Stories from Thursday, February 11, 1993

KELSO -- Augusta Regina Dohogne, 82, of Kelso, died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1993, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. The body is at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home of Scott City. Arrangements will be announced later.

John C. Danforth is the kind of individual most Americans would like to send to Washington to represent them. Unfortunately, most voters are denied the opportunity of sending a Jack Danforth to Congress and must settle for something far less, which may help explain why the country is in such a blankety-blank mess today. ...

The eighth annual Show Me Sports Show will be presented Saturday and Sunday at the Show Me Center. The show attracts boat dealers, recreational dealers, resorts, fishing tackle manufacturers, taxidermists, scuba diving vendors and others. Also on hand will be the golf simulator...

Country music stars Alabama, Diamond Rio and Michelle Wright will appear in concert at the Show Me Center March 14. Headliners Alabama have sold some 45 million albums, and have had more than 30 number one hits. In 1989, they were named Artist of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music. They also have been named Vocal Group of the Year six times, and are nine-time winners of the American Music Awards' Favorite Country Group category...

Jazz harpist Harvi Griffin will perform at 3 p.m. Feb. 21 at Academic Auditorium. Griffin, a native of Detroit, has given more than 1,000 concerts throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. Griffin has taken a traditional instrument and has applied its haunting beauty to a variety of music. He often combines his rich singing voice with his harp presentation. Griffin is also an accomplished composer...

"Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination," the French poet and dramatist Voltaire wrote. If that's so, Southeast Missouri State University's music department faculty, assisted by other university faculty and officials, has fashioned a patchwork tapestry of "The Lighter Side of Amore."...

KELSO -- "Developmentally Appropriate Activities for Twos" is the topic of a Workshop on Wheels program to be held at Care A Lot Learning Center, Highway 61 North in Kelso Feb. 18. The program, which will discuss fun activities for 2-year-olds, is sponsored by the Human Environmental Studies Department, Southeast Missouri State University and the Area Licensed Providers Association...

JACKSON - Cape Girardeau County 1st District Associate Commissioner Larry Bock is seeking names of county residents interested in serving on an advisory committee that will help draft a five-year capital improvements plan for roads and bridges. Bock explained that the five-year plan would be updated annually and would enable the County Commission to establish priorities for long-range planning of the county's transportation system. ...

Southeast Missouri State University will honor former Missouri Sen. John Dennis tonight at the Show Me Center for his contributions to the region and the school. The recognition is richly deserved. John Dennis served the public for four decades first as Scott County sheriff for 24 years, and then as state senator for 16 years. He retired at the end of his 1992 term...

Son to Rev. and Mrs. David Conley, 1016 Shady Lane, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:01 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, 1993. Name, Adam David. Weight, 9 pounds 2 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Conley is the former Lisa Bearden, daughter of Ed and Twila Bearden of Santa Fe, N.M. She is program director at Grace United Methodist Church. Conley is pastor of Hobbs Chapel and Wesley United Methodist Churches, and is the son of Lucy Conley of Cape Girardeau...

BLODGETT -- Funeral service for Imogene E. Dodson of Blodgett will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church here. The Rev. Lee Fansler will officiate, with burial in Oakdale Cemetery at Commerce. Nunnelee Funeral Home at Sikeston is in charge of arrangements...

Mary Jane Wachter, 62, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1993, at the Lutheran Home. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, with the Rev. David Dissen officiating. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel 4-8 p.m. today...

DELTA -- Shane Hendrickson, 19 months, died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Russell and Gail Hendrickson of Delta. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home at Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.

ANNA, Ill. -- Margaret Wilson, 76, of Anna, died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1993, at Union County Hospital. She was born March 26, 1916, daughter of George and Flora Wright Herren. She and Elmer O. Wilson were married Aug. 16, 1947. He died Nov. 30, 1980. Wilson was a member of Anna Heights Baptist Church...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Betty Jean Robins of Kankakee, Ill., will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. William Marshall will officiate, with burial in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens at Morley. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today...

JACKSON -- Frona Switzer, 85, of Jackson, died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1993, at Cape LaCroix. She was born March 2, 1907, in Altamont, Ill., daughter of Frank and Mary Tunze Newburn. She married W. Louis Switzer, who died in 1970. Switzer retired from International Shoe Co. in 1969. She was a member of First Baptist Church...

Floyd York, 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 19, 1910, at Sikeston, son of Cleveland and Lilly Heatley York. He and Mary Wright were married Sept. 3, 1934, in Cape Girardeau. York was employed by Day Transfer Co. 14 years, owned and operated trucks several years and drove for Hines Hauling 15 years. He retired in 1973 and then drove the bus for Chaffee Senior Citizens seven years...

PATTON -- Funeral service for Doc Jewell Statler of Patton will be held at 2 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Eddie Long will officiate, with burial in Post Oak Cemetery near Patton. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to service time...

Cape Girardeau apparently will have a new site for the Greyhound Bus Co. station. At a meeting Wednesday, the city's Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the city council approve a special use permit to place the bus station at a convenience store at 305 N. Frederick St...

A legislative proposal to regulate church-run day-care centers may have little impact here because some of the facilities are already licensed or are approaching state standards, operators say. The Missouri House, on a voice vote Tuesday, gave first-round approval to a measure that would extend state licensing to church-run child-care centers...

More than 6,000 screaming fans stood for the duration of the 2-hour, 23-song Def Leppard concert at the Show Me Center Wednesday night. Kids of all ages danced through a montage of Def Leppard classics that spanned the band's 15-year career in a concert experience that far surpassed any descriptive nomenclature...

