Stories from Thursday, December 1, 1994

ORAN -- Albert L. Kielhofner, 71, of Route 2, Oran died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran.

JACKSON -- Dayspring Baptist Church joined other congregations in Missouri and Arkansas, Wednesday, loading up winter coats, shoes and clothing for missionaries in Lebanon and Russia. The campaign, sponsored by the Baptist Missionary Association, will allow Baptist missionaries to give the clothing to people in the two countries...

The rumble of motorcycles at Christmastime is music to Rebecca Payne's ears. The pack of motorcyclists who will zoom through Cape Girardeau's streets Sunday afternoon will be bearing gifts for the children who will call Cape Girardeau's Safe House for Women home over the holidays...

Tony Reinhart, vice president of government affairs with the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, will be guest speaker at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee Friday. Reinhart will discuss workers' compensation and its effect on businesses and other topics...

The Salvation Army is running ahead of last year on its Tree of Lights fund-raising campaign, with $15,500 of its $125,000 goal already collected. Money raised through the program will be used for Christmas baskets and other programs throughout the year. Almost 1,000 people already have signed up for Christmas assistance, and Capt. Elmer Trapp of the local Salvation Army congregation said he expects 3,500 to sign up before the Dec. 9 deadline...

Most people have started projects that now sit lifelessly in a desk drawer or in the basement. Sherry Roberts knows the feeling. She took 10 years to finish her first novel, "Maud's House," published last May by California-based Papier-Mache Press. The book is set in a small town, Round Corners, Vt., where the residents all have artistic impulses but have misplaced their creativity -- much the same condition Roberts herself struggled with over those 10 years...

An exhibition of art collected in a kind of spiritual quest and never before shown to the public will open Sunday at the University Museum. The show, titled "Reflections of the Invisible: World Spiritual Symbols," consists of 80 statues, masks, paintings and stitchery pieces that reflect a universal need to communicate spiritual feelings...

A self-taught artist who considers the pencil to be the most important tool in art will display her work at Gallery 100 during December. The exhibit by Sikeston painter Mona Yates is titled "Expressions from the Heart." "Pencil drawing can be very emotional," Yates says. ...

While the weather may not be beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Southeast Missouri, the holiday spirit is here in full force. Without snowflakes and bitter cold, shoppers are setting records this season. The weekend before Thanksgiving at West Park Mall produced retail sales nearly as big as the year before's weekend after Thanksgiving, usually the biggest...

SCOTT CITY -- A "Winter Wonderland" in the Scott City Community Park will be unveiled Friday night. The local fire and parks departments will sponsor the Christmas celebration at 7 p.m. Activities will include a visit from Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, the official lighting of the fire department's Tree of Lights and caroling led by the Broadway Methodist Choir...

When the Jews faced a government decree that would abolish their religion, they had had enough of foreign domination. After a three-year struggle led by Judah Maccabee, the Jews were victorious over their Syrian oppressors and celebrated by rededicating the temple in Jerusalem to God...

PERRYVILLE -- Robin W. Scott, 22, of Perryville died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 1994, at St. Louis University Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born July 19, 1972, in Perryville, the son of Larry and Cheryl Grindstaff Scott. Survivors are his mother and one brother, Randall Scott, both of Perryville...

Donna Sue May, 48, of Severna Park, Md., died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 1994, at her home, following a brief illness. She was born Feb. 12, 1946, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Donald and Edna Zimmerman Welch. She and Lee J. May were married in 1968 in Cape Girardeau...

PERRYVILLE -- Wilmer "Feathers" DuVall, 76, of Perryville, died Monday, Nov. 28, 1994, at his home. He was born July 23, 1918, in Perryville, son of Lewis William and Matilda DeRoe DuVall. He and Delelah H. Hornberger were married Aug. 23, 1941. She died May 22, 1986...

PERRYVILLE -- Etta Mae Herron, 65, of West Plains, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 1994, at Ozark Nursing Center in West Plains. She was born Dec. 26, 1928, at Yount, daughter of John Wesley and Mary Jane Stacy Hendrix. She and Claude L. Herron were married Nov. 23, 1946, at Perryville...

Son to Roshanda Johnson of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:13 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1994. Name, Michael Jabre. Weight, 8 pounds 1 ounce. Fifth child, fourth son. Miss Johnson is the daughter of Naomi Johnson of Cape Girardeau. Daughter to Robert and Dwana Scheffer of Oran, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:10 p.m. ...

