Stories from Thursday, September 26, 1991

Kathleen Mattis will present a viola concert at Old St. Vincent's Church in Cape Girardeau on Tuesday. The concert begins at 8 p.m. and is free. Mattis has performed with the Trio Cassatt and the Ambile Piano Quartet, and has performed as a soloist with the Saint Louis Symphony a number of times. She also has presented annual recitals in St. Louis for many years...

If state Rep. Dennis Ziegenhorn had any doubts about the importance many groups in Missouri are placing on improving the state's workers' compensation system, they were quickly erased two weeks ago. During the annual legislative veto session, Ziegenhorn, co-chairman of House members on a joint legislative committee studying the issue, helped arrange a brief organizational meeting of the panel...

JACKSON -- Starting this week, state education officials have begun holding a series of 26 meetings with local business leaders throughout the state. One of the meetings is scheduled Oct. 11 in Jackson. Others are planned in Sikeston and Flat River, both on Oct. 10...

POPLAR BLUFF -- The Poplar Bluff Artist's Guild's 38th annual Art Exhibit will open Sunday at the Margaret Harwell Art Musuem. An open house will be held from 1-4 p.m. at the museum. Cash prizes will be awarded by the Commerce Bank of Poplar Bluff in several categories, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, still life, landscape, pastel, portrait and others...

The Country duo The Judds will stop in Cape Girardeau on their farewell "Love Can Build a Bridge Tour." The pair, Naomi and Wynonna Judd, will play Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. at the Show Me Center. Tickets go on sale Oct. 5. "Everyone has been aware for some time of Naomi's illness, and this being her final tour with Wynonna," said Show Me Center director David Ross. "It is a coup of sorts for us to secure a Judds date with them being in such high demand."...

Former U.S. attorney general Edwin Meese III and Village Voice staff writer Nat Hentoff are an unlikely pair. The former was associated with the conservative Reagan administration while the latter writes for a politically liberal publication. But both men say they support freedom of expression and oppose "political correctness" on college campuses that stifles such expression...

Laughter will be the main attraction during "Comedy Night at the Show Me Center," part of Family Weekend activities at Southeast Missouri State University Oct. 5-6. Other Family Weekend activities include an open house in the residence halls at 9 a.m. Oct. 5, followed by Meet the President at 11 a.m. at Academic Auditorium...

The annual exhibition by members of the Southeast Missouri State University department of art will open with a reception from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday at the University Museum. This year's show will feature two- and three-dimensional work by faculty members Sam Bishop, Fred Burnett, Bill Chamberlain, Ron Clayton, Lane Fabrick, Grant Lund, Pat Reagan-Woodard, Roy Shoenborn, Edwin Smith and Katherine Smith...

PERRYVILLE -- The Higway Rodders will hosts its sixth annual car show and swap meet in Perryville on Sunday, Oct. 6. Show classes will include antique vehicles, street rods, stock production, street machines, Corvettes, and trucks. The event will be held rain or shine in the city park, and the public is invited to attend...

Living in historical downtown has definite perks, say members of the Historic Association of Greater Cape Girardeau, and they're holding a tour of historical homes to showcase the area. "Through the Keyhole, Part 3" will feature four downtown homes, a restaurant, church and a newly-redone building on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. The tour will be held Oct. 6 from 1-5 p.m., beginning at the Common Pleas Courthouse Park...

An art exhibit will kick off the fall festival at Rocky Holler USA, five miles north of Cape Girardeau off Interstate 55. Area artists C.W. Warren and Margie Roberts will be on hand Oct. 5 to exhibit their work. Warren, of Cape Girardeau, has been painting since 1973. He specializes in landscapes, landmarks, portraits and semi-impressionistic paintings...

Administrators in small school districts say Proposition B won't cure the financial problems they face, but could go a long way toward damage control. With more than $80 million in reductions in basic state aid and funding for other programs already announced for the current school year, top officials of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said last week that school districts are out of options for cutting costs...

Southeast Missouri State University officials have suggested Proposition B could be used to help fund salary hikes for university employees, a claim state education officials refute. At a Board of Regents meeting in August, university officials indicated that Southeast Missouri State University employees could receive 13 percent pay raises next year if voters in November approve Proposition B, the tax-and-reform measure for education...

