Stories from Tuesday, August 13, 1996

Jill Lowes of Jackson is the recipient of a John W. Carr Scholarship from Murray State University in Murray, Ky. Lowes is a 1996 graduate of Jackson High School and plans to major in communications. She is the daughter of Ron A. and Marilyn K. Lowes...

Once the summer bell rings, and the schools empty themselves of the noise and activity of the school year, it is not only the students who find themselves searching for summer jobs. Many area teachers put away lesson planners and pick up paint brushes and file away the ties and blouses and replace them with pins that say, "Thank you for shopping ..." and "My name is. ..."...

Cybertip: FAQ means Frequently Asked Questions. FAQs provide background or information that newbies and experienced websters may need. With the start of the Republican National Convention this week we thought you might like to visit the convention online. And stay tuned. In two weeks we will tour Democratic sites...

All schools in the Shawnee schools will begin Friday, Aug. 23 with registration conducted in each attendance center on a short morning schedule. Dismissal at Shawnee North and Shawnee South will be approximately 9:45 a.m. Shawnee Junior and Senior High School will dismiss at 10 a.m...

New student orientation at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School will be held Aug. 20. Students should meet in the school cafeteria for tours of the building. Classes begin Aug. 26. Students whose last names begin with letters A through K should arrive at 9 a.m. Students whose last names begin with letters L through Z should arrive at 10:30 a.m...

The Scott County School District will begin classes on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at 8 a.m. for all grades. Classes will dismiss at 3 p.m. Busses wil follow the same routes as last year. Lunches will be served the first day of school with the prices at 70 cents for all students. Extra milk will be 20 cents half pint. Reduced price meals will be 40 cents. Breakfast will be served on Thursday for all grades with prices at 30 cents for all students. Reduced price breakfast will be 20 cents...

Cape Christian School will hold and open house for all kindergarten students and their parents from 1-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20. The open house is planned so students and their parents may visit the child's classroom and meet their teacher the day before classes begin...

Enrollment is now open for the 1996-97 school year at Cape Christian School, a non-denominational Christian school for kindergarten through sixth grade. Kindergarten is a one-half day program, with both morning and afternoon classes. Day care is available at the same location...

Stanford Achievement Test scores for students that attended Cape Christian School during the 1995-96 school year are now on file in the school office. The average test scores for each class, grades kindergarten through sixth, were above the national averages in all subject areas...

Dr. Dessy Boneva graduated cum laude from Logan College of Chiropractic on Aug. 3. Boneva is originally from Bulgaria. After moving to Southeast Missouri in January 1992 and attending a few semesters at Southeast Missouri University, she attended Logan and received her B.S. in Human Biology and her Doctorate in Chiropractic...

Students who operate a bona fide business and are in the 12th grade during the 1996-97 school year are eligible to receive tuition scholarships from Johnson & Wales University for its sixth annual National Outstanding High School Entrepreneur Contest...

Tired of delays in developing Old St. Vincent's Seminary, Monsignor Joseph E. Gosche developed another plan for it. He wants the acreage and sizable buildings turned into the International Center for the Study of American Democracy. Months ago, Gosche told Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation, potential seminary buyers, about his plan. Foundation board members didn't respond positively or negatively to the idea and haven't contacted him since. Undeterred, Gosche discussed his idea with others...

After consulting several wildlife biologists, local Humane Society officials said Monday that botulism caused the deaths and sickness among ducks at Capaha Park last week. Jahn White, administrator of the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri, said the bacterial disease could have been transmitted to the ducks when they ate dead fish in the Capaha Park lagoon. The fish, she said, were dying because of excessive algae growth in the lagoon...

Got a hankering for home-grown peaches? Better hurry, local growers say. This year's crop is light enough that the peaches won't be around long. A cold snap in January killed many of the buds that would have formed this year's crop. "We're down anywhere from 50 to 60 percent," said David Diebold of Diebold's Orchard in Benton. "On a good day in a good year, we pick 500 bushels. On a good day this year, we pick 200 bushels."...

