Stories from Friday, April 24, 1992

EAST PRAIRIE -- Maggie Lee Brooks, 75, of East Prairie, died Thursday, April 23, 1992 at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born April 29, 1916 in Greenfield, Tenn., daughter of Obie and Lilly Marcus Chillcutt. She moved to Mississippi County in 1960...

It seems appropriate that Friends of the Park Day should so closely follow Earth Day. It allows us to bring the global consciousness for preserving our Earth down to our own part of the planet by sprucing up our parks this Saturday. Hundreds of volunteers will give of their time Saturday morning. ...

Southeast Missouri State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble will present the 11th annual "Olde-Tyme Band Concert" at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the University Center Ballroom. A variety of musical selections from various eras and cultures will be performed in a band-in-the-park concert style. Featured soloists will include Southeast faculty member Marc Fulgham on trumpet and student Robert Gifford on saxophone...

Jennifer Bell and Kelly J. Schwab have been named Students of the Month by the Cape Girardeau Elk's Lodge 639. Bell, 18, is a senior at Notre Dame High School, where she is co-editor of the newspaper and active in Student Council, Pep Club, cheerleading, liturgy council, SADD and the yearbook staff...

JACKSON -- A Children's Health Carnival, which mixes fun with learning, will be held May 3 at the St. Francis Information Center in Jackson. "Our goal is to make the afternoon so enjoyable that the kids won't even realize they're learning good health habits," said Kathy Casteel, community education instructor at the information center...

Students Taking Responsibility in Volunteer Excellence (STRIVE) will hold a "Have a Heart Drive" for three local agencies Saturday. From 10 a.m. to noon, STRIVE volunteers and a youth group from Centenary United Methodist Church will seek donations door to door in Cape Girardeau...

Judi Brey, a Cape Girardeau artist, won the first-place "Award of Excellence" in the watercolor division of the Missouri Spring Festival of Art in St. Louis recently. Brey displayed watercolor paintings at the Greensfelder Center in Queeny Park, site of the fine arts and crafts show sponsored by the Greater St. Louis Art Association...

MARBLE HILL -- Mitchell S. Nanney of Marble Hill has received a President's Scholarship and a Missouri Leadership Award to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1992-1993 academic year. The President's Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who rank in the upper 15 percent of their high school class and score 23 on the ACT or who rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class and score 24 on the ACT or who graduate as their class valedictorian or salutatorian...

A free wildflower workshop will be conducted May 2 at the Trail of Tears State Park Visitors Center. The workshop, which will include classroom and field instruction by Dana Fritsche, will begin at 9 a.m., and participants are asked to bring a "sack lunch."...

JACKSON -- The Southeast Missouri Quail Unlimited and Bird Dog Association will hold a two-day bird dog trial this weekend. The event will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Meier Hunting Club grounds, located off Highway 34 west of Jackson. The nationally-sanctioned meet starts at 7:30 a.m. both days...

There is an old saying that retains its popularity among defense attorneys and spouse-cheaters. Various politicians utilize it as well, though maybe not word for word. The saying is this: "Deny, deny, deny ... even if they have pictures." There is nothing so final and unforgiving as a guilty plea. The only recourse from such a plea is forgiveness, and that's never a sure bet these days...

Missourians have only three months to choose the two nominees for the most important office in their state, and at this point in the process there is little to indicate voters have been given much reason to do more than close their eyes and blindly choose a candidate. ...

McCLURE, Ill. Angela M. Baugher of McClure has been awarded a President's Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1992-1993 academic year. The scholarship is worth $1,000 per academic year and is renewable for four years if a 3.5 grade point average is maintained...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William I. Thompson Jr. of Creve Coeur, St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, 8:34 a.m. Saturday, April 11, 1992. Name, Whittney Nichole. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Mrs. Thompson is the former Ruth Gardner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Swafford of Enfield, Ill. She is a social worker with Union Electric in St. Louis. Thompson is a regional manager with McDonald's in St. Louis, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William I. Thompson Sr. of Cape Girardeau...

Marilyn L. Nelson, 57, of 739 Rear Giboney in Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 23, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb. 20, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Edward A. and Gladys V. Lloyd Nelson. She formerly worked as a dietitian's aid in the kitchen at Southeast Missouri Hospital, and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...

Blondell S. Eaker, 80, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, April 17, 1992, at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Tulsa, Okla. She was born July 30, 1911, at Jackson, daughter of William and Minnie Sanders Schaefer. She married Henry "Peck" Eaker April 20, 1929, at Benton...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Frances M. Lloyd of East Prairie will be held at 10 a.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. George White will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Lloyd, 72, died Wednesday, April 22, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

CHARLESTON -- Ozark Dixon, 94, of Charleston, died Tuesday, April 21, 1992, at Bertrand Nursing Center. He was born March 10, 1898, at Bellmont, son of Will and Callie Lewis Dixon. Dixon was a retired farmer, and member of Opportunity Church of God In Christ...

