Stories from Thursday, April 25, 1991

BREWER -- Mary Maud Bierk, 97, formerly of Brewer, died Wednesday, April 24, 1991 at St. Louis. She was born Sept. 29, 1893, at Brewer, daughter of Adolphus Louis Nash and Mary Ellen Lorenz Nash. She married Adrain Bierk on Dec. 28, 1914. He preceded her in death...

ORAN -- Melynda Landewee, a senior at Oran High School, has been awarded a Governor's Scholarship to Southeast Missouri State University for the 1991-92 academic year. The scholarship covers tuition, dorm fees and a $100 yearly stipend, and is renewable. Recipients of the scholarship must rank in the top 10 percent of their class and have achieved an ACT composite score at or above the 90th percentile...

Julia Kessinger, a student at Cape Girardeau Central High School, has been accepted by Youth for Understanding International Exchange as an international exchange student. She will live with a family in Germany on YFU's 1991 year program. The YFU program is open to high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 and offers exchanges in 25 countries...

A three-day Star Trek fan convention, CONtinuum '91, will be held in Cape Girardeau on June 21-23 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. The featured speaker will be actor John de Lancie, who appears as "Q" in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Also scheduled for appearances are Majel Barrett, who starred as Nurse Christine Chapel in Star Trek and the motion pictures; Richard Arnold, Paramount Studios' Star Trek research consultation, and Jean Kluge, fan artist...

Two Cape Girardeau Central High School students have been accepted for admission to the Churchill Academy at Westminster College, a summer residential program for academically talented high school students. The students are juniors Ashley K. Hall and Mala Ahuja...

ORAN -- Sabrina Tyler, a sophomore at Oran High School, has been named a Missouri Scholar by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. She will be attending a three-week Missouri Scholars Academy this summer at the University of Missouri-Columbia...

A public lecture on earthquakes will be presented Monday at 7 p.m. in Johnson Hall, Room 200, at Southeast Missouri State University. Dr. Charles Scawthorn of EQE Engineering, an engineering consulting firm in San Francisco, will discuss "Lessons Learned from Earthquakes Around the World and Practical Applications for the Central United States."...

Two students from Cape Girardeau Central High School awarded the national "I Dare You Leadership Award." Travis Austin and Elizabeth Otto received the award, designed to recognize leadership potential. The award was first offered in 1941 by William H. Danforth, founder of the Ralston Purina Company in St. Louis. The award takes its name from his book, "I Dare You."...

ORAN -- Karla G. Patterson of Oran, a student at Southeast Missouri State University, has been initiated into Phi Eta Sigma scholastic honor society. Phi Eta Sigma is a scholastic honor society recognizing Southeast freshmen earning a 3.5 or better grade point average...

If you plan to attend the Southeast Missouri State University Spanish Club Variety Show, your admission will help put foreign-language students through college. The show, scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., will feature such local entertainment as retired circuit court judge William Rader in a comedy routine and Dr. Dan Cotner in a piano medley...

Connie Jones and the Crescent City Jazz Band will perform in Cape Girardeau Tuesday as part of the Community Concert Association bonus concert series. The New Orleans-based band plays jazz favorites including "Basin Street Blues," "Muskrat Ramble" and "Sugar Blues."...

MAKANDA, Ill. -- The sound of cannon and musket fire, rebel yells and Federal cheers will echo through the Southern Illinois countryside this weekend during the eighth Makanda Civil War Weekend. The two-day event will be held Saturday and Sunday on the H.H. Hartline Farm near the intersection of new Highway 51 and the Makanda Road in Jackson County, south of Carbondale. Other activities will be held in the Village of Makanda...

"Rockin' with Mother Earth" is the theme of this year's Southeast Missouri State University Spring Thing scheduled for Saturday at the intramural fields on the corner of Sprigg and Bertling. The event is free and begins at 2 p.m. Spring Thing '91 will feature the alternative band, The Urge. Based in St. Louis, The Urge plays a mixture of funk and reggae. Reggae At Will, another St. Louis-based band, is the opening act...

Southeast Missouri State University drama awards will be presented Friday during the Black Mask Dramatic Society's annual banquet. The awards ceremony begins at 7 p.m. at the Drury Lodge. Nominations are as follows: For Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Subrina Robison, Poplar Bluff, as Vera in "The Odd Couple"; Abbie Crites, Wheatland, Wyo., as The Mute in "The Fantasticks"; Leslie Stevens, Benton, as a Company Member in "Bits of the Bard"; Colleen Powderly, Cape Girardeau, as a Company Member in "Bits of the Bard"; and Sharon Wickerham, Hematite, as Nurse in "Romeo and Juliet.". ...

To gear up for the first-ever Cape Shrine Club Professional Rodeo, the organization has planned to hold a "Rodeo Week" complete with a parade through Cape Girardeau. The rodeo is scheduled for May 3-5, but the weeklong celebration will begin Sunday. A parade has been set for May 4 at 2 p.m. beginning at Capaha Park, said Marvin Meier, chairman of the Cape Shriners rodeo committee...

Oyeyemi Oluremi is a newspaper reporter for the Sketch Press in Ibaden, Nigeria. He has been visiting the midwestern United States as part of a Rotary International exchange prgram. After spending some time at the Southeast Missourian officies Tuesday, he agreed to write about his impressions of the United States...

ORAN -- Diana L. Mays, a senior at Oran High School, has been awarded a President's Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University. This renewable scholarship is in the amount of $1,000 per academic year and is based on ACT score and class rank...

