Stories from Monday, August 29, 1994

Karen Beckman, new center manager at West Park Mall, missed the beautiful vistas of her Wisconsin home when she moved to Cape Girardeau. She looked for Cape Girardeau's best view and found one of the Mississippi River out a downtown apartment window. Beckman moved in...

If a massive publicity and advertising campaign won't get the job done, perhaps the Boy Scouts will. So reasoned Cape Girardeau Fire Chief Bob Ridgeway, who is willing to enlist the services of the Boy Scouts to deal with a problem of replacing residence and business addresses that are difficult to read or find...

The Southeast Missourian asked students at Chaffee Elementary School why they wanted to start a new school year. Shannon Hampton: "We'll write to famous people this year in fourth grade. I like to write in school." Justin Gadberry: "All my friends who I didn't see much in the summer are at school. I like math and writing...

We didnt send you to Washington to make intelligent decisions. We sent you to represent us. Letter to a Texas congressman from one of his constituentsThe above expression, while striking an amusing note, also raises a much more important question about government as its viewed in this final decade of the 20th century. The constituents letter touches on several questions that can be raised in these times when distrust in government and the governmental process runs so deep...

Islands have always figured prominently in American diplomacy. Considering their size, population and relative standing among the world's nations, islands have given most modern presidents fits. Except for economic giants like Japan, islands tend to be thorns rather than partners or even worthy opponents...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- C.Q. Lattin, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 27, 1994, at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are pending at Williams, Farr & Purnell Funeral Home in Sikeston.

JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds. Robert Adams et al. to Jerry and Glenda Barks; Jerry P. and Glenda R. Barks to First Baptist Church of Jackson; Patrick S. and Laura M. Butler to Jack E. and Lori A. Olson. William E. and Bonnie L. Masterson to the Masterson Family Revocable Trust; Wayne and Debbie Smith to Newton B. and Cynthia L.Coutinho; Tola Dale and Fran Nelson to Bernard D. and Nancy C. Strauser...

A rural Fredericktown man was injured Sunday afternoon in a rear-end accident at Kinghsighway and William. Kevin Johnson, 33, was turning right onto Kingshighway from William Street when his pickup was hit in the rear by a car driven by Fred Shirrell, 75, of 1116 N. Middle in Cape Girardeau...

John L. Rastl Jr., 72, of Plaquemine, La., died Sunday, Aug. 28, 1994, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

PERRYVILLE -- Edmund W. Weibrecht, 77, of Perryville died Sunday, Aug. 28, 1994, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. He was the son of Emmanuel and Martha Muench Weibrecht. He was a barge repair welder and a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville...

MARBLE HILL -- W.H. `Billy' Devenport, 87, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Aug. 27, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 13, 1907, at Bessville, the son of Jesse Leroy and Nora Octavia Moore Devenport. He was a self-employed carpenter...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Emily Jean Petty, 66, of rural Cobden died Sunday, Aug. 28, 1994, at Union County Hospital in Anna. Visitation will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Cobden. Friends may also call after 8 a.m. Wednesday...

DEXTER - A program aimed at helping parents secure child support and move off welfare is taking shape in the Bootheel. Kathy Fodge has set up office here to coordinate the new Parents' Fair Share program through the Missouri Department of Social Services...

Mothers who wish to breastfeed their babies will find encouragement and information at the next La Leche League meeting. The group will meet Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at 652 S. Spring, Apt. F, in Cape Girardeau. Nursing babies are welcome. The discussion will include suggestions about nutrition for nursing mothers and their families, as well as information about weaning breastfed babies. For more information, call 335-2881 or 334-2705...

When Tasha Saecker saw teen-agers in the Cape Girardeau Public Library looking for something to do, she was compelled to help. If there is a library section for children and adults, reasoned Saecker, surely there could be a room just for teen-agers...

Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower and Harry Truman have more than having been presidents in common -- they had the opportunity to taste bacon or ham from Cape Girardeau. Meat from Esicar's Old Hickory Smokehouse has been sent to customers throughout the U.S. and to foreign countries...

Dale Haskell loves living with his wife, Marsha, in St. Louis. He also loves his job in Cape Girardeau. So, to enjoy the best of both worlds, he makes the two-hour commute almost every day. The Haskells grew up in Cape Girardeau, and when they got married they planned to stay here. ...

Jeffrey L. Bierman has been named director of marketing at Option Care. Bierman, a graduate of Jackson High School and Southeast Missouri State University with a bachelor of science degree in business administration, previously worked at Capital Bancorporation Inc., where he was vice president of marketing...

Southwestern Bell Mobil System has moved into new quarters near Route K and Mount Auburn Road, and will have a grand opening Sept. 10. "We are pleased to be in the new building," said Jill Wilferth Smirl, area manager of Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems. "We now have a permanent location, we are visible, and we are thrilled about it."...

Healthsouth Rehabilitation Center of Cape Girardeau has relocated its outpatient facility to Lorimont Place, 240 S. Mount Auburn Road. Lorimont, Cape Girardeau's newest professional and retail center, is between Doctors' Park and West Park Mall. Healthsouth, which provides general and specialized orthopedic rehabilitation outpatient care, fitness training, custom splinting and sports-medicine services, will occupy about 11,000 square feet at Lorimont...