Stories from Sunday, January 14, 1996

CHAFFEE -- Esther Rhodes Keys, 78, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 1996, at First American Health Care in Jackson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Representatives from the Farmers Home Administration, Southern Five and R.A. Nack and Associates, an engineering firm, will meet with East Cape Girardeau village officials Thursday to discuss a new sewer system under construction...

Monday afternoon we will return to business in Jefferson City for the second full week of the legislative session. Wednesday, we senators will cross the third floor to the House chamber for a joint session, there to hear the annual state-of-the-state message from Gov. Mel Carnahan...

Ryan Hooper drew this big house that area residents can view in the main hall at the library. The displays have been a continuing project with different students' art being displayed each month. Cheryl Lichtenegger is the creator of this outdoor scene. There are about 30 drawings on display from students at Millersville School, the Primary Annex, North Elementary and Gordonville School...

Carolena Galloway plays the piano for the meetings, while the members sing hymns. Being a Christian is a big part of the Friendship Club. Lola Wessell, who has been a member of the Friendship Club for 13 years, reads the devotional prayer that begins each meeting...

A farmer makes cider with a cider press. Apples were washed and crushed after which the juice was pressed and gathered in a tub. It was then poured into barrels at which point it was "sweet cider." At a later stage of fermentation it became "hard cider" with a rather high alcohol content. In the last stage it became "vinegar." This was an annual event for most farmers in the early 1900s...

A Marble Hill woman is $25,000 richer after matching all five numbers in the Dec. 23 SHOW ME 5 drawing. And although Sharon Wishner didn't know what her own lucky number was prior to playing, she soon discovered, with help from the computer, that deuces were wild...

Jackson Glass Inc. co-owners Terry Steele, left, and Steve Brands hold a miniature patio sliding door designed in Germany. The new business carries a wide variety of glass products. "Jackson has grown enough that it was time for the city to have a business like this," said Steve Brands, co-owner of Jackson Glass Inc., which opened at 326 E. Jackson Boulevard on Jan. 2. The new business will have its grand opening Monday...

More than 300 people filed into the Salvation Army gymnasium Saturday for the first Black Expo. "The weather was great and we're excited about the Expo," said Calvin Bird, an organizer of the daylong event where about 20 exhibitors showcased their businesses and merchandise, including hats, cookies, artwork, music, jewelry and styling services...

Not too long ago, LifeBeat crews at Southeast Missouri Hospital were having trouble with a certain type of IV pump. Crew members for the air ambulance service thought vibrations from the helicopter might be causing the problem, said John Taylor, a flight nurse, and wondered if crews for other services were seeing the same problem...

A bill in the Missouri House of Representatives would provide free transportation to and from school for all students, even those who attend private or parochial schools. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Patrick Naeger, R-Perryville, said getting children to and from private schools is difficult for many parents...

If I hear one more commentator or read one more column on whether the current budget battle in Washington works to the advantage of the Republican Congress or the Democratic president, I may consider hara-kiri. Since the bickering began last fall, Americans have been subjected to a long series of observations on who-wins and who-loses in the battle over the federal budget, which by now is more than three months late...

As the budget battle rages in Washington and tax revenue from working Missourians gushes into Jefferson City at an unprecedented rate, it is time to focus on the issue many in government would rather not discuss. That issue is tax cuts. Federal tax cuts:...

"Mr. Moyers?" I looked up from the amusing "Laughter: The Best Medicine" anecdotes I was reading from a 1954 issue of Readers Digest. "The doctor will see you." The question arose in my mind: Are dentists really doctors? What, exactly, is their training? Can one become a dentist through correspondence courses? Do they sell start-your-own-dentistry-practice kits through infomercials? Is there an actual flossing section in a dentist textbook?...

La CENTER, Ky. -- James Les Segraves, 87, of La Center, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 1996, at his home. He was born July 2, 1908, son of Warren and Minerva Bone Segraves. He served in the Navy during World War II. He was a Kentucky Colonel...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Robert J. Cange, 90, of Cairo died Saturday, Jan. 13, 1996, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Forrest City, Ark. He was born Oct. 7, 1905, at Belleville, Ill., son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ramsecher Cange. He was a retired mechanic and a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church at Cairo...

Myra E. Taylor, 77, of 17 S. Hanover, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 12, 1918, at Marston, daughter of Ed and Sinda Till Haubold. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary. She married Edison Taylor April 13, 1938, at Lilbourn...

THEBES, Ill. -- Ruby Marie Clubb, 80, of Thebes died Saturday, Jan. 13, 1996, at her home. She was born May 20, 1915, at Thebes, daughter of Clyde F. Dunn Sr. and Ida M. Mosher Dunn. She was a lifelong resident of Thebes and a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church at Olive Branch, Ill...

GORDONVILLE -- Hannah Jane Crites, 97, of Gordonville died Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 9, 1898, at Commerce, daughter of Rudolph and Sarah Bollinger Statler. She and Earl Herman Crites were married in 1920, at Sedgewickville. He died July 11, 1974...

Virginia Sampson, 68, of 210 S. Frederick, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born April 5, 1927, at St. Louis, daughter of Jasper and Rosalie Palazola Vitale. She was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral. She and Carlos C. Sampson were married May 7, 1955, at St. Louis...

