Stories from Sunday, April 9, 1995

To the editor: I had the opportunity to come to Cape Girardeau to attend in surgery with Dr. William Thorpe. I had been to one of Dr. Thorpe's many training sessions in laser surgery for arthroscopic procedures. It was quite a wonderful experience coming to Cape Girardeau. I was very impressed with St. Francis Hospital and the staff. Dr. Thorpe has quite a team...

Patrons of the Cape Girardeau school district are being told that the "complete redesign of curriculum" being implemented here, pursuant to Senate Bill 380, isn't Outcome Based Education but rather something called Mastery Learning. What, then, is Mastery Learning?...

The Area Nine Special Olympics Track and Field Meet will be held April 29 at Southeast Missouri State University's Abe Stuber Track and Field Complex. Opening ceremonies begin at 10 a.m., with the track and field events starting at 10:30. The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department and Commerce Bank will be host for the event...

Public radio station KRCU more than doubled its membership and raised $20,000 in the process during its first weeklong fund-raising campaign. Although the goal for the subscription campaign was 500, KRCU operations director Greg Petrowich said he was "really pleased" with the results. KRCU now has more than 335 members...

Vera Bollinger, left, superintendent of El Nathan Home, and Minna-Jean Bollinger, former superintendent, read some history relating to the home and Will Mayfield College. Above them is a picture of Sister Abigail, who helped found the original El Nathan Home in Buffalo, N.Y...

The Riverside Regional Library has named eight local children as winners in its "Bird Coloring Contest" Children named as first place winners in the contest, which included entrants from three area counties, were Jennifer Watson, Dakota Watson, Megan Glueck, Kala Longman, J.P. Thompson, Kelli Grantham, Jenise Lichtenegger, Nicholas Biri, Ashley Schott, Michelle Birk and Kristen Bundy...

Trey Mavers, 6, plays the video game Echo at the video game booth. Taylor Nolan, 2, daughter of Greg and Karen Nolan, Jackson, gets her fingernails painted by Melissa Shelby, a student at the Stage One Hair School in Cape Girardeau. Jeepers the clown finds a cottom ball behind the ear of Lonnie Huffman of Jackson while performing tricks...

Salzamann designed and built his office on South Union Street in Jackson. The "Karpenter's Troll", a purple eyed, white bearded magical helper watches over Dr. D. Warren Salzmann as he custom crafts hardwood into satin-finished art. Salzmann affectionately points to the troll, "One of my children sent me the troll. ...

Furnishings from the late 1800's, like this carved trundle bed, fill the rooms of the Oliver House. Many are family heirlooms donated or on permanent loan from Jackson area families. The Jackson Heritage Association has maintained the city's best kept secret for nearly 20 years now...

Some historian 50 years from now, while researching data for a thesis on crime in America in the 1990s, may wonder why contemporary society has so neglected the fine art of criminal confinement. Not only has this subject been overlooked by many of our political figures, it has been shoved under the carpet so that its true nature wont shock and disturb society...

President Lyndon Johnson was the War-on-Poverty president. He tried to solve the problem of systemic and enduring poverty by putting more money in the hands of the poor. Johnson also created educational and training programs to provide poor people with access to the world of work. He went so far as to create local administrative units where the poor could decide how the federal monies would be spent in their neighborhoods...

The much-publicized Republican Contract with America was an unprecedented compact with American voters. After 40 years in the minority wilderness in the House of Representatives, the Republicans promised, last Sept. 27, that if voters gave them a House majority, the new leadership would bring to a vote 10 items during the first 100 days of the new Congress. ...

To the editor: I have recently read to articles on the recycling issue and find myself searching in vain for one point of importance missing in both: the lost value of "waste not, want not." What I have read seems more concerned with the cost of recycling and the inconvenience of coming up with a reasonable way of doing it. Environmentalists have pushed for laws to regulate the situation, but while saving our wetlands they have created unreasonable demands on our farmers and landowners...

To the editor: In its haste to destroy environmental and health protection and serve corporate polluters, Congress is rushing headlong to pass HR 961, the Dirty Waters Bill. This bill was drafted in backroom deals with the chemical industry, the oil industry, agribusiness and other special interests. ...

Mark Taylor, 17, of Marble Hill was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after he received minor injuries in an accident just after noon Saturday on Route FF four miles south of Marble Hill. Taylor was a passenger in a pickup truck driven southbound by Kevin Otte, 16, of Marble Hill. Otte attempted to pass a 1982 Lincoln driven by Gwen Brown, 48, of Marble Hill, as she was making a left turn...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Eunice Osman Hoffner, 79, of Dongola died April 7, 1995, at her home. She was born Jan. 22, 1916, at Vienna, Ill, the daughter of Charles and Mary Mathis Kelley. She was married May 17, 1936, to Delbert Osman. He preceded her in death Jan. 21, 1970...

