Stories from Thursday, April 8, 1993

To the Editor: Cape Girardeau Missouri. A beauty untold of a city so bold withstanding disasters of time. It stands alone on the banks of the mighty Mississippi and surrounded by forests and hills. Brought to life by Louis Lorimier through time. The history of this city is everything but boring...

The Cape Girardeau Area Safe Kids Coalition will present 10 convertible car seats today to area families. The presentatation will be made at the Primary Care Clinic, located in the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center, 1121 Linden, in Cape Girardeau...

Tonight's guest on "Ask Your Doctor" is Dr. Edwin J. Masters. He will be speaking on the topic of Lyme disease. "Ask Your Doctor" can be seen every Thursday night at 8 p.m. on cable channel 5. "Ask Your Doctor" is a special one on one medical show with local doctors answering questions from local viewers. It is sponsored jointly by St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital, in conjunction with the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society and channel 5...

Central Municipal Pool will be open for extended hours during the Easter break this week. Randy Barnhouse, Cape Girardeau aquatics superintendent, said the pool will be open from 1-8 p.m. today, Friday and Monday and from 1-5 p.m. Saturday. The pool will be closed Easter Sunday...

Julie Schwartz and Chris Bucher have been awarded the national "I Dare You" leadership award in recognition of personal integrity, balanced living and potential for leadership. Schwartz is the daughter of Yvonne and Joe Schwartz Jr. of Chaffee. Bucher is the son of Margie and Frank Bucher of Kelso. Both are juniors at Notre Dame High School...

JACKSON - Jill Gentry and Julie Ludwig, both from Jackson, were honored for their academic achievements during the Fall 1992 semester at Missouri Baptist College. Gentry made the dean's list and Ludwig made the honor roll. Gentry is the daughter of James and Karen Gentry. She majors in early childhood and elementary education...

Mark D. Smith of Cape Girardeau is among 2,348 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa named to the dean's list for the 1992-93 fall semester. A minimum 3.5 grade point average for current work is required for inclusion on the dean's list in the College of Liberal Arts, in which Smith is enrolled...

SCOTT CITY -- Cristie Petitt, a senior at Scott City High School, has earned a 1 rating for her flute solo at the annual High School District Band Competition held at Southeast Missouri State University. On a scale from 1 to 5, the 1 rating is the best any soloist or ensemble can obtain. A 1 rating also means advancement to the state competition held at the University of Missouri in Columbia...

When an 8-foot, 2-inch lemon-colored bird of uncertain ancestry encounters a silvery alien named Tee Hee from the planet Crayon, there can be just one explanation: Sesame Street Live's production of "Big Bird and the ABC's" has hit town. All the familiar characters from the award-winning TV show will be at the Show Me Center this weekend, along with Big Bird, promises Ron January, who plays The Count in the 90-minute production...

Just to make The Count happy: Bringing Sesame Street to Cape Girardeau requires two 48-foot tractor-trailer units that will roll in from the previous show in Evansville, Ind. The trucks weigh nearly 30 tons. The eight-person crew includes a master carpenter, assistant carpenter, master electrician, assistant electrician, master sound/assistant electrician, property master, wardrobe mistress and wardrobe assistant...

Charles Dickens wrote in "A Tale of Two Cities": "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." In the modern tale of two neighboring cities, Jackson and Cape Girardeau, the same might now be written. Jackson voters on Tuesday approved money for its school officials to construct a new academic building; Cape Girardeau denied money for the same general purpose. ...

David A. Keiper is a research scientist, trained in both the physical and biological sciences. He has written for this space previously. His nutrition book, "How to Keep Your Bad Habits and Still Avoid Flame-Out," is available at Sibley's Bargain Books, 33 N. Main St., Cape Girardeau...

An opinion poll reports 96 percent of the American public want improved health care as long as it doesn't cost anything. --- Doctors stage a march on Washington to protest any health care plan that freezes their income. It was the nation's first anti-poverty demonstration by millionaires...

SIKESTON -- The Swanee River Boys featuring Beth Givens will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Eagles Lodge in Sikeston. The Lodge is at 219 Trotter St. Tickets are $7.50, and children under 10 will be admitted free. Proceeds will go toward helping pass the video gambling/Sunday sales bill currently making its way through the House of Representatives...

The Italian Festival of Crickets will be celebrated April 17 in an arts program at the Alma Schrader School gymnasium. The little-known festival will be explained by Frances Crowley, a retired Southeast Missouri State University professor. Participants will learn about the holiday's customs and music, and will make a cricket cage...

A springfest pageant is scheduled Saturday, April 17 at the Eagles Aerie #3775 Hall, 321 N. Spring St. The Kenny Rogers Cerebral Palsy Center in Sikeston will receive proceeds from this event. The eight age divisions are: Baby Miss Springfest, 0-23 months old; Tiny Miss Springfest, 2-3 years old; Little Miss Springfest, 4-6 years old; Young Miss Springfest, 7-9 years old; Preteen Miss Springfest, 10-12 years old; Junior Miss Springfest, 13-15 years old; Miss Springfest, 16-20 years old; and Mrs. ...

A Springfest Pageant will be held April 17 at the Eagles Aerie #3775 Hall. All age divisions will compete in sportswear, evening gown and interview events. The age divisions are Little Miss Springfest (10-12), Junior Miss Springfest (13-15), Miss Springfest (16-20), and Mrs. Springfest, 21 and older/married...

PUXICO -- The spring wildflower auto tour route is open to the public each Sunday in April at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. In addition to wildflowers, visitors may see deer, turkeys, wood ducks and bald eagles. A wildflower slide show and free brochure will be available at the visitor center, where field guides and wildflower seeds also can be purchased...

