Stories from Tuesday, May 21, 1996

Patrick Johnston, a sophomore at Scott City High School, has been selected to attend the Missouri Scholars Academy this summer at the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. Students are selected for the program based on academic achievement, involvement in extracurricular activities, test scores, teacher recommendations, and a written essay. During the three-week program, students participate in accelerated learning activities in two chosen fields of study...

About 200 students from 28 area elementary schools participated in a regional competition on the Southeast Missourian State University Campus to determine who would compete at the State Math Contest. Teams of four students from each school also competed in a new event -- Team Competition. The winners of this competition were:...

Leigh Ann Scott of Jackson called to say that she took her 2-year-old daughter, Destiney, to the emergency room at Southeast Missouri Hospital on Sunday evening. Atwell Evans of Cape Girardeau was there ahead of them. When it was his time to be seen, even though he was in a wheelchair, he refused so that Destiney could be seen first...

The Cape Girardeau University Extension Council is taking applications for its annual college scholarship. Students in Cape Girardeau County are eligible. The $200 award is available to students who have completed 60 hours toward an undergraduate degree in agriculture, business or human environmental sciences and have a 2.5 grade-point average...

Bethanie Gosche, a senior at Notre Dame High School, earned the Cape Girardeau County Rotary Club scholarship. Gosche, daughter of Larry and Bonnie Gosche of Chaffee, was chosen from 60 applicants. She is student council president, a member of the National Honor Society, SADD and the volleyball and basketball teams, co-editor of the school yearbook and newspaper editor...

Erin Riches, daughter of Patricia M. Riches of Cape Girardeau and Geoffrey V. Riches of Delray Beach, Fla., will intern at the White House this summer. Riches, a sophomore at Rhodes College, will complete her internship in the press relations office in June. She is the 1996-97 editor of the Rhodes College student newspaper...

Seven students from Cape Girardeau schools earned honors in April at the regional math contest in Sikeston. Three students from A.J. Schultz School placed in the Top 10 in the seventh-grade individual competition. They were Allison Bryant, first place; James Haskell, fifth place; and Sarah Brown, sixth place...

Tara Williams of Sikeston recently received the Cargill Scholars Scholarship Award. Williams attends Sikeston High School and is a member of the Girl Scouts of America, Astra, Red Peppers club, biology and physics clubs, Future Business Leaders of America and the concert band...

Loretta Templeton, elementary librarian at Scott City schools, attended the 1996 spring conference of the Missouri Association of School Libraries in St. Louis. The conference recognizes school librarians and teachers each year. June Rae Wood, a Missouri author, also received the Mark Twain Award. Students in fourth through eighth grades select the recipient of the award...

Mary Estes-Gieselmann, a social studies teacher in Hazelwood West Junior High School and formerly of Cape Girardeau, was the recipient of Cooperating School Districts' 1996 Robert D. Elsea Scholarship. The award's purpose is to improve classroom instruction by providing recipients with an opportunity to further their education through travel or graduate study...

The American Intercultural Student Exchange, a non-profit educational foundation, is seeking local host families for high school foreign exchange students for the 1996-97 school year. AISE exchange students live with American families and attend local high schools during their 10-month cultural exchange experiences. American host families provide a room, meals and a family atmosphere in which to live. Call AISE at 1-800-742-5464 for more information...

Abby Fletcher earned superior ratings at the recent Missouri State Music Contest in Columbia. She sang two solos, as well as in a mixed ensemble and in a girls' ensemble. Fletcher is a junior at Central High School and a member of the Chamber Choir directed by Judy Williams. She studies voice at the Southeast Missouri Music Academy...

May Greene Elementary School recently recognized students who have earned a place in the May Greene Honor Society. They include Alexis Depree, Amber England, Chele Ford, Britney Hunt, Cobret Joe, Britnie Jones, Calandra Jones, Brandon Rains, Travis Shavers, Doris Wolford in the A Honor Society...

