Stories from Sunday, June 6, 1993

To the Editor: Even though it seems that all that can be said has been said, just one more time, for Christians, a "yes" vote for riverboat gambling is not an option. It shouldn't take a biblical scholar or an assertive clergyman to convince us that gambling is anti-thetical to the tenets of Scripture, even though there are no direct references or statements regarding it...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Irene Mae Cave, 83, of East Prairie died Friday, June 4, 1993 in the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born July 28, 1904 in East Prairie, daughter of James and Jinny Younger Stockman. She had lived her entire life in Mississippi County...

To the Editor: The separation of church/state issues always seem to surface in any discussion of issues that concern the morality of an act. The very idea that church/state issues exist imply that there is a role of both the church and the state. If the only purpose of the church is to provide a physical structure in which to conduct wedding ceremonies and funeral services, then clearly the role of the church no longer has any influence on our culture, and any church/state debate is moot. ...

The Missouri Humanities Council (MHC) has awarded a $4,097 grant to Southeast Missouri State University to support the 1994 Southern Literary Festival, to be held on campus next spring. Theme of the conference, scheduled for April 21-23, will be "Borderline North-South/Old South-New South." Events will be held in the University Center, Grauel Language Arts Building and Kent Library...

A recruitment campaign to attract single parents into a career counseling program at the Cape Girardeau Vocational-Technical School has added 20 women to the Single Parent Program. "It's been a busy year," said Dorothy Hardy, director of the program...

Members of American Legion Post 63 of Cape Girardeau will conduct the annual American Flag retirement ceremony on Flag Day June 14. The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m., at the Missouri Veterans Home across from North Cape Girardeau County Park on North Kingshighway. Everyone is welcome to attend and participate in the ceremony...

"We have a strong strategic interest in preventing the problems in Bosnia from spreading ... Our interest is in containing and confining." Secretary of State Warren Christopher Successful foreign policy requires both the art of reaction and the wisdom of anticipation. ...

The Southeast Missourian, as evidenced continually in this space, is committed to Cape Girardeau's growth and the region's betterment. And if we had a list of choices for industries that might locate here and enhance the local economy, riverboat gambling would not top that list. ...

To the Editor: How can Cape citizens sell this city's soul to the devil by allowing the casino riverboat to come here just because of a promise of jobs and more money? Gambling will generate big bucks, but at what cost to our community in terms of promoting the wrong things? The Boyd Group promises that they'll give money to the city and to our schools, while their very presence will tell our children that they don't have to work hard to get ahead in life; you may gamble your way to prosperity...

To the Editor: I wish to urge support for a positive vote on the riverboat gaming issue, Tuesday, June 8. Let's not pass up the opportunity for increased tax revenue, particularly the $360,000 that will go for our public schools. Let's do something positive for our schools and something positive for the future of Cape Girardeau...

To the Editor: The controversy over riverboat gaming has caused me to speak up and voice my opinion. There are several reasons why I'm voting "yes" on this issue. Mainly, I like the entertainment value provided by riverboat gaming. It's intended to be harmless much like the church bingo fests where you pay money to play a card on the "chance" you might win. You know, there are people addicted to wholesome bingo, too. Why is bingo more acceptable?...

To the Editor: The issue facing the voters of Cape Girardeau next week has been dubbed an economic issue. Indeed riverboat gambling is an economic issue which raises several questions. Has anyone ever known an individual who established and maintained his livelihood solely as a gambler? I've not and I have never heard of anyone who has. If one person cannot survive economically by gambling, would someone explain to me how an entire community of individuals can expect to survive economically?...

To the Editor: As a city, it's obvious that Cape Girardeau has strong moral fiber. How can you miss the picture of overwhelming strength and guidance provided by the combined operations of churches and businesses within her limits? The overall moral attitude of this community is a result of concrete ethics on the part of the business and professional community, continued growth of the old as well as newly established churches and the most basic but strongest efforts of discipline in the family home atmosphere.. ...

To the Editor: I think it's high time for our "Sleepy Little Town" to wake up to the opportunities of riverboat gambling. Jobs, tax revenues investment and tourism: what more could we want? There is only one way to make it happen, and that is to vote "yes" on Tuesday...

To the Editor: Congratulations! The SEMO Business group on Health offers our sincerest congratulations to the Board of Directors of both hospitals, Southeast Missouri Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center, for the efforts put forth to collaborate together. ...

To the Editor: Racism, prejudice, and segregation have not ended in Cape Girardeau, Mr. Michael Sterling, president of the Cape Girardeau NAACP, said in his "Be Our Guest" column in the May 24 issue of the Southeast Missourian. I dealt with prejudice and racism for the nine years, 1982-1991, that I worked in the city of St. ...

To the Editor: Bei~ng from an adjoining county it might be ~said we have nothing to say about gambling in our neigh~bor county. How~ever as a Christian I be~lieve gambling in such close proximity to us will have a great effect on all of us. I have seen nothing in the paper or television news stating what t~he odds ~~will be of ~winning any great amount~ on these boats. ...