Richard Harrison, 62, 1515 Carter, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 1994, at his home. He had been ill several months. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

A new insurance package designed to benefit subscribers, doctors and hospitals was introduced Wednesday by a local physicians-hospitals organization. The insurance package, HealthNet Blue, will be sold in Southeast Missouri through Alliance Blue Cross Blue Shield. It has been developed with MedAmerica HealthNet Inc., a nonprofit organization that includes five hospitals and more than 200 doctors in the region...

Copyright 1994 Southeast Missourian JEFFERSON CITY -- When Gov. Mel Carnahan delivers his annual State of the State address to the General Assembly in January, he will ask members to approve at least three major initiatives before they adjourn in May...

Three major items remain before Boyd Gaming Corp. begins construction of its $51.1 million riverboat gambling project in Cape Girardeau. Maunty Collins, a senior vice president and director of central region operations for Boyd Corp., said Wednesday the Cape Girardeau project should be operating within 10 months after construction begins...

Despite leveling a hill a year ago to improve visibility at the Highway 61-Interstate 55 interchange, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Department now is planting trees in the median where the hill once stood. In November 1993, the department approved work to level the hill that stood on the Jackson side of the interstate between the divided lanes of Highway 61 at the interchange between Cape Girardeau and Jackson...

A Cape Girardeau was in critical condition Wednesday night at Southeast Missouri Hospital after a fire at an apartment house at 719 N. West End Blvd. Firefighters responded to the scene around 7:30 p.m. after a tenant called 911. Cape Girardeau police officer Homer Markhart, one of the first arriving emergency personnel, plucked Craig Pearson from a mid-floor window...

Dec. 1, 1994 Dear Carly, Thank you for coming to see us over the holiday. Your Aunt DC and I loved having our nieces and nephew over for the bunking party. Now we know lots of new hiding places in our house and how to get cranberry juice out of the carpet and that '90s children prefer "Jurassic Park" to "The Shaggy Dog."...

An international trade accord should boost exports for Southeast Missouri businesses and agriculture, say area business and agriculture leaders. That message wasn't lost on U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, who voted with the majority of his House colleagues in passing a sweeping, 124-nation world trade agreement Tuesday...

When Mrs. F goes out, she likes to wear bright colors. She wouldn't mind complementing a bright outfit with red lipstick, red rouge, and matching red nail polish. Because of her financial situation, however, Mrs. F, 80, doesn't always have the opportunity to indulge herself in such luxury items...

Thinking about donating a toy to this year's Toybox campaign? If so, consider dropping off a popular item now rather than later. That from Jackie Ahrens, Toybox co-chairman for the Cape Girardeau Jaycees. Toybox is a joint project of the Jaycees and Southeast Missourian...

Jamie Dodd of Cape Girardeau, manager of Sides Metal and Steel Recycling, 800 S. Giboney, used a single-shot Winchester Model 37 with a scope to win fourth-choice prize in Friday night's shooting match at the KC Hall in Leopold. Tony DeWitt, left, of Zalma won second-choice prize at Friday night's shooting match in Leopold. Lifting the piece of beef off the cooler rack was Thomas Wofford of Zalma...

Wanda Ross of Allenville was the only woman in the shooting-match room Friday night at Leopold. She doesn't care to play bingo. Her husband, Terry, was one of the shooting-match judges. "There's usually four or five girls here at a match, and some of them shoot. I like to watch and visit. I'm related to about half the folks here."...

Vivaldi"s "Gloria" will be presented at 7 p.m. Sunday by the Cape Central Chamber Choir and the Cape Central Orchestra. The performance will be given in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. The Cape Central Brass Ensemble, directed by Ron Nall, also will perform a selection of holiday music...

KANSAS CITY -- Three students from the Southeast Missouri Music Academy participated in the recent Missouri Music Teachers Association state piano competition. Diana Weaver, daughter of June Weaver of Cape Girardeau, received an honorable mention in the 11th-grade division. Matt Yount, son of June and Cecil Long of Patton, received an honorable mention in the 12th-grade division. Carol Jackson, daughter of Jerry and Diane McKee of Cape Girardeau, also competed...

The University Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform the world premiere of a work by Southeast Missouri State University faculty member Robert Fruehwald Tuesday. The concert, to be held at 8 p.m. in Academic Auditorium, will feature Fruehwald's "Nova Mater," a piece based on the university's "Alma Mater."...

The Southeast Chamber Players will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday at Old St. Vincent's church. The concert will include music composed by J.N. Hummel, Leos Janacek, the American premiere of a suite by Hungarian composer Ferenc Farkas, and Paul Hindemith's Septett for Wind Instruments...