Stories from Thursday, August 4, 1994

Members of the local Firefighter Explorer Post 911 will hold a car wash Saturday to raise money for a float trip. The car wash will be held in the back lots of Cape Girardeau Fire Station No. 1, at the corner of Sprigg and Independence Streets, and Fire Station No. 2, on Mount Auburn Road south of West Park Mall...

A new state law bars school-age children from attending classes this fall unless their immunizations are up-to-date. A clinic for immunizations is scheduled Aug. 10 at the Cape Girardeau Health Center, 1121 Linden, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. by appointment only. To make appointments, call the center at 335-7846...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Ashcroft will be in Cape Girardeau today on the final stop of a two-day kickoff for his general election campaign. Ashcroft, who easily won the Republican nomination Tuesday, will be at the Cape Girardeau Public Library at 5 p.m. to discuss his agenda for the future with youngsters in the library's community room...

Southeast Missouri State University officials went to bed Tuesday night thinking that the statewide bond issue had been defeated, thereby dooming construction of a College of Business building. University President Kala Stroup got her wakeup call around 1 a.m. Wednesday. Informed by a reporter that the $250 million bond issue narrowly passed, she preceded to spend the next two hours calling other university officials and supporters to tell them the news...

The Missouri National Education Association says it will take the Cape Girardeau Board of Education to court if the board holds its planned annual retreat this weekend in St. Louis. In a letter delivered this week to board members' homes, NEA attorney Lisa Van Amburg said holding the meeting in St. Louis effectively cuts off public access...

Motorists here had a wide selection of self-service gasoline prices Wednesday ranging from 99.9 cents a gallon to $1.12.9 per gallon. In at least one case, they needed only to cross the street for a 10-cent-a-gallon savings. Prices jumped quickly around town this week, with the majority of stations proclaiming $1.09.9 for self-service regular unleaded...

August 4, 1994 Dear Leslie, Awoke from a frightening dream this morning. I was announcing my candidacy for the governorship of California. Journalists were asking me the Big Little Questions and I kept answering, "I don't know." "I don't know" is an admission politicians aren't supposed to make, but I'd sure vote for one nuts enough to do it. ...

JACKSON - After a year of preparation, study, discussion, and public hearings, a revised city zoning ordinance has been approved by the Jackson Board of Aldermen. The revised ordinance contains some major changes, including: an increase in the minimum lot size for all new R-1-zoned property and multifamily R-3-zoned areas; a change in the parking space requirements for R-2 multifamily areas; changes in building space for apartment buildings; and creation of an I-4 industrial classification...

JACKSON -- Vance Combs and Verda Cooper won contested races for seats on political party central committees in Tuesday's primary election. Combs, running for Republican committeeman in Ward 14, defeated David Barklage by a vote of 144 to 117. Cooper, running for Democratic committeewoman in Ward 17, defeated Geraldine McLean Ennis 68 to 49...

JACKSON -- Almost 40 years ago Riverside Regional Library was created by voters of Cape Girardeau, Scott and Perry counties to provide library services to small, rural school districts and rural residents of the counties. Today, the library center in Jackson and its five branches at Scott City, Benton, Morley, Altenburg and Perryville provide total library services to 53,000 rural residents and school districts that had no access to library services...

John C. "Woody" Cozad, former chairman of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, will be guest speaker at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee Friday. Cozad, a partner in the law firm of Morrison and Hecker in Kansas City, will discuss the use of quotas in hiring and promotions and the advancement of such policies by the federal government...

MALDEN -- The Malden Chamber of Commerce will sponsor an Industry Appreciation Day Sept. 29. A cookout will be co-sonsored by Powell Supply Co., which is celebrating 25 years in business this year. It will be held on the south lawn of the Malden Airport Inn...

NEW MADRID -- The City Council has begun the task of bringing a gambling boat to town. City Attorney Lewis Recker said he is reviewing sample ordinances on establishment of a gambling company. Such an ordinance is necessary for the New Madrid Gaming Co. to seek a state license...