GLEN ALLEN -- Clarence Lindley, 61, of Glen Allen, died Wednesday, April 22, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 20, 1930, at Kennett, son of Jess W. and Grace Walker Lindley. He and Bonnie Colburn were married Sept. 2, 1950...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Ralph Smith of Charlestonwas held Thursday at First Baptist Church. The Rev. Gerald Collier officiated, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. McMikle Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Smith, 56, died Tuesday, April 21, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

SIKESTON -- Irene Frances Kern, 78, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, April 22, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born May 12, 1913, at Fornfelt, daughter of Matt and Annie Rose Sweitzer Jungers. She and Alfred Paul Kern were married July 12, 1937, at Fornfelt. He died Jan. 10, 1968...

MARBLE HILL -- Harvey T. Howard, 71, of Marble Hill, died Thursday, April 23, 1992, at his home. He was born April 29, 1920, at Hurricane Fork, son of George and Rosie Kirkpatrick Howard. He first married Odell Flowers. He and Viola Long were married Feb. 4, 1962. She died Aug. 12, 1982...

Funeral service for Denzel R. Statler of St. Charles was held Saturday at Baue Funeral Home there. The Rev. Rick Holcombe officiated, with burial in St. Charles Memorial Gardens. Statler, 76, died Thursday, April 16, 1992, at his home. He was born Nov. 26, 1915, near Friedheim, son of Clyde A. and Bertha Middleton Statler. He married Jewell Marie Bryson Hoops, who died Dec. 19, 1985...

He was born Oct. 21, 1892, at Frohna, the son of Julius Paul and Mathilde Schmidt Fuehler. On Oct. 24, 1920, he married Clara Sophia Hollmann, who preceded him in death Sept. 5, 1989. He farmed at Raddles, Ill. and Oak Ridge before his retirement in 1959. He then moved to Jackson, until he moved to Wittenberg in 1977. In 1982, he became a resident of The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau...

JACKSON - Vincent "Vinc" LeGrand, 70, of Jackson Route 1, died Thursday, April 23, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. LeGrand was born near Benton Jan. 18, 1922, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence LeGrand. He married the former Wilma "Jean" Kesterson Oct. 18, 1958, in Cape Girardeau...

Seth Andrew Breitenstein, 3, 1828 Big Bend Road, died Wednesday, April 22, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital from injuries received when he was hit by a car a short time earlier. He was born May 11, 1988, in Cape Girardeau, son of Paul and Kathy Brant Breitenstein...

Pollsters and political advisers have told U.S. Sen. Christopher Bond that the last things he needs to talk about during his campaign for re-election is reducing the deficit. You can't talk about reducing the deficit without proposing cuts that make most voters tense...

Two months after bids were opened on a long-delayed project to renovate the terminal building at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport, the construction contract still hasn't been approved. In February the city council approved a bid of $880,000 from Sides Construction Co. for the contract...

Dennis Robke has learned how to handle rejection, one letter at a time. After sending out more than 80 resumes, the college senior who will graduate in two weeks has had corporation after corporation tell him they won't be the one to hire him. "They all say they've reviewed my qualifications but don't have a position for me," said Robke, a finance major...

Enrollment in Cape Girardeau Central High School's summer driver education program could increase due to elimination of the school-year driver education program Early enrollment for the summer program is under way now. The school-year program was among budget cuts approved by the Board of Education last month. Elimination of the program is scheduled to save $60,000...

One of the busiest spots in Cape Girardeau this week is the city's solid-waste transfer station near Lone Star Cement on South Sprigg. City-owned solid-waste trucks, dump trucks and other vehicles have been lined up three to four at a time, waiting to unload tons of solid waste collected during the weeklong Spring Cleanup program...

Four Southeast Missouri State University regents say athletics is not "a sacred cow," but they oppose making any budget cuts that would jeopardize the university's standing as a NCAA Division I school. The Board of Regents last week said it would not approve a $250,000 cut in the athletic budget recommended by a divided Budget Review Committee. The university administration had opposed the proposed cut...

The new Regional Mail Processing Center will hold an open house Sunday. "We'll be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.," said Larry Shafer, an account representative with the U.S. Postal Service. The new facility, situated at Cape West Business Park, processes all mail from four zip code areas...

More than 350 participants, ranging in age from eight to 80, are expected for the Region 9 Special Olympics to be held at Abe Stuber Track and Field Complex on Southeast Missouri State University campus Saturday. "The annual event, hosted by the university, is for developmentally-delayed individuals," said Mary Richards, who is coordinator for the Saturday event, which gets under way at 9 a.m...

Ryan Kasten of Jackson will present a program of pipe organ music Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau. The program is open to the public and represents the culmination of about seven months of preparation. Kasten will play works by J.S. ...