Stories from Sunday, June 9, 1996

CAIRO, Ill. -- Alice Woodard, 90, of Cairo died Saturday, June 8, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born March 1, 1906, at Cairo, daughter of George and Alice Howard Waldschmidt. She and Ernest Woodard were married. He died in 1978...

Kistner graduates basic training Air Force Airman Basic Bradley A. Kistner, formerly of Millersville, has graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Kistner is now stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas for technical training...

Laura M. Stoner, of Jackson, was among those selected as a recipient of the 1996 President's Awards for Literary Excellence. The awards were announced by the Iliad Press and The National Authors Registry. The President's Awards are granted to outstanding writers who have participated in the Iliad Literary Awards Program...

Kindergarten teacher Susan Statler tests the auditory skills of Susan Baker,5. Parents and siblings await the screening of the children. The children are screened for height and weight, vision and hearing, auditory skills, numbers concepts, speech screening, visual skills, gross motor skills, motor skills, language concepts, and finally there is an exit interview with the child and parents to discuss what the child does well and what the child needs to work on over the summer. ...

This 1987 Corvette Convertible with the personalized license plate 14K GLD was purchased in the summer of 1995 and has won 19 trophies in the 21 car shows the Holekamps have entered it into. Both of these Corvettes have plenty under the hood. The Coupe on the left has a 230-horsepower L-98 stock engine. The Convertible on the right has a 240-horsepower L-98 stock engine...

Cape County Transit has moved to a new location at the corner of High Street and Jefferson in Jackson. Dareld Davis, project manager, said that the private not for profit corporation moved to the new location, because the old location at John Dudley's Architect Building no longer had room for Cape County Transit...

DUTCHTOWN -- Charlie Nicole Hartis doesn't yet realize how much her life depends on Tom Poulakos, but her family does. Charlie, who celebrated her second birthday Saturday, is alive today because of a bone marrow donation that Poulakos made one year ago. The two met this week for the first time, about 15 months after the transplant...

The Riverside Regional Library will be holding a Summer Reading Program entitled "READiscover Missouri" on each Tuesday from June 11 through July 23. Children ages two through high school age are invited to attend. The kick off party will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the Meeting Room at Riverside Regional Library on June 11 on Union Street in Jackson...

Southeast Missouri State University has established a new physical therapist assistant (PTA) program. The two-year associate of arts degree program recently was approved by the Coordinating Board for Higher Education. "This is a great addition to the department of health and leisure," said Dr. Brian Toy, department chair. "It meets a serious need we have seen exhibited over the last five years."...

SINCE everyone is saying that you can't make a living without a college education, then public education should not end at the 12th grade. It should continue in the same town for at least four more years paid for by cities, towns and states. And by the way, how can a tax credit for a college kid be a tax cut? What if that child doesn't want to go to college?...

The recent survey of national news media types in Washington, D.C., is one piece of eye-popping information that hasn't received nearly the amount of attention it deserves. In brief, the survey revealed these data on the 1992 election: 89 percent of the media mavens voted for President Bill Clinton versus 7 percent for then-President George Bush. ...

Only in America does it occur every four years, only to recur the next quadrennium. Ad infinitum. It is our nation's time of crisis and mourning, 180 days of sheer torture. Even the Statue of Liberty seems to weep for her adopted land. The season invariably begins with hope, even cautious optimism, for this will be the time, we tell ourselves, when the benefits will outweigh the agonies that were inflicted 48 months before. ...

Southeast Missouri natives are playing key roles in this year's statewide elections in the Show Me State. On the Democratic side, Puxico native Roy Temple has just left the office of Gov. Mel Carnahan where he was chief of staff to manage the governor's re-election campaign. ...

The Medicare trustees, among whose members are three Clinton administration cabinet members, have been heard from again, and their message is grim. The health-care system now insuring 37 million senior citizens will be bankrupt by 2001, absent major reform...

The Jackson Jaycees are planning for the Fourth of July festivities with many different activities scheduled for the day. There will be a mud volleyball tournament that will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 4 on a 48-team field. Each team will consist of eight players, six on the field with two alternates. The teams must have both male and female players and one female must be on the playing field at all times...

To the editor: In this country, we believe all people have specific rights. These rights are given by God, acknowledged by the Constitution and protected by the force of law. Today we face the prospect of defining those rights to a new level. Should we allow a group of people, defined only by the sexual activity they engage in, to be granted an equal status in our society that is protected by law?...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Vesta O. Gray, 78, of Cobden died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born Oct. 16, 1917, at Crockett Mills, Tenn., daughter of Toby and Myrtle Moore Rogers. She and Gilbert G. Gray were married May 1938 at Malden...

CHARLESTON -- Galen Ferrell, 83, of Charleston died Friday, June 7, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 22, 1912, at Dogwood, son of E. Earl and Mary Velda Alley Ferrell. He and Josephine House were married Sept. 1, 1940...

PERRYVILLE -- Dorothy I. Hennemann, 96, of Perryville died Friday, June 7, 1996, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was born March 13, 1900, at Longtown, daughter of William Joseph and Theresa Anna Schott Buchheit. She and Louis George Hennemann were married May 15, 1922. He died Oct. 30, 1980...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Sylvia Marie Tripp, 80, of Cobden died Friday, June 7, 1996, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born July 30, 1915, at Jackson, daughter of James and Maty B. Smith Cagle. She and John J. Tripp were married Dec. 21, 1935, at Murphysboro, Ill. He died June 4, 1974...

