Stories from Tuesday, August 23, 1994

MAP -- MUNICIPAL AIRPORT Lawsuit or no lawsuit, the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport is on the verge of sprouting bigger and better wings. While the city and Cape Central Airways, the airport's fixed-base operator, slug it out in court over an eviction notice, new players continue to emerge to develop aviation-related industry and lure executive clients to use the airport...

It is tough being an anti-war protester these days. When the Vietnam War was in full swing, anti-war protests were a way of life. People made careers out of long hair, peace signs and poor hygiene. But those days are gone. The last U.S. ground troops pulled out in 1973. South Vietnam fell to the communists two years later...

Although he doesn't know how many votes it will take to win, or even who all will be eligible to vote, State Rep. Mark Richardson has been quietly campaigning for minority leader of the Missouri House of Representatives. Election to the post would make the 42-year old Poplar Bluff attorney the top ranking Republican in the House and one of the party's highest ranking spokesmen in the state...

JACKSON -- Astronaut Linda Godwin says the training she received at Jackson public schools, especially in math and science, prepared her for a career with NASA. She told teachers Monday that Jackson schools did something right while she was a student...

When tragedy occurs that results in criminal charges, there is an expectation that justice will be done and offenders will be punished. But the reality of American justice isn't so clean and foolproof. The hazing death earlier this year of a Southeast Missouri State University student is a case in point. ...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Sylvia S. Ray, 81, of East Prairie, died Monday, Aug. 22, 1994, at East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born March 28, 1913, at Steele, daughter of William A. and Pearl I. Michie Moore. She married Walter C. Ray, who died Jan. 16, 1976...

Graveside service for Anita Desselman of St. Louis will be held at 2 p.m. today at St. Paul Cemetery in Farmington. Desselman, 89, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 1994, at Friendship Village in Chesterfield. She was born Aug. 17, 1905, at Farmington. She married Charles Desselman, who preceded her in death...

BIEHLE -- Funeral mass for Josephine Catherine Renner of St. Louis, formerly of Biehle, will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle. The Rev. Joseph Eilers will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville from 6:30-9:30 a.m...

PERRYVILLE -- Lorene Ruessler, 71, of Perryville, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 31, 1922, in Perry County, daughter of Sebastian and Myrtle Gibbar Pecaut. She and Fred Ruessler were married March 14, 1942. He died Oct. 17, 1988...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for James Wesley Smith of Charleston will be held at 2 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Chapel. Shelton Peeler and Phillip Nuernberger will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Smith, 72, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 1994, at his home...

JACKSON -- Gene Huckstep, Cape County presiding commissioner until the end of the year, discussed the good shape of county finances and the bad state of the criminal justice system during his after-dinner talk at the monthly chamber of commerce meeting here on Monday evening...

Daughter to Kenn and Pamela Riehn of Jackson, St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis, 4:07 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1994. Name, Emily Renee. Weight, 10 pounds 7 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Riehn is the former Pamela Lancaster, daughter of Rev. George and Carolyn Lancaster of New Madrid. Riehn is owner/operator of SEMO Mud-Jacking and Piering, and is the son of Melvin and Betty Riehn of Millersville...

Margaret L. Revelle, 82, of St. Louis, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Aug. 22, 1994, at Alexian Brothers Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel.

It has been 17 years since Al Spradling Jr. held one of the most powerful positions in Missouri politics. But the respect remains, and the title sticks. "Senator" is how most people still address this Cape Girardeau lawyer of 52 years. Spradling served in the Missouri Senate from 1952 to 1977. At 31, he was then the youngest man ever elected to the Senate...

Geography never looked so good before Craig Thomas came along. The Cape Girardeau artist recently completed a mural on the walls of Franklin School's south stairwell. The work consists of more than 20 separate scenes: Giant postcard-like paintings that visually tumble down the stairs...

Brenda S. Uhrhan of Jackson was recently named to the summer semester honor roll at Southwest Missouri State University. Students named to the list earned at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and completed at least six credit hours during the summer semester...

Southeast Missouri State University Faculty Dames, a university women's club established in 1874, will hold a coffee at the home of Adele Kupchella, 303 S. Spanish Street, Saturday from 10-11:30 a.m. Guests will be newcomers to the university and university President Kala Stroup. All female faculty, faculty wives, professional staff, as well as widows and retirees of Southeast are invited...

The Jacksonian Chapter of the American Business Women's Association recently awarded scholarships to Jennifer Campbell of Jackson and Laura Ann Hyde of Campbell. Campbell received a $500 scholarship and will be attending Southeast Missouri State University this fall as a freshman. She plans to major business with an emphasis in accounting...

Southeast Missouri State University Choral Union rehearsals will begin today at 7 p.m. in the choir room of Brandt Music Hall. The Choral Union is a community singing group and any member of the community is invited to join. There is no fee, no music to buy and no audition...

Emily Shanks, a senior at Kelly High School in Benton, recently completed an eight-day leadership training session, from July 30 to Aug. 6 at the Future Homemakers of America's National Headquarters and Leadership Center in Reston, Va. Shanks and nine other members of the national executive Council prepared for their roles as national representatives. ...

Ten scholarships for the 1994-95 academic year, each worth $1,000, have been awarded by the St. Francis Medical Center Auxiliary to students pursuing various health care careers. The scholarships are awarded annually based on a number of factors including financial need and the willingness of recipients to sign service contracts in which they agree to work at least one year on a full or part-time basis as a health care professional at St. Francis...

A culmination of artwork reflecting art students' unique and personal visual statements from the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts Summer Arts Workshop will be on display throughout the month of December. The exhibit will be held at Gallery 100 and the University Museum. Closing receptions at the exhibit sites will be held Sept. 20 from 4-6 p.m. At that time students can take home their exhibited artwork...

Hautina K. Bollinger, a former Cape Girardeau resident, recently received a doctorate in health psychology/behavioral medicine from the University of North Texas during summer commencement held Aug. 13. Bolinger has accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas where she will continue training in neuropsychology and behavioral medicine...

Sharon Schwarz of Cape Girardeau was among 22 people who participated in the "Use of Graphing Utilities to Teach Secondary School Mathematics" workshop held at Southwest Baptist University Aug. 7-13. Schwarz is a mathematics instructor at Marquand-Zion High School...

Shawnee Community College's Adult Education Program was selected as one of four winners statewide of the 1994 Bright Idea Award sponsored by the Illinois Council of Community College Administrators. The award was presented to the college for organizing a new community service program entitled, "Today's Kids -- Tomorrow's Leaders, A Week of the Young Child Celebration." The two-day multicultural program was present on the college campus April 21 and 22 to celebrate the Week of the Child...

Elyce Anne Elder of Cape Girardeau earned a master of arts degree in art therapy from the University of Louisville college of health and social services. She graduated from Taylor University in 1991 and from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1987...