Stories from Wednesday, May 31, 1995

PULASKI, Ill. -- Mary Tolar, 89, formerly of Pulaski, died Tuesday, May 30, 1995, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be handled by Crain Funeral Home in Ullin, Ill.

Randall Dailey, 39, of Marquand was injured in a one-vehicle accident near Patton Tuesday night. Dailey was traveling west on Highway 72 about four miles west of Patton when his car ran off the road and hit a tree stump, the Missouri Highway Patrol said...

The American Red Cross Blood Services will hold its monthly community blood drive today from 2 to 7 p.m. in the Holiday Inn Convention Center. The goal for the drive is 100 units of blood. Donations are needed to keep an adequate supply for increased summer accidents. It is being sponsored by Life Underwriters. For more information call the Red Cross at 335-9471...

Doyle W. and Alma L.Randol to Rodney L. and Vickie D. Bowman; Melrud Farms Inc. to Seabaugh Construction Co.; the Robert J. Earley Trust to James Robert Earley. Amy Lou and Lionel K. Hastings to Barbara Jane Rich; Donald E. and Joyce I. Laird to Doug D. Egbert; John M. and Pamela E. Sarff to S. Kent and Deborah L. Griffith...

Cape Girardeau area gardeners won't be able to rest on their laurels Saturday and Sunday. They will be judged on their laurels, along with their roses, ferns, irises and other plants. The Council of Garden Clubs, composed of five Cape Girardeau horticulture organizations, will sponsor its annual standard flower show this weekend at the Family Life Center of the Centenary United Methodist Church, 333 N. Ellis...

The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a setback to limiting the terms of members of Congress. But don't be fooled. This 5-4 ruling won't derail this speeding train. The court's ruling was narrow in its focus. It invalidated congressional term limits in Arkansas, striking down similar measures in 22 other states including Missouri. The court also barred Congress from imposing term limits on its own members by simply enacting a statute...

Habitat for Humanity is more than just a program to build homes. It builds lives through compassion and sweat equity. The local chapter has been organized a dozen years and will dedicate its fifth house on July 1. Families are chosen to occupy the houses on the basis of income, past work history, credit history and stability. They must also put 350 hours of sweat equity into building the home before taking possession...

To the editor: I feel compelled to write to you in response to the "Detour slowpokes" Speak Out comment. The caller was complaining of the slow drivers on County Road 635, the detour for the flooded Highway 177. The first reason for the slow drivers is the road itself. ...

To the editor: I witnessed on television the final explosion of the remains of the bombed federal building in Oklahoma City, a disaster long to be remembered as one of the worst in history. Any amount of punishment could not suffice the cruelty of the person or persons involved...

To the editor: We hope the flood of 1995 will not be a repeat of the flood of 1993. So far we have seen one identical and pleasant aspect: the support shown by communities, employers and families for the soldiers and airmen of the National Guard we have called to duty...

Eighth District U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson's mobile office has scheduled stops in Jackson and Marble Hill next week. Emerson's representative will visit June 8 at the Marble Hill library at 12:30 p.m. and at the Jackson Chamber of Commerce at 2 p.m.. The visit is part of a nine-county tour beginning Monday...

Graveside service for Sylvia Goodpasture, 30 N. Hanover, was held Tuesday at Lorimier Cemetery, with the Rev. Paul Catterton officiating. Ford and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Goodpasture, 84, died Monday, May 29, 1995, at her home...

CHARLESTON -- Stephen E. Sanderson, 44, of Charleston, died Monday, May 29, 1995, near the Dogwood community. He was born Nov. 19, 1950, in Cairo, Ill., son of Warden and Margaret Williams Sanderson. He and Barbara Haley were married Oct. 31, 1988. Sanderson had lived in Mississippi County since 1988. ...

Retired lawyer and Missouri Appelate Court Judge Robert G. Brady, 72, of Kirkwood, died Monday, May 29, 1995, at his home. He was formerly of Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 10, 1923, in Hillsboro, son of Raymond H. and Netta Shorey Brady. He married the former Therese Gorg...

ANNA,ILL.--Eula Austin, 69, of Anna died Tuesday, May 30, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna.

ANNA, Ill. -- Richard Alan Sims, 29, of Anna, died Monday, May 29, 1995, from injuries received in an automobile accident on Lick Creek Road near Anna. He was born April 18, 1966, at Benton, son of Clyde D. and Doris Reeder Sims Sr. Sims was a 1984 graduate of Anna-Jonesboro High School. He was a mental health technician at Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center...

PERRYVILLE -- Ina E. Winkler, 96, of Festus, died Tuesday, May 30, 1995, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City. She was born June 23, 1898, in Perry County, daughter of Tilman and Amelia Davis Farrar. She and John Benjamin Winkler were married in 1921. He died Sept. 20, 1962...

CHAFFEE -- Florence Evelyn Harmon, 82, of Chaffee, died Monday, May 29, 1995, at her home. She was born April 3, 1913, in Gideon, daughter of Fred and Goldie Moore Goodman. She and Sherman William Davenport were married Oct. 19, 1929. He died Jan. 28, 1949. She later married William A. Harmon Aug. 15, 1952. He died Feb. 15, 1985...