To the Editor: As a minister of the Gospel for over 60 years, coming to Cape Girardeau in August of 1938 and pastoring here for 15 years and living here for 38 years of the past 54 years, I am greatly concerned of the moral and spiritual welfare of the city...

SIKESTON -- Earl H. Friend, 69, of Sikeston died Saturday, June 5, 1993 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Nov. 22, 1923 in Caruthersville, the son of Harry and Grace Liles Friend. He was a member of the Baptist church. He is survived by one brother, H.D. Friend of Cape Girardeau; one sister, Martha Driskill of Sikeston...

ADVANCE -- Mary Lemons, 46, of Doe Run, Mo., died Friday, June 4, 1993, at Mineral Area Regional Hospital in Farmington. She was born Aug. 6, 1946, at St. Louis. She was married to Buford Lemons, formally of Zalma, at Doe Run. He survives. Service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance, with the Rev. Edward Deckard officiating. Burial will be in Berrong Cemetery at Gipsy, Mo...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Thelma Jean Harvell of Charleston will be held at 2 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Gerald Collier will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Harvell, 70, died Friday, June 4, 1993, at Charleston Manor...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Leo E. "Gene" Bridges of Anna will be held at 2 p.m. today at Anna United Methodist Church. The Rev. Richard Sullins will officiate, with burial in Anna Cemetery. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Olga L. Sheets, 91, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, June 3, 1993, at the Lutheran Home. She was born April 28, 1902, at Holcomb, daughter of Henry and Nettie Freeman Lusk. She and Orval Sheets were married June 4, 1921, in St. Louis. He died Dec. 2, 1986...

BLOOMFIELD -- Todd Lance Armes, 17, died at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter Saturday, June 5, 1993. He was born March 19, 1976, at Fredericktown, son of the Terry and Jeanie Armes. Armes was a member of the Bloomfield FFA, played basketball and baseball and helped with the Bloomfield Little League. He was employed at Hardee's Restaurant in Dexter...

Julia Olishifski, 96, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, June 3, 1993, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 25, 1897, in Poland, daughter of Stanislaw and Maria Sikora Krukowski. She married Bronislaw "Ben" Olishifski in Chicago, Ill. He preceded her in death in June of 1961...

Thurman R. Scott of 1726 Huntington Drive, died Saturday, June 5, 1993, at his home. The body is at Ford and Sons Funeral Home, where arrangements are pending.

Anton "Tony" Heuring, 83, of 1511 Bloomfield Road, died Saturday, June 5, 1993, at his home. He was born July 7, 1909, in Kelso, to Frank and Veronica Hoefler Heuring. On Nov. 21, 1932, he married Clara S. LeGrand in New Hamburg. She preceded him in death on June 17, 1988...

Richard A. "Buck" Koch, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 5, 1993 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Sept. 16, 1912 in Cape Girardeau, the son of John and Louise Grebe Koch. He was employed at the Florsheim Shoe Company until his retirement...

Harry Warner Rapp Jr., 74, of 5 N. Fountain, died Friday, June 4, 1993 at his home. He was born March 8, 1919 in DuQuoin, Ill., the son of Harry Warner and May Morgan Rapp. He was a retired master sergeant in the Air Force. He first married Grace M. McConnell Aug. 27, 1947 in Urbana Ill. She preceded him in death Sept. 8, 1964...

CHARLESTON -- Elsie Whitney, 72, of Charleston died Thursday, June 3, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 13, 1920, in Osceola, Ark., daughter of Leon and Mary Hunt Bradley. She was a member of Opportunity Church of God in Christ, where she served on the Mothers Board...

Russell B. Allbritton, 62, of 1547 Whitener died Saturday, June 5, 1993 at his home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

PERRYVILLE -- Donald V. Vogel, 79, Perryville, died Friday, June 4, at the DePaul Hospital in St. Louis. He was born July 11, 1913, in Cape Girardeau County, son of Ernst and Susanna Boehme Vogel. He was married to Mildred Lottes Oct. 18, 1940. She preceded him in death April 20, 1972...

PERRYVILLE -- Gilbert R. Evans, 96, of Perryville, died Friday, June 4, 1993, at John J. Pershing Veterans Hospital in Poplar Bluff. He was born May 1, 1897, in Ste. Genevieve County, son of Richard and Rhoda Adams Evans. He married Reva Rader Feb. 19, 1925. She preceded him in death Feb. 6, 1965...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Tillie Wood of Anna will be held at 1 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Verlee Eaker and Al Slayter will officiate, with burial in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until service time. Wood, 92, died Friday, June 4, 1993, at her home...

CHAFFEE -- Lloyd V. Smith, 74, of Florissant, formerly of Chaffee, died Friday, June 4, 1993, in Florissant. Buchholtz Funeral Home in St. Louis is in charge of arrangements.

