Stories from Tuesday, February 21, 1995

Heather E. Meyer of Cape Girardeau has been awarded a Regents' Scholarship and Girls State Leadership Award to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 1995-96 academic year. The Regents' Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class and who have achieved an ACT score of 28 or SAT score of 1,160. The award covers full-time fees per semester and is renewable for four years if the recipient maintains a 3.5 grade-point average...

Greg Hellwege of Cape Girardeau has received a scholastic athletic award at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. To earn the award, a student must be a freshman and have attained a grade-point average of 3 or more. Hellwege graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1994. He earned a baseball scholarship to William Jewell College...

Matthew P. Martin, 14, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest award given by the Boy Scouts of America. He is a member of Troop 311 sponsored by the Jackson Optimist Club. For his project Martin helped design and build bookcases for three classrooms at Orchard Drive Elementary School in Jackson. Martin has earned 22 merit badges since 1986, served in several leadership positions and was inducted into the Order of the Arrow in 1993...

Cape Central High and Junior High school orchestras, under the direction of Steve Schaffner, will present a free concert March 7 at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. The Cape Central Orchestra will perform "Concerto in G" by Antonio Vivaldi and "Preludio" by Paul Whear. ...

Cindy Chandler of Marble Hill and Jill Jackson of Bloomfield were among 50 students from Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff to be included in the 1995 edition of "Who's Who Among Students In American Junior Colleges." Outstanding campus leaders have been recognized in the directory since 1934...

JACKSON -- Jill Bruenderman, once a student at Immaculate Conception School, now teaches fifth-grade at the Catholic grade school in Jackson. "I always enjoy telling my students that I was a fifth-grader at Immaculate Conception," she said. "The students enjoy the stories that I share about the school and how things have changed from when I was a student there."...

Shane Matthews made it under the limbo pole held by Alma Schrader School room mothers Jean Hampton, left, and Pam Brucker at the Caribbean booth. Nick Harter took a swing at the pinata that Greg Smith, one of the room parents at Alma Schrader School, controlled with a rope at the booth on Mexico...

Heather Deneke of Cape Girardeau, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Deneke, was on the University of Mississippi chancellor's honor roll for the fall semester with a grade-point average of at least 3.75. Rebeccah Nothdurft of Oran, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Nothdurft, was named to the dean's honor roll for the fall semester with a grade-point average of 3.5 to 3.74 at the university...

Carolyn S. Seiler of Cape Girardeau has been awarded a Regents' Scholarship and a Missouri Leadership Award to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 1995-96 academic year. The Regents' Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class and who have achieved an ACT score of 28 or SAT score of 1,160. ...

One of the arguments against national term limits is that they would create a Congress bereft of institutional knowledge. Representatives, naive to the ways of Washington, would be at the mercy of conniving lobbyists and self-serving staff. So the theory goes. Or, perhaps, it is better to say, (ital) went, (unital) before the freshmen of the 104th Congress arrived...

The new Republican faces in Congress have no intention of acting like new kids on the block. And they certainly aren't interested in working in the shadows of representatives who have been in Washington a long time and have achieved a certain level of political comfort. (See Jon Rust's column elsewhere on this page about the GOP freshmen and their goals for term limits.)...

With the political season behind us, the cry of "health reform" will soon be heard again. Before we resuscitate an idea that died a timely and merciful death, it might be good to reflect upon another area in which the federal government has taken the initiative: higher education...

To the editor: There is so much good in young people, and I just want to say how proud I am of the 80 Boy Scouts who so deservingly received their Eagle badges at a court of honor recently, many of whom I know. I am proud of their excellent citizenship...

Terri L. Wachter has been awarded a Regents' Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 1995-95 academic year. The Regents' Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class and who have achieved an ACT score of 28 or SAT score of 1,160. ...

