Stories from Tuesday, February 7, 1995

WASHINGTON -- When the Select Committee on Hunger was eliminated last year, it marked a dark time for its ranking Republican member. Rep. Bill Emerson not only lost a position he had spent much time and energy to achieve, he lost his best chance to impact legislation directly. Now, a year later, Emerson finds himself in the center of one of the most significant issues before the country, ironically, in part because the committee he would otherwise be chairing no longer exists...

WARRENSBURG -- Kimberly Jo Aden and Simon C. Dirnberger, both of Cape Girardeau, recently earned a spot on the Central Missouri State University Dean's List. Each semester, the list is divided into two parts -- students who made a 4.0 grade point average and those with a 3.5 to 3.99 average. Aden was on the first list, Dirnberger on the second...

HANNIBAL -- Sarah King, 20, the daughter of Gene and Linda King of Morley, was named to the Hannibal-LaGrange College Dean's List for the first semester of the 1994-95 school year. The list is made up of students having a grade-point average of 3.0 to 3.49 for the semester...

ADA, Ohio -- Five Ohio University law students recently spent a week in Iceland as part of an exchange program with the University of Iceland School of Law in Reykjavik. The program provides students with an opportunity to learn about the legal system of another country and experience its culture...

Schoolchildren often are afflicted with an education-threatening disease called boredom, said Debbie Caywood, fourth-grade teacher at Cape Christian School. "Children will respond to learning with eagerness and interest when we make it important and meaningful to them," Caywood said. "It's my job as their teacher to elicit these responses."...

U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson has announced 1995 nominees for military academies The nominees for 1995 are: The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.: Principal: Andrew Carl Hodges, son of Steve and Amy Hodges of East Prairie; first alternate: Jesse R. Reed, son of Dennis Reed of New Madrid; second alternate: Christopher Alan Britt, son of Jim and Carolyn Britt of Jackson...

ROLLA -- The University of Missouri at Rolla announced the names of students who made the honor list for fall semester. Those on the list carried a minimum of 12 hours and had grade-point averages of 3.2 or more out of a possible 4.0. Students from Cape Girardeau are: Andrew Taylor Dial, Lori Sue Emmons, Christopher William Glosemeyer, Lance Edward Haman, Jerrad H. ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. -- East Carolina University has announced its honors list for the fall 1994. Carrie Renee Hodge, daughter of John Jerry Witvoet and Nancy Witvoet, made the Dean's List. Some 4,522 students earned places on the university's official honors list for the semester, with 556 students on the Chancellor's List, 1,470 on the Dean's List and 2,496 on the Honor Roll...

COLUMBIA -- Sally Wibbenmeyer of Friedheim and Tammy Parish of Cape Girardeau were named to the first semester Dean's List for the 1994-95 academic year at Stephens College in Columbia. Students who attain honors must have finished at least the equivalent of four full courses and achieved a grade-point average of 3.6 on a scale of 4.0...

KENOSHA, Wis. -- Nicole Jedan, a junior at Carthage College, has been named to the Honors List for fall semester. Jedan, an accounting major, is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Dieter Jedan of Cape Girardeau. To be eligible for the Honors List, a student must earn a cumulative grade-point average of 3.4, based on 32 or more graded credits and must have completed at least 16 credits during the previous term...

The Cape Girardeau Public Schools are currently conducting kindergarten preregistration for the 1995-96 school year. Parents may preregister children for kindergarten at the elementary school in their attendance area between now and May 25. Children must be 5 before July 1 to enroll in kindergarten for next school. ...

Students from Notre Dame who are recipients of the President's Scholarship from Southeast Missouri State University are: Tracy Nenninger of Cape Girardeau, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Nenninger; Ashlee Hale of Cairo, Ill., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ...

Central Junior High's eighth-grade Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl team answered more questions correctly than 55 other Missouri eighth-grade teams; however, it was only able to capture the third-place ranking due to speed in responding. The first-place trophy went to Webb City Junior High at Webb City with a score of 1,270 of a possible 1,500 and 92 percent accuracy while CJHS had a score of 1,243 with a 96 percent accuracy...

