Stories from Saturday, November 6, 1993

To the Editor: Europeans say we are the most over-informed nation in the world, and judging from the number of newspapers and television news shows, that might seem to be the case. But when you listen to or read the comments of respondents to Man on the Street type interviews, you have to wonder...

To the Editor: President Yeltsin fired a few rounds of artillery shells into the Russian White House (Parliament building) because Rutskoi did not want to disband his representatives. They were communists, voted in still under Breshnev and other grim despots. They sabotaged all his endeavors to change the economy from government rule to private enterprise...

The Cape Girardeau Fire Department has taken on a whole new mission -- without costing taxpayers more money or demanding increased staff. The department now answers medical assistance calls in the city in an attempt to better medical emergency response times...

The NFL Franchise Tournament goes into overtime because the St. Louis Stallions, after red-shirting Jerry Clinton, wound up with two sets of coaches on the field. Governor Carnahan is holding a series of four fund raisers that are expected to net $500,000, with proceeds to be distributed to favored Democrats. So that's the reason for the long line outside the Mansion?...

The photographs stare out at you: snapshots of Cape Girardeau's richly hued past, from the businesses to the buildings to the people. The black-and-white photographs are contained in a book called "Images of the Past in the City of Roses." The 240-page pictorial history book, published by the Southeast Missourian, includes about 600 photographs. Some of them date back to the late 1800s while others are as recent as this summer's flood...

JACKSON -- Renovation of the heavily-silted and algae-covered Jackson Rotary Lake will begin next spring if the Missouri Department of Conservation funds a project being prepared by the city. The project also would make the lake more accessible to the handicapped and improve fish habitat, said Ward 2 Alderman David Reiminger, chairman of the Rotary Lake Improvement Committee...

As a member of the Missouri Air Conservation Commission for several years, Johnny Ray Conklin says he's seen a lot of bureaucratic interference and a lack of common sense when it comes to dealing with environmental issues. Speaking Friday to the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee, Conklin also warned that unless the situation is brought under control, taxpayers and businesses will bear the brunt of the costs...

Joe R. Hicks, a former gang member and a veteran of America's urban political wars, will speak on gang violence at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Southeast Missouri State University's Academic Auditorium. Hicks is the executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles and the executive vice president of the Martin Luther King Legacy Association...

Saturday, Nov. 6 At 6:23 p.m. Thursday, firefighters responded to a request for medical assistance at 303 S. Pacific, Apt. 3. At 10:46 p.m. Thursday, firefighters responded to an alarm sounding at 120 N. Kingshighway. At 12:13 a.m. Friday, firefighters responded to a vehicle accident at Broadway and Perry to provide medical assistance...

Two Cape Girardeau firefighters were injured in a small blaze in a residential garage at 1120 Bertling. Lt. Bob Thompson said firefighters responded to the fire at 6:28 a.m. Friday and the fire was under control within five minutes. Firefighter Jeff Banken was injured when the garage door fell on him and firefighter Dean Lynn suffered a fractured nose when a board over the garage door hit him in the face. Both were treated and released at a Cape Girardeau hospital...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Edward O. Pawlisch, 75, of Villa Ridge, died Friday, Nov. 5, 1993, at his home. He was born at Villa Ridge, Feb. 15, 1918, son of Oscar and Nina Minton Pawlisch. He was a member of the Villa Ridge Union Church and VFW Post 8891 of Mounds. He was a World War II Army veteran...

JACKSON -- Owen Estes, 85, of Jackson, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Nov. 1, 1908, at Burfordville, son of Everett and Lulu McCoullough Estes. He and Ruby Mason were married Aug. 5, 1933. Estes had lived on a farm near Jackson since 1946. ...

PERRYVILLE -- Frankie L. Fuytinck, 80, of Perryville, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 1993, at Aspen Forest Nursing Center. She was born July 14, 1913, in Williston, N.D., daughter of Bengiman F. and Minnie B. Metz Canty. She and Joseph C. Fuytinck were married in November 1934 at Belgique. He preceded her in death...

SIKESTON -- Graveside service for Ruth H. Buchanan of Sikeston will be held at 1 p.m. today at Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. Cline Ables will officiate, with Ponder Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Buchanan, 93, died Friday, Nov. 5, 1993, at Sikeston Convalescent Center...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Rosemary Carlisle of Sikeston will be held at 10 a.m. today at First Baptist Church. The Rev. Jim Guffie will officiate, with burial in Malden Memorial Park Cemetery at Malden. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

DAISY -- Dorothy J. Moore, 85, of Garden Grove, Calif., died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1993, at her home. She grew up in the Daisy area. She married Tribly Moore, who died in 1986. Survivors include two daughters, Miriam Moore and Doris McGraw of Garden Grove; three brothers, Hugh, Donald and Neil Morrison; four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren...

SIKESTON -- Lela Pearl Chaney, 75, Sikeston Route 3, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 10, 1918, at Matthews, daughter of Leroy and Maggie Morrow Pfifer. She and Russell P. Chaney were married June 21, 1937, at Charleston...

SIKESTON -- Daisy Baker, 86, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Nov. 9, 1906, in Augusta, Ark., daughter of John and Betty Banks Artis. Survivors include two sons, Elijah & L.C. Robinson of Kansas City, Kan.; two sisters, Hezzie Bowden and Lizzie Cason of Sikeston; several grandchildren, and great-grandchildren...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Creecy Jr., 1512 Revlon, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:21 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, 1993. Name, Hannah Camille. Weight, 7 pounds 13 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Creecy is the former Kim Donahue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Donahue of Ewing, Ky. She is a petty officer second class with the U.S. Navy at the Naval Reserve Training Center. Creecy is an ironworker, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Creecy Sr. of McClure, Ill...

Jan Eichhorn, RN, director of utilization management at St. Francis Medical Center, has received the Missouri Nurses Association Membership Award. The award was presented during the organization's biennial convention held in Jefferson City in October...

JACKSON -- St. Francis Medical Center will sponsor a two-part "Guide for the First-Time Babysitter" class Nov. 8 and 15. The classes will be held at the St. Francis Information Center in Jackson from 6:30-8 p.m. The class is designed for children ages 10 and 16 who are learning how to be babysitters. The information presented during the class was developed by Johnson & Johnson and will include child safety, emergencies, feeding, diapering, bathing and bedtime routines...

The Cape Girardeau chapter of the American Cancer Society was named the unit of the year at the statwide division annual meeting. The award is presented to the unit that exceeds in all program areas. The Cape Girardeau unit surpassed all other counties in the following areas: income development year round programs, $130,000; patient services, 183 people served for a value of $23,963; public education, 18,052 people reached with programs of prevention and early detection of cancer for a value of $65,168; 1,247 health care professionals reached with programs for detection and treatment of cancert.. ...

St. Francis Medical Center's marketing and public relations department has received top honors for a pair of public relations projects in an annual competition sponsored by the Missouri Hospital Association. The "Show-Me Excellence" awards, presented Thursday by the Missouri Association for Hospital Public Relations and Marketing, recognize achievement and quality in various communications and public relations projects...

The Air Evac Lifeteam, which operates air ambulance services in Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, was recently honored at the 1993 Air Medical Transport Conference with the Bronze Air Medical Safety Award. The award is given to aeromedical helicopter programs that have achieved at least 5,000 accident-free missions. Of the estimated 200 air ambulance systems in the nation, fewer than half have achieved 5,000 accident-free medical missions...

Dorothy Ressel, a volunteer and auxiliary member at St. Francis Medical Center since the early 1980s, has been named Auxilian of the Year by the Missouri Association of Hospital Auxiliaries. The announcement was made during a luncheon Friday at the Missouri Hospital Association's annual convention held at the Lake of the Ozarks...

Hearing loss is a problem that is generally considered to be part of the aging process. But it is a problem hardly limited to the elderly. An estimated 23.5 million people in the United States have a hearing loss, and 40 percent of those are under the age of 65...

One program available for people who feel they may suffer from hearing loss is Dial A Hearing Screening Test. Known as DAHST, the program is a free, recorded telephone hearing screening test that allows people to check their hearing levels in the privacy of their home...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- On Nov. 13 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Memorial Hospital of Carbondale will sponsor a training event that would allow nearly 350 people to learn Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). CPR is an emergency first aid procedure to supply air to a person who has stopped breating and circulate blood for a person whose heart has stopped...

Karen C. Hendrickson was named the 1993 Woman of Achievement by the Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau Area Tuesday. "This award has been presented annually since 1987 to an outstanding woman in our community who exemplifies the Zonta ideals of dedication to career, family, self-improvement and service to the community, youth, women, church or temple," said Renee Tlapek, co-chairman of Zonta Status of Women Committee...