Stories from Wednesday, January 4, 1995

JEFFERSON CITY -- What weighs more than six pounds, is more than three inches thick, has more than 560 pages and is designed to change the way Missouri functions well into the 21st century? Chances are most Missourians have never heard of the Commission on Management and Productivity, but within a few days Gov. Mel Carnahan will urge the General Assembly to enact its recommendations on how Missouri can reinvent state government to make it more efficient and less costly...

Anita Hill, the law professor who raised the issue of sexual harassment at the nomination hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will speak in Cape Girardeau Jan. 16. Hill will deliver the keynote address at the 10th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast scheduled for 8 a.m. in the Show Me Center...

John Freeze took his telephone bill, house payment and insurance premium to the post office Tuesday. It wasn't long, though, before he took it all back home because he couldn't buy a 3-cent stamp. At 2 p.m. Tuesday, the Cape Girardeau post office ran out of 3-cent stamps. All the 1-cent and 2-cent stamps also sold out. A new supply of 3-cent stamps is to arrive today, or Thursday at the latest...

Plans for a nightclub in Cape Girardeau that would feature nude dancing has sparked opposition from several residents, including the owners of nearby businesses. Dillard Dale, owner of Auto Trim Design, was one of four people who objected to the proposed nightclub at a meeting of the City Council Tuesday night...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Students returned to school Tuesday for the first time since the Cairo Association of Teachers went out on strike Nov. 16. "We don't have the final count for the day," said Dr. Elaine Bonifield, superintendent of Cairo public schools. "This is the first day back in seven weeks, and there is a flu bug going around."...

Jim Davis is convinced a few hot bowls of soup can go a long way in fueling a worthwhile project, especially if State Rep. Mary Kasten is stirring the pot. Davis runs the Cape Girardot Detention Center, a facility to help juvenile offenders. He also is a member of the Community Caring Council, an organization founded by Kasten in 1989...

Police pay in Jackson I JUST read the article on the front page of the Missourian about the salaries of police officers in the Southeast Missouri area. It's somewhat amazing to me the starting salary in Jackson, and then sometimes in certain situations they can start a little higher. ...

CHAFFEE -- After the first day of the filing period Tuesday, a race for Chaffee mayor already has developed. Ward 1 Councilman Bill Cannon will face former mayor Bob Capshaw in the April 4 municipal election for the four-year mayoral term. Mayor Ron Moyers has announced he will not seek re-election. He has served eight years since defeating Capshaw in 1987...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Aldermen's 20-minute Tuesday meeting, its first in 1995, belied challenges to be faced in the upcoming year. First, the group has to approve a budget, and will put finishing touches on it at next week's work session. A public hearing and special meeting to review the budget is set for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23...

Voters will see familiar names on the ballots for area boards of education. On Tuesday, the first day of filing for school boards, incumbents at a number of area schools filed for re-election. Candidates have until Jan. 31 to file. In Cape Girardeau, school board President Ed Thompson filed for a third term on the board...

A public reception honoring Secretary of State Bekki Cook will be held Saturday from 2-4 p.m. in the community room of the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Organizers said the event is to give people an opportunity to congratulate Cook on her appointment to office. Cook was named secretary of state by Gov. Mel Carnahan Dec. 16...

JEFFERSON CITY -- The ceremonial first day of the Missouri House of Representatives could be overshadowed today by the drama of House Speaker Bob Griffin's bid for an eighth term. Griffin was unopposed by fellow Democrats when the caucus met in November to elect officers for the upcoming session...

Southeast Missouri Hospital wants to replace its oldest cardiac catherization lab at a cost of $1.7 million. The Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee will discuss its request when it meets Monday in Jefferson City. Approval from the state board is needed before the project can proceed. The staff recommends approval of replacement...

Are you a Very Important Person in your community? You can easily become one by volunteering for a VIP panel during the Kenny Rogers Cerebral Palsy Center Telethon. The center's telethon helps raise money to provide physical, occupational, and speech therapy for children in the Bootheel. It is scheduled for the weekend of March 10...

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. customers in Missouri received a little holiday cheer in the form of credits on their December phone bills. Statewide, the credits total nearly $70 million on phone usage from Jan. 1 through Sept. 30. They reflect a settlement reached in September involving the company, the Missouri Public Service Commission and the Office of Public Counsel, which represents utility customers...

Although Chaffee resident Phillip Halter produced additional evidence to prove he accepted in good faith a flood grant from the Missouri Emergency Management Agency, the agency wants its money back. Floodwaters forced Halter, a former Dutchtown resident, from his mobile home in July 1993. The Federal Emergency Management Agency later declared it a total loss, and Halter prepared emergency management paperwork to qualify for disaster loans and grants...

