Stories from Wednesday, November 8, 1995

Irene E. Hohler, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel.

Agenda Wednesday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Hearings Request of East Missouri Action Agency Facilities Inc. for a special use permit to operate Community Action programs at 1111 Linden. Request of Mary Gerlach and Iris Ford for a special use permit for a golf driving range, miniature golf and batting cages in the 800 block of Hawthorne Road...

Members of the Jewish community in Southeast Missouri agree that the death of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is a great tragedy but are confident that peace can be achieved. Area Jews say that peace efforts likely will continue despite the suffering and mourning that has rocked Israel since Saturday. Rabin was assassinated Saturday after speaking at a peace rally. He was 73. About 4,000 Israelis and world leaders attended his funeral service Tuesday...

Flu shots are available on a walk-in basis at the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center, 1121 Linden. A donation of $5 is requested from people not covered by Medicare. Children must have a written doctor's order to receive flu shots. The vaccinations are recommended for the elderly and for people suffering from chronic respiratory or pulmonary illness...

An antiques and collectibles market will be held at the A.C. Brase Arena Building Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Emphasis will be on Christmas related memorabilia. Exhibitors from four states will offer antique glassware, jewelry, furniture, pottery, paper Americana, toys and other collectibles...

Nancy Pleimann will present a program at the Cape Girardeau Public Library on log cabin quilts at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 18. Pleimann has been quilting for 13 years and owns Uniquely Sew, a quilting shop in Cape Girardeau. She belongs to several quilting guilds, including the River Heritage Quilters Guild...

The Cape Girardeau Senior Center will hold a chicken-noodle-soup and chili dinner Friday, with proceeds going to the center's building fund. The dinner will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the center, 921 N. Clark. Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for children. The all-you-can-eat dinner includes beverage, raw vegetables and dessert in addition to soup or chili...

A. Robert and Deborah Morris to Debra Riley, Betty Hitt to Roger Birk, Terry and Diane Pfeiffer to William and Gayla Brucker, Jana Silvey to Brian Smentkowski and Kathryn Adkins, Opal Amelunke to Mark and Florence Harold, Cape River Grain Company Inc. to the City of Cape Girardeau, Kevin and Phyllis Stehlin to Ralph and Carolyn Rodgers...

A five-year effort to protect the freedom of wild horses in the Ozarks neared completion Tuesday following a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives. On an overwhelming voice vote, the House passed the Ozark Wild Horse Protection Act of 1995 sponsored by Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Mo...

The Missouri Historical Society could find no information markers and plaques designating historically significant sites in Cape Girardeau County. In the 1950s and 1960s, the historical society and Missouri Highway Commission erected some 121 highway markers across Missouri. ...

Daughter to Danny and Sandra Gruenke of Sedgewickville, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:52 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, 1995. Name, Haley Lynn. Weight, 7 pounds 13 ounces. Mrs. Gruenke is the former Sandra Cribbs, daughter of Jerrold and Virginia Nichols of Clio, Mich., and the late James Cribbs of Marston. She is employed at Thorngate Ltd. Gruenke is employed at Gilster-Mary Lee. He is the son of Emory and Wilma Gruenke of Patton...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Freda Hubbard, 93, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1995, at her home. She was born May 19, 1902, in Rockfield, Ind., daughter of Lory and Estella Davis Bruce. She and Orba Hubbard were married Oct. 10, 1919. He died Feb. 18, 1979...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Kermit Alexander Wallenmeyer of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. today at First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Grant Gillard will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements...

ADVANCE -- Nellie Francis Bollinger, 86, of Independence, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1995, at Independence Regional Health Center. She was born Dec. 18, 1908, in LaCenter, Ky., daughter of Jay and Ida Johnson Guffy. She and Henry "Bud" Bollinger were married April 3, 1928. He died March 13, 1991...

When David Hahs kicked off the Cape Girardeau Vision Planning Committee meetings Oct. 2, one of his goals was to get people in Cape Girardeau talking about the public schools. Tuesday night the committee reported on what it has heard and what the group plans to do with the information gathered...

SCOTT CITY -- City officials asked residents to "Save Our Streets" by approving a sales tax increase Tuesday. And the S.O.S. call was answered by a 2-1 margin in favor of the measure. "Obviously the people who wanted to save the streets came out," said Scott City Mayor Larry Forhan, adding that nice weather also helped draw voters to the polls...

