Stories from Tuesday, September 30, 1997

CYBERTIP: The Oct. 9 and 13 Surfing 101 classes are full, but we've started a waiting list. Openings remain for November and December. Classes will be offered the second Monday of the month from 7-9 p.m., and the second Thursday of the month from 1-3 p.m. Call Joni or Peggy at 335-6611 to register. The cost is $10, which must be paid in advance...

Frank Santora, left, and Aaron Shoaf looked at mushrooms growing in the mulch on a path at the Kelly School outdoor classroom. Elementary students at Thomas W. Kelly School walked along a path through the outdoor classroom. Amber Evans found an interesting mushroom at the outdoor classroom...

Sixth-grade teacher Pamela Barnes is a newcomer to Cape Girardeau schools, but she's immersed herself in a number of new and developing programs within the district. Barnes said her main goal as a teacher is to provider her students with the positive opportunities they need for academic and social growth. ...

JACKSON -- Dutchtown residents are exploring formation of a levee district to help precipitate a flood-control project. The Army Corps of Engineers has received go-ahead for a feasibility study for a levee at Dutchtown, but it needs $8,000 in local money to continue...

ANNA, Ill. -- Illinois State Police were investigating a chain-reaction accident Monday on Route 146 west of Mount Pleasant Road that left eight people injured. The first accident occurred at 7:10 a.m. when a westbound tractor-trailer that was stopped on Route 146 for a school bus loading children was struck in the rear by a pickup truck...

The Missouri State Teachers Association will hold open meetings today to determine how area educators want delegates to vote on issues during a state convention in November. More than 100 Community Teachers Association officers and their delegates will attend the Cape Girardeau meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Mississippi room of Drury Lodge. The meeting is sponsored by the MSTA's southeast district...

To the editor: North Americans are usually considered among the most generous people on earth. We support our schools, hospitals, churches and other benevolent and philanthropic institutions out of dedication and belief in their value. This assures their survival and effectiveness and preserves the system. We pride ourselves on being a very charitable and generous people...

TO THE people who walk their dogs in the grass beside the Alma Schrader school ground, please take a bag and shovel along with you to clean up after your dog. People and school children other than yourself walk along there. WITH ALL the talk about bicycles on the highways, I would like to comment about bicycles on the sidewalks in Cape. Walking on the sidewalk can be dangerous when bicycle riders come speeding by...

Last week, in Independence, Mo., there began a nationwide campaign to scrap the current federal tax code and replace it with a simpler, fairer tax system. The drive, which began in the town so strongly associated with President Harry Truman, is being spearheaded by the National Federation of Independent Business and aims to collect a million signatures on petitions. Organizers say the drive will culminate June 17, 1998, when the petitions will be presented to Congress...

If you thought you were done with immunizations just because you're a grown-up, public health officials have news for you. You're wrong. "A lot of people basically think that you're done when you get out of school," said Charlotte Craig, director of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center...

It's one thing to roll up a 42-7 win over Tennessee-Martin. It's another matter to try and knock off Eastern Illinois. Southeast Missouri State University football coach John Mumford realizes the difference. He also realizes the challenge awaiting his team this week...

NORMAL, Ill. -- Southeast Missouri State University's golf team finished 11th in a field of 18 in the D.A. Weibring Classic at Illinois State University Monday. Southeast shot 912 on the par-71, 6532-yard course. Northern Iowa and Iowa State tied for first with an 888...

SIKESTON -- Shane Anderson of Jackson, an assistant women's tennis coach at Southeast Missouri State University, won both the open singles and open doubles titles at the Sikeston Country Club Open held over the weekend. Anderson defeated Ken Anderson of Sikeston 6-4, 6-0 in the singles final, then he teamed with Ken Anderson to beat Carbondale's Dan Josten and Phil Childers 7-6, 6-2 in the doubles final...

Southeast Missouri State University's four-time defending Ohio Valley Conference championship volleyball team will face one of its biggest tests of the season tonight. The Otahkians will square off with preseason OVC favorite Eastern Illinois in a 7 p.m. match at Houck Field House...

