Stories from Wednesday, June 19, 1991

Dear Editor: On the 5th of June, I had the distinct pleasure of attending the opening concert of the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band. The wonderful performance began with a dedication to all Desert Shield/Desert Storm returnees. Having participated in both Desert Shield and Desert Storm, I am continually impressed and honored by the attention given by the citizens of our great country. ...

Southeast Missouri State University alumni will have a "tidal wave" of fun at Six Flags Over Mid-America on June 29. The university's alumni association is organizing the event. The amusement park's new ride is Tidal Wave, which plunges riders over a 50-foot waterfall into 300,000 gallons of water. Tidal Wave creates a wall of water 20 feet high and 80 feet wide, soaking not only passengers but spectators as well...

McCLURE, Ill. Kenneth D. Phillips Jr., son of Mr. and Ms. Kenneth D. Phillips of McClure, this month received a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Phillips completed medical school at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria...

Dr. Bridget F. Ostrow will discuss the "Diabetics' Feet" Thursday on "Ask Your Doctor" show on Channel 13 on cable TV. Local viewers can call in questions on the show, which begins at 8 p.m. The show is co-sponsored by St. Francis Medical Center, Southeast Missouri Hospital and the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society...

If it hadn't happened to me, I'd swear no one could have had a pronoun changed to a preposition without certain disaster. Remember "Acronyms are getting my goat"? The sentence ending "I may confuse readers by writing it SFA" came out "I may confuse readers by writing of SFA." Neither Smoke Free America nor the substitution caused the slightest damage!...

June 1991 has been an exceptional month, one to be remembered and recorded. It began when the residents decorated the city with bows of yellow ribbon and ties of red, white and blue, as a welcome sign to the military forces of men and women returning from "Desert Storm" and the war in the Persian Gulf...

I recently saved then promptly lost an article concerning fresh research into the death of Vincent Van Gogh. According to the discovery, Van Gogh took his life in 1890 not out of chronic loneliness, as was generally believed, but in a depression over his brother Theo's venereal disease...

There is substantial evidence at hand to conclude that Missouri's 1992 gubernatorial primaries are already under way. In recent days, charges and countercharges have occurred between campaign workers of the two leading Republican candidates for governor: Secretary of State Roy Blunt and Attorney General Bill Webster. ...

A new study coordinated by the University of Missouri Extension Service has provided insightful profiles of Missouri's youths at risk. The report gives definition to the problems children face from poverty, abuse, teen pregnancy, and dropping out of school...

Physical plant crews at Southeast Missouri State University and contract labor are working this summer to spruce up the university's dormitories. Much of the renovation work is being done at the Towers dormitory complex and Dearmont dormitory. "We try to go into the residence halls and do as much upkeep as possible so that they present a nice appearance and, more importantly, a nice living environment for students," said James Biundo, director of university relations...

A dozen new retail businesses, each with just a 16-day lifespan, are expected to open in Cape Girardeau Thursday. Fireworks stands will open at 8 a.m. Thursday and continue sales through July 4. "We had issued only three permits through Tuesday noon," said Regina Pearson of the city finance office. "But several people have picked up applications, and we expect to hear from them today."...

City officials who last week visited a Texas-based commuter airline company are hopeful the trip will generate additional airline service at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport. City Manager J. Ronald Fischer; Airport Manager Mark Seesing; J. T. Seesing, a member of the Airport Advisory Board; Judy Moss, director of economic development for the Chamber of Commerce; and Public Works Director Doug Leslie flew to Dallas-Forth Worth to talk with representatives of Lone Star Airlines about prospects of the company serving the Cape Girardeau airport.. ...

SCOTT CITY -- Like most Missouri school districts, Scott City is facing a budget crisis, and the school board is being forced to make cutbacks to keep the district financially sound. Five staff positions, including one part-time and two full-time teachers and one administrator, are likely to be cut, and purchases of equipment, supplies and teaching aids will drop...

The aging Cape Girardeau Mississippi River bridge is getting a closeup inspection of its steel superstructure this week by bridge inspectors with the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department. A five-man crew from the department's Jefferson City office is examining the steel superstructure of the 65-year-old highway bridge to determine if there are any serious problems with the integrity of the steel beams and members that support the bridge and its floor...

An elderly Cape Girardeau man died Tuesday when a tractor rolled over him in a farming accident near Egypt Mills. Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Carpenter said he pronounced the man, John A. Haupt, 73, of Route 1, dead at 1:45 p.m. due to massive head and chest injuries...

