Stories from Saturday, January 27, 1996

Last week, authorities took nearly 200 dogs from a farm near Birch Tree described by those same authorities as a feces-covered Ozarks "puppy mill" where they said sick or unbreedable dogs were put in pens to die and where a large ditch filled with dead animals was found...

In another example of how the law of unintended consequences plays out, St. Francis Medical Center might find itself again in front of Missouri's Health Facilities Review Committee trying to justify its need to own a magnetic resonance imaging system...

Words like isolated and unrelated were being used by health officials to describe two E. coli-related illnesses in Southeast Missouri, one of which resulted in a woman's death. On Nov. 28, Muriel Frueh, 76, of Rolla went out for lunch with her daughter. Frueh, who was staying with her daughter in Cape Girardeau while she recovered from hip replacement surgery, began complaining of stomach cramps the next day. She was admitted to St. Francis Medical Center Nov. 30...

Astronaut Linda Godwin will make her third space flight in March. The Oak Ridge native and Jackson High School graduate will be aboard the shuttle Atlantis March 21 for a pre-dawn launch at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis will dock with the Russian space station Mir during the nine-day mission. It will be the third such docking mission...

The gesture seemed so sweet at the time. It was Sunday night, and I was in the middle of my half-hour prepare-for-bed routine, including makeup removal, hair brushing, teeth cleaning and anti-acne cream application. The Other Half appeared in the doorway...

Mississippi Winds, a woodwind quintet sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command Band of Mid-America, will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Old St. Vincent's Church. The band's instrumentation consists of clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon and French horn. The program includes traditional works by Haydn, Rameau, Rosetti and Arnold...

The state auditor's office has established a new Internet site as a service for Missouri taxpayers. Available at the site are press releases and summaries of audit reports; information on how to petition for an audit; how to report waste, fraud and abuse of tax dollars; and general information about the office...

JACKSON -- Graveside service for Irving Muller of St. Louis was held Sunday at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in Chesterfield, with Rabbi Mordecai Miller officiating. Rindskopf-Roth Funeral Home in St. Louis was in charge of arrangements. Muller, 86, died Friday, Jan. 19, 1996, at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis...

PERRYVILLE -- Thomas J. Gowen, 39, of Perryville died Friday, Jan. 26, 1996, in Blytheville, Ark. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville.

ORAN -- Beatrice Inman, 88, of Oran died Friday, Jan. 26, 1996, at Cox Hospital South in Springfield. She was born Oct. 11, 1907, in Diehlstadt, the daughter of Alex and Sarah Hamblin Wagoner. She married Leslie Inman Aug. 29, 1923. He died Sept. 26, 1978...

FARMINGTON -- Thomas Howell, 69, died Friday at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington. Funeral arrangements were pending at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

MARBLE HILL -- Three Marble Hill residents were injured Friday in a two-car accident on Highway 34 at the east city limits. The accident occurred at 8:10 a.m. when a westbound car driven by Homer Barks, 86, crossed the center line and struck an eastbound car driven by Thomas Carlton, 63, the Missouri Highway Patrol said...

Funeral service for Rufus I. Claspill of Maplewood was held Tuesday at Jay B. Smith Funeral Home in Maplewood, with the Rev. Tom Ripper officiating. Burial was in Valhalla Cemetery in St. Louis County. Claspill, 67, died Saturday, Jan. 20, 1996, at St. Mary's Health Center in Richmond Heights...

Son to Jeff Stone and Bobbi Seabaugh of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:26 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995. Name, Landon Jeffrey. Weight, 8 pounds 1 ounce. Second child, first son. Ms. Seabaugh is the former Bobbi Wilson, daughter of Ann Wilson of Millersville. She is employed at Boatmen's Bank. Stone is the son of Garry and Paulette Stone of Jackson. He is employed at J&S Wholesale...

DEXTER -- Marie Sliger, 80, of Pana, Ill., died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 1996, at Country Care Center in Pana. She was born Aug. 30, 1915, in Neelyville, daughter of Calvin and Rosie Dell Ozee Farris. She and Herbert Lee Sliger were married Sept. 17, 1931, in Charleston...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Roberta C. Windland, 78, of Champaign, formerly of Mounds and Mound City, died Friday at Covenant Hospital in Champaign. She was born June 26, 1917, in Mound City, daughter of Charles A. and Mary Overstreet Griffith. In 1938, she married Harry E. Windland and lived in Mounds until 1957, when they moved to Champaign...

Funeral service for Virginia Louise Lockhart, 134 F Street, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran. The Revs. Roger Christiansen and Vernon Guttenfielder will officiate. Burial will be in New Morley Cemetery at Morley...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Essie Laura Taylor, 99, formerly of Charleston and East Prairie, died Friday, Jan. 26, 1996, at Bertrand Retirement Facility. She was born Feb. 17, 1896, in Cleburne County, Ala., daughter of the Rev. Wesley Jackson and Nancy Emma Bowman Barker. She and Francis Newton Taylor were married Oct. 26, 1913. He died June 29, 1942...

ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Pearl Ann Markham of Advance will be held at 2 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Scott Price will officiate, with burial in Dongola Cemetery at Dongola, Mo. Markham, 81, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

JACKSON -- Private graveside service for Daisey M. Adams of Jackson was held Friday at Russell Heights Cemetery. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Adams, 96, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 1996, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau...

ORAN -- Donna Faye Loughary, 48, Oran Route 1, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 9, 1947, at Brownwood, daughter of Louis and Hazel Sechrest Black. She and Abner Loughary Jr. were married May 20, 1966, at Lutesville...

Dr. C. John Ritter and Charlotte Craig, administrator of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Department, will discuss the Community Health Assessment Resource Team (CHART) on the Thursday broadcast of "Ask Your Doctor." The call-in medical show airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. on Cable Channel 5. It is sponsored by St. Francis Medical Center, Southeast Missouri Hospital, the Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Society and Channel 5...

Enrollment is now open for Southeast Missouri's Aqua Pregnancy Exercise class. The class meets Mondays and Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. at HealthSouth in Lorimont Place. The class helps pregnant women develop stamina and cardiovascular fitness, keep weight controlled and strengthen muscles used in labor...

Southeast Missouri Hospital will offer courses in CPR and pediatric basic life support in February. On Saturday, Feb. 3, pediatric basic life support training will be held from 8 to noon at Main Street Fitness in Jackson. The class teaches how to relieve a blocked airway on a conscious or unconscious child or infant. The class is open to people 12 and older. The $20 fee covers the cost of a study guide. To preregister, call Southeast's educational services at 651-5547...

The Gateway Area Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has donated copies of Dr. Randall Schapiro's book, "Symptom Management Multiple Sclerosis," to several public libraries in Cape Girardeau County. The book is available at the Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Riverside Regional public libraries and at Kent Library at Southeast Missouri State University...

When Angela LaClair takes vitamin supplements, she can tell a difference in her overall health. She feels more energetic and doesn't catch as many colds and viruses when they go around. That's because vitamins can give the body an energy boost by providing the nutrients it was lacking...