Stories from Tuesday, November 2, 1993

JACKSON - A new era in solid waste is coming next year to Southeast Missouri and it won't come cheap, according to officials who spoke during a public hearing Monday at the Cape Girardeau County Commission in Jackson. The commission heard details of the proposed waste management plan that's designed to reduce the amount of solid waste going into area landfills by 1998...

Last week, Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan warned school districts not to take advantage of "an unintentional loophole" in Missouri's new school financing law. It could threaten the law's goal of providing a more equal education for Missouri's students. But a state education department official says the loophole the governor has been discussing isn't technically a loophole...

Voters in the city of Cape Girardeau and Scott County will be going to the polls today, deciding whether to allow riverboat gaming. Under a Missouri law that was enacted last November, voters in a city or county where a boat will be docked must first approve riverboat gaming before a license can be applied for...

Motorists crossing the Mississippi River into Cape Girardeau on the planned bridge and relocated Highway 74 will have one less eyesore to bear. The Cape Girardeau City Council Monday refused to grant a special use permit to Lester Sample for a automobile salvage company at Giboney and Maple...

ST. LOUIS -- Southeast Missouri State University's proposed business building ranks fourth among eight new construction projects that the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education has recommended for funding in the 1995 fiscal year. At a meeting of the Southeast Board of Regents Monday night in St. Louis, university officials said they were pleased with the coordinating board's budget recommendations for the Cape Girardeau school...

JACKSON -- "I'm Desmond Lee. I'm retired," is the way the honored guest introduced himself Monday night to a group of more than 100 local business leaders and regional politicians present at the Annual Manufacturers' Appreciation Banquet. The Jackson Industrial Development Company, a coalition of business people, commercial growth organizations and local politicians, presented Lee with a special plaque commemorating his devotion and service to the city of Jackson...

BENTON -- James H. Burford, 48, of Fayetteville, Ark., died Sunday, Oct. 31, 1993, at Washington Regional Hospital in Fayetteville. He was born May 12, 1945, at Commerce, son of Ben F. and Edna Burford. He attended school at St. Denis and Thomas W. Kelly Schools in Benton and the University of Missouri-Rolla...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schultz, Chaffee Route 2, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:29 a.m. Monday, Oct. 11, 1993. Name, Clarissa Kay. Weight, 9 pounds. Second daughter. Mrs. Schultz is the former Debra Lands, daughter of Henrietta Lands of Chaffee, and the late Bob Lands. She is employed at Thorngate Ltd. Schultz is employed by Burlington Northern Railroad, and is the son of Virginia Schultz of Chaffee, and the late Charles Schultz...

ORAN -- Amelia Mary Reinagel, 94, of Cordova, Tenn., died Sunday, Oct. 31, 1993, at Hill Haven Germantown Nursing Home in Cordova. She was born Sept. 9, 1899, at Oran, daughter of John Martin and Savanah Bechel Menz. She and Lawrence L. Reinagel were married Aug. 26, 1919. He died June 26, 1958...

Peggy A. Hahs, 55, 1212 Meadowbrook, died Monday, Nov. 1, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born June 5, 1938, at Matthews, daughter of A.F. "Jake" and Lucell Stewart Riehn. She and Gene Hahs were married Dec. 22, 1956, in Cape Girardeau...

ESSEX -- Funeral service for Roy Wesley Gardner, Essex Route 2, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. E.K. Purcell and Elder David Bowman will officiate, with burial in Mounds Park Cemetery near Lilbourn. Gardner, 69, died Saturday, Oct. 30, 1993, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff...

SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Ernest M. Randall, 83, of Sedgewickville, died Monday, Nov. 1, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Sept. 11, 1910, in Hollis, Maine, son of Watson and Eva Myrtle Whitten Randall. Randall moved here in 1989 from South Windham, Maine...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Linda Joyce Taylor of Sikeston will be held at 3 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. Pat Hogan will officiate, with burial in Forest Hills Memorial Garden at Morley. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m...

Graveside service for Richard Allen of Casa Grande, Ariz., was held Oct. 21 at Green Acres Cemetery in Phoenix, Ariz. Greer-Wilson Funeral Home in Phoenix was in charge of arrangements. Allen, 72, died Tuesday, Oct. 19, 1993. He was born March 13, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, son of James and Emma Jackson Allen...

There's an old saying: Speak now or forever hold your peace. That adage could apply to the Cape Girardeau Public Schools' search for input on a possible reconfiguration of the district. The district is hosting a series of three public forums this month...

JACKSON -- Pam Friedrich, kindergarten teacher at the Jackson Primary Annex, says a teacher is a mother, nurse, peacemaker, counselor, but above all a friend. "Teachers have the awesome responsibility of holding the future in their hands," Friedrich said. "A child's self-concept needs to be positive and to see school as a good place to be -- a place where the child funds success and support."...

Southeast Missouri State University honor students are putting a little muscle into their "creative and critical thinking." From cleaning state park trails to serving as teacher aides, the students are doing their share of community service work this fall semester...

The University of Missouri Extension Service honored Susan Mills as the professional communicator of the year during their recent annual professional development conference. This award recognizes excellence in employing journalistic expertise in a total information effort...

Luke Balsamo, a senior at the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y., has been awarded a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship for study. The highly competitive program will train Balsamo to serve as an officer in the Navy. While the student is an undergraduate, the program covers the cost of tuition, fees, textbooks and uniforms and pays a small monthly allowance. Scholarship recipients agree to serve eight years or more, four of which must be on active duty...

The Southeast Missouri State University debate squad won several awards at the Governor's Classic Tournament held at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn., Oct. 22-24. Lesli Pace and Kim Sides combined to finish third in the varsity division of the tournament. The duo defeated teams from Vanderbilt, Cumberland and North Carolina-Charlotte before dropping a split decision to another Vanderbilt team in the semifinals...

MORLEY -- The Scott County Central School District will conduct free pre-school screenings for children age 1-4 on Nov. 10-11. The screenings will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Scott County Central Elementary School. Call the school at 417-3411 to make an appointment...

A workshop on conservation education for teachers of young children will be held Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. at Cinnamon Bear, 615 Bellevue. Suggestions on introducing topics such as birds, mammals, fish, plants and insects will be discussed. Also, ideas for related activities in art, music, language arts and storytime will be provided by Ann Rankin Taylor...