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a Thursday, February 28, 1991 OZARKS MISSOURI The News-Leader Volunteer works to be bridge between U.S., Japan By Michele Boyts The News-Leader Whether she's demonstrating martial arts or making delicate paper ornaments, Misako Inoue's goal is to change the world. Inoue, 26, is from Springfield's sister-city Isesake, Japan, and is serving as volunteer liaison between her country and the United States. Inoue spends a good deal of her time visiting Springfield schools, teaching students Japanese flower arranging, tea ceremony, calligraphy and shorinji kenpo a martial art in which she holds a third-degree black belt. "This has been one of my dreams to be a bridge between two countries," says Inoue, who worked for three years as an En- glish teacher in Japan before coming to and came to Springfield to serve as a volun- express themselves by smoking or wearing Inoue has already sparked friendships beSpringfield in October. teer in the school system.

"strange" hair styles, and when they stand tween students of the two countries, having Inoue's face lit up as she explained Japa- Inoue is booked solid until she has to out they're regarded as bad students, Inoue launched a pen-pal program with enthusinese life to Weller Elementary second grad- leave in April, Bowman says. says. asm from both sides. She also shared what ers recently. "We've worn her out," he says.

"She 'Many Americans think all Japanese she had learned about America with kids are mesmerized by her," says keeps saying she's tired, but she loves it." people are rich and own a lot of companies, nese students when she went home in DeBill Bowman, curriculum supervisor of for- Through her volunteer work, Inoue hopes and this isn't true," she adds. "Ninety per- cember to spend time with her family. eign language and humanities for Spring- to quell any misconceptions Americans may cent of the Japanese people put themselves Three Toyouke, Japan, Elementary fifthfield Public Schools. "She really helps to have about Japan. in middle class." graders strung together 600 paper cranes for open up attitudes and perceptions that be- One fallacy is that Americans think Japa- And although the two nationalities have Inoue to bring back to the U.S.

Cranes are fore were closed." nese education is excellent, she says, but it similar lifestyles, Inoue says she's noticed the symbol of peace and good luck in Japan, Springfield schools offered to hire Inoue really has a lot of problems. Japan's schools differences. Inoue explains. last year as an instructor's aide. She quit are overcrowded, and it's impossible to give American kids are friendlier, she says.

Inoue is confident that her teaching will her job in Japan only to learn that it would personal attention to the children, she says. "They have freedom of hairstyle, clothes. make a difference. take at least a year to get a work visa, says Junior high and high school kids must They're very busy compared to Japanese "This is such a big world," she says. "But Bowman.

wear uniforms, and they aren't allowed to students, who have an hour for lunch and 10 I believe that to know each other will be the So instead, Inoue obtained a tourist visa wear make-up or accessories, she says. They minutes between classes." first step in world peace." 0 preliminary hearing, 2 men ordered to stand trial in death at Springfield house on Sept. 16, 1990 FROM PAGE 1B to get busy, if they were ready to go back to that house and fight." Cunningham said. "They The five men got out of their cars, walked down an alley leading to the house and crouched behind a bush, Cunningham said. Jones then broke away from the group and huddled privately with Gullett, he added.

"They talked about a minute, and then Mark started running to the porch of the house about walking DAILY RECORD BIRTHS CHRISTMAN. Steve and Ralena (Gosell), 523 N. Wilson, Aurora, a girl, 11:39 p.m. Feb. 26, Cox South.

CHURCH. Chris and Christy (Roth), 106 Melville, Willard, a girl, 12:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Cox South. DESHAZO, Guy and Cherie (Martin), Route 2 Box 220, Pamona, a boy, 5 p.m.

Feb. 26, Cox South. GEBHARDT, Todd and Tina (Clark), 5339 S. Hutchinson, Battlefield, a girl, 7:44 a.m. Feb.

26. Cox South. HARTER, Gary and Rochelle (Brit- DEATH NOTICES Louis Alonzo, 67 WAYNESVILLE Services for Louis Alonzo, Waynesville, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Waynesville Memorial Chapel. Burial with military honors will be in Ozarks Memorial V.F.W.

Cemetery, St. Robert. Mr. Alonzo, a retired U.S. Army sergeant first class, died at 5:10 a.m.

Tuesin General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time Saturday in the funeral home. Lelia B. Bean, 76 Graveside services for Lelia B.

