Stories from Thursday, September 15, 1994

WASHINGTON -- Now that the Cessna wreckage has been hauled from the south lawn of the White House, the hottest issue in our nation's capital (outside of convicted cocaine abuser Marion Barry's recapture of the Democratic nomination for mayor) is the threatened invasion of Haiti. ...

WASHINGTON -- Now that the Cessna wreckage has been hauled from the south lawn of the White House, the hottest issue in our nation's capital (outside of convicted cocaine abuser Marion Barry's recapture of the Democratic nomination for mayor) is the threatened invasion of Haiti. ...

To the editor: In an age of drugs and crime, most of us don't realize how fortunate we are to have Capt. Howard "Butch" Boyd heading our police department and minimizing our crime. Because I've been robbed, I'm highly interested in crime prevention, so I read many articles on that subject. Recently I read about one chief of police in a moderate-sized city several times larger than Cape Girardeau who invented and used some different and highly successful things to suppress many types of crime...

After a great deal of listening, reading, soul-searching and fact-gathering, I decided to support the application of St. Francis Medical Center for a second cardiac catheterization laboratory at Wednesday's meeting of the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee. ...

At the start of the 1984 fall semester, nearly 9,200 students were enrolled at Southeast Missouri State University. A decade later, the number has dropped to 7,673 -- a decrease of 17 percent. In just the past year, enrollment has dropped by more than 400 students...

"The Hit" and "Dopes on Dope," four- and eight-minute crime vignettes, are being filmed in the Cape Girardeau area this week. Leap-Off Productions, a Los Angeles film company, is here to film the segments for the ABC television show, "Real Stories of the Highway Patrol."...

A state board has cleared the way for St. Francis Medical Center to add a second cardiac catherization lab despite opposition from a Cape Girardeau business group and the committee's own staff. The Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee voted 6-2 vote Wednesday to approve the hospital's expansion plans, but with two restrictions...

Gregory Williams of Cape Girardeau has been named executive director of the Regional Commerce and Growth Association. He replaces Walter Wildman, who resigned Sept. 8. Wildman will continue as a part-time consultant for RCGA to the I-66 project. Williams, a Cape Girardeau native, has worked 17 years as a stockbroker and investment office for Merrill Lynch and Boatmen's Trust Co., both in St. Louis...

Ray Dannenmueller's eyes brightened as he leaned forward to discuss some of the SEMO District Fairs he has witnessed in the past 75 years. "I always got excited about the harness horse races," said the 82-year-old Jackson resident, who sat Wednesday morning with his wife of 57 years, Lucille, in the SEMO District Fair's R&R tent...

Sept. 15, 1994 Dear Patty, I find myself walking around town these last few days taking mental snapshots of the hills that cradle Garberville and of favorite faces. Memories are quirky, though. These may not be what is remembered at all. Our friends John and Karin hosted a farewell party for us last week. Lots of people from DC's clinic and their kids. John made a cake with the words "Missouri isn't miserable. We are," written on it...

This year's apple crop is either "short" or "spotty," according to which orchardist you talk to. Scott Beggs of the Pioneer Apple Orchard in Jackson says he will have about half a crop. David Diebold of Diebold Orchards at Benton says that with some apple varieties he has a bumper crop; other varieties are short...

Burwell C. Fox, 75, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1994, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. He was born Dec. 28, 1918, in Cape Girardeau, son of Burwell and Helen Coerver Fox. He married Geneva Hug, who preceded him in death. Fox received a degree in business from Southeast Missouri State University, and was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II...

BISMARCK -- Funeral services for Aubrey D. Murrell, 75, of Bismarck will be at 11 a.m. today at the C.Z. Boyer & Son Chapel in Desloge with the Rev. Earlene Morris officiating. Burial will be at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery in St. Louis. Burrell died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1994, at the Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington...

ADVANCE -- Cecile Della Young Crawford, 94, of Advance died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1994, at the Advance Nursing and Residential Care Center. She was born Sept. 25, 1899, in Sandborn, Indiana, the daughter of John Will and Emily VanMatre McDaniel. She was a homemaker. She was a former member of the Richmond Chapel Church near McGee and later became a member of the First Baptist Church at Delta...

PERRYVILLE -- Leonard P. Light, 56, died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1994, at his home in Biehle. He was born Nov. 1, 1937, at Biehle, the son of Ralph F. and Mary A. Laurentius Light. A Navy veteran from the Korean War, he was a self-employed concrete contractor. He was a member of the VFW, AMVETS, American Legion, Elks, Eagles and the Sportsman's Club, all in Perryville...

William Anthony Strack, 86, 211 Mason, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 24, 1908, at Jonesboro, Ark., son of Phillip and Caroline Weber Strack. On March 18, 1908, he married Edna Scherer. A World War II Army veteran, Strack was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral. He worked as an engineer for a barge line on the Mississippi River for 16 years, and was also custodian five years at Southeast Missouri State University...

PERRYVILLE -- Ethel M. Zahner, 98, died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1994, at the Aspen Forest Care Center here. She was born June 10, 1896, in Perry County, the daughter of Jules and Mary Walker Richardet. She had been a cafeteria worker for Washington University...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Delbert C. Hughes, 82, of Sun City, Ariz., died Sunday, Sept. 11, 1994, in Sun City. He was born Nov. 24, 1911, at Dongola, son of J. Frank and Fannie Belle Benson Hughes. He married the former Jeanne J. Coughenour. He was a veteran of World War II, member of Friendship Baptist Church here, and Scottish Rite Bodies El Zaribah Shrine Temple and Sun City Shrine Club...

SIKESTON -- Ryan Scott Hamlin, 6, of Laverne, Okla., died Monday, Sept. 12, 1994, at Woodward Hospital and Health Center in Woodward, following an extended illness. He was born Oct. 20, 1987, in Wichita, Kan., son of David and Darla Karnes Hamlin. He was a member of Laverne Church of Christ...

ADVANCE -- Jacob "Clyde" Bright, 83, of Advance, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 12, 1911, near Leora, son of Grover and Sophia Knop Bright. He and Hazel Overbey were married May 2, 1936, at Dexter...

BUNCOMBE, Ill. -- Bobby G. Roberts, 65, of Buncombe, died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1994, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Marion. He was born March 15, 1929, in Saline County, son of Milton and Carmen Baker Roberts. He and Jane Sanders Collie were married in 1972 at Anna...

MILLERSVILLE -- Funeral service for Hattie M. Riehn of Millersville will be held at 10 a.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The Revs. Fred Rister and Lloyd Bollinger will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Riehn, 84, died Monday, Sept. 12, 1994, at her home...

SIKESTON -- Mae O'Neil Caverno, 82, of Akron, Ohio, died Thursday, Sept. 8, 1994, at Hospice Care Center in Akron, Ohio. She was born Feb. 9, 1912, in Crawford, Ind., daughter of James Edward and Cordelia Alice Starkey Cox. Formerly of Sikeston, Caverno was a member of Matthews Christian Church, and Sikeston and Charleston Senior Citizens...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Black of Benton, Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, 3:10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, 1994. Name, Zachary Ryan. Weight, 3 pounds 14 ounces. Fourth child, second son. Mrs. Black is the former Kimberly Eftink, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eftink of Oran. Black is employed by Schneider National Carriers, and is the son of Dorothy Black of Miami, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Black of Oran...

OAK RIDGE -- Memorial service for Wellis D. Lindblad of Oak Ridge will be held at 2 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, with the Rev. John Kiehl officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Lindblad, 61, died Monday, Sept. 12, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

POPLAR BLUFF -- A Fredericktown man died in a single-vehicle accident near here early Wednesday morning. Thomas Ward, 44, was pronounced dead at the scene of the car crash on Highway 53 about two miles south of the city. Ward was traveling southbound about 1:45 a.m. when his car ran off the right side of the highway, hit a driveway embankment and overturned, ejecting him from the vehicle. He was not wearing a seatbelt...

The two Southeast Missouri members on the state's Health Facilities Review Committee split their votes over whether to allow St. Francis Medical Center to expand its cardiac catherization laboratory. Committee member and State Sen. Peter Kinder of Cape Girardeau voted with the majority Wednesday to grant the expansion project. Jackie Herndon of Sikeston was one of the two committee members to vote against the lab expansion...

Cape Girardeau River Heritage Museum Director Patty Mulkey lives and breathes the history of the area. "Sometimes I think my ideas outdo my body," the 70-year-old said. Mulkey has planned a hot chocolate tour of the bed and breakfasts of Cape Girardeau and Jackson and will culminate with a tour of the museum...

The Southeast Missouri Music Academy will offer a beginner piano class for adults and a Music, Movement and More session for children. Registration deadline for both classes, which will run from Oct. 4 through Nov. 22, is Sept. 23. The adult class is for beginners and those interested in brushing up on the skills they learned as a child. Classes will be taught in a light atmosphere in groups of six to 12 students...

The Country-Pop Music Fest will take place in the Capaha Park Band shell on Sunday, Sept. 18, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. The festival will feature country, pop, and bluegrass tunes from some of the area's most popular bands. A different band is scheduled to play each hour...

Teresa Leible of Chaffee captured first and fifth place in the Balloon Fest 1994 Photo Contest. Her first-place photograph will be used to publicize next year's Balloon Fest and will be seen in newspapers and magazines. Dennis Raddle of Cape Girardeau finished second. Linda Kieffer of Scott City claimed third and fourth-place ribbons. Amy Friese of Cape Girardeau won a special honorable mention award for special effects. A People's Choice award will be voted on at the Commerce Bank exhibit...

Southeast Missouri State University music instructor Marc Fulgham will appear as featured soloist with the Paducah, Ky., Symphony Orchestra Oct. 1 at Paducah Symphony Hall. The concert will begin at 8:15 p.m. Fulgham, who plays trumpet, appeared with the Paducah Symphony at the Show Me Center in March during the Moody Blues concert...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will sponsor two free concerts by the Old Time Ozark String Band Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's concert will begin at 7 p.m. at the Trail of Tears State Park amphitheater behind the visitor center. Sunday's concert is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. in the picnic area at the Bollinger Mill state historic site. Visitors should bring lawn chairs...

Acclaimed country music stars Alan Jackson and Faith Hill will appear at the Show Me Center on Sunday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. Jackson, who has been nominated for five 1994 Country Music Association awards, including Entertainer of the Year, thrives on a positive attitude...

Boys and girls attending the SEMO District Fair can round up information on Missouri-made products and win prizes on Friday. The Cape County Farm Bureau's "Round Up" will be held from 3-6 p.m. Children participating will pick up worksheets at the information tent at the fair. As children tour the fair exhibits they will find posters containing information to answer questions...

John Baker, left, of 3508 Pheasant Cove, was a residential winner in the September Yard of the Month awards presented by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. Making the presentation was Danny Essner. Adele Kupchella, left, presented the non-residential award to the Holiday Inn and Victorian Inn, I-55 and Route K, with Judy Brown, sales and catering manager for the inns...