Stories from Wednesday, November 11, 1992

Today the nation honors its veterans with parades, flags, and ceremonies. All too often, we have a tendency to view Veterans Day as just another government-declared holiday. But that's wrong; our nation's veterans deserve our respect and appreciation year-round, not just on a holiday. Veterans, both living and dead, are the reason we live free today...

In an important sense, nationwide, last week's presidential election results can be said to confirm that our political system works. How can a Republican who voted for George Bush arrive at such a conclusion? Easy. George Bush's presidency failed. Just as there is a price for failure in the business world bankruptcy so there should be a price for failure in the political world...

Five students have been awarded the Luther Hahs Speech Pathology Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 1992-93 academic year. They are Elizabeth Pease and Pattie Collins, both of Cape Girardeau; Kristi Black of Scott City, Robin Riley of Benton, and Elizabeth Keith of Piedmont...

SCOTT CITY - Scott City Junior High students are being taught to "Just Say No" by participating in Project STAR for the fifth consecutive year. Project STAR, Students Taught Awareness and Resistance, is a student-teacher cooperative effort to reduce drug and alcohol abuse among young people and to promote effective communication between students and their parents about the use and abuse of drugs...

JACKSON -- Tax bills for 1992 are being mailed and Cape Girardeau County Collector Harold Kuehle urged taxpayers to take note of bills they receive. Taxpayers who receive tax bills are encouraged by Kuehle to open the bills promptly to make sure all information is correct. In particular, Kuehle advised taxpayers to take a close look at personal property tax bills to make sure vehicles and other items listed are correct...

The U.S. is in the middle of a slow recovery says Phillip E. Peters. "Economists are looking at a new White House administration, but many feel that there would be little change in the economy over the next four years, regardless of who was president," said Peters, who is executive vice president and chief investment officer for Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc...

One of the largest Veterans Day parades in Illinois, consisting of about 200 units, will be held at Anna this afternoon. Parades, avenues of flags, and other programs are scheduled throughout the area as the nation honors its war dead and living veterans on Veterans Day, formerly Armistice Day...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Waterfowl experts are quick to agree that Canada geese have an uncanny knack for knowing the difference between friend and foe. "Goose hunters may find out just how smart geese are early-on in the 1992 season," said Chesley Willis, who has been a part of the goose-hunting scene for several years...

John L. Edwards hopes the city can succeed where he hasn't and force the owner of a lot at 431 N. Middle to clear debris from the site. Edwards lives adjacent to the lot, where appliances and other trash have been dumped. He's complained to city officials about the mess, but the city has had difficulty tracking down the property's owner, who lives in St. Louis...

It's not a sight you'll see everyday: Cape Girardeau police officers drinking on the job. Under the supervision of Sgt. Randy Roddy, Patrolmen Kelly Kenser, Brian Ritter, Ike Hammonds and Ron Webb performed a series of field sobriety tests on fellow officers Tuesday afternoon. As part of an intense, three-week training course, the new officers were learning to recognize signals indicative of excessive intoxication...

J. Michael Ponder, attorney with Oliver, Oliver and Waltz law firm in Cape Girardeau, will be guest speaker at the November meeting of the Legal Secretaries Association. The Thursday meeting will be held at Shoney's starting at 5:30 p.m. with a dinner and business meeting. Plans for the annual Christmas party will be discussed...

FLETCHER CHASTEEN Occupation: Retired superintendent of schools. Pet Peeve: "Brown-nosing." The best part of my job is: "Not being confined to an office." What do you do in your spare time? "Converse with friends." The book I'd recommend is: "Schools Without Failure."...

If women's health issues take a forefront in research, treatment and prevention, the result will be a healthier nation, said Dr. Agnes Donahue. The goal of health services is to treat men, women and children, but Donahue said women's health issues should be a top priority...

The Cape Girardeau Division of Family Services will begin taking applications for its Energy Assistance program Monday. Families that have had their heat shut off or have received a disconnection notice may contact the Cape Girardeau County Office for emergency assistance. These crisis situations will receive priority assistance, and attempts will be made to resume service as quickly as possible...

