Stories from Tuesday, June 15, 1993

Those who engage in the trade of illegal drugs respect no boundaries. It makes sense that law enforcement agencies combating this contraband break down walls of jurisdiction in order to more effectively operate. The Cape Girardeau Police Department and Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department have done just that, pledging cooperation in the investigation of drug-related crimes and the pursuit of drug offenders. We find this union commendable and important...

James E. Palen, M.D., will discuss paperless offices on this week's "Ask Your Doctor" program. "Ask Your Doctor" can be seen every Thursday at 8 p.m. on cable channel 5. The medical show features local doctors answering questions from viewers who call in...

SCOTT CITY -- Pamela L. Evans of Scott City has been included on the dean's list at Central Methodist College in Fayette, Mo. She is the daughter of Jack and Mary Evans of Scott City. To earn a place on the dean's list, a student must maintain a 3.25 grade point average or above on a 4.0 scale while carrying a 12-hour minimum course load...

The Randles Alumni Association will hold its annual school banquet June 26 at 5:30 p.m. in the Heritage Room at Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Graduates, teachers and anyone who ever attended the school is invited. The graduating class of 1943 is planning the reunion...

BENTON -- Diane Klueppel, a graduating senior at Thomas Kelly High School, has won a $1,000 MFA Foundation scholarship. The award was given at the school's award ceremony. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Klueppel of Benton. She plans to attend the University of Missouri-Columbia...

Angela Jo Tanner of Cape Girardeau, who has just completed her sophomore year at the University of Missouri-Columbia, has been selected as a student ambassador for the School of Health Related Professions. She was selected along with five other students to represent the school. As an ambassador, she will be educating high school students about health careers and job opportunities...

Mark D. Thompson of Cape Girardeau has been named to the dean's list at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tenn., for the spring semester. Thompson, a 1991 Cape Girardeau Central High graduate, is a member of the Army ROTC, Go Gold Battalion at Vanderbilt University and was also selected to attend Airborne School this summer at Fort Benning, Ga...

Jeffrey Bray, formerly of Cape Girardeau, recently graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine with a doctor of osteopathy degree conferred on June 6. He begins an internship July 1 at Michigan State University's Sparrow Hospital in East Lansing, followed by an anesthesiology residency at the University of Missouri-Columbia...

DELTA -- Gina Eftink, a 1993 graduate of Delta High School, has been awarded a $1,000 college scholarship by the Cargill Foundation. She plans to study sports medicine at Southeast Missouri State University. The scholarship is one of 250 awarded by the Cargill Foundation to 1993 high school graduates from U.S. farm families in 48 states. This year's scholarship program, in its eighth year, attracted 2,308 applicants...

JACKSON -- Christopher S. McBride and Andrew R. Margrabe of Jackson have been awarded University of Missouri System Curators Scholarships. Outstanding Missouri high school students are offered the scholarships by the university's governing body, the Board of Curators, to encourage the brightest young people to remain in the state...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Municipal Band will hold its weekly concert Thursday at 8 p.m. at the band shell in the Jackson City Park. Guest conductor is Pat Schwent. Special guests this week are a group of young jazz musicians that have become known as "The Jackson Five Jazzers." These performers have had success in jazz competitions across Missouri. ...

The diagnosis for Southeast Missouri State University's new master of science in nursing program is a good one, according to students who completed their first master's class during the spring semester. "I am very excited to have this (master's degree) program offered locally," said Kathy Vickery, a student in the class who is the director of special care nursing at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

Michael F. Reber is a graduate student at Southeast Missouri State, and student government ambassador to Japan. Recently I attended an international conference in Tokyo, Japan titled "Asia's Role in the Changing World Order." This conference was a historical event leading up to the G7 Summit in July...

The Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri is beginning a bereavement support group. The first meeting in Cape Girardeau will be held June 22 from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. The support group offers participants emotional support during the stages of grieving and gives participants a chance to share their experiences and feelings. The meeting is free. For more information, call 1-800-481-0520...

During his eight years as Missouri Secretary of State, Roy Blunt urged state lawmakers to enact legislation to limit contributions to political candidates from individuals and PACs as about half of the other states have done. Blunt left office in January after losing a primary race for governor, but he has not abandoned his desire to limit contributions. He formed a bi-partisan coalition that will soon begin a petition drive aimed at putting a measure before voters in 1994...

Prompted by a recent fatal accident on a street alongside Cape Girardeau's Indian Park, Leola Twiggs decided it was time to take a more active interest in community betterment. Twiggs lives three blocks from the park, situated at the corner of William and Lorimier streets, and is a frequent visitor, often with her three grandchildren...

Seven veterans in wheelchairs were among the 40 people watching Monday as the Louis K. Juden Post 63 of the American Legion retired more than 40 American flags in a solemn ceremony at the Veterans Home. One of them was 67-year-old Jack Watson, who served with the U.S. Army in Germany, Italy and France during World War II and wound up a staff sergeant...

When the temperature climbs into the upper 80s and the humidity is about the same, pet owners must make certain their animals don't overheat. In fact, proper care of pets during hot weather can mean the difference between life and death, says one Cape Girardeau veterinarian...

The budgeting process marches on in Cape Girardeau Public Schools despite the uncertainty of the new state formula for education funding. The Board of Education adopted a tentative budget for 1993-94 that is actually the district's 1992-93 budget of $19.3 million...

