Stories from Sunday, August 9, 1992

Southeast Missouri State University has received a $199,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Education for the "Upward Bound" program. University officials announced the grant Friday. It is one of a trio of programs for disadvantaged students funded by the Department of Education, all three of which are now offered by Southeast to students in the Bootheel area...

Hopes were high for "the new world order." The crushing defeat of communism argued well for a peaceful, rational, more civilized planet. Democracy had won. Decency had prevailed over dictatorship. Freedom loving people could sit down and, as Lyndon Johnson used to say, "reason together." Harmony would reign where once there was terror and threat...

There's a very real crisis in Missouri. Its name is workers' compensation. The system is riddled with abuse and downright fraud. Rates are skyrocketing to the point of jeopardizing the financial stability of businesses across the state. Without real reform and medical cost containment, this single issue could break the back of Missouri business...

"Today is a proud day in the Limbaugh household ..." ... As, indeed, it is a proud day for Cape Girardeau County and all of Southeast Missouri. Those of us who grew up with Steve Limbaugh Jr., and who know far too much on him (and he on us) to ever stop being friends, share his family's elation at Friday's appointment to the Supreme Court...

The candidate who lost the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 8th District by 211 votes to Thad Bullock, said Friday he likely will request a recount by the secretary of state's office. "There is no animosity; I just think the election is too close to let go," said the candidate, James L. "Jay" Thompson of Bourbon. "I would be optimistic that if we would have a recount I would win."...

Three students stepped foot on the Southeast Missouri State University campus for the first time Friday to pick up their diplomas. The three are also the first graduates of Southeast's 2+2 nursing degree program coordinated with Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff...

Most Cape Girardeau residents would realize little, if any, savings from a volume-based trash billing system, a member of the city's Solid Waste Task Force said Friday. "I don't think we will be able to give that one-, two- or three-person family that much of a break. Even if we charged $3 for one bag (of trash), it is going to be real difficult," said task force member Sarah Holt...

There are several factors contributing to the rapidly increasing costs of workers' compensation insurance, and the problem cannot be solved overnight, guests at the Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee were told Friday. Jack Knowlan, administrative law judge for the Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation, said he was optimistic that legislation passed this year and legislation that will be proposed next year will start bringing the problem under control...

The Cape Girardeau Board of Education could select an architectural firm Monday to help with the planning of new school buildings for the district. Superintendent Neyland Clark said four firms have been interviewed, three from St. Louis and one from Belleville, Ill...

A six-week coping skills clinic sponsored by Beginning Experience of Southeast Missouri will begin Aug. 17. The clinic is designed for people who are separated, divorced or widowed, and helps build new skills for coping with the changes. Each session begins with factual and personal talks, followed by a time for reflective writing and concluding with small-group discussion...

Ethel O. Brown, 71, of 105 Ranney, died at her home Thursday, Aug. 6, 1992. She was born Aug. 9, 1920 in Blue Springs, Miss., the daughter of John C. Peters and Virginia Savely Peters. She worked at Brown Shoe Co. from 1948 to 1953 in Charleston. On Oct. 31, 1953, she married William P. Brown in Sikeston. He preceded her in death Aug. 3, 1989...

CHARLESTON -- Memorial service for Shirley McKinley of Charleston will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Chapel. The Rev. James Powell will officiate. McKinley, 44, died Friday, Aug. 7, 1992, at her home, following an extended illness. She was born Sept. 9, 1947, at Sikeston, daughter of Leonard J. and Dorothy V. Byrd Siggers. She married Carmen McKinley...

Patrick Jerome Brockmire, 41, of Sikeston Regional Center, died Friday, Aug. 7, 1992, at University Hospital in Columbia. He was born March 19, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, son of Arnold Charles and Anna Joseph Schuch Brockmire. Survivors include his mother of Jackson; three brothers, Lee Brockmire of Cape Girardeau, Arnold Brockmire Jr. ...

PERRYVILLE -- Rueben B. Hotop Jr., 30, of Hillsboro, formerly of Perryville, died Friday, Aug. 7, 1992, in a car accident on Interstate 270 in St. Louis County. He was born Jan. 2, 1962, at Perryville, son of Rueben and Mary Ann Mattingly Hotop of Perryville...