Bean, Springfield, will be at 11 a.m. today in Springfield National Cemetery under direction of Thieme Colonial Chapel. Mrs. Bean died at 7:55 a.m. Tuesday in Cox Medical Center North after a long illness.

James E. Breshears, 77 WHEATLAND Services for James E. Breshears, Wheatland, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Hathaway-Peterman Chapel. Burial will be in Macedonia Cemetery.

Mr. Breshears, a retired farmer, died at 10:35 a.m. Tuesday in Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in the funeral home.

Thelma M. Dimond, 83 FORSYTH Services for Thelma M. Dimond, Forsyth, will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Snapp's Funeral Home, Branson. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City.

Mrs. Dimond, a retired licensed practical nurse, died at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday in her home after a long illness. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.

Wilbur Henry Dobson, 83 LEBANON Services for Wilbur Henry Dobson, Lebanon, will be at 11 a.m. Friday in First Baptist Church, Stoutland. Burial will be in Stoutland Cemetery under direction of Colonial Chapel. Mr. Dobson, a retired rural mail carrier, died at 11:50 p.m.

Tuesday in Lebanon Care Center. Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today in Colonial Chapel, Stoutland. Verba Opal Gasperson, 82 VANZANT Services for Verba Section credits Page design by: Jim Larsen Editing by: Chick Howland, Chris Sifford, Connie Farrow Headlines and editing by: Jennifer Morris, Julie McMahon, Sandra Woodard, Jim Larsen, Ed Peaco, Tracy Dreessen Runge Obituaries, Death Notices: Maudie Lawson speed, trotting," Cunningham said. "Jack was giggling.

I walked toward him and asked what Mark was going to do. "Jack said Mark was going to go up there and shoot somebody in the back," Cunningham said. "That's when Mark stopped right in front of the porch. He aimed a gun toward the porch with both hands. I turned back into the alley and I heard a noise.

It sounded like a live firecracker." ton), HCR-1 Box 205, Highlandville, a boy, 1:50 p.m. Feb. 26, Cox South. LANDCASTER. James and Robin (Pinegar), HCR-6 Box 4455, Reeds Spring, a boy, 7:01 p.m.

Feb. 26, Cox South. LOVELESS, Laura, 2011 N. Prospect, Springfield, a girl, 8:34 a.m. Feb.

26, Cox South. MACKEY, Roy Dale and Dawn Marie (Allshouse), Route 2 Box 1-F, Urbana, a girl, 2:30 a.m. Feb. 26, Cox South. PRESSLEY, Darrell and Becky (Phillips), Route 2 Box 416, Strafford, a girl, 7:42 a.m.

Feb. 26, Cox South. SARTIN, Mark and Kimberly (Grylls), Route 3 Box 30, Seymour, a boy, 2:55 p.m. Feb. 26, Cox South.

SHORT. Samuel and Denise (Murphy), 172 Crestline, Lebanon, a boy, 4:08 p.m. Feb. 26, Cox South. Opal Gasperson, Vanzant, will be at 2 p.m.

Friday in Craig Hurtt-Bradley Funeral Home, Mountain Grove. Burial will be in Vanzant Cemetery. Mrs. Gasperson, a homemaker, died Wednesday morning in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

today in the funeral home. Willa G. Griffin, 59 PROTEM Graveside services for Willa G. Griffin, Protem, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Wolf Cemetery under direction of Forsyth Whelchel Chapel.

Mrs. Griffin, a retired billing clerk, died Tuesday morning in St. John's Mercy Hospital, St. Louis. Fred R.

Holden, 79 MOUNTAIN VIEW Services for Fred R. Holden, Mountain View, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery under direction of Duncan Funeral Home. Mr.

Holden, a livestock and dairy farmer, died at 5:20 a.m. Tuesday in St. Francis Hospital. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home.

Dortha M. Lawson, 69 Services for Dortha M. Lawson, Springfield, will be at 3 p.m. today in Greenlawn Funeral Home North. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Lawson, a homemaker, died at 6 a.m. Monday in her home. Howard Mathis, 72 Services for Howard Mathis, Spring. field, will be at 2 p.m.

today in Bass Chapel Church. Burial will be in Bass Chapel Cemetery under direction of Ayre-Goodwin-Lee Funeral Home at Rivermonte. Mr. Mathis, a retired utility company employee, died at midnight Tuesday in Cox Medical Center North after a long illness. Viola Jean Matlock, 63 LENOX Services for Viola Jean Matlock, Lenox, will be at 2 p.m.

