Stories from Wednesday, November 13, 1996

To the editor: Inspiration is a strange phenomenon. More often than not it is simply mistaken as a moment of excitement in youthful eyes or fascination that will soon fade as soon as the next day. Test this from your own experience. What moment or mentor inspired you or your hero on to life's path? Was it early in your life, or something you experienced as you developed a more complex perspective in school? Was it simply a place that you visited and the people there?...

The mass communication department at Southeast Missouri State University invites alumni to a gathering Friday at the Show Me Center. It will be held from 5-7 p.m. Nearly 200 Southeast mass-communication alumni live and work in the Cape Girardeau area...

On Saturday, Ron Woodard became the third restauranteur in as many years to close an eatery at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. Woodard said the closure won't affect operations at the Woodard's in Jackson, which has been successful since its January opening. He blamed lack of traffic at the airport for his decision to close after less than two months...

City Hall Wednesday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m. Hearings and Voting -- Request of John and Winona Crampton for a special use permit for a craft business at 2228 Hillbrook in an R-1 district. -- Request of Americare Systems Inc. for a special use permit for an addition to the existing residential care facility at 2910 Beavercreek in a C-1 district...

Cape Girardeau is fortunate that its economy is spread over so many businesses and industries. When one falters, another will bolster the community. The town has become a center for a number of professions: education, retail and, of course, medical...

Friends gathered last week to salute Patty Mulkey, who is leaving the community after more than two decades of service to Cape Girardeau. She has donated untold hours to the Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Cape Girardeau Historical Society, the Glenn House and the Cape River Heritage Museum. One of her biggest projects was the museum, which she helped to create and maintain at 538 Independence...

To the editor: The subject of my Nov. 6 letter was recent developments in Afghanistan. My thesis was that U.S. foreign policy since World War II was based upon opposition to an ideology, communism, without regard to whether a given act of the Communist bloc -- those nations claiming to be guided by this ideology -- was understandable or beneficial, and that our ideology of reaction led us directly to the imminent takeover of Afghanistan by Taliban...

Groundwork is continuing on the Illinois approach to the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, which will span the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau and East Cape Girardeau, Ill. "We're moving a lot of material underneath the alignment of the new bridge," said Doug Helfrich, a resident engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation. "One of the things we're doing is clearing the area to increase the waterway opening for the new structure."...

Winter's cold blast gives local retailers a warm feeling. "We love it," said Harry Rediger, manager of the JCPenney store in Cape Girardeau. "Cold weather in the fall and early in the holiday season kind of puts people in the mood for the holiday season," he said...

On Tuesday, Missouri's metropolitan residents told a special commission where state transportation funding should go. In less than two weeks, Cape Girardeau residents get their chance to do the same. The Total Transportation Commission is comprised of 35 officials, community leaders and business people from across the state. Its chairman is Steve Bradford, who owns a private duty nursing company in Hayti...

SIKESTON -- Days of fighting for improved public-school funding are numbered for Robert Buchanan: Sikeston's longtime school superintendent will retire at the end of the school year. Buchanan's retirement was announced Tuesday by the Sikeston Board of Education. The board also announced that Arnold Bell, Sikeston's assistant superintendent, will be the district's new superintendent...

More than 500 volunteers from Scott and Cape Girardeau counties were honored with a reception for their work Tuesday. Members of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program were honored for their faithful commitment to helping others at the event, which took place at 2 p.m. in the Drury Lodge Mississippi room...

You ever seen a cute shoe in a size 11? It just loses something in the translation. We've settled into a little financial rut. The Other Half and I usually get paid on the same day, twice a month. The first check goes to rent and insurance. The second check goes to car payments and assorted bills. We end up with about $10 left to blow on something wild and extravagant. Whooooeeee!...

Jackson High School guidance counselors are nearing the limits of their effectiveness, the Jackson Board of Education was told Tuesday. The counselors said that while they believe they are adequately meeting the current needs of students, they are quickly running out of the time, room, technology and resources needed to help students prepare for the future...