Bess H. Estes, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 7, 1996, at the Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Nov. 26, 1900, in Senath, daughter of George C. and Rosalee Wallace Harris. She and Dr. Albert M. Estes were married Aug. 30, 1924, in Jackson. He died April 18, 1974...

Hello, my name is Michael Wells. You probably already knew that if you read the by-line. I am originally from Mayfield, Ky., but for the past six and a half years I mainly lived in Murray, Ky. My wife's name is Tonya and we have been married since Nov. 24, 1995. We met at Murray State University, from where we both hold degrees. She is from Wardell, Mo...

It was almost exactly a year ago when I wrote my first story for the Jackson USA Signal. Shortly after, I began writing this column, which also ran concurrently in the Scott County Signal on occasion. And this is my last one. From the beginning, I fancied myself a humor columnist, more often than not writing about my upcoming marriage and the hellish planning that a wedding involved...

SIKESTON -- Leslie R. "Bill" Johnson, 91, of Sikeston died Friday, June 7, 1996, at his home. He was born June 18, 1904, in Blodgett, son of Joseph Amos and Effie Masters Johnson. He and Rita Lorene Monroe were married in December 1925 at Charleston. She died Jan. 13, 1978. He and Reba Hargrave Whiteside were married March 12, 1979, in Poplar Bluff...

JACKSON -- Hilda E. McClain, 59, of Jackson died Friday, June 7, 1996, at home. She was born Nov. 11, 1936, in Jackson, daughter of Elmer and Lorene Rion Crites. She worked at the International Shoe Co. for 25 years and was a charter member of the Cape Girardeau Eagles Lady Auxiliary...

ANNA, Ill. -- Edgar Lee Mangrum, 87, of Anna died Saturday, June 8, 1996, at the Friendship Care Facility in Marion, Ill. He was born Feb. 2, 1909, at Cobden, Ill., to George Washington Henry and Lula Ann Gore Mangrum. On Nov. 1, 1930, he married Ruby Adams, who died April 8, 1971. In November 1971, he married Eliza Ellen Short, who died in 1993...

On April 24, Anna Dienstbach was at home mowing the grass. The Dienstbachs' 4-year-old son, Caleb, was playing and Anna somehow lost track of him. "Then I turned and he was standing right there," she said. Anna was able to swerve and disengage the blade before the mower hit her son...

SCOTT CITY -- Fresh from selecting one of their own as public works director, the Scott City Council is looking for a city administrator. This time, a former mayor and another council member are in the running. In a trend of elected officials applying for paid city positions, Larry Forhan, Scott City's mayor from 1992-1996, and Councilwoman Brenda Moyers turned in their resumes for the administrator's job last month...

The Democratic Party is providing strong leadership and good ideas, Gov. Mel Carnahan told a crowd of about 300 supporters Saturday at the Show Me Center. "President Clinton and Vice President Gore are leading this country in the right ways," he said at the rally...

Even before the final Missouri School Improvement Program report was complete, the Cape Girardeau Board of Education knew what its problems were. Facility needs, more administrators and a revamped guidance program were problem areas for the district, as listed in the MSIP report in April...

When a trauma patient like Caleb comes into a hospital, several mechanisms go into effect. Trauma teams, made up of physicians, nurses and technicians, concentrate on the ABCs, said Pat Pennington, manager of emergency services at Southeast Missouri Hospital: Airways, Breathing and Circulation...

With summer in full swing, we see a noticeable increase in outdoor activities. This applies not only to humans, but to many species of wildlife as well. On one hand, we have youngsters out of school with plenty of time and energy. We also have moderate weather. Later, when we reach the "dog days" of summer, high temperatures will tend to move many activities indoors. But, for now at least, many people are spending a great deal of time outdoors...

It's a national symbol that almost anyone can recognize -- the flag. Across the country, Americans will fly their national symbol high Friday in honor of Flag Day. While not a federal holiday, June 14, is a national holiday to celebrate the memory of the day when the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the official flag. The holiday was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman in 1949...

It is that semi-magical time of the year again when the morning sunshine comes through the north windows to illuminate the front room. I say, semi-magic, for fear of ridicule should I say magical. I can hear imaginary voices ridiculing, "What's so magic about sunshine coming through north windows?" It seems a valid ridicule, but semi-magic to me for it happens for such a brief time at my house. ...

Design, use and display of the flat of the United States are dictated by federal law. The American Legion offers a pamphlet explaining the entire flag code. Here are some parts of the law. -- The United States flag should be displayed from sunrise to sunset on buildings and in the open, particularly at administration or public buildings. For patriotic effect, the flag can be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated...

The Cape Girardeau American Legion Post 63 will conduct its annual Flag Retirement'Disposal ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday, June 14, at the Missouri Veterans Home. Anyone with a faded, tattered, torn or otherwise unserviceable American Flag may drop it off at the Veterans Home or the service countyer at Schnucks, ?? Kingshighway. Indivduals may call the American Legion at 335-0305 for pickup...