Stories from Thursday, March 11, 1993

Sixteen women from across Missouri will compete Saturday in Cape Girardeau for the title Mrs. Missouri-United States. The pageant will be held at the Show Me Center and begins at 7:30 p.m. The winner will represent Missouri in July at the Mrs. United States National Pageant in Las Vegas...

Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts invites local artists to participate in the Southeast Missouri Juried Art Show. The event, which is limited to Missouri artists ages 18 and older and live within a 75-mile radius of Cape Girardeau, will be held at Gallery 100 in downtown Cape Girardeau...

Big Bird and friends will visit the Show Me Center for four shows April 9-11. Tickets go on sale Monday. The all-new Sesame Street Live features 90 minutes of fun with Big Bird, Grover, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and others. The stage show, "Big Bird and the ABC's," was written by David Connell and Jim Thurman, head writers for the Children's Television Workshop, which produces Sesame Street...

NASHVILLE -- When country music aficionados talk about the best bands in the business today, the name Diamond Rio has to come up. Diamond Rio is a pastiche of musicians from all over the country there's hardly a natural Southern twang among them who brought to the band virtuosity in various musical strains, including bluegrass, rock, folk, classical and jazz...

JEFFERSON CITY - State Auditor Margaret Kelly said Wednesday that a recent audit of the attorney general's office was intended only to outline improprieties in the operations of that office, not to target Jackson attorney John Lichtenegger for any improprieties...

Repairs to damaged sections of new pavement on South Sprigg Street near the Lone Star Cement Plant will begin next month, a Cape Girardeau Public Works Department official said Wednesday. That will be good news for motorists who use South Sprigg and have been jolted by broken sections of pavement...

Despite last year's failure of the First Exchange Bank, banks in the Cape Girardeau area as a group are healthy when compared to others in the region and nation, says Dennis Blase, a supervisory officer with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. "Consistently, Cape compares well," he said...

PUXICO -- A 38-year-old Puxico man was critically injured early Wednesday in what appears to have been an accidental shooting, Stoddard County authorities said. Gary Hargraves suffered a gunshot wound to the head. He was transported by LifeBeat helicopter to Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, where he was reported in critical condition...

The Mississippi Valley Home Educators will have their monthly meeting Thursday afternoon at the Cape Bible Chapel at Mount Auburn and Kage roads. The teachers will have their business and information meeting from 3-4 p.m., followed by presentations by the students in a mini-art and science fair...

SCOTT CITY -- The confrontation between the Scott City cable television committee and a Falcon Cable Television representative Tuesday night could possibly mark the beginning of the end of Falcon's service to the area. "We're going to call a private contractor to one of the next city council meetings," said Ron Oller, member of the committee and Ward 3 councilman. "We want him to evaluate the possibilities of Scott City running its own cable service."...

BENTON - Scott County Presiding Commissioner Durward Dover said Wednesday he is satisfied with progress being made at the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority and has confidence in the ability of the board members to oversee the facility. "I probably don't know as much as I should know about the port, but one of the things I learned while in service was to delegate authority," said Dover. "My feeling is we should appoint good board members and stay out of the way."...

The Cape Girardeau Central Municipal Pool will be open from 1-8 p.m. Friday for a public session. Randy Barnhouse, Cape Girardeau's aquatics supervisor, said that typically, students use the pool during the week, but are out of school Friday due to a regional teachers conference...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- George R. (Truckey) Trottier, 74, of Seattle, Wash., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, March 9, 1993, in Seattle. He was born Aug. 14, 1918, at Seattle, Wash., son of William Russell and Charlotte E. Weller Truckey. He married Marie D. nee' Nault in 1945...

Daughter to Sheila Wade of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:48 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, 1993. Name, Ebony LaShawn. Weight, 5 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Miss Wade is the daughter of the late Emerson and Ruby Wade. Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. ...

Dorris E. Johnson, 71, 727 Bellevue, died Tuesday, March 9, 1993, at her home. She was born May 7, 1921, at Holcomb, daughter of Claude E. and Alice B. Hodges Meadows. She and James Rudolph "Rudi" Johnson were married Nov. 28, 1953. The Johnsons lived in Des Moines, Iowa, from 1954-86. She worked at several banks and at Wesley Acres Retirement Home. She was a member of Holcomb Methodist Church...

