Stories from Wednesday, April 22, 1998

To the editor: This is National Organ-Tissue Donor Awareness Week. During this week we honor those families who have given the most precious gift in the world, the gift of life, to others through organ and tissue donation. At this time, we also recognize the importance of organ-tissue donation and the serious shortage of organs and tissues available for transplant...

Watch your speed on Perryville Road. The Cape Girardeau City Council Monday night approved lowering the speed limit on Perryville Road from 35 mph to 20 mph from 700 feet south of Meyer Drive north to the city limits. The area is under construction as part of a project to widen and make other improvements to Perryville Road. ...

Dr. Fred Janzow, director of the Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning and professor of biology at Southeast Missouri State University, has been named the new dean of the School of University Studies. Janzow will replace Dr. John Hinni, dean of the School of University Studies, who plans to retire in May. Janzow's appointment is effective May 23...

Mark Cook, current assistant principal at Alma Schrader Elementary School, has been named principal of Jefferson Elementary School beginning the 1998-99 school year. The Cape Girardeau Board of Education announced its decision during a meeting Monday. Cook replaces Gerald Landewee, who resigned earlier this month to accept a principalship at Oak Ridge Elementary School...

To the editor: Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. -- Hebrews 13:2 Probably the most well-known incident of entertaining an angel unawares in popular culture comes from the Christmas movie, "It's a Wonderful Life." As we know, George Bailey, played by James Stewart, was unaware that he entertained his guardian angel. And an incident that happened to me in 1996 may have placed me in the eyes of an angel too...

7:30 p.m. Monday, April 20 Study session 5 p.m. Consent ordinances -- Approved an ordinance annexing land into the city at the request of drury Southwest, Inc., Robert A. and Anna R. Drury, Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Inc. and the city of Cape Girardeau...

I had a lot of favorable comments about some quotes I included in my column last week from the book, "The Edge." Here are a few more: Thomas Jefferson -- A Philosophy of Life In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. ...

Throughout April, students across the state will spend hours taking standardized proficiency tests. The Missouri Mastery and Achievement Test, which has been the standard test for several years, is making way for the new Missouri Assessment Program...

Cape Girardeau County judges have been doing their part to speed up justice elsewhere in the state. As part of a statewide judicial transfer program, judges from rural counties are routinely asked to help lighten the tremendous backlog of cases in St. Louis and Kansas City...

ANNISTON -- A Charleston teen-ager suffered serious injuries when his vehicle struck another on Missouri 105 Tuesday morning. Thomas H. Story, 17, was flown by helicopter to Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau after the accident, which occurred at 7:15 at Missouri 105 at Anniston...

More than half of the 1,200 members of Pilots Agree remained off their jobs Tuesday as the strike by river towboat pilots concluded its 18th day. "We can't give an exact number of pilots on strike," said Dickey Mathes of Lake Village, Ark., president of the newly formed Pilots Agree group. "We know it's about 650 to 700," said Mathews...

Ed and Anna Gerler know the southernmost alternate route the Missouri Department of Transportation is studying for a new bypass to ease traffic between Cape Girardeau and Jackson would ease congestion between the two cities and on Highway 25. But the Gordonville couple is afraid the new road would take up a good chunk of their nearly nine-acre property...

Mary Miller resigned Monday as director of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau amid continuing concern by CVB Advisory Board members and city officials over the high turnover of CVB employees. Miller submitted a brief resignation letter to the city manager. In it, she said she resigned to "move on to other horizons."...

Nothing ruins a barbecue like stomach sounds louder than a Metallica concert. Florida is killing me. Don't get me wrong. I love certain things about this state. It has a lot of newspapers and thus newspaper jobs. The Gulf Coast beaches are the most beautiful in the world. And the moderate winters -- forgeddaboutit, as Donnie Brasco would say...

Officials of the U.S. Taxpayers Party called for a complete ban on abortion and "a spiritual battle" to get America going in the right direction during the fledgling party's first spring rally in Cape Girardeau. About 100 people attended the rally Tuesday night at the Drury Lodge...