Kutz receives Boys State leadership award Shannon L. Kutz of Cape Girardeau has been awarded a Boys State Leadership Award to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 1995-96 academic year. The leadership award is a $300 one-time award applied toward residence hall fees. The award is given to beginning freshmen who have attended Boys State and who have an ACT composite score of 23 and a 3.0 grade-point average after six or several high school semesters...

"Nancy Drew" and the "Hardy Boys" are still well-read. But increasingly elementary school students are finding computers a "good read." So are high school students. Computers have become as indispensable to school libraries as the dictionary. At Scott City elementary school, computers have shared space with books in the library for 11 years...

BETHANY, Okla. -- Michelle Hammontree Baty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hammontree of Cape Girardeau, has been named to the President's List at Southern Nazarene University. Those named to the President's Honor Roll completed the same requirements as the Dean's List with a straight-A average and no incomplete classes...

In an organization where membership counts, it is important that members' comments count as well. One organization that continues to put a high priority on member comment is the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. In addition to its many member-driven committees, the chamber also conducts yearly surveys to help determine membership priorities...

Your recent editorial "Graduation policy" was in error on several points of fact. You fail to distinguish between high school graduation and the commencement exercises. To graduate, you must meet attendance and credit requirements established by state and local school officials. ...

BOLIVAR -- Laura Ford has been named to the winter 1994 honors list at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar. She is the daughter of Elmer and Sherry Ford of Cape Girardeau. A 1993 graduate of Cape Central High School, Ford is a sophomore physical therapy major at SBU...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Lisa Marie Tomlinson has been named to the honor roll at Rhodes College in Memphis. To be considered for the honor roll, a student must be enrolled in at least 13 credit hours of academic work and must achieve a semester grade-point average of 3.85 or better...

Area snowfall Monday afternoon was blamed for at least one fatality accident and numerous other fender benders. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Lawrence Brewer, 71, of Sikeston was killed when his car skidded on ice and struck a utility pole. The patrol said the accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. on Highway H, north of Miner...

For the third time in nine years, Cape Girardeau voters will be asked to approve a sales tax to fund transportation projects. The city council voted 5-2 Monday night to place a seven-year, half-cent sales tax on the June 6 ballot. The tax would raise about $24.3 million, based upon a 3 percent annual growth rate...

SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Council unanimously adopted two ordinances regulating erotic dancing Monday night. The first ordinance applies the law to all erotic dance establishments whether liquor is served or not. The second says denies liquor licenses to businesses that employ erotic dancers or allow them to perform...

Saturday was a big day: Becca turned 3. Naturally, we had to have a big birthday bash at Chuck E. Cheese, which, I've learned, is the hot spot in town for the 3-year-old set. It has everything that a kid would want: pizza, birthday cake, games and rides, and that big mouse of a greeter...

SO NOW it's February and Black History Month, as if we didn't get enough MLK and Anita Hill shoved down our throats for a couple of weeks already. Can you liberal historical revisionists at SEMO University and the media remember what February also represents? Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays. ...

Lewis W. "Dub" Bailey, 76, of 1908 Weissinger Ln. died Monday, Feb. 6, 1995, at his home. He was born Oct. 5, 1918, at Higgenson, Ark., the son of Thomas B. and Rena Croutts Bailey. On April 25, 1947, he married Agnes Roberts, who survives of the home...

BERTRAND -- Theron "C.T." Coots, 73, Bertrand Route 1, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born April 30, 1921, in Flippin, Ark., son of S.F. and Dora Galloway Coots. He and Mildred Alvey were married Sept. 23, 1946...

THEBES, Ill. -- Kenneth Dee "Buttons" Calvert, 68, of Royalton, formerly of Thebes, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 1995, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. He was born Oct. 9, 1926, in Gale, son of Kenneth Dee and Lou Etta Jackson Calvert. He and Zena Rose Conant were married Sept. 30, 1966, in Mt. Vernon. She died March 17, 1994...

