Stories from Tuesday, April 2, 1996

JACKSON -- Seventh- and eighth-grade students in Lucille Ellis' classroom have their hands full. Ellis, who teaches math and science at Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Jackson, likes to help students learn with hands-on activities. Many of the projects help the students grasp simple concepts that were once misunderstood...

Jackson High School physics teacher Ed Sebaugh was interviewed by WPSD News Channel 6 from Paducah, Ky., reporter Jennifer Gladstone and photographer Emily Wells. Sebaugh was astronaut Linda Godwin's physics teacher. JACKSON -- Ed Sebaugh isn't an imposing figure. He looks like someone's father or grandpa, walking around a science lab sipping on iced tea and munching Cheetos before his next class...

Fred A. Groves and Charles W. Boutin, prominent businessmen in the early part of the century, played the first official round of golf in Cape Girardeau. The date was April 2, 1921, a Sunday, and the place was the Cape Girardeau Country Club. In the prevailing 75 years, the number of area golfers has exploded from about a dozen to thousands who now also crowd courses in Jackson -- Bent Creek and Kimbeland Country Club -- and the Jaycee Municipal Course in Cape Girardeau...

When William C. Merwin became president of State University of New York College at Potsdam in 1989, he took over a school that had little involvement with the community and the region. Merwin's supporters credit him with getting the small, 180-year-old college involved in economic development and other services to the St. Lawrence County region...

When some minority and gay students at State University of New York College at Potsdam reported receiving death threats and hate messages, William C. Merwin acted quickly. The college president called a campuswide meeting last month to confront the problem head on. "I thought it was time for the president to exercise leadership," said Merwin...

Missouri has been reduced to a blue squiggly line. As a lifelong Missourian, that's just tough to take. The squiggly line will be a part of Missouri's new license plates. They're blue, green and white, and they replace the mundane maroon ones that have bored Missourians for decades...

After watching 17 wrecks in five years, Sunset Boulevard residents are accustomed to the sight of police cars on their street. Cape Girardeau City Council members hope a new parking plan on Sunset will end the traffic confusion. Two of the 17 accidents involved school buses and one almost killed a pedestrian...

The city of Jackson will seek a $30,000 state grant to upgrade its recycling facility. Aldermen Monday night approved the grant application for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Waste Reduction and Recycling Project. "We're hoping with information to the public and all that and with a new location and increasing the types of materials we take in, we have a goal of doubling our recyclables with this," said Paul Morris, the city's public works director...

SCOTT CITY -- No one spoke out in opposition to a proposed juvenile detention center in Scott City but they had a few questions for the Missouri Division of Youth Services. Representatives from the youth services division met with the Scott City Council and residents during a public hearing Monday night in the council chambers. About six residents attended to learn more about the proposed center...

Anyone who doesn't think there is too much government need only look at what has been going on the past week at the Grand Canyon. No, it isn't deeper or wider or longer for the gawking tourists. But the Colorado River, tamed since 1963 by the Glen Canyon Dam, had been regulated into a full-blown flood...

speakout 3-29 Cut treasurer too IF COUNTY commissioners in Cape Girardeau are serious about saving Cape Girardeau County money by having Sen. Peter Kinder introduce a bill keeping the status of the coroner instead of going to medical examiner when Cape Girardeau County goes to first-class county, they can really get serious. ...

In this post-Cold War era, it is too easy to be lulled into complacency about military preparedness. So when Rep. Ike Skelton, who represents a vast district in mid-Missouri that includes two major military bases, tells the House Budget Committee that President Clinton isn't recommending enough budgetary support for the nation's military, many key figures at all levels of government take notice...

SCOTT CITY -- Rebecca Adeline Gregory, 81, of Scott City, died Monday, April 1, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 18, 1915, at Richwood, daughter of James and Stella Ann Turnbull Greenlee. She and Johnnie Gregory were married June 29, 1935. He died Feb. 4, 1966...

CHARLESTON -- Cecil J. Warren, 84, Charleston Route 2, died Monday, April 1, 1996, at Bertrand Nursing Facility. He was born Feb. 27, 1912, at Alton, son of Cleve and Emma Warren. He and Bertie Baty were married Feb. 24, 1947. Warren had worked at Home Oil Co. several years, and then for the state of Missouri, retiring in 1968. He was a member of Southern Baptist Church at Diehlstadt...