ARNOLD -- Behind two home runs by Ashlie Voerg, Cape Girardeau Central staved off a comeback attempt on the road Monday, holding on for a 9-8 softball victory over Seckman. Central (13-6) led 9-5 entering the seventh inning, but Seckman, Arnold's new high school, scored three runs to make the score 9-8 with no outs. Central held the hosts from there...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral Mass for Clyde T. Rousseau will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent's Catholic Church. The Rev. Kevin Fausz will officiate, with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at Miller Family Funeral Home from 4-9 p.m. today, and Wednesday from 6:30-9:50 a.m. The parish wake and KC service is at 7 tonight, and the rosary will be recited at 9 a.m. Wednesday...

DEXTER -- Terry Gibson, 44, of Tulsa, Okla., died Friday, Sept. 26, 1997, at his home, from cancer. He was born March 28, 1953, son of Harold and Ruth Wilson Gibson. He was a 1971 graduate of Dexter High School, graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, and the University of Oklahoma School of Law...

BURFORDVILLE -- Beatrice S. Medley, 47, of Burfordville died in an automobile accident Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997, on Highway 34. McCombs Funeral Home at Jackson is in charge of arrangements.

TAMMS, Ill. -- Eunice Agnes Poser, 76, of Tamms died Monday, Sept. 29, 1997, at Union County Hospital. She was born Aug. 18, 1921, at Tamms, daughter of William David and Blanche Estella Hoover Coleman. Poser retired as a nurse aide at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Belleville. She was a member of First Baptist Church...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Gladys Shelton, 89, of Jonesboro died Monday, Sept. 29, 1997, at Union County Hospital. She was born Aug. 15, 1908, at Reynoldsville, daughter of Pearl F. and Clara E. Knupp Eudy. She and James Elbert Shelton were married Nov. 2, 1935, in Dongola. He died March 6, 1985...

ANNA, Ill. -- Donald Richard Davis, 61, of Anna died Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997, at his home. He was born Jan. 16, 1936, son of Donald D. and Cleo Francis Hileman Davis. Davis was an ironworker. He was a member of Ironworkers Local in Evansville, Ind., and the Laborers Local in Carbondale...

ANNA, Ill. -- William F. "Bill" Witthoft, 85, of Anna died Monday, Sept. 29, 1997, at City Care Center. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Cobden is in charge of arrangements.

PERRYVILLE -- Three people were injured Sunday morning in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 51 in Perry County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said David Ruessler, 47, of Perryville suffered minor injuries when a passenger car driven by Kenneth Schimgen, 75, of Perryville failed to yield to Ruessler's vehicle while making a left turn across Highway 51...

Truman N. Young, 83, of DeSoto died Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997, at Jefferson County Memorial Hospital in DeSoto. He was born Aug. 2, 1914, in Cape Girardeau, son of Gilbert and Sadie Ervin Young. He and Edith Hoener were married Aug. 2, 1943, at St. Charles...

JACKSON -- Walter H. Schwert, 84, of Jackson died Monday, Sept. 29, 1997, at his home. He was born May 20, 1913, in Browerville, Minn., son of William and Edna Pearl Stull Schwert. He and Wilma J. Wise were married Oct. 5, 1944. Schwert retired as a machinist from J.I. Case Implement Co. He was a member of American Legion Post 1000 and Disabled American Veterans. He attended Locust Grove General Baptist Church near Marble Hill...

Son to Tracy Lamont Pullen and Camela Patrice Bell of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, 1997. Name, Tracy Lamont Jr. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. Second child, first son. Ms. Bell is the daughter of Jacqueline Bell of Brunswick, Ga., and Joseph Bell of Washington, D.C. She is employed at Thorngate Ltd. Pullen is the son of Freddie and Sharon Pullen of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at M&W Packaging...

ANNA, Ill. -- Francis M. "Buddy" Casper Jr., 60, of Anna died Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997, at Union County Hospital. He was born Feb. 23, 1937, in Goreville, son of Francis M. and Carrie Foster Casper Sr. He and Joyce Tripp were married Aug. 2, 1957. Casper was owner and operator of Casper Insurance Agency, and was a vocational counselor at Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center...