A transportation plan prepared by a consultant for the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department is drawing both strong praise and strong criticism from some local officials. Allan Maki, executive director of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority, likes the plan because it places a strong focus on a transportation network involving various methods of transportation, and a greater emphasis on port authorities...

Few people attended a Vision 2000 town hall meeting Wednesday night, but several called the televised program with questions and comments about six goals for the city to attain by the year 2000. Wednesday's meeting was the first such gathering to combine panelist discussion of Vision 2000 goals with video presentations and a live call-in cable television format...

MARBLE HILL -- City Administrator Herman Skaggs has resigned after accusing the Marble Hill Board of Aldermen of rendering him virtually powerless. Skaggs, who has been with the city for nearly two years, said actions taken by the board in recent months have "all but removed the duties and responsibilities for my position."...

SIKESTON -- Margaret Earline Griffey, 88, of Arnold, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1991, at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis County. She was born June 24, 1903, at Matthews, daughter of William and Dora Hayes Helms. She married Orvel Griffey. Griffey was a member of Meramec-Arnold Eagles Auxiliary 3678, Becker-Meyer-Becker VFW Auxiliary 2593, and American Legion Auxiliary 114 at Sikeston...

Daughter to Staff Sgt. Tad and Diana Robinson of Las Vegas, Nev., Valley Hospital Medical Center there, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1991. Name, Sarah Brannae. Weight, 6 pounds 14 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Robinson is the daughter of Marilyn and Joe Whitmore and Robert and Delores McLemore of Jackson. Robinson is stationed with the U.S. Air Force at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas. He is the son of James and Ola Robinson of Branson...

MILL CREEK, Ill. -- Margaret F. Campbell, 77, of Mill Creek, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1991, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Aug. 4, 1914, at Mill Creek, daughter of John A. and Clara Parish Jordan. She married John H. Campbell Sept. 19, 1945, at Jonesboro. He died July 1, 1958...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Oliver C. "Jim" Tucker, 79, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 19, 1911, in Union County, son of Posey and Cora Brown Tucker. He and Mazelle Davis were married March 26, 1943, at Jonesboro. She died Jan. 14, 1978...

BERTRAND -- Rufus Foster, 90, of Bertrand, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Nov. 25, 1900, in Maynard, Ark., son of James D. and Elizabeth Abernathy Foster. He and Emma Weaver were married Dec. 12, 1918. She died May 17, 1989...

SIKESTON -- Muriel Wingfield Perry, 74, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born March 18, 1917, in Reno, Ark., daughter of Joe and Bertha Miller Kirby. She married Clarence Wingfield March 26, 1942, at Bloomfield. He died June 29, 1987. She married Marvin Perry Sept. 30, 1989, at Bell City...

GLEN ALLEN -- Eugene Henry Spaeth, 63, of Glen Allen, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1991. Baker Funeral Home at Marble Hill is in charge of arrangements.

PERRYVILLE -- Rosa Jane Fellows, 87, of Perryville, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1991, at Clay West Nursing Home in St. Charles. She was born Sept. 20, 1904, in Bollinger County, daughter of Sherman and Perneice Barks Henry. She married Ernest C. Fellows Dec. 15, 1923. He died Aug. 19, 1986...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Elmo Vandiver, 78, of Urbandale, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was a retired towboat worker, member of Tigert Memorial United Methodist Church in Cairo, and Cairo Masonic Lodge 237 AF&AM...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral service for Dr. Claire B. Sledge of Cairo will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Barkett Funeral Chapel. The Revs. George Jaeger and Tim Taylor will officiate. Burial will be at a later date at Rosedale Cemetery in Ada, Okla. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

FARMINGTON -- Joe W. Golliher, 65, of Farmington, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1991, at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Ill. He was born Feb. 19, 1926, in Cape Girardeau, son of Linus and Martha J. Bryant Golliher. He married Doretta Howard in 1946. He and Deloris Wolstenholme were married in 1958 in Peoria...

Newton Foust, 85, of Chaffee, died at the Lutheran Home Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1991. Service for Foust will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Ford & Sons, Mt. Auburn Chapel, with Rev. Brian Lowery, of Scott City Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Salem, Ill...

JACKSON -- Southeast Missouri Hospital's Outreach Center will host a program on menopause and treatments Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. The program will be presented by Cape Girardeau obstetrician-gynecologist Scot G. Pringle. During the program, a film and slide presentation will examine the physical and emotional impact of menopause. A question and answer session will follow...

