Stories from Sunday, August 23, 1992

Lawsuit: A machine you go into as a pig and come out as a sausage. Amerose Bierce Human anger is a higher thing than what is called divine discontent. For you must be angry with something; but you can be discontented with everything. Author unknown Friday we editorialized in favor of the concept of the County Economic Development Committee. We said that the details would be harder to work out than the concept...

ANNA, Ill. -- A pet parade will officially open the Union County Fair today at 4 p.m. The pet parade has become a tradition for the 112-year-old fair and features young people showing pets owned and cared for by the exhibitor. Categories in the parade include smallest pet, prettiest pet, most unusual pet, best dressed pet in costume and the best trained dog...

A free seminar on the causes and prevention of stroke will be held at St. Francis Medical Center Tuesday. The program, to be held in the hospital's Health & Education Centre, will begin at 7 p.m. and is expected to last until about 8:30 p.m. "Understanding and Preventing Stroke" is one in a series of free community health forum programs presented by St. Francis...

St. Francis Medical Center will host two volunteer orientation programs in September designed to familiarize people with the hospital and acquaint them with the volunteer corps and auxiliary. Volunteer activities are a vital part of the day to day activities at many medical facilities across the nation, including St. Francis in Cape Girardeau...

The Republican convention had a philosophical revolving-door quality to it. There was Pat Buchanan solving the race problem with "force, rooted in justice, backed by courage." His ultimate definition of the Republican Party is one of white male wage earners and their stay-at-home wives, who go to church every Sunday and pray for the salvation of everyone else on earth who doesn't agree with them in every "cultural" respect...

There's no equivocation in the view of Robert Hendrix about the latest clean air legislation. "I'm against it," says Hendrix, president of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. "When I start hollering about the latest legislation it does not mean that I disagree with the concept. I just question whether it is really economical feasible to take that last one-and-a-half percent of contaminants out of the air."...

JACKSON -- In 1991, farming became the most dangerous occupation in the United States, a University of Missouri agricultural engineer says. He warned if the number of farming accidents doesn't decline soon, mandatory federal safety regulations may be extended to the family farm level...

Proponents of a proposed constitutional amendment legalizing limited riverboat gambling in Missouri contend it will stimulate the economy and provide a major boost to state tourism efforts. The measure is on the November ballot. "This concept has so many benefits there is not a lot of opposition," said Mary Jo Graettinger of St. Louis, who is public information coordinator for the organization formed to secure voter approval...

Nancy LeGrand of Cape Girardeau recently received a top personal-sales award from Mary Kay Cosmetics. LeGrand, who joined the company in January 1986, was named to the consultant Queen's Court of Personal Sales and received a 14-karat-gold diamond ring during a Mary Kay seminar in Dallas...

UPR Missouri, Inc. has dissolved but one job remains before closing out the books on what was supposed to be a waste tire recycling industry in Cape Girardeau. Bruce D. Stansil, who was involved with the corporation when it was founded little more than a year ago, has agreed to remove tires that had been obtained for the new business from a warehouse located in the Nash Road area...

Members of the 27th Senatorial District committees Saturday elected Ralph Ford to head the Republican committee and Todd McBride to chair the Democratic group at reorganizational meetings. Both were re-elected to their posts. Republicans also elected Rebel Dugan of Charleston as vice chairman; Jerry Marquis of Marble Hill, treasurer; and Brenda Swan of Chaffee, secretary...

ULLIN, Ill. - Ruth S. Garden, 69, of Ullin, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 1992 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 11, 1923 at Cairo, Ill. to Earl and Veniva Murley Sitton. Survivors include five sons, Richard A. Slusher of Sandwich, Ill., Jackie Slusher of Peoria, Ill., Gary Slusher of Dongola, Ill., and Earl Slusher and Tony Slusher, both of Ullin; one daughter, Tina Venatta of Ullin; two brothers, Dean Sitton of Kansas and Earl Sitton of California; one sister, Glenda Miller of Benton, Ill.; 13 grandchildren also survive.. ...

JACKSON - Mary A. Bowers, 91 of Jackson died at the Cape LaCroix Manor Friday, Aug. 21, 1992. She was born Aug. 22, 1900 at Oak Ridge, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lape. She was married to George W. Bowers in 1915 and he died on Aug. 10, 1952...

ANNA, Ill. -- Howard Holcomb, 68, of Anna, died Friday, August 21, 1992, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born June 7, 1924, in Ullin, Ill., son of Russell and Edith Read Holcomb. He married Betty Karraker Jan. 17, 1948. She survives. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Anna, member of the Anna Kiwanis Club and Knights of Columbus Council, #6968. He was a veteran of the World War II...

JACKSON - Dolly Lucile Gribler, 84, of Jackson, died Friday, Aug. 21, 1992, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 3, 1908 at Jackson to Samuel and Minnie Madge McKnight. She married William Gribler, who preceded her in death, along with one brother, one granddaughter, two sons, and one daughter...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Louie G. Pool of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel. Ernest Brown will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Pool, 96, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 1992, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff...

SCOTT CITY -- Private service for Douglas M. Patterson of Richmond, Va., was held Friday at Bennett Funeral Home there. The Rev. William Ferguson officiated, with burial in Hollywood Cemetery. Patterson, 49, died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 1992, at his home...

