Stories from Monday, March 9, 1992

JACKSON - A petition drive by two Cape Girardeau County residents could force the county commission to place county-wide planning and zoning requirements on the November ballot for voters' approval. Darrell Hanschen and Richard Schmidt initiated the petition drive, which Hanschen said Sunday has yielded about 2,000 signatures...

Some consider it the ultimate test of physical strength and skill. Others, like Larry Cleair, consider it a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon. "I think its going to be tough, but I'm doing it for fun," said Cleair, one of 169 people who tried out Sunday for the American Gladiators Live Tour, coming to the Show Me Center March 25...

Cape Girardeau city officials tonight will study a five-year capital improvements plan that was scaled back to reflect reduced revenue. The special city council study session will begin at 5 p.m. at City Hall. The city would spend nearly $22.6 million on capital projects over the next five years under the proposed plan...

The Southeast Missourian asked students at Charles C. Clippard Elementary School about their family's involvement with recycling. Domonique Smith: "We have a trash bag for aluminum cans that we use to collect them until we have a large amount. I bring them to school when we have a can drive. We also collect plastic bags and newspapers."...

The National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States will be in Cape Girardeau this week to meet with area veterans and their families. Commander Robert "Bob" E. Wallace of Milton, N.J., is scheduled to arrive at the Clippard-Wilson-Taylor VFW Post 3838 Home, 1049 N. Kingshighway, at 6:10 p.m., Thursday...

Research institutions in the United States, including those located on uni~versity cam~puses, face a number of provocative questions. Among them is this fundamental concern: How do we feed citizens of the world in years to come? While not possessing all the answers, the University of Missouri's agricultural researchers are showing themselves to be on the cutting edge of these discoveries. ...

The blunt fact is that George Bush is not well ~liked by lots of Americans. Most Democrats dislike him. That's forgivable in political terms. But the president also puts off perhaps large numbers of the independents and, at least for now, one-third of his own Republicans. That's unforgivable in political terms...

The 22nd annual Cape Girardeau Republican Lincoln Day Banquet will be held Saturday at the A.C. Brase Arena Building. Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. event are available by contacting Carolyn King at 334-6492. Lincoln Day Chairperson Venieda Reynolds said U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, will be on hand for the event...

DOHOGNEDaughter to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Dohogne of St. Peters, St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, 12:02 p.m. Monday, March 2, 1992. Name, Hannah Christine. Weight, 9 pounds 4 ounces. Fourth child, second daughter. Mrs. Dohogne is the former Lisa Markway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Markway of Wardsville. Dohogne is an engineer at McDonnell Douglas, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Dohogne of Cape Girardeau...

Elmer F. Hagedorn, 79, of 2428 Melrose in Cape Girardeau died Saturday, March 7, 1992, at his home. He was born July 27, 1912, in St. Louis, the son of Frank and Mary Hagedorn. On Nov. 29, 1934, he married Teresa Martin, who survives of Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY -- Leon Albert Scherer, 68, of rural Scott City died Saturday, March 7, 1992, at his home. He was born April 23, 1923, at Kelso, the son of Charles Adam and Irene Rose Enderle Scherer. On May 26, 1948, he married Emma Rita Compass, who survives of the home...

MARBLE HILL -- Irene Martin, 77, of Marble Hill died Saturday, March 7, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 19, 1914, at Marble Hill, the daughter of Jasper and Rozetta Nations Stratton. She married James Seabaugh, and later married Paul Martin. She was a member of the Locust Grove General Baptist Church at Marble Hill...

MARBLE HILL -- Lou Williams, 93, of Marble Hill died Sunday, March 8, 1992, at the Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. She was born Nov. 10, 1898, at Bessville, the daughter of Charles and Sarah Ann Hale Barks. She married Julius Williams, who preceded her in death Oct. 14, 1953...

BLODGETT -- Willis F. "Casey" Reynolds, 84, formerly of Blodgett, died Sunday, March 8, 1992, at the Johnson County Nursing Center in Olathe, Kan. He was born Aug. 23, 1907, in Blodgett, the son of the late Rowlett and Amanda Susan Weaver Perkins Reynolds. He was reared by his step-mother, Lillie May Rucker Reynolds, who also preceded him in death...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Arvin "Jack" Sterling, 79, of East Prairie died Sunday, March 8, 1992, at the Bertrand Retirement Home. He was born April 12, 1912, in Camden, Tenn., the son of Thomas Matthew and Leona Smith Sterling. On Oct. 1, 1932, he married Katie Stone, who preceded him in death Dec. 18, 1982...

JACKSON -- Lottie J. Bollinger of Jackson died Sunday, March 8, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was 83. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

Eileen Nanna of Valley Park, Mo., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, March 7, 1992, at the Cedar Cross Nursing Center in Valley Park. She was 85. She was born Aug. 24, 1906, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Charles P. Boss and Nora E. Heise Boss...

PERRYVILLE -- Bertha E. Shrum, 91, of Perryville died Sunday, March 8, 1992, at the American Care Center in Perryville. She was born April 5, 1900, in Bollinger County, the daughter of Louis and Rosetta Barks Lix. On Sept. 19, 1918, she married Ralph Shrum, who preceded her in death July 15, 1990...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Cynthia Roe, 74, of Madison, Ill. and formerly of Dongola died Saturday, March 7, 1992, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Granite City. She was born Jan. 17, 1918, at Elco, the daughter of Ernest and Cora Smith Provo. Survivors include four sons, Carl Kesler of Wood River, Everett Roe of Collinsville, Perry Roe of Rockford, and Larry Roe of Chicago; a daughter, Loretta Roe of Dongola; two sisters, Vivian Benton of Loves Park and Hazel Lingle of Mt. ...