Stories from Tuesday, July 28, 1992

As director of assessment at Southeast Missouri State University, Pauline Fox spends a lot of time documenting how well students learn. Since 1987, the university has attempted to measure student learning through various national achievement tests. The university focuses a lot of attention on academic assessments. Fox's office of assessment operates on a $21,000 budget, not counting personnel costs...

MARBLE HILL -- A 5-year-old boy swept downstream late Sunday night in a flash flood was still missing late Monday, despite the efforts of hundreds of rescue workers to find him. "We're not going to give up hope," said Bollinger County Sheriff Dan Mesey late Monday. "We will continue to search until we find that boy."...

The largest emergency medical response exercise in the nation's history, an event slated for Cape Girardeau in October, has taken on even greater proportions. "Operation Steel Cure II" first announced in May by federal, state and local authorities will now be held also in coordination with a mock medical disaster exercise by the National Disaster Medical System, officials said Monday...

(Second in a series) Whenever Vince Schoemehl talks about why he wants to be governor, he usually relates a narrative of how government made a difference in his life. He recalls that in 1962 a group of state legislators told the governor they would not approve his budget unless it included more money for higher education, including funds to establish University of Missouri campuses in St. Louis and Kansas City...

JACKSON -- City officials in Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City plan to pour thousands of dollars into an industrial development partnership they hope will bring more jobs to Cape Girardeau County. The partnership will operate on a budget of $150,000 annually, according to a tentative budget. An industrial development director and assistant will be hired to act as marketing representatives to entice businesses to the county. Tentative plans are for a three-year endeavor...

Republican state senatorial candidate Peter Kinder announced Monday that he had filed a formal protest with the Missouri Department of Insurance over a proposed 23.9 percent increase in workers' compensation rates. Kinder said the rate increase information provided to the insurance department by the National Council on Compensation Insurance justifies no more than a 4.7 percent rise in rates...

"This tree was 176 years old when it was cut. It suffered through at least three timber fires and a couple of drought years." Leanne Pecher, an assistant resource forester with the Missouri Department of Conservation, was pointing to a cross-section of a short-leaf pine tree on display at a forestry exhibit at West Park Mall...

JACKSON -- Acting City Engineer Rich Bowen said Monday he doubts the contractor on West Main Street can finish the project before the start of Homecomers. "I don't think they have enough time left to cut out the center section of pavement and replace it, then pave the westbound lane by the opening of Homecomers," Bowen said. "We've already lost two weeks worth of work, and we've only got two weeks left before Homecomers."...

Laurel Adkisson has resigned as marketing coordinator for the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), effective Aug. 7. Adkisson, who worked with the CVB two years, said she had accepted a new position with a bank in Cape Girardeau. Prior to accepting the CVB position in May of 1990, Adkisson had worked with the Holiday Inn six years, four years in the company's sales department...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Geneva Whitfield has resigned from the Alexander County Housing Authority Tenant Council of McBride Court in Cairo, Ill. The tenant council, elected by residents of the housing project, is designed to help make the project a "better place to live," said Cairo Mayor James Wilson...

During these times when the extent of government involvement in social pro~grams is being debated, with no one seeming to have a good argument to make, we find a measure of hope and tremendous good will in an effort being undertaken by families in Perry and Ste. ...

SIKESTON -- Robert Earl Hosey, 68, of Sikeston, died Sunday, July 26, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Nov. 6, 1923, in Old Town, Tenn., son of Alfred Earl and Fleecy May Godwin Hosey. He and Glenda V. Onell House were married June 17, 1950, in Piggott, Ark...

DEXTER -- Funeral service for Dr. Richard Abbe Comeau of Dexter was held Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The Rev. Robert Schumacher officiated, with burial in Dexter Cemetery. Rainey Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Comeau, 73, died Thursday, July 23, 1992, at Dexter Memorial Hospital...

Funeral service for Mary Ferree of Bolivar, Tenn., was held July 21 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens in Jackson, Tenn. Ferree, 57, died Saturday, July 18, 1992, in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital. She was the daughter of William and Gertrude Stehr of Cape Girardeau...

Funeral service for Lewis Rex Pettit of Cape Girardeau, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. Msgr. Richard Rolwing will officiate, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday...

Funeral service for James D. Dodd, 2107 Woodhaven, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Craig Nessan will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday. Dodd, 50, died Thursday, July 23, 1992, in an airplane crash in Pennsylvania...

CHARLESTON -- Henri R. "Heinie" Hequembourg, 80, of Charleston, died Monday, July 27, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Feb. 23, 1912, at Charleston, son of Charles W. and Corinne Williams Hequembourg. He and Eleanor Hearnes were married Sept. 4, 1934...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Leonard Vowels, Charleston Route 3, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Henry's Catholic Church. The Rev. Raymond Kunkel will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. McMikle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

ANNA, Ill. -- Carl Nothern, 71, of Anna, died Sunday, July 26, 1992, at Union County Hospital here. He was born Aug. 16, 1920, at Saratoga, son of John and Annie Basler Nothern. He and Pauline Capron were married Oct. 30, 1946. Nothern worked many years at the former McIntire Shell and Williams Shell Service in Anna. He was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, and taught the men's Sunday School class...

PERRYVILLE -- Carl O. Peterson, 80, of Perryville, died Monday, July 27, 1992, at Perry County Hospital. He was born Jan. 30, 1912, in Renville, Minn., son of John and Mary Anderson Peterson. He and Lenore A. Peloquin were married May 14, 1936, in Forest Lake, Minn...

PERRYVILLE -- Ida M. Moran, 105, of Perryville, died Sunday, July 26, 1992, at Perry County Hospital. She was born Jan. 8, 1887, in Bollinger County, daughter of N.L. and Clara Needham Cowan. She married David E. Moran, who died Jan. 1, 1976. Moran was a member of Crossroads Methodist Church...

PERRYVILLE -- Arnia E. Heck, 75, of Perryville, died Sunday, July 26, 1992, at his home. He was born March 9, 1917, in Perry County, son of John and Alice Henderson Heck. He and Goldia Griffard were married July 18, 1938. Heck was a retired timber worker, and veteran of World War II. He was a member of American Legion 133, and lifetime member of VFW Post 4282...

Agnes J. Evans, 80, 2548 Peach Tree, died Monday, July 27, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Aug. 30, 1911, at Malden, daughter of Adam A. and Addie M. Hester Littell. She married Lyman F. Evans Sept. 2, 1932, in Pocahontas, Ark. Evans received a bachelor of science degree from Southeast Missouri State University, and master's degree from the University of Kansas. ...

BLOOMFIELD -- James William Heaton Sr., 76, of Bloomfield, died Monday, July 27, 1992, at hishome. He was born Sept. 4, 1915, at Tylene, Ky., son of Charlie Hardin and Ocie Lee Guess Heaton. He and Idaleane Virginia Donaldson were married June 26, 1946...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Shawnee Community College near Ullin is offering two sections this fall for the nurse assistant program. One class will be held at the main campus beginning Aug. 19; the other will be at the Anna Extension Center beginning Oct. 19. Students who wish to enroll in either must take an exam Aug. 12 at 3 p.m. at the main campus...

U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson announced the 8th District mobile office will visit the counties of Butler, Ripley, Carter, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Reynolds, Wayne, Bollinger and Cape Girardeau during the week of Aug. 3. "The 8th District mobile office is a way of bringing the services of the congressional office closer to home," Emerson said...

An election to select a member of the Governing Board of East Missouri Action Agency to represent low-income residents of Cape Girardeau County will be held Aug. 10-31. The election will take place at the EMAA Office, 1111 Linden, in Cape Girardeau...