Stories from Wednesday, March 26, 1997

To the editor: Regarding the Bollinger-Cape Girardeau counties lake issue: Voters of both counties must know the true facts before voting themselves another tax burden to finance this project. Anyone who is unfamiliar with the countryside that would be destroyed by this project needs take the time to drive through this area and see the handiwork of Mother Nature the way it is today. ...

The university relations office at Southeast Missouri State University recently won eight awards in the 1996 Addy Awards and the 12th annual Admissions Advertising Awards competition. The publications office was honored in the Addy competition with a "Citation of Excellence" in the category of "direct marketing" for the "Search Piece," the first in a series of three publications, which together comprise the University's direct mail recruitment initiative. ...

THIS IS to the person who called in about not receiving a questionnaire from David Schwab about this lake. Those questionnaires were sent out to only people which would have their land covered by water. Now, if you're one of these people, please give David Schwab a call, and he will give you a questionnaire. But if you're not included in this group, that was his fullest intent: to only get those people directly affected by the lake...

The board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People voted last week against supporting the Cape Girardeau school bond issue package on the ballot Tuesday. Voters will be asked to approve the sale of $14 million in bonds and waive a tax rollback. If passed, those actions would increase assessed valuation by 69 cents. The package would fund extensive building and programming changes in the district, including a new elementary school and vocational school...

It's easy for officials to make a stand and stick by it -- even in the face of a public outcry. Most government bureaucrats simply dig their heels in deeper. They won't even listen to the dissent, much less budget even an inch. The harder path is to stop, re-evaluate a decision and perhaps even reconsider...

To the editor: After reading several recent comments in Speak Out in reference to the proposed recreational lake, I feel compelled to respond. The calls I'm referring to obviously came from supporters of the project. Unfortunately, their lack of knowledge of the subject matter is very apparent...

To the editor: This letter is written to voice our support for David Goncher for Cape Girardeau School Board. Goncher has the following qualifications that to us are fitting for a school board member: 1. Goncher has a bachelor of science degree in secondary education from Southeast Missouri State University plus 30 hours toward a degree in secondary school administration...

To the editor: The Bollinger-Cape Girardeau County Regional Lake Association has been actively involved in rewriting Senate Bill 776 to meet the concerns of landowners surrounding the proposed lake. The results of this effort are reflected in Senate Bill 363. ...

To the editor: Psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists and counselors in Missouri have formed a coalition to promote and educate in matters affecting the health and well-being of citizens of Missouri. The Legislature is considering two bills to provide, for the first time, regulation of managed care in Missouri. ...

Southeast Missouri State University will celebrate the cultures of its international students during International Festival '97, April 6-11. The festival will be held during inauguration week. Dr. Dale Nitzschke will be inaugurated April 10 as Southeast's 16th president...

West Plains, a finalist when Caterpillar Inc. selected Dyersburg, Tenn., for a new manufacturing plant in 1995, emerged at top in its latest bid for a Caterpillar plant. Caterpillar, a large manufacturer of mining and construction equipment, natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines, announced this week that West Plains had been selected for a 190,000-square-foot plant for the manufacture of high-pressure hydraulic hoses...

After a moment in the spotlight Tuesday afternoon, Frank Ellis stood back, looked at a room full of well-wishers and admitted the attention was a little more than he expected. The Cape Girardeau Board of Education named Ellis principal of Washington Elementary School at a special meeting Tuesday...

You get what you pay for. Too often counties have settled for cheaply built asphalt roads that have quickly crumbled into pothole pavement, says Wayne Muri. Muri thinks privately guaranteed, high quality asphalt pavements funded through neighborhood improvement districts offer a better way...

OAK RIDGE -- If Bob Eisenhauer ever had any doubts that Highway E needs an interchange with Interstate 55, they ended a year ago when his daughter hurt her ankle in gym class at Oak Ridge High School. The paramedics couldn't find a pulse in her ankle, so they called for a helicopter to take her to the hospital, Eisenhauer said. ...

Hello. My name is David and I listen to Dr. Laura on AM radio. Not only do I listen to her radio show, I'm beginning to analyze my personal relationships as if I were describing them to the owner of that common sense-laden silk voice. "Well I've met a woman, and I'm a little concerned because I've had terrible luck with women in the past and somehow I've always managed to mess things up and I think I have the White-Knight syndrome and she could be a Damsel-in-Distress. ...

Police Sgt. Carl Kinnison isn't quite in Barbara Walter's league yet, but he seemed calm and easy Tuesday as host of "Behind the Badge." The first taping of the new monthly, 30-minute informational television show was Tuesday at Southeast Missouri State University...

JACKSON -- A relic of the Great Depression came tumbling down atop memories and hard work when the old St. Paul Lutheran School was demolished Monday morning. The school, which was located across the street from the current St. Paul school, was built in 1935 at the height of the Great Depression. For years the school, often called the Parish Hall, served as a gathering place for parishioners and local citizens alike...

The Southeast Missourian asked students at St. Paul Lutheran School what they knew about the Easter bunny. Tyler Engelhart: "He is white or brown and he gives us eggs. He might have a black nose." Casey Schwab: "The Easter bunny is soft. At my grandma's house, he hides eggs. The Easter bunny is nice."...

The city will soon construct a service club "Welcome to Jackson" sign. If a local service club meets a few general guidelines it will be allowed to display up to a 30-inch in diameter logo of its organization on this sign. We feel many of our local service clubs deserve this recognition for all the hard work they do and for the funds they put back into the community...

An expert on how to enjoy life to the fullest has given us yet another book on how to control our time. Someone should tell these "experts" that only God has the power to control time. I was reminded of this the first time I heard Smucker's TV commercial featuring a young man of five or six voicing concern about needing to follow in his father's footsteps...

