Stories from Wednesday, March 10, 1993

To the Editor: I would like the opportunity to respond to the editor's note that followed the "Be Our Guest"~ contributed Feb. 15 regarding "zero tolerance". I would like to allay the concerns Mr. Newton obviously has about my sources for the piece~. ...

To the Editor: Your article in the Southeast Missouri Progress Edition of March 4 regarding the history of banking in Cape Girardeau was insightful and well-written, yet you failed to properly disclose how Mercantile Bank entered the Cape Girardeau market...

To the Editor: Below is a copy of a letter we senior citizens of Cape Girardeau County sent by express mail to Rep. Thomas M. Macdonnell, chairman of the Missouri House Social Services, Medicaid and Elderly Committee. It expresses our opposition to passage of House Bill 713, which would give Southeast Missouri State University authority to name a new director of the Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging. ...

Cape Girardeau and Scott counties have lost a good leader and promoter through the resignation of Allan Maki. The Cape Girardeau resident has served as executive director of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority since August of 1988. We may never know the exact circumstances of Maki's resignation. ...

Ralph Flori is a Cape Girardeau businessman and a previous contributor to this column. It seems that overpopulation is a subject that the liberals keep resurrecting to justify birth control. Recently, a guest editorial appeared in the Southeast Missouri again raising that flag. It would not be too bad except the control of population leads not only to birth control, but also to abortion and euthanasia. We have too long tolerated abortion "population control" in this country with the result that:...

Despite the resignation of Executive Director Allan Maki, the chairman of the board of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority stressed Tuesday that commissioners have common goals and expect the port to continue making good progress in the future...

More than 2,000 educators from Southeast Missouri will meet Friday at the Show Me Center for the 117th annual District Teachers Meeting. As part of the meeting, members of the Southeast District of Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) will elect new officers and will honor educators from the area...

When Ronald "Ike" Carlton donated his bone marrow to his twin brother Mike nearly six months ago, he was ready to go play golf the following weekend. He didn't. "It rained," said Carlton, a Cape Girardeau bank collection officer. Lyndea "Lindy" Dew's experience was a bit different. Five weeks ago, the 22-year-old Northwestern University student donated bone marrow to an unidentified woman dying of leukemia on the East Coast...

The number of tornadoes reported in Missouri last year 23 was about average. But only 10 years earlier, a record 79 tornadoes swept through the state. A major problem weather service's severe weather forecasters must contend with each year is public apathy toward severe weather preparedness, especially if it has been several years since a particularly significant outbreak of severe weather has occurred in the state...

JACKSON -- A fire that is believed to have started in the paint room at the Lee-Rowan plant in Jackson, sent two workers to the hospital and the rest home Tuesday night. All fire trucks in Jackson were dispatched to the plant after someone reported the fire at 10:01 p.m...

LaRAE MOORE Occupation: Administrative Assistant, Biokyowa, Inc. Pet Peeve: "Bad drivers." The best part of my job is: "Working with the employees." What do you do in your spare time? "Flower gardening, community service with the Cape Jaycees." I've always looked up to: "My parents and family. My parents have always encouraged and supported me in my life and provided me with high personal standards."...

The American Cancer Society will bring the first touch of spring to the area with its annual Daffodil Days festival. Volunteers will bring this first spring flower to Cape Girardeau and Jackson residents to raise funds for cancer research, education and patient service programs...

WEST PLAINS -- About 200 wild horses will change owners here later this month. "We'll put 200 young wild mustangs and burros for adoption Saturday and Sunday," said Jim Boylan, public affairs officer with the U.S. Department of the Interior. The department conducts adoption programs for the animals, which are gathered in Nevada, Wyoming, California and Oregon...

JEFFERSON CITY - Rebecca McDowell Cook of Cape Girardeau, was confirmed last week by the Missouri Senate to a full term on Missouri's Board of Education. The eight-member board oversees elementary and secondary education in the state. Cook was originally appointed in 1990 by Gov. John Ashcroft to an unexpired term, and last month was named to a new term by Gov. Mel Carnahan...

"Green Thumb Therapy" is the topic of a Woman to Woman luncheon scheduled for Thursday in Conference Rooms A and B of the St. Francis Health and Education Centre. Plant care can be a very relaxing hobby and reduce stress in our lives, according to Debbie Naeter, "the plant lady."...

Paul Watson Jr., 51, of Nashville, Tenn., died Sunday, March 7, 1993, at his home. He was a meter reader with Nashville Electric Service, and member of Park Avenue Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Patricia; two sons, Paul Watson of Nashville, Joel Watson of Pegram, Tenn.; his mother, Wyoma Watson of Cape Girardeau; three sisters, June Dunning of Gordonville, Elaine Hodge of Cape Girardeau, Carol Cook of Hillsboro, and a granddaughter...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Morgan A. "Buddy" Greer, 62, of Wickliffe, Ky. and formerly of Cairo, died Tuesday, March 9, 1993, at his home. He was born July 15, 1930, at Carrolton, Mo., the son of Roscoe and Inez Eddleman Greer. He was a retired riverboat mate and was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Cairo Elks Lodge #651, and an associate member of the Cairo Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2649...

