Stories from Thursday, May 25, 1995

ORAN -- Sandra L. Todt, 25, of Oran died at 3:55 p.m. Wednesday at the family home in Oran. Arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran.

Son to Jeffrey Scott and Jacqueline Marie McMackin of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:18 a.m. Monday, May 15, 1995. Name, Matthew Ryan. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. McMackin is the former Jacqueline Kolze, daughter of Mildred Smith of Jackson and Jack Dion of Kankakee, Ill. She is a waitress and bartender at Bully's. McMackin is a self-employed roofer, and is the son of Sandra McMackin and Jerry McMackin of Sikeston...

The Southern Illinois Arts & Crafts Marketplace gets mixed reviews from artists whose work is sold there. Fine artists Victor and Helen DeGraff of Cobden, Ill., say the facility along the interstate is set up more for selling crafts. "People stop by and look, and they're more inclined to buy something they can pick up and carry away in the form of a craft item," Victor DeGraff said...

Animal-like metal sculptures by Bergbower of Newton, Ill., greet visitors to the Southern Illinois Arts and Crafts Marketplace near Benton, Ill. BENTON, Ill. -- At a time when government involvement in the arts is under siege at the federal level, the state-bankrolled Southern Illinois Arts & Crafts Marketplace is showcasing and selling the work of 800 Illinois artists -- two-thirds of them from the southern part of the state...

As competition for health insurance business heats up, members of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's health-care committee say an educational campaign may be needed to help people understand coming changes. Health-care discussions are filled with talk about managed care, gatekeepers, capitation, PHOs and HMOs. It can be confusing, especially for people in Southeast Missouri who aren't familiar with what the terms mean or what changes are on the way...

Art and theater workshops for all ages will be offered this summer by the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts. The art workshops are for ages 6-17 and are in sculpture, drawing, painting and fibers. The sculpture workshop will be held June 26-30; drawing June 10-14; painting July 17-21; and fibers July 24-28...

A new class offered this summer at the Southeast Missouri Music Academy will teach grade school children songs and games from many different cultures. Becky Fulgham, the academy's director, hopes the class will lead to the development of a new performing group...

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. -- 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It is said that if you live long enough, you'll see everything. ...

For the past year Missouri has engaged in a ferreting-out process with regard to riverboat gambling. How many gaming licenses will be issued in the state? Which riverboat casinos will be given cruise exemptions and be allowed to remain dockside? Will gambling boats be allowed on bodies of water other than the two rivers designated by the state law? Can casinos compete on the Missouri side of the Mississippi with riverboats operating under more liberal gaming regulations across the river in Illinois?. ...

MCCLURE, Ill. -- Stanley B. Mainer Sr., 79, of St. Charles, Mo., died Tuesday, May 23, 1995, at his home. He was born Nov. 21, 1915, at McClure. Mainer worked at McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis 32 years, retiring as shipping clerk. He was a life member of VFW Post 2866 in St. Charles. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Freda Swanson, 85, of Villa Ridge, died Wednesday, May 24, 1995, at Christopher East Nursing Home in Louisville, Ky. She was born Nov. 12, 1909, in Chicago, daughter of Ernest Kohn and Alma Nelson Kohn. She married Rudolph W. Swanson, who died Oct. 24, 1975...

Susan M. LeGrand, 41, of Route 1, died Wednesday, May 24, 1995, following an extended illness. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Ford & Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. Parish prayers and the rosary will be recited at the visitation. The funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery...

JACKSON -- Clarence A. Bingenheimer, 81, of Jackson, died Wednesday, May 24, 1995, at Deal Nursing Home. He was born Sept. 21, 1913, in Cape Girardeau County, son of William F. and Gusta Sievers Bingenheimer. Bingenheimer was a retired farmer, moving to Jackson in 1986. He was a member of Emanuel United Church of Christ and its Men's Fellowship. He had been a volunteer at Jackson Senior Center...

SIKESTON -- Stephen Phillip Roach Sr., 48, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, May 23, 1995, at his home. He was born Jan. 22, 1947, in Hartford, Ky., son of Homer Garfield and Mary Gladys Black Roach. Roach had lived here since 1987 and was owner of Phil's Lounge. He was a member of Hartford Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War...

DEXTER -- Stanley Keith Evans, 39, died Tuesday, May 23, 1995, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter after 5 p.m. Friday. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Sloan A. Watkins, 86, 1624 New Madrid, died Tuesday, May 23, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 28, 1909, near Oriole, son of Elmer and Emma Bodenschatz Watkins. He and Ida Floyd were married May 19, 1928, at Jackson. Watkins retired in 1976 after 16 years as owner/operator of Maytag Laundromat. He also had worked at International Shoe Co. 18 years, and was a movie projectionist 20 years...

Cape Girardeau County Darleta A. Darnell to Neil A. and Crystal L. Whistler; Jeffrey E. and Mary Beth Latham to Lyndell and Laverne Bradshaw; Jeffrey E. and Mary BethLatham to Lynn Flexo Supply Inc. Randol Farms Development Inc. to Victor S. Mitchel, doing business as United Home Crafters; Henry E. Niemann et al. to Public Water Supply District No. 4.; Henry F. and Lucille Davis to Donna S. Burk...

Shannon Eugene Landers, 23, of Dublin, Texas, died Tuesday, May 23, 1995, at Harris Methodist Erath County Hospital in Stephenville, Texas. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

Prominent Cape Girardeau businessman Richard William Flentge, 64, 2920 LaMesa, died Tuesday, May 23, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. He had been owner of Flentge's Home Appliances Sales Service and Parts since 1953. The business was started in 1947 by his father and an uncle, Howard Flentge...

BLOOMFIELD -- Ralph Graves, 88, of Bloomfield, died Tuesday, May 23, 1995, at his home. He was born May 15, 1907, at Leora, son of Olva and Nora Chasteen Graves. He and Nurcine Lewis were married Jan. 31, 1929, at Acorn Ridge. Graves was retired from the Soil Conservation Commission here and also had farmed. He was a member of First Baptist Church and Odd Fellows Lodge...

NEELEY'S LANDING -- The company that produces Pampers scrambled to keep high and dry as the rising Mississippi River this week threatened to flood the Neely's Landing plant. Procter & Gamble Co. quickly built an earth and plastic levee around the plant last week and has added to the project as the river crest climbed, said Larry Stahlman, public affairs manager...

High water doesn't stop home cooking at Witz Restaurant in East Cape Girardeau, Ill. But, the restaurant, which normally attracts diners from a wide area, has experienced lighter crowds recently. "People think we're closed," Betty Colyer said. Colyer and her husband, William M. "Witz" Colyer, own the restaurant, which opened in 1982...

The threat of flash floods this weekend has Cape Girardeau city officials on alert for a potentially dangerous situation in the Town Plaza area. The threat of flash floods in the area would also force the evacuation of approximately 100 residents in Allenville, located about 30 miles west of Cape Girardeau...

Cape Girardeau's Planning and Zoning Commission wants voters to approve a five-year, half-cent transportation tax that would raise $17 million for road and bridge projects. Coupled with other funding, $26.4 million would be spent on transportation projects over the next five years...

Boyd Gaming Corp. has invested $6 to $7 million in Cape Girardeau. Maunty Collins, senior vice president and director of operations for Boyd's central region, told a group of downtown merchants and city officials Wednesday morning the company "is not about to walk away from several million dollars."...

May 25, 1995 Dear Patty, After moving back to Missouri, DC and I bought an ancient unpainted pickup truck. It lacked a few things -- a front bumper, brakes, a functional alternator, a gas pedal -- but got us through the winter once those minor details were rearranged...

The Missouri Veterans Home is now the proud owner of a cannon replica. George Heise of Cape Girardeau, who celebrated his 82nd birthday this month, is to thank: He built the replica with his own two hands to donate to the Veterans Home. "I started in January and I worked part time on it in my garage," said Heise, who has lived in Cape Girardeau for about 50 years...

JACKSON -- Parents should take special steps to ensure their children's safety over the summer, Cape Girardeau County Sheriff John Jordan said. The summer is when children have the most free time with less supervision. Jordan said parents should remind children not to enter a stranger's car or house, or to accept gifts from strangers or let a stranger touch them or join them in play. Children should know to tell their parents about any unusual actions of adults they see...

Every student at Schultz School last year got to use a new book, "Me, My World, My Future." They learned about self-worth, communication and human sexuality. It was the first year seventh-graders in Cape Girardeau public schools talked about intercourse, sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy in a classroom setting. Before, health classes only covered the physical changes of adolescence...

Kimberly Gwyn was looking for a way to reward grade school students who demonstrated an interest in taking more bytes from their Apples this summer. So the Cape Girardeau Public Schools Technology coordinator organized a program to send 42 students home with an Apple computer and the appropriate software...

Winning back the loyalty and respect of baseball fans will be a long process, according to one future Hall of Famer. Veteran St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith said it is understandable that fans should feel alienated by the lengthy labor troubles which cut last season short and delayed the start of the current campaign. However, he feels that goodwill can be restored if a legitimate effort is made to do so...