Greg Pobst, son of Marvin Pobst of Oran, has been selected to attend the Missouri Scholars Academy on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia, June 9 through 29. He is a sophomore at Oran High School. The Missouri Scholars Academy was established to provide educational experiences different that what can be done in a traditional classroom...

DELTA -- During her first year as a teacher, Jo Ann Nance learned as much as her students. "During my first year of teaching, I had two young ladies whose home life had provided a great deal of `worldly knowledge," said Nance, who now teaches kindergarten at the Mary Maud Hosea building in Delta...

Amnanda May and Dana Pettitt, juniors at Scott City High School, will receive college credit for attending the Horizons in Education program this summer at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg. The program begins June 4 and is designed for high school students interested in a teaching career. Each student receives college credit for the program...

Sharon Raines of Scott City and member of the GFWC Cape Girardeau Tuesday Club was installed as president of the GFWC 9th District at their spring convention in Farmington. The GFWC promotes volunteerism, provides leadership training, enabling members to become involved in a variety of local community issues...

Gary Kralemann believes in dressing appropriately for his job, and his 46 holiday costumes are legendary around Jefferson Elementary School. But after nine years as a principal, Kralemann is retiring his costumes and his leading role this year. "I'm not grown up yet so I guess that's what I'll do when I retire," Kralemann said...

Changes are coming to Cape Girardeau public schools and teachers at L.J. Schultz School want to benefit from them. Twenty-seven teachers and staff at the school requested changes in curriculum at Schultz School during a meeting Monday with the Cape Girardeau Board of Education...

JACKSON -- Becoming a first class county won't lead to wasting money, Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones told a gathering of 20 members of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce Monday. Jones, who was guest speaker at the chamber's annual banquet, said the county's advancement to first class because it has maintained an assessed valuation of more than $450 million for the past five years won't mean undue spending on a medical examiner and county counselor...

Changes in the special education program at Cape Girardeau public schools could create enough space for all-day kindergarten programs in the elementary schools. Monday, the Cape Girardeau Board of Education approved a new program for elementary students with behavior disorders but it is still considering the all-day kindergarten program...

The 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta isn't about sports, it's about consumption on a grand scale. From the opening ceremony on July 19 to the closing number on Aug. 4, Atlanta is hosting a peach of a party. Scarlett O'Hara would love this bash. I'm not so sure about the cooks. They'll be busy. They have to cook some 33 million meals...

Secret missions and the military go hand in hand. But when Missouri National Guard Maj. Ken MacNevins set in motion a clandestine endeavor last weekend, it did not require high-tech surveillance devices, disguises or even synchronized watches. The success of the mission did need his wife's help though...

THE ONE thing that Cape needs: They seem to have a lot, but they need more hotel rooms around this town. They seem to all be booked up. I encourage any businessman, if he wants to make some money, to build himself a hotel. I'M TRULY enjoying reading about all the many random acts of kindness, but I'm saddened when I realize that this week you'll be printing all those mean and nasty insinuations that are not based on facts. ...

Southeast Missouri will be represented by some of the area's finest high school students at two of the nation's prestigious military academies next year. Tony Moore of Perryville and Casey Cook of Cape Girardeau will attend the Naval Academy, and Joe Clark of Cape Girardeau and Shawn Nickell of Sikeston will go to West Point...

From the "Congress Inside Out" column by Norman J. Ornstein in Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill: Bill Emerson, Republican of Missouri, has been in the news lately. Unfortunately, one reason is that he has inoperable lung cancer, and has been taking radiation therapy for it. ...

To the editor: I wanted to thank the Southeast Missourian for the May 17 article on the work recently completed by the Educational Programs Study Committee. This group of volunteers met on a weekly basis for the past two months in order to pull together the concerns voiced by Cape Girardeau citizens through the Vision 2000 meetings and to present to the school board ways in which these needs could be met. ...