Lee spent his last Monday at Girardot Center -- his home for the past eight months -- sorting through possessions. Today, he's headed back to his hometown of Thayer. The 16-year-old looks like a typical teen, with a surfer haircut and emerging whiskers...

As the Cape Girardeau School District Board of Education prepares to discuss financing for new construction, officials might form a citizen's group to examine long-range planning in the district. Board member Bob Fox is co-chairman of a committee looking at ways to redraw elementary school boundaries in the district, a task that has drawn the ire of some district patrons, who say it is a ploy by the board to get voter approval of a bond issue...

The Cape Girardeau City Council Monday night agreed to strictly regulate strip-tease businesses, prompting a lawyer's threat of a lawsuit on constitutional grounds. Lawyer David Rosener, who represents a strip-tease bar, blasted the council for considering such a regulation. He said his client, Regina's House of Dolls, would sue the city if the council passes such an ordinance...

Americans are born snoopers in the bathroom. Snooping in other people's medicine cabinets is a popular pastime, the 1995 Bathroom Tissue Report revealed. As a serious journalist, I knew this was big news. According to the national poll, sponsored by Quilted Northern bathroom tissue, two of five Americans (39 percent) confess they peek into medicine chests and bathroom cabinets in the homes they visit. Seventeen percent of them have been caught red-handed...

I'VE JUST finished reading about the wish list that the city has. If you will notice, there are 30 items that the city manager and the mayor have listed. However, there are only one or two of the items that are south of Independence Street. The only one that I can see is the Bloomfield Road, which definitely needs to be done. However, you also see South West End Boulevard going down to Expressway Highway. Those are the only two items in the southeast quadrant of the city...

SCOTT CITY -- Responses are due Thursday from Scott City businesses that plan to participate in Buy Local Week March 6-11. The campaign is sponsored by the Scott City High School Future Business Leaders of America in conjunction with the Scott City Chamber of Commerce...

Oliver North will speak at 7 tonight at the Show Me Center. Tickets are $5 for general admission and $10 for reserved seats. North, a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, was a key figure in the Iran Contra affair. He lost a bitterly contested U.S. Senate race in Virginia last November...

JACKSON -- A Jackson man suffered moderate injuries after hitting a tree in the 2200 block of Bainbridge Road Monday. The man, Robert J. Morton, 61, of 101 E. Adams, was transported by ambulance to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, where he was listed in satisfactory condition Monday night...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Anna L. Berkbigler of Perryville will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Kevin Fausz officiating. Burial will be in St. Maurus Church Cemetery at Biehle. Friends may call at Miller Family Funeral Home from 4-9 p.m. today and 6:30-10:50 a.m. Wednesday. A wake will be held at 7 tonight, and rosary at 9 a.m. Wednesday...

GALE, Ill. -- Funeral service for Dorothy D. Wilson of Jacksonville, formerly of Carlinville, was held Feb. 16 at Heinz Funeral Home in Carlinville, with the Rev. Martin Miller officiating. Burial was in Carlinville City Cemetery. Wilson, 87, died Monday, Feb. 13, 1995, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield...

PERRYVILLE -- Lucille H. Morgan, 79, of Perryville, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, at Perry Oaks Health Care Center. She was born June 17, 1915, in Perry County, daughter of Moritz A. and Ellen Emily Doll Brown. She and Edwin R. Morgan were married Jan. 29, 1938. He died Nov. 10, 1987...

SIKESTON -- Tiffany Kristine "Kristi" Jackson, 15, of Sikeston, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, in an automobile accident here. She was born Aug. 1, 1979, in Sikeston, daughter of Ralph Delmore and Ellen Tiffany Greathouse Jackson. Jackson was a sophomore at Jackson High School...

