Stories from Monday, May 24, 1993

JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Aldermen is expected to begin planning later this year for future20expansion of the city to increase available space for residential subdivision development. Although not a problem at this time, city officials and realtors agree now is the time to plan for the orderly expansion of the city to accommodate the growing demand for new housing in the mid-to-late 1990s...

Since its inception more than four decades ago, the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport has borne the transition from a tiny, undeveloped airstrip to a modern facility able to service aviation needs and spawn industrial development. The most recent change is the imminent completion of a project to renovate the terminal building...

The decision a year ago by the U.S. Supreme Court to ban prayer at school graduation ceremonies seemed to have little effect on the Cape Girardeau Central High School baccalaureate service held Sunday night. This year, the service was sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Ministerial Alliance in lieu of the school, and was held at the Holiday Inn Convention Center instead of the traditional location, the school gymnasium...

One of the lingering effects of the 1993 session of the Missouri General Assembly will be higher taxes, which will amount to more than $500 million. The additional taxes are aimed at upgrading schools, increasing the state's unemployment fund and increasing access to health care in the state...

The Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau is expected to drop below the 32-foot flood stage this week. It has crested above flood stage here five times in the last month and a half. The falling river is welcome news to farmers and residents in the water-logged East Cape Girardeau-Clear Creek Levee District, in addition to those living in the other four levee districts located in a basin that extends from the Big Muddy River levee in Union County, southward to the levee near Gale in north Alexander County.. ...

The Southeast Missourian asked people how they felt about riverboat gambling coming to Cape Girardeau. Debbi Goodier said, "I will be voting against riverboat gambling. I am concerned about the effects it will have on families and where the money will go. I am concerned about the safety of my two little girls and the type of people that will come to town with riverboat gambling...

Chaffee's junior and senior high third quarter honor rolls were inadvertantly omitted during the recent publication of regional academic honors. They are published below. Chaffee School 3rd Quarter A Honor Roll Twelfth Grade - Sarah Blevins, Trish Brown, Leigh Anna Denbow, Billy Eaker, Jennifer Faucett, Leslie Garner, Rikke Gertsen, Matt Gunter, Jason Hampton, Misty Hargrove, Wayne Held, Scott Horman, Tyler Meyr, Dulcie Noble, Sheri Paulus, Amy Pobst, Michelle Rice, Eric Seyer...

Four area students have placed in the Missouri Elementary Student Mathematics Contest, held earlier this month in Columbia. The students were among 470 competing in the event from around the state. The contest included students from third through sixth grades...

The new prevailing wage legislation should pay off for Missouri schools, governments and contractors. The measure will streamline wage determinations and help avoid costly construction delays. The bill was approved by the General Assembly and awaits Gov. ...

Michael Sterling is president of the Cape Girardeau chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. As I look at Cape Girardeau as a whole, I can't help but speak out against the injustice I see. Also noting the fact that conditions for blacks and the poor haven't changed that dramatically...

Beulah Irene Phillips, 86, of the Life Care Center Nursing Home in Jonesboro, Ill., died Saturday, May 22, 1993. She was born Feb. 1, 1907, at Delta, Ill., the daughter of James C. Phillips and Penina Hill Phillips. She is survived by a niece, Wanda Fiehler of Scott City, and two nephews, Stacy and John Gearing, both of Cape Girardeau...

PERRYVILLE -- Sylvia G. Mattingly died May 23, 1993, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was 89. She was a retired registered nurse, working as an industrial nurse for Anheiser-Busch in St. Louis. She was born Oct. 11, 1903, to George W. Toon and Annie Hobbs Toon in Fancy Farm, Ky...

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Lester Troy Chostner, 83, a native of Scopus, died Sunday May 23, 1993 at the home of his daughter in Winston Salem, N.C. He had been living at Brookridge Retirement Home in Winston-Salem. He attended Southeast Missouri State University and was a retired sales executive with U.S. Shoe Corp. and former president of Clinton Shoe Stores. He was a member of the O'Henry Golden K Kiwanis Club and a Mason...

SIKESTON - Pat Crabb, 59, of Sikeston died Sunday May 23, 1993 at her home after an extended illness. She was born Feb. 27, 1934 in East Prairie, the daughter of William Arthur and Oma Salena Fussell Robison. She was of the Baptist faith and for 18 years was manager of the Sikeston Imperial Bowling Lanes...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Mary Farrow Smith, 75, of Camas, Wash., formerly of Alexander County, Ill., and Portland, Ore., died May 22, 1993, at her home. She was born in Alexander County on May 23, 1917, to William E. Farrow and Mabel Osman Farrell. She was a manager of apartment complexes. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Smith, in 1976...

PERRYVILLE - William J. (Bill) Whistler, 80, of Perryville died Sunday May 23, 1993 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born April 22, 1913 in Perry County, the son of Anton and Mary Alice Maddock Whistler. He married Lilian Mary Bert on April 6, 1934, and she survives...

North Mount Auburn Road, not so long ago a strip of pasture and scattered commercial constructions, is emerging these days as a prime professional location. A growing list of Cape Girardeau businessmen and physicians have moved, or are moving to Mt. Auburn locations...

Whether you're for or against it, riverboat gambling is the topic of the day in Cape Girardeau. On the street, in coffee shops, or at almost any gathering, the question "What do you think?" crops up in regard to the June 8 election in which city voters will decide whether to allow a riverboat casino in downtown Cape Girardeau...

Inside a colorful tower, a young mother has tired herself out, trying to keep up with her energetic young son. Standing at the back corner of the unit, she spots her son as he and other youngsters shout with glee. Then, whoosh, he's gone again, rocketing into and down a super slide and through the ball bath to the trolley slide. He's here, there and everywhere...

Paul H. Berens, a Cape Girardeau attorney, has been inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy. Berens, who is associated with the law firm of Finch, Bradshaw, Strom and Steele, was honored during an induction ceremony in Washington, D.C., earlier this month...

Janice Weber has been named provider representative for Network Management. Thomas L. Sweeney, vice president, announced the appointment recently. Weber will act as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri representative to doctors and hospitals in a 28-county area of Southeast Missouri...

Mary Caldwell of the Southeast Missourian, Chris Hutson of Furniture Fair, and Scott Shivelbine of Shivelbine's have been elected to three-year terms on the Greater Downtown Merchants Association Board of Directors. The association meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at Port Cape Girardeau...