The question about the federal fuel tax -- should it be cut by the 4.3 cents a gallon it was increased in 1993? -- is, in all likelihood, a dead issue at this point. It was, after all, the clout of Sen. Bob Dole that brought the idea to the forefront in the first place. Now that he is leaving the Senate to campaign full-time for the presidency, it is highly unlikely even Dole will press for a vote, particularly if the rollback appears headed for defeat...

To the editor: This poem was written after the flood of 1993: The year of '93 our rivers went wild. It's a time that stands out in our mind So sharp there's no forgetting, As we recall nothing of this kind. Farms, houses, livestock and lives Were lost to the river's rage...

Funeral service for Susan L. Rigney Reid of Fort Branch, Ind., was held Saturday at Alexander Funeral Home East Chapel in Evansville, Ind. The Rev. William Blackie III officiated, with burial in Park Lawn Cemetery in Evansville. Reid, 48, died Wednesday, May 15, 1996, at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville...

DEXTER -- Roger Reese Jr., 49, of Dexter, died Sunday, May 19, 1996, at his home. He was born March 10, 1947, in White Oak, son of Willie and Genevieve Wilkes Reese. He and Laverne Stallings were married Nov. 4, 1977, at Dexter. Reese was a member of Disabled American Veterans and Eagles Lodge 4062. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War...

WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Michael Wayne Copeland, 40, of Springfield, died Saturday, May 18, 1996, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. He was born March 20, 1956, in El Paso, Texas, son of Huey and Bessie Ann Ginn Copeland. Copeland was a truck driver with ABF, and was a member of the Teamsters Union. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force...

Carl Edward Stacy, 36, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, May 20, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born June 22, 1959, in St. Louis, son of Emory Charles and Maxine Marie Evans Stacy. Stacy had worked at Tyson Foods in Springfield. Survivors include a son, Bobby Stacy of Lake Placid, Fla.; his mother of Chaffee; five sisters, Linda Owen of Scott City, Opal Overbey of Leopold, Martha Little, Debbie Stephens and Vivian Bradley of Chaffee, and a half sister, Diane Stacy of West Point, Ark...

Mildred Mabel Emmons, 81, 304 S. Benton, died Monday, May 20, 1996, at her home. She was born Aug. 21, 1914, at Scopus, daughter of Henry Kaiser and Maude Ellen Lincoln Angle. She and Eugene Wilson "Gene" Emmons were married June 9, 1934, at Blodgett...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Sterling Hunter Wilson, Anna Route 1, will be held at 10 a.m. today at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. Dewayne Taylor will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie, Mo. Wilson, 68, died Sunday, May 9, 1996, at his home...

PERRYVILLE -- Edwin J. "Koss" Moonier, 78, of Perryville, died Monday, May 20, 1996, at his home. He was born Sept. 17, 1917, at Perryville, son of Pius and Marcella Mary Brewer Moonier. He and Cora Ann Rhodes were married Nov. 9, 1940. She died March 29, 1987. He and Leola "Lucy" Taylor Mezo were married Feb. 2, 1994...

Son to Kimberly Ann Proffer and Ritchie Alan Jones of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:52 p.m. Monday, May 6, 1996. Name, Trey Alan. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Miss Proffer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Proffer Jr. of Millersville. She is employed at Southwestern Bell in Cape Girardeau. Jones is the son of Almeda Garmon of Jackson and the late Ezell Jones. He is employed at Quality Packaging...

The elderly and disabled don't have to worry about cuts in Cape Girardeau's taxi coupon program. Despite a rate increase by Kelley Transportation Co., elderly and disabled program participants still may buy 16 rides a month for $1 each. The cost is $2 each to the general public...

May 20, 1996 7:30 p.m. Public Hearings A. Considered the rezoning of all of Lots 55, 56, 57 and 58 as indicated on the preliminary plat of Fairfield Estates Subdivision from R-1 (Single Family Residential) to C-2 (General Commercial) as submitted by Mr. Stan Williams of Plantation Properties...

JACKSON -- Wilford Overbeck, 61, of Jackson died at his home Monday, May 20, 1996. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home.