Friday in Fox Funeral Home, Licking. Burial will be in Licking Cemetery. Mrs. Matlock, a homemaker, died at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday in Phelps County Regional Medical Center, Rolla.

Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. James Benton McBride, 85 Graveside services for James Benton McBride, Springfield, will be at 1:30 p.m. today in Maple Park Cemetery under direction of GormanScharpf University Chapel. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m.

today in First and Calvary Presbyterian Church. The body has been cremated. Mr. McBride died Monday in Americana Healthcare Center. Rebecca Groves Reisgaard, 88 WILLOW SPRINGS Services for Rebecca Groves Reisgaard, Willow Springs, will be at 10 a.m.

Friday in Hiler Funeral Home. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. in Linn Cemetery. Cunningham said he and his two friends sprinted from the sound. He said he didn't know anyone was going to use a gun.

Jeff Weimhold was on the porch when gunfire erupted. The 19-yearold Kansas City man described himself as Traw's best friend and said they'd come to Springfield for a fun weekend. "Charles was right behind me on the porch," Weimhold said. "I heard a shot and turned to my left. SLAYTON, Kathie Sue, 1736 S.

Fort, Springfield, a boy, 11:30 a.m. Feb. 26, Cox South. SMITH, Catherine, 819 E. Garfield, Springfield, a boy, 8:43 a.m.

Feb. 26, Cox South. SQUIBB, Richard and Shannon (Stine), Route 1 Box 265-B, Marionville, a boy, 11:44 a.m. Feb. 26, Cox South.

STEWART, John and Lori (Van Stavern), 1420 E. Stanford, Springfield, a boy, 3:52 a.m. Feb. 26, Cox South. STEWART, Roger and Karen (Cook), 1311 E.

Gretna, Springfield, a girl, 7:45 a.m. Feb. 25, St. John's. SULLIVAN, Ronnie and Kelly (Rogers), Route 1 Box 387, Norwood, a girl, 8:10 a.m.

Feb. 25, St. John's. WALKER, Richard and Sheila (Bowling), Route 2 Box 13, Cassville, a girl, 11:04 a.m. Feb.

26, Cox South. Mrs. Reisgaard, a homemaker, died at 8:57 p.m. Tuesday in Willow Care Nursing Home. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m.

today in the funeral home. E. George Rhodius, 88 BRANSON Services for E. George Rhodius, Branson, will be at 2 p.m. today in Whelchel Funeral Chapel.

Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Memorial Park Cemetery, Bartlesville, Okla. Mr. Rhodius, a retired civil engineer, died at 8:40 a.m. Wednesday in Skaggs Community Hospital.

Velma Sims, 79 PURDY Services for Velma Sims, Purdy, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Bennett-Wormington Chapel, Monett. Burial will be in Kings Prairie Cemetery, Monett. Mrs. Sims, a homemaker, died at 8:05 a.m.

Tuesday in Golden Years Nursing Home, Harrisonville. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in the funeral home. Russell Glen Smith, 73 STOCKTON Services for Russell Glen Smith, Stockton, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Brumback Chapel.

Burial will be in Omer Cemetery. Mr. Smith, a retired farmer, died Tuesday afternoon in his home. Visitation will be at 7 p.m. in Mr.

Smith's home. Clem Voss, 65 THEODOSIA Services for Clem Voss, Theodosia, will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Gainesville. Burial will be in Lutie Cemetery. Mr.

Voss, an auctioneer and real estate agent, died at 8 p.m. Monday in Skaggs Community Hospital, Branson. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in the funeral home. Other Deaths Listed below are notices of recent deaths of present or former residents of southwest Missouri.

More details will be published when information is available. Charles H. Dodge, 8 86, Forsyth, died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Skaggs Community Hospital, Branson. Arrangements will be announced by Forsyth Whelchel Chapel.

Joe J. Geraci, 71, Branson, died at 5:42 p.m. Wednesday in his home. Arrangements will be announced by Snapp's Funeral Home. Roger B.