St. Francis Medical Center Auxiliary and Friends of St. Francis have made annual donations totaling $75,000 to the medical center, it was announced Tuesday night at the center's annual banquet at the Show Me Center. Nearly 700 people attended the dinner and program, which was used to introduce the physicians and staff of The Heart Institute at St. Francis...

MARILYN OBERMANN Occupation: Receptionist, Drury Industries, Inc. Birthplace: Oran Current home: Cape Girardeau The best part of my job is: "Working closely with my fellow employees and meeting people who come into the office." Describe your oddest experience: "After operating the same switchboard for 10 years, a new one was installed. ...

JACKSON - By just $51, the accounting firm of Earley, Janssen, Begley and Co. had the lowest bid submitted to the Cape Girardeau County Commission Monday for the 1990 audit of county finances. The Earley firm, which did the audit last year, submitted a bid of $6,449, which was just under the $6,500 bid by Schott and Co...

EW OFFICERS OF TELEPHONE PIONEERS...

An isolated rainstorm that developed late Tuesday afternoon dumped between one-half inch and 1.5 inches of rain on parts of Cape Girardeau. The storm was unusual in that it moved in the opposite direction of most storms at this time of the year. The downpour, accompanied by 20-22 mph winds, caused wet tree leaves to short out a Union Electric Co. ...

Rosemary Crisp, chairperson of the President's Council a component of the Southeast Missouri University Foundation received the Anna M. Fillmore Award June 9 at the 20th biennial convention of the National League for Nursing in Nashville, Tenn. The award is presented for outstanding contributions in developing and administering community health services. ...

Alberta M. "Bertie" Seyer, 59, 1911 Weissinger, died Monday, June 17, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb. 14, 1932, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Melvin and Lucille Thompson Proffer. She married Vincent Seyer May 5, 1951, in Cape Girardeau...

Earl Newton Bunn, 83, of Effingham, Ill., died Monday, June 17, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born June 1, 1908, in Claremore, Okla., son of William Hatten and Alma Parrish Bunn. He and Audrey Floris Young were married in 1930 in Wichita, Kan...

John A. Haupt, Cape Girardeau Route 1, died Tuesday, June 18, 1991, at his home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

DUTCHTOWN -- John Doug Hartis, 54, of Dutchtown, died Monday, June 17, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Feb. 20, 1937, at Houston, Texas, son of Henry and Hilmer Hanagriff Hartis. He and Mary L. Jordon were married Sept. 1, 1964, at Jackson...

PERRYVILLE - Syble Shepard, 75, of Perryville, died Monday, June 17, 1991, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Shepard was born June 14, 1916, in Beaufort County, N.C., daughter of John and Mary Allen Lilley. Surviving are a daughter, Rose Kline of Perryville; a brother, Johnnie Lilley of Pantego, N.C.; a sister, Feffie L. Cooper of Pantego, and a grandson...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Mike McWilson of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:49 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 1991. Name, Joshua James. Weight, 7 pounds 15 ounces. First child. Mrs. McWilson is the former Karen Petzoldt, daughter of Floyd Petzoldt of Cape Girardeau, Mary Ann and John Dunn of Nashville, Tenn. She is an agent with AAA Travel Agency. McWilson is systems manager at Procter & Gamble, and is the son of Kenneth and Beverly McWilson of Jackson...

More than 2,800 students are enrolled in the eight-week summer session at Southeast Missouri State University. The session began Tuesday. Art Wallhausen, assistant to the president at Southeast, said that headcount enrollment for the first day stood at 2,828, an increase of 139 over the 2,689 students enrolled as of the first day of the session last year...

A Jackson man was injured Tuesday in a motorcycle accident along Highway 177 near Leemon. A spokesperson for the Missouri Highway Patrol said John Seabaugh, 43, received moderate injuries when he lost control of the motorcycle he was driving, causing it to overturn...

SIKESTON -- Lillian F. Martin, 81, of Sikeston, died Monday, June 17, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born June 20, 1909, in Piggott, Ark., daughter of James Edward and Gertie Mae Holt Babb. She married Emory O. Martin July 5, 1927, at Bloomfield...

Bruce Gardner, assistant U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for Economics, and Thomas J. Hoogheem, manager of Environmental Issues for Monsanto Agriculture Company at St. Louis, will be keynote speakers for the `New Trends in Agriculture' program, to be held at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus in Cape Girardeau next month...