Stories from Friday, July 12, 1991

A ruling by a Cape Girardeau County Circuit judge this week affords a sound compromise on a statewide problem. At issue was the wording of the Proposition B ballot language. Proposition B would provide an additional $190 million for public schools and an equal amount for colleges and universities, with $5 million for job training and development. Missourians will vote on the issue in November...

Nothing is certain but death and taxes. Yeah, well, those options stink. Their redemption the only thing that gives them beauty is their steadfastness. Nothing keeps them from their course. You can skip paying taxes, skirt the law and take your chances, but the obligation hangs like a hawk. You stand alone in your scam. Even fellow cheaters won't praise you; their sympathies are only with themselves. Tax renegades haven't been folk heroes since they dispensed with the Stamp Act...

Jane Thorpe, local FBLA president, and Barbara Lohr, Cape FBLA adviser, recently returned from the national leadership conference of Future Business Leaders of America held in Anaheim, Calif. June 30-July 5. Thorpe was selected as a national finalist in the Ms. Future Business Leader contest. She was representing the state of Missouri in the competition...

MCCLURE, Ill. -- The descendants of Charles Henry and Martha Haun Powell gathered July 6-7 for a family reunion at the farm of Duane and Marilyn Powell Kinsey of rural McClure. The Powells, who lived in Washington County, Ill., have one surviving child, Gladys Powell Schleiffer, 89, who was the guest of honor at the reunion...

Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft on Thursday signed legislation that will affect the ability of cities with municipal utilities to provide service to areas they annex. The measure, Senate Bill 221, also could thwart any attempt by municipalities and other governmental entities to form their own municipal utilities...

The Board of Regents at Southeast Missouri State University voted Thursday to move ahead with expansion of the Bootheel Education Center at Malden. The board, meeting in the University Center Ballroom, authorized university officials to advertise for bids for construction of a physics-chemistry laboratory and three classrooms at the Bootheel Education Center...

Proposition B, the tax-and-reform education measure, stands a good chance of passing in November, a top official at Southeast Missouri State University said Thursday. The official, Art Wallhausen, assistant to the president at Southeast, told the university's Board of Regents Thursday that passage of the measure "is doable."...

A three-vehicle accident Thursday evening, three miles north of Cape Girardeau on County Road 620 injured a Cape Girardeau teenager and two Jackson residents. It occurred at 6:10 p.m. The Missouri Highway Patrol at Poplar Bluff reported that Sarah Hermann, 16, and Edna Phillips, 83, of Jackson received moderate injuries. A third person, William Phillips, 48, of Jackson sustained minor injuries, said the patrol...

Janet Brase found a source of illumination in Thursday's eclipse, though it snuffed out the sun from Hawaii to South America. Now, the Jackson resident can put her experience in viewing the eclipse to use after she graduates from college and becomes a teacher possibly a junior high school science teacher...

JACKSON - Cape Girardeau County's sales tax receipts after seven months of 1991 are running about $14,000 ahead of the same time a year ago. That nominal increase is just over a half percent ahead of last year and still well below the 5-7 percent growth county officials say they would like to see...

The full U.S. Senate Wednesday approved funding for the Cape LaCroix Creek-Walker Branch flood control project in Cape Girardeau. Sen. Christopher S. "Kit" Bond, R-Mo., announced the Senate approved $10.3 million for the Cape Girardeau project. Several other Missouri water projects also received funding authorization this week...

Take one large soft maple tree with large, brittle limbs, and lots of heavy leaves. Mix in a heavy downpour of rain from a passing thunderstorm. Stir well with a 20-40 mph wind from the storm. Locate near high-voltage power lines, and you've got a sure-fire recipe for trouble...

City and county governments, school districts and other entities with budgets of over $1 million fall under provisions of a new ethics law signed this week by Gov. John Ashcroft. The intent of the law, as it relates to local governments, is to advise the public of possible conflicts of interest involving elected officials, chief administrative officers, chief purchasing officers, and decision-makers of political subdivisions...

BENTON -- Louis C. LeDure, 82, of Benton Route 1, died Thursday, July 11, 1991 at his home. He was born Feb. 1, 1909 in Benton, son of August and Anna Martin LeDure. He was a farmer. On April 18, 1933, he married the former Lucille Schaefer in Benton. She survives...

MARBLE HILL -- Audrey G. Blanken, 73, of Marble Hill died Thursday, July 11, 1991 at Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. She was born in St. Louis Dec. 6, 1917, the daughter of Henry and Earna Bolte Mott. On Aug. 10, 1940, she married John F. Blanken. He preceded her in death Dec. 15, 1990...

SIKESTON -- Marguerite Sturgeon, 72, died Thursday, July 11, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. She was born Jan. 27, 1919, at Morehouse, Mo., daughter of Charles F. Sturgeon and Eunice Gregory Sturgeon. She was a member of the Calvary Temple Church...