SIKESTON -- William H. "Bill" Gentry, 73, of Sikeston, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 13, 1921, in Booneville, Miss., son of Clovis A. and Nellie Smith Gentry. He and Dorothy L. Mullis were married Sept. 26, 1942, in Blytheville, Ark...

BENTON -- Alma Cecilia Heuring, 82, of Benton, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 1995, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. She was born March 27, 1912, at Commerce, daughter of George and Katherine Glueck Scherer. She and Edward John Heuring were married Sept. 1, 1931, in New Hamburg. He died Aug. 3, 1976...

CHAFFEE -- Ina Oller, 84, of Chaffee died Monday, Feb. 6, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

DEXTER -- Memorial service for Forest Henderson Jr. of Dexter will be held at 2 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter. The Rev. Jerrold Lake will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in Dexter Cemetery. Henderson, 62, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 1995, at his home...

GRAND CHAIN, Ill. -- Irene Reichart, 80, of Grand Chain, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 1995, at Marion Memorial Hospital. She was born Aug. 20, 1914, in Olive Branch. She married Hiram Reichart, who preceded her in death. Reichart was a member of the Congregational Church, Grand Chain Order of Eastern Star 710, and Homemakers Extension Club. She served on the board of Tip of Illinois Health Services, and was a past worthy matron of Eastern Star...

Leslie E. Hartsock, 78, of Riverside, Calif., died Saturday, Feb. 4, 1995, at Parkview Community Hospital in Riverside. He was born June 22, 1916, in DuQuoin, Ill., son of Earl and Nora Belle Norris Hartsock. He and Marguerite E. Childs were married Sept. 4, 1938, in Cape Girardeau...

BIEHLE -- Roy Franklin Mouser, 80, of the Biehle and Friedheim communities, died Monday, Feb. 6, 1995, at his home. He was born Jan. 11, 1915, at Marquand, son of Ester Homer and Sarah Francis Stephens Mouser. He and Trula Statler were married March 29, 1941...

CAMPBELL -- John Jackson, 85, of St. Louis, died Monday, Feb. 6, 1995, at John Cochran VA Hospital in St. Louis. He was born June 22, 1909, at Campbell. Survivors include his wife, the former Grace Ford; a son, Kenneth Jackson of Poplar Bluff; two stepdaughters, Janet Butts and Mary Jones of St. Louis; a sister, Vallie Starkey of Alton, Ill.; grandchildren; great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren...

Claribel P. Lewis, 86, 327 N. Frederick, died Monday, Feb. 6, 1995, at the Lutheran Home. She was born May 12, 1908, in Caldwell County, Ky., daughter of Hugh J. and Ethel Stevenson Pilaut. She married Merrill G. Lewis Aug. 31, 1941, in Cape Girardeau. He died June 18, 1973...

Son to Keif and Jeanie Bess, 800 M. Missouri, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:23 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, 1995. Name, Alexander Keif. Weight, 8 pounds 3 ounces. First child. Mrs. Bess is the former Jeanie Wren, daughter of John and Jeanie Haertling of Cape Girardeau and John and Sabrina Wren of Tallahassee, Fla. She is an OB technician at Southeast Hospital. Bess is the son of Keith Umfleet and Brenda Bess of Cape Girardeau...

Agenda Monday, Feb. 6 Public hearings Phase I Facility Plan for the sanitary sewer improvement program, to review and get public comment for proposed improvements to the wastewater collection system. Financing and impact on user charges of the Phase I Facility Plan for the sanitary sewer improvement program...

Jackson Board of Aldermen Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m. Public Hearing A. No one appeared for a public hearing to consider rezoning of Annwood Estates Subdivision from C-2 to R-2, all lots except Lot 62, as requested by the Planning and Zoning Board. Action Items...