JACKSON -- Voters Tuesday overwhelmingly defeated a plan to merge the Jackson Public Library and Riverside Regional Library. The issue was defeated by 1,030 yes votes and 1,859 no votes. In the Jackson Public Library district the vote was 464 yes and 500 no, and in the Riverside district it was 566 yes and 1,359 no...

Cape Girardeau is becoming the dining Mecca of Southeast Missouri as many fine chain-franchise joints -- of both the fast-food and sit-down sub-species -- are popping up hither, thither and yon almost daily. You can't throw a well-fed restaurant critic 20-meters without hitting at least a dozen new dining establishments. Why someone would desire to throw a food critic any distance is unknown, unless, of course, the thrower is a restaurant owner who has received a particularly bad review...

When Ronald Reagan spoke publicly he didn't just deliver a speech, he told a story -- a story of America, filled with the dramatic tales of achievements by regular people or of the great challenges the nation had faced. Dr. Kurt Ritter described the former president's oratorical technique, style and power during a lecture Tuesday night at the Southeast Missouri State University Center...

I THINK the downtown merchants' committee for the new federal building should reconsider the area just west of city hall. This area could be improved tremendously if Happy Hollow were gone. The small merchants and landowners in that area would probably be happy to sell for a much more reasonable price. Have they been approached?...

SCOTT CITY -- Mayor Larry Forhan and members of the City Council issued a conserve-water order Monday night after a mechanical pump failed at the main well house. The order requests that residents refrain from burning leaves and brush and limit water use, particularly at car washes...

All this drive for a multicultural language in America is sheer nonsense. American English IS multicultural. Our ancestors made and kept it so. Today, however, we have the pleasure of reviewing a book written in English that all elderlies can relate to, and almost everyone else will understand. ...

The Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think is the greatest challenge facing Jackson's community leaders?" Julie Adams: "Jackson is growing so fast that they are going to have to make a new decision about schools, whether to build new schools or hire more staff. It seems we are getting more students every year."...

JACKSON -- Jon Mark Milde has been awarded a scholarship under the National Science Scholars Program for the 1995-96 academic year. The program recognizes student excellence and achievement in the sciences by providing scholarships to meritorious graduating high-school students. Letters of congratulations have been received from President Clinton, Sen. Christopher Bond and U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson...

JACKSON -- The Jacksonian Chapter of the American Business Women's Association will sponsor the Miss Jackson Scholarship Pageant and Miss Christmas Pageant at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18. There also will be a competition for Junior Miss Christmas, Miss Holly and Little Miss Snowball and Little Miss Snowflake beginning at 2 p.m...

In an ever-increasing stream, the media reports discussion regarding how our cherished institution of free public education can, or cannot, change to meet the new challenges of the information age. How can we effectively prepare our younger citizens for a useful and fulfilling life in the 21st century?...

JACKSON -- The Tsalagi Service Unit of the Girl Scouts will help Jackson area residents recycle by conducting a recycling drive from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Town and Country parking lot. The girls ask participants to bring magazines, catalogs, newspapers and all types of aluminum. Goods should be packed in paper sacks or cardboard boxes. Plastic bags, strings, rubber bands and phone books will not be accepted...

For some Cape Girardeau residents, the boundaries of the Cape Girardeau Public Library and the Riverside Regional Library districts are as tough to decipher as the worn pages of an old book. The problem is particularly apparent in the Northfield area, where neighbors find themselves in different library districts...

ORAN -- Voters Tuesday elected five directors for the newly-expanded Oran Fire Protection District. All five candidates -- Tom Urhahn, Jerry Dirnberger, Mike Ramsey, John Bertrand and Louie "Buster" Bollinger -- were approved. Fifty-three ballots were cast in the special election...

"If you think a bulb is an ugly thing, plant it in the fall and apologize to it in the spring." Whatever poet wrote those words got them right. That brown, tuberous root you unceremoniously put in a hole in the ground in the fall becomes a fairy princess nodding in dazzling color in spring's breezes...

Robert McCoy, supervisor of the scientific investigation unit for the Cape Girardeau Police Department, displayed a box filled with keys which owners had lost in the city over the years. If the little things in life bring the greatest joy, it's only fair that little, unexpected events can also spark plenty of aggravation...