Stories from Wednesday, November 20, 1991

Victims of crime often pay for that crime again and again. They pay, not only in psychological terms, but in expenses they incur from medical bills and lost wages. That's why the Missouri Crime Victim's Compensation Fund is so valuable. Although nothing can ever make what happened right, this fund can help alleviate some of the financial stress that crime victims face. The program has been particularly beneficial to those crime victims without insurance...

A recession is expected to send more people here in search of help with paying their heating bills this winter, says an official with the Missouri Division of Family Services in Cape Girardeau County. On Monday the office in Cape Girardeau began taking applications for the Missouri Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The applications are being taken for the period from December to March. They may be submitted until March 31...

SCOTT CITY -- The filing period for Scott City Council and mayoral candidates opens Dec. 3. The mayor's seat and four council seats, one in each ward, are up for re-election. The municipal election is scheduled for April 7, and a primary election is set for early March. The filing period closes Dec. 31...

JACKSON - A combination of a flat sales tax and declining interest income will make 1992 a bleak budget year for Cape Girardeau County, Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep warned. Huckstep has been hinting for several months that Cape County's financial situation was getting tight, but now the hard evidence is there to back up his concerns. ...

Here is what is interesting about Madonna: People don't talk about whether they like her music or don't ... they just talk about her. Talent-wise, she is negligible. Her appeal comes not from any inborn greatness, but from her repeated assurances that she is something special...

The latest candidates to file petitions for election to the Cape Girardeau City Council both urge cooperation among citizens and local government to benefit the city and generate economic growth. Melvin Gateley, a retired public school educator and administrator, and Dr. Melvin Kasten, a local physician, Tuesday both stressed the need for better communication and unity in the city...

Thunderstorms that rumbled across Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois Tuesday dropped heavy rain and caused flash flooding in some low-lying areas. The Cape Girardeau area escaped with no serious flooding or damage. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday for all of Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois until 5 a.m. today...

SCOTT CITY -- The Southeast Missouri chapter of the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Henson's Restaurant, 1302 Main Street in Scott City. Jack LeBeau, a representative of Robinair Company, is the guest speaker at the meeting...

LISA MASON Occupation: Travel consultant, Perry Travel Center, Cape Girardeau. Pet Peave? "People who neglect to call me back when they say they will." the best part of my life is: "Planning vacation trips for my clients, especially honeymoons." What do you do in your spare time? "I love to read the newspaper, watch old movies, listen to good music, go dancing and travel."...

JACKSON -- When George Frederick Williams Jr. retired, he moved to the family farm near Jackson. "That was in 1985," said Williams. "This farm has been in the family almost 200 years. I had visited the farm a number of times and liked the idea of living here."...

Dr. Khalid Kahn will discuss sleep apnea on this week's "Ask Your Doctor" program. The show will air Wednesday at 8 p.m. on cable channel 13. Usually the program can be seen on Thursday nights. "Ask Your Doctor" features local doctors answering questions from viewers. Martha Muench and Dr. Jean A. Chapman host the program...

SCOTT CITY -- Donnie Brant, 34, of Scott City, died Sunday, Nov. 17, 1991, at his home. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements.

The Cape Girardeau County Firefighters Association and General Motors will sponsor two classes for emergency response personnel about automobile air bags on Nov. 26. The course is free and designed for firefighters, police and ambulance personnel and tow-truck operators...

The Southeast Missouri State University d ebate team completed successful rounds Nov. 8 and 9 at a tournament hosted by Eastern Kentucky University. The team of Southeast students Jeni Rigdon, a senior from St. Charles, and Dan Byron, a junior from Hillsboro, compiled four wins and two losses. Byron also was named the eighth speaker in the tournament...

NEW WELLS - David A. Brown, 27, of New Wells, died Monday, Nov. 18, 1991, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born July 18, 1964, in Cape Girardeau, son of Albert and Dorothy Lorenz Brown. Survivors include his parents, New Wells Star Route; a brother, Richard Brown, Jackson, Route 1; maternal grandfather, Wilbert Lorenz, Jackson Route 1, and paternal grandmother, Beulah Brown, Jackson Route 3...

Louis Lorimier died June 26, 1812 and was buried in Old Lorimier Cemetery beside his wife, Charlotte. Indians, relatives and friends from the entire district came to honor him. That night the Indians built a huge bonfire and conducted a funeral service according to their custom...

Southeast Missouri State University was represented by three honors students and two faculty members at the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 in Chicago. Lawrence Clark, director of Southeast's honors program, and Pamela Hearn, coordinator of the university's governor's scholars, along with students Hui Ling Chan, Jeanette Schafer and Bill Vaughn, attended the conference...

STE. GENEVIEVE When Alfred and Jules Bourque purchased a new J.I. Case RC in 1936, they opted for a vehicle equipped with steel wheels. "They had a choice," says John Bourque, who now owns the classic farm tractor. "It was available on either steel wheels or rubber tires."...