Stories from Tuesday, November 12, 1991

SCOTT CITY -- Serious budget reductions at Scott City schools likely will worsen next year, enough that administrators say sports and academic programs will be the next to go. This year the district left six teaching positions unfilled to make up for a drop of almost $150,000 in state funding...

Every program in Cape Girardeau public schools is "fair game" for the budget ax that is set to fall this spring, said Superintendent Neyland Clark. The Cape Girardeau Board of Education heard a report about an upcoming $1 million budget cut at its Monday meeting. Clark outlined the process planned for recommending where cuts and reductions will be made. He said he anticipates a recommendation in the spring...

The Center for Health and Counseling at Southeast Missouri State University could offer expanded services at a cost to students under a preliminary proposal being developed. The plan, being formulated by a committee of students and staff led by Patricia Volp, associate dean of students, could be presented to the university's Budget Committee by next spring...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Monday formally approved a motion to request city tourism funds to develop a sports complex at Shawnee Park. Voters last year rejected a tax hike to fund the five-field softball facility at Shawnee Park, but members of the park board said Monday that the tourism funds would be an alternate way to fund the complex...

Medical authorities in Missouri and Illinois say it is time for high-risk individuals to get their flu shots. The flu season normally begins in late November or early December and continues until early April, said Charlotte Craig, director of the Cape Girardeau County Public Heath Service. Craig said the sooner a person is immunized the sooner protection against flu will begin...

With the adoption Nov. 4 of a new trades licensing ordinance, the city of Cape Girardeau has begun procedures to bring the new provisions into effect. The ordinance won't go into effect until Jan. 1, but the city staff already has begun to develop the necessary application and licensing forms...

MILLER CITY, Ill. -- Jack Collins watched a small flock of Canada geese swimming in an area of Horseshoe Lake, which abounds the Miller City Road. "Those are smart geese," said Collins, who operates Miller Hunting Club across the road from Horseshoe Lake Wildlife Refuge near Miller City. "About 3 p.m., those geese will probably fly over the road, but by then, the day's shooting hours are closed."...

SCOTT CITY - The marketing committee of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority's board of commissioners was given the nod Monday to investigate the possibilities of constructing a spec building at the port. Mysie Keene, chairman of the marketing committee, said her group had determined that 25,000 square feet would be the ideal size for such a building. ...

CHAFFEE -- Chaffee native William L. Hagan III was officially sworn in last week as a lawyer before the Tennessee Supreme Court. He is the son of Mary Ann and William L. Hagan Jr. of Chaffee and a 1984 graduate of Chaffee High School. He resides in Memphis, Tenn. and works as an associate attorney with the law offices of Friedman, Sissman, and Heaton, practicing corporate, personal injury, criminal defense, and divorce law...

The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt opens Thursday on the Southeast Missouri State University campus as part of AIDS Awareness Week activities. Fifty panels of the quilt, a memorial to people who have died of AIDS, will be displayed in Houck Field House through Sunday...

Many, including this writer, have commented on the differences between the administrations of Ronald Reagan and his successor, President George Bush. Writing in a recent issue of Forbes, economist and policy analyst Jude Wanniski offered a small but telling anecdote about former President Reagan that should resonate with most readers, rather in the manner Reagan's entire, eight-year presidency did. ...

Last week, basketball hero Magic Johnson stunned the nation. He announced his retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers because he had tested positive for HIV, the virus that will one day lead to AIDS. Johnson told his doctors he contracted the disease through careless heterosexual encounters. It made us all realize that no matter how talented, famous, or rich a person becomes, his luck can run out when it comes to AIDS. Not even superstars are invincible...

Dear Editor: I am writing in regards to the tragedy that has struck to probably the greatest basketball player whoever played the game. Magic Johnson in my mind was the nice guy of the NBA. Whenever on the court, there was always a smile. And just watching him play was a privilege I'm glad I was around to see...

Jim Bishop, Leon Jansen, Jim Tlapek, William Kuss, David Erlbacher, the late L.C. "Bud" Blattner, Ernest Beussink and Joe Mirgeaux. Dear Editor: Patience and prayers bring results Many days, months and years of frustration and hope followed the flood of 1973 when a group of citizens and businessmen gathered at the Colonial Federal building on Broadway seeking a solution to our problem. ...

JACKSON -- Robert H. Daugherty II, 78, of Jackson, died Sunday, Nov. 10, 1991, at his home. He was born June 10, 1913, in Hamilton, Mont., son of Robert H. and Mable Woodward Daugherty. He and the former Lou Green were married Nov. 24, 1937. Daugherty was a graduate of Duke University. He was an electrical engineer with AT&T 39 years, retiring in 1976. He moved to Jackson in 1977. He fixed the courthouse clock here, and was given the nickname of "Clockkeeper."...

ALLENVILLE -- Harry Glen Lynn, 80, of Allenville, died Monday, Nov. 11, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 12, 1911, at Sikeston, son of Fred Lee and Nora Haman Lynn. He and Carrie Groves were married Sept. 15, 1938. She died Dec. 31, 1977...

Loy Edward Haupt, 77, of Neosho, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Nov. 9, 1991, at Christian Northeast Hospital in St. Louis. He was born July 3, 1914, at Millersville, son of Pearl and Minnie Moore Haupt. He and Lela Slover were married Oct. 20, 1938, in Cape Girardeau...

Avis Reed, 81, of Paoli, Pa., died Friday, Nov. 8, 1991, at her home. She was born in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Thomas P. and Lillie Towle Russell. She married Robert J. Reed, who preceded her in death. Reed attended Southeast Missouri State University, Columbia Teachers College, and the Sorbonne in Paris...

SIKESTON -- Jack Boyd, 68, of Sikeston died Saturday, Nov. 9, 1991 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Aug. 30, 1923 in Norris City, Ill., the son of Wilfred and Josephine Keasler Boyd. He was an oil rig worker and attended the Bertrand Methodist Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a life member of the DAV. He was a member of VFW Post 3851 in Carmi, Ill. and a member of the American Legion in Carmi...

SIKESTON -- Phillip Lowell Newman, 72, of Morehouse, died Saturday, Nov. 9, 1991 at 3 p.m. at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 14, 1919 in Canalou, the son of Mode Thomas and Mary Lou Landers Newman. He was a farmer and member of Morehouse Church of Christ...

SIKESTON -- Jane Ann "Sissy" Chartrau, 28, of Sikeston, died Monday, Nov. 11, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Jan. 4, 1963, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Harold N. "Pete" Chartrau and Bernadine Myers Chartrau, who survives of Sikeston...

Meta M. Wedekind, 89, of the Lutheran Home, died Monday, Nov. 11, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born July 22, 1902, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Charles William and Louisa Nabe Wedekind. Wedekind worked in the family dairy business with her brother, Emil Wedekind, and was a member of Hanover Lutheran Church...

I JUST WANTED to call and thank the sponsors of the U.S. Air Force band that performed Wednesday night at Central High School Auditorium. It was terrific. Thanks again. It made my birthday a special day. I WANT TO respond to the statement in Speak Out where someone is blaming us old folks for voting down Proposition B. ...