Stories from Friday, February 14, 1992

ULLIN, Ill. - Clarence O. Anderson, 78, of Cairo, formerly of Ullin, died Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Community Health Services in Cairo. He was born Nov. 15, 1913, in Johnson County, Ill., to Almus and Effie Casey Anderson. On Sept. 26, 1953, Anderson married Iris Faye Severs in Johnson County. ...

Students in Cape Girardeau public school's gifted program recently placed second in the state in two academic competitions. A team of 17 sixth-graders placed second in Missouri and 29th in the world in the elementary Knowledge Master contest. Using knowledge of geography, art, literature and 11 other subject areas, teams vied for top scores based on speed and accuracy...

GRASSY -- Sarah June Moser, a 13-year-old from Grassy, has been named poster child for the Twin Rivers Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Chapter President Darlene Allen said: "As the Twin Rivers poster child, Sarah will serve as the association's junior goodwill ambassador. She will inspire volunteers in the association's year-round educational and fund-raising drives and will also take part in a number of the chapter's special events."...

Six Boy Scouts from Troop 10 at First Baptist Church have earned the highest award in Scouting the rank of Eagle Scout. The scouts were among those honored at the Southeast Missouri Boy Scout Council's Court of Honor Saturday in Academic Hall auditorium...

SCOTT CITY -- Cristine Lynn Petitt of Scott City is the recipient of a 1992-93 presidents scholarship at Central Missouri State University at Warrensburg. Petitt, who will graduate May 22 from Scott City High School, plans to major in accounting. The scholarship's value is $1,000 for the school year...

The University of Missouri-Rolla has announced the names of students who made the honor list for the fall semester. Those on the list had grade-point averages of 3.2 or above out of a possible 4.0. Area residents on the list are: CAPE GIRARDEAU: Erica Dunning, junior, engineering; Lori Emmons, junior, chemical engineering; Gretchen Fornkahl, freshman, engineering; Jill Gosnell, senior, geological engineering; Dyrk Huffman, freshman, engineering; Edwin Kuntz, freshman, engineering...

CHARLESTON -- Lauren Brazel of Charleston has been named to the dean's list for high academic achievement at the University of Missouri for the 1991 fall semester. Brazel is a 1991 graduate of Kelly High School at Benton. She is a pre-law student and is the daughter of Larry and Beechy Brazel of Charleston...

Whitney L. Rueseler of Cape Girardeau has been named to the d ean's list for the fall semester at Samford University in Birmingham Ala. To qualify for the honor, a student must have earned a minimum 3.5 grade point average out of a possible 4.0. Rueseler, a journalism/mass communications major, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rueseler...

SCOTT CITY -- Jennifer Bertrand, a senior at Scott City High School, has been chosen as a semi-finalist in the 1991-92 Coca-Cola scholarship competition. She is one of 1,860 semi-finalists chosen from more than 92,000 applicants. "In our Coca-Cola scholars, we are searching for a balance of leadership, character and achievement in school and the community," said Lanny Gibson, vice president of sales for the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Jonesboro, Ark., local sponsor of the competition...

Byron Karathanos and Katya Karathanos of Cape Girardeau were named to the dean's list for the 1991 fall semester at William Jewell College. To qualify for the dean's list, a student must earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average. Byron and Katya Karathanos are the son and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Demetrius Karathanos of Cape Girardeau...

Terry Risko would like to see the Cape Girardeau Public Library bookmobile on the road by fall. "We're about $100,000 short, but we're receiving a lot of favorable reaction and support for the project," said Risko, library director. "Mailings have been sent out to all library-card holders, and we receive a few donations and pledges each week."...

Once again an effort is under way to create a state board of higher education to oversee all of Missouri's public colleges and universities. Creation of the so-called "super board" would eliminate all boards of regents at public two- and four-year schools, the University of Missouri's Board of Curators, and the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education. All functions of the local boards and those of the coordinating board would be transferred to the 15-member super board. It's a bad idea...

WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- John S. Lambdin, 84, of Wolf Lake, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 1992, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Dec. 20, 1907, in Sheridan, Ark., son of Ransom and Emma McClung Lambdin. He and Esther Jane Crane were married Jan. 9, 1929, at Sheridan. She died Dec. 14, 1985...

SIKESTON -- Mary Anna Vaughan, 103, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1992, at her home. She was born June 30, 1888, at Sikeston, daughter of James and Sophia Matthews. She married Leonard L. Vaughan March 6, 1911, at Jackson. Vaughan was a lifelong resident of Sikeston, and member of First Baptist Church here...

SIKESTON -- Earl G. Lee, 68, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1992, at his home. He was born July 5, 1923, in Powderly, Ky., son of Irvin and Clara Todd Lee. He and Gladys A. Hicks were married Sept. 20, 1947, in West Frankfort, Ill. Lee moved to Sikeston in 1975. ...

Donald Edward Lynch, 63, of 1501 Whitener, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Dec. 13, 1928 in Cape Girardeau, son of John and Mary Long Lynch. He married Mary Lou Robinson on Dec. 24, 1947. She survives. He ran a commercial janitorial business, and was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Cape Girardeau American Legion and the Masonic Temple...

There are a number of things New Hampshire excels at: fall foliage, pastoral countryside and tourism. New Hampshire contributed to our union poets (Robert Frost) and orators (Daniel Webster). The state gives good granite. In addition, every four years the state excels at putting politicians in a combative mood. It is the neutron bomb of presidential politics: spare the buildings, destroy the people...

DELTA -- Lonnie Ware, 90, of Delta, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Feb. 5, 1902 in Blodgett, son of Lewis Ware and Hattie Huskey Ware. He was an aircraft worker and a member of the Perkins Missionary Baptist Church...

Valentine's Day and marriages seem a perennial combination, and Janet Robert thinks she might know why. Robert, Cape Girardeau County's recorder of deeds for 15 years, suspects a Valentine's Day marriage might help a husband to remember his wedding anniversary...

CHAFFEE -- Criticism of taxes is being levied in President George Bush's direction ... this time by a Chaffee first-grader. The first-grader is one of more than 350 students at Chaffee Elementary School who wrote letters to the president this week as part of a five-day school celebration...

JACKSON - The Cape Girardeau County Commission agreed Thursday to become the lead county in setting up a Solid Waste Management District that is required under a state law passed two years ago. As part of state and federal legislation, cities and counties are required to reduce the amount of refuse they send to landfills. They must reduce solid waste by 40 percent by 1998...

This is moving day for the remaining tenants in the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport terminal building, as the city prepares for a $1.1 million renovation of the facility. Renovation work is expected to start later this spring, but tenants are being asked to temporarily relocate to prepare the terminal building for an asbestos removal project...

Faculty members at Southeast Missouri State University may endorse a change in the university's non-discrimination policy, identical to one proposed by students earlier this week. The proposed change would add the words "sexual orientation" to the policy, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or handicap...

All federal, state, county, and most municipal offices; financial institutions and area schools will be closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day. All offices in the Cape Girardeau Federal Building will be closed as will all state and county offices in Cape Girardeau and Jackson...

ADVANCE - The fly-over of a lone Air National Guard C-130 transport plane highlighted a military grave-side ceremony held Thursday for one of the airmen killed in the Feb. 6 crash of a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 in Evansville, Ind. The airman, Capt. Warren J. Klingaman, was piloting the C-130 aircraft when it crashed into the Drury Inn and JoJo's restaurant a short distance from the Evansville Municipal Airport...

Fish kills not only occur during the warmer months, but can also occur during the winter," says Brad Pobst, fisheries management specialist with the Missouri Department of Conservation. "Many winter kills can be anticipated, and measures can be taken to prevent them," said Pobst, who added that the winter kills do not commonly occur in all ponds...

The Missouri Conservation Commission has confirmed the name, "Chalk Bluff Trail Access" for an 82.5-acre tract on the St. Francis River in Dunklin County. The Commission also accepted two land gifts from Dunklin County 40 acres as an addition to Ben Cash Memorial Wildlife Area and 35 acres as an addition to Hornersville Swamp Wildlife Area...