ANNA, Ill. -- Fred A. Tompkins, 85, of Anna, died Thursday, July 11, 1991, at 3:35 p.m. at the City Care Center in Anna. He was born April 21, 1906 at Reynoldsville, Ill., the son of Thomas and Arabelle Bess Tompkins. He married Gladys Norris on Dec. 2, 1926 in Jackson...

ADVANCE -- Clarence Dempsey Hinkle, 67, of Advance Route 2, died Thursday, July 11 1991, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 3, 1923 at Bell City, the son of William Hinkle and Bessie Reed Hinkle. He was a retired farmer and a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Beulah I. Johnson Goodwin, 80, of Bourbonnaise, Ill., formerly of Dongola, died Thursday, July 11, 1991 at Riverside Medical center in Kankakee, Ill. She was born Dec. 14, 1910 at Ullin, Ill., daughter of Ollie and Vinnie Walker Daniels...

SIKESTON -- Rosie Stumbaugh, 84, of Sikeston died Wednesday, July 10, 1991 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born July 25, 1906 in Clarksville, Ark., daughter of John E. and Rebecca Elizabeth Stewart Freeman. On Dec. 25, 1930 in Clarksville, she married Homer Stumbaugh. He preceded her in death Oct. 11, 1970...

Daughter to Steve and Angie Stroder, 1000 Clark, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:54 p.m. Friday, July 5, 1991. Name, Ashley Nichole. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Stroder is the former Angie White, daughter of Gerald and Mary White of Fredericktown. She is an accounting clerk and bookkeeper at Francine's Flowers. Stroder is the son of Larry and Linda Stroder of Cape Girardeau, and is a general mechanic with Southeast Missouri State University...

CHAFFEE -- Edith Catherine Gibson, 88, of Chaffee died Thursday, July 11, 1991 at her home. She was born Jan. 17, 1903, the daughter of Joseph and Clara Witt LeGrand. She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee. On June 11, 1927, she married Russell Gibson. He preceded her in death Aug. 1, 1971...

Funeral service for William Everett Norris, 49, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel with the Rev. Carl Richardson officiating. Friends may call today from 6-9 p.m. at the funeral home. Norris, of Katy, Texas, and formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, July 10, 1991...

SCOTT CITY -- Stella B. Camden, 76, of Scott City died Thursday, July 11, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 1, 1915 in Cobden, Ill., the daughter of Roscoe and Cora Peterman Ollis. She married Jesse Camden, who preceded her in death May 28, 1965...

Ruth L. Gaither, 77, of 430 Sheridan died Wednesday, July 10, 1991 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Aug. 1, 1913 at Egypt Mills, Mo., the daughter of John W. and Cora Hobbs Lindsay. She worked in the sales department at the 234 Shop in Cape Girardeau and also was the assistant dietitian at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Alton, Ill...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a "Baby Boomer Bash" July 27 at the A.C. Brase Arena Building. The dance will be held from 8-11 p.m., and Infinity Sound System will provide music from the '60s, '70s and '80s. The dance is open to anyone 21 years and older at $3 per person. For more information, contact the parks department at 335-5421...

Bicycle riders will meet at Kent Library on Southeast Missouri State University campus at 2 p.m. Sunday for the Velo Girardeau Bicycle Club's 25-mile ride, "Greensferry Ride," a scenic loop between Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Margaret Popham will be ride director. Riders...

MARBLE HILL -- The Missouri Department of Conservation's clean up of portions of Hurricane and Crooked creeks near Marble Hill will be held Saturday. Brian Todd, fisheries biologist with the department's Southeast Missouri regional office at Cape Girardeau, said he was hoping for 100 to 200 participants for the cleanup of the two creeks...

Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: D. Harland Hagler to Thomas L. and Susanne T. Kohm; Earl S. and Crelley O. Mackey to Thomas L. and Susanne T. Kohm; John Lynn Mackey and Lessie Ann Rhodes to Thomas L. and Susanne T. Kohm...

CACHE, Ill. -- Angel M. Wray of Cache, Ill. will be among candidates competing for the title of Miss Teen of Illinois at the eighth annual pageant. The contest began Thursday and will end Saturday. The winner of the pageant will receive a $1,000 cash scholarship and an expense-paid trip to the national pageant...

JACKSON -- Nicole Vernier of Jackson was named to the Dean's List for both the fall and spring semesters at St. Louis University. To be named to the Dean's List, students must have at least a 3.7 grade point average. Vernier has completed her junior year, majoring in psychology and pre-law. She is a member of the volleyball team at the university...

MORLEY -- Sarah Lynn King, the 17-year-old daughter of Gene and Linda King of Morley, finished second runner-up in the Miss Missouri American Coed Pageant. King received a trophy, flowers and $200. She was also named second runner-up in the talent competition were she played a piano solo. She received a trophy and a $100...