Stories from Wednesday, September 1, 1993

To The Editor: The Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority commissioners made a mistake in approving riverboat gambling on port authority property. The port authority was approved by the voters of Cape Girardeau and Scott counties. Funds were provided by both counties, the state of Missouri and the United States government for a port at the present location to facilitate river, rail and highway transportation transfers. ...

The rules change today for 11,000 cable television operators as the provisions of the 1992 Federal Cable Act take effect. Cable customers should brace for a flurry of changes. Some of these changes will be welcomed: Two-thirds to three-quarters of the nation's 58 million subscribers will see their monthly bill go down an average of 10 percent, estimates the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This cost reduction applies primarily to basic service...

Cape Girardeau street department crews are a little tardy getting all the safety lanes and crosswalks repainted near neighborhood schools this year. But they have a good excuse: the Flood of 1993. "Yes, we are a little late this year," said Kevin McMeel, assistant public works director. "Normally we would have had all of this done before the opening of school, but with the flood emergency work during August we didn't have time to get it all done...

According to Edward D. Johnson, author of "The Handbook of Good Usage," the comma is the most frequent mark of punctuation but also the most frequently misused. Johnson sums this up at the outset: "It is always a means of separating one word, phrase, or clause from another." His explications, however, extend beyond 18 pages. Only a limited number of misuses can be covered in a single column, but perhaps this much will prove helpful to the needy or curious...

LIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Norm~ally at this time of year Doris Maze is rushing around, making final preparations for the Olive Branch Labor Day Festival, an annual event here for the past 17 years. Maze, president of the Horseshoe Lake Chamber of Commerce, is still rushing around, but her work this year surrounds a different theme: preparing for the aftermath of the Flood of 1993...

DELTA -- The start of school in Delta has been postponed another week, to Sept. 13, due to construction delays at the elementary building. Originally, Delta students were scheduled to begin classes on Aug. 19, one of the first start times of area schools...

A preliminary feasibility study for a trans-America transportation corridor commonly referred to as I-66 is moving along and should be finished by the end of the year and ready for Congress to review next spring. The study is being coordinated by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department and is funded by the federal government and by state highway departments along the proposed route...

In 1979 Janice Beers was bitten by a tick that carried Lyme disease. For 10 years she was plagued by migraine headaches, fatigue, irritability and joint aches, commonly associated with the disease. Beers was married to a physician and put three sons through medical school during that time. Still, no one could tell Beers what was ailing her, causing this deterioration of her mind and body...

Work began this week to install a new floor at Cape Girardeau Central High School's gymnasium. The subfloor was installed over the top of the existing floor Monday and Tuesday. The actual wooden floor planks are scheduled to arrive Thursday. School officials hope the floor will be done in four weeks...

The Timeless Classics Car Club will sponsor its first car show Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the West Park Mall. Car buffs are invited to walk through the grounds and view the cars at no cost. Tom Nelson, vice president of the car club, said antique through new model cars will compete and be on display...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gene Whelan, 2216 Belleridge Pike, St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, 12:18 p.m. Thursday, July 29, 1993. Name, Madison Louise. Weight, 2 pounds 15 ounces. First child. Mrs. Whelan is the former Pam Mathis, daughter of Clifford and Rita Mathis of Omaha, Neb. Whelan is a supervisor at Tower Rock Stone, and is the son of Cletus and Patricia Whelan of Columbia, Ill...

FREDERICKTOWN -- Ethel E. Chamberlain, 81, of Fredericktown, died Monday, Aug. 30, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 29, 1912, at Whitewater, daughter of Argis T. and Rose Barks Statler. She married Edgar Kaiser Dec. 24, 1930, who died Nov. 6, 1962. She then married Edgar Chamberlain June 6, 1973...

PERRYVILLE -- Melvin J. Bader, 60, of Perryville, died Monday, Aug. 30, 1993, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born July 17, 1933, at Ste. Genevieve, son of John and Irene Geiler Bader. Bader was a foreman at Mississippi Lime Co. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Elks Lodge 267 at Ste. Genevieve, American Legion and Perryville Sportsman Club in Perryville...

Southeast Missouri State University has named 347 students to its dean's list for academic achievement during the summer session. Students named to the list earned a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and completed at least six degree credit hours during the summer session...

JACKSON -- A reunion of the families of Henry and John Pulliam will be held Sept. 4 at Jackson City Park Shelter 4. A covered-dish dinner will be served at noon. Families should bring their own table service. HeaADAMS AND BESS FAMILY WILL GATHER ON SEPT. 5dline: ADAMS AND BESS FAMILY WILL GATHER ON SEPT. 5...

A assertivness training class, "Don't Say Yes When You Want To Say No," will be held this month at the Community Counseling Center. Barbara Barklage will teach the course, which meets every Wednesday in September from 6-7:30 p.m. Cost for all five sessions, including materials, is $45. Class sizes is limited, so pre-registration is required...