Stories from Tuesday, June 9, 1992

Cape Girardeau school officials and consultants are working on a plan to reduce student transportation costs, increase efficiency and lessen the impact of budget cuts on school bus routes. Staggered school starting times for different buildings, as much as 15 to 25 minutes, is a possibility...

As if fighting the couch potato mode isn't hard enough for some television viewers, cable TV companies are making it even easier to spend hours in front of the TV. Beaming live sporting events into living rooms on a pay-per-view format is the wave of the future, said Roger Harms, general manager of TCI Cable of Cape Girardeau, whose company plans to begin offering pay-per-view events to subscribers later this month...

Chairmen of three long-ranging planning committees urged the Cape Girardeau Board of Education to solicit public input regarding their reports. The board accepted reports concerning educational programs, facilities and finance at its Monday meeting...

JACKSON - Last year Cape Girardeau County's assessed valuation was just barely over the $450 million threshold that began the clock ticking on the county's transition toward first class status. But county officials said last summer they wanted to wait another year to confirm the county was firmly on course for the new designation...

For Emil "Jim" Meyer, the price of progress is paved with sadness. Construction of Lexington Street is taking part of his family farm and the brick house at 2010 Perryville Road in which he has lived for most of his life. "I'm sure going to miss this place," Meyer said Monday as he stood outside his home...

Southeast Missourians feel isolated at times, tucked away in a corner of the state, at a distance from the dealings of modern existence. We recognize both good and bad that comes from this provincial circumstance. Unfortunately, this part of the state is not so sequestered that the ills plaguing more urban environments can be kept away. ...

PERRYVILLE -- Robert A. Mills, 68, of Perryville, died Sunday, June 7, 1992, at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born June 22, 1923, in Russell, Kan., son of John L. and Helen Nowak Mills. He and Marjorie Van Boren were married Aug. 25, 1945...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Ruth McClard of Bloomfield will be held at 2 p.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Dan Sitz will officiate, with burial in Bloomfield Cemetery. McClard, 90, died Sunday, June 7, 1992, at Dexter Memorial Hospital...

SIKESTON - Luther Standridge, 88, of Sikeston, died Monday, June 8, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Feb. 22, 1904, in Pope County, Ark., son of J.W. and Sarah Freeman Standridge. A retired farmer, he was a Sikeston resident since 1944 and a member of First Assembly of God Church...

Lawrence Job, 78, of Kewaunee, Wis. died Sunday, June 7, 1992 at the Bellin Hospital in Green Bay, Wis. He was born March 21, 1914 in Cape Girardeau, son of Leo and Alma Schmidt Job. He married Lottie Rauh. She survives of the home. He was the owner of Job's Clover Farm in Kewaunee...

Despite the objections of adult members of the Cape Girardeau swim team, the city's Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Monday refused to alter proposed fee increases for use of Central Swimming Pool. Several members of the "Cape Masters" swim team attended the park board meeting to berate a plan to charge the regular "fitness swim" rate to master swimmers who use the pool during early morning hours...

Celia Hahs, 83, of 1136 S. Ellis, died Sunday, June 7, 1992 at the Lutheran Home. She was born Oct. 20, 1908 in Oak Ridge, daughter of Henry and Margaret Russel. She married Archie Hahs, who preceded her in death on April 19, 1941. She was a member of the Sedgewickville Lutheran Church...

Summer art workshops for children sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts still have openings for the week of July 20-24. The classes, in printmaking, drawing and sculpture, are held in the art building at Southeast Missouri State University...

The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will open its 1992 season Wednesday evening. The first concert was originally scheduled last week, but was rained out. The free concert begins at 8 p.m. in the Capaha Park band shell. This marks the 66th concert season under the sponsorship of the city of Cape Girardeau. It also marks the 15th year the band has been directed by Jon Kent Fisher...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department and Burger King will sponsor a sand volleyball tournament series this summer. The first of the series a six-on-six tournament will be held June 13 at the Arena Park sand volleyball courts. The entry fee for the double-elimination tournament is $35. Rosters and fees should be turned into the parks and recreation office at the A.C. Brase Arena Building by Wednesday...