Stories from Monday, April 4, 1994

Pass the textbooks and the fries. Southeast Missouri State University wants to offer students name-brand fast food on campus as part of a new food service contract that's being worked out. Everything from McDonald's to Pizza Hut is being considered, school officials and food service vendors say. The list also includes Chick-Fil-A, Taco Bell, Burger King and Baskin-Robbins, among others...

There are 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week and 8,760 hours in a year. Now consider that about 1,600 people have performed more than 72,000 hours of community service for non-profit agencies in the area since July 1991, when Community Service Management Inc., opened its doors to misdemeanor offenders...

Minimum property standards have been studied and discussed long enough. Now it's time to appoint a committee to draft a minimum property standards ordinance that would lead to a law tailored to meet the specific needs of this region. At least this is the direction Cape Girardeau City Manager J. Ronald Fischer would like to take when the city council meets at 7:30 tonight...

What do you think of the new Major League Baseball team divisional alignment? Kurt Moyer, Portage, Wis. "I think geographically it's good. It's good for teams not to have to travel so far across country. Some of the divisions seem weaker than the others. I like it."...

Cape Girardeau police officer Dan Niswonger was listed in stable condition Sunday at the St. Francis Medical Center. Niswonger was involved in a two-vehicle accident early Saturday while on duty. The officer was southbound on North Sprigg near its intersection with Emerald when he collided with a van, also southbound...

To the Missourian: In an art9icle in the Southeast Missourian on Thursday, March 24, covering tthe Faculty Senate meeting on March 23, the Provost was correctly quoted as saying that under the existing salary plan the faculty at Southeast Missouri State University wanted a 6 percent increase in salary yearly. ...

Although a concerted effort among law enforcement agencies to eradicate illegal drugs from the city has proven successful, it is obvious from the city's 1993 year-end crime report that far too much drug dealing and usage continues in Cape Girardeau. The city and area continue to suffer from the effects of drug violations and violent crime that often is linked to drug dealing and usage...

To the Editor: I know there has been an overwhelming amount of comments on the riverboat gaming issue in Cape Girardeau from citizens concerning the impact of riverboat gaming will make on local business in Metropolis, Ill. My father owns a food establishment in Metropolis. The sales on a monthly basis prior to the riverboat were approximately $45,000 a month. This is an average amount on sales for our restaurant...

To the Editor: On Tuesday Missouri Voters will be asked to go to the polls to decide on issues regarding riverboat gambling. I would urge you to once again read and ponder the Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth CFommandments and their explanations as given by Dr. Martin Luther:...

To the Editor: As we get ready for another vote on riverboat gambling in Missouri, we again are besieged with advertisements enticing us to vote yes. Those in favor of gambling have lots of money to buy these advertisements to coerce voters to vote their way. Unfortunately, those against gambling do not have the same funding to get out their message as easily...

JACKSON -- Mabel N. McAdoo, 72, of Burfordville, died Saturday, April 2, 1994, at the family home. She was born July 7, 1921, at Hefer, Ark., daughter of Clarence and Dora Feehausen Metzger. She married Harley McAdoo, Feb. 21, 1974, at Geneva, Ill. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Richard McAdoo of Elgin, Ill., Dennis McAdoo of Evanston, Ill.; a brother, Clyde Metzger of Jackson; three sisters, Mildred Robinson of Ashton, Ill., Maria Scheetz of West Memphis, Ark., Golda Flint of Cape Girardeau; and two grandchildren.. ...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Eftink, Bloomfield Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:56 a.m. Tuesday, March 22, 1994. Name, Annastasia Marie. Weight, 7 pounds 5 ounces. Fourth child, first daughter. Mrs. Eftink is the former Becky Andersen, daughter of Gene and Elsie Andersen of Sheldon. She is self-employed. Eftink is owner of Eftink's Farm, and is the son of Henry and Delpha Eftink of Oran...

Minnie B. Bartels Underwood, 78, of 10327 State Highway D, Oak Ridge, died Friday, April 1, 1994, at her residence. She was born Oct. 14, 1915 at Whitewater, daughter of Clarence Mungle and Alpha McElreath Mungle. She worked for Florsheim Shoe 21 years before retiring in 1989. She was a member of the Faith Baptist Temple. She attended Cane Creek School in Cape Girardeau County...

BLOOMFIELD -- Alvin Curtis "Sonny" McRoy, 61, of Bloomfield, died Saturday, April 2, 1994, at the Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born July 24, 1932, at Bloomfield, son of Harvey and Martha Jennings McRoy. He married Welma Johns, Dec. 20, 1958. McRoy owned and operated Tom's Snacks for the past 25 years. He served in the Bloomfield City Council in the 1970s...

MARBLE HILL -- Ardella Marie Martin, 90, of Marble Hill, died Saturday, April 2, 1994, at the El Nathan Retirement Home. She was born Aug. 28, 1903, at Thornhope, Ind. She married Donald Cecil Martin, April 9, 1924. He died Nov. 11, 1983. Martin was a retired florist designer. She moved to Bollinger County from Detroit, Mich., in 1980...

MARBLE HILL -- Herbert Ferguson, 64, of Marquand, died Friday, April 1, 1994, at the Cape La Croix Manor in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 19, 1929, at Grisham, Mo., son of George W. and Lillie Bess Ferguson. He was a heavy equipment operator. Ferguson was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Air Force for six years...

The year was 1869. The Civil War had been over four years, and people in the United States and Cape Girardeau County were going about the business of rebuilding their lives. A small group of church members from the Lutheran, Evangelical and Methodist churches in the Gordonville and Tilsit communities banded together to form a company to provide rural residents with mutual protection against losses by fire and lightning...

Procter and Gamble has the largest payroll in Southeast Missouri at more than $50 million. Statewide, names like Union Electric, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, JCPenney, Radio Shack and Venture Stores emerge as big employers. Nationally, a number of companies have thousands of workers -- AT&T of Dallas, Texas, over 350,000; Boeing, headquartered at Huntsville, Ala., 130,000; BellSouth, Atlanta, Ga., 96,000; Bell Atlantic, Philadelphia, Pa., 80,000...

Mark Foeste of Cape Girardeau has the "Fastest Trowel on the Block." Foeste, who works with Kenneth Masonry Inc. in Cape Girardeau, recently won the 1994 national championship during the Masonry Expo '94 at Atlanta, Ga. Foeste won state and regional competition last year to qualify for the national competition, where he faced six competitors in the finals. The six contestants were given 20 minutes to build a wall in the national competition, and were graded on craftsmanship and accuracy...

Starting this week, the Scott County Signal will become a Sunday newspaper. The newspaper will also take on a new look, said Shari Fioranelli, associate publisher. It will become a broad sheet publication, the size of most newspapers. "We're pleased to be able to offer these changes to our readers and advertisers in northern Scott County," said Fioranelli. ...

Coming Up: April 6 -- Business Conference, Show Me Center, Cape Girardeau. "Managing the Transition Into the 21st Century," 335-3312. April 7-8 -- Quinstate Economic Development Conference, Executive Inn, Paducah, Ky., with representatives from five states -- Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. Contact Rick Sparks, Jackson, 243-3581...