Stories from Friday, January 28, 1994

Mine is a business made for second-guessing. Readers of newspapers can typically find sport in decrying the selection and placement of certain stories, believing the editor is either agenda-driven or lame-brained for choices made. If readers think this is solely their domain, they don't know much about newspaper people, who also spend considerable time stewing over their editorial decisions, wondering if the selections they make under deadline pressure will stand up in the cool reasoning that follows publication.. ...

PERRYVILLE -- St. Vincent de Paul Church and schools in Perryville will host a forum today on educational issues affecting parochial schools. Rep. Herb Fallert, Sen. Peter Kinder and Lloyd Smith, chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, will participate in the forum, which will begin at 10 a.m. at St. Vincent High School...

The human resources coordinator for Dana Corp. of Cape Girardeau has been named by Gov. Mel Carnahan as one of five directors of the newly-formed Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. Carnahan appointed Diane Bauman of Cape Girardeau to the post last month and recently she was confirmed by the Missouri Senate...

The Missouri Department of Conservation will ask Missourians for their thoughts on Missouri conservation priorities as the MDC works on its five-year strategic plan, during meetings to be held across the state. MDC's current strategic plan runs out in June 1994, so officials are laying groundwork to complete a new plan by then...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Owning a pond can be rewarding, but it also can raise a lot of questions. How many bass should you let friends keep? Do you have too much algae or other vegetation? Would stocking grass carp help keep plants in balance? The Missouri Department of Conservation has publications for pond owners. ...

Those who organize the Area Wide United Way just can't sit still. Having just completed a highly successful 1993 campaign in which $506,000 was raised, the United Way forces gathered this week and announced a goal for the 1994 drive: $550,000. The goal is an ambitious one, $50,000 higher than the previous endeavor. ...

Mary Ann Frost was sitting at her sister's house visiting when she saw a large, white dog fall through the ice of Bella Vista Lake. "We didn't know what to do," Frost said. "My sister told me to call 911, but I knew the dog would die by the time help arrived."...

A U.S. Senate committee Thursday gave the final go-ahead for funding of site acquisition and design work for a new federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau. The Environment and Public Works Committee authorized $3.8 million in funding. "With today's final approval by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the new courthouse building for Cape Girardeau can go forward," Sen. John Danforth said...

The developer of the Lady Luck Gaming Corp. riverboat casino proposal for Cape Girardeau said Thursday concerns about the feasibility of the project are unwarranted. "We've done our homework, we know what things cost for this type of project, and we stand by our numbers," said the developer, Daniel K. Bockert, senior vice president and manager of development and planning for Booker and Associates...

JACKSON -- A group of property owners who live in the vicinity of the Jackson municipal landfill are objecting to the proposed sale of the landfill to a private waste-management company. Instead, they want the city to close the landfill immediately...

Girl scouting's annual tradition -- cookie sales -- was a subject Thursday night on a nationally broadcast news show. "Eye to Eye with Connie Chung" questioned the profits girls and their individual troops receive from their efforts. Elsie Miller, executive director of the local Otahki Girl Scout Council, said: "I think it's sad when something like this, to a certain amount, is blown out of proportion. It takes away from the good stuff we do for girls."...

The mixing of two musical genres has been tried before. The Beatles did it when they recorded "Sgt. Pepper" in 1967. Procol Harum, Tom Cochrane and others have followed suit. But would the combination still work in the 1990s? The Moody Blues appear to have answered that question with harmonic eloquence...

Lightning pulled the plug on cable television in much of Cape Girardeau early Thursday, and cable system officials were left in the dark about the situation for about five and a half hours. Cable TV was off from about midnight Wednesday to around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, said Roger Harms, local manager of TCI Cablevision of Missouri Inc. The cable company serves about 13,000 subscribers in Cape Girardeau and Jackson...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Eighth District U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson this week was named co-chairman of a new bi-partisan Natural Disasters Task Force in Congress. The task force is charged with finding more effective ways to meet the needs of people who are victims of natural disasters, and developing a sensible approach to addressing their impact on the federal budget...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Bernard E. Cooper, 82, of Cairo, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 1994, at his residence. He was born March 6, 1911, at Oscar, Ky., son of Julian and Almary Yancey Cooper. He was a retired truck driver for Martin Oil Co., where he worked for 25 years...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Kathleen Caverno of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Charles E. Buck will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Buelah Wallace of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ponder Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Dolan Rogers will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Wallace, 82, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

SIKESTON -- Eunice V. Denton, 86, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born May 18, 1907, at Wardell, daughter of Mariah Obadiah and Rebecca Teroy Hickerson. She and Van B. Denton were married June 1, 1924, at Marked Tree, Ark. He died April 16, 1985...

PERRYVILLE -- Rose C. Buchheit, 80, of Perryville, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 1994, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born May 26, 1913, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Frank and Anna Schonhoff Buchheit. Buchheit was retired from International Shoe Co. She was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church, its Ladies Sodality, and Daughters of Isabella...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Funeral service for Russell Avery Knuckles, Poplar Bluff Route 9, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Cotrell Funeral Chapel. The Rev. John Barker will officiate, with burial in Memorial Gardens here. Knuckles, 67, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 1994, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, following an extended illness...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Edith M. Hannah, 76, of St. Louis, formerly of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 1994, at DePaul Health Center in St. Louis, following an extended illness. She was born Jan. 31, 1917, in Pulaski, Tenn., daughter of Tommy and Nonnie Johnson. She and Raymond Hannah were married Sept. 14, 1934. He died June 6, 1979...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seyer of Advance, St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1994. Name, Jordan Elizabeth. Weight, 2 pounds 2 ounces. Mrs. Seyer is the former Gwen Hoffmeister, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hoffmeister of Cape Girardeau. She is a claims representative with State Farm Insurance in Dexter. Seyer is employed at Hacker Plumbing in Cape Girardeau, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Seyer of New Hamburg...

Charles W. Cauble, 81, of 810 E. Rodney, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Homes are in charge of funeral arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.