Stories from Friday, November 13, 1992

To the Editor: I find myself in the curious position as a Christian minister of being attacked by Christians for witnessing to the Christian gospel of Jesus' love and compassion. About the criticisms leveled against my theology I would offer two comments...

To the Editor: It is with great pride that I wish to share a positive stroke by Gov. Ashcroft regarding his pro-family views. Last month, Gov. Ashcroft signed a proclamation declaring Oct. 25-Nov. 1 as Pornography Awareness Week in Missouri. To some, this may not be a big deal but this is a sign that we need to strengthen the fundamental values of the family and community on which our nation was founded...

Southeast Missouri State University's football team closes its home football schedule Saturday at Houck Stadium. While the season may not have been as successful as the team and Coach John Mumford would have liked, the Indians continue to show progress at their raised level of competition and play an exciting brand of football. Saturday will be a good opportunity for area fans to get out and see how far this squad has advanced...

A baccalaureate service has been a traditional prelude to Cape Girardeau Central High School's graduation for 80 years. But a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last June has put these school-sponsored events in jeopardy. Baccalaureates are the farewell sermon delivered to graduating classes. This non-denominational talk is commonplace at many universities, colleges and high schools. Now, a number of schools have simply abandoned the tradition, rather than face a potential lawsuit...

It seems only fair to give our state's governor-elect, Mel Carnahan, a few days to enjoy his election-day victory November 3 before reminding him of the problems he will face beginning in January. It may not seem fair to rain on the Carnahan parade, but he will have to return to reality very quickly if he hopes to have programs in place that will deal with pressing state problems that will soon demand his attention...

The owner of the site of the former Kem-Pest Laboratories in Cape Girardeau Thursday objected to the second phase of the Environmental Protection Agency's plan for cleanup of the Superfund site. The EPA added the Kem-Pest site to its Superfund list in 1987, and earlier this year completed the first phase of the cleanup. That phase included the excavation of pesticide-laced soils from the site...

The 137th edition of the SEMO District Fair generated a profit of $70,000, probably a record for the fair board. That was the report of Fair Board President Pete Poe at the board's annual meeting Thursday night at Drury Lodge. About 180 attended the meeting...

Cape Girardeau's Ministerial Alliance has offered to sponsor a baccalaureate ceremony for Central High School seniors. The annual ceremony was placed in jeopardy following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling banning prayer at high school graduation ceremonies...

JACKSON - The Cape Girardeau County Commission Thursday began reviewing steps necessary to formally abolish the county planning department and related ordinances. Most of the discussion by the three commissioners involved the federal flood insurance ordinance that was approved in 1979, and has been revised several times since...

As couples clad in evening dress begin arriving at Charlie and Myra Brock's 10th anniversary party, one by one they learn in fits and starts that Charlie is upstairs, shot in the ear lobe and passed out, and Myra is missing. The manic games they play and preposterous lies they tell to keep the unknown truth from each other, from the police and eventually even from Charlie provide the framework for the Yuppie drawing room comedy "Rumors."...

Hundreds of women will gather tonight and Saturday for the sixth annual Womancare Conference. The conference is coordinated by the Womancare Department at St. Francis Medical Center and will be held at the Holiday Inn Holidome and Convention Center...

Six new members have been elected to the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce for three-year terms. The new board members are: Robin Tolbert, project engineer, K & K Electric. James A. Rust, president R & M Fabrics, Eagle One, C.D.I., and vice president of River Eagle Distributing...

A trust fund has been set up to benefit Steve and Darlene Barnhart of Cape Rock Village, who lost all their belongings in a home fire early Monday evening. The fund will be handled by Boatmen's Bank. Donations can be made at any location in the Barnhart name, according to a bank spokesman...

Page 7a Cape Girardeau area industrial recruitment assoc Gambill appointed to area industrial recruitment group JACKSON - Joe Gambill, plant manager for Biokyowa on Nash Road, was appointed Thursday as a Cape Girardeau County member on the board of the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association...

ORAN -- Frank "Butch" Menz, 88, of Oran, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 1992, at Chaffee Nursing Center. He was born April 20, 1904, at Randles, son of Joseph and Mary Halter Menz. He and Mildred Dick were married Feb. 22, 1927. Menz was a retired laminator with International Hat Co. at Oran, and member of Trinity United Methodist Church here...

