Stories from Tuesday, November 26, 1996

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring the ninth annual "Calls From Santa" program Monday-Thursday, Dec. 9-12. Parents can register their children by mailing in the form from the Parks & Recreation fall brochure, filling out a form at the A.C. Brase Arena or by calling the information to the office. The address is Cape Parks & Recreation Department, c/o Santa Claus, 410 Kiwanis Drive, Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701...

JACKSON -- Respect and responsibility are keys to survival in Nancy King's classroom. King teaches fourth grade at West Lane Elementary School in Jackson. "With this concept I try to prepare each student to become a better citizen," she said. Students work in groups to assist their classmates as peer tutors or teams. Occasionally the teams will have competitive matches or group projects. With the teams, students learn cooperation, she said...

Julie Eftink is the Exchange Club's September Student of the Month for Notre Dame High School. Elizabeth Kunz is the Exchange Club's November Student of the Month for Central High School. Eftink, a senior, is the daughter of David and Doris Eftink of Oran...

Sara Emerson, Amy Kiplinger and Tara Sanford are the September Students of the Month for Scott City High School. The honor was given by the Elk's Lodge in recognition of outstanding achievement. The three seniors were nominated by classmates and teachers and selected by a special panel...

Matthew Strohmeyer, a senior vocal student at Quincy University in Quincy, Ill., was one of three finalists in the Illinois chapter of National Association of Teachers of Singing annual competition. This year's event, held this month at the Moody Bible Institute, included three rounds of competition organized by age group and type of music performed. ...

The Internet isn't just all fun and games. There is a lot of practical information available, if you know where to look. For example, you can find phone numbers, e-mail addresses, business listings and current weather conditions. We'll start our practical tour of the web at InfoSpace, which bills itself as the "most innovative directory on the Internet." You can find it at...

David Popham is serving as executive lead articles editor for "The John Marshall Law Review," a quarterly publication examining current issues in the law. He works with 11 other editors to produce the publication at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago where he is a third-year law student. The publication features works by students, practitioners of the law, judges and those whose work is directly related to the law...

Sgt. Carl Kinnison, training and community affairs officer at the Cape Girardeau Police Department, teaches a criminal justice class evenings at Southeast Missouri State University. Terry Lynch's college degree had been on hold for about 20 years. The Cape Girardeau man was two courses away from graduating when the demands of running his fire protection business prompted him to quit school...

Mothers aren't alone in wanting to give gifts to a special child or children this Christmas. One father wants to give his young daughter a bicycle, a Barbie doll with extra clothes, and crayons, puzzles and games. He wrote, "I want Christmas to be a very special holiday this year because her mother recently died. She is somewhat disturbed by everything, and we are trying to get a new life now."...

Southeast Missouri will retain its voice on federal agriculture legislation following the appointment Monday of newly elected U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson to the House Agriculture Committee. Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, was also selected by the House Republican leadership to serve on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...

Mrs. B is alive and proving her doctors wrong. When she was recently discharged from the hospital, doctors didn't expect her to live much longer. She is wheelchair-bound, a brittle diabetic and has one leg in a cast. She has had a kidney removed but still suffers from kidney disease. She also suffers from hypertension...

The Cape Girardeau area missed the first major winter storm, which brought freezing rain and sleet to much of Missouri. Nevertheless, area residents will get a preview of winter this week, and a cold Thanksgiving Day is forecast by the National Weather Service at St. Charles...

Anyone who has cursed Generation X and given up on America's future should attend a Young Life meeting. Monday's was at Pop's Pizza in Cape Girardeau. About 30 Cape Girardeau Central High School students crowded around tables and into booths, eating pizza and talking among themselves...

Living alone isn't as easy as I remember it. I remember hanging out with friends, shooting pool and watching whatever I wanted on TV. Apparently, there's a lot more to it than that. On Sunday, I stood in the rain and watched my wife leave, pulling out of the driveway and out of my life. It's the first time I've lived alone since my marriage a scant four months ago...

AS A retail clerk, please let me give some of your readers a list of shopping hints. 1. Please be patient. Don't interrupt me when I am helping someone else. It is just as important to them as it is to you that they get what they need. 2. Please do not get mad at me when you come to the store with a vague description from a 3-year-old child, and I cannot find what you want. ...

A lawsuit challenging the Outstanding Schools Act recently made it to the Missouri Supreme Court, where most of that act was upheld. Filed by three state representatives, the lawsuit alleged the act, which contained $310 million in higher taxes, was unconstitutional because it contained more than one subject matter, mixing education and taxes. ...

An interim study committee of the General Assembly has held a series of hearings and made 33 recommendations on how to improve managed care in our state. A co-chairman said the panel "wants something to protect the consumer, return health care to its previous standards and not raise costs much." This vague language may make him feel good, but it will have others reaching for the wallet. The same co-chairman then conceded he had no idea how much the panel's proposals would increase costs...

To the editor: When I attended Southeast Missouri State Teachers College in 1926, I had Professor Jepthra Riggs, a small, scrawny-build man, for math instructor. He was very intellectual. However, it was his contention math or science was not for girls. Therefore, he never flunked the girls in any of his classes. How wrong was his belief...

To the editor: I am very concerned about a headline for an article written by Ray Owen in the Nov. 20 Missourian. It has caused me, my customers and my employees serious problems. The "others closing" in the headline has been interpreted by some of the customers and friends as being Craftsman Office Supply Co. ...

