Stories from Tuesday, July 6, 1993

ALTO PASS, Ill. -- An Alto Pass, Ill., man was killed and his daughter seriously injured in a three-wheeler accident early Monday near his home. Donald K. Garver, 29, was killed after the three-wheeler he was operating left the roadway, struck several trees and plummeted down a steep ravine. The passenger was his 4-year-old daughter, Jerrica Garver...

Mike Brown loaded his washer and dryer into a pickup truck and packed a few belongings. Now, he, like his neighbors, awaits the flood waters. It's just a matter of time before the rising Mississippi River laps at their doorsteps, then enters their homes...

The National Weather Service is still holding to its prediction of a 43-foot flood crest on the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau late Friday, even as more rain continued to fall Monday in parts of northern and central Missouri and Iowa and Illinois...

The Cape Girardeau Civic Center plans a major remodeling project to convert its building solely to an education and youth center. A drive to raise $140,000 to fund the renovations is under way, said Civic Center Director Calvin Bird. The Civic Center, 232 Broadway, has shared its home since 1987 with the Cape Girardeau Nutrition Center...

Firefighters and police dispatchers in Cape Girardeau are working to become even more invaluable to victims in emergency situations. Today, firefighters and dispatchers taking the mandatory first responders classes at Fire Station No. 1 will begin the practical testing phase of their training...

GALE, Ill. -- Owning a boat is a necessity for families who live along Clear Creek in Southern Illinois. The overflowing tributary, which branches off the Mississippi River near Gale, often leaves a dozen families who live along the Gale-McClure gravel road stranded...

The Southeast Missourian asked people what they think of the bombing of Iraq's intelligence facilities June 27. Colleen Nolan, Cape Girardeau: "They need to handle it, but this was a little drastic. They should go after Saddam Hussein instead of killing innocent people. That's what I think."...

Russell G. Warren is president of Northeast Missouri State University. A survey of 400 business leaders which I conducted in the mid-1980s revealed that executives and educators have remarkably similar ideas about what students should be learning. The respondents confirmed the need for broad behavioral skills and attitudes to achieve overall success in business and in meeting non-occupational lifelong goals. ...

It's summertime, and the living, allegedly, is easy. However, for the American Red Cross, which keeps tabs on the nation's blood supply, summer presents a rather ~formidable challenge. As temperatures rise, blood donations sink, and the inventory is in greater demand. While the hot months of summer represent a time when many people set aside normal routines in favor of a more relaxing pace, taking a few minutes to donate blood would be a helpful civic activity...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Ignatius C. "Iggy" Trapp of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Vincent's Catholic Church. The Rev. Edward Wilson will officiate, with burial in St. Boniface Cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 6:30-9:45 a.m. today...

SIKESTON -- Vertie May Davis, 94, of St. Louis, formerly of Sikeston, died Saturday, July 3, 1993, at the Delmar Gardens West Nursing Home in St. Louis. She was born March 25, 1899, at Thayer, Mo., daughter of W.G. and Susie M. Stubbs Webber. She was married to John T. Davis, Oct. 15, 1916. He died Oct. 31, 1952...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Funeral service for Blanche Baine of Olive Branch will be held at 11 a.m. today at Crain Funeral Chapel in Tamms. The Rev. Steve Rasmussen will officiate, with burial in McCrite Cemetery at Tamms. Baine, 68, died Saturday, July 3, 1993, at Vencor Hospital in St. Louis...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Frances W. Shemwell, 80, of Cairo, died Monday, July 5, 1993, at Cape LaCroix Nursing Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Jan. 26, 1913, at Poplar Bluff, Mo., daughter of Francis and Carrie Morrey Hathaway. She married Luther Cash Shemwell, who died in 1972...

Isaac Johnson, 80, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, July 4, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Marian W. Genuit, 89, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, July 4, 1993, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

JACKSON -- Alma F. Foeste, 87, of Jackson, died Sunday, July 4, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb. 2, 1906, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Henry and Julia Heuer Habeck. She and John Foeste were married Oct. 19, 1938. He died Nov. 26, 1966...

MARBLE HILL -- Florence Margaret Rahm of Marble Hill died July 5, 1993, at Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. She was 81. She was born Oct. 19, 1911, in Milburn, Ken., the daughter of Caddie and Hettie Holt Crider. On Dec. 22, 1934, she married James M. Rahm. He died July 22, 1989...