PAINTON -- James L. Kinder, 59, of Painton died Sunday, March 31, 1996, at St. Bernard Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born Feb. 27, 1937, in Perkins, the son of Thurman "Duke" and Marcia Rendleman Kinder. He married Margaret Halford on Feb. 29, 1954, at Paragould, Ark...

DEXTER -- J.R. Moore, 74, of Dexter, died Monday, April 1, 1996, at his home. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home at Dexter is in charge of arrangements.

Betty Wichert of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 1, 1996, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

CATRON -- Funeral service for Lloyd McNeal Matlock of Catron will be held at 1 p.m. today at Catron Baptist Church. The Revs. James Swiney and Chris Morgan will officiate, with burial in Mounds Cemetery at New Madrid. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home at Parma is in charge of arrangements...

SIKESTON -- Lorene L. DeRoush, 76, of Twentynine Palms, Calif., died Friday, March 29, 1996, at High Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree, Calif. She was born Sept. 14, 1919, in Lennox, Tenn., daughter of Ogden Swift and Martie Alice Coram Harris. She and Charles Edgar "Eddie" DeRoush were married Jan. 25, 1939, in Sikeston. He died July 31, 1979...

MILLERSVILLE -- Graveside service for Luther Hartle of Hannibal was held Saturday at Rest Haven Park Cemetery in Glendale, Ariz. Hartle, 86, died Tuesday, March 26, 1996, at Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Palmyra. He was born March 3, 1910, in Millersville, son of Jessie P. and Marada Mae Seabaugh Hartle. He and Lillian R. Tapley were married Dec. 1, 1939, at Hannibal...

PERRYVILLE -- Lloyd William Guth Sr., 75, of Perryville, died Sunday, March 31, 1996, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 27, 1920, at Pocahontas, son of Arthur and Anna Koenig Guth. He and Irene Unterreiner were married Feb. 22, 1941. She died Dec. 21, 1974. He and Hildegard Verseman Lohmann were married Oct. 15, 1976...

VANDUSER -- Oleta Blackwood, 73, of Vanduser, died Friday, March 29, 1996, at her home. She was born Aug. 23, 1922, in Lamar, Ark., daughter of Perry and Annie Humphrey Blackwood. She was a retired shoe factory worker. Survivors include a daughter, Rhonda Garza of Morley; a brother, Arnold Blackwood of Vanduser; a sister, Lillian Pearson of Russellville, Ark., and three grandchildren...

COMMERCE -- Margie Wilkinson, 72, of Commerce died Monday, April 1, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete with Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Paul Anthony Dodd, 33, Dongola Route 1, died Sunday, March 31, 1996, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. He was born Oct. 11, 1962, in Tulsa, Okla., son of Gordon S. and Amanda Joann Williams Dodd. Dodd was a carpenter. Survivors include his parents of Dongola; two sisters, Cindy Harvell of Mesquite, Texas, and Teri Moon of Sequin, Texas; paternal grandparents, Paul and Helen Dodd of Dongola, and maternal grandmother, Ruby Williams of Orting, Wash...

Daughter to Harold M. and Paula R. Miles of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:06 a.m. Saturday, March 23, 1996. Name, Grayson Elizabeth. Weight, 6 pounds 13 ounces. First child. Mrs. Miles is the former Paula Mayberry, daughter of Gary and Sue Mayberry of Bernie. She is a self-employed certified public accountant. Miles is the son of Wayne and Ruth Millington of Advance, and the late Harold M. Miles. He is president of Bank of Advance...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Ginny Kesler, 66, of Ullin, died Monday, April 1, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Dec. 29, 1929, at Ullin, daughter of Benjamin F. and Beulah Geneva Jameson Sydenstricker. She and Kenneth W. Kesler were married Jan. 6, 1946...

