Stories from Thursday, March 27, 1997

To the editor: The board of the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association is in full support of the Cape Girardeau School District's bond issue which will be voted on April 1. The district's leadership and its various committees have worked tirelessly with the community to determine what our citizens what for our school system. The results will be voted on by the public. Vote yes twice...

To the editor: I am writing in response to the recent letter from Ian Sutherland, assistant prosecuting attorney of Cape Girardeau County. He states in his letters that "innocence is not at issue in a court of law." The basic constitutional principles underlying our judicial system are all based on innocence. ...

For trumpet player Shannon Randol, playing salsa means listening for the groove. "I like it a lot and it's fun to play, but it's different from what we normally do," said Randol, a 17-year-old senior at Cape Girardeau Central High School. "It's not American. You have to listen for the groove. You have to feel the groove. And that's what this music is."...

The name has changed, but little else figures to be different about the SEmotion Relays, which this year will be held under the name ALL SPORT Relays. ALL SPORT Body Quencher and the Marion (Ill.) Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company have assumed sponsorship of the annual track and field event hosted by Southeast Missouri State University...

Questions came fast and furious for nearly two hours during a meeting Wednesday night on the upcoming Cape Girardeau school bond issue. About 40 people attended the meeting at the Cape Civic Center, where representatives from the Cape Girardeau School District and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People fielded questions and comments...

An broadcast of "Oprah" that focuses on the hazing death of Southeast Missouri State University student Michael Davis will air April 9. Oprah Winfrey's syndicated show will air locally on KFVS-TV 12 at 4 p.m. Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle was in Chicago Tuesday for the taping of the show called "Dangerous Initiation Rituals."...

March 27, 1997 Dear Julie, We saw the Neosho nieces last weekend at Lake of the Ozarks. Danica is nearly 15, has a boyfriend and knows how to hug now. Devon, the middle child, has exchanged her studious look for contact lenses and lowers her voice when discussing the social scene with her older sister. Darci is still in grade school and has become the butt of the teen-agers' jokes, but she handles ostracism well...

IS COUNTY planning and zoning automatically reinstated without voting for it? By reading today's Missourian you would think so. I can't believe Gerald Jones is already testing ordinances. Mr. Jones, you and your cronies better wait to see if anybody wants county planning and zoning...

CHARLES STALON ... national energy deregulation expert ... will be the guest speaker at the newly formed PACHYDERM CLUB which is devoted to bringing information to the citizens of the area. Conservatively based and led by SKIP SMALLWOOD, the meeting will be at noon Friday at Port Cape Girardeau and is open to the general public. Anyone interested in INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT should attend...

In any important argument, there are usually strong points to be made for both sides. In the real world, of course, supporters of any plan tend to focus on the good aspects, while opponents concentrate on the bad. Sometimes overzealous groups and individuals cross an invisible boundary and enter a zone that is unsavory and menacing...

It may sound odd, but folks in Springfield, Mo., are debating the merits of deer hunting -- not in the nearby wooded Ozarks, but inside the city limits. Some bow hunters, it seems, are trying to halt a proposed ordinance that would ban archery hunting in Springfield. One issue is the overpopulation of deer...

The Southeast Missouri State University softball team used efficient pitching and timely hitting Wednesday afternoon at Parker Field, opening its conference and home schedule with a doubleheader sweep of Tennessee-Martin. Southeast blanked the Lady Skyhawks in the opening contest 4-0 behind the arm of sophomore pitcher Christine Engelhardt. In the second game, leadoff batter Chris Shetley lined a two-run homer over the left field fence to lead the Otahks to a 7-2 win...

Cape Central and Jackson will head into the championship game of the Lady Bulldog/Tiger Kickoff Classic girls soccer tournament this afternoon at Shawnee Park both undefeated and unscored upon. The two teams advanced to the championship game with shutout victories Wednesday afternoon. Central pounded Poplar Bluff 4-0 while Jackson blanked Carbondale 2-0...

Three players from both Scott City and Delta head the Scott-Mississippi Conference all-star boys basketball team that was recently announced. Scott City's Dustin Cauble, Chris Sisk and Jon Beck, along with Delta's Jeremiah Cook, Garrett DeBrock and Sammy Below, all made the squad...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Nischwitz of Ballwin, Missouri Baptist Hospital, Monday, March 17, 1997. Name, Erin Nicole. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. Mrs. Nischwitz is the former Maria Gotay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gotay of St. Louis. Nischwitz is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Nischwitz of Gordonville. He is employed at McDonnell Douglas...