Kelly, 52, Rogersville, died Wednesday afternoon from injuries suffered in a construction accident in Lamar. Arrangements will be announced by Preston-Marsh Funeral Home. James Marion Linch, 88, Preston, died at 1:12 p.m. Wednesday in Hermitage Park Care Nursing Home. Arrangements will be announced by Hathaway-Peterman Funeral Home, Wheatland.

James Otto Mahan, 92, Salem, formerly of Verona, died at 9 p.m. Monday in Salem. Arrangements will be announced by Bennett Wormington Funeral Home, Monett. "Charles flinched to his left and said something I don't know what i it was. I stared over to my left and saw a man standing there.

He fired two more shots. I saw the muzzle flashes." From his perch on the witness stand, Weimhold pointed at Gullett. "It was that man right there. I was staring right at him when he shot." Two of those slugs burrowed harmlessly into the porch's wooden pillars. But one shot the first shot hit Traw in the left side of his chest, went through his heart and right lung and stopped just under the skin, a pathologist testified.

Traw walked back into the house before collapsing, Weimhold said. Barton County Judge Gary Ratzlaff, hearing the case by special ap- pointment, said there was probable cause to find Jones and Gullett had committed a felony. He ordered the men bound over for trial. Arraignment is set for 9 a.m. Friday in circuit court.

Defense lawyer Bill Wendt, representing Jones, said the state had a weak case against his client, mainly because no one said Jones fired the shot that killed Traw. One person testified that Jones bought from him last April or May the revolver allegedly used in the shooting for $20. Defense lawyer Dee Wampler, representing Gullett, said only that his client would plead innocent at. Friday's arraignment. Jones and Gullett remain free on $250,000 bond each.

They left the courthouse without comment. Missouri senators OK right-to-die legislation The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY Missouri senators gave first round approval Wednesday to a right-to-die bill, after rejecting amendments the sponsor said would gut the legislation. Sen. Roger Wilson, D-Columbia, said he was still studying the impact of an amendment that was put on his bill to change Missouri's power of attorney law, although he wasn't sure it was damaging. The amendment, sponsored by Sen.

Jeff Schaeperkoetter, D. Owensville, said that the power of attorney wouldn't go into effect unless a doctor certified that a person was "incapacitated." One version of Schaeperkoetter's amendment, to require two doctors to reach a decision about incapacity, was defeated. After the Senate gave its firstround approval, Wilson told reporters that it has an "excellent chance of reaching the end of this session with this bill I Hagerty School board gives official high marks FROM PAGE 1B Nearly identical legislation changing the power-of-attorney law was approved on Tuesday by the House. It also requires a final vote for passage. Earlier, Wilson and Sen.

John Schneider, D-Florissant, engaged in a vigorous, loud debate about Schneider's amendment to add various definitions to the bill. The amendment was defeated on a 19-14 vote in the 34-member Senate, in which 18 votes are required to pass a bill. Wilson said the margin of senators supporting his bill had grown because of lobbying efforts by the American Association of Retired Persons, the Silver-Haired Legislature and The Missouri Bar, the organization of the state's lawyers. The bar group drafted the bill following the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision last year in the Nancy Cruzan right-to-die case from Missouri.

Details of Hagerty's fringe benefits must still be worked out, Payton said. Hagerty's salary this school year is $78,312. His pay next year, as previously determined, will be $81,444. A board vote on the contract probably will come in March or April. Approval is expected.

In business conducted in an open meeting, the board, in 6-0 votes: Set the attendance area for the new Truman Elementary School being built at 3850 N. Vernon Ave. Accepted a low bid submitted by DeWitt Construction of Springfield of not more than the budgeted $1,238,557 to build an auditorium and physical-education gym at Glendale High School. About $79,000 worth of options must be taken out of the project to meet budget, said Kirby Nelson, building services director. The low bid for a similar project at Parkview High School came in $300,000 over budget.

After consulting with the architect and low-bid contractor, Nelson said he believes can be cut through negotiations with the contractor without affecting the basic package. He said he plans to report back to the board in March. If the Parkview project remains over budget, Nelson said, the board will have to decide whether to accept the first bid or redesign the project and seek new bids. If re bidding is necessary, he said the project will be delayed about three months. Authorized sending a letter to notify the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education of the district's intent to transfer the Graff Area Vocational Technical program to Heart of the Ozarks Community Technical College.

