Stories from Monday, November 8, 1993

Cape Girardeau and Southeast Missouri soon might have to pay for dirty air in St. Louis. In January, St. Louis learned that it had failed to meet standards for various pollutants in the 1990 Clean Air Act. Now, a Nov. 15 deadline looms to submit a plan to reduce emissions in St. Louis by 15 percent. And if the state fails to produce an acceptable plan to meet the clean air guidelines, federal sanctions kick in...

Everyone should have a friend like George Winston. He'd come over on Saturday mornings and practice on your piano while you put jam on toast and maybe lit a fire. He probably wouldn't say much, just expect you to turn off the phone for a couple hours while he works on a few things. You'd drift in and out of his exquisite melodies, passages that evoke wintry wind in pines and wild streams and other kinds of passages...

What do you think about St. Louis getting a professional football expansion team? Derrick Long, Cape Girardeau: "I think it would be great. It would give us a team near here. Everyone enjoyed going to watch the St. Louis Cardinals when it was here five years ago and Bill Bidwell had to get rid of it (the Cardinals) so if we have new partnership in charge of it I think it would be good for kids and parents to go watch it. It's good for the area."...

Not all surveys give true indications of the way things are, but they can provide food for thought by drawing attention to potentially troublesome issues. We hope a survey that indicates Missouri college students spend on average only about an hour a day studying is off base; if it isn't, it points to a problem that demands the immediate attention of educators and students themselves...

SIKESTON -- Jimmie Lee Sartin, 61, of Sikeston died Nov. 6, 1993, at his residence. He formerly had worked as a truckdriver for the Florsheim Shoe Co. in Cape Girardeau, and also had worked at the 76 Truck Stop on I-55 near Matthews. He was born April 2, 1932, in Marion Ky., to the late James and Lula Brewer Sartin. He married Gacie P. Cooper Davidson on Nov. 19, 1965. She survives...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Joe Dodd, 65, of Jonesboro, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 1993, at his residence. He was born April 2, 1928, at Jonesboro, son of Paul A. and Helen Brown Dodd. He married Helen Harris, Aug. 15, 1949, at Piggott, Ark. Dodd was a retired truck driver, who worked for Bunny Bread and ABF Truck Lines...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Marion Ruth Dewey, 88, of Gilbertsville, Ky., formerly of Cairo, Ill., died Saturday, Nov. 6, 1993, at the Britthaven Nursing Home in Benton, Ky. She was born July 24, 1905, at Campbell, Mo., daughter of Edward P. and Nannie B. Simpson Fletcher...

MARBLE HILL -- Lester C. Hahn, 87, of Millersville, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 1993. He was born March 12, 1906, at Millersville, son of John J. and Lucinda Stroder Hahn. He married Ora Lee Filer, Aug. 24, 1932. She died July 13, 1992. Hahn was a member and deacon of the Haynes Chapel Congregational Methodist Church near Millersville...

Daughter to Sammy Glency and Deana Livingston, Cape Girardeau Route 2, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:56 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, 1993. Name, Donna Jean. Weight, 6 pounds 6 ounces. Fourth child, third daughter. Ms. Livingston is the former Deana Terry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Terry of Cape Girardeau. She is a presser at Ken's Cape Cleaners. Glency is an installer with S&W Cabinets at Chaffee, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mick Glency of Chaffee...

Wilfred Colon, 74, of 1004 Sturdivant, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 1993, at his residence. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.

Missouri is on the plus side in manufacturing plants gained and lost during the past year. "Despite flooding conditions in the state, Missouri's manufacturing community continued an upward climb," said Margaret Evans of Manufacturers' News Inc., Evanston, Ill., which researches and publishes manufacturing registers each year...

Living a dog's (or cat's) life may not be all bad. Man's best friends may have a happy way of life, with weekly or monthly visits to groomers and animal medical centers, three squares a day, clean living quarters, nice toys and great clothing. Today's "pampered pets" mean big business...

On a cool morning, Billy Green walks to his front door and pushes an electronic device. The starter of his 1988 Taurus kicks on, the vehicle's engine starts, and the defroster activates. When Green enters his car, it's warm, the ice on the windshield is gone, and he's ready to go...

Nomination applications for the "Small Business of the Year" are now available from the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. The selected business will be recognized at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting/dinner, to be held Feb. 4...

Paula Bollinger of Jackson has joined D-J's Beauty Mart, 1020 N. Kingshighway, in Cape Girardeau as a hair stylist. Bollinger, a graduate of Stage One The Beauty School in Cape Girardeau, has about six months experience. Rob Francis of Jackson has become a certified chimney sweep...