had served as an administrative resident with the Oil City Area Health Center at Oil City, Pa.; St. Vincent Health Center in Eric, Pa.; and Horizon Health Group, Meadville, Pa...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Don Presson of Cape Girardeau has completed his first recording project with TJ Enterprises Inc. The cassette recording is a blend of traditional religious and contemporary gospel songs. The title cut is "They Could Not," by Ron Harris. Also on the recording is Beverly Reece, who played keyboards and violin...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Joan D. Stehr recently received the Missouri Physical Therapy Association's outstanding service award, during the organization's spring meeting. Stehr is the sixth recipient of the award, which is present for outstanding contributions to patient care by a physical therapist...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- LaDonia Beggs of Jackson, Lou Mueller of Cape Girardeau, Tammy Beck of Scott City, Tony Cartwright of Cape Girardeau and Julie Crites of Jackson were recently honored for sales by the Jana Jateff Unit of Mary Kay Cosmetics. The group was recognized during a ball at Dexter...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Gil Degenhardt, counselor for the Small Business Development Center at Southeast Missouri State University, will conduct a counseling session for small business persons and individuals planning business ventures at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Wednesday...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Harry Rediger, manager of JCPenney Department Store in West Park Mall here, is winner of the JCPenney Chairman's Award for managerial excellence. William R. Howell, chairman of the company, praised the local store for highly productive management last year...