Stories from Saturday, April 2, 1994

SIKESTON -- Ethan Tye Chastain, infant son of Kenneth and Karma Page Chastain, died Friday, April 1, 1994, at his home at Route 2 Sikeston. He was born Feb. 3, 1994, at Poplar Bluff. Survivors include his parents of Route 2 Sikeston; a brother, Logan Ray Page of Sikeston; maternal grandparents, Bruce and Vicki Renfro of Bloomfield; maternal great-grandmother, Mildred Renfro of Dexter; maternal great-great-grandmother, Goldie Pry of Abilene, Texas; paternal grandparents, Jerry and Mary Jenkins of Dexter and Kenneth and Brenda Chastain of Caruthersville; and paternal great-grandmother, Naomi Crews of Dexter.. ...

It's big, it's new, and Southeast Missouri Hospital's Clinical Services Building is almost complete. This past week workers were installing lighting fixtures in new operating rooms, hanging plaques and placing furniture. As new equipment arrives it is being installed in the new areas. Departments will begin moving in mid-April...

Longtime Cape Girardeau contractor and businessman Max Stovall has filed as a Democrat for 2nd district associate commissioner. A lifelong resident of the city, Stovall said he believes that his background and experience is ideal for a seat on the commission...

SCOTT CITY -- Lady Luck's committed to developing a riverboat gambling venture at Scott City whether it's based at the nearby Mississippi River port or some alternate site along the river, the company's planning consultant said Friday. "We have identified some other sites," said consultant Ann Tretter of St. Louis. "We are negotiating for alternative sites."...

Jessica Jones, a student at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School, will compete in the Miss Teen USA Pageant in Columbia, Mo., today. Jones is a member of Beta Club, French Club, Red Dagger drama club, Girl Scouts and Job's Daughters. If she is crowned Miss Missouri Teen USA, she will go on to represent the state in the CBS prime-time Miss Teen USA Pageant. Miss Teen USA will win as much as $150,000 in cash and prizes...

Tony Stephens has resigned his position as manager of West Park Mall. Stephens, who has been manager at the Cape Girardeau shopping mall since April 1991, was only the fourth manager of the mall since it opened more than a dozen years ago. Stephens, who will leave the mall, owned by CenterMark Properties Inc. of St. Louis, April 15, has accepted a position as manager of two properties in the central Illinois area...

Cape Girardeau Police Department officers Tracy Lemonds and Roger Fields have received promotions. Lemonds has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant and Roger Fields has been promoted to sergeant. Police Chief Howard H. Boyd announced the promotions, to become effective Monday...

Several items in the news recently are deserving of brief comment. Christopher Bond, as a two-term governor of Missouri and now a U.S. senator, has long taken an active interest in family issues and education of the very young. Last week, a pet project of Sen. Bond's, Parents as Teachers, became part of legislation known as Goal 2000, which establishes national academic guidelines. President Clinton signed the legislation into law Thursday...

MARBLE HILL -- Hazel M. Schreiner 90, of Marble Hill died Friday, April 1, 1994 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. The body is at Baker Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Pearie M. Miller, Chaffee Route 2, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Perry Clark will officiate, with burial in Union Park Cemetery. Miller, 87, died Thursday, March 31, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

Funeral service for Daisy Mae Ravenstein Hobbs of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. Earl Statler will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. Sunday...

BLODGETT -- Troy Edward "Eddie" Holland Jr., 47, of Blodgett, died Friday, April 1, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 27, 1947, in Memphis, Tenn., son of Troy Edward and Vadeen Williams Holland Sr. He and Carla Shelby were married June 3, 1972, at Matthews...

Anna Lee Rhoades, 64, 795 North Hills, died Friday, April 1, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Jan. 27, 1930, in Fillmore, Calif., daughter of Carl and Olga Branson Rummans. She and George Rhoades were married July 7, 1947, at Fillmore...

The nation springs forward to daylight-saving time Sunday. The time switch takes place on Easter Sunday, but it's not expected to create problems for sunrise worshipers. The time changes at 2 a.m., but most people will move their clocks ahead one hour before retiring Saturday night...

Jay Knudtson and Richard L. "Butch" Eggimann would rely heavily on their diverse backgrounds and turn a sensitive ear to the needs of their ward if given a seat on the Cape Girardeau City Council. So proclaimed the candidates who will oppose each other in Tuesday's city council election for Ward 6...

Perennial issues in the Cape Girardeau School District -- funding and facilities -- top the list of concerns among candidates vying Tuesday for seats on the district's school board. Voters will choose two of the six candidates to serve on the school board. Incumbent Gwen Bennett is not seeking re-election...

Funding for five regional offices of the Missouri Department of Economic Development will be included in the state's budget for the next fiscal year beginning July 1. But at this point no decisions have been made on how the offices will be staffed or where they will be...

Friedrich Hayek once wrote, "The greatest danger to liberty today comes from the men who are most needed and most powerful in modern government, namely, the efficient expert administrators exclusively concerned with what they regard as the public good." The dictionary defines leviathan as "anything of immense size and power." Certainly in America today there are abundant examples of the leviathan state reaching into every conceivable nook and cranny of public life. ...

The Olympic torch, on its way to the United States Olympic Festival in St. Louis, will pass through Cape Girardeau on June 1. Runners are being recruited to carry the torch on a 12-mile course through the city, said John Mehner, president of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce...

Cape County's three members of the Missouri General Assembly Friday chided efforts to pass laws increasing governmental bureaucracy and promised to work for new workers' compensation reform before the session adjourns. Speaking at the First Friday Coffee of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, and Reps. Mary Kasten, R-Cape Girardeau, and David Schwab, R-Jackson, brought members up to date on issues being considered in the session that runs until May 13...

Q: Please discuss how your background prepares you to be mayor. Gateley: That's a good way to begin. Knowing that being in this position, which I want to say upfront that the mayor is just another council, yes, person by design -- by presiding, the mayor does have some additional responsibilities and roles. ...

Q: How does your background prepare you to be mayor. Spradling: My background is varied. I have been a resident of this city for 46 plus years with about a 6 year lapse when I was in the service and law school. I sort of have a political background with my father, and I know a little bit of ins and outs there. ...