Former secretary of defense Dick Cheney will be the featured speaker June 22 at a fund-raising breakfast in Cape Girardeau to benefit the Missouri Futures Fund of the state Republican Party. The breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. at Drury Lodge. Tickets are $50 each...

Today is the deadline for taxpayers to file their second-quarter Missouri estimated quarterly tax payments without penalty. Missouri Director of Revenue Janette M. Lohman reminded taxpayers that residents and non-residents are required to make a declaration of estimated tax if their Missouri quarterly tax is at least $100...

Folake Solanke of Nigeria, the president-elect for Zonta International, will visit the Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau June 23. A luncheon is scheduled to honor Solanke, who provides leadership for Zonta's more than 36,000 members in over 1,000 clubs worldwide. Solanke will also tour the Cape Girardeau area to view firsthand the businesses of club members...

ST. LOUIS Two area residents were given special awards at the American Lung Association's annual meeting Friday in St. Louis. Cape Girardeau City Councilman Melvin Gateley and Carol Riggs, R.N., were honored at the meeting. Gateley received the American Lung Association's 2000 Award on behalf of Cape Girardeau's Smoke Free Class of 2000 program. The award is presented to a business, group or organization that has made strides toward a smoke-free society by the year 2000...

The Oncology Nursing Society has chartered the Southeast Missouri Chapter. President of the new Southeast Missouri chapter is Luanne Urhahn, RN, patient care coordinator at the Internal Medicine Group in Cape Girardeau. Chapter officers include Vice President JoAnn Fee, RN; and treasurer/secretary Susan N. Farro, RNC...

State highway officials have expressed concern over the delay in the start of a privately-financed Route K realignment and widening project. The section to be improved is from the Interstate-55 overpass westward to the westernmost entrance to Wal-Mart Supercenter. The bulk of the project will be financed by Wal-Mart; Drury Development Corp. will pay a small percentage of the cost...

PERRYVILLE -- Mary A. Leible, 87, of Perryville, died Sunday, June 13, 1993, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born March 31, 1906, in Perry County, daughter of John and Catherine Sauer Schwein. She and Herman Leible were married May 14, 1935, at Apple Creek. He died in 1991...

JACKSON -- Lawrence Kuehle, 89, of Jackson, died Monday, June 14, 1993, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. McCombs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

JACKSON -- Natalie Houk, 89, of Jackson, died Sunday, June 13, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born June 8, 1904, at Millersville, daughter of Joseph F. and Effie Miller Houk. She lived all her life in the Millersville and Jackson areas...

Funeral service for Frieda Emma Huettig, 2039 Perryville Road, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Hanover Lutheran Church. The Rev. Jeffrey Sippy will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today, and at the church Wednesday from 9 a.m. to service time...

Virgil Wesley Welch, 77, of Farmington, retired manager and funeral director at the former Walther's Funeral Home, died Monday, June 14, 1993, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center. He was born Dec. 27, 1915, at Vineland, son of George V. and Florence Turley Welch. He married the former Virginia O. Woods...

DIEHLSTADT -- Three people were injured early Monday evening when a pickup truck collided with a piece of heavy farm equipment. Percy Owens, 35, of Charleston, was driving southbound on Route 77, four miles north of Diehlstadt, when an agricultural chemical sprayer driven by Colie B. Taylor, 25, of Morley, cut in front of him, according to a spokesman for the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Payne of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:20 p.m. Friday, June 11, 1993. Name, Bailey Nicole. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Payne is the former Donna Beussink, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Beussink of Gordonville. She is employed in the accounting department at Concord Printing Services. Payne is a coach/teacher at Central Junior High School, and is the son of Betty Payne of Normal, Ill., and Joe Payne of Vandalia, Ill...

Marilyn Ritter of the League of Women Voters of Cape Girardeau County has announced that the LWV of the United States will support an increase in taxes to pay for national health care reform. The LWVUS position is based on consensus reached after a two-year study of the issue by 32,765 members in 818 Leagues nationwide...

The Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School Wednesday will sponsor its annual Adult Re-Entry Neighborhood Conference at the Vo-Tech building, 301 Clark. The conference will be held from 8 a.m. until noon in room 214. "We've added another dimension to the Adult Re-Entry Conference this year," said Dorothy Hardy, director of the Single Parent Program at Vo-Tech. "As a result of our community outreach campaign earlier this year, we expect more individuals will come to this conference."...

At a recent awards assembly, several students at Cape Central Junior High School were honored for outstanding achievement scholastically throughout the school year. Ben Briney, Ben Chisman, Elizabeth Kunz, Bryan Daume, Becky Long and Chris Campbell received social studies awards...

Degrees were conferred upon 705 undergraduates and 49 graduate students during spring commencement exercises May 8 at Southeast Missouri State University. Area residents who graduated with advanced degrees, as listed by hometown, are: Benton: Yvonne M. Moore, Route 1, Box 477, master of science in administration, major - public administration...

JACKSON -- Although 88 to 97 percent of students surveyed in the seventh and ninth grades in the Jackson School District agreed that cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, marijuana and cocaine were harmful, the consensus did not extend to alcohol. In that category, 72 percent of seventh-graders felt alcohol was harmful while 22 percent did not. However, 31 percent of the seniors said alcohol was not harmful, while 69 percent said it was...

As the new director of the Missouri Department of Insurance, Jay Angoff is devoting attention to several priority areas that include workers' compensation, health insurance, homeowners insurance, and the solvency of companies. Angoff was appointed to the post by Gov. ...