Stories from Tuesday, October 26, 1993

Southeast Missouri State University's College of Business Administration is being renamed in honor of Donald L. Harrison, a Cape Girardeau businessman and president of the school's Board of Regents. It marks the first time a college at Southeast has been named for an individual since the Cape Girardeau school became a university in 1972, Southeast president Kala Stroup said...

JACKSON -- If final tests of the system go as expected, residents of Cape Girardeau County will likely have 911 emergency telephone service in place by next week. "The system is essentially in place. We have been doing extensive testing the last 30 days to check routing and to make sure everything is working the way it should," said Brian Miller, the county's emergency operations coordinator and the chairman of the committee appointed to implement the system...

Sprigg Street Medical Center, which for the past year has served almost 3,000 people who previously had limited or no access to medical care, may have to close its doors. "It's with real regret that we make this announcement," said Dr. William O.L. Seabaugh, a long-time physician who founded and managed the facility at 24 N. Sprigg following his retirement from active practice. "We've been open just over a year. We feel that the clinic is needed, but we don't have funds to keep it going."...

JACKSON - Wet fields are hampering the fall harvest and planting of winter wheat in Missouri. September 1993 was the second wettest in more than 70 years in Cape Girardeau. So far this month rain at the airport totals 2.58 inches. Meanwhile, local agricultural officials say adverse weather conditions this year have also lowered corn yields in Cape Girardeau County and in Bootheel counties. Last year's corn produced record yields...

A new mural will be unveiled in Cape Girardeau, just in time for Southeast Missouri State University's homecoming celebration. The River Heritage Mural Association has set a goal of 10 murals in 10 years in the city, and work on the sixth mural began this week on the west side of the building that houses Shivelbine's Music store...

Melton A. McLaurin, a North Carolinian who wrote the surprise bestseller "Celia, A Slave," was on the phone. Thirty-three participants in the Great Books Program at Southeast Missouri State University were on the other end. The exchange Monday afternoon between writer and readers via speaker phones culminated a two-hour discussion of the book in the Missouriana Room at the University Center, and gave the readers a rare chance to ask questions that perhaps only the author could answer...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Roy Smith of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Chapel. The Rev. David Johnson will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Smith, 89, died Saturday, Oct. 23, 1993, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. He and Mayme Early were married Aug. 8, 1931...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Copen of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:16 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 1993. Name, Mark Charles. Weight, 7 pounds 6 ounces. First child. Mrs. Copen is the former Amy Blackwell, daughter of Mark and Brenda Blackwell of Jackson. She is a senior at Jackson High School. Copen is employed by Defender Services, and is the son of Charles and Jane Copen of Cape Girardeau...

MATTHEWS -- Vernie Wayne Deen, 59, Matthews Route 1, died Sunday, Oct. 24, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 29, 1934, at Malden, son of Vernie Sage and Geneva Lois Green Deen. He and Betty Daniel were married Oct. 13, 1958, at Kennett...

MORLEY -- Alice Izetta Hayes of Morley died Sunday, Oct. 24, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 7, 1907, in Freeport, Ill., daughter of Allen and Maggie May Weber Albright. She and John Leroy Hayes were married June 20, 1936, in Lena, Ill. He died Aug. 9, 1993...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Kevin Joseph Johnson, East Prairie Route 2, was held Monday at Shelby Funeral Chapel. Mike Johnson officiated, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Johnson, 36, died Saturday, Oct. 23, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, from injuries received in an automobile accident...

A concert band reading session, a clinic featuring new concert band literature and contest material for grades 2 to 5, will be held Saturday at Southeast Missouri State University. All area band directors are invited to the free event, which is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon in Academic Auditorium. Score packets will be available for all attending directors...

To the Editor: I guess the citizens of Cape Girardeau have now seen and read it all! The group Citizens Against Riverboat Gambling have now declared that the proposed riverboat will unleash upon our city teen-aged mutant addicted gamblers stealing their "parents' credit cards" to support their vice. What's next on their agenda of scare tactics and arguments based solely on emotion?...

The sentencing in U.S. District Court last week of long-time Cape Girardeau attorney Edward L. Downs for cocaine trafficking brings to an end an ugly and rather sad story of our times. It is a cautionary tale, one that warns of cocaine as a destroyer of lives and reputations, and one that should strengthen local resolve to rid this controlled substance from our community...

To the Editor: Ah, the answer to human kind's "sin" nature! The "freedom" to do whatever one wants without the confrontation of another personal moral viewpoint. This is what 40 years of moral revolution have won for "us." Gone are the Judeo/Christian laws that stood in the way of our right of self-fulfilling freedom. You remember those ancient moral absolutes that the majority of society agreed upon. Like.....

High school students can get on a fast track to technical training through a new program at the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School. The program, "Tech-Prep," enables high school students to earn college credit in four vocations. Judy Holshouser, a guidance and placement counselor at the Vo-Tech School, said students are able to enter the work force at the completion of any of three stages in the program -- at the end of high school, junior college or undergraduate studies...

Terri Jackson's special education students at Nell Holcomb School are greeted each day by inspirational messages posted throughout the classroom. "I am capable." "Knowledge is power." "I contribute in meaningful ways." "I am genuinely needed." "I can influence what happens to me."...

The Cape Girardeau Central Marching Band continued its winning ways the past weekend with a fourth-place finish at the 22nd Greater St. Louis Festival at Busch Stadium. The competition was the largest and toughest the band has faced this year. Eight bands competed with Central in the Gold Division; 48 bands competed in all...

Angie Keys and Tara Beth Heisserer have been named Students of the Month for October by Cape Girardeau Elk's Lodge 639. Keys, 17, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Keys of Cape Girardeau. She is a senior at Cape Girardeau Central High School, where she is co-editor of The Tiger newspaper, a member of chamber choir and the varsity softball team. She is also a member of the New Life World Outreach Center youth group and earned the Gold Award through girl scouting...

Jennifer Lynne Hamilton of Cape Girardeau received the Robert Lancaster Scholarship during the University of the South's Founders' Day Convocation this month. Hamilton is a junior political-science major and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ray Hamilton. The award recognized attainment in political science...

Workshop on Wheels will present a workshop on "Developmentally Appropriate Activities for Twos" Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. The presentation will be held at KinderCare Learning Center, 113 Silver Springs Road. Lisa Lipke will emphasize activities for 2-year-olds including flannel boards, props, puppets and books that have been successfully used...

Cadet Robert Alexander Barney of Cape Girardeau was among 14 new recruits at the Missouri Military Academy to be awarded the Gold Star and promoted to the rank of cadet private. The Gold Star designates a cadet as a member of an honor ROTC unit with distinction. Only the top 15 percent of new recruits are so honored...

Matthew S. Stupakewicz, a student at Southeast Missouri State University, has been awarded the 1993 Society of Manufacturing Engineers St. Louis Chapter 17 Scholarship of $750. A Society of Manufacturing Engineers member majoring in industrial technology, Stupakewicz has a 3.76 grade-point average and has qualified for the dean's list three times...

SCOTT CITY -- Michelle Keesee, a senior at Scott City High School, has been named October Youth of the Month by the Exchange Club of Cape Girardeau. Keesee is a member of the National Honor Society, Science Club, Future Homemakers of America, Pep Club, yearbook staff, band, Future Business Leaders of America, Pom Pon squad, Future Teachers of America and Girl Scouts...

Stage One, The Hair School of Cape Girardeau recently awarded career scholarships to a number of 1993 graduates of area high schools. Receiving awards were: Amy Garrison, daughter of Carol Christopher of Cape Girardeau, a graduate of Central High School...