To the editor: On behalf of the board of directors of the Area Wide United Way, we want to thank the Missourian for its generous support of our 1996 campaign and all that you do to support our efforts throughout the year. The results of your employee campaign matched by your corporate gift clearly display your philosophy of caring for the community. ...

Continued litigation and large awards bring distrust among people. In a country that once prided itself on a man's word and the Ten Commandments, it's become too true to too many to have to "get it in writing." However, in a recent editorial, The Wall Street Journal noted that "Plaintiff Lawyers Lose Big":...

The Cape Girardeau County Mothers Against Drunk Driving Community Action Team has kicked off its annual MADD red-ribbon campaign. Team members Tony McLain and Mildred Held and Sharee Galnore of the Cape Girardeau Police Department tied ribbons on school buses at Ryder Transportation Monday. Galnore and Bettie Knoll, victims' rights advocate for the police department, are co-chairmen of the team...

MARBLE HILL -- Kenneth Darris Beard, 63, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Nov. 24, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 7, 1933, at Marble Hill, son of Walter and Audrey Long Beard. He and Pauline Winchester were married Sept. 1, 1972...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Ralph Lee Harris Sr. of Jackson was held Sunday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Fred Burgard officiated, with burial in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Harris, 73, died Friday, Nov. 22, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...

BELL CITY -- Louise Scott, 69, of Bell City died Sunday, Nov. 24, 1996, at Sikeston Health Care near Sikeston. She was born March 24, 1927, in Smackover, Ark., daughter of Ben and Jane Stovall Davis. She and Marvin Scott were married May 21, 1945, in Piggott, Ark...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for George E. McDonnold of Sikeston, will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Bob Burnes will officiate, with burial in Memorial park Cemetery. McDonnold, 83, died Saturday, Nov. 23, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Glynda Fay Davis of Pineville, La., will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Steve Proctor will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Davis, 56, died Friday, Nov. 22, 1996, at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans, La...

JACKSON -- Nelder L. Klob, 94, of Jackson died Sunday, Nov. 24, 1996, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 9, 1902, in Sedgewickville, daughter of Francis and Mollie Robinson Crites. She and Firman Klob were married Sept. 14, 1925. He died Oct. 16, 1988...

George "Bud" Ventres of Dallas, Texas, and Naomi Akers of Houma, La., a brother and sister formerly of the Cape Girardeau area, died last week. Ventres, 61, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1996, in Dallas. Akers, 65, died Saturday, Nov. 23, 1996, in Houma...

BELL CITY -- Moline Bain, 78, of Bell City died Sunday, Nov. 24, 1996, at Bloomfield Nursing Center in Bloomfield. He was born March 17, 1918, in Stoddard County, son of Bluitt Emery and Ona Burleson Bain. He and Florence Allen were married Oct. 31, 1953...

PERRYVILLE -- Melva J. Schaupert, 70, of Perryville died Monday, Nov. 25, 1996, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born April 13, 1926, at New Wells, daughter of Benjamin and Hattie Meyr Haertling. She and Everett L. Schaupert were married Jan. 20, 1946. He died April 24, 1969...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Madge Eva Jones of Chaffee will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Nancy Woods will officiate, with burial in Friend Cemetery at Oran. Friends may call at the chapel after 4 p.m. today...

BLOOMFIELD -- Clennie A. Williams of Bloomfield died Monday, Nov. 25, 1996, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

MARBLE HILL -- Martha Ann Harris, 55, of Marble Hill died Monday, Nov. 25, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 16, 1940, in Paducah, Ky., daughter of James Edward and Wynonia E. Sullenger. She and Marshall Harris were married June 4, 1959...

JACKSON -- William Dale Englehart, 69, of Mehlville died Sunday, Nov. 24, 1996, at his home. He was born Dec. 18, 1926, at Fruitland, son of William Herbert and Agnes Bandy Englehart. He and Carol Austin were married Nov. 9, 1946, in Cape Girardeau...

JACKSON -- Emma Drucille Volz, 80, of Jackson, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Nov. 25, 1996, at Jackson Manor. Friends may call today from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson. Service will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...

SIKESTON -- Lucille Lottie Ball, 88 of Sikeston, died Saturday, Nov. 23, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Aug. 26, 1908, at Matthews, daughter of Robert and Pearl Shields Ball. Ball had worked in the fitting department of International Shoe Co., and attended First Church of the Nazarene...

BLOOMFIELD -- Ruthie M. Shelton, 72, of Bloomfield died Sunday, Nov. 24, 1996, at her home. She was born Feb. 2, 1924, in Scott County, daughter of Barton and Goldie Hollis. She and Donald Shelton were married Dec. 17, 1962, at Bell City. Shelton was a member of Apostolic Assembly Church in Bell City...

GLEN ALLEN -- Floella Bretz, 79, of Glen Allen died Sunday, Nov. 24, 1996, at the home of a grandson in St. Louis. She was born June 13, 1917, at Marble Hill, daughter of Fred and Myrtle M. Russell Long. She and Stanley W. Bretz were married May 15, 1959. He died April 9, 1987...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Ray Haney of Charleston will be held at 1 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. Tom Bridges will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Haney, 69, died Sunday, Nov. 24, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

Son to Frederick Ronald Hediger and Brenda Kay Parker of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:14 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1996. Name, Frederick Land. Weight, 7 pounds 2 ounces. Third child, second son. Ms. Parker is the former Brenda Land, daughter of James and Gladine Land of Leasburg. Hediger is the son of Moe and Francis Horath of Sullivan and Ronald Hediger of Leasburg...