SIKESTON -- Delorin "Bud" Beardsley, 71, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, March 9, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Oct. 29, 1921, at Canalou, son of Arthur Earl and Bertha Evans Beardsley. He and Jessie Marie Biggs were married Oct. 2, 1972, at Clayton...

WILSON CITY -- Funeral service for Rosie Horton of Wilson City will be held at 1 p.m. today at Sparks Funeral Chapel in Charleston. The Rev. T.R. Tyus will officiate, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery at Charleston. Friends may call at the funeral home from 11 a.m. to service time...

Victor Lee Rhodes, 72, of Cleveland, Miss., died Tuesday, March 9, 1993, in Bolivar County Hospital in Cleveland. He was born Dec. 27, 1919, at Whitewater, son of H. Lee and Sophia Dankel Rhodes. He and Ruth Bouler were married Feb. 23, 1976, in Memphis, Tenn...

Floyd Vernon Phillips, 89, of Peoria, Ill., died Tuesday, March 9, 1993, at Methodist Medical Center. He was born March 20, 1903, at Delta, Ill., son of Thomas and Lydia Dollman Phillips. He and Emaline Taylor were married Oct. 12, 1929. Phillips was a retired farmer, and member of Woodland Baptist Church in Peoria. He was a former member of Lynwood Baptist Church here...

NEW HAMBURG -- Bertha C. Schwartz, 81, of New Hamburg, died Wednesday, March 10, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born July 8, 1911, at New Hamburg, daughter of Theon and Ida Menz Grojean. Schwartz was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church, St. Ann's Sodality, New Hamburg Senior Citizens, and a former Scott County 4-H Club leader here...

Raymond Joseph "Joe" Rubel, 70, of Linn, died Tuesday, March 9, 1993, at Linn. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

DEXTER -- Nora Alice Miller, 89, of Dexter, died Wednesday, March 10, 1993, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born Sept. 26, 1903, at Marquand, daughter of Alvie and Adelaid Yount Gromer. She and James Arthur Miller were married in 1919 at Marquand. He died in August 1962...

JACKSON -- Truman Clippard, 85, of Jackson died Wednesday, March 10, 1993, at his home. He was born May 7, 1907 at Oak Ridge, the son of Brown Clippard and Cora Hartle Clippard. On June 25, 1927, he married the former Ellen Abernathy. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Eugene Clippard, Colorado Springs, Colo., Bob Clippard, Jackson; one brother, Fred Clippard, Jackson; four sisters, Beulah Stewart, St. ...

Ann Garwood Stein of Summit, N.J., died Monday, March 8, 1993, at Overlook Hospital in Summit. She was born Oct. 20, 1937, at Detroit, Mich., daughter of John and Catheryn Garwood. On Oct. 8, 1960, she married Paul Stein, whose family hails from Cape Girardeau, at Webster Groves...

Funeral service for Emma Lee Norris of Fremont will be held at 1 p.m. today at Duncan Funeral Chapel in Winona. The Rev. Marvin Richards will officiate, with burial in Horner Cemetery at Winona. Norris, 68, died Tuesday, March 9, 1993, at her home. She was born June 23, 1924, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of William B. and Cora L. Hoffman. She and Ernest E. Norris were married Jan. 6, 1951, in Salem, Ark...

ORAN -- The Oran facility of the Golden Cat Corporation will close Monday. "The decision to phase out the Oran facility is part of Golden Cat's long-range plans which focuses on its cat box filler business," said James Gugino, director of the Cape Girardeau manufacturing and engineering facilities...

In a busy month for development plans in Cape Girardeau, the city's Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday recommended approval of four subdivision plats and three zoning items. The first zoning item was a request by the Free Will Baptist Church for a special use permit for a church addition and sign at 2919 Kage Rd...

Conversations in the past week with two Missourians are illustrative of the present dilemma of the fledgling Clinton administration: an ambiguity, accidental or intentional, about the president's newly proposed economic policy and many of its revenue ramifications. ...

Craig Felzien is a community relations manager for Southwestern Bell Telephone. In a guest column last week, Don Zimmer, president of a long distance telephone company, raised the argument that your local telephone rates are going to go up because of a bill now in the Missouri Legislature. Mr. Zimmer doesn't have his facts straight...

Voters in Cape Girardeau face a June ballot issue about whether to allow riverboat gambling in the community. Citizens have a lot of information to digest before making this decision, weighing the pros and cons of this enterprise. The Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board voted last month to allot as much as $1,500 for "town hall" meetings to be held on the subject. ...