If negotiations for that shift are successfully completed, the college would be required to provide the high school and adult programs. Jury awards $323,000 verdict to couple in sidewalk fall, injury By Barbara, Clauser The A Walnut Grove elementary school teacher and her husband have received a $323,000 Greene County jury verdict for damages she suffered in a sidewalk fall. The jury ruled in favor of Diane and Steve Dorlon of Springfield. Under the jury's ruling, the city' of Spring. field would pay $238.000 and Southwest Missouri State University $85,000 if the decision stands.

Several legal issues have been raised by the city and SMS. The jury's total verdict for the Dorlons was $340,000. However, it was reduced by percentages of negligence determined by jurors 70 percent on the city's part, 25 percent on SMS and 5 percent on Diane Dorlon's part. The Dorlons sued the city over a sidewalk defect that allegedly caused Diane Dorlon to fall Aug. 8, 1988, on Monroe Street adjoining the SMS tennis courts.

The city added SMS as a defendant, and then the Dorlons also sued SMS. Diane Dorlon, 44, broke her left elbow and suffered complications that have severely impaired her use of her dominant left arm and hand, according to the family's attorney, John Lightner. At the time of her fall Diane Dorlon was a sponsor of a Walnut Grove junior high and high school group attending a cheerleading clinic on the SMS campus. Lightner, who called the sidewalk badly deteriorated at the time of the accident, said the Dorlons were pleased with the jury's verdict. The jurors issued their 10-2 decision Monday after a five-day trial.

Legal issues brought up by the city and SMS remain pending. The city, represented by Assistant City Attorney Nancy Yendes, filed a motion Tuesday asking Circuit Judge David P. Anderson to reduce the verdict. The motion says state law limits the city's liability to $100,000 per person. SMS also is challenging the legality of the verdict.

Ransom Ellis one of SMS' attorneys, said the institution's position is that it is protected by sovereign immunity a law that gives some governmental agencies immunity for certain acts of negligence. If Anderson does not set aside the judgment, the case will be appealed, Ellis said. The university's involvement with the disputed sidewalk goes back to 1967 when SMS built the tennis courts, Ellis said. SMS built a new section of sidewalk because the old one was torn up by heavy equipment during the construction. In the trial the city contended SMS poured the sidewalk too thin and that it did not meet city specifications.

SMS argued that under the law the city has a duty to maintain its sidewalks in a safe condition. The city knew the sidewalk was damaged by freezing and thawing, SMS said. "There's no question that this lady fell, and no question she was hurt and rather seriously, Ellis said. "'We didn't contest that. Our issue was with the The city argued there was no evidence the sidewalk caused Diane Dorlon's fall.

No witness saw her trip, and her testimony was that she thought she tripped on the sidewalk, Yendes said. In addition, the city said evidence showed Diane Dorlon was wearing the wrong size shoe and might even have fainted. "We felt we had to take it to trial because I can't assure the taxpayers that she tripped on the sidewalk," Yendes said. "You just can't give away taxpayer dollars under those However, Lightner said all the city's contentions were raised at the trial. "We had conscientious group of people who heard the evidence, and the verdict speaks for itself," Lightner said.

"That's what jury trials are all about." When the city eventually was notified about the sidewalk's condition, the Public Works Department fixed the sidewalk, Yendes said. "We didn't want people to fall down," Yendes said. "People are supposed to call Public Works. It would be helpful if people would do that." Obituaries Robert N. Robbins Robert N.

Robbins, 51, Springfield, died at 1:58 a.m. Tuesday in his home after a long illness. He was born June 14, 1939, in Mountain View, the son of Henry Inman and Freda Johnson Robbins. Mr. Robbins was a salesman with Sales Force Inc.

and a member of Elks Lodge, No. 409. He was married to JoAnn Webb on March 29, 1959, in Rogersville. He is survived by his wife, JoAnn; a daughter, Rhonda S. Sloan, Joplin; a son, Robbie Robbins, Springfield; a sister, Jean Jackson, Springfield; two half-sisters, Aline Hunt, Mountain View and Beulah Caton, Willow Springs; and two granddaughters, Stephanie and Mallorie Sloan, Joplin.

He was preceded in death by five half-sisters and two halfbrothers. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in AyreGoodwin-Lee Funeral Chapel at Rivermonte with the Rev. Harry Foockle and Msgr. Philip A.

Bucher officiating: Burial will be in Rivermonte Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight in the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Southwest Missouri..