A Southeast instructor of industrial technology has been awarded a $3,995 software grant from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers' (SME) Manufacturing Engineering Education Foundation. Ted Loso, instructor of industrial technology in Southeast's College of Science and Technology, is the recipient of the award...

SIKESTON - The Scott County Central R-V School District in Sikeston will conduct free pre-school screening Nov. 16, 17 and 19 from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the elementary school. Screenings of children ages 1-4 will include checking height, weight, eyes, ears, a diagnostic nutritional overview and a dental exam. A speech therapist and social worker will also be on hand for additional testing. Exams are expected to take 30-40 minutes...

JACKSON -- Graveside service for Leona V. Kieninger of Jackson will be held today at Russell Heights Cemetery, with the Rev. Walter Fehrman officiating. McCombs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. There is no visitation. Kieninger, 77, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1992, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau...

BERTRAND -- Funeral service for James Stone of Tilden, Ill., formerly of Bertrand, will be held at 2 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Chapel in Charleston. The Rev. Bill Meeks will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery near Charleston. Friends may call at the funeral home after 9 a.m. today...

Funeral service for William Harmon, 7 North Park, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Fairview General Baptist Church near Arbor. The Rev. Lester Dale will officiate, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance from 4-8 p.m. today, and at the church from 9 a.m. to service time...

ORAN -- Bessie M. Shegley, 98, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1992, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born June 26, 1894, in Russiaville, Ind., daughter of Abraham Joseph and Louisia Hodson Biesecker. She and Walter George Shegley were married Oct. 27, 1913. He died Aug. 3, 1976...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Education heard reports Tuesday from two students who attended last summer's Missouri Scholars Academy. The board also accepted a bid to re-carpet classrooms at West Lane Elementary School and heard a report on "excellent" district attendance figures...

If you work for one of Cape Girardeau's leading "crime families," don't be surprised if your boss or supervisor is arrested on Thursday. And plan to help your office post bail. To crack down on the spread of cancer and to fund further research, the American Cancer Society will be "arresting" business leaders around the Cape Girardeau and Jackson areas for its annual Jail & Bail phone-a-thon event Thursday...

Bertice Berry, voted Campus Entertainer of the Year this year, flies so often she frequently upgrades her ticket to first class. For some reason, she says, stewardesses think this African American woman in dreadlocks is in the wrong seat. In one case, Berry said, "Girlfriend was so upset she tried to give me every peanut on that plane."...

A Cape Girardeau man, who underwent a bone marrow transplant last month in his battle against cancer, continues to improve in a St. Louis hospital, his twin brother said Monday. Ron "Ike" Carlton of Cape Girardeau said his brother Mike, a Cape Girardeau firefighter could be released from St. Louis University Medical Center by week's end...

A retired Chaffee woman recently uncovered $10,000 in the Missouri Lottery's "Instant Monopoly" scratcher game. Florence Diebold, 64, said every afternoon she goes to Heisserer's Express Mart on Main Street for coffee. Last Wednesday, something told her to buy some lottery tickets...

Barry Bernhardt, director of activity bands at Southeast Missouri State University, will direct the half time show at this year's Sugar Bowl game on New Year's Day at the Super Dome in New Orleans. Bernhardt will direct a massed band of more than 1,500 members, including the university bands of the schools competing in the Sugar Bowl and more than 10 high school bands...

Dr. Jesse R. Ramsey will discuss "Managed Health Care" on Thursday's "Ask the Doctor" show on Channel 13 of Cape Girardeau and Jackson's cable TV system. The program begins at 8 p.m. and is co-hosted by St. Francis Medical Center, Southeast Missouri Hospital, and the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society...

SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City High School will host a chili supper and basketball scrimmage on Thursday, Nov. 19. Serving will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased from Scott City basketball players, from the high school office, or at the door...

Now that the unpresidential campaign of 1992 is behind us, perhaps "too little too late" will "trickle down" along with the purveyors of these overworked expressions. "Lesser of three evils" and "least of two evils" should vanish for a second reason: both are grammatically incorrect. The adjective is little, littler (or less), littlest (or least)...

Becoming a teacher was a "dream come true" for Sue Mills. "I can remember playing school at a very young age with a room full of imaginary children," Mills said. "I have found that a room full of real children is a lot more challenging and rewarding."...