SCOTT CITY - Daniel L. Overbey, who has a varied career in promoting economic development, marketing, and finance, was named Wednesday as the executive director of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority. For the last four years Overbey has been a real-estate representative with Drury Development Corp. Prior to that he was director of corporate development for Sam Tanksley Trucking Co. in Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY - A proposed inland waterways user fee would "destroy barge industries serving our nation" and have a detrimental impact on agriculture, U.S. Sen. Christopher Bond said Monday. Speaking on the dock of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority, the Republican senator criticized President Clinton's plan to raise $273 million in new taxes, including a BTU tax on energy. He termed the tax bill "a job killer."...

Gov. Mel Carnahan is optimistic about economic development for Missouri. "Our `Jobs 2000' program is proceeding in the legislature, we have a new economic development director, and we're in the process of establishing a written economic development plan for the future, something that we haven't had in the past," said Carnahan...

It's Tuesday afternoon at Washington School, and Janet Shepard addresses a rapt audience in Kathy Miller's second grade class. The 7 and 8-year-old students have just watched a videotape adaption of Dr. Seuss' book, "Sneetches," which delivers a message about discrimination and bigotry among "star-bellied" and "plain-bellied Sneetches."...

A free heart seminar entitled "Heart Disease Across the Life Span," which was cancelled due to severe weather earlier this year, will be presented by Southeast Missouri Hospital's Regional Heart Center Tuesday. It will begin at 7 p.m. at Drury Lodge...

The city of Cape Girardeau will take advantage of historic low interest rates and refinance, for the second time, bonds used to construct the Show Me Center. City Manager J. Ronald Fischer said Wednesday that the Show Me Center bonds have been refinanced at 4.88 percent interest, which is expected to save more than $240,000 in financing costs over the life of the bonds...

The Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau is forecast to crest late this afternoon at almost four feet above flood stage. But the National Weather Service said if predicted rains occur north of here this week it could cause the river to rise even higher, or delay the crest...

SCOTT CITY -- After tending to the administrative duties of swearing in its newly-elected members, the Scott City Board of Education approved a measure to purchase a new sound system for the high school gymnasium. At the start of the meeting, Gale Dale, Cathy Raines and Ray Smith were sworn in as members of the board after winning the board seats in Tuesday's election...

SCOTT CITY -- Graveside service for J.D. Christian Sannan was held Saturday at Lightner Cemetery, with the Rev. Rennie Phillips officiating. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home at Scott City was in charge. The infant died shortly after birth Wednesday, March 31, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

Funeral service for Ella R. Brotherton, 12 Pindwood, will be held at 2 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. E.K. Purcell will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson. Brotherton, 84, died Tuesday, April 6, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

GREENBRIAR -- Oma Boyd, 82, of Oak Forest, Ill., died Monday, April 5, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Blue Island, Ill. She was born May 7, 1910, at Greenbriar, daughter of Benjamin and Barbara Davis Bennett. She married Joseph Boyd, who died April 24, 1975...

CHARLESTON -- Leroy Butler, 73, of Charleston, died Saturday, April 3, 1993, at his home. He was born Feb. 14, 1920, in Brownsville, Tenn., son of Buster and Della Mains Butler. He married the former Peclor Armstrong. Survivors include his wife of St. ...

Veronica Gertrude Greaser, 90, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, April 6, 1993, at the Lutheran Home. She was born June 3, 1902, at Tilsit, daughter of Louis and Teresa Schaefer LaCroix. She and Clarence Greaser Sr. were married Nov. 22, 1922, at Gordonville. He died July 21, 1985...

PERRYVILLE -- Cleo I. Rhodes, 79, of Perryville, died Wednesday, April 7, 1993, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born May 7, 1913, at Perryville, daughter of William A. and Charlotte Griffin Statler. She and Jacob Rhodes were married May 28, 1946...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Anna Mae Pickett Frost, 89, of Elco, died Tuesday, April 6, 1993, at City Care Center in Anna. She was born Sept. 5, 1903, in Corona, Ala., daughter of John Lee and Annie Sides King. She and Lester Pickett were married June 30, 1919. He died Jan. 6, 1970. She later married Daniel Frost, who died June 26, 1990...

CHARLESTON -- James Arthur Glenn, 68, of Charleston, died Wednesday, April 7, 1993, at Doniphan. He was born July 24, 1924, in Charleston, son of Leonard and Grace Kief Glenn. He and Naomi Bowman were married Feb. 12, 1946. Glenn retired from farming in 1972, and then was administrative supply technician with Charleston National Guard until 1977...

JACKSON -- Elmer Crites, 89, of Jackson, died Wednesday, April 7, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Oct. 16, 1903, at Sedgewickville, son of Warren and Molly Robinson Crites. He and Lorene Rion were married Dec. 29, 1934. The Crites moved to Jackson in 1945. He worked at the former Bowman Milling Co. here, and at Brown Shoe in St. Louis a number of years. He also farmed part time, retiring in 1970...

SIKESTON -- Mildred Alice Tidwell, 62, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, April 7, 1993, at SEMO Care Center here. She was born July 24, 1930, in London, Ark., daughter of Rufus and Florence Freeman Cochran. She was formerly of Bloomfield. Survivors include two sons, J.T. ...

COBBDaughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cobb of Scott City, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:05 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, 1993. Name, Michaela Schae. Weight, 6 pounds 5 ounces. Mrs. Cobb is the former Mary Glastetter, daughter of Leo and Luella Glastetter of Chaffee. She is employed at Southwestern Bell Telephone. Cobb is employed at Hardware Wholesalers Inc., and is the son of R.G. and Annie Cobb of Chaffee...

Margaret "Maggie" Jones, 102, of Cape Girardeau, died at Cape LaCroix Manor Wednesday, April 7, 1993. Arrangements were incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.