Stories from Wednesday, March 16, 1994

The Cape Girardeau Regional Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 33 recently raised $3,400 for the Easter Seals Society for use in its local projects. Tom Anderson and River Eagle Distributing Co. of Cape Girardeau provided two box seat tickets to a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game and two baseballs autographed by Cardinals players as a grand prize for those who donated money to Easter Seals. Lonnie Moore of Millersville won a drawing for the prize...

Hazardous waste programs and changes in voting laws will program topics at Thursday night's general meeting of the League of Women Voters of Cape Girardeau County. Speaking on hazardous waste programs will be Ed Sadler, director of hazardous waste programs for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Voting changes will be explained by Rodney Miller, Cape Girardeau county clerk...

A free program at St. Francis Medical Center Saturday is designed to help children avoid becoming crime statistics. The program, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the St. Francis Health and Education Center, is cosponsored by St. Francis, the Cape Girardeau Police Department and the Cape Girardeau Area Safe Kids Coalition...

Home decorating is the topic of the March Woman to Woman luncheon to be held at noon Thursday in conference rooms A and B of the St. Francis Health and Education Center. Phyllis Seabaugh, an interior decorator with Cracraft-Miller Furniture in Jackson, will be the speaker. She will demonstrate this season's new looks and offer tips for decorating on a limited budget...

MILLER CITY, Ill. -- A short stretch of the new Miller City Road will be atop the new Fayville Levee near here. "We're in the process of completing design work for the road now," said Beth Ponce, field engineer for local roads for the Illinois Department of Transportation's district office at Carbondale. "The road follows its present roadbed except for a short distance on top of the levee."...

High school students played it tough on crime, calling for constitutional amendments guaranteeing truth in sentencing and limiting appeals of those sentenced to die. More than 100 high school students from across Southeast Missouri debated issues at a mock U.S. Constitutional Convention Tuesday, held at Southeast Missouri State University...

President Clinton's White House staff ranks as the most inept ever, U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson said Tuesday in calling for congressional hearings into the Whitewater affair. The Cape Girardeau Republican predicted hearings will be held despite the efforts of the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate to derail such action...

SIKESTON -- After serving seven terms in the Missouri House of Representatives, state Rep. Dennis Ziegenhorn has decided not to seek re-election this year. The Sikeston Democrat, whose 160th District also includes Benton, New Hamburg, Kelso and a part of Scott City, formally announced his decision Tuesday...

About 50 percent of the voters in the Southern Illinois counties of Pulaski, Alexander and Union turned out to vote in Tuesday's primary elections. In Pulaski County, the incumbents generally fared well. With all the precincts reporting, Circuit Clerk Randy George, an incumbent, won the primary over his challenger, LaVerne Anderson, by a count of 521-437...

SCOTT CITY -- Graveside service for Benjamin F. Enderle of Franklinton, La., formerly of Scott City, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Augustine Cemetery in Kelso. A memorial mass will follow at St. Augustine Church, with Msgr. John Westhues officiating...

PERRYVILLE -- Stephen Paul "Tooter" Unterreiner, 23, of Perryville, died Tuesday, March 15, 1994, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 30, 1971, in Perryville, son of Paul Andrew and Rosalie Catherine Moore Unterreiner. Unterreiner was a wood and mulch hauler, and member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Danny Menz, Benton Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:53 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, 1994. Name, Marissa Rae. Weight, 6 pounds 2 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Menz is the former Diane Glastetter, daughter of Doris Glastetter of Oran, and the late Ralph Glastetter. Menz is a line haul driver with American Freightways, and is the son of Genevieve Menz of Benton, and the late Paul P. Menz Sr...

Lee Anna Craft, 72, of Shreveport, La., died Tuesday, March 15, 1992, at her home. She was born Sept. 7, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Jacob and Ruth Miller Seabaugh. She and Dempsey Craft were married March 31, 1945. He died May 3, 1982. Craft retired as a secretary at Pine Bluff Warehouse in Pine Bluff, Ark., and had been employed by Bossier Council on Aging. She was a member of Summer Grove Baptist Church in Shreveport...

CHARLESTON -- Juanita M. Pemberton, 74, Charleston Route 2, died Tuesday, March 15, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. McMikle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

CHARLESTON -- Ella Clayton, 98, of Charleston, died Monday, March 14, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Aug. 29, 1895, in Terrell Switch, Tenn., daughter of James and Annie Wynn Smith. She and Newton A. Clayton were married Oct. 13, 1911. He died Dec. 21, 1977...

BRAYMER -- Funeral service for the Rev. James H. Holt Jr. of Braymer will be held at 11 a.m. today at Braymer United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery at Braymer. Pitts Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements. Holt, 67, died Monday, March 14, 1994, in a Chillicothe hospital...

PUXICO -- The Rev. Roy J. King, 87, of Puxico, died Monday, March 14, 1994, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. He was born July 17, 1906, in Mt. Vernon, Ill., son of Delbert and Clara King. He and Cleda Mildred Allen were married Oct. 25, 1924. She died Nov. 19, 1989...

The issue of health care reform has been long shrouded by posturing and politics. A lot of numbers and statistics have been tossed about, and the buzzwords -- such as choice, cost containments and affordability -- are rarely explained. But tonight the curtain may be lifted during an experimental prime time debate hosted by the U.S. ...

The little purple, vinyl bag Gary Sullivan brought to school had quite a feast inside. He arranged the two bologna sandwiches, a banana, an apple, a bag of chips, a fruit drink and a snack cake in a pecking order around him, racing to finish the meal before lunch-hour at Jefferson Elementary School was over...

The Noon Optimist Annual Chili Day has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 23. Bad weather forced its cancellation March 9. The fund raiser will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Arena Building. Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for children. Proceeds from the event will be used to help the youth of the community...

The Cape County American Red Cross will conduct an area-wide emergency preparedness training Saturday at Franklin Elementary School in Cape Girardeau from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Courses will be given in adult CPR, first aid, and disaster preparedness. A children's first aid course will also be given...

This is a happy time in the garden. Daffodils are blooming and soon the tulips will follow. For the next two months we can expect and welcome those sleeping bulbs that are now awake and move to center stage after snowdrops, crocus and some scilla. Daffodils - more formally known by their family name of narcissus - are treasured for their repeat performances. ...