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan's staff is reviewing possible candidates for two vacant positions on the Southeast Missouri State University board of regents. Two weeks ago, Carnahan filled three positions on the University of Missouri board of curators, and last week filled two spots on the Southwest Missouri State University board of regents...

JACKSON - Much to the chagrin of Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep, county employees will be enjoying a mini-vacation this month. Several years ago, the county adopted a policy of following state guidelines for its holidays because court employees and some juvenile personnel are actually state employees. The commission was trying to avoid having some offices with employees scheduled to be off and some scheduled to work on certain holidays...

BERTRAND -- The Bertrand Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department will sponsor a chili dinner here Saturday. All proceeds from the dinner, from 11 a.m.-7 p.m., go toward training and equipment for the volunteer department, noted Fire Chief Allen Syre. Cost of the all-you-can-eat event, to be held at the Bertrand Fire Department, is $3 for adults and $1.50 for children, 6-12. Children 5-under can eat free...

Lisa M. Millburg of Cape Girardeau has been named to the dean's list in the college of Allied Health and Nursing at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Ky. The dean's list includes students with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Millburg is the daughter of Tom and Judy Millburg and is a graduate of Notre Dame High School. She is majoring in occupational therapy...

Nora Renka has won the L.J. Schultz Geography Bee, the first round of the National Geography Bee. The school-level bee was the first round in the fifth annual National Geography Bee, sponsored by National Geographic World, the society's magazine for children, and Amtrak...

Fifth and sixth grade students in Cape Girardeau's Explore program recently placed second in Missouri in two academic competitions. The fifth grade Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl team placed second in the state out of 42 teams. This is the third year in a row the team has captured second place honors...

SCOTT CITY -- Nicole Wadlington, a senior at Scott City High School, was selected the January Youth of the Month by the Breakfast Exchange Club of Cape Girardeau. Wadlington is a member of the National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America, Pep Club, Foreign Language Club, Students Against Drunk Driving, and is editor of the school's yearbook...

Three Cape Girardeau Central High School seniors participated in the Missouri Senior Honors Band Feb. 6. Performing with the honors band at Southwest Missouri State University were Traci Baker, J.J. Haycraft and Sara E. Moore. The three are members of the Central High School Band under the direction of Ronald Nall. A total of 197 students were invited to attend...

Local students have been named to the fall 1992 semester honor roll at Southwest Missouri State University at Springfield, Mo. Students named to the list earned at least a 3.5 grade point average and completed at least 12 credit hours during the semester...

ORAN -- Richard Daniel of Oran has been named a semifinalist in the 1993 Coca-Cola Scholars Program. The 1,780 semifinalists were chosen for leadership, character and achievement in school and community. Semifinalists must complete additional materials, which will be screened by the foundation's program review committee...

Brandon Baker, an eighth grade student at St. Mary Cathedral School, won the school-level competition of the National Geography Bee recently. He is the son of Nancy Baker and Virgil Baker. The school-level bee was the first round in the fifth annual National Geography Bee, sponsored by National Geographic World, the society's magazine for children, and Amtrak...

A number of area students have been named to the University of Missouri-Rolla honor list for the winter semester. Those on the list carried a minimum of 12 hours and have grade point averages of 3.2 or above. Students from Cape Girardeau are Boyd Louis Denson, a junior majoring in civil engineering; Jerrad H. ...

Tina Minor, a 1992 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School, has been named to the dean's list at Jefferson Junior College. Minor's grade point average for the 18 hours completed here first semester is 3.666. She was also elected vice president of the Phi Beta Lambda business organization at Jefferson Junior College...

"Osteoporosis: What Every Woman Should Know" is the topic of the February Woman to Woman luncheon. The meeting will be held at noon next Thursday in Conference Rooms A and B of the St. Francis Medical Center Health and Education Centre. Osteoporosis is a painful and disfiguring disease that afflicts many women who lack adequate bone density. The featured speaker, Dr. Philip W. Taylor, will discuss both diagnosis and treatment of diseases while emphasizing the importance of prevention...

SCOTT CITY -- Juniors and seniors at Scott City High School have a chance to learn a little more about AIDS and HIV infection, thanks to a state grant. Registered nurse Jan Davis, who is the school nurse for Scott City students from kindergarten through 12th grade, applied for money to help educate students about the disease...

Lt. Gov. Roger Wilson and Senate President James Mathewson will be among those paying tribute to former Sen. John Dennis at a recognition dinner here tonight. The dinner was planned by Southeast Missouri State University to recognize Dennis' contributions to the University and the entire region. He did not seek re-election to the Missouri Senate last year, and retired in January after 16 years of service...

The Missouri National Guard is hosting a lock-in Saturday night for Cape Girardeau seventh-graders. The lock-in is the first such event planned in Missouri by the National Guard in its plan to become more involved in communities. Tina Standridge, area family support group coordinator for the Missouri National Guard, said over 500 seventh grade students have been invited. They hope over 100 will attend...

The Cape Girardeau Chapter of the American Red Cross will be conducting a blood drive at West Park Mall Friday from 1-6 p.m. The drive will be held in the Famous Barr concourse in the space formerly occupied by Casual Corner. To help the Red Cross reach its goal of 40 units of blood collected, the West Park 4 Cine will give each blood donor a pass for one free movie at the theater...

The second session of aquatic classes offered by the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will begin Monday and run through March 4. Classes will include: Water Babies, preschool, youth, swimnastics, lifeguard training, springboard diving, snorkeling, basic water safety and emergency water safety...