Stories from Sunday, August 16, 1992

If a clear message emerges from last week's tragedy on Henderson Street, it is this: ~Illegal drugs are here in Cape Girardeau, and they bring with them a potent danger. While this message should have long been understood in our community, it was given an enhanced significance and, sadly, a human dimension by three ghastly killings. ...

In the Bosnian nightmare, it is President George Bush and Prime Minister John Major vs. Bill Clinton and Margaret Thatcher. Bush and Major want to do the absolute minimum. At best (and worst) this will preserve a status quo that has the Serbs occupying two-thirds of Bosnia. ...

A Little Goes a Long Way A little disrespect is not a bad thing. Skepticism is essential to chasten what Walt Whitman called "the never-ending audacity of elected persons." But, carried too far, ridicule of the people we choose to govern us may undermine self-government itself...

The Southeast Missourian recently wrapped up its coverage of one election and is looking ahead to the next. While the ballots change, it bears noting that this newspaper's commitment to covering elections does not: the Southeast Missourian makes every effort in its news columns to regard every election issue in a fair, accurate and complete manner. This pledge is long-standing and will not change...

Local veterinarians say a mild winter and ideal growing conditions this summer all add up to a bumper crop of fleas that are making life miserable for pets and humans. Some say the flea infestation may be the worst in more than five years. "For this early in the year, this is the worst flea infestation I've ever seen," said Dr. ...

A Cape Girardeau citizens group wanting to change the city's system of government will hold a petition drive today. The petition-signing effort by the Citizens Action Group for Responsive Government will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in front of DuShell's Furniture, 2103 William...

The economy and not abortion will be the key issue in this presidential election campaign, say four area delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention. The four-day convention at the Houston Astrodome gets under way Monday. Abortion was a topic of debate at the Republican Party's platform hearings last week and pro-choice Republicans have vowed to bring the issue up for floor debate. The party's platform calls for a constitutional amendment to ban abortion...

Elena Novikova may think of herself as a stranger in a strange land. But she's no stranger to tennis. The 16-year-old Russian tennis player from Moscow will start school this fall at Southeast Missouri State University. School officials say she's the first Russian to attend Southeast...

About 45 volunteers hit the streets of southeast Cape Girardeau Saturday to pick up litter. The cleanup activity was part of the Community Investment in Cape Girardeau beautification project, spearheaded by City Councilmen Melvin Gateley and Doug Richards...

The dream of publishing the great American novel came to Cape Girardeau Saturday. Both published writers and those wishing for their break gathered Saturday at the third annual Heartland Writers Conference at Holiday Inn. Workshop topics ranged from writing for the children's market to submitting manuscripts to plotting novels. Small groups of writers also met with agents and editors to get feedback on their writing projects...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Danny Kern, Benton Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:28 a.m. Friday, Aug. 7, 1992. Name, Brandi Lynne Alexandra. Weight, 7 pounds 5 ounces. Sixth child, fourth daughter. Mrs. Kern is the former Debbie Holzum, daughter of Theresa Holzum of Cape Girardeau and the late Fred Holzum. She is assistant deli manager at Shop 'N Save. Kern is postmaster at Anniston Post Office, and is the son of Elmer F. and Marie Kern, Benton Route 1...

SIKESTON -- Southeast Missouri State University will administer the English Placement Examination Thursday at the Sikeston Area Vocational School. Those who plans to enroll in EN100, English Composition which is being offered at Sikeston during the 1992 fall semester must first take the examination, university officials said...

Southeast Missouri State University will host a delegation of the Ministry of Education of the new independent Republic of Belarus, formerly part of the Soviet Union, for 10 days, beginning Tuesday. The four-person delegation is traveling to Cape Girardeau at the invitation of Southeast President Kala Stroup to learn about the American system of higher education, said Martin Jones, dean of the College of Liberal Arts...

State Rep. Mary Kasten will serve as campaign chairman for Peter Kinder in his run for Southeast Missouri's 27th State Senate seat. "I'm proud to have Mary Kasten leading our team," said Kinder. "Rep. Kasten has offered innovative, cost-effective solutions to social service programs as founder of the Community Caring Council. By coordinating state, private and public agency resources, she has created a model for the state of Missouri and the nation."...

Etta Nelle Hart 78, of 315 N. Frederick, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992 at her home. She was born July 13, 1914 in Marion County, W.V., the daughter of William Price Bridge and Emma K. Yates Bridge. She was married to John T.M. Hart on March 23, 1940 in Bremerton, Wash. He preceded her in death May 1, 1990...