BERTRAND -- Eunice D. Jenkins, 84, of Bertrand, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born June 13, 1910, in Lexington, Texas, daughter of Frank and Donie Anderson Evans. She and William L. Jenkins were married Sept. 26, 1927. He died Feb. 10, 1980...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Seth Whitney Howard of Sikeston will be held at 3 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Tom Geers officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Howard, 16, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, in an automobile accident here...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Bessie Evelyn Cleaves of Charleston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Mercy Seat Baptist Church. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 11 a.m. to service time. Sparks Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

BELL CITY -- Funeral service for Lucille Austin of Bell City will be held at 1 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Revs. Ed Pangburn and Doyle Burke will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery at Sikeston. Austin, 76, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

JACKSON -- Graveside service for C.B. "Sam" Looney of Jackson will be held at 1 p.m. today at Russell Heights Cemetery. The Rev. Don Covington will officiate. There is no visitation. McCombs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Looney, 78, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, at Deal Nursing Home...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Joshua Stephen Groves, 20, of East Prairie, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, in an automobile accident in Sikeston. He was born Feb. 13, 1975, at Sikeston, son of Marshall Dwain and Jane Ellen Williams Groves. Groves moved to East Prairie about a month ago from Jonesboro, Ark. He attended Shady Acres Church of Christ in Sikeston and First General Baptist Church in East Prairie...

JACKSON -- Della A. Kuehle, 88, of Jackson, died Monday, Feb. 20, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 10, 1906, at Jackson, daughter of August and Bertha Voges Hoffmeister. She and George Kuehle were married Oct. 27, 1929. He died July 29, 1989...

PATTON -- Sadie M. Ingold, 60, of Patton died Friday, Feb. 17, 1995, at her home. She was born June 24, 1934, in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Charles F. and Blanche E. Marlow Ingold. Survivors include three brothers, Ira, Rex and Floyd Ingold, all of the state of Ohio...

Lucille Patterson, 70, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Jan. 21, 1925, at Thebes, Ill., the daughter of Horace and Zola Boswell Parnell. She married James E. Patterson on Feb. 5, 1943, in Cape Girardeau...

MILLERSVILLE -- Wilson Drum, 81, of Millersville, died Monday, Feb. 20, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 30, 1913, at Daisy, son of Arnold and Bertie Brown Drum. He and Viola Stearns were married Oct. 26, 1935...

MORLEY -- Gladys Arline Allard, 59, of Morley, died Monday, Feb. 20, 1995, at her home. She was born July 21, 1935, in Bertrand, daughter of James H. and Mary Ellen Connelley Dollins. She and Roy Donald Allard were married April 22, 1967. He died June 5, 1989...

CHARLESTON -- Frank T. "Bud" Clifford, 69, of Charleston, died Monday, Feb. 20, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 6, 1925, in Mounds, Ill., son of Frank Talmadge and Nellie Vines Clifford Sr. He and Jo Carter were married July 6, 1991...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Ivan Dale Tate, 55, of Raleigh, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, at his home. He was born Nov. 5, 1939, in Raleigh, son of G.I. and Madge Tucker Tate. Tate was a member of Long Branch Church in Galatia, member and past master of Galatia Masonic Lodge 684, and served on the Long Branch Township Board of Trustees...

SCOTT CITY -- The Girl Scouts of Kelso and Scott City are sponsoring a newspaper and magazine recycling drive on Saturday, March 11, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Scott City IGA parking lot. Newspapers and magazines only will be accepted. They should be packed in paper bags. Plastic bags, strings, rubber bands, telephone books, paperback books or junk mail won't be accepted...

CHAFFEE -- When Bill Cannon, a retired railroad engineer in Chaffee, was looking for a profitable use of a few acres near town in 1990, he decided on miniature donkeys. "They're considered exotic animals," Cannon said. "Cannon Farm is in the business of breeding, raising, buying and selling miniature donkeys."...

JEFFERSON CITY -- State Rep. Joe Heckemeyer is sponsoring legislation this session to prevent students expelled in one school district from transferring to another. Under House Bill 453, any suspension or expulsion from one school district would be effective in all public school districts of the state...