SIKESTON -- Harry J. Richardson, 71, of Lawrence, Kan., died Thursday, Aug. 20, 1992, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born April 24, 1921, in Lawrence, son of Harry Benjamin and Ellen Huggins Richardson. He and Hazel Pauline Bocrkircher were married Feb. 8, 1942...

MARBLE HILL -- Haley Suzanne Cook was stillborn Tuesday, Aug. 18, 1992, in St. Louis. Lacey Sierra Cook was born Tuesday and died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1992, at Children's Hospital in St. Louis. Their parents were Russell Cook Jr. and Jewell Cook of Patton. They survive. Two brothers, Tim and Keith Cook of Patton, also survive...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Garrison of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:21 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 1992. Name, Hunter Joseph. Weight, 6 pounds 15 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Garrison is the former Karen Gohn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gohn of Jackson. Garrison is an agent with Farmers Insurance Co., and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Garrison of Broadwell, Ill...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Alexander County has a dilemma. "We're spending about $10,000 a month more than we're taking in," said Louis Maze, chairman of the county board. "We've got to find some answers for our budget problems." Maze is hopeful that some answers will come Monday, when the board meets with other county officials to discuss the budget deficit...

William S. "Bill" Rader will serve as chairman of the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts 1992-93 membership campaign fund drive. Ann Swanson, chairman of the council's board of directors, recently made the announcement. Rader, recently retired as Cape Girardeau County associate circuit judge and now with the law firm of Finch, Bradshaw, Strom, and Steele, is a long-time supporter of the council...

School's a'comin'. One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready and four to go. Go for what? Well, in this venue (I'm still being influenced by the Olympics), Education. Education, haven't we heard a lot about it recently. Since test scores have fallen below what we have set as standards, since Far Eastern students seem to rise to the top of the scholastic scale like cream on milk, since politicians need a hefty peg upon which to hand their hats, er, platforms, we have, indeed, heard a lot about Education. ...

Ever think of making lemonade from the berries of a sumac plant or a salad from the leaves of a pokeweed? If you've picked a Missouri banana from a pawpaw tree or seasoned meat with a beefsteak plant, then you've already used some of the state's wild plants to enhance your dinner table...

When a young friend received a dozen beautiful pink-apricot roses, she declared she was going to keep them forever and ever. When asked how she proposed to do this, she said "Just hang them upside and dry them when they have finished blooming." Well, there are many flowers that may be preserved this way, but there are other methods of drying roses with good results. Many flowers are easily dried...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- An off-track betting parlor has opened here. University Teletrack, the fifth off-track betting parlor opened by Fairmount Park of Collinsville, opened Thursday in University Place Shopping Center, located on Route 13 on the city's east side...

With yields on money-market funds and certificates of deposits falling through the floor, many disgruntled investors are hungry for safe alternatives. Double-digit yields are ancient history, and many individuals are hesitant to take on a little more risk with their money. This results in many investors getting re-acquainted with Treasury Department U.S. savings bonds, which just happen to be one of the top safe interest-producing investments around...

Phoenicia, a restaurant featuring Mediterranean cuisine, recently opened at 1000 N. Sprigg. "We feature `pocket pita' sandwiches and specialty platters," said Emad Salamy, one of the owners. "The bread for the sandwiches is round and pitted (like a pocket) so you can literally stuff the sandwich ingredients into the sandwich."...

St. Francis Medical Center has received renewal of accreditation by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB). The accreditation follows an intensive on-site inspection by AABB representatives. St. Francis joins more than 2,000 similar facilities across the U.S. and abroad that have earned AABB accreditation...

Boatmen's Bank has announced the addition of Kenneth L. Hayden, senior vice president, to the commercial loan department of the bank, and the promotion of Michele R. Tomlinson to assistant vice president, manager of consumer lending. Hayden's new responsibilities will include both large and small commercial credits and commercial real-estate loans. He previously managed Boatmen's consumer loan department...

Backyard Bar-B-Q offers a "different approach" to barbecue franchises, says Howard Kinder, owner of the latest barbecue operation in Cape Girardeau. The store, which opened recently at 1865 Broadway, delivers freshly cooked sides of beef and sandwiches and has a window at which customers can pick up orders they telephone in...

Jerome E. Thurman of Cape Girardeau was among the 104 graduates at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. Once students graduate from medical school, they must complete a three to eight year residency program in a specific field of medicine. Residencies began July 1 of this year...

Rebecca L. Payne has joined the Safehouse for Women Inc. in Cape Girardeau as executive director. Payne, of Jonesboro, Ill., has extensive experience working with women's shelters at Urbana, Alton, Kankakee and Cairo, Ill. She served as executive director at the Cairo Women's Shelter three years and as outreach coordinator there since October 1991...

JACKSON -- Rick Sparks, business and industry specialist with the Missouri University Extension Service, will be guest speaker at the August general membership meeting of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce. The meeting will be held Monday at Delmonico's, with dinner at 5:30 p.m...

A new used-car dealership has opened in Cape Girardeau. "We'll be offering a variety of pre-owned vehicles cars, trucks and vans," said Mike Mathes of the business, Cape Girardeau Motors Inc., 1754 Independence. Mathes and Richard Kirkpatrick are owners of the company...