The lights were off, the classrooms and offices empty Monday at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff. The community college's 120 employees, from administrators to custodians, boarded three buses and traveled to Southeast Missouri State University for a daylong visit with their higher education counterparts...

Donna Lichtenegger of Jackson wanted to win the sand castle competition at the Republican National Convention in San Diego. So did the other nine members of the Missouri team. But it was Tennessee that topped the competition Sunday. Tennessee's team won with its sandy version of an elephant sitting on top of President Bill Clinton...

Billy Joel once sang "The good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems." By the time you read this, the brand-new Mrs. Moyers and I will be sitting on the sunny beaches of Florida with mai tais in our newly-ringed hands. For six days we're leaving Cape Girardeau far behind, along with the fresh remnants of our forever extinct single lives...

To the editor: On behalf of the Southeast Missouri Hospital Board of Trustees, I would like to express the hospital's thanks to the community for its patience over the past five years as Southeast has progressed through its three-phase development plan and for the community's continued interest in the growth of hospital facilities and services...

Back on March 2, 1985, horrified Missourians learned of the murder of Southeast Missouri Trooper James Froemsdorf, an exemplary member of the State Highway Patrol. Froemsdorf left behind a widow and three daughters. Suspect Jerome Mallett was arrested, tried and convicted of the murder. A jury of 12 Missourians sentenced him to death for the capital crime...

Newly compiled assessed valuation totals for Missouri's 114 counties and the city of St. Louis have reached a record-breaking $47.5 billion. The assessed valuations amount to $8,967 for every man, woman and child in Missouri. As recently as 1990, Missouri's assessed valuation, expressed on a per capita basis, was $7,784...

WHAT A wonderful letter in today's paper from the property owner's view. Can't some way be found to stop the RCGA from harassing these landowners? I THINK a lot people owe apologies to Newt Gingrich. As I recall, about a year ago Newt was talking about how there were many people in the Clinton White House who couldn't get security clearances because of drugs. Turned out it was all true. What a liar he was at the time, but do you hear anymore about it? No. I think we all owe Newt a little thanks...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Cairo school officials and teachers hope to avoid the 1994 crisis that led to a teachers strike during contract negotiations. Ron Newell, president of the Cairo Association of Teachers and Dr. Elaine Bonifield, Cairo School District superintendent, have agreed to a federal mediator when the two groups meet again...

JACKSON -- It's time for corn dogs and carnival rides and fun all around. The 1996 Homecomers celebration will kick off tonight with the unveiling of the city's new mural. Mayor Paul Sander and local artist Herb Wickham, who chaired Jackson's mural committee, will "unveil" the artwork at about 6:45 p.m...

Workers at the Dana Corporation will vote next month on whether to have United Auto Workers (UAW) representation. UAW Union officials have been talking with Dana Corp. employees at Cape Girardeau, discussing the possibility of organizing a union at the local facility...

The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will present an evening of Broadway musicals beginning at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Capaha Park Band Shell. Director Ron Nall will conduct several pieces from musicals, including "Oklahoma," "Highlights from Oliver" and "The Sound of Music."...

Dr. Sterling Cossaboom has resigned as chairman of Southeast Missouri State University's music department amid allegations that he sexually harassed two women who formerly taught in the department. University officials said the job change isn't related to the lawsuits. But the lawyer for the two women suggests it is...

CHAFFEE -- The city of Chaffee has made an investment in the future by hiring, for the first time, a full-time city administrator. Former city councilman Ron Eskew was hired away from Southeast Missouri State University and took the reigns of city administration Aug. 1...

Edith Florence Langston, 83, 719 W. Highland, died Monday, Aug. 12, 1996, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Jan. 24, 1913, at Gordonville, daughter of George F. and Minnie P. Fischer Hinck. She and A. Ray Langston were married Dec. 24, 1939, at LaForge...