MARBLE HILL -- Nora Long, 80, of Marble Hill, died Friday at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance is in charge of arrangements.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Altie L. Barker, 80, of Jackson, formerly of East Prairie, died Friday, Aug. 14, 1992, at Jackson Manor. She was born Jan. 29, 1912, in Ripley County, Tenn., daughter of Kenneth Oscar and Lula Miller Bentley. She married Junnie Barker in 1934, who died March 7, 1973...

DEXTER -- Earl Leon Kent, 61, of Dexter died Friday, Aug. 14, 1992, at Doctors Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born Sept. 5, 1930 in Cape Girardeau, the son of Pearl Cornelius and Manna Pauline Wendeknecht Kent. He had resided in Dexter for 29 years, having moved from Cape Girardeau. He was a member of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church of Dexter...

Bob G. Jones, 61, of 2613 Gardenia, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements were pending Saturday at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn chapel.

Florian James Armstrong, 94, of 835 Silver Springs Road, died Friday, Aug. 15, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Armstrong, who moved to Cape Girardeau in 1925 from Marquand, was a former member of the Southeast Missouri District Fair board and instigated the purchase of the land for Arena Park...

SIKESTON -- Virginia Maxine Holifield, 72, of Sikeston died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992 at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Jan. 27, 1920 in Sikeston, daughter of the late Tom Ryan and Ida Williams of Sikeston. She married Glen Holifield on Feb. 10, 1940 in Sikeston. He preceded her in death Oct. 17, 1970...

MARBLE HILL -- Nora Mae Long, 80, of Marble Hill died Friday, Aug. 14, 1992 at Poplar Bluff. She was born April 27, 1912 in Zalma, the daughter of Hiram Shirrell and Francis Talley. She was a housewife. She is survived by one son, Ray Long, Cape Girardeau; three daughters, Sylvia Collins and Kathy Hale, both of Marble Hill, Shelby Schulte, Puxico; one brother, James Shirrell, Poplar Bluff; two sisters, Ethel Rose, Royal Oaks, Mich., Lillian Menzel, Jackson; 21 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.. ...

Bentley "Bud" Ramsey, well-known Cape Girardeau businessman, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Feb. 10, 1917 in Hindsboro, Ill., the son of Granville and Sommers Ramsey Ramsey. He married Wanda Wheeler on July 3, 1943 in St. Charles. She survives...

MARBLE HILL -- James A. Toombs, 54, of Marble Hill, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992, at his home. He was born on Dec. 10, 1937 at Qulin, son of James and Evia King Toombs. He was married on April 24, 1964 to Ruby Wilfong. She survives. He worked in the timber industry...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- James Thomas, 83, of Mounds, Ill. died Aug. 13, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 6, 1909 in Mable, Miss., son of Berry and Lucy Jackson Thomas. On Nov. 1, 1945, he enlisted in the United States Army. On Oct. 31, 1948, he was discharged with an honorable discharge. He was employed as a police officer for the city of Mounds, Ill...

Adolph A. Fee, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

GLEN ALLEN -- Virgle B. Linville, 88, of Glen Allen Route 1 died Thursday, Aug. 13, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Jan. 14, 1904, the daughter of William L. Twidwell and Rosa B. Ward Twidwell. She married Horace C. Linville on Feb. 17, 1923. He preceded her in death Aug. 27, 1981...

Gladys Irene Hagen of 2800 Pioneer died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992 at her home. She was 79. Hagen was born Oct. 19, 1912 in Leslie to Isiah and Mollie Richardson Owens. She married Carl Hagen June 22, 1935, in St. Louis. He survives. She was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church in St. Louis, where she lived most of her life and worked for Famous Barr as a stockroom ticket maker. Hagen moved to Cape Girardeau in July 1990...

SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Susie Linebarger, 85, formerly of Sedgewickville, died Thursday, Aug. 13, 1992, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 15, 1907, at Sedgewickville, daughter of Alex and Nora Fulbright Seabaugh. She married Ellis Linebarger March 24, 1934. He died Dec. 29, 1982...

Howard H. Flentge, 84, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., a former Cape Girardeau businessman, died Friday, Aug. 14, 1992, at Eglin Air Force Base Hospital there. He was born Nov. 25, 1907, in San Antonio, Texas, son of John J. and Hazel Perry Murphy. Flentge was a former president of Roth Tobacco Co., retired from the U.S. Navy, and in 1953 retired as owner/operator of the General Electric dealership in Cape Girardeau. He moved to Fort Walton Beach 23 years ago...

Aline O. Jedlicka, 59, of 1810 Northbridge, died at her home Friday, Aug. 15, 1992. She was born Dec. 2, 1932 in Chicago, the daughter of the late Ben Olishifski and Julia Krukowski Olishifski, who survives of Cape Girardeau. She married George Jedlicka Aug., 25, 1956 in Chicago. He survives...