Erma Colleen "Connie" Swan Kitchen, 69, of Spring, Texas, died Sunday, March 31, 1996, at her home. She was formerly of Cape Girardeau. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

BROWNWOOD -- Funeral service for Glonda Mae Portlock of Brownwood will be held at 10 a.m. today at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance. The Rev. Wayne Page will officiate, with burial in Brownwood Cemetery. Portlock, 66, died Monday, April 1, 1996, at her home...

ANNA, Ill. -- Harold H. Graham, 75, of Anna, died Sunday, March 31, 1996, at Union County Hospital. He was born April 18, 1920, in Jonesboro, son of Charles and Violet Tweedy Graham. He and Mildred Morris were married Nov. 1, 1942, in Brownwood, Texas...

ST. LOUIS -- Burial for Chester H. Lesch, 75, formerly of Delta was held Saturday at Mount Lebanon Cemetery in St. Louis. Lesch died Wednesday, March 27, 1996, at Brookview Nursing Home. He was born March 4, 1921, at Delta, son of Guy Lesch and Ruth Mansker. He and Doris A. Lingle were married...

JACKSON -- Work should start soon to meet an extended deadline for completing closure of the old Jackson city landfill. The city was notified in February that a December, 1995 inspection revealed "inadequate vegetative cover and several erosion channels" at the landfill site...

Emily Trueblood, a senior at Cape Central High School, has been named the winner of the Young Women in Public Affairs Award by the Cape Girardeau Zonta Club. The program recongizes high school-age students who are active in leadership roles in their schools, communities, the political process and/or international programs...

The Central Municipal Pool will be closed Sunday for observance of the Easter holiday. It also will be closed April 9. Regular hours during April are 5-8 p.m. Monday-Friday and 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday for public swim. The hours of 5-7 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday-Friday are reserved for a fitness swim, along with 9-11 a.m. Saturday...

Graduates of Ullin High School in Ullin, Ill., will hold a reunion June 15 at Shawnee College. A catered dinner will begin at 6 p.m. A picnic is planned for the following afternoon. For more information, contact Tom Walker at Route 1, Ullin, Ill., 62992 or call 618-845-3439...

Seven area high school students recently received scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 1996-97 year. Two Jackson High School students received the President's Scholarship. Rebekah R. Wunderlich of Jackson and Justin L. McCullough of Millersville were each awarded the $1,200 scholarship. Both will graduate in May...

Gary L. Schreiner and Cheryl L. Schreiner Venable recently completed master's degrees. Their parents are Jerry and Laverne Schreiner of Oak Ridge. Gary Schreiner graduated in May from Washington University in St. Louis and works for Prudential Insurance. He is a graduate of Oak Ridge High School and Southeast Missouri State University...

Three Notre Dame High School students recently were chosen as finalists for the Merit Scholarship. Two students were also as candidates in the Presidential Scholars program. Jeremy Bratton, Bryan Schaefer and Jennifer Layton qualified as finalists for the Merit Scholarship...

The Cape Girardeau and Jackson Rotary Clubs are offering two scholarships for the 1997-98 school year. The Ambassadorial Scholarship, worth $22,000, pays for a 9-month stay in another country while the student attends college there. The student may select from five colleges but the Rotary Foundation makes the final decision...

Lucas Presson of Cape Girardeau recently received his third consecutive superior rating at the National Federation Junior Festivals in Music. The music contest was held in February at Southeast Missouri State University. Presson is a student at Keyboards and Kindermusik Conservatory. About 50 other conservatory students received top honors in the competition...

Adam Andrews of Scott City has been selected to attend the Sophomore Pilgrimage in Jefferson City later this month. The pilgrimage will be held April 8 and 9 and includes tours of the highway patrol safety center, the Governor's Mansion, and observing a session of the legislature...

Janis Gilbert and Irene Lewis took first place in the recent meeting of the Cape Girardeau Bridge Club. Second place winners were Clara Feldmeter and Juanita McNeeley. Eight people attended the March 8 meeting at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. The club meets every second and fourth Friday at 7 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. It is sponsored by the city Parks and Recreation Department...

Emily Ann Hall of Cape Girardeau was selected as a finalist for Missouri's 16th annual Homecoming Queen pageant. She recently competed in Kansas City for the state title. The national pageant is sponsored by America's Homecoming Queen, Inc., of Memphis...