Stories from Wednesday, November 3, 1993

To the Editor: The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, believing that the Bible is God's Word and that the Bible speaks clearly and directly on the matter of proper human sexual behavior, does not -- in any way -- support homosexual behavior or the idea that masturbation is healthy...

Victims never choose to be victims. Criminals choose to commit a crime. And while criminals have very specific rights afforded them, victims often find themselves brutalized by the very system that's supposed to protect them. Victims have no right of appeal. Enter the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights...

Proponents of a proposed east-west coast to coast interstate highway will be holding their second national meeting on Nov. 17, this time to try to revitalize I-66 Project, Inc. and intensify the push for additional congressional funding to study the highway concept...

Boyd Gaming Corp. plans to make a proposal to the Cape Girardeau City Council at the earliest opportunity in the wake of Tuesday's approval of riverboat gambling in the city. Gambling proponents rode the crest of a massive voter turnout to win the election 6,471-6,046, a margin of 425 votes...

BENTON - Riverboat gambling, promoted as just the economic development catalyst the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority needed, was rejected by voters in Scott County Tuesday. "I don't think they really understood what a good company Casino Magic is and what this economic development would do for our county," said Shirley Young, former mayor of Scott City and treasurer of Scott County Citizens for Economic Development. "I am really disappointed for all those people needing jobs."...

Faced with the burden of complying with state and federal solid-waste mandates, city officials are studying how much -- not whether -- trash fees in Cape Girardeau will increase next year. Doug Leslie, assistant city manager and public works director, said new landfill regulations will mean higher waste-hauling and disposal costs. Also, closure of the city's filled landfill will cost $600,000 next year and $50,000 annually for monitoring the site...

October, the first month of the final quarter of 1993, was the start of something new for the trucking industry: New taxes on fuel. A new low-sulfur diesel fuel. And new prices on the new diesel fuel. Those turn of events all go together to cut into U.S. trucking industry profits...

JACKSON -- The intersection of Russell and West Adams may be reopened to pedestrian traffic before Sunday, acting City Engineer Rich Bowen told the Board of Aldermen Tuesday. The intersection has been closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic because of the repaving of West Adams...

JACKSON - After years of discussion and planning, a countywide 911 emergency telephone service went on line Tuesday morning in Cape Girardeau County. City and county officials and others who have worked to get the system gathered in the county commission's chambers for a ceremony to officially put the system on line...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Four new Cairo High School Board of Education members were elected here Tuesday. Headlining the new board were Gary Walston and Kenneth Jones, who led the eight-person field with more than 800 votes each. Walston and Jones were one-two on the list, with 878 and 841 votes respectively. Others elected included Joseph Holder, with 793 votes, and Charles E. Althoff, with 656 votes...

FIRE REPORT WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3 At 12:51 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters responded to 2103 William for a report of a vehicle fire. At 1:18 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters responded to 11 S. Kingshighway for medical assistance. At 2 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters responded to Route K and Interstate 55 for medical assistance...

CARUTHERSVILLE -- Riverboat gambling was defeated in Pemiscot County Tuesday. Pemiscot County voters said no to the proposal to turn their entire Mississippi River boundary into potential docking sites by a vote of 1,742 to 904. Voters in the county seat of Caruthersville had already approved allowing boats to dock...

Charles H. Hager, 77, of 300 Mill St., died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1993, at the St. Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Homes of Cape Girardeau is in charge of funeral arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Edward Earl Shumaker Jr., 45, of Chenoa, Ill., died Monday, Nov. 1, 1993, at the St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, Ill. He was born Nov. 9, 1947, at Cairo, Ill., son of Edward Earl and Emma Francine East Shumaker. He married Sarah Jane Severs, Aug. 2, 1968, at Pulaski, Ill...

GORDONVILLE -- Colista Thoma, 82, of Gordonville, died Monday, Nov. 1, 1993, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born Feb. 17, 1911, at Whitewater, daughter of Charles and Rosie Baker Hartmann. She and Carl Thoma were married Jan. 27, 1945. He died Dec. 22, 1988...

DEXTER -- James C. Burke, 68, of Dexter, died Monday, Nov. 1, 1993, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born April 25, 1925, at Dexter, son of Clyde and Bertha Triplett Burke. He and Marguerite Layton were married July 23, 1946, at Dexter. Burke was maintenance supervisor at Bloomfield Housing Authority. He was a veteran of World War II, received the Purple Heart, and was a member of Disabled American Veterans...

ANNA, Ill. -- Allane McLaren, 79, of Anna, died Monday, Nov. 1, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 18, 1914, in Benton, daughter of Aud Elmer and Ethel May Leonard Nance. She married Paul McLaren in 1932, who preceded her in death in 1971...

SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Louella Proffer Seabaugh, 69, of Sedgewickville, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1993, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born March 29, 1924, at Millersville, daughter of Luther M. and Belvy N. Niblack Proffer. She and Norman R. Seabaugh were married Oct. 2, 1965...

Margaret Viola Pecora, 1564 Lexington, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb. 22, 1915, in Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of Frank and Anna Mae Sellentine Regal. Pecora was a PBX supervisor with the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue in Cleveland, retiring in 1981. She had also been a sorority housemother at the University of Missouri-Columbia...

MARBLE HILL -- Dennis L. Bollinger, 46, of Marble Hill, died Monday, Nov. 1, 1993, at Memphis VA Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. He was born Juy 20, 1947, in Marble Hill, son of Oscar and Frieda Lincoln Bollinger. Bollinger served with the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam...

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- John Henry Green, 70, of Mound City, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1993, at the VA Medical Center in Marion. He was born July 26, 1923, in Blandville, Ky. Green was retired from Crain Enterprises in Mound City. He was a veteran of World War II...

An apt motto for the Pulley household might be: "The family that rides together, abides together." Not content to vegetate in front of the television, Gene and Judy Pulley have instead tried to foster a shared family interest in cycling. It's appropriate that in their home's living room where one might expect to look under the couch cushions to find a lost remote among potato chip crumbs, there are bicycles instead...

House plant season has arrived. When the leaves have turned color and the air gets nippy, everyone turns their attention indoors. Many outdoor plants will flourish indoors during the fall and winter months if proper care is provided them for growing conditions...