Stories from Monday, May 13, 1991

Although the city of Cape Girardeau has no shortage of licensed day care centers, an official with the Division of Family Services says finding one that will care for children under 2 years of age is usually difficult. "There is a definite shortage of infant and toddler care," said Deanna Long of the Division of Family Services. "It's the one age group whose care is in the biggest demand."...

(Last of two parts) Cape Girardeau building trades contractors who serve on the city's Board of Appeals say complaints against the city's building inspections division are largely unwarranted. The Board of Appeals was established this year to serve primarily as a forum for contractors to resolve disputes with city inspectors over interpretation of the city's building codes...

While the idea of an on-campus day-care service for students at Southeast Missouri State University is now being studied, most Missouri colleges and universities similar in size to Southeast already offer the service. A survey of these institutions found that several of them have had day care in place for at least five years and that, in most cases, students were the primary users...

Recent changes in Cape Girardeau's building codes and the way they're enforced have prompted criticism from building trades representatives throughout the area. But since a special City Council meeting April 26 where contractors aired their concerns, many building trades people have voiced their support for the city and the 1990 Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) building codes...

Sam Dickson works at a job that offends and intimidates a lot of people. Other than that, he says, he's one of the straightest people you'll ever meet. Tattoos are his business, and his handiwork is borne on forearms, shoulders and buttocks across the Midwest...

The United Commercial Travelers of America will celebrate its 100th anniversary in Missouri this weekend when the state convention opens at Drury Lodge. Cape Girardeau Council 534 will host the three-day convention, which will run Thursday through Saturday. George Points, grand counselor for the state of Missouri, will preside...

CARTERVILLE, Ill. -- U. S. Rep. Glenn Poshard will conduct a series of debates over the next four weeks, addressing whether and how much timber should be harvested from Shawnee National Forests. The three debates, to be held at community colleges throughout the Southern Illinois area, will be held during the 90-day public comment period for an amended overall management plan for the Shawnee Forests, scheduled to be released this week...

Developing qualified minority teachers is the worthwhile goal of a home-grown program that will be implemented in the coming school year. The project, called "Grow Your Own," was initiated by the Professional Black Men's Club to encourage talented minority students to become teachers in the Cape Girardeau Public Schools...

In modern times, there have been two Democratic parties marching to different drummers. The activist, liberal wing was created by Franklin Roosevelt. The glue of the Great Depression and World War II held that wing and the conservative South together in a marriage of convenience and necessity...

ANNA, Ill. -- Two Anna teenagers were killed Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident near here. The Illinois Highway Patrol reported that Kyle Mowery, 18, the driver of the vehicle, and Aimee Dillow, 17, a passenger, were both dead on arrival at Union County Hospital in Anna following the accident...

MARBLE HILL -- Paul G. Henry, 73, of Marble Hill died Sunday, May 12, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 3, 1917, at Flat River, the son of the late Marvin and Nola Hahs Henry. On May 13, 1944, he married Mary Zanzie, who survives...

CHARLESTON -- Wanda New, 68, of rural Charleston died Sunday, May 12, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements at McMikle Funeral Chapel in Charleston are incomplete.

ANNA, Ill. -- Kyle Steven Mowery, 18, of Anna, died Saturday, May 11, 1991, as the result of an autombile accident. He was born July 9, 1972 in Cape Girardeau, son of Ginger Mowery of Anna and Steven Mowery of Jonesboro, Ill., who both survive. Also surviving are a stepmother, Rose Mowery, Jonesboro; two brothers, Clint and Chad Mowery, both of Anna; three stepbrothers, Jeff Obptande of West Palm Beach, Fla., Brad Obptande of Nashville, Tenn., and Tommy Obptande of Jonesboro; paternal grandparents, Elois and Leroy Mowery of Jonesboro; maternal grandparents, Marcella and Doyle Adams of Vienna, Ill.; and paternal great-grandmother, Beulah Mowery of Anna.. ...

BENTON -- William Anthony Weber, 86, of Benton died Sunday, May 12, 1991, at his home. He was born April 4, 1905, at Benton, the son of August and Gertrude Schaefer Weber. On Sept. 16, 1943, he married Mary Catherine Wilhelm at Illmo. She survives. He was a retired farmer, and a member of St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton...

ADVANCE -- Larry E. Bond, 32, of Advance died Saturday, May 11, 1991, at St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis. He was born April 27, 1959 in Advance, the son of Paul Bond, who survives. His mother, Louise Gregory Kynion, and step-father, Kenneth Kynion, also survive of Advance. A sister, Terry Kynion, of Advance also survives...

CHAFFEE -- Edward Eugene Coomer Sr., 46, of rural Chaffee died Saturday, May 11, 1991 at his home. He was born Dec. 27, 1944, in Cape Girardeau County, the son of Clois and Sarah Collins Coomer, who both survive of rural Chaffee. He was a plumber and farmer...

PERRYVILLE -- Ruby Weinrich, 73, of Perryville died Sunday, May 12, at her home. She was born Aug. 12, 1927, in Perry County, the daughter of Steven and Rosa Kirn Lohmann, both deceased. She first married Elmer LaHomme, who preceded her in death March 10, 1964. She then married Vallie Weinrich, who preceded in death March 19, 1978...

PERRYVILLE - Walter Biehle, 92, of Perryville, died May 11, 1991, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. He was born Feb. 13, 1899, in Milheim, son of the late Henry and Anna Klaus Biehle. Surviving are a sister, Irene Leonard of Perryville; a half-brother, Hubert Biehle of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and a half-sister, Viola Brown of Florissant. Two brothers preceded him in death...

The Southeast Missourian asked people about the recent attention directed to Vice President Dan Quayle as a result of President Bush's heart problem. George Reeves: "I think that the press has been very unfair to Quayle. He is doing the job that he is supposed to do. I don't think you should criticize someone until they have been in a position to do a job."...