Stories from Wednesday, April 29, 1992

Federal clean air regulations have created artificially imposed choices, which pits community against community. No matter the choice, the state of Missouri will be the loser. Associated Electric must decide whether to continue using high-sulfur Missouri coal, which would require the installation of expensive scrubbers; or to buy cheaper, cleaner-burning Wyoming coal...

As journalists, we often stand impassively on the sidelines, observing the ever-unfolding drama of life. But sometimes that drama comes too close to home to remain silent. As the father of a 3-month-old, bright-eyed baby girl, I am upset over the Cape Girardeau Board of Education's decision to reduce staffing for the Parents as Teachers program...

Excavated from a storage space, the magazine gave off a musty smell of something long neglected. The subject of its cover story emitted the same scent. Called "The Neoliberal Club," the article appeared in Esquire in February 1982, a full year into the Reagan revolution but long before the New York-based press knew what was hitting them...

The College of Liberal Arts at Southeast Missouri State University will present the seventh Lorberg Lecture Wednesday. Gary Kremer, former state archivist of Missouri, will present a speech on "James Milton Turner and the Civil Rights Tradition in Missouri" at 7:30 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom...

The Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club will host a luncheon discussion with Republican primary candidates for secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general and lieutenant governor Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn. The meeting is open to the public...

Among the many predictions of doomsayers is that America will be the death of English. On the contrary, writes William Lutz, noted authority on doublespeak, America has succeeded in spreading our language throughout the whole world. It isn't what we are doing to the language, Lutz writes in his seriocomic book "Doublespeak," it's what we are doing with it. ...

A statewide task force is looking at ranking Missouri's public colleges and universities on the basis of admission standards and how well they retain and graduate students. The Task Force on Critical Choices for Higher Education is considering recommending that institutions be defined as: highly selective, selective, moderately selective, or having open enrollment...

JEFFERSON CITY - Area legislators are strongly behind a bill that received first round approval in the Missouri House this week requiring the Kansas City School District to impose taxes to pay its share of court-ordered desegregation costs. Although the bill is likely to win final approval by a wide margin later this week, its future in the Senate is uncertain because a single senator can filibuster to prevent a vote. ...

Proposals for a Cape Girardeau Convention Center and plans for a new recreational sports complex were presented to the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board Tuesday. Dan Overbey of Drury Development, outlined the need and plans for a new 34,800 square foot center to be located near Interstate 55 and Route K...

In a special meeting Tuesday, the city's Parks and Recreation Advisory Board recommended a number of fee increases aimed at making city recreation programs operate nearly "in the black." The City Council will consider the latest fee increases, along with earlier recommended fee hikes for the city's swimming pools and municipal golf course, when it approves the new budget in June...

Plans for Riverfest '92, Cape Girardeau's annual celebration of its river heritage, include two encores from last year. Riverfest '92 will be held June 12 and 13 in downtown Cape Girardeau with the theme, "Rollin' on the River." The Spirit of St. Charles riverboat again will cruise to the Cape Girardeau riverfront to offer excursions throughout the weekend, said Evelyn LeGrand, general chairman of this year's Riverfest...

The Holocaust continues to impact the lives of Jews today and still plays a part in understanding Jewish culture, a St. Louis rabbi said Tuesday. In a lecture on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University as part of a nationwide observance of the Holocaust, "Days of Remembrance," Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen said Jews still struggle to comprehend the tragedy...

PAT ANDREWS Occupation: Business education teacher, Scott City High School. Pet Peeve: "Negative comments about education." What do you do in your spare time: "I like to read, crochet and go to my boys' athletic events." The best part of my job is: "The students, by far."...

POPLAR BLUFF -- A Poplar Bluff man was killed Tuesday and his two children seriously hurt after he failed to yield and struck another truck. Police identified the victim as Larry Hager, 52. His children, Mark Hager, 8, and Melissa Hager received serious injuries. Mark was in critical condition late Tuesday at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, after being transferred there from Doctor's Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff...

Miss Riverfest 1991 is preparing to give up her crown as entries are being accepted for the fifth annual Miss Riverfest competition. The pageant will take place June 12 in conjunction with Cape Girardeau's annual Riverfest celebration. Riverfest '92 will be held June 12 and 13 in downtown Cape Girardeau...

Marie Rosalia Angermund, 91, of 2001 N. Kingshighway died Tuesday, April 28, 1991 at 6:45 a.m. at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 27, 1901 in New Hamburg to Peter and Catherine Messner Kielhofner. She married Frank Joseph Angermund. He preceded her in death Dec. 30, 1950...

CAIRO, Ill. -- George T. Hawes, 94, of Cairo, died Tuesday, April 28, 1992, at the VA Medical Center in Marion. Hawes was a retired sexton of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, and oldest member of Cairo VFW Post 2649. He was a veteran of World War I...

On Tuesday morning it was warmer in Anchorage, Alaska, than it was in Cape Girardeau. The overnight low at Anchorage was 37 degrees. It was 35 at Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport, tying the record low here for April 28, set in 1988. On Monday a low of 30 degrees at the airport missed tying the record low here for April 27 by just 1 degree...

ADVANCE -- Harold "Buck" Stoffregen, 57, Advance Route 1, died Monday, April 27, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Feb. 16, 1935, in Advance, son of Edward and Nettie Gunn Stoffregen. He and Mary Ann Gramlisch were married Feb. 28, 1953...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Earl Douglas Singleton of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, not Trinity Baptist Church. The Rev. Tom Geers will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery here. Singleton, 55, died Monday, April 27, 1992, at his home...

Dorothy Mae Hurley, 88, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, April 28, 1992, at Cape LaCroix. She was born Feb. 25, 1904, at Morley, daughter of Albert M. and Florence Atherton Adams. She married John Hurley, who died in 1977. Survivors include two brothers, James M. Hurley of Cape Girardeau, Bill Hurley of Portland, Ore.; three sisters, Camille Wilson of Pineland, Fla., Bernice Adams of Cape Girardeau, and Mary Foster of Lompoc, Calif...

Funeral service for Franklin Holladay, formerly of Cape Girardeau, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Neil Stein will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

What is it that motivates Carol Bumgardaner? "Teaching motivates me," she said, "and my job includes motivating my students." Bumgardaner teaches kindergarten through 12th-grade physical education and health education at Chaffee R-2 schools. "Feeling of personal worth and a desire to learn has to be instilled in each student," she said...

The public is invited to a tree planting ceremony today to coincide with National Victim Rights Week, which began Sunday and continues to Saturday. The ceremony will be held at noon at Shelter No. 3 in Cherokee Park off Perryville Road, reported the Cape Girardeau County Mothers Against Drunk Driving Community Action Team...

James N. Giglio, Southwest Missouri State University professor of history and author of "The Presidency of John F. Kennedy" will address members of the sixth Southeast Missouri Historical Conference Friday. Giglio will present "JFK: The Personality, the Presidency and the Film" at 7:30 p.m. in the University Center Riverboat Room at Southeast Missouri State University...

The calm of an April Sunday morning was shattered 129 years ago, on April 26, 1863, when a Civil War battle began in Cape Girardeau at 10 a.m. Although accounts of the battle have been given many times, no bicentennial record would be complete without its inclusion...

Director of Agriculture Tim Kelley will be in Southeast Missouri next week. Kelley, who was appointed Missouri Department of Agriculture director in August, will conduct several meetings with farmers and agricultural leaders in the area May 4-6, including appearances in Cape Girardeau Monday and Tuesday...