Stories from Thursday, August 11, 1994

ORAN -- Leona Marie Gosche, 71, of Oran, died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1994, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 2, 1923, at Kelso, daughter of Anton "Tony" and Alma Zoellner Heisserer. She married Harold J. Gosche, May 2, 1946. He died Nov. 11, 1986...

If there is one thing official Washington does well, it is disguise the true meaning of the English language. Taxes become revenue enhancements, deficits become budgetary shortfalls, and new government burdens on employers are deftly entitled shared responsibilities. But when closely studied, the lion's share of the burden always seems to fall on small business...

One of the hottest commodities in the United States isn't something you wear, drive or eat. It is the family doctor. The shortage of primary care physicians -- family practitioners, general internists and pediatricians -- has raised the recruitment ante of towns across the country. Rural areas are especially hard pressed in the competition for family docs...

The Lutheran Nursing Home announced Wednesday that it will expand with retirement-living facilities at a cost of approximately $12.5 million. The expansion, called Saxony Village, will include 18 duplex apartments, 40 assisted-living suites and an apartment complex. The project will include living facilities of one- and two-bedroom apartments, a kitchen and dining room, and there will be a multipurpose facility...

Descendants of the Brockenbrough Andrews family gathered for a tri-yearly reunion recently at Cape Girardeau County Park. Relatives attended from Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Chaffee, St. Charles, Hillsboro, Kansas City, and St. Louis in Missouri; Cordova and Memphis, Tenn.; Alton, Pekin and Staunton, Ill.; Slaughters, Ky.; Cary, N.C., and the state of Georgia...

JACKSON -- The Municipal Band will hold its final concert of the season tonight at 8 at the small gazebo on the county courthouse lawn. Special guest will be Julie Walker, a 1980 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. She has starred in several musicals, including "God Spell," and is currently director of the Grace United Methodist Church Choir...

To the editor: Two articles in your newspaper caught my attention this past weekend. One, the Aug. 6 editorial, was somewhat critical of Southeast Missouri State University's effort in bringing an AmeriCorps community service program to Southeast Missouri...

Funeral service for Diane Sue Hogan of San Diego, Calif., will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church. The Rev. Larry Gallamore will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...

JACKSON -- Vida Hemmann, 89, died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1994, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. Arrangements were incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Harold N. Baker, 79, East Prairie Route 1, died Monday, Aug. 8, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Shelby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Paul W. Berry, 78, 1312 Victoria, died Wednesday, July 10, 1994, at his home. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

OLMSTED, Ill. -- Ricky Ray Griffith, 38, of Olmsted, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1994, at his home. Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge is in charge of arrangements.

Son to Lanny D. and Diane K. Schweer, 380 Quapaw, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:49 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, 1994. Name, Gary William. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Schweer is the former Diane Eggers, daughter of William and Edith Eggers of Jackson. She is a loan supervisor at Southeast Missouri Bank. Schweer is a Diesel mechanic at ERB Equipment, and is the son of Gary and Betty Schweer of Cape Girardeau...

FRIDAY Arena Park Prayer Breakfast and Leadership Forum 7:30-11 a.m. Featuring: Dr. Benjamin Hooks Leadership Panel 12:30-3 p.m. Carnival 1-3 p.m. Musical Entertainment 6-10 p.m. SATURDAY Arena Park Opening Ceremony 10 a.m. Theme Workshops and Black Expo...

Editor's note: The following is the first of a series of three stories on black families in Cape Girardeau, which will host the first Black Family Reunion Friday through Sunday at Arena Park. The answer to single parenting for Mae Thomas has been working full time to provide a stable home for her children...

Cape Girardeau schools Superintendent Neyland Clark got a one-year extension to his contract and a raise from the Board of Education Wednesday. With the vote behind them, board members said they have work ahead in terms of improving the board's image...

Aug. 11, 1994 Dear Pat, DC and I went to Ferndale a few days ago to watch the making of a Dustin Hoffman movie called "Outbreak," but for some reason they weren't shooting. Dustin wasn't just hanging around either. The movie's about a mean virus that escapes from a lab. Your prototypical modern horror. Unlike werewolf movies, based on a true story...

Orientation for eighth-grade students entering Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School will be Aug. 18. Students whose lasts names begin with the letters A-L should report to the school cafeteria at 9 a.m. and M-Z at 10:30 a.m. Although the orientation session is optional, incoming students are encouraged to attend...

The Missouri Highway and Transportation Department will resurface 39 miles of Highway 72 between Jackson and Fredericktown to improve the skid-resistant quality of the asphalt pavement. The work will begin Wednesday at Fredericktown and proceed southward toward Jackson, said Bob Simpson of the department's District 10 office at Sikeston...

They arrived at city hall with pictures, more signatures, emotional speeches and the 1987 Cape Girardeau Comprehensive Plan, ammunition designed to shoot down a project that would change the neighborhood from a single-family residential district to multiple-family zoning...

ALTENBURG -- The Altenburg School District, among 14 districts across the state that faced extinction because of a lack of accreditation, has been accredited by the state. Superintendent Richard Hoffman said the district has been provisionally accredited, which means it won't face accreditation problems for five years. He said it removes the district from the part of a new law that says unaccredited districts must meet criteria...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University's law school has won a $90,000 federal grant to mediate problems among Carbondale residents, elementary students and the disabled. SIU will add about $166,000. The university was one of 65 colleges and universities to win money from President Clinton's "Learn and Serve America: Higher Education" program...

CHESTER, Ill. -- Dozens of Chester Mental Health Center workers staged an informational picket in protest after they said they were not allowed to wear gowns and gloves to protect themselves from a HIV-infected patient. John Hargis, a security therapy aide, arrived to cheers and shouts of support from his colleagues Tuesday. He was sent home two weeks ago after he refused to order two other aides to remove the gloves, masks and gowns they were wearing in a unit where a HIV-infected man lives...

SCOTT CITY -- As a rule, fire departments are known for their adaptability. When a shortfall in emergency response systems exists, generally there are firefighters on hand to fill the deficiency. The Scott City Volunteer Fire Department is no exception...

It will go down in history as the heroic confluence of the will and the wall, the sand and savvy that saved Ste. Genevieve. But there is much more to the story of last summer's flood and the valiant effort of the people who worked day and night to keep the historical buildings intact...

Brey's watercolor titled "Cupid and Lace". Through her art, Judi Brey both understands and appreciates the world around her a little better each day. A self-taught watercolor artist, Brey first became interested in painting and drawing as a child. She jumped into the world of self-discovery as an artist by first experimenting with colors. She received a magazine gift of paint-by-numbers but found out quickly her imagination fought the narrow parameters of those small spaces...

The Missouri Arts Council will host a workshop in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Aug. 24, to discuss the application process for participation in the Missouri Touring Program. The workshop will take place at Gallery 100, 1707 Mt. Auburn Rd., from 10 a.m. to noon...