Morning disc jockey Mike Ford of KGMO, Oldies 100.7 FM, is living on a billboard for five days to help the Easter Seal Society of Southeast Missouri raise money. Ford has been on the "Million Dollar" billboard on the Wal-Mart parking lot since 7 a.m. Monday, and will come down Friday at 5 p.m...

The Missouri Housing Development Commission met in Cape Girardeau the other night and was told, among other things, that public housing is needed here to meet the dwelling needs of low-income individuals. We hesitate before accepting that point. Cape Girardeau has a number of programs, public and private, that lend housing assistance to citizens with low incomes. ...

To the Editor: On Sept. 1, 1991, my son, Andrew, and I were involved in a canoeing accident. This letter is just to say thank you to those wonderful people who saved my baby's life. They will never know how much I appreciate them. Dr. Paul Spence, Mark Spence, and John Beussink - I will always be grateful to you...

To the Editor: The recent congressional pay hikes have angered the people of the country, and the increase in taxes with failure to balance the budget have made many of us mad. What we need is an amendment to the Constitution. The amendment that Madison and Jefferson overlooked: An Incentive Amendment...

To the Editor: At the Sept. 16, 1991, council meeting in Scott City, a high school business teacher attempted to instruct the city council on proper procedure in the conduct of city business. She stated that she was invited by a newly formed house numbering committee. She also stated that she was neutral about the house numbering. Committee members present were Ron Oller, Chairman, La Donia Phelps, Randy Newell and Fred Gramm...

To the Editor: SEMO University is into its fourth week of competition in Division I and the Ohio Valley Conference. You would hardly know it by reading your sports pages. There have not been articles on key schools, programs, matchups, individuals, etc. There have not been reports or articles on games, outcomes, scores, statistics, etc. There hasn't even been a listing by won-lost record of the conference standings in football or another sport...

Tomorrow morning at 11:06 a.m., Cape Girardeau native Rush Limbaugh III will host a special edition of his 15-hour-a-week radio show. On Friday Rush will depart from his usual format to welcome as his guest his grandfather and namesake, Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr. The Limbaughs are in Kansas City to attend the annual meeting of the Missouri Bar Association, where Mr. Rush will be honored...

Jerry Mallett, the Reading Doctor, will present ideas to motivate children to read through humor at the Southeast Missouri Council of the International Reading Association meeting Saturday. The program will begin at 8:45 a.m. at the University Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...

JACKSON -- "Cook What Your Heart Desires" is the topic of the Women of the '90s luncheon to be held at noon Friday at the St. Francis Information Center in Jackson. The center is in the Heartland Plaza across from the Jackson Wal-Mart. Susan Mills, food and nutrition specialist with the University of Missouri Extension Service, will be featured speaker. Those attending the program will observe a heart-healthy meal prepared...

A six-week arthritis self-help class is now being offered at St. Francis Information Center on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The class began Tuesday and runs through Oct. 29. It provides self-management techniques, including exercise, medication information, joint protection and coping skills for dealing with chronic pain...

The fourth annual Fall Fitness Fest is scheduled Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. on the St. Francis Medical Center grounds. A Fitness symposium is planned Oct. 19 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. It is designed to appeal to athletes as well as the general public. The competition track portion of the symposium will be held at The Human Performance Center on Mount Auburn Road and will include seminars and screenings designed to appeal to athletes...

A free workshop will be held Oct. 2 for parents of children with disabilities at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. The workshop, "Communicating About Our Children with Our Schools," will be held from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Joann Noll of St. Louis, Bob Dale of Portageville and Pam Lenox of Dexter will present the program. All three are with MPACT, Missouri Parents Act, a federally-funded training and information center for parents of children with disabilities...

I TAKE ISSUE with the personal view published in Monday's Speak Out that the U.S. was settled by Christian people and developed as a Christian nation. That is simply not true. Where did you get your information? Can you point to any credible historical document? I'm thankful to live in a country settled and developed with greater diversity...

The American Heart Association and Critical Care Nurses Association took more than 800 blood pressures at the SEMO District Fair. They also distributed heart information. For approximately 20 years the two area hospitals have had staff volunteer their time for the project...

Southeast Missouri Showcase, now in its third year, will feature a potpourri of 34 food and beverage vendors and live entertainment by The Impressions during a gala evening planned at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus...