Stories from Tuesday, January 18, 1994

Due to the ice and heavy snow that fell on the Cape Girardeau area Sunday afternoon and night, the Southeast Missourian experienced considerable difficulties in distributing Monday's edition. To ensure coverage of Sunday's events gets to Southeast Missourian readers, the Monday edition is being merged with today's newspaper...

After more than a year, riverboat gambling proponents in Cape Girardeau will celebrate a milestone today as city officials open proposals from riverboat casino operators. Submission of the proposals sets in motion the evaluation process that will culminate March 7 in the city's council's selection of a riverboat operator here...

The coldest temperatures so far this winter, and perhaps the coldest in more than five years, were forecast this morning. The arctic blast arrives in the wake of the second major snowstorm of the season that dumped 8-10 inches of snow on Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky on Sunday...

The president of National Public Radio called for a renewed commitment to America's communities and neighborhoods during a tribute Monday to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. "Our cities are dying," said Delano Lewis, a former telephone company executive who became president of NPR on Jan. 4. "Violence is invading our schools and universities."...

A winter storm that dumped up to 8 inches of snow on top of a layer of ice was too much for a 500- x 100-foot structure that served as a warehouse for concrete klinkers at Lone Star Industries. The 50,000-square-foot building collapsed during the early morning hours Monday...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Bee W. Randol of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel. The Rev. David Stewart will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at Cracraft-Miller from 4-8 p.m. Thursday...

SCOTT CITY -- Michael John Glastetter, 38, of Scott City, died Monday, Jan. 17, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, following a lengthy illness. He was born Sept. 17, 1955, in Cape Girardeau, son of John Zeno and Dorothy Elizabeth Vandeven Glastetter. He and Vicki Lynn Modglin were married May 20, 1978, at Kelso...

Prudie Louise Lomax, 102, 800 S. Ellis, died Monday, Jan. 17, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born March 31, 1891, in Campbell, daughter of Pleas and Nellie Louise Martin Riggs. She and J.W. Lomax were married Sept. 17, 1917. He died Jan. 27, 1974...

ORAN -- Russell E. Hatfield, 89, of Oran, died Monday, Jan. 17, 1994, at the Miner Nursing Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 29, 1904, at Curren, Ill., son of Ed and Minnie Van Doren Hatfield. He married Buelah A. Parker, Feb. 10, 1940. She died Jan. 12, 1991...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Mary Lueannie Flowers of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. The Rev. Don Heitman will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery near here. Flowers, 80, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 1994, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews...

MINER -- Joseph N. Phillips, 82, of Miner Nursing Center, died Monday, Jan. 17, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 29, 1911, in Carthage, Tenn., son of Layton and Tenny Matthews Phillips. He and Edna Hurley were married Dec. 28, 1929...

SCOTT CITY -- Pearl Marie Granneman, 85, of Scott City, died Monday, Jan. 17, 1994, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 4, 1908, at Commerce, daughter of Louis and Margaret Herzog Totty. Granneman had been a riverboat cook and housekeeper with Mechling Barge Line. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Commerce, and former member of Order of Eastern Star in Cape Girardeau...

ORAN -- Loomis Elden Pirtle, 86, of Oran, died Monday, Jan. 17, 1994, at his residence. He was born Aug. 27, 1907, in Pulaski County, Ill., son of Bam L. and Della Allen Pirtle. He married Emma Noama Edwards, June 1, 1944. She died April 9, 1991. Pirtle was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church in Perkins, Mo...

KELSO -- Elizabeth C. Seyer, 95, of Randolph, Neb., died Saturday, Jan. 15, 1994, at the Osmond General Hospital in Osmond, Neb. She was born March 13, 1898, at Oran, daughter of Nicholas and Lillian McClanahan Hess. She married Charles J. Seyer, Jan. 20, 1924. He died Jan. 12, 1981...

Wilma Lou Mainord, 67, 802 County Road 651, died Monday, Jan. 17, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

OAK RIDGE -- Gladys Hazel Lilly of Oak Ridge died Monday, Jan. 17, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born in Cape Girardeau County, the daughter of Harrison and Clara Crites Doggett. In 1945, she married Charles C. Lilly at Ava, Ill...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Eula Cehan of Chaffee has been changed to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Watis Harrell will officiate, with burial in Old Gaschein Cemetery at Oak Ridge. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 11 a.m. to service time...

GORDONVILLE -- Wesley E. Hitt, 76, of Gordonville, died Monday, Jan. 17, 1994, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born June 22, 1917, in Gordonville, son of Ernest and Myrtle Baugh Hitt. He and the former Emma Wendel were married Sept. 1, 1940. She died Sept. 21, 1968...

SIKESTON -- David Lee Magee, 14, Sikeston Route 4, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 1994, in the emergency room at Missouri Delta Medical Center, from injuries received when a shotgun he was cleaning accidentally discharged. He was born April 14, 1979, in Sikeston, son of Albert W. and Marilyn Sue Magee Layton. He was an eighth grade student at Sikeston Junior High School...

PERRYVILLE -- Lucille Mary Phillips, 78, of Perryville, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 1994, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 21, 1915, in Perryville, daughter of Hugo and Jennie Streiler Bohnert. She and Joseph L. Phillips were married March 4, 1930, at Belgique. He died Feb. 3, 1984...

The federal judicial system is intended to touch every nook and cranny of this nation. As a practical matter, however, justice is most readily dispensed where there are authorities in place to readily dispense it. For that reason, the establishment of a Cape Girardeau satellite office for the St. Louis-based U.S. attorney was welcomed to this part of Missouri. In its first 25 months of existence, the office has made a positive impact on law enforcement here...

Students who are struggling with subjects in school often turn to tutors for help. Tutors include teachers willing to meet students outside the classroom, non-teachers who have expertise in certain subjects, college students who are majoring in subject areas that junior-high and high-school youths need help with, and even fellow students...

Teachers call it association -- linking new facts to those already known. For a third-grader in Lois Emerine's class, his colorful association was just a way to remember the answer to a multiplication problem. He said, "4X4. You have to be 16 to drive one."...

Travelogue series at Cape library resumes Thursday A trip to Tanzania will be presented by Trish Volp at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Hirsch Community Room of the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Volp is assistant vice president for student development at Southeast Missouri State University. She received a bachelor's degree in photojournalism from the University of Minnesota and her doctorate from Indiana University. She joined the Southeast staff in 1985...

Vamsi Adusumilli, a seventh-grade student at St. Mary Cathedral School, won the school-level competition of the National Geography Bee Jan. 10 and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. Students answered oral questions on geography at the school-level bee, the first round in the sixth annual National Geography Bee sponsored by National Geographic World and Amtrak...

The Cape Central High School Theatre Chairperson Campaign has been and is currently on-going to raise funds for the restoration of the high school auditorium. While many may have already donated funds to this project, the cost for restoration of the seating alone will cost approximately $90,000. ...

The University of Missouri-Columbia has announced its honor rolls for the fall 1993 semester. Students must achieve at least a 3.0 grade point average. Some schools within the university require a higher grade point average. Area students named to the list were:...

Local students Samuel Eatherton and Dennis Hartmann have been named to the term honors list for the first semester of the 1993-94 academic year at Concordia College in Seward, Neb. Eatherton is a sophomore at the school. He is the son of the Rev. Lawrence and Karen Eatherton of Jackson...