Graveside service for Lloyd B. Schuette of Midwest City, Okla., was held March 20 in Arlington Memorial Gardens at Midwest City. Schuette, 71, died Monday, March 17, 1997, in Phoenix, Ariz. He was born July 28, 1925, in Cape Girardeau, son of Lloyd A. and Cora E. Bryant Schuette...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Funeral service for George Edward Kee of Tamms will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms. The Rev. Jim McLane will officiate, with burial in St. John's Cemetery near Dongola. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Friday...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Funeral service for Herman Carl Schnaare of Villa Ridge will be held at 1 p.m. today at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Olmsted. The Rev. Carl Miller will officiate, with burial in Concord Cemetery near Olmsted. Friends may call at the church from 11 a.m. to service time...

Charles Wilber King, 61, died Sunday, March 23, 1997, at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind. He was born Sept. 23, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, son of Perry and Evelyn Abernathy King Sr. King had been a maintenance worker with Hickory Mill Apartments in Fort Wayne, the city of Cape Girardeau, and at the former Superior Electric Co. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force...

FARMINGTON -- Alexis Morgan Ramsey, 6, of Farmington died Wednesday, March 26, 1997, at St. Louis Children's Hospital. She was born July 4, 1990, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Marilyn Morgan and Jesse Ray Ramsey. Alexis was a kindergarten student at Truman Elementary School. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Farmington and active in the pre-school choir. She was a member of American Girls Club, Historical Society, Babysitters Club, and Mary Kate and Ashley Club...

Betty J. Hager, 69, 120 S. Forester, died Wednesday, March 25, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born May 19, 1927, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Bern and Alice Allison Aufdenberg. She and Harlan P. "Bud" Hager were married Sept. 8, 1946, in Springfield...

CHAFFEE -- Theta I. Myers, 81, of Chaffee died Wednesday, March 16, 1997, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 17, 1915, at Perkins, daughter of William Francis and Jessie Irwin Myers. Myers retired as a sewing machine operator and floor lady at Thorngate Ltd. in Chaffee. She was a member of First Baptist Church...

DELTA -- Funeral service for Violet Parks of Delta will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Glen Golden will officiate, with burial in Park Cemetery at Malden. Friends may call at the chapel after 4 p.m. today...

ANNA, Ill. -- Doris Faye Rushing, 67, of Anna died Tuesday, March 25, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Aug. 21, 1929, in Anna, daughter of Lory F. and Mabel Keith Hileman. She and Claude Rushing were married July 22, 1969, in Murphysboro. He died Dec. 16, 1992...

KELSO -- Suzanne L. "Louise" Smith, 46, of Kelso died Tuesday, March 25, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 7, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Dewey and Leona Meyer Shaw. Smith was a 1969 graduate of Notre Dame High School, and attended Metro Business College...

CAMPBELL -- Flossie Ann Powers, 75, Campbell Route 2, died Tuesday, March 25, 1997, at Piggott Hospital in Piggott, Ark. She was born April 23, 1921, in Corinth, Tenn., daughter of Jasper and Cordelia Davis Frazier. She and Otto Powers were married Jan. 29, 1939, in Blytheville, Ark...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Funeral service For Gladys Beggs Dale of Carbondale will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Dongola Church of Christ, with Tom Sneed officiating. Burial will be in Christian Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola from 6-9 p.m. today...

ANNA, Ill. -- Anna M. Rion, 90, of Anna died Wednesday, March 26, 1997, at City Care Center. She was born Sept. 16, 1906, in Johnson County, daughter of Asa B. and Armada Farmer Harris. She and Lonnie Dow Rion were married June 10, 1923, at New Madrid. He died Nov. 30, 1944...

Bessie Marie McCormick of St. Louis died Tuesday, March 25, 1997, in St. Louis County. She was born April 6, 1907, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Calvin G. and Ida E. Smith Melton. She married Walter E. McCormick, who preceded her in death. McCormick had lived in St. Louis 55 years, and retired as a teacher with Ritenour School District...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Mildred Jones, formerly of Charleston, will be held at 11 a.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Carl Cox will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Jones, 75, died Tuesday, March 25, 1997, at East Prairie Nursing Center...