Stories from Saturday, May 30, 1998

Christians lined the streets of Cape Girardeau during the 1996 March for Jesus. The event was designed as a way to unite Christians worldwide through support and prayer. Often there are so many differences among Christian groups it is hard to find any similarities...

Cape Girardeau's Airport Advisory Board will recommend the City Council hire a manager to run and help develop a new restaurant for the airport. The board isn't quite ready to make a formal recommendation, said chairman J. Fred Waltz. Board members and Bruce Loy, manager of the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, will research financial issues, including comparable salaries for restaurant managers and operational costs, before making a formal proposal to the City Council...

When members of First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau decided to ordain women as deacons, they knew the church would be in a minority. The congregation on May 10 ordained six women to serve as deacons. It is the first Southern Baptist church in Southeast Missouri to do so...

Revitalizing a downtown business district takes people, not just dollars, says Marilyn Cassity: People to invest in businesses and infrastructure, people to shop downtown, people to live downtown and people willing to cooperate in a unique mix of historic preservation and economic development...

The Marquette Hotel, which has been a fixture at the corner of Broadway and Fountain since 1928, may once again look like the majestic structure of its elegant past. The Marquette, with its Spanish-style architecture, terra cotta facings and balconies, has been vacant for more than a decade. It was considered one of the finest hotels in the Midwest when it opened Nov. 17, 1928...

Southeast Missouri State University must address outside noise problems if it converts St. Vincent's College and Seminary into a visual and performing arts school. That is a conclusion of a feasibility study done for the university by Sverdrup, a St. Louis architectural and engineering firm...

Jerry Buck turns 2 next week, and between the selective hearing he's developed recently and the horrified cries of "No potty, Mommy!", I'm finding myself thinking trade-in more and more often. Next Wednesday my baby boy hits another milestone, but he's already demonstrating all the symptoms ... I mean, characteristics, of his soon-to-be age...

To the editor: Just two days before the adjournment of the Missouri Legislature, state Sen. Peter Kinder voted for House Bill 1455. This bill would increase legislators' pensions at a cost to the taxpayers of $1.6 million annually. There was no debate or discussion in the Senate on this Democrat-sponsored bill. ...

THIS GOES out to the lady who returned my purse to me on Tuesday. You went out of your way to bring it to my home. There are very few honest people like you, and it was much appreciated. Thank you so very much. HEIDI NIELAND, thank you for telling it as it is. ...

It is said that good things come to those who wait. Perhaps this adage provides solace to motorists as they detour throughout Cape Girardeau's many barricaded streets. The detours are the result of a major sanitary sewer improvement program that began in 1996. As the project moves to more heavily traveled streets such as Broadway, the inconvenience seems heightened. As temperatures rise, so do tempers. This might be a fitting time to remember why this project is worth the inconveniences...

El Nino has been named as the cause of nearly every climatic catastrophe in recent months: Tornadoes. Hurricanes. Mud slides. Death. Destruction. You get the picture. In fact, El Nino has been an easy scapegoat for more than weather. Perhaps even Bill Clinton has blamed a few of his headaches on this weather anomaly...

The first time Sheldon Tyler met Trisha Renschen she was a fourth-grader and he was her physical-education teacher. They didn't keep in touch, and he didn't meet her again until some three and one-half years ago while he and his family dined at a local restaurant...

Even though Bud Eley spent most of the 1997-98 Southeast Missouri State University basketball season on the injured list, he was certainly not a forgotten man in the eyes of the National Basketball Association. Eley, the Indians' 6-foot-10, 260-pound all-Ohio Valley Conference center, is in the final days of preparation for the NBA pre-draft camp that will be held Tuesday through Sunday in Chicago...

A high-powered Eminence squad awaits Oran High's baseball team today as the Eagles hit the road in search of their first Class 1A Final Four appearance since 1982. The Eagles and Red Wings will square off at 2:30 p.m. in a state quarterfinal contest. The winner moves on to next week's 1A Final Four in Columbia...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Tobie Bittle led Cape Central's opening day efforts with a fourth-place finish in the 800-meter run Friday at the Missouri State Class 3A-4A Track and Field Championships. Bittle clocked 2:18.23 in the event. Cape Central's Marissa Uzoaru placed eighth in the triple jump with 35-feet, 1-inch...

SCOTT CITY -- Doris L. Wolff, 93, of Scott City died Friday, May 28, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

PERRYVILLE -- Elsie Baudendistel, 90, of Perryville died Friday, May 29, 1998, at Perry Oaks Health Care Center in Perryville. Funeral arrangements are pending at Miller Family Funeral Home.

CHAFFEE -- Charles J. Lindy Jr., 73, of St. Louis, formerly of Chaffee, died Tuesday, May 26, 1998, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Nov. 4, 1924, in Hayti, son of Charles Jacob and Ruby Lindy. He and Jeweldine Bess were married June 6, 1948, at Chaffee...

SIKESTON -- James Ray Lee, 88, of Sikeston died Thursday, May 28, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Jan. 5, 1910, in Bardwell, Ky. He and Mildred B. Cora were married April 5, 1931. She died Nov. 10, 1993. Lee had worked at Reiss Dairy more than 30 years, retiring as superintendent. He was a member of First Church of the Nazarene...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Graveside service for Eleck C. Richards of East Prairie will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Aubrey Wilson will officiate. Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie is in charge of arrangements. Richards, 85, died Friday, May 29, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

GOREVILLE, Ill. -- Funeral for Ted Farris of Goreville will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Whitnel Funeral Home. The Rev. Ron Ferguson will officiate, with burial in Busby Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms from 5-8 p.m. today, and also at Whitnel Funeral Home Sunday from 5-9 p.m. A Masonic service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday...

ALTO PASS, Ill. -- Funeral for Zelda T. Widdows of Alto Pass will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Alto Pass. The Rev. Gilbert Gee will officiate, with burial in Alto Pass Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. today...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Harold H. "Jug" Hart, 84, of Dongola died Thursday, May 28, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Aug. 11, 1913, in Evansville, Ind., son of M.G. and Mary Bessie Freeze Hart. He and Bernice "Beanie" Litzey were married Oct. 7, 1946. She died Oct. 16, 1995...

Son to Specialist Mark Edward and Jennifer Annette Goode of Clarksville, Tenn., Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., 5:28 p.m. Monday, May 4, 1998. Name, Danny Edward II. Weight, 6 pounds 8 ounces. First child. Mrs. Goode is the former Jennifer Rice, daughter of John and Patricia Rice of Jackson. She is a student. Goode is the son of Dennis and Sherri Deaton of Shelbyville, Ind., and the late Danny Goode. He is serving with the U.S. Army in Fort Campbell, Ky...

Two people were injured in accidents in the area Friday. A Scott City woman suffered minor injuries Friday afternoon in an accident near Cape Girardeau. Lisa Nager, 26, was transported to St. Francis Medical Center after the accident, which occurred on Route W about a half-mile north of Cape Girardeau...

COMMERCE -- Joe Dodson, 79, of Commerce died Friday, May 29, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.