Stories from Tuesday, May 21, 1991

The Cape Girardeau City Council Monday night voted 5-2 against a motion by Councilman Doug Richards that specifications be drafted to solicit bids on trash-hauling service Richards' motion, which was seconded by Mayor Gene Rhodes, followed extensive discussion on the issue one that has resurfaced repeatedly during the past five years...

Southeast Missouri State University's recycling program has won recognition from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The recycling effort was recognized as part of the EPA's 1991 awards program. "We are delighted," said Annette Adams, who headed the university's recycling committee during the recent school year...

Missouri residents who are called to active duty in the National Guard or military reserve in the future will be entitled to some special privileges under legislation sent to Gov. John Ashcroft's desk this session. The measure also has several provisions that relate to citizens called to active service in Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield...

Teachers at Cape Girardeau Central High School Monday said they resent education reforms dictated by state legislators with little input from classroom teachers. Teachers talked about their concerns with Attorney General William Webster, who is a candidate for governor in 1992. About 15 teachers attended the meeting, held at the high school at 10:30 a.m...

Unanswered questions about the extent of a Cape Girardeau contractor licensing law that is being considered prompted the City Council Monday night to table final approval of the measure. At its May 6 meeting, the council approved first reading of an ordinance requiring licenses for essentially all city building-trades contractors. But Monday night several people questioned the law and how it would be enforced...

CHAFFEE -- An arrangement that would permit two city employees to make extra money by collecting Union Electric bills has electrified Ward 2 Councilwoman Irmgard Chronister. Chronister, backed by councilmen Danny Finley and Brad Bader, spoke out against the arrangement at the Chaffee City Council meeting Monday night...

SCOTT CITY -- Work on the construction of a waste-water system in the Nash Road industrial area could begin in early July. The Scott City Council Monday tentatively approved a bid of just under $256,000 from a Cape Girardeau firm for the work. Final acceptance depends on approval by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources...

A group seeking input on limiting terms of elected state and federal legislators will be in Cape Girardeau today. A public hearing on the issue is being sponsored by the Missourians for Limited Terms, a bipartisan, statewide organization. The hearing will be held today from 3-5 p.m. at the University Center on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University...

JACKSON -- Jackson City Attorney David Beeson did most of the talking during Monday's board of aldermen meeting, reading a number of ordinances concerning rezoning changes and acceptance final subdivision plats. The board approved legislation rezoning property owned by Rob Litzelfelner from M-1 to R-1 in the Little Schumer Subdivision, near Emma Avenue and August Street. No one appeared in opposition to the rezoning at a public hearing held prior to Monday's board meeting...

Today, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. the University Center Fourth Floor Party Room will be the scene of an important hearing. The third in a series of nine hearings statewide, today's hearing is sponsored by a group calling itself Missourians for Limited Terms. This is a bipartisan, grassroots group seeking to amend the Missouri constitution to limit the number of years members of the General Assembly may serve...

The American Red Cross is worried. The relief organization is approaching its slowest time of the year for blood donations with diminished collections during the last few weeks. Renewed public support at upcoming blood drives is needed to ensure adequate supplies for the summer months. The May 29 community blood drive at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Cape Girardeau offers a perfect opportunity for donors to give the gift of life...

LUTESVILLE -- Carrie Lou Hancock Deck, 79, of Mine La Motte, died Sunday, May 19, 1991, at Stockhof Nursing Home in Fredericktown. She was born Nov. 14, 1911, at Bessville, daughter of Henry Harrison and Daisy May Skaggs Hood. She married Joseph Hancock June 26, 1932, who died Nov. 6, 1974. She later married Thomas Deck in 1983, who died June 13, 1990...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Cody James Redman, infant son of Rod and Gail Redman of East Prairie, died Saturday, May 18, 1991, at Children's Hospital in St. Louis. He was born May 14, 1991, in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include his parents; a sister, Michelle Redman of the home; paternal grandparents, Raymond and Pansy Redman of Advance; maternal grandparents, Cecil and Verna Veale of Advance; paternal great-grandmother, Daisy Carwile of Dexter, and maternal great-grandmother, Hilda Eggimann of Advance...

James R. Adams, president and chief executive officer of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., will speak at the annual Copper Dome Society dinner May 30 at Southeast Missouri State University. The dinner, which recognizes donors to the Southeast Missouri University Foundation, is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Show Me Center. The dinner will be preceded by a social period, which will begin at 6:30 p.m...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department Wednesday will hold its Summer Registration Day for recreation and aquatic classes. Registration will be 1-7 p.m. at the A.C. Brase Arena Building. Instructors and volunteers from the Kiwanis and Jaycee clubs and the Cape Girardeau Swim Team will be at the Arena building to meet registrants...

JACKSON - The costs of providing the same level of health insurance coverage to Cape Girardeau County employees will increase by at least 25 percent, County Clerk Rodney Miller said Monday after reviewing bids for the coverage. The County Commission opened bids from eight companies bidding health and dental insurance coverage and four companies that bid the dental coverage only...

A chartered excursion train will take passengers from Cape Girardeau to the grand opening ceremonies of the Mildenberger & Willing (M&W) Packaging U.S. Inc. plant Wednesday afternoon. Six cars pulled by two special locomotives will transport guests from downtown Cape Girardeau to the plant adjacent to the Procter & Gamble plant in north Cape Girardeau County...

Funeral service for Albert O. "Humpy" Spalding, 79, 3305 Gordonville Road, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until time of service...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bonney of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:56 a.m. Monday, May 13, 1991. Name, Baylie Rae. Weight, 7 pounds 11 ounces. Mrs. Bonney is the former Kim Scharenborg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Scharenborg of Jackson, and is employed at Jackson Wal-Mart. Bonney is an officer with Jackson Police Department, and is the son of Robert and Betty Bonney of Jackson...

SPEAK OUT READERS, give this some thought and response: Progress is only the human propensity for complicating simplicity, and politics is only a tool for obtaining self-satisfaction and greedy wants. THIS IS A response to the white, heterosexual, Christian lady who called in a lengthy item to Speak Out. ...