7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 13 Jackson Middle School Library Action Items A. Canvass election results. B. Consider eligibility criteria for free and reduced student lunches for 1996-97. C. Consider school cafeteria lunch prices for 1996-97. D. Consider the cost of a half-pint of mild for 1996-97...

City Hall 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 14 Hearings -- Request of Cornerstone Church Inc. for an extension of their existing special use permit to construct a church building and parking lot at 933 Koch in an R-1 district. -- Request of Boyd Missouri Inc., Downtown Parking Inc. and J.D. Main for an extension of their existing special use permit for landslide support facilities and parking for an excursion riverboat gaming vessel along North Main Street in areas zoned C-3 and M-2...

Son to Greg and Julie Lindsay of Arnold, St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis, 1:11 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, 1996. Name, Brendan Gregory. Weight, 9 pounds 6 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Lindsay is the former Julie Ebert, daughter of Bill Ebert and the late Evelyn Ebert. She is an accountant at Carpet One in Maryland Heights. Lindsay is the son of Kenneth and Roxie Lindsay of Cape Girardeau. He is a controller at Central Logistics in Fenton...

MINER -- Eura T. "Dick" McClendon, 84, formerly of Charleston, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 1996, at the Miner Nursing Facility. He was born Jan. 10, 1912, in Mayfield, Ky., to Jesse and Rebecca Jane White McClendon. He had lived in Mississippi County most of his life and was a retired farmer. In January 1994, he moved to the Miner Nursing Center...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Susan Elizabeth Petrich of Jackson will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. James Schultz will officiate, with burial in Balch Church Cemetery near Zalma. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

ANNA, Ill. -- Mary Nimmo, 91, of Anna, died Monday, Aug. 12, 1996, at the City Care Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Hileman & Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro.

CHARLESTON -- Clem V. Burcks, 83, Charleston Route 2, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Feb. 14, 1915, at Charleston, son of John H. and Annie A. Layton Burcks. Burcks had lived in the Texas Bend Community north of Charleston all his life, and had made his home with the William R. Telker family for more than 66 years...

ADVANCE -- Thelma E. Umfleet, 79, of Advance, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 7, 1917, in Randles, daughter of William and Winnie Barker LaGrand. She and Lawrence Umfleet were married Feb. 12, 1935, at Benton. He died Aug. 14, 1982...

A private memorial service for Millard Baysinger Price of Cape Girardeau, was held Sunday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Ford and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Price, 79, died Friday, Aug. 9, 1996, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center. He was born Dec. 23, 1916, in Grand Tower, Ill., son of Richard and Elizabeth Price...

JACKSON -- Ray H. Friedrich, 89, Jackson Route, died Monday, Aug. 12, 1996, at his home. He was born June 23, 1907, at Jackson, son of August H. and Martha Ann Snider Friedrich. He and Elsie Rapp were married Sept. 2, 1928. She died Feb. 6, 1969. He later married Elsie Cotner Gass Feb. 3, 1970...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Prince Albert "P.A." Brown, 78, of East Prairie, died Monday, Aug. 12, 1996, at East Prairie Nursing Center, following an extended illness. He was born Feb. 2, 1918, in Eddyville, Ky., son of Emitt Calvin and Mary Loretta Kelley Brown. He and Hazel Wella Jones were married Nov. 26, 1938...

Memorial service for Loretta Isaacs of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1 p.m. today at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. The Rev. John Ferguson will officiate. Isaacs, 91, died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1996, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center.

MARBLE HILL -- Nancy Y. Crader, 63, of Marble Hill, died Monday, Aug. 12, 1996, at her home. She was born at Marble Hill July 31, 1933, daughter of Ralph A. and Della DeWitt. She was co-founder of Crader Distributing Co., and a member of Marble Hill First Baptist Church...