INVERNESS, Fla. Donald Warren, 67, and his wife Mary Warren, 64, both of Inverness, Fla. died Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1992 in Sylva, N.C., at the result of an automobile accident. They are both natives of Cape Girardeau. Donald Warren was a retired draftsman...

CAIRO, Ill. -- William "Ed" Campbell, 75, of Cairo, died Friday, Aug. 7, 1992, at his home. He was born July 4, 1917 in Racine, Ohio, the son of Frank and Marie Pickens Campbell. He was a retired carpenter, a member of the Cairo Baptist Church and was a veteran of World War II...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Linda D. Taylor, 16, of Urbandale, Ill., died Friday, Aug. 7, 1992, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon, Ill. She attended the Washington Avenue Baptist Church and was a member of the Senior Class of Carlisle County High School. She was also a member of the National Beta Club...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Beatrice M. Simms of Jackson will be held at 1 p.m. today at Futrell Memorial Church of God in Christ. Elder William Byrd will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Walter J. Fahnestock of Perryville will be held at 2 p.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The Rev. Gerold McBride will officiate, with burial in Home Cemetery. Friends may call after 6:30 a.m. today at the funeral home...

JACKSON -- Henry Puls, 76, a prominent Jackson businessman, died Friday, Aug. 7, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 4, 1916, at Jackson, son of Henry and Addie Russell Puls. He and Doris Long were married July 3, 1948, in Blytheville, Ark...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Rozell F. "Sack" Roth of Perryville will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The Rev. Jeffrey Lloyd will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call today at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Walter H. Page of Perryville will be held at 2 p.m. today at Miller Family Funeral Home. The Rev. Donald Loesch will officiate, with burial in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6:30 a.m. until service time...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Beatrice Ellen "Bart" Herron of Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston was held Saturday at McMikle Funeral Chapel in Charleston. The Rev. Dave Bowden officiated, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie. Herron, 100, died Thursday, Aug. 6, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

DELTA -- Edna E. Ikerman, 80, of Delta, died Saturday, Aug. 8, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 27, 1912 at Leemon, Mo., the daughter of John Hodge and Emma Garner Hodge. She married Virgil Ikerman on April 28, 1928 at Cairo, Ill. He survives...

The Sgt. D.S. Cole Marine Corps League Detachment of Cape Girardeau will present author and military humorist Gene Duncan at a meeting Monday. Duncan's book, "Greenside Out," chronicles the light side of Marine Corps Service. The program is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Missouri Veterans Home...

MCCLURE, Ill. -- The 16th annual McClure homecoming was held Aug. 1. A light breakfast was served in the cafeteria of McClure School, with more than 100 current and former residents attending. That evening, most of the group met for dinner at the Purple Crackle. Roses were presented to members of the 1942 and '52 high school classes...

Between many darks and daylights there, at last, has come a pause in the petunias' occupations, such occupations having been to decorate and perfume by window boxes, hanging pots, steps, etc. Now comes a break in the summer's petunia occupation and, like Longfellow talking to grave Alice, laughing Allegra and Edith with golden hair, I talk to my flowers in tones meant to be comforting. ...

Ask Susan McClanahan what's for dinner: It could be an adventure. She has about 1,200 cookbooks from which to draw recipes. McClanahan has read every single one. And she tries out new recipes almost weekly. Her cookbook collection stems from a love of cooking, she said...

A summer out of doors is a real benefit to most house plants. Nearly all of them like the bright light, fresh air and natural rainfall they can receive in the shade of trees, on patios or a shaded porch. There are almost no house plants that like full sun. ...

JACKSON -- Eleven teens will compete Wednesday for the title of Jackson Homecomers Queen. Annette Wolk, last year's queen, will crown her successor at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on the courthouse lawn. Kirk Williams will be master of ceremonies with Betty Hoffmeister and Emogene Schnurbusch serving as pageant coordinators. The Auxiliary of Altenthal-Joerns VFW Post 158 in Jackson sponsors the event...

Workers crawl through traffic every day en route to their office. Now, their office can be as close as their car. While cellular car phones have existed for nearly 10 years, new technology has enabled fax machines and even personal computers to be hooked up to the car phone...