CHARLESTON -- Annetta Gillespie, 76, of Charleston, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born July 27, 1916, at Charleston, daughter of Jacob L. and Mary Rush Steele Priester. She and Frank S. Gillespie were married March 25, 1938, at Charleston...

SIKESTON -- Terry Joe Stallings, 29, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 1992, at his home. He was born Oct. 20, 1963, at Charleston, son of Herbert and Cora Marie Allensworth Stallings. Stallings was a self-employed deliveryman. Survivors include three sons, Jason Stallings, Benton Route 1, Tony and Terry Stallings Jr. ...

BURFORDVILLE -- Firman "Duck" White, 66, of Burfordville, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 1992, in Jackson. He was born Jan. 13, 1926, at Randles, son of Harley Lucas and Virgie Viola Skaggs White. He and Mable Lucille Fox were married Oct. 16, 1992. White was a truck driver with McDonald Concrete Inc. in Cape Girardeau, retiring in 1971. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Jackson, VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau, and Marble Hill Eagles 4178...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Patsy J. Harris, Jackson Route 1, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. Charles Seabaugh will officiate, with burial in New Salem Cemetery at Daisy. Harris, 61, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1992, at her home...

Willie B. Morgan, 84, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Aug. 24, 1908, in Ripley, Tenn., daughter of Dave and Ardella Reed Glenn. She married Samuel Morgan, who preceded her in death. Survivors include a brother, Reed Barbee of Chicago; 30 nieces and nephews including Charlene Gafford of Cape Girardeau, with whom she made her home, and 60 great-nieces and nephews...

Alternative enterprises, money-making crops, marketing strategies and other practical ideas for small farms are among topics being discussed at the Urban Gardening and Small Farms Family Programs Conference at the Holiday Inn Convention Center and Victorian Inn this week...

Ann Darby Buchanan, 45, of Raleigh, N.C., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 1992, at her home. She was born Aug. 27, 1947, in Springfield, daughter of Erwin J. and Lillian Darby Buchanan. She attended Cape Girardeau Public Schools, graduated from Southeast Missouri State University, and received a master's degree in career counseling from Northeastern University in Boston, Mass...

Melva Walters, 75, 2533 Albert Rasche, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Sixteen students from Cape Girardeau Central High School qualified for All-District Concert Band. One of those students also qualified for All-District Jazz Band. Central students selected for the concert band are Renee Robinson, Blaine Oxley, Christy Wetzel, J.J. Haycraft, Eric Burnley, Kristie Jackson, Tracie Baker, Greg Robinson, Sara Moore, Laura Krone, Josh Miller, John Hearnes, Cary Dunavan, Corey Wright, John Lamar, Becca Lewis...

The Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau will broadcast the heavyweight championship bout of Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe tonight at 8. The fight, for which Las Vegas oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro has declared no favorite, will be broadcast on a big screen television in the hotel's lounge...

Four zebra mussels have been found in the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau. "We found them at the river mile-47 marker," said Lesly Conaway, of the Missouri Department of Conservation. "We found them attached to a buoy anchor." Conaway, a water quality specialist working with the Upper Mississippi River System Environmental Management Program (EMP), said the zebra mussels were the first found in this section of the Mississippi River...

The Area Wide United Way has topped three-quarters of its goal to raise $477,000. On Thursday, officials reported that $370,000 has been raised, 78 percent of the goal. The annual campaign raises money to benefit 26 local social service agencies. Dorothy Klein, executive director of the United Way, said thousands more dollars in contributions are in the works but have not been turned in to the United Way office yet...

A program featuring poetry of a Southeast Missouri State University professor will be held next Thursday on campus here. The program, titled "Readings from Works in Progress," will highlight the work of Dale Haskell, associate professor of English. The event is being sponsored by the university's Cultural Programs Committee and is scheduled for 4 p.m. in Crisp Hall's Dempster Auditorium...

At a loss for weekend fun with your kids? "Festivals, Families and the Arts" may help chase away the winter blues while teaching parents and their kids about holidays in foreign countries. The Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts will host the monthly workshops, which begins Saturday, and continues through April...