Stories from Friday, March 5, 1993

Marie Hopson, 83, formerly of 1104 Independence, died Thursday, March 4, 1993, at the Lutheran Home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements which are incomplete at this time.

To the Editor: On behalf of those in Southeast Missouri that suffer from mental illness, we wish to express our deepest appreciation to Southeast Missouri Hospital administrators, Board of Trustees, and our local psychiatrists for their support and our new psychiatric unit...

To the Editor: This week marks Newspaper In Education week. This prompts me, as a candidate for the Meadow Heights School Board, to comment about the importance of reading in our children's education. Our society, as a whole, has gotten away from the importance of reading. ...

Recycling will take on a new importance on Monday. That's the day the city of Cape Girardeau will begin strict enforcement of its three-bag trash limit. The enforcement will be accompanied by expanded recycling as a way for people to cut down on their refuse. The city will add tin and metal can recycling along with weekly collections for plastic, glass, aluminum and newspapers and corrugated cardboard...

Julia A. Kridelbaugh resides in Cape Girardeau. She is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and has written on issues that affect the American family. President Clinton's newly unveiled economic plan may appear to be a step in the right direction for the reduction of the national deficit and economic reform, but unfortunately the step treads on the tax paying American families. ...

Cape Girardeau's new fire chief is expected to arrive next week to prepare for his first day on the job, March 15, a city official said Wednesday. Earlier, it was thought Chief Robert Ridgeway might assume his new duties on March 1. But City Manager J. Ronald Fischer said Ridgeway had some personal affairs to take care before he comes to Cape Girardeau...

To the Editor: Way to go! We as a church body greatly appreciate your combined, intense efforts during the recent focus on the "Zero Tolerance" programs. We applaud your effort to keep Cape Girardeau free from the destructive powers of drugs. Drugs not only destroy the individual user, but also destroy marriages, families, children's lives, property, and will ultimately destroy our city if not given immediate attention...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Kevin McBride of Lincoln, Neb., Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Monday, Feb. 22, 1993. Name, Brett Henry. Weight 9 pounds 3 ounces. First child. Mrs. McBride is the former Linda Thompson, daughter of Joe and Edna Thompson of Jackson. She is a research pharmacist with Sandoz Pharmaceuticals in Lincoln. McBride is a refrigeration pipefitter with Johnson Controls in Omaha, Neb., and is the son of Tom and Kathy McBride of Lincoln...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Neal Woods, 82, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, March 3, 1993, at East Prairie Nursing Center. He was born Aug. 31, 1910, in Ridgely, Tenn., son of Roy and Pearl Sterling Woods. He and Dimple Marie Harden were married Jan. 6, 1929. Woods was a retired farmer, and member of Full Gospel Church...

PERRYVILLE -- A memorial mass for Geda Virginia Gelawick of Westminster, Md., will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent's Catholic Church here. She was formerly of Perryville. Gelawick, 93, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1993, at her home.

J.B. Brotherton, 74, of Fredericktown, died Wednesday, March 3, 1993, at Madison Memorial Hospital there. He was born Aug. 5, 1918, at Sedgewickville, son of John and Nola Reagan Brotherton. He and Lena Hahn were married in 1940 at Patton. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Jerry Brotherton of Cape Girardeau, Wayne and Donald Brotherton of Fredericktown; three brothers, Kelly Brotherton of Patton, Lee and Gus Brotherton of Jackson; two sisters, Gertrude Pulliam and Veda Skinner of Jackson; three grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.. ...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Mary Ellen Pierceall, 71, of Cairo, died Wednesday, March 3, 1993, at Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born Jan. 27, 1922, in Murphysboro, daughter of Guy and Goldie Lee Parks. Pierceall owned and operated Mary's Cafe many years...

CHARLESTON -- Marshall Oliver Stallings, 88, of Charleston, died Wednesday, March 3, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Oct. 26, 1904, in Lebanon Junction, Ky., son of Rufus Sherman and Jennie Deats Stallings. He and Nellie Kathryn Feezor were married Feb. 15, 1928...

SIKESTON -- Fred J. Hequembourg, 72, of Sikeston, died Thursday, March 4, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born March 19, 1920, in Charleston, son of M.B. and Nannie Favors Hequembourg. He and Katherine Hart were married Jan. 13, 1943, at Charleston...

Wally Lage, general manager of the Paducah Sun newspaper and vice president of newspaper operations for Paducah Newspapers, Inc., has been hired as publisher of the Southeast Missourian newspaper, effective Monday. The announcement was made Thursday by Gary Rust, owner and current publisher of the Southeast Missourian...

The Marquette Hotel, scene of an arson fire Wednesday, took another beating Thursday night. A car crashed into a corner of the hotel about 10:45 p.m. Police located the car's owner, William Hannah, about 15 minutes later. He was on foot about three blocks north of the scene...

U.S. Sen. Christopher Bond has accepted President Bill Clinton's challenge and this week proposed $228 billion in government cuts that could be made before any tax increases. In a telephone news conference Thursday, Bond, R-Missouri, announced the proposed cuts and challenged Clinton to balance the budget by trimming government spending...

Not since the days of Eliot Ness and Al Capone in Chicago's gangster-infested streets has the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms been so under the gun. For the past five days, the violent confrontation and ensuing standoff between members of the Branch Davidian religious cult and ATF officers near Waco, Texas, has been the focus of national attention...

JACKSON -- Attorney John Lichtenegger of Jackson says he and his law firm were unfairly singled out in a state audit indicating laws were broken and money misspent in the office of former Missouri Attorney General William Webster. State Auditor Margaret Kelly announced the findings Thursday in Jefferson City...

Storytimes for children 3-5 will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Cape Girardeau Public Library through the week of April 21. A special evening storytime will be offered at 6:30 Wednesdays. Toddler Time, a program for 2-year-olds and their parents, will be presented at 11 a.m. Mondays...

JEFFERSON CITY - Several Southeast Missouri legislators agreed Thursday that Gov. Mel Carnahan is only facing up to reality with his decision to delay pushing a tax increase plan to fund some reforms in education. "He stared reality in the face and made the decision he had to make," said Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau. "I was startled when I read it at first but if you examine it, what else could he do? We're in a heck of a fix in this state on school funding."...

Coming up: March 5 Jackson's Trailblazer Gun Club meeting, Holiday Inn, Cape Girardeau, 7 p.m. March 7 VELO Girardeau Bicycle Club ride, Mt. Tabor-Klaus Park ride, 17 miles, meet at Kent Library, 1:30 p.m. March 13- 14 Illinois Big Buck Expo, John A. Logan Community College, Carterville. Seminars Big Buck contests...