Stories from Friday, February 4, 1994

They were only dots on a map, looking like ambitious periods, at spots clustered in threes and fours with one curve infringing into the next. Harmless dots in black and white. What they represented was mean indeed. The map was of the St. Louis corporate boundaries, published in the city's Post-Dispatch a few weeks ago. The dots represented the location of each of the city's 274 homicides during 1993. It was the most murderous year ever in St. Louis...

Hunting, fishing and camping equipment and seminars will be presented at the Sports Show, to be held Feb. 11-13 at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus. Show hours will be 5 to 9 p.m. Feb. 11; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 12; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 13...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Now is the time to start planning for tree planting. Bruce Palmer, forestry information specialist for the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), says there still is time to develop a planting plan before spring, which is the best time for planting trees. Furthermore, he said, the National Arbor Day Foundation has an excellent new publication to help landowners make the most of their tree planting efforts...

Pregnant teens are more than a statistic. They may be our neighbors, relatives or children of friends. They are community kids in trouble. Decades ago, their presence in society was practically scandalous. Today, a pregnant teenager hardly turns a head. Films, movies, books and many adults reinforce society's lowered standards about sex. And that attitude is embodied in today's sexually active teens...

A dollar bill printed from soybean ink; cardboard boxes produced from soybean fiber; and, hot dogs made from soybean protein. These are but a few of the potential new uses that the American soybean industry has found for this diverse farm commodity that remains a critical part of our domestic farm economy. Discovering new consumer and market uses for this environmentally-friendly product is fast becoming a trademark for the versatile soybean and its many byproducts...

Schindler's List opens today at the Town Plaza Cinema, and I would like to make a deal with you. If you would not otherwise go to this film, let me pay your way. My only condition is that if after seeing the film you believe it was worth the price of admission, you let me off the hook...

The director of the Missouri Division of Labor Standards has requested that Southeast Missouri State University "comply with normal prevailing wage procedures" regarding its Towers residence halls renovation work. Director Colleen Baker said Thursday that the "request" was made in a letter mailed to the university Wednesday...

New publications of the Missouri Department of Health make shopping for health care a little easier. Garland Land, director of the Division of Health Resources for Missouri, said: "No one would go out and buy a car or a suit of clothing without asking the price. Some things we know we dicker for; other things we wait until they go on sale. Health care is probably the only service we purchase and then learn what it will cost."...

"Barring some unforeseen event over the weekend," Sen. Peter Kinder predicted Thursday that members of the House and Senate will resolve differences in riverboat gambling bills Monday. If lawmakers take final action Monday, it will be in time for a proposed constitutional amendment to correct State Supreme Court-detected flaws in the state's riverboat gambling law to go before voters in the April 5 elections...

SCOTT CITY -- If the Southeast Missouri Regional Port is to have a floating casino, it likely will be the result of action taken by Scott City voters. At its meeting Monday night, the Scott City Council will consider whether to submit the local option for riverboat gambling to voters April 5...

Gerald McDougall, dean of the College of Business Administration at Southeast Missouri State University, will be the featured speaker at the First Friday Coffee today. The coffee will be held at 7:30 a.m. at the Drury Lodge. First Friday Coffee is a monthly event of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce...

SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Chamber of Commerce plans to install new officers at the monthly meeting, beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The last meeting was canceled due to poor weather conditions. Also during the meeting, held at Henson's Cafe, Scott City Mayor Larry Forhan is expected to deliver his annual "State of the City" address...

A public forum to discuss the needs of Missouri's public libraries and possible sources for state-wide funding will be held Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Public Library, 711 N. Clark. This is one of several regional forums planned throughout the state to focus attention on public libraries. Representatives from the Missouri State Library and the Missouri Library Association will attend to share information and answer questions...

A Chaffee man received moderate injuries Thursday when his truck ran off the road after crossing railroad tracks on County Road 220, five miles north of Chaffee. Wilburn Reeves, 59, of Chaffee was transported to Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau after his westbound truck overturned in a drainage ditch. The accident occurred at 11:30 a.m...

JACKSON -- Lydia Meyer, 86, of Jackson died Thursday, Feb. 3, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.

JACKSON -- Ilean Farrow, formerly of Rt. 4 Jackson, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 1994, at Ratcliff Nursing Home in Cape Girardeau. She was 71. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sunday. McCombs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

COMMERCE -- Gladys Lee Clark, 83, of Commerce, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1994, at the Meadowbrook Manor in St. Charles, Mo. She was born March 8, 1910, at Benton, daughter of Lee and Melissa Helen Ramsey Loftin. She married Omer Clark, Feb. 10, 1943. He died Feb. 9, 1968...

CHARLESTON -- Hontas Fox. 99, of Charleston, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 1994, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. The McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston is in charge of arrangements.

SCOTT CITY -- Fred Perkins Weaver, 88, of Scott City, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1994, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 12, 1905, at Commerce, son of Charles M. and Alice Matthews Weaver. He and Marguerite Christine Haman were married July 31, 1929. She died Sept. 10, 1990...

Funeral mass for Jewel Griffaw, 89 Sena Fawn, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Cathedral. Msgr. Richard Rolwing will officiate, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7, and KC rosary at 7:30...

FRIEDHEIM -- Luke William Craft, son of Bradley and Dana Seabaugh Craft of Friedheim, was stillborn Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include his parents; maternal grandparents, David and Donna Seabaugh of Friedheim; paternal grandparents, Marion and Mary Craft of Whitewater; maternal great-grandparents, Edgar and Lucille Wibbenmeyer and Guy and Dorothy Seabaugh of Friedheim; paternal great-grandparents, Robert and Gladys Stovall of Whitewater, and Mabel King of Anchorage, Alaska.. ...

CHARLESTON -- Clemen-tine "Clem" Lamb, 79, of Charleston, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 1994, at Charleston Manor. She was born April 6, 1914, in Mississippi County, daughter of William and Lula Halter Church. She and Tom Lamb were married March 14, 1935. He died May 15, 1974...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Funeral service for Marjorie Davault Summers of Poplar Bluff was held Wednesday at First Baptist Church. The Rev. John Gilbert officiated, with burial in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Cotrell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Summers, 79, died Sunday, Jan. 30, 1994, at her home, following a lengthy illness...

JACKSON -- Elmer "Bill" Sawyer, 82, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 28, 1911, at Jackson, son of Will and Minnie Haase Sawyer. He and Lola McLard were married Sept. 20, 1947. She died Oct. 15, 1955...

WILSON CITY -- Rosie Ella Martin, 85, of Wilson City, died Sunday, Jan. 30, 1994, at Charleston Manor. She was born June 30, 1908, in Clarksdale, Miss., daughter of Robert and Alice Gray Greyer. She married Westley Martin, who preceded her in death...

SIKESTON -- Birdie Stubblefield Smith, 78, died at the Sikeston Convalescent Center Thursday, Feb. 3, 1994. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Saturday. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Sikeston. Nunnelee Funeral Home is handling arrangements...