CAIRO, Ill. -- Maybelle Mohundro Dillman, formerly of Cairo, died Friday, June 4, 1993, at University Manor Nursing Home in Edwardsville, Ill. She was born July 22, 1918, at Mound City, daughter of Charles and Minnie Talley Mohundro. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest D. Dillman, in 1986...

Funeral service for Chester Arthur Daugherty of Wellsville, formerly of Scott City, was held Thursday at Myers Funeral Home in Wellsville. The Rev. Kevin Kohnke officiated, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery at Middletown. Daugherty, 91, died Tuesday, June 1, 1993, at Audrain Medical Center...

COMMERCE -- Funeral service for Lyman Boyd Simmons of Commerce will be held at 2 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Hurstle Laxton will officiate, with burial in Oakdale Cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to service time...

If Cape Girardeau voters are like other Missourians, odds are they'll approve riverboat gambling Tuesday. Not only did more than 60 percent of Missourians support riverboat gambling on the Nov. 3 ballot as Proposition A the issue has passed in a majority of those cities and counties that have voted on gambling locally...

Instead of lawn mowers, the whining sound of chain saws were heard throughout much of area this weekend as clean-up operations were under way in a large area that was ravaged by severe thunderstorms Friday morning. In parts of the Missouri Bootheel and Western Kentucky and Tennessee, residents had to endure a second round of severe weather as more storms redeveloped Friday night...

When a split Cape Girardeau City Council agreed in January to place the issue of riverboat gambling on Tuesday's ballot, few observers doubted the matter would be controversial. The controversy began at that meeting as council members debated whether to consider Charles Hutson's request to place the measure on the ballot or instead require proponents of riverboat gambling to proceed with a petition initiative...

Although state legislators approved a bill last month designed to address a judge's ruling that the school foundation formula is unconstitutional, a number of school administrators who brought the suit say they doubt the bill complies with the judge's ruling...

Helen Robinett says a miracle happened Saturday morning: thanks to cataract surgery her eyesight was restored. Robinett, of Jackson, was one of six patients to undergo cataract surgery at Doctors' Park Surgery in Cape Girardeau. The procedures were provided free to area residents who could not afford the treatment. It was provided through a cooperative effort of Doctors' Park Surgery, Dr. Charles Cozean Jr. and Wal-Mart...

In Oregon, legislators and reformers decided to get back to the basics of workers' compensation: a compromise between employer and employee. After seven years and two rounds of legislative reforms, Gary Weeks says progress is being made, and Oregon often is cited as a leader in workers' compensation reform...

JACKSON -- Eight District U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson's Mobile Office will stop in Jackson Thursday. The office will be at the Jackson Courthouse from 2-3 p.m. "I encourage all area residents to take advantage of the Mobile Office your direct link to Washington and let me know what's on your minds," Emerson said...

A benefit card party for the Senior Center Building Fund will be held June 14. An incorrect date was reported in Friday's Missourian. The event will be held at VFW Post 3838 on North Kingshighway from 2-4 p.m. Refreshments will be provided, along with attendance prizes...

DELTA -- Delta High School has announced the winners of several scholarships and awards received by graduating seniors. The awards and scholarships are based on academic standing, leadership, citizenship, character and scholastic achievement. Gina Eftink received the Cargill Scholarship from the Cargill Foundation...

Louis Houck's contributions to the growth of Cape Girardeau and Southeast Missouri will be the topic of the ninth Cape Girardeau Bicentennial Lecture, to be delivered at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Crisp Hall on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University...

This year's session of the Missouri General Assembly was one of "turbulent times," says Rep. Mary Kasten. "More than 14,000 bills were filed during the session, and we passed 197 of them," said Kasten, a Republican legislator who is serving her sixth term in the Missouri House...

Cape Girardeau Central High School graduates recited the Lord's Prayer at commencement Friday. At the beginning of the program, when Principal Dan Milligan asked everyone to be seated, students remained standing and recited the prayer. It started softly but gained momentum. At the end, many students and guests applauded and cheered...

I don't know when I first became enamored with shelves. Perhaps it was the two fireplace mantels in the old farm home. On the kitchen mantel-shelf was the kerosene lamp, a box of matches, assorted medicines things out of the reach of children. On the living room fireplace mantel was the wonderful, old ornate clock that struck the hours, marking the passing of time that meant nothing at all to me then. Also, there were two little hand painted vases, pansies and roses being the designs...

Pen in hand, Mark Farmer inks in an old mercantile building brick by brick. In many ways, the Cape Girardeau artist is a master builder constructing visual images of the city's architectural heritage. Over the years, he has done hundreds of drawings mostly of Cape Girardeau's venerable buildings, primarily homes such as the Victorian-era Glenn House and the Harrison house with its wrap-around white porch...

If you live in an apartment, condominium or townhouse, where land is scarce or not available, take heart for you, too, can grow and enjoy fresh flowers and vegetables. With no available soil to garden, one can create his own as long as a balcony, steps, or terrace is there. Container gardening is the answer...