Geri Rotherman-Serot has dedicated her campaign for the U.S. Senate to Harriett Woods, but she may be more liberal than Woods on many issues, said Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond. On election night, Rothman-Serot dedicated her campaign to Woods, who lost two races for the Senate. Six year ago, Woods lost to U.S. Sen. Bond, Rothman-Serot's opponent, in November...

A school-bus recall announced last month by Navistar International was expanded last week to include all 185,000 Navistar International school bus chassis manufactured after Sept. 1, 1978. The recall will affect school buses in Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Perryville, Ste. Genevieve, Cairo, Ill. and Marion, Ill...

The summer rains, for us, have been well spaced. Everything has stayed so fresh and green. Even the purple martins, at this writing, are still here. They usually start their southward journey the last week in July. It has been nice to sit in the latticed garden seat and watch the progress of the growing things within the small, brick-lined plot in front of it. ...

Tucked in a back room at the Purple Crackle nightclub are antique cars, duck decoys, statues of Elvis and leprechauns, a sewing machine and phonograph, all holding a fifth of liquor. Bud Pearce, owner of the Purple Crackle and also Pearce Realty in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., has an extensive collection of liquor bottles, totaling over 1,000...

Chateau Girardeau has begun work on a major expansion. Site preparation is under way for 34 cottages, which will be built to the east of the current facility. Paved streets and sidewalks will be installed, along with all utilities, street lights and sewers. The site construction will be completed this fall...

Lutheran Home will open a residential care section, providing the area's elderly a new living option, one mid-point between living on their own and the full care of a nursing home. The addition, which is adjacent to the current facility, includes 26 beds and a separate dining hall. It will open at the end of August...

Greg Smith has been appointed president of The First National Bank in Cape Girardeau. Smith, 39, was formerly executive vice president of The First National Bank in Sikeston. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1974 with a degree in finance and economics...

CenterMark Properties Inc. has hired Cape Girardeau native Karie Hall as its assistant center manager of marketing at West Park Mall. In her position with the mall, Hall will prepare marketing strategies for the center's activities and promotional events, assemble the annual marketing budget, and assist Center Manager Tony Stephens in all ongoing operations of the mall...

JACKSON -- The Craft Gallery-Country Store will reopen at 817 West Main in Jackson with a new name, Crafters Cottage. Fire damaged the former store and forced its closing on March 15. All merchandise remaining from the fire will be cleared out before new items are stocked. ...

Seven Seas Import Shop recently opened at 512 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. Gary Underwood, owner and operator, said the store offers unique products for local gift-seekers. "We carry curios, figurines, clothes, jewelry and antique reproductions," he said...

Herbert L. and Thelma L. Annis of Century 21 Ashland Realty were among 125 Century 21 brokers, owners and managers who attended a five-day Century 21 International Management Academy in Irvine, Calif. Richard McKenna, management consultant to Century 21 Real Estate Corp., described the seminar as "an educational academy designed to introduce new affiliated brokers and managers to the advanced marketing tools and services provided by the Century 21 system."...

DELTA -- Creative Wood Products and Custom Cabinets recently opened at Highway 25 and Earl Street in Delta. Jeff Diggs and his brother, Mike, opened the store after gaining extensive experience in the woodcarving business. "I worked in a cabinet shop for many years and before that, I worked for my father's business," Jeff Diggs said. "We made cabinets and remodeled trailers. You name it and we've done it."...

JACKSON -- Jackson resident Wilma Dooley, director of Mary Kay Cosmetics, returned from a week-long convention in Dallas where she was given a diamond bar pin for leading her unit to sales of more than $350,000 last year. She was also given keys to a new 1993 Pontiac, which will arrive in September. She and unit member Debbie Balsman were given pins for exceeding $32,000 in personal sales in the last year. Dooley was one of the teachers at the seminar...

CHAFFEE -- With the name Teegarden, you might expect Sue and her sons to run a quaint country store or bed and bath shop. But in Chaffee the name is synonymous with one thing drugs prescription drugs, to be exact. The Teegardens are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the opening of Tee's Prescription Shop. However, a lot has changed since Sue's late husband, H.C. Teegarden, opened the store...

DELTA -- Shirley Lands recently remodeled her two-car garage to accommodate a video store. Movieland Video opened on Route 244 in Delta last month. Lands estimated she now has 500 videos in stock, For seven years, she has wanted to open a video rental business but found the start-up too costly...

SIKESTON -- Federal Land Bank Association of Southeast Missouri elected Ted Streete of Caruthersville and Mike Nelson of Poplar Bluff to three-year terms on the board of directors. They were elected at annual sectional meetings at Kennett and Sikeston last week...