PERRYVILLE -- Ada Cordula "Duly" Moore, 88, of Perryville died Friday, April 7, 1995, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 20, 1908, in Perry County, daughter of August and Amelia Buerck Zoellner. She and Lloyd J. "Tooter" Moore were married Feb. 6, 1937. He died March 14, 1989...

PULASKI, Ill. -- Verl D. Bolen, 74, of Pulaski, formerly of Cairo, Ill., died Saturday, April 8, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge.

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Edward Koonce, 87, of Mounds died Friday, April 7, 1995, at the Charleston Manor Nursing Home in Charleston, Mo. He was born Sept. 19, 1907, at Villa Ridge, Ill. He married Ninnie Dell Thomas. She died in 1991. He was a retired assistant trainmaster for the Illinois Central Railroad. He was a member of the Congregational Church in Mounds, a past president of the Mounds Lions Club and a former city councilman...

MOUND CITY, Ill -- Jewitt A. Evans, 75, of Mound City died Friday, April 7, 1995, at her home. She was born Feb. 20, 1920, daughter of William Marcus and Anna Katherine Hannah. She was employed as a secretary. Survivors include a son, Richard "Dick" Evans of Lafayette, Ind.; a daughter, Kay Walker of Tamms, Ill.; a brother, Bill Hannah of Stevensville, Mich.; four sisters, Lorene Graham of Stevensville, Belle Adams of Arlington, Texas, Nina Oliver of Anna, Ill., and Edith Lambert of Bloomington, Ill.; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.. ...

Donald Purse, 77, 1930 Grandview, formerly of Toledo, Ohio, died Friday, April 7, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He had lived in Cape Girardeau for five months. Purse was born March 20, 1918, in Seaford, Del., son of Robert E. Lee Purse and Lena Scott. On June 27, 1937, he married Mary Williams in Norwalk, Ohio...

Bernard Edward Twesten, 78, 3120 Independence, died Friday, April 7, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Twesten was born Nov. 12, 1916, in Edgemount, Ill., son of William C. Twesten and Lena A. Logan. On Feb. 9, 1947, he married Margaret Simmon in St. Louis...

Merlin B. 'Bud' Schloss, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 7, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center after collapsing at home while working in his yard. Schloss was born April 5, 1924, in Belgique, the son of Louis William and Louisa Ernst Schloss. On Oct. 5, 1948, he married Genevieve Ponder at Apple Creek...

Fighting fat is no fun. The battle is a heavy load that sits on our shoulders from the moment we get up in the morning and think of biscuits dripping with gravy until just before we go to bed and see the commercial for brownies with ice cream and maybe a dollop of chocolate syrup...

CHARLESTON -- Mary Sue Ragsdale Bihr, 82, died Saturday, April 8, 1995, at her residence in Charleston. Bihr was born July 1, 1912, in Charleston to the late William Buckner and Nell Deal Ragsdale. She had lived in Charleston most of her life, where she was a member of the United Methodist Church, Molly French Garden Club and P.E.O...

HOMOSASSA, Fla. -- Emma Dine Speaks, 66, of Homosassa, Fla., died Wednesday, March 29, 1995, at her home. Speaks was born Nov. 7, 1928, in Bloomfield, daughter of Elmer and Maude Parker Parks. Survivors include a brother, Carl Parks of Atlanta, a sister, Beautone Goldhar of Toronto, Canada, and several nieces and nephews...

ANNA, Ill. -- Paul M. 'Pete' Dodd, 80, of Anna, formerly of Dongola, died Friday, April 8, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Dodd was born Feb. 8, 1915, in Dongola, son of Leondas J. and Minnie L. Miller Dodd. He was married Dec. 29, 1944, to Myrtle J. Croft...

He's big on pigs. After hunting the full spectrum of native game, Jimmy Johnson was sold on wild hogs the first time he brought home the bacon from a visit to a North Carolina hunting preserve. "It put the bug in me in a big way," said Johnson. Johnson's fascination with the pugnacious porkers led him to obtaining and raising some Russian hogs on his Fulton County, Ky., acreage...

JEFFERSON CITY -- State officials could be courting a company that would invest $500 million and employ 2,000 workers in Missouri, if a bill moving through the General Assembly continues to gather support. If a company of such size located in Missouri, it would rank as one of the state's top 10 industries...

The Cape Girardeau City Council says it won't let voters create an ethics commission because it could lead to a witch hunt. The council, however, will allow voters to decide the fate of term limits. The city's Charter Review Committee had recommended 10 amendments to the city's governing document, including creation of an ethics commission and limiting council and mayoral terms. The charter can only be amended with voter approval...