ROCKVIEW -- Funeral service for Lenora I. Glastetter of Rockview will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Allan Saunders will officiate, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery at Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Eunice Nichols, 71, of Perryville, died Monday, March 8, 1993, at American Care Center in Perryville. She was born May 30, 1921, in East Prairie, daughter of Clarence J. and Fannie Breeding Fugate. Survivors include a brother, Herman Fugate of East Prairie, and a sister, Betty Cockman of Sikeston...

COMMERCE -- A memorial service for Jennie Matilda Schmitt of St. Louis will be held at 5 p.m. today at New Life Fellowship Church in St. Louis. Schmitt, 68, died Sunday, March 7, 1993, at her home. Schmitt was born July 22, 1924, in Commerce, daughter of Henry and Hulda Sander Sanders. She married Donald F. Schmitt Oct. 20, 1946. He preceded her in death...

WHITEWATER -- Victor L. Rhodes, 72, of Cleveland, Miss., formerly of Whitewater, died Tuesday, March 9, 1993, at Bolivar County Hospital in Cleveland. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Steel of Freeport, Texas, hospital in Houston, Texas, 8:10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1993. Name, Samantha Gayle. Weight, 7 pounds 2 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Steel is the former Kenda Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Webb of Cape Girardeau. She is employed at Dow Chemical. Steel is the son of Gladys Steel of Cape Girardeau, and the late Leslie Steel Sr...

GIPSY -- Robert Lee Corzine, 45, of Gipsy died March 9, 1993, at his home. He was born Feb. 23, 1948, at Parma, the son of Any and Lola Lee Corzine. He was a farm laborer. On Aug. 4, 1975, he married Martine Peters, who survives. Other survivors include his mother of Campbell; two step-sons, Johnny Wilken of New Mexico and Robert Baldas of St. ...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Timothy J. Brown, 33, of Los Angeles, Calif., died Friday, Feb. 26, 1993, at his home, following an extended illness. He was born March 24, 1959, at Wyatt, son of G.W. and Frances England Brown. Brown was a 1977 graduate of East Prairie High School. He moved to Los Angeles in 1980...

PERRYVILLE -- Adam Joseph Klobe, 80, of Perryville, died Tuesday, March 9, 1993, at Perry County Hospital. He was born July 24, 1912, at Crosstown, son of William and Catherine Adams Klobe. He and Aurelia Mary DePauw were married Aug. 22, 1942. She died Aug. 9, 1979...

MARBLE HILL -- Wendy Susan Riggs, 22, and her son Justin Michael Riggs, 4, both of Marble Hill, died Tuesday, March 9, 1993, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile-truck collision near Marble Hill. Wendy Riggs was born Sept. 26, 1971, in San Diego, Calif., daughter of Edward E. and Susan Ryan Weston. Justin Riggs was born Oct. 15, 1988, in Carbondale, Ill., son of Timothy A. and Wendy Susan Weston Riggs...

PERRYVILLE -- Bessie E. Huber, 80, of Perryville, died Monday, March 8, 1993, at her home. She was born Oct. 25, 1912, at Claryville, daughter of Dennis and Nellie Preston Valleroy. She and Lucius W. Huber were married June 23, 1946. Huber owned and operated Mod-O-Day Clothing Store. She was a member of St. Vincent's Church and CB Club...

SCOTT CITY -- Students in Rick Brown's class don't just study science, they do it. Brown teaches eighth- and ninth-grade science classes at Scott City High School. "My goal as a teacher is to have students understand and be able to apply science to everyday life," said Brown. "To do this, I think they have to fully participate, not just memorize facts...

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) office must receive completed registration forms and fees on or before Friday from those planning to take the exam April 17 at Southeast Missouri State University. The new deadline procedure, announced by Jewel Eggley, testing supervisor, replaces previous guidelines that required completed registration forms and fees to be postmarked by the deadline date...

Volunteers are being sought by Southeast Missouri Hospital to work with its Hospice Services, a program providing care and emotional support for terminally ill patients and their families. An informational meeting for individuals who are interested in becoming a hospice volunteer will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. ...

A program on AIDS will be held March 25 at Southeast Missouri State University. The program, sponsored by the university's Residence Hall Association, will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Room 125 of Crisp Hall. The program will consist of discussion by three individuals who have dealt with AIDS...

Southeast Missouri State University named 1,176 students to its dean's list for academic achievement during the fall 1992 semester. Area students who received the recognition are listed below, categorized by hometown. ADVANCE: Stacy R. Eggimann, Route 1; Sara Garner, Route 1; Todd A. Mayberry, P.O. Box 475; Carisa L. Norrid, Route 1; Linda G. Payne; Karen F. Rodgers, Route 2; Jefferson M. Slinkard, Route 1; Patrick J. Westbrook, 701 W. Masters; and Angie L. Wilton, 309 N. Poplar...