Missouri's economy is strong and growing. That is the assessment of the Missouri Department of Economic Development officials regarding 1994. The department cited: -- More than 75,000 new jobs, an increase of 3.2 percent. -- More than $5 billion in exports, a record...

To the editor: The book, "The Bell Curve," has generated a bit of controversy and discussion, much of it focused on one chapter in particular. In our society of ruthless fearmongers and licentious purveyors of divisive rhetoric, the truth and facts often become food for the jackals. They would kill the messenger and turn a blind eye to the message...

To the editor: The death of Advance resident Lyman "Salty" Zimmerman brought back a flood of memories. Wonderful ones. His wife, Thomza, and my mother, Jean Bell Mosley, corresponded for 21 years in a series of letters published in the newspaper and entitled "From Dawn to Dusk." Many readers remember them...

To the editor: Regarding the Southeast Missouri State University basketball players who were sentenced to jail for shoplifting: I think Municipal Judge John Calvin has done his job well. I guess it would be nice to rob a bank and, if you got caught, you could say you were going to return the money or you had finals or you were a basketball player at Southeast. I guess you could say you knew John Oliver Jr. and he doesn't think you should be prosecuted...

To the editor: Unbeknownst to most Americans, the U.S. Treasury is going to market to refinance $22.8 billion in maturing short-term debt. Since the U.S. money machine must be fed an ever-richer diet, the Treasury will be selling $26 billion in new IOUs. This time around, foreign bankers won't be so eager to buy. Consequently, rates have to be made more attractive. Having become the world's largest borrower, more chances to make money have opened up in other places such as Asia and Europe...

Jess Stacy, a Cape Girardeau native who rose to fame as Benny Goodman's pianist and went on to become one of the most influential musicians of the Swing Era, has died. He was 90. Stacy died Sunday of heart failure at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, longtime friend and jazz historian Floyd Levin said. Stacy had been sick for several years, Levin said...

DEXTER -- Funeral service for Cecil W. Jarrell of Dexter will be held at 1 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter. The Rev. Gerald King will officiate, with burial in Hagy Cemetery at Dexter. Jarrell, 80, died Monday, Jan. 2, 1995, at his home...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Curtis Thomason of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. The Revs. Carl Addison and Larry Long will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Thomason, 81, died Monday, Jan. 2, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

FESTUS -- Ed Gann, 62, of Festus, died Monday, Jan. 2, 1995, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City. He was born Oct. 3, 1932, at Elvins, son of Robert Alonzo and Beulah Wilma Stricklin Gann. He married Patricia Johnson. Gann received a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Woodbury Business College, and received a master's degree in business education and a teaching certificate from Southeast Missouri State University...

CHARLESTON -- Freida Marie Moxley, 66, Charleston Route 2, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1995, at her home. She was born Sept. 28, 1928, in Mississippi County, daughter of Edward F. and Mary Lou Glenn Chambers. She and Fred Moxley were married Nov. 16, 1947...

Bernard Duane "Bugs" Boldrey, 72, 2825 Bloomfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born March 13, 1922, in Pontiac, Ill., son of Vernon Othal and Sarah A. Branz Boldrey. He and Leila Edler were married Nov. 22, 1945, in Chester, Ill...

ORAN -- Clara Catherine Glastetter, 97, Oran Route 2, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 27, 1897, in Oran, daughter of Frank Joseph and Artie Jane Holmes Amrheim. She and Frank Glastetter were married March 7, 1916. He died June 9, 1963...

McCLURE, Ill. -- Frank Rushing, 89, of McClure, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Aug. 25, 1905, in Alto Pass, son of Echols and Etta Hagler Rushing. He and Mildred Arnold were married Feb. 9, 1962, in Jonesboro...

Son to John and Donna Frye, 3126 Dogwood, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:32 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, 1994. Name, John Grant IV. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Frye is the former Donna Dewrock, daughter of Melba Dewrock and Emil Dewrock of Cape Girardeau. She is a registered nurse on the medical/surgical floor at St. Francis Medical Center. Frye is a buyer for the surgical department at St. Francis. He is the son of John and Irma Frye of Scott City...

DEXTER -- Dottie Mae Wolpers, 75, of Bloomfield died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1995, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. She was born to Albert and Effie Rosetta Shipman April 5, 1919, in Butler County. She married Erick Louis Wolpers June 28, 1943, in Dexter. He died June 18, 1980...

To Southern Illinois, the goose that laid the golden egg is much more than a fairy tale. It's an economic fact of life that annually puts thousands of hopeful hunters into goose pits and lines Southern Illinois' economic nest with millions of dollars...

Are you eager to chase winter and cold away? The new garden catalogs, those wonderful horticultural supermarkets at your fingertips, have arrived, like the harbingers of spring. Let's see what Mr. Park has to offer. For the past 127 years, this company has been run by a family of gardeners in Greenwood, S.C. ...