PULASKI, Ill. -- Funeral service for Ellie Wallace of Pulaski will be held at 10 a.m. today at Jones Funeral Chapel in Villa Ridge. The Rev. R. Loren Robinson will officiate, with burial in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge. Friends may call at the funeral home after 8 a.m. today...

SIKESTON -- Russell Clark, 71, of Sikeston, formerly of Charleston, died Sunday, July 4, 1993, at the Sikeston Health Care Center. He was born Feb. 17, 1922 in Wyatt to Charles A. and Ethel May Walton Clark. He lived most of his live in Mississippi County and had been employed as a truck driver...

CHARLESTON -- Donald James Hedge, 45, of St. Louis, formerly of Charleston, died Saturday, July 3, 1993, at the Community Hospital in Mayfield, Ky. He was born March 14, 1948 in Cairo, Ill., son of Martin George and Hattie Lenora Moore Hedge. He had lived in St. Louis most of his life and had been employed as a heavy equipment operator and was of Baptist faith...

ANNA, Ill. -- JoAnn Sitter, 62, of Anna, died Monday, July 5, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born June 13, 1931, at Perryville, Mo., daughter of Joseph L. and Hilda A. Heinboker Gollon. She married Lloyd E. Sitter April 30, 1955. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church...

CHARLESTON -- Mary Anne Winkie, 82, of St. Louis, formerly of Charleston, died Sunday, July 4, 1993, at Deaconess Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Aug. 27, 1910, at Charleston, daughter of William and Lucretta P. Scheffer Hart. She was married to Walter Winkie. He died in 1966...

Nadine May Schwartze, 82, of Jefferson City, died Sunday, July 4, 1993 at the Medical Center of Independence, Mo. She was born Feb. 23, 1911 in Cedar City, Mo., the daughter of Oscar and Grace Gilmore Schanuth. On Nov. 19, 1993, she married Louis Frances Schwartze at Tuscumbia, Mo. He preceded her in death Sept. 13, 1975...

PERRYVILLE -- Eugene Paul Cissell, 90, of Perryville, died Sunday, July 4, 1993, at American Care Center. He was born Dec. 12, 1902, in Perry County, son of Gabriel and Rose Picou Cissell. Cissell was a retired farmer. Survivors include nieces and nephews...

Funeral service for Kenneth Paul Richards of National City, Calif., will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. Hal Greene will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Military graveside rites will be conducted by VFW Post 3838...

The May work force decreased in Cape Girardeau County. "Our work force for May was 36,618," said Jackie Cecil, director of the Missouri Job Service office at Cape Girardeau. "That figure is down about 50 from April's totals." With the small decline in the work force, this county was one of a handful in the region reporting decreases in unemployment rates...

Dumplins is returning to Cape Girardeau. The restaurant chain, headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., will move into Lorimont Place, which is between West Park Mall and Doctors' Park, in the near future. "Construction is already under way at the Dumplins site," said Elizabeth Chastain, leasing agent for Lorimont Place...

When Texan Bill Collins opened his Texas Pit Bar-B-Que in the Virgin Islands a half dozen years ago, a touch of Cape Girardeau was quite evident. During a formal dinner for more than 1,000 guests at New York's Rockefeller Center, a 2,800-pound barbecue pit turned out tender, tempting spareribs for the main course. The barbecue pit was "Made in Cape Girardeau."...

Gail W. King Jr. will retire from Boatmen's Bank Thursday. King, who has served as a credit analyst for Boatmen's in Jackson, with responsibilities for agriculture property appraising and business development, has worked at the bank since 1992. Prior to that, he was an agriculture consultant for Jackson Exchange Bank and Trust Co. seven years, where he did loan evaluations, appraisals, business development and farm management services for clients...

Patsy Seabaugh, a cottage supervisor at Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center, located on Southeast Missouri State University campus in Cape Girardeau, recently received "Employee of the Year" honors at the center. Cottonwood, a Missouri Department of Mental Health facility, provides residential psychiatric treatment services to youths, ages 6-17, who have emotional and behavioral problems...

Amity Banter became the 2 millionth person to walk through the Show Me Center turnstiles. Banter, of Carbondale, Ill., was attending the June 26 matinee performance of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus when she was named the 2 millionth customer at the center...

The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions in three areas this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available July 21 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call 335-3312 for an appointment...

When Maurine Brunkhorst began work for the Southeast Missourian in 1953 as a typesetter, productivity was counted by the number of lines set per minute about seven. With the explosion of technology over the past 40 years, Brunkhorst today counts the number of computer programs she uses...