The Cape Girardeau Civic Center will sponsor a round table discussion tonight concerning Tuesday's school bond issue. The meeting will take place at the Civic Center, 232 Broadway, at 7:30. Dr. Dan Tallent, superintendent of Cape Girardeau schools, and Board of Education member, the Rev. William Bird, will participate in the forum. The meeting is open to anyone interested in expressing their views, questions or concerns about the bond issue...

A host of players from Cape Girardeau Central, Jackson, Perryville, Charleston and Fredericktown are included on the Class 3A and 4A all-district basketball teams that were released today. Making the 4A squad from Cape Central are Nathan Owen, LaVelle Lewis and Laurence Jackson on the boys side and Nichole Thiele and Laura Lukens for the girls...

The Southeast Indian baseball team picked a cold night to finally get their bats warmed up Tuesday during their first night game at Capaha Field. The Indians pounded out 18 hits and scored 19 runs, both season highs, on the way to a 19-8 shelling of the St. Louis University Billikens...

BENTON -- A new owner, promoter and a stellar schedule of events will highlight the 1997 Missouri International Racepark campaign. In February, Cape Girardeau businessman Richard Kirkpatrick purchased the Missouri International Racepark from the Simpson family. Since that time, Kirkpatrick and track promoter Terry Baker have put together what they feel will be the greatest year ever at the facility...

Beth Essner deposited a pass from teammate Jaymie Frank with eight minutes left in play as the Notre Dame girls soccer team salvaged a 1-1 tie with Carbondale Tuesday in the Lady Bulldog/Tiger Kickoff Classic. Notre Dame is now 0-1-1 in the six-team tournament. ...

THEBES, Ill. -- Virgil V. Smithey, 84, of Route 1, Thebes, died Tuesday, March 25, 1997, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Nov. 27, 1912, at Elco, Ill., son of the late Dan and Bertha Allen Smithey. He married Clara Dover at Mounds in March of 1937...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Eldoris C. McMikle-Daniel, formerly of Charleston, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Rich Lause will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. Thursday...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Mildred Newell, 80, Ullin Route 1, died Monday, March 24, 1997, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born April 20, 1916, in Elco, daughter of Eddie and Bessie Provo Sheffer. She and Glenn Newell were married Jan. 31, 1934...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Jerry Wayne Skinner of Scott City will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Randy Morse will officiate, with burial in Skinner family cemetery at Commerce. Friends may call at the chapel after 1 p.m. today...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Carrel J. "C.J." Stearns of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. today at First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Thomas Bass officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson, with military graveside rites by VFW Post 3838 of Cape Girardeau...

NORTH LILBOURN -- Elizabeth Hughes, 87, of North Lilbourn died Saturday March 22, 1997, at her residence. She was born Feb. 13, 1910 in Marion, Ark., daughter of James and Frances Watkins Douglas. She had lived in Missouri since 1942. She was a member of the mother board and the choir of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Lilbourn. She married Argentry Hughes in January 1976, and he preceded her in death on March 6, 1986...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Gladys Beggs Dale, 81, of Carbondale, Ill., died Tuesday, March 25, 1997, in Okeechobee, Fla. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola, Ill.

TAMMS, Ill. -- George Kee of Tamms, Ill., died Tuesday, March 25, 1997, at the Meridian Manner Nursing Home in Mounds. Arrangements are incomplete at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms.

Christen Joyel Aufdenberg, 19, 2500 Ranchito, died Monday, March 24, 1997, in an automobile accident on Grapevine Trail near Tamms, Ill., in Alexander County. She was born April 15, 1977, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Kenneth W. and Rita Bowers Aufdenberg...

Ruby May Baker, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 25, 1997, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center. She was born Oct. 22, 1909, in Bollinger County, daughter of "Beet" and Catherine Haas Poston. She and Ernest S. Baker were married Feb. 20, 1926, in Jackson...

A memorial service for Paul Dee Pelton of Cape Girardeau will be held at 7 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Loyd Latham will officiate. Friends may call at the chapel after 6 p.m. Pelton, 80, died Tuesday, March 25, 1997, at his home...

BENTON -- Funeral service for Gerald Lee "Gator" Bridwell of Benton will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. William Marshall will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau, with military rites by VFW Post 3838 of Cape Girardeau...

DELTA -- Violet Parks, 88, of Delta died Tuesday, March 25, 1997, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.

MARBLE HILL -- Lucy E. Gray, 94, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, March 25, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance is in charge of arrangements.

PERRYVILLE -- Loyd R. Brinkman, 72, of Glendale died Tuesday, March 25, 1997. He was born Feb. 22, 1925, in Cape Girardeau, son of Paul and Bessie Brinkman. He and Lula M. Graff were married in 1947. Brinkman was a 1943 graduate of Perryville High School, where he lettered four years in football. ...

With Easter just around the ol' calendar-corner, EGGS will receive their justifiable attentions. We'll wash, boil and dye them, and in between we'll write on, stencil, and decorate them. Individually unique and discreet. Then some benevolent bunny will hide them for young ones to hunt for and delight in discovering them. Then PRESTO, into the potato salad!...

With more than 20 years' experience in child development and education, Kaye Clemens knows kids. She also knows what a challenge it can be to find something different to do with a group of youngsters. Clemens starts a new column today to give parents, teachers and others who work with children ideas of ways to reuse and recycle items that might otherwise be thrown away...

Tom Harte tested the orange-pecan muffins he baked in his kitchen. In the classroom, Dr. Tom Harte, a professor of speech, teaches Southeast Missouri State University students ways to share information effectively. In the pages of the Southeast Missourian, Harte hopes readers will help him accomplish that same goal with one of his favorite subjects -- cooking...