Stories from Monday, July 13, 1992

In an attempt to bring a change of leadership to the Democratic Party in Cape Girardeau County, Thomas M. Meyer is challenging the chairman for his seat on the party central committee. If Meyer is successful in his effort to defeat Todd McBride as Ward 8 Democratic committeeman, McBride would not be eligible to continue as chairman of the county committee or the 8th Congressional District Democratic Committee...

Merlin Mouser doesn't view himself as a victim of relocation from the Mississippi River bridge project. In fact, he says getting paid to move from his rented house was like winning the lottery. "Who else would walk up to you and hand you $13,000?" Mouser said. "It's like winning the lottery and not even paying for the ticket."...

When a person is seriously injured and trapped in the wreckage of an overturned vehicle, the time it takes to extricate the victim can mean the difference between life and death. It's called the "Golden Hour," and it starts from the time the person is injured until the victim undergoes medical care...

The Cape Girardeau Board of Education is looking toward a spring 1993 vote on building new educational facilities. "I think it's exciting," said Superintendent Neyland Clark. "We are meeting some of our educational needs and challenges and moving toward modernization. That entails new facilities as a complement to the educational process."...

Southeast Missouri State University has narrowed its search for a new assistant to the president for diversity issues to eight finalists. The position could be filled by Aug. 1, Art Wallhausen, assistant to the president, said Thursday. He said university officials hope to have the new administrator on board by Sept. 1...

The Southeast Missourian asked people what they thought about Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent's order which moves the St. Louis Cardinals to the National League Western Division as a result of league expansion. Jerry Bittle: "I think it will give the Cardinals a better chance to win the division one of these days. They will play more games in the west than they will in the east. Right now, the teams in the west are weaker than the powerhouses in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and New York."...

Libertarian Party Nominee for president, Andre Marrou, who has been touring Missouri the past week, will hold a town meeting at 7 p.m. today at the Holiday Inn, Cape Girardeau. Marrou, 53, is a former member of the Alaska State Legislature and was the Libertarian vice presidential nominee in 1988. He is a commercial real estate broker and a 1962 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Robert Paul Stubblefield, 94, of 327 N. Frederick died Saturday, July 11, 1992, at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 3, 1898, at Sikeston, the son of W. Tom and Bird Anna Lennox Stubblefield. On Dec. 23, 1941, he married Malita Alvarene Provart in Goldsboro, N.C. She survives of the home...

MARBLE HILL -- Audron E. Null, 83, of Marble Hill died Saturday, July 11, 1992, at the Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born May 15, 1909, at Hahn, the son of Carria and Bertha Shell Null. On June 25, 1931, he married Wilma Nanney, who preceded him in death Sept. 8, 1975. On Feb. 12, 1977, he married Mary Adams, who survives of Marble Hill...

DELTA -- Bobby E. Barlow, 57, of Delta, died Saturday, July 11, 1992 at the family home. He was born in Bell City on June 7, 1935, the son of James and Betty Mathney Barlow. He married Peggy McClain on Oct. 18, 1954. She survives of the home. He was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years, retiring in 1973. He owned and operated Barlow's Self Service & Food Stop in Delta for the past five years...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Irma M. Edwards, 93, of Cairo, died Sunday, July 12, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born in Cairo on May 9, 1899, the daughter of Otto and Adele Baur Tauber. She married Neil Edwards, who preceded her in death in 1970...

ZALMA -- Flora Jane Gilliland, 92, of Zalma, died Saturday, July 11, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 8, 1899 in McGee, the daughter of Henry and Minnie Fox Stilts. She married Jasper Gilliland on June 25, 1925 at Zalma. He preceded her in death on Nov. 18, 1978...

For more than 40 years an abandoned rock quarry on the eastern edge of Trail of Tears State Park has been a popular gathering spot for young people. The water-filled quarry offered an isolated spot for swimming and drinking parties, endeavors that don't mix. These gatherings sometimes resulted in serious injuries to people when they fell from the steep face of the quarry or dove from its face, striking jagged rocks above or below the surface of the water...

David Bragg lives in Cape Girardeau. He is minister of the Church of Christ. He moved here with his family six years ago. Much information has been dispersed in recent years regarding the breakdown of the family. The list of contributing factors would include exposure to violent and sexually saturated media, materialistic lifestyles, hectic career-oriented schedules that leave little or no time to nurture the family circle, priorities that have been misplaced and a lack of respect for authority...

When we think of traditions we think of things that are handed down from generation to generation. And when we think of values we think about the things that are important to us or to our beliefs and ideals. Which leads us to the question, Can you teach traditional values to a nontraditional society?...

Rita Kuntz is president of the local chapter of the American Family Association. She lives in Cape Girardeau. I am the mother of three children. One of the most important things that my husband and I can do is to teach our children to have good values. We want them to know that there definitely is a difference between right and wrong and that there are benefits to doing what is right and consequences to doing what is wrong...

Dr. Bill Terry is a retired urologist. He and his wife live in Cape Girardeau. Today all Americans are aware of the volumes of newsprint, statistics and dialogue documenting disintegration of the American family. I applaud this current national debate. It is long overdue...