MidAmerica Hotels Corp. will construct a 32-room addition to the Victorian Inn at Cape Girardeau. Construction begins Monday, said Dan Drury of MidAmerica Hotels. With the expansion, the Victorian Inn will have a total of 132 rooms. The project will include a 40-foot wide atrium, with an indoor pool and whirlpool, recreational and leisure areas...

The unemployment rate for Cape County rose to five percent in June, four-tenths higher than the mark for May. The increase reflects a trend across Missouri as the state unemployment rate jumped from 6.5 to 6.9 percent. The unemployment rate is determined by the percentage of jobless in the civilian labor force...

Buckets of Hardee's fried chicken sold during the week of June 15 in Southeast Missouri, helped the Salvation Army's Summer Camp Program for needy families. For every bucket of chicken sold at 12 Hardee's restaurants, one dollar was donated to the charity. The promotion raised $3,670...

Sweetbriar Estates, an eight-unit duplex development, is under construction at the corner of Amblewood and Brookshire in Cape. The first building will contain a 1,600 square foot owner unit and a 1,400 square foot rental unit. Sweetbriar Estates was designed by Creative Concepts, an architectural firm from Dallas, and developed locally by Gary M. Arnold Construction Company...

Harold Werner Jr. has returned to work at Super D Discount Drug, 2281 Broadway, as the store's new manager, bringing with him some changes for the business. "I used to work here a while back as the assistant manager," Werner said. He left Super D to start the Shop 'n Save pharmacy in Cape Girardeau. "I started that pharmacy from scratch," he said...

Janice Voepel Unger was recently appointed to the Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators. Unger, a resident of Jackson, is the Administrator of Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She has worked at the Lutheran Home for 14 years and will begin her one-year term on the board in September...

A tasty bit of merry old England has arrived in downtown Cape Girardeau. My Daddy's Cheesecake, 111 N. Main, has added scones to its line of gourmet sweet treats. "Scones are an integral part of the British ritual of tea time, as well as a frequent breakfast item," says My Daddy's founder and dessert mastermind, Tom Harte...

Health Services Corporation of America has appointed Michele Romaglino as a territorial manager responsible for membership retention and expansion in southern Florida. Romaglino has over 12 years experience in the Florida health care industry. HSCA is a shared services organization aimed at meeting the needs of health care providers. HSCA is headquartered in Cape Girardeau...

The clean air seminar that was scheduled for Cape Girardeau Tuesday has been canceled due to low registration numbers. The panel discussion, sponsored by the Missouri Center for Business Services, was planned to help small businesses learn how the 1990 federal Clean Air Act Amendments affects them...

The Missouri Bar will present a continuing legal education program for lawyers in Cape Girardeau Friday. The program, "DWI Update," will be held at the Drury Lodge. The half-day seminar qualifies for 3.9 hours of credit. Cost for the program is $75 for lawyers and non-lawyers; $50 for newly admitted lawyers. For more information, call The Missouri Bar at 314-635-4128...

Rajun Cajun Restaurant, 24 S. Spanish, has added barbecue to the menu and has added outdoor seating. John Dodd, owner of the restaurant, said the changes were prompted partly in hopes of enhancing the downtown dining experience and also because of the nation's economy...

Terry A. Tuschhoff and Ted J. Williams have been promoted to senior vice presidents at Boatmen's Bank. Tuschhoff was promoted in the bank accounting area, while Williams was promoted in the lending area. Tuschhoff's responsibilities include the management of bank accounting and bookkeeping procedures, budgeting, forecasting, personnel and human resources management. Tuschhoff serves as trust officer...

JACKSON -- Tanfastiks Tanning Salon has opened at 410B West Main, next to Main Street Fitness Center. The new tanning center opened Aug. 1. "We have four tanning beds and all of them have facials," said Shelly Williams, manager. "They are 100-watt beds."...

The Hut Company, Inc., owned by J. Gregory and Donna Hutsell of Cape Girardeau was recently named one of Colortyme's Top Ten Franchises of the Year. Colortyme, Inc., was formed in 1981 as an independent company devoted exclusively to the rental industry. In the last 11 years Colortyme has grown to over 400 stores nationwide...