The Southeast Missourian asked people about the woolly worm's reputation of forecasting winter weather. John Snead: "I've seen most of them with brown in the middle and black on each end. I've seen them that way for the last four or five years. I'll support the worm this year."...

The band still played and the batons still twirled, but with 38 degree temperatures and blistering cold winds, the crowd was sparse for the annual Veteran's Day Parade on Monday. Many of those who did venture out did so out of obligation, like the Hendersons, whose son Thomas is in the Jackson High School Band...

Under the rotted green shingles of a condemned house on South Frederick Street stands the framework of history. In 1994 the abandoned two-story home at 127 S. Frederick was designated as a condemned structure by the city and plans were set in motion to eventually tear it down...

SIKESTON -- Niles Seawood Sr., 81, of Sikeston died Sunday, Nov. 10, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Oct. 30, 1915, in Birdsong, Ark., son of Henry and Elvira Thomas Seawood. Seawood was a member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church and served on the board of deacons. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Bobbie I. Dodd of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Glenys Duckworth and Leon Goff will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Dodd, 68, died Monday, Nov. 11, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

Emma L. Brown, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 11, 1996, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Jan. 24, 1902, in Chicago. She married Forest C. Brown, who died in 1980. Brown was formerly of Cairo, Ill., and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Survivors include a nephew, James Bucher of Sikeston...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Charley "Lee" Anderson of Scott City will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church in Chaffee. The Revs. Kenneth Roberts and Gerald Collier will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Chaffee is in charge of arrangements...

Funeral service for Cynthia Sue "Susie" Owens of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. Don Ford will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

DEXTER -- Funeral service for the Rev. Samuel D. Seachrist of Dexter will be held at 11 a.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter. Burial will be in Triplett Cemetery near Dexter. Seachrist, 83, died Sunday, Nov. 10, 1996, at Dexter Memorial Hospital...

Funeral service for Gale W. Heise, 719 Terrace, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev. David Dissen will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Graveside rites will be conducted by VFW Post 3838. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...

Beatrice Dohogne, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1996, at Heartland Care Rehab Center. She was born July 10, 1909, at Bell City, daughter of Calvin and Lula Keller Gregory. She and Willard Dohogne were married June 17, 1940, at Jackson. He died Nov. 17, 1989...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral Mass for Benjamin Louis Kirn of Chaffee will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church. The Rev. Allan Saunders will officiate, with burial in St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery at New Hamburg. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee after 5 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7...

Ben A. Kincade, 66, of Bradley, Ill., died Sunday, Nov. 10, 1996, at his home. He was born Aug. 16, 1930, at Malden, son of Lonnie R. and Millie Vaughn Kincade. He and Chloe Keller were married Nov. 22, 1980, in Kankakee, Ill. Kincade was a crane operator with Birmingham Bolt, retiring in 1989. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and was awarded the United Nations Service Medal...

James C. Lynch, 91, 304 N. Middle, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1996, at his home. He was born Aug. 17, 1905, in Cape Girardeau, son of James A. and Elizabeth Schlindwein Lynch. He and Ella Margaret Lewis were married Oct. 6, 1932, in Cape Girardeau. Lynch was a maintenance worker at St. Francis Medical Center many years. He was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus...

Alethea Helen Haas, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1996, at Heartland Care Rehab Center. She was born March 5, 1900, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Anton H. and Aurelia Pobst Haas. Haas was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral, Cathedral Ladies, and St. Francis Medical Center Auxiliary...

CHAFFEE --Fern Crowden 73, of Rockview died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1996, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett General Chapel in Chaffee.

The Shawnee District of the Greater St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America will hold a recruiting drive from noon to 2 Sunday at the Student Recreation Center on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. The theme of the drive is "Climb the Wall and Join the Boy Scouts."...

You can pick your fabric if you make your own clothes. The program used by McConnell is called Dress Shop 2.5. Tired of trying to fit Barbie Doll clothes on your Raggedy Ann figure? Rebecca McConnell was. A longtime sewer, McConnell gave up making clothing for herself. Commercial patterns didn't fit, and she didn't have the skills to adjust the patterns...