Stories from Friday, July 25, 1997

To the editor: Doe Run Co.'s mineral prospecting permit should not be approved. Mineral exploration drilling may do no long-term damage to its surroundings, but the exploration drilling leads to lead mining, which does permanent damage to its surroundings...

"Where there is no vision, the people perish..." (Proverbs 29:18) Congressional Republicans appear to be playing a summer-stock repertoire of farce (defined as "a light dramatic composition marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plot"). Last week, what passes for the House "leadership" revealed its appalling weakness when a group of high-ranking members could not even engineer a coup in their own party. ...

There is no telling how many historical gems are hidden inside the walls of buildings throughout Cape Girardeau. Recently, a well-preserved log cabin dating from the 1820s or 1830s was found inside a 20th century frame house on South Frederick Street. Quite possibly the cabin is the oldest structure in the city -- at least older than any other known building...

FOR ALL you conservative TV-censoring and constantly preaching folks, I give a recommendation to you. If you really want to live in a place where religion is very, very strict and constantly taught, then move to Iran. I JUST want to say thanks to Wal-Mart Supercenter for the free concert in Cape Friday night. Roy Wade Kimes and Jeff Moore were fantastic. To the people who didn't come, you really missed a great show. Hope the guys get to come back to Cape...

There is no telling how many historical gems are hidden inside the walls of buildings throughout Cape Girardeau. Recently, a well-preserved log cabin dating from the 1820s or 1830s was found inside a 20th century frame house on South Frederick Street. Quite possibly the cabin is the oldest structure in the city -- at least older than any other known building...

CHARLESTON -- Police arrested one boy Thursday and have combed farmland east of Charleston for another since Wednesday night. Police were looking for a 15-year-old Independence boy who goes by the name "Psycho." He and a 17-year-old companion ran off from a weigh station on Interstate 57 around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday after stopping for directions. An officer at the weigh station radioed in the license number of the vehicle the boys were driving and it came back as stolen...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department has applied for a $39,750 federal block grant for computer software designed to aid officers in crime analysis. Police Chief Rick Hetzel said the software would allow officers to analyze the wealth of crime-related information stored on the department's computer system...

SCOTT CITY -- The Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority's latest company will not only benefit the port and Scott City, but Cape Girardeau as well. Canal Chip is setting up a $10 million wood chip company at the port. The company has already brought a certain amount of prosperity to Scott City, which received a $100,000 Community Development Block Grant that was tied into new businesses at the port...

JACKSON -- The Small Business Recruitment Committee at Jackson is on a fast track. "Our goal is to bring retail business to Jackson," said Marvin Wormington, chairman of the new committee. In two months, the group has taken these major steps to carry out its goal:...

It's not a trip to Paris or anything like that, but there is a short trip coming up in mid-September that I'm really looking forward to. It's a trip down memory lane. You've been there too. But it's always fun to go back. Of all the destinations we have in our lives, none is so welcoming and enjoyable as the past. Sometimes we call these the good old days. I'm not entirely sure that the past is always good. But there are enough good parts that we always want to return from time to time...

There may or may not be life on Mars or even a far away galaxy, but those attending the annual Continuum Convention will keep their imaginations fueled. The three-day convention begins at noon today at the Holiday Inn. More than 350 people are expected...

(in Sikeston) Wednesday's Results (Game 1) Sikeston 3, Van Buren 2 (Game 2): Chaffee 10, Poplar Bluff 4 (Game 3): Dunklin Co. 9, Jackson 3 (Game 4): Sikeston 3, Cape Ford & Sons 2 Thursday's Results (Game 6): Jackson 13, Poplar Bluff 1 (8 inn.), P. Bluff eliminated...

(at Capaha Field) Thursday's Results (Game 1): Jefferson City 6, Springfield Glendale 1 (Game 2): Cape SEMO Bank 10, Imperial 8 Today's Schedule 10 a.m. (Game 3): Springfield Glendale vs. Imperial 1 p.m. (Game 4): St. Joseph's vs. Cape SEMO Bank 5:30 p.m. (Game 5): Game 4 loser vs. Game 3 winner...

ST. LOUIS -- The Kohlfeld Capahas ran their season mark to 7-0 against O.B. Clark with a 9-3 victory Wednesday night. The Capahas (30-4) pounded out 11 hits to support the pitching of Chad Bogenpohl and Danny Simpher. Darrick Smith accounted for four of the hits and Lance Craft added a pair of safeties. Julio Vega and Darin Kinsolving both finished with two RBIs...

Melvin Holden ANNA, Ill. -- Melvin Holden, 85, of Anna died Thursday, July 24, 1997, at Union County Hospital. He was born Aug. 16, 1911, in Eckelson, N.D., son of Anton and Lena Evanson Holden. He and Mary Jane Herren were married June 21, 1951, in Louisville, Ky. She died June 21, 1997...

Ray Dodge EAST PRAIRIE -- Graveside service for Ray Junior Dodge of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Pastor Martin Lucas will officiate. Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie is in charge of arrangements...

Genowefa Trousdale CHARLESTON -- Genowefa Trousdale, 74, died Thursday, July 24, 1997, at South County Nursing Home in Arnold. She was born Aug. 29, 1922, in Rovno, Poland, daughter of Joseph and Julia Schodlar Danilzenko. She and George Robert Trousdale were married June 10, 1947. He died Feb. 17, 1970...

Shirley Bone CHARLESTON -- Shirley R. Bone, 63, of Indianapolis, Ind., died Wednesday, July 23, 1997, at Hendricks County Hospital in Danville, Ind. He was born Oct. 3, 1933, in Charleston, son of Helen Brown Bone. He and his wife, Phyllis, were married July 26, 1982...

Billy Westbrook Sr. ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Billy D. Westbrook Sr., of Cortez, Colo., will be held at 10 a.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel. Billy Davis will officiate, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park. Westbrook, 58, died Saturday, July 19, 1997, at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez...

Myrtle Irene Steward Myrtle Irene Steward, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, July 23, 1997, at the Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Jan. 6, 1912, in Griffithville, Ark., the daughter of Elisha and Anna Belle Bratcher Strickland. She and Walter L. Steward were married Aug. 29, 1931. He preceded her in death...

Son to Andy and Tammy Stephens of Wingo, Ky., Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union, Tenn., 5:53 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, 1997. Name, Austin Thomas. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Stephens is the former Tammy Morton, daughter of Ralph and Bertha Morton of Jackson. She is a student at Paducah Community College in Paducah, Ky. Stephens is the son of John Stephens of Fulton, Ky., and the late Sue Stephens. He is a truck driver with Griffin Industries...