Following another all-state basketball season and Jackson's third consecutive runner-up finish in Class 4A, senior point guard Christa Millham has been nominated as a finalist for Miss Show-Me Basketball. The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association annually honors the best senior basketball players in the state with the awards of Miss and Mr. Show-Me Basketball. The honor will be announced Sunday at the Academic All-State banquet on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia...

Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team had plenty of solid performances Tuesday, led by two home runs from Darin Kinsolving. But this night definitely belonged to St. Louis University's struggling Billikens, who entered the contest at Capaha Field with an 8-26 record -- but must have left feeling mighty good about themselves after stunning the Indians 8-5...

Larry Burford and Todd Elfrink placed first in the SEMO Horseshoe Association's first tournament of the year, held at the Jackson Knights of Columbus. Second place went to Kenny Miller and Janie Raines, while Jason Raines and Jeff Koehler placed third...

Former Scott City High School basketball standout Tara Sanford has been named as an All-Great Rivers Athletic Conference as well as an All-Region XXIV junior-college selection this year. Sanford, an all-stater at Scott City, recently completed a stellar freshman season at Rend Lake College in Ina, Ill. The 5-foot-5 guard led the Lady Warriors in scoring by averaging 14.4 points per game. Rend Lake compiled a 16-15 record...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Eastern Kentucky's Mike Whitson shot an 8-under-par 64 Tuesday to claim a 1-stroke lead after the second round of the Ohio Valley Conference golf championships. Whitson's round came over the par-72, Springhouse Golf Course and gives him a 1-stroke lead over first-round leader Brett Alexander of Middle Tennessee State...

With Kim Palmer etching her name in the Southeast Missouri State University softball record book once again, the Otahkians swept an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader Tuesday. Palmer hit her eighth home run of the season -- which was also the 13th of her career -- to help lead the Otahkians past Austin Peay 2-1 and 9-1 at Parker Field...

The Kohlfeld Scorpions Rugby Club improved its record to 5-3 with a 31-10 victory over St. Louis Sunday Morning Rugby Club at Arena Park. Alan Kloss had a hat trick of trys, while Tim Joplin and Mark Lineberry also recorded trys. Sean Hagan provided three conversion kicks...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will hold its 11th Annual Hershey Relays on June 13 at the Abe Stuber Track & Field Complex. The event is open to boys and girls ages 9-14. Events that will be offered are the 50, 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes; 800 and 1,600 runs; and long jump, softball throw and 4x100 relay...

The 14th Annual Steamboat Classic Triathlon has been rescheduled to June 7. The triathlon was originally scheduled for April 26. The event will be held at Central Pool and begins at 9 a.m. For further information, contact Doug Gannon at the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department at 335-5421...

JACKSON -- In a SEMO Conference baseball game that featured 25 hits -- six of which were home runs -- Sikeston outslugged host Jackson 15-12 on Tuesday. With the score tied 7-7 after two innings, Sikeston scored four runs in the third inning, two in the fourth and two in the sixth. Jackson got one in the fourth, one in the sixth and three in the seventh to make the score a bit closer...

A prequalifying tournament for the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship will be held at the Jaycees Municipal Golf Course on June 6. Boys and girls divisions will be held for ages 10-18. Entry fee is $30. The top finishers in the tournament will have guaranteed entry at the district qualifier June 10-11 at the A.L. Gustin Golf Course in Columbia with the entry fee paid by the Cape Optimist Clubs...

KARNAK, Ill. -- Printha Ford, 77, of Karnak died Tuesday, April 21, 1998, at Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis. Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak is in charge of arrangements.

Bernard Heath, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 21, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

ZALMA -- Alpha Bryant, 90, of Zalma died Tuesday, April 21, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 15, 1908, at Zalma, daughter of Guy Dennis and Elizabeth Berrong Lingle. She and Sidney Bryant were married March 19, 1936, in St. Louis. He died March 1, 1985...

Gerald "Bud" Joyce Sr., 69, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 20, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Sept. 29, 1928, in Cape Girardeau, son of Leland and Myrtle Edmundson Joyce. He and Margie Crader were married Oct. 31, 1955, in Holly Springs, Miss...