MARBLE HILL -- Lula B. McFarland, 63, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Jan. 13, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 31, 1932, at Parma, daughter of David E. and Cecil G. Miles Hendrix. She married Bill Dale McFarland March 18, 1949...

DEXTER -- Ethel May Ellis, 82, of Dexter, formerly of Zalma, died at Lucy Lee Hospital in St. Louis Friday, Jan. 12, 1996. She was born at Zalma May 8, 1913, daughter of Leo and Feeba Shirrell Davis. She was married in 1932 to James August Bess, who died in 1956. She married Giles V. Ellis April 11, 1970. He died July 8, 1973...

He was born May 22, 1913, at Perryville, son of Harold L. and Anna Prost Roy. He managed Rozier's Mercantile variety store before retirement. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church at Perryville. He and Marcella E. Moll were married April 14, 1941, at Kansas City...

VFW Post 5900 of Marble Hill and its Ladies Auxiliary arecently sponsored a poster contest entitled, "I Am Proud to be an Amercian" with kindergarten, first and second grades of the Zalma Elementary School. Approximately 56 students participated. They really did good work and we do appreciate their efforts. It was hard to pick winners, but when choices were finally made, three young ladies were winners...

Barbara Brock of Jackson is a professional dog groomer who owns Classy Canine Professional Dog Grooming. She does everything one associates with dog grooming -- cuts their hair, bathes them, cleans their ears and clips their nails. What sets Brock apart from the pack is the fact that she makes house calls...

The value of new construction in Cape Girardeau last year topped $40 million for only the second time in history. Two of the construction industry's main sectors here showed increases as permits were issued for more than $44.4 million, 14 percent above 1994 totals of $38.9 million. The 1995 total was only 8.4 percent below the record year of 1992, when two giant construction projects boosted the overall total to $47.9 million...

The Show Me Center has struggled to break even financially in recent years, but it remains profitable to the Cape Girardeau area for the tourism dollars it generates. "It is a huge asset for our area," said John Mehner, Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce president...

The Cape Girardeau City Council will hike handicapped parking fines to discourage able-bodied motorists from parking in handicapped parking spaces. Disabled residents Miki Gudermuth and Dan Niswonger pushed for such action, as did the Vision 2000 civic group...

SIKESTON -- Rep. Bill Emerson won't make a scheduled appearance at Sikeston Monday, but he will be available to field questions via telephone. Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, was scheduled to discuss "Farm Policy Into the 21st Century" during a noon address at the Rural Restoration Conference Monday...

Bollinger County will soon be allotted funds by the State Set-Aside Committee to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the area. The State Set-Aside Committee will determine Bollinger County's portion of the "Set-Aside" funds. This pool of funds is designated primarily for those counties not receiving a direct award from the National Board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and consists of representatives from The Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Council of Jewish Federations, Catholic Charities, USA, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA an dUnited Way of America which will provide the administrative staff and function as fiscal agent. ...

We are going to take a test. Don't panic, it's multiple choice. Here's the question: "Which of the following activities would you consider to be fun?" A) Crawling out of a nice warm bed several hours before daylight. B) Trudging through what seems like miles of semi-frozen mud int he pre-dawn darkness...

There will always be new frontiers for the outdoorsman. That much is evident at this year's Sports Show at the Show Me Center. While rubber worms, knives and other conventional outdoor paraphernalia are available for change in the pocket or a few greenbacks in the wallet, signs that a new millennium is just around the bend were apparent...

It started out as a dare, something just for fun. Now, it's a fund-raiser -- and still fun. An annual New Year's Day of jet skiing for six Cape Girardeau area men helped raise over $250 for the Parkview State School in Cape.ro "This is the fourth year we've been doing this on New Year's Day, but this is the first time we've tried to collect donations from it," said Scott Williams, who coordinated the project with Brian Hahs...

The color of January is drab unless, of course, she dons her ermine coat. She may put it on flake by flake as you're watching or don it in the dark of night to dazzle us the next morning. I like it both ways but, perhaps, the daytime flake by flake better. However, when the coat begins to tatter and pull apart at the seams, January is drab again...

SCOTT CITY -- Fortysomething women and younger may remember Barbie as the nearly foot-high, adult-looking doll every girl owned. When they think about her now, they think investment and kick themselves for not keeping Barbie dressed and in her original box...

Cape Girardeau County has been chosen to receive $17,560 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the area. A national board, chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, distributes funds appropriated by Congress to help expand food and shelter programs around the country...

Members of the community, along with Southeast Missouri State University faculty and students, are invited to spend 16 days in Spain from May 16 to 31. The "Spanish Odyssey" is sponsored by Southeast's Department of Foreign Languages. Travelers will visit medieval castles, renaissance palaces, Roman ruins, gothic cathedrals and baroque churches. ...

Cadet Robert Barney, son of Robert S. Barney of Dexter and Kathryn M. Skelton of Cape Girardeau, was recently promoted to cadet staff sergeant at Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Mo. Promotions are awarded on leadership performance, academic standards and discipline allowances...

Southeast Missouri State University's Senior Learning Center is offering several courses this semester for senior citizens. A swimming class will be offered Tuesday through May 9. Beginning classes will be offered Monday and Wednesday from noon to 1, and lap swimming will be available Monday through Thursday from noon to 1...