Stories from Sunday, September 12, 1993

Roy L. Hutchason, 64, of Cape Girardeau, Rt. 1, died on Saturday, Sept. 11, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are pending at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

No one hated government bureaucracy more than Ronald Reagan. He made a lifelong career as after-dinner speaker, governor and president railing at the stupidities and blunders of federal agencies. "Government isn't the solution, it's the problem," he often chanted...

Since President Clinton announced his tax program this last winter, I have devoted several columns to arguments that his higher taxes not only are bad economic policy, but are morally wrong as well. Once more into the breach, we'll revisit this subject in today's edition. It appears there is indeed a biblical, even Old Testament basis for supply-side economics...

JACKSON - A total of 370 Jackson area children from pre-school through fifth grade flooded the Jackson Public Library this summer to participate in the library's summer reading program, "Read Up a Storm. Librarian Judy Holmes said the 370 youngsters read 7,968 books between June 1 and Aug. ...

The SEMO District Fair is poised to open its 138th edition. Today marks the official start with free admission and parking. Cooler temperatures and a top-notch entertainment lineup could combine for one of the most well-attended district fairs in years...

Tom Bellis, 86, of Arlington, Va., died Sunday, Sept. 5, 1993, at the Hospice of Northern Virginia. He was a native of Jay County, Ind. He graduated from Southeast Missouri State University, received a master's degree in physical chemistry from the University of Cincinnati, and a law degree from George Washington University...

Son to Dr. and Mrs. Randy Stahly, 610 Highland, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:39 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1993. Name, Samuel Lory. Weight, 7 pounds 7 ounces. First child. Mrs. Stahly is the former Patricia Lampitt, daughter of Ed and Gwen Lampitt of Cape Girardeau. Dr. Stahly is a physician with Neurological Consultants of Cape Girardeau, and is the son of Lory and Lillian Stahly of Hot Springs Village Ark., formerly of Cape Girardeau...

Southeast Missouri farmers, who have already battled floods and drought this year, are now battling a new enemy with the discovery of aflatoxin in some newly harvested corn. Many farmers are taking their corn crops to grain elevators, only to find that aflatoxin levels are too high and it is rejected. Further complicating the problem is that testing procedures use random samples and loads of corn rejected at one elevator as too high, may be accepted somewhere else...

RANDLES -- State-of-the art, computer-controlled railroad grade crossing signals and equipment are being installed this month at three railroad crossings in southwest Cape Girardeau County. One of the crossings is where a Cape Girardeau man was killed nearly four years ago when his vehicle was struck by freight train in Randles...

Clipboard in hand, Jonell McNeely inspected a funnel cake stand, making sure the refrigerator keeps cake mix at the right temperature and that everything is clean. McNeely is one of four inspectors with the Cape Girardeau Health Department making sure food at the SEMO District Fair is safe to eat. The fair officially opens today at Arena Park, and runs through Saturday...

JACKSON - After receiving notification that they would no longer be the agent for the Missouri Department of Revenue license fee office in Jackson, the Chamber of Commerce board has held several meetings to discuss how to make up the loss of revenue...

A new Cape Girardeau Senior Center, which board member Floyd K. Wright described as "our dream home," was formally dedicated Saturday at 921 North Clark. Wright, a past president of the board, recalled how the center was first organized on April 15, 1974 and had moved from four rented locations. First, the center was at Sunny Hill's "Top of the Hill" restaurant, then it moved to North Middle, then to the Cape County Park, and later to the Civic Center building on Broadway...

A Cape Girardeau businessman and former city councilman, Gail "Woody" Woodfin, of 2042 Woodland Hills, was injured early Saturday afternoon when the tank on an air compressor he was using burst. The accident occurred at about 1:40 p.m. at his home. Lt. Bob Thompson of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department said Woodfin was using the portable air compressor to clean the water lines to his swimming pool before winterizing the water pipes to the pool...

With 40 years experience as a pilot - including four years in the Navy landing on aircraft carriers - Cape Girardeau Circuit Judge A.J. Seier has handled his share of in flight problems. But Friday evening, Seier had his first experience landing without a nose wheel when efforts to get the wheel down failed and he had to land on two wheels. The incident led to closure of the airport and emergency services vehicles were dispatched to standby...

"The Battered Woman Syndrome" is the topic of the September Woman to Woman luncheon. The meeting will be held Thursday in Conference Rooms A&B of the St. Francis Health and Education Center. Rebecca Payne, executive director of the Safe House for Women, will be the featured speaker. Payne will review the options and resources available for abused women. She will discuss the steps a woman must take to restore a safe environment...

Have you ever wanted to travel abroad? A series of noon presentations on Tuesdays will allow listeners to "Travel Abroad at Home." Twelve bimonthly programs are planned at Southeast Missouri State University, beginning Sept. 21. The programs will be held in the Johnson Faculty Centre at 520 N. Pacific from noon to 12:50 p.m. Pizza and soft drinks will be served. The lectures are free and open to the public...

If you think grabbing a burger and soft drink at McDonald's is a "ho hum" activity, then you probably haven't chatted recently with one of 26 Southeast Missouri State University students participating in the Department of Criminal Justice's "Operation Involvement."...

Martin Marty, an authority on religion in America, will discuss the "Religious History of Southeast Missouri" as part of the Cape Girardeau Bicentennial Lecture Series and the Messer Lectures of the Baptist Student Center on Sept. 23 on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University...

While the summer of 1993 will long be remembered for the "Flood of the Century," Cape Girardeau residents will also remember it as the summer of severe storms and a return of heat and humidity. According to Al Robertson, climatologist and professor of geo-sciences at Southeast Missouri State University, the summer of 1993 was the sixth warmest in 47 years of official weather data tabulation...

Today is Grandparents Day. Did anyone notice? I doubt it, although I think grandparents have a role to play, holding the family together, sticking fast to time-tested morals. Perhaps I should say "should have a role to play" since times, they are a'changin'...

Becky Huck says she was attracted to her husband, Linus "Bud" Huck, primarily because he owned a horse and she wanted to learn to ride. They were high school sweethearts on horseback and tied the knot. Two children later, the Hucks are a horse-riding family...

PITTSBURGH -- Agnes Bendel of Cape Girardeau will be honored Tuesday as a 1992-93 Unit Member of the Year by the American Legion Auxiliary Department of Missouri at the 73rd annual Auxiliary National Convention here. Bendel, a member of Louis K. Juden Unit 63, is one of 34 auxiliary members from across the nation who will be recognized for outstanding volunteer service...