Six months before John Oliver Jr.'s term on the Missouri Highway Commission expires, candidates are lining up to replace the Cape Girardeau lawyer's spot on the six-member board. Oliver's six-year term on the governing board of the Missouri Department of Highways and Transportation ends Oct. 13...

The city of Cape Girardeau wants to cut its losses and bid the operation of the airport restaurant. The city staff, with the City Council's blessing, plans to advertise for bids for the operation of the Runway Restaurant & Lounge at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport...

I'D JUST like to commend the Missourian and Heidi Nieland for the great story she wrote about the Meadow Heights school and the growling constantly within the board. I think it was a very constructive contribution. THANK YOU, Cape Girardeau board member Kathy Swan, for shedding light on your decision on Dr. ...

The Cape Girardeau Public Library has updated its Directory of Agencies and Organizations in Cape Girardeau and Surrounding Counties. This year's update has more than 112 organizations listed along with contact information for each one. Copies are available for $1 each and may be picked up at the library's reference desk...

SCOTT CITY -- Gale Dale continues as president of the Scott City Board of Education after the board reorganized last week. Kevin B. Hillemann and Tom Anderson were re-elected to three-year terms in Tuesday's election. Cathy Raines, who had been serving as board secretary, was elected vice president; Nancy Caldwell was elected secretary; and Hillemann was elected treasurer...

BENTON -- Scott County officials won't immediately ask voters again for additional taxes to provide more law enforcement services and build a new jail. The proposals for two quarter-cent sales tax increases received 42.7 and 43.1 percent of Tuesday's vote...

The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation will hold its WalkAmerica event April 29. The walk will begin at Capaha Park on Broadway. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the walk will start at 10. The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality...

SCOTT CITY -- The reunion for the classes of 1979, '80 and '81 of Illmo-Scott City High School is set for May 27 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Kelso. Socializing and picture-taking will start at 5 p.m., followed by a dinner at 6 and a dance at 8. Cost is $17.50 per person...

PERRYVILLE -- The Enhanced-911 system that Perry County voters approved Tuesday will not come soon enough for Mary Bohnert, ambulance service manager. Voters approved the 15 percent surcharge on basic telephone bills to pay for the system by an almost 3-1 vote, 871-312...

In the nearly five years since the veterans home opened in Cape Girardeau, the local American Legion Ladies Auxiliary has contributed more than $25,000 in money and programs to the facility. The veterans home honored the auxiliary's contributions and the service of its volunteers at a ceremony Friday night...

COLUMBIA -- A strong hatch of wild turkeys last year, a late turkey season this year and unusually warm weather so far this spring could add up to excellent conditions for Missouri turkey hunters. Larry Vangilder, turkey biologist at the Missouri Department of Conservation research center in Columbia, says hunters have several factors in their favor this year...

Occasionally as I ramble around in the house, my gaze will rest for a while on the cross-stitched sampler. There are seven little sun-bonneted ladies demonstrating what is to be the main thing to accomplish on each day of the week. Monday, wash. Tuesday, iron. Wednesday, mend. Etc...

Amanda Smith's photograph won first place at Franklin School in the needs-improvement category. Jesse Davidson finished third in the needs-improvement category. Dana Kinder's photo won the beautiful-photo category. Ericka Wicks finished fifth in the beautiful-photo category...

Janice Eftink and Andrew Fiehler have been named March Students of the Month by the Elks Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Eftink, 17, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Eftink of Chaffee. She is a senior at Notre Dame High School, where she is active in SADD, Pep Club, choir and school musical productions...

Dr. Dorothy Hardy measures the fruit of her labor in broad grins and more productive lives. She is up to 350 and counting. She loves to see the expression on people's faces after they have gone from being doubtful and confused to a more certain and productive life. Hardy is director and counselor of the Cape Area Vo-Tech School's Single Parent program...

Say Sweden and many people might come to think of famous sportsmen or pop groups. Some will more likely think of tall, blond, girls and vodka. Yet, others will connect Sweden with its two state-of-the-art automobiles -- Volvo and Saab. The image of Sweden may vary from one person to another, but there are always prejudices and myths that are not -- and never will be -- correct...

The Friends of the Cape Girardeau Public Library will conduct a Mini Booksale and Coffee Shop from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday. A wide variety of used paperback books and magazines will be on sale along with coffee and pastries. Customers may make selections and then sit and read while having refreshments...

Reading Recovery expert Jeanine Larson Dobbins will be featured tonight on "University Conversations." The 30-minute program will air at 7:30 p.m. on cable access channel 5. Dobbins teaches in the elementary and special education department at Southeast Missouri State University...

The Southeast Missouri State University Alumni Association of Perry and Ste. Genevieve counties will hold its annual social and dinner April 20. The event will take place in the Lutheran Hall in Altenburg, beginning at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m...