DEXTER -- The Stoddard County Fair Board will hold its annual Demolition Derby Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. at Stoddard County Fairgrounds in Dexter. There will be a $1,300 guaranteed purse along with a $1,500 maximum purse. Those interested in participating should send a self-addressed envelope to Stoddard County Fair Board, P.O. Box 606, Dexter, Mo...

POPLAR BLUFF -- The City Council has approved the design of a new Butler County Correctional Center. Mayor Calvin Rutledge said architect Harold Porterfield presented a drawing of the center to the council last month, giving the council an opportunity to make changes. The design was unanimously approved...

Funeral service for Gertrude A. Green of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Jeffrey Sippy will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Vera Maude Hill of Chaffee will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Elijah Church of Christ in Elijah. The Rev. Roy Moss will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee after 6 p.m. today, and at the church Saturday after 12:30 p.m...

BRAZEAU -- Connie Sue Koenig, 24, of Brazeau, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1994, at St. Louis University Medical Center. She was born May 8, 1970, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Charles and Gloria Martin Schlichting. She and Danny Koenig were married June 25, 1988...

ZALMA -- Julius Carver, 73, of Zalma, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 26, 1921, in Prague, Okla., son of Jessie and Beulah Mae Robbins Carver. He and Mary Abernathy were married Aug. 30, 1946, in Piggott, Ark...

PERRYVILLE -- Private funeral service for Kirk J. Prevallet of Perryville was held Tuesday at Young and Sons Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Don Berkbigler officiated, with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Prevallet, 26, died Sunday, July 31, 1994, at his home...

Son to Gayle and Jody Briner of Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, July 9, 1994. Name, Robert Grissom. Second child, first son. Mrs. Briner is the daughter of Charlotte Hazen of Cape Girardeau and Barry Hazen of St. Louis. She is a mortgage processor with First Union National Bank in Charlotte. Briner is program analyst with Nations Bank of Charlotte, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Briner of Cape Girardeau...

JACKSON -- Members of the Cape Girardeau County Democratic and Republican Central Committees are scheduled to meet tonight in Jackson to select nominees to run Nov. 8 for an unexpired term for sheriff. Republicans have five candidates that have expressed an interest in running, while Democrats have four candidates interested...

To whom it may concern: My name is Joan Kezer. My only child, Joshua C. Kezer (19), was recently convicted of 2nd degree murder and armed criminal action. He's been sentenced to 60 years in prison. But I am absolutely positive that my son is innocent. ...

The votes are counted. The winners celebrated. The losers graciously bowed out. The 1994 primary may be history, but many of the candidates have hit the general election campaign trial running. What did the primary election tell us? For one thing, Missourians are willing to take a chance on better prisons and improved college facilities...

Dear Editor, I would like to compliment Jay Eastlick's column of July 30, 1994. He has wisdom beyond his age and I want you to know we think he is "righton." it is very encouraging to see such insight expressed in the media; I congratulate you for printing such quality...

The ever-articulate former President Gerald Ford once remarked of a dear, departed colleague, "Old Joe would be turning over in his grave if he were alive today." I'm moved to the same observation about many of the old moderate/conservative warhorses who led the invincible Missouri Democratic Party to so many victories over so many years...

Members of "The Pied Piper" cast have been having so much fun with their summer workshop, assistant director Amy Diebold finds herself reminding the kids that what they think is fun is actually work. "Sometimes you have to tell them that we're not having fun, but that we're working on something relevant to the play," said Diebold, who is assisting Marty Strohmeyer in "The Pied Piper", the culmination of an eight-week workshop sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department...

SIKESTON -- Joe Diffie, Martina McBride, Marty Stuart and Tracy Lawrence are among the top entertainers scheduled to take the stage at the 42nd annual Sikeston Rodeo. The Sikeston Rodeo will take place from Wednesday, Aug. 10, through Saturday, Aug. 13...

Members of the Ste. Genevieve Artists Guild will put their work on display during the month of August at Gallery 100. The exhibit will open with a reception for the artists on Sunday, Aug. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. Gallery 100 is located at 1707 Mt. Auburn Rd...