Stories from Friday, June 25, 1999

To the editor: Scene: Berlin, office of the chancellor of the German Reich. (Seated at a desk is a man who, apparently by accident, either shaved off the ends of a moustache that he wanted to keep or else neglected to shave off the middle of a moustache that he wanted to get rid of. ...

The Depressive and Manic Depressive Association monthly meeting will be 7-9 p.m. Monday at St. Francis Medical Center in the education department conference room B. Dr. Jack Stokes will talk on cognitive reframing. The group educate and support persons who have depression and manic depression illness...

The summer solstice is past and most boat owners have had their boats out of dry dock and on the water several times by this point in the season. Many of you are already planning your fun in the sun for the July 4 weekend. If you are a boat owner or have friends with a boat, there is a good chance that you will be heading to the water for recreation and relaxation. Keep in mind a few sobering statistics and some tips to prevent becoming one...

The Missouri Department of Health Division of Family Services Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Project will hold free eligibility screenings for pap tests and mammograms at ShopKo Pharmacy in West Park Mall 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 3. Eligibility requirements are dependent upon age, residency and income...

Thankful for police protection I HOPE police didn't say any bad words while a riot of people were throwing bottles and rocks at them. Let me take a moment to thank our police. I appreciate that you come out and risk your lives to serve and protect us. Thank you very much...

One important lesson to be learned in the wake of the Serbian conflict is this: Since the Cold War ended, with a few brief exceptions, the United States has been on an intellectual vacation concerning foreign-policy issues. That's why we were caught with our intellectual pants down as General Clinton was preparing to bomb Serbia...

A suggestion to create a police advisory board in the wake of a near-riot on Good Hope Street has received considerable positive response, but now there appear to be issues swirling around this topic that are likely to cause misunderstandings. This is not the time for a quarrel. This is the time for elected and appointed officials in positions of authority to provide leadership by stepping up to the challenge...

There is a fine line between useful information and hysteria-inducing hype when suspected serial killers are roaming at large, possibly even in our own community. News organizations, particularly, must decide how to give folks the facts they need to take appropriate precautions without fanning a blaze of fear and overreaction...

To the editor: In the midst of all the human rhetoric that has taken place in the past few days over the incident between our local law enforcement officers and a gathering of over 100 people in the area of Good Hope and Middle streets (with six police officers being injured), we might all find it beneficial to listen to what God himself had to say to us on the subject of those who govern us...

To the editor: Readers of the Missourian will remember a recent well-presented story of the life and arts of Dr. Jean Chapman. In it, Vernon Chapman, the doctor's father, was referred to as "uneducated." Compared with today, Vernon Chapman may have lacked some formal education, but all of us who knew him recall him as a very learned man, a great model to follow when we continue to flounder about searching for the best schooling...

Southeast Missouri State University's practice band field may one day be home to a parking garage. The university's Golden Eagles Marching Band may end up practicing on artificial turf at Houck Stadium, said Dr. Ken Dobbins, Southeast's executive vice president. Dobbins will become the school's 17th president on July 1...

The Southeast Missouri Private Industry Council will receive a $475,000 grant to help workers laid off by the closing of two businesses in Southeast Missouri. U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Alexis M. Herman announced the grant Thursday. As many as 140 of the 245 laid-off workers are expected to need help finding jobs or getting training for new careers...

How do I know this? Simple. I forget to put my watch on, and then I spend most of the day looking at my arm. Ah, life. I can't tell you how many times I've looked at my left arm today. Is it broken? Scarred? Maimed? Sunburned? None of the above. It is watchless...

The success of Vision 2000 has prompted interest in a similar program, Vision 2020, and citizens will have a chance this weekend to voice their opinions on where they would like Cape Girardeau to be in 20 years. A meeting on Vision 2020 will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Osage Community Center...

SIKESTON -- Weather permitting, Route UU at the Cape Girardeau County-Bollinger County line will be closed today from 6 a.m.-6 p.m. The Missouri Department of Transportation will be installing drainage pipes beneath the road. The section of Route UU to be closed is between Route 34 and Route B. The work zone will be marked with signs...

BURFORDVILLE -- After an 81 mile bicycle ride from Lake Wappapello to the Bollinger Mill, Jim Zink decided he was too close to home to spend another night in a tent. Zink, who lives in Cape Girardeau, left some 300 other cyclists participating in the Cycle Across Missouri Parks '99 ride to spend the night in his own bed...

James Parker doesn't want a traffic circle or roundabout in his neighborhood. He believes the city of Cape Girardeau should install traffic signals at the busy intersection of Sprigg, Normal and Washington streets. Parker, who used to direct the Southeast Missouri State University Museum, lives in a house that backs onto the southeast corner of the intersection...

For Bud Eley, the waiting game is only a few days from being over. Eley, Southeast Missouri State University's career leader in rebounding and blocked shots, has heard various reports about whether he will be selected in the 1999 NBA draft. Eley, a four-year starter at Southeast, will find out for sure Wednesday as the two-round draft is held at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C...

Cliff Politte, a former pitcher with the Cape Girardeau McDowell Capahas summer baseball team, has been recalled by the Philadelphia Phillies. Politte, a St. Louis native who began his professional career with the Cardinals' organization and spent several weeks in the major leagues a couple of seasons ago, had been pitching this year for Reading (Pa.) of the Class AA Eastern League...

JACKSON -- Hailey Victoria McClanahan died at birth Tuesday, June 22, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include her parents, James Marberry II and Dawn McClanahan of Jackson; a sister, Emily McClanahan of Jackson; two brothers, James Marberry III and Jacob Marberry of Cape Girardeau...

JACKSON -- Brenda G. Jacobs, 47, of Jackson died Wednesday, June 23, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 16, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Lester "Bus" and Beatrice "Bea" Tripp Jacobs. Jacobs had lived with her parents all her life, and was a self-taught artist...

WYATT -- Myrtle Garner, 93, of Wyatt died Wednesday, June 23, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 17, 1906, in Stoddard County, daughter of John Barton and Nancy Pearl Johnson Zuck. She and Clarence James Garner were married in November 1925. He died Dec. 23, 1980...

KARNAK, Ill. -- Funeral for Lesley R. Collins of Calvert City, Ky., will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak. The Revs. Joey Dunning and Shawn Wasson will officiate. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery at Belknap, with military rites by Vienna VFW Post 5222...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Charles Roy Nunn, 75, of East Prairie died Thursday, June 24, 1999, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. He was born March 3, 1924, in Anniston, son of John Bryant and Prenecie Edna Williamson Nunn. He married Daisy Marshall Allen on Sept. 14, 1946, in Hernando, Miss...

Daughter to Patrick Lynn Swift and Lori Ann Skinner of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:57 a.m. Tuesday, June 8, 1999. Name, Audrey Nichole. Weight, 6 pounds 1 ounce. Ms. Skinner is the daughter of Karen Skinner of Jackson, and the late Mike Skinner. Swift is the son of Jim and Linda Swift of Cape Girardeau...

Katherine M. Pemberton, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 24, 1999, at her home. She was born March 20, 1931, in Reyno, Ark., daughter of Thomas L. and Grace A. Ballard Meeks. She and Ralph Pemberton were married Sept. 27, 1947, at Sikeston. He died in September 1992...