SCOTT CITY -- Angela McCloud, an eighth grade student at Scott City Junior High School, has been selected to attend the Joseph Baldwin Academy for Eminent Young Scholarships at Northeast Missouri State University. To qualify for the academy, a student must score in the top three percent on a national standardized test, be nominated by the principal or counselor and achieve a satisfactory score on the ACT test...

SIKESTON -- Mrs. Decima A. Munger, 78, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, April 23, 1991, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews. She was born Nov. 4, 1912, in Boydsville, Ark., daughter of Claude and Hettie Carpenter Parrish. She married Joseph A. Munger Sr. in 1935 at Bridges. He died in March 1972...

SIKESTON -- Thomas C. Brasenell, 73, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, April 23, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Jan. 28, 1918, in Jonesboro, Ill., son of John A. and Minerva McIntire Brasenell. He and the former Geraldine Duley were married Feb. 8, 1946, at Miner...

ADVANCE -- Raymond E. Copman, 69, of Pevely, died Tuesday, April 23, 1991, at Johns Cochran Hospital in St. Louis. He was born July 11, 1921, at Advance, son of Edward and Emma Maag Copman. He and the former Mabeline Wilton were married in 1946. Copman was employed more than 30 years at Alpha Cement Plant in St. Louis. He was a member of Horrine First Baptist Church. Copman served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

Eddie M. Baker, 90, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, April 23, 1991, at Fountainbleau Lodge. He was born Sept. 2, 1900, at Advance, son of James and Eva Cox Baker. He and the former Marie Bond were married July 31, 1926, at Jackson. She died Feb. 9, 1976...

CHARLESTON -- James Earl McKenzie, 62, of Charleston, died Tuesday, April 23, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 23, 1929, in Hickman, Ky., son of George Warren and Hallie Fish McKenzie. He was an auto mechanic, retiring in 1973. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...

MARQUAND - Doris Moore of Marquand died at the family home Wednesday, April 24, 1991. She was 67. She was born at Malden Oct. 10, 1923, to the late Fred and Gertrude Hampton Smith. On Feb. 22, 1939, she married Millem A. Moore, who died Jan. 3, 1990...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Elfrink of Leopold, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:44 a.m. Friday, April 5, 1991. Name, Trenton William. Weight, 8 pounds 3 ounces. First child. Mrs. Elfrink is the former Barbra Bagbey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mohorc of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Frank Bagbey of Cape Girardeau. She is a respiratory therapist at Southeast Hospital. Elfrink is a mechanic at Beussink Transmission in Leopold, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Elfrink of Leopold...

An interesting meeting will be held at Southeast Missouri State University tonight, one that reflects a change taking place in the makeup of higher education institutions. Propelled by so-called non-traditional students, a movement is afoot to establish a child day-care facility on campus. There are merits in the concept and possible flaws in how it might be applied; tonight's meeting, however, should go some distance toward weighing the interest in such an endeavor...

One year after Earth Day 1990, members of the newly formed local Sierra Club group (formerly Earth Day 1990 - Heartland Region) have chosen the name Trail of Tears. The group will formally apply for accreditation from Missouri's Ozark Chapter at the May meeting of the state executive committee, said the group...

A law enforcement official and a gun shop employee say a federal bill requiring a seven-day waiting period for handgun purchases won't reduce crime or keep handguns out of criminals' hands. "If they don't want to wait seven days to buy one legally, they're going to find a gun," said Chris Terry, manager in-training at Bitter's Military Outfitters, 1420 N. Kingshighway...

The fifth annual Healthy Lifestyles Conference Friday and Saturday is aimed at making life better for Cape Girardeau's children. About 250 adults are expected to attend the conference at the Show Me Center. One session is planned Saturday specifically for children...

Rhonda Abbott can walk, run and ride a bicycle these days. "I never could do these things before," said Abbott, a Cape Girardeau housewife. "This is a brand new life for me." Abbott, who received a lung transplant almost a year ago, took part in a transplant awareness march Wednesday from St. Francis Medical Center, across Route K, to center court in West Park Mall, where a brief program was conducted to observe National Organ & Tissue Donor Awareness Week...

The Cape Girardeau Public Health Department, in cooperation with local veterinarians, will sponsor the annual Cape Girardeau Spring Rabies Vaccination Clinic today and Friday. The clinic will be held at the Lutheran Men's Club shelter in front of the Arena Building, in Arena Park, from 3-6 p.m. each day...

SPRINGFIELD -- Sister Lucille Kalinowski, SSND, will succeed Msgr. Edward M. Eftink as superintendent of Catholic schools, beginning July 1. Eftink, pastor of St. Joseph The Worker Parish in Ozark, has been superintendent of schools for the past 14 years...

Sixteen residents of Cape Girardeau have been initiated into the Phi Eta Sigma scholastic honor society at Southeast Missouri State University. The newly initiated members include: Sarah E. Young, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John E. Young; Alexandra R. ...

ST. LOUIS The American Mothers, Inc., will hold its 56th annual national convention in St. Louis, beginning today. Mothers from each state will participate in the convention, and compete for the title of 1991 Mother of the Year on Sunday. American Mothers is an organization of mothers that recognizes the importance of the family to society's well-being...

I JUST WANT to say that I do enjoy watching the jet skis down at the riverfront, but I don't like the traffic at the riverfront created by these. I think that the cars should let the jet skis off up at Honkers or something. There are too many children down there. The sign says no vehicles admitted and it should be enforced. Let the jet skiers run on the riverfront, but make the vehicles stay on the street where they belong. Thank you...

A summer class in driver education will be taught at Cape Girardeau Central Senior High School starting June 10. The course will not carry high school credit, however it will meet the requirements for reduced car insurance rates. Thirty hours of classroom instruction and six hours of behind-the-wheel experience will be provided...