Stories from Thursday, February 13, 1992

News from Southeast Missouri State University's athletic department was described as "the light at the end of the tunnel." The National Collegiate Athletic Association decided to reduce harsh restrictions imposed on Southeast and other schools for elevating themselves to Division I status. The NCAA decision is justified and, to the extent it is the best deal available, fair. We applaud the persistence of school officials for seeing this inequity was tempered...

Southeast Missouri rodeo fans will see 257 cowboys and cowgirls compete for $28,000 in prize money this weekend at the Show Me Center. The Longhorn Rodeo, sanctioned for world championship points by the international Pro Rodeo Association, is making its fifth annual appearance in Cape Girardeau...

The Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday approved developer David Gerlach's subdivision plans that include layout of a street that was previously a source of dispute. The commission unanimously approved five record plats for Gerlach's Woodland Place and Randol Farms subdivisions, including one that shows Kent Street...

A Glen Allen woman was injured Wednesday when her car ran off the road and struck a tree. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Donna Barks, 45, of Glen Allen was driving east on Highway 34, about four miles east of Marble Hill, when the accident occurred at 3:45 a.m...

The annual Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts Spring Arts and Crafts Fair has been reorganized as a Spring Arts Festival. "Show Me the Arts" will include live performances, fine arts and craft exhibitions with hourly attendance prize drawings. The event will be held April 11 and 12 at the Show Me Center...

Auditions will be held Saturday for people interested in performing in a dinner theater/variety show Feb. 29. The Cabaret Sinfonia, is sponsored by the Iota Psi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a professional music fraternity for men at Southeast Missouri State University...

ST. LOUIS "Les Miserables," the award-winning musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel, returns to the Fox Theatre in St. Louis March 31 through April 5. It is part of the Muny's Broadway Series at the Fox. Also as part of the series, "A Chorus Line" will be presented March 3-8 at the Fox...

Relive the "Roaring `20s" this Saturday at the annual Downtown Merchants Association fund raising auction and gala. Proceeds go toward beautification projects in downtown Cape Girardeau. More than $14,000 in merchandise has been donated for the auction...

Missouri gets a poor rating among the states in the field of job safety. Just ask the employees of Zenith and Brown Shoe Co. --- A legislator claims sportsmen who can't hunt in state parks are "getting the short end of the stick." Park visitors fear they could get the long end of a rifle...

Nancy Baker teaches in the English Department of Southeast Missouri State University and is coordinator of the Writing Assessment program. She is also president of the board of education for St. Mary Cathedral School in Cape Girardeau. John C. Chubb, a senior fellow of governmental studies at Brookings Institute, addressed approximately 400 Missouri educators in Jefferson City on Jan. ...

"If there had been a back door at the Alamo, there would have been no heroes there." Anonymous Join me for a little contest. Who is the speaker responsible for the following quotes? Is it former Sen. Barry Goldwater, the 1964 Republican presidential nominee and author of "The Conscience of a Conservative"? Or Ronald Reagan? How about Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp? Or is it Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas? Or Rush Limbaugh?...

State Sen. John Dennis, vice chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee that will consider a House-passed bill increasing the state's fuel tax by 6 cents, predicted Wednesday the bill will receive quick approval in the Senate. The measure should be on the governor's desk early next week, he said...

Have an idea about what Cape Girardeau Central High School should name its athletic facilities? A committee charged with picking names wants to know. Athletic Director Terry Kitchen explained that a nine-member committee is soliciting suggestions for possible names from CHS students and from community members...

Bill Emerson is in Jefferson City today to file for his seventh term in Congress. "I am not officially opening my re-election campaign," Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, said Wednesday. "I will do that later." Emerson, who was speaker during a meeting of the Cape Girardeau Lions Club Wednesday, said he is looking forward to another term in Congress...

Students at Southeast Missouri State University want the university's non-discrimination policy amended to include rights for homosexual students. The policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or handicap. Students want to add sexual orientation to the list...

In conjunction with Valentine's Day week, a Southeast Missouri State University student volunteer organization is sponsoring a "Have a Heart" drive to benefit area social agencies and volunteer groups. The student group, called Students Taking Responsibility in Volunteer Excellence STRIVE is spearheading the effort which seeks to collect food, toys, educational games and diapers for FISH Volunteers of Cape Girardeau, Women's Center Safe House and Cape Civic Center...

MARBLE HILL -- Anna Long, 78, of Marble Hill, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1992, at Bond Nursing Care Center. She was born March 26, 1913, at Mayfield, daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Eva Cordelia Cook. She married David Edward Long Sept. 8, 1929, who died June 17, 1978...

Rushing an injured person to the hospital in lieu of calling an ambulance is something most police frown upon. "Certainly there are situations where people need to get to the hospital quickly," said Police Sgt. Carl Kinnison. "But depending on the situation, putting the person in the car may be more detrimental to the situation."...

ANNA, Ill. - Merle Keith O'Daniel, 76, of Route 1 Anna, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1992 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born May 13, 1915 in Jacob, son of Conard Edgar O'Daniel and Maud Worthen. He owned and operated Anna Sheet Metal Works for over 40 years before retiring...

Daughter to Ladonna Menz of Perkins, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:27 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, 1992. Name, Kayli Lynn. Weight, 8 pounds 12 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Miss Menz is the daughter of Paul and Kay Menz of Perkins, and is a hairdresser at Regis Hairstylists...

CHAFFEE -- James Adam Chronister, 87, of Chaffee, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1992, at Chaffee Nursing Center. He was born March 7, 1904, at Morehouse, son of Levi and Dora Bridges Chronister. He and Tennyemae Highfill were married Sept. 17, 1922. She died Sept. 3, 1986. He later married Ila Walker Oct. 17, 1987...

"With Every Beat of Your Heart" is the topic of the February Woman to Woman luncheon to be held Feb. 20 in conference rooms A and B at St. Francis Medical Center. Dr. Bridget Ostrow of the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Association in Cape Girardeau will be the featured speaker...

The Breakfast Optimist Club recently named winners in its annual oratorical contest. First-place winner was Bonnie Taylor; second place went to Elizabeth Ann Green; and third place to Stacy Lynn Macke. All are seventh-graders at L.J. Schultz Middle School...