JONESBORO,ILL.--Charles Harvel, 42, of Jonesboro, Ill., died Tuesday, May 30, 1995, of natural causes at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna, Ill.

MOREHOUSE -- John L. Eaker, 57, of Morehouse, died Monday, May 29, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Feb. 12, 1938, at Morehouse, son of Hermel and Ina Evaline Fortner Eaker. He and Margie Absher were married July 20, 1957, in Hernando, Miss...

MESLER -- Charley E. Freeman, 80, of Mesler, died Tuesday, May 30, 1995, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. He was born Sept. 2, 1914, in Dover, Ark., son of Mose and Ann Dunlap Freeman. He married Zeola Curtis in 1934. She died July 6, 1963. He later married Lena Jenkins Nov. 12, 1966, at Lilbourn...

ORANGE CITY, FLA.--Brenda Gail Love, 44, of Orange City, Fla., formerly of Scott City, died Monday, May 29, 1995, at her home. Arrangements are being handled by Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

Mississippi County officials say they are having record flooding because the Mississippi and Ohio rivers are above flood stage. "We didn't have this in '93 because the Ohio wasn't backing water up like it is this year," Sheriff Larry Turley said. "We're not new to flooding though; this happened in '73."...

Jackson Mayor Paul Sander isn't opposed to a new Interstate 55 interchange at Oak Ridge, he just wants one for Jackson. Oak Ridge City Board Chairman Don Stahlheber wants an Oak Ridge interchange. While Sander prefers both sites get interchanges, he thinks the traffic use of a Jackson interchange would be "much higher."...

The Interstate 66 project is running on empty financially, both in Congress and at home. The Senate hasn't included funding for new road projects in its federal highway bill and funding for designated projects is far from certain in the House. On top of that, I-66 promoter Walt Wildman has had to do more than lobby for a coast-to-coast highway. ...

Until the Federal Emergency Management Agency gets word from the President, the extent of federal assistance to flood victims in Missouri and Illinois remains undecided. Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan requested President Clinton issue federal declarations of both individual and public assistance because of the flooding, tornadoes and storms that have hit Southeast Missouri recently...

All I wanted to know from the folks who work for the Federal Emergency Management Agency -- otherwise known as FEMA -- is when flood victims from this area could expect to get help. It seemed simple enough, until I called FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C. You need to talk to Mark, because he's handling floods, one spokesman told me...

ANYONE WHO knows anything about city government knows the Jackson mayor and the council filled the recent alderman vacancy as ordinances require. By the way, an excellent choice was made to fill the office. Keep up the good work, mayor and council. Some people will just moan and groan about anything and everything. Lighten up, folks...

DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- Earthquake expert Dr. Haydar Al-Shukri says the minor earthquake in Dyersburg over the weekend was a reminder the area is due a larger quake. Saturday's earthquake in Dyersburg registered 3.8 on the Richter scale and left no reported damage. But it still affected some residents...

The Missouri Public Service Commission asks people interested in the relay Missouri surcharge to submit a request to be heard before June 19. The Missouri Legislature enacted the surcharge in 1990 to have a special telephone operator to aid Missourians with hearing or speech disabilities. Missouri telephone customers pay 13 cents a telephone line a month for the service...

NEW MADRID -- A convoy of military equipment for the Missouri National Guard's Guardcare medical care program will arrive in New Madrid Friday at 11:30 a.m. Equipment will be set up at the middle school on Highway 61 in New Madrid. The equipment will include various large, wheel-mounted boxes that soldiers unfold to equip operating rooms, labs and x-ray facilities. Several large tents also will be set up...

BLOOMFIELD -- Former students, directors and cooks of the Oak Ridge Rural School will gather for a reunion and potluck dinner at 12:30 p.m. June 11 at the school site. The one-room schoolhouse is now Oak Ridge General Baptist Church, situated nine miles north of Bloomfield...

Coast Guard disaster response units in Cape Girardeau and Olive Branch, Ill., began familiarizing new personnel with their operation in flooded areas along the Mississippi River Tuesday. About 15 new personnel, many from the recently authorized involuntary call-up of reservists, arrived on Monday and were dispatched to their units after an operations and safety briefing...

The June 1 meeting of the Cape Girardeau Chapter of American Business Women's Association will be held Thursday, 6 p.m. at Drury Lodge. The guest speaker will be David Roth II, an attorney with Lowes and Drusch Law Firm. The topic will be legal documents to improve and simplify your life and living will and trust...

Has there ever been a lovelier season? Trees, shrubs and grass are a luscious green. The flowers are magnificent with vibrant colors, healthy foliage and new introductions on the market are irresistible. To show off these wonders of nature, the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri and the National Council of State Garden Clubs has selected the title, "In the Good Old Summertime" for their flower show to be held Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. ...

Dorothy Hickam grows various plants genetically propagated from her great grandmother Aeker's plant. The plant will be replanted at various spots around the historic Abraham Byrd plantation stone house where her grandmother lived. Hickam grows the apothecary rose, which was once used by traveling apothecaries who used it in syrups, candies and medicinal purposes...