BERNIE -- Funeral for G.R. Knight of Rutherford, N.J., was held Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Hackensack, N.J. Knight, 71, died Sunday, April 19, 1998. He was born Dec. 20, 1926, at Bernie, son of George and Edith Baker Knight. He and Ruth Schaffert were married July 17, 1948...

SIKESTON -- Funeral for John Heldenbrand of Sikeston will be held at 10 a.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. The Rev. Kelly Grubbs will officiate, with burial in Matthews Cemetery at Matthews. Heldenbrand, 75, died Monday, April 20, 1998, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky...

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Chester Malcolm Beck, 85, of Mound City died Monday, April 20, 1998, at Heritage Gardens Nursing Home in Jackson, Mo. He was born Oct. 21, 1912, in Livermore, Calif., son of Chester and Charlotte Cavil Beck. He and Jeanette Dorsett Beck were married June 30, 1951. She died Jan. 10, 1977...

Son to Dr. Matt and Missy Janzow of Overland Park, Kan., Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Shawnee Mission, Kan., 11:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, 1998. Name, Zachary Theophil. Weight, 8 pounds. First child. Mrs. Janzow is the former Missy Freeze, daughter of John and Marcella Freeze of Cape Girardeau. Janzow is the son of Fred and Susan Janzow of Cape Girardeau. He is a surgery resident at Kansas University Medical Center...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Beatrice J. Busby, 75, of Cairo died Tuesday, April 21, 1998, at her home. She was born July 18, 1922, in Alabama, daughter of James and Molly Deal Smith. Survivors include a sister-in-law, Mary Smith of Cairo. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo, with the Rev. Wilma Williams officiating. Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery at Mounds...

MENFRO -- Amiel H. Colin, 85, of Menfro died Monday, April 20, 1998, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 2, 1913, at Menfro, son of Amiel L. and Nellie Gerstacker Colin. He and Othella M. Downing were married March 16, 1935. Colin had been a carpenter on a riverboat. He was a member of Carpenters Union in St. Louis. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

JACKSON -- Students in the gifted program at Jackson Middle School took about 250 parents and teachers on an underwater adventure Tuesday night. If the trip was make believe, the lively imaginations that conceived this exploration of all things watery are very real...

Monday, April 20, 1998 Power and Light Committee -- Accepted certified election results. -- Accepted the bid of Drake-Scruggs of Springfield, Ill., in the amount of $38,167 and authorizing the purchase of one Versalift Model VST-36001 Aerial Unit. -- Approved Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $13,200 relative to the district sewers No. 2R, 2R1 and 2R4 contract...

JACKSON -- The newly formed Friends of Riverside Regional Library is holding a contest to find a logo. Submitters are asked to create an original black and white design that illustrates the theme "Friends of the Library." Entry forms are available at branches of the library...

SIKESTON - Relay for Life will hold a candelight vigil at 8 p.m. May 30 at the Sikeston High School stadium track. Luminaries will be lit to send a message of hope and support for victims of cancer. The luminaries are a fund-raiser, sponsored by the Scott County unit of the American Cancer Society, to pay for research, education and service to cancer patients...

The Southeast Missourian asked first-graders at Jackson Primary Annex about their dancing abilities. Marcus Harris: "I'm really into rock-and-roll dances. I know the Boogie, the Macarena and the Swish. I went to dancing class last year." Deanna Quinn: "I learned to dance by watching ice skaters dance. My mom teaches me."...

Angie Holtzhouser of Lilbourn had a dream -- and that was to publish a cookbook that would preserve the recipes and traditions of her family and friends for future generations. Being a sixth generation Irish American, she particularly wanted to include old family recipes for such favorites as Irish Soda Bread, Irish Stew and Oatmeal Lace Cookies...

The advice Paul Schnare reads in gardening magazines usually is accurate, but it's not always applicable to Southeast Missouri's unique climate. He also noticed that fancy gardening columns often features products and plants that no one in this area can find, let alone grow...

The Patton Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting its annual kettle beef dinner on Saturday at the Patton Fire Station. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. and extends into the evening. The department will serve kettle beef, fried chicken and a variety of side dishes and desserts...