Stories from Monday, October 4, 1993

Warm, sunny days with a touch of cool nights and the right amount of moisture are causing leaves to change colors on schedule in Southern Illinois, yielding a colorful landscape of deep oranges, fiery reds, and bronzes. The fall color display may be less than spectacular now, but on each October day trees continue to show some seasonal changes...

Page 1a council to consider proposal for development along route k... other agenda items include a resolution opposing state and federal mandates without funds to pay for compliance... By Jay Eastlick Staff Writer LD The Cape Girardeau City Council tonight will consider a proposal for developing a tract of land in the 2800 block of William Street, east of Silver Springs Road...

As a youngster growing up in Lilbourn, Sam Adams never dreamed of becoming a firefighter. "In the neighborhood where I grew up, if a building caught fire it burned to the ground," he said. "There just weren't any fire stations close enough to get there in time...

As she prepares to take the helm as head of the Cape Girardeau and Jackson license fee offices, Norma Wildman anticipates a smooth transition for license bureau patrons. Last month, Gov. Mel Carnahan announced that the Department of Revenue's fee offices had been awarded to the Southeast Missouri State University Foundation and that Wildman would manage the offices for the foundation...

The Southeast Missourian asked people how the autumn season was special to them. Angela Baugher of Mclure, Ill.: "It's not hot is the fall and I can dress alittle warmer. I can be outside without swetting to death. I hate getting in and out of a hot car."...

Fire Prevention Week is traditionally a time when people are reminded to check their smoke detector batteries, to practice those fire drills and escape procedures in the home and are afforded tours of the local fire departments. But there's a lot more to Fire Prevention Week. As Lt. Paul Breitenstein of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department explains, firefighting and fire prevention is deep-seeded in tradition and history...

The Cape SEMO Chapter of Parents Without Partners has scheduled an orientation for prospective members of PWP at 7 p.m. Wednesday. It will be held in the Harris Room of the Community Counseling Center at the corner of Silver Springs and Bloomfield Road...

Dear Uncle Sam: Somebody said you were trying to save money. Here are some possible "reforms" from one of your nephews: 1. Eliminate the most useless job in the United States Government: the office of Vice President. According to reliable political scientists, the VP has only three major duties, for which he is handsomely paid: preside over the U.S. ...

Each year in October, a week is set aside to stress the importance of fire prevention. Yet each year, 65,000 people, including 12,600 children ages 14 and under, are killed or injured in 2.6 million residential fires in the United States. Those numbers are alarmingly high. Home fires and the tragedies they bring can be prevented, but homeowners must put forth the effort and time to do so...

SCOTT CITY -- Ellen V. Martin, 83, of Route 1, Scott City died Sunday, Oct. 3, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

DELTA -- Virgil Elvin Pixley, 82, of Delta died Saturday, Oct. 2, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 20, 1911, at Advance, the son of George and Ida Masters Pixley. In 1931, he married Anna Redman, who preceded him in death April 13, 1962. On July 7, 1963, he married Pauline Ferrell, who survives of the home...

APPLETON -- Two Cape Girardeau County teenagers were injured early Sunday morning when the vehicle they were in ran off Interstate 55 near Appleton. Amelia McMillan, 19, of Cape Girardeau and Jared Cattoor, 18, of Jackson both were taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau with injuries they received in the accident...

SUNDAY, OCT. 3, 1993 At 5:37 p.m. Saturday, firefighters responded to a call that a person was trapped in an elevator at Towers South on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. At 5:46 p.m. Saturday, firefighters responded to a report of an alarm sounding at 25 Doctors Park...

Rose C. Foeste, 93, of 1021 N. Clark died Sunday, Oct. 3, 1993, at the Cape LaCroix Nursing Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 5, 1900, in Cape Girardeau County, the daughter of Adolph and Millie Burr Malbe. In 1917, she married Maple Foeste, who preceded her in death...

"From every upland sowing Of bronzed and yellow grain Brought forth to happy harvest By sunshine and by rain, He hails the laden wagons Through valley, and o'er hill: And all in fitting season The miller fills his mill." Richard Warner Borst --- Which came first the town or the mill?...

"I guess I have my last Beetle, but I intend to keep it until I am a little old lady." A Beetle owner. True story: Dennis L. was proud of his brand new Beetle. It was 1961, and Dennis circulation manager for a daily newspaper had to make a 90-mile run through the hills of Western Kentucky every afternoon, dropping off newspapers at towns along the route...

The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Industrial Appreciation Dinner will be held Thursday at the Show Me Center. The dinner honors area industries, with the highlight of the evening being the presentation of the Commitment to Excellence Award, recognizing the 1993 industry of the year...

Thom Miller has been appointed manager of Professional & Therapeutic Massage Services, 505 Mount Auburn Road. Miller has received training from Dr. Bayer's School of Massage Therapy in St. Louis. Miller, an AFAA certified aerobics instructor with nine years experience, will also retain his position of aerobics director at Universal Physique Fitness and Racquet Center, owner of the therapeutic massage service...

PERRYVILLE -- An automotive plastics manufacturer, which produces parts for the automotive industry in the U.S., showed its operation to a group of about 45 members of the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) recently. Toyoda Gosei (TG-USA), with facilities at Perryville, hosted the Cape Girardeau chapter of the ASQC for a banquet and tour of the plant...