Stories from Sunday, November 7, 1993

ADVANCE -- John D. Lee, 29, of Advance died Friday, Nov. 5, 1993, at Baltimore as a result of a railroad accident. He was born Sept. 8, 1964 in Texas, the son of Jim and Louisa Martinez Lee. Both parents survive of Tilden, Texas. He was a rail tester. He had worked for Sperry Rail Inc. of Danbury, Conn., for more than three years...

To the Editor: The story in the Saturday, Oct. 30, edition of the Southeast Missourian discussing the new mural at Shivelbine's, while generally laudable, omitted a significant fact. The mural was designed, based on an old photograph, by Ms. Louise Bodenheimer of the Department of Art at the university. Design projects of this sort require a great deal of work, and, as the quality of the mural displays, Ms. Bodenheimer invested a great deal of herself in that project...

Webster defines the word "loophole" as "a means of escape or evasion; a means or opportunity of evading a rule, law, etc." Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan defines a provision of the school funding formula -- one that allows districts to refinance debts in order to garner more state money -- as a loophole. ...

Suppose you're working in the State Department's African bureau and you pick up a dispatch from the U.S. embassy in Burundi. "All hell is breaking loose. President Melchier Ndadaye and six of his cabinet ministers have been assassinated. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled to adjacent countries. Thousands of others have been killed. Democracy is in jeopardy. We wait instructions for U.S. response."...

Old St. Vincent's Cathedral was a perfect setting last Wednesday evening for the lovely concert by the Laclede String Quartet of St. Louis. A decent crowd attended, but there should have been even more to hear the delightful tunes of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others...

Ordering pizza from Domino's Pizza in the next two weeks will help fund the new gym floor at Cape Girardeau Central High School. Domino's Pizza will donate money for each pizza ordered on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 8, 9, 10, and again Nov. 15, 16 and 17...

To the Editor: U.S. voters have reaffirmed their support for making English the official language of the U.S. government by an overwhelming margin according to a new nationwide survey taken by the Tarrance group for U.S. English. This polling team does regular issue tracking for U.S. News and World Report. According to the new data, 78 percent of those surveyed want to make English the official language of the government, while only 17 percent would oppose such action...

The 1993 Southeast Missouri Honors Wind Ensemble will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Academic Auditorium on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. The select band of 50 outstanding high school musicians was chosen by audition from 40 Missouri school districts...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Service for Edward O. Pawlisch, who died Friday, will be held at Villa Ridge Union Church Monday at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Gerald Bethards officiating. Interment will be in Green Lawn Cemetery near Villa Ridge. Friends may call between 5 and 8 p.m. today at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge...

SIKESTON -- Clyde G. Riley, 78, of Sikeston, died Friday, Nov. 5, 1993. He was born Sept. 13, 1915, at Advance, son of Jefferson Davis Riley and Mary Ollie Harris Riley. He married Maxine Thompson on Oct. 19, 1935. She survives. Riley was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church of Oran. ...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Mrs. Louise K. Parks, 90, of Manteca, Calif., formerly of Ullin, died Friday, Nov. 5, 1993, at Palm Haven Convalescent Hospital in Manteca. She was born Nov. 21, 1902, in Centralia, Ill. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Parks...

PERRYVILLE -- Emmett G. "Buddy" Taylor, 75, of Route 2, Perryville, formerly of Scott County, died Friday, Nov. 5, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 5, 1918 near Blodgett, son of Glen Allen Taylor and Katie Louise Kraft Taylor...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Revis Reisenbichler of Pocahontas, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:08 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, 1993. Name, Trey Scott. Weight, 10 pounds 5 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Reisenbichler is the former Teresa Farrow, daughter of John and Jeanette Farrow of Jackson. She is a cosmetologist with Select-A-Style. Reisenbichler is a supervisor with M&W Packaging, and is the son of Dillman and Rita Reisenbichler of Pocahontas...

CHAFFEE -- Clarence D. Brown, 79, of Chaffee, died Friday, Nov. 5, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 23, 1913, in Illinois, son of Dwight Brown and Grace Hitt Brown. He was a custodian for St. Vincent's Seminary in Cape Girardeau before retiring ii 1979. He was an Army veteran of World War II...

Downtown Cape Girardeau has been buzzing with rumors of real estate deals to be made and businesses that have been saved because Cape Girardeau voters approved riverboat gambling Tuesday. Gambling opponents, meanwhile, are trying to decide whether to continue the fight or focus on influencing which type gaming operation comes to the city...

The Southeast Missouri State University campus will be made more accessible to handicapped persons through construction projects over the next two years, costing an estimated $2.5 million. The improvements -- involving everything from restrooms to elevators -- are needed in order to comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), university officials said...

More than 96 percent of Cape Girardeau County workers have jobs. "This is good news," said Jackie Cecil, office manager at the local Missouri Division of Employment Security office in Cape Girardeau, referring to the September unemployment figures. "This latest figure -- 3.7 percent unemployment -- is a half percentage point under the August figure of 4.2 percent, and is under the 4.4 percent of a year ago."...

Donald L. Harrison, president of the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents, has been named "Friend of the University." The annual award is the highest honor bestowed by the Southeast Missouri State University Foundation. It recognizes those who support and who are closely associated with the mission, purposes, plans and programs of the university...

JACKSON -- A deer crashed through a Jackson store and hit a pickup truck before fleeing Saturday afternoon, police said. Sgt. Howard Hammers of the Jackson Police Department said a person using a cellular phone called police at 3:59 p.m. to report that a deer had just smashed through the glass of the front door of Val's Upholstery, 121 W. Main St. The store was closed at the time...

Southeast Missouri State University has been awarded a $29,146 federal grant to launch a "Bootheel Consortium for Substance Abuse Prevention and Education." Southeast officials said the consortium will be headquartered in the Harry L. Crisp Bootheel Education Center at Malden. Natalie Ricks of Cape Girardeau has been hired as the consortium's part-time coordinator...

Today VIP Industries is the largest sheltered workshop operation in Missouri, employing 350 handicapped employees and a staff of approximately 60. VIP has seven tractors, 47 trailers, 25 vans and two school buses. The current transportation system operates in an area 30 miles wide and 52 miles long. It runs approximately 210,000 miles per year, providing transportation back and forth to work for handicapped employees...

Visitors to the VIP Industries plant in Cape Girardeau often see the smiling face of Cindy Schmittzehe in the front office. Cindy does typing, puts labels on time cards, makes copies, distributes the absentee list and does an assortment of office work that needs doing...

Many things around my house are silently screaming, "Overload!" I think flashing red lights and warning bells would be less distracting than the silence of too many magazines overloading the rack and spilling with a soft thud onto the carpet, the enormous stack of notebooks on my desk that are beginning to obliterate light from a needed window, the number of potted plants that seem to multiply like clones when I'm not watching...

The Salvation Army Home League is sponsoring an "Everything's a $1 Bazaar" on Saturday, Nov. 13. It will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Salvation Army building at 701 Good Hope. The sale is open to the public. "Nothing will be priced over one dollar," said Home League Secretary Jackie Thieke. "We have many good small items that we don't want to move to the new building."...

JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: The William F. and Patricia L. Seabaugh Trusts to Frank H. and Barbara G. McGinty; Randol Farms Development Inc. to D.J. Roth Construction Inc.; Greater Cape Girardeau Industrial Park to the Greater Cape Girardeau Industrial Park...