Stories from Sunday, June 19, 1994

BLOOMFIELD -- Norman Eugene "Butch" Golden, 47, of Bloomfield, died Friday June 17, 1994 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Oct. 6, 1946 in Cape Girardeau, the son of the late Rollie and Nellie Sanford Golden. He was a Millwright for the Fru-Con Construction Co. and was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He had lived in Bloomfield the last 10 years...

Foreign policy depends on having an insight into the foreign government with which you are dealing. What is the nature of the North Korean regime headed by the 82-year-old Kim Il Sung? Here are the two most possible characterizations. Alternative #1: A maniacal regime of madmen willing to commit suicide in the incineration of the Korean peninsula. Alternative #2: An isolated regime of dangerous, ruthless thugs bent on preserving their regime at most any cost short of war...

The Cape Girardeau Board of Education faces some extraordinary problems. The district's newest school building was constructed 27 years ago. The last three school tax measures put before voters were defeated. The board must soon brave an elementary school redistricting process that is sure to rankle many in the community. ...

PATTON -- The Castor River Coon Hunters and Patton Lions Club will sponsor a barbecue steak dinner and auction here Saturday. Proceeds from the event will go to the Mid-South Eye-Ear Clinic at Memphis, Tenn. Serving starts at 4 p.m., with the auction to get under way at 7 p.m...

U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson voted against an agriculture appropriations bill because of his concerns about funding cuts that impact rural America and production agriculture. One area Emerson said he was concerned about was further cuts in expanded world trade programs such as the Export Enhancement program, the Market Promotion program, and the Food for Peace program...

There is no limit to the imagination of a young mind. Ugly purple monsters with two heads, two mouths and two scary sets of teeth could attack a small village; a beautiful princess might be reunited with her long-lost love; a family of rats could be spies for the president of the United States...

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders will host a meeting from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in the Harrison room of Southeast Missouri Hospital. CHADD is a non-profit support group for people interested in attention disorders and hyperactivity in children and adults. The topic will be "Parents' Survival Strategy."...

To the Editor: Being a father has been a learning experience. It has taught me the true meaning of joy and gladness. It has showed me the reality of sorrow and sadness. Being a father has taught me much about my relationship with my heavenly father. Being a father is a learning experience, and your teacher is your kids...

PERRYVILLE -- Walter L. Muench, 77, of Perryville, died Friday, June 17, 1994, at the Aspen Forest Care Center in Perryville. He was born Jan. 13, 1917, in Perry County, son of William and Hedwig Buettner Muench. He married Madeline Mecker, Oct. 12, 1957...

ANNA -- Harold Bauer, 86, of Anna, died Saturday June 18, 1994 at City Care Center in Anna. Survivors include: one daughter, Jane Rayburn of Chattanooga, Tenn., and two grandchildren. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Anna...

Glenn J. Hutson, 82 of 1014 North Henderson, died Saturday June 18, 1994 at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today.

SIKESTON -- Margaret Lorene Gaines, 80, of Sikeston, formerly of Batesville, Miss., died Saturday, June 18, 1994, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 15, 1913, in Union County, daughter of Frank and Maggie Rhea Ford. She married Jamie Wells Gaines, March 12, 1939, in Union County, Miss. He died Dec. 13, 1983...

ZALMA -- Alta M. Davis, 83, of Zalma, died Saturday, June 18,1994, at her residence. She was born July 6, 1910, at Zalma, daughter of Oliver and Cordelia Corzine Jackson. She married George L. Davis, May 12, 1928, at Zalma. He died Nov. 30, 1992. Davis worked for the Bussman Fuse Company of St. Louis as a fuse tuber for 14 years...

SCOTT CITY -- Brandi Rae Hansen, 15, of Scott City, died Friday, June 17, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Jan. 31, 1979, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of Mark Dwayne and Lynda Kay Wallis Hansen. Hansen had just finished the tenth grade at Scott City High School. She attended elementary school at the Trinity Lutheran School in Cape Girardeau...

James L. Timmerman, 69, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, June 17, 1994, at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 22, 1925, at Poplar Bluff, son of Milford L. Timmerman and Lusettia Ellis Timmerman. He married Patricia Heisserer on May 7, 1960, at Cape Girardeau. She survives...

For Father's Day, most children give their dads a tie or a T-shirt, maybe even a set of tools. But not the children of Ed Propst, a Cape Girardeau resident. His children are giving him back something he gave them years ago -- love and assistance. In April, Propst, 69, underwent three operations at one time, including a quadruple bypass, which left him too weak to make needed repairs on his 30-year old home. ...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Billy Ray Cyrus has a big fan in Southern Illinois -- a small fan really, 9-year-old Bronson Killius. Mention the name Cyrus and a wide grins spreads across the face of Bronson. Bronson has been a Cyrus fan since the country music superstar emerged into the spotlight in March 1992 with his "Achy Breaky Heart" video. Two months later Cyrus stock soared with the release of "Some Gave All," one of the most successful debut albums in music history...

The Family Research Council, a conservative group that analyzes and makes recommendations concerning family matters, hopes this Father's Day will be more than just a day to buy something for dad. It plans to use today to encourage people across the country to realize the importance of fathers in today's society...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Ashcroft Saturday criticized a proposed welfare reform plan unveiled earlier in the week by President Bill Clinton. Ashcroft said the plan does not appear to spread the reform to most people on welfare. "In a lot of respects, you have to wonder if the president caved in to all liberals on it because 80-percent-plus of the welfare population would not be affected by it at all," said Ashcroft...

Louis K. Juden Post 63 of the American Legion is determined not to let vandals discourage its efforts on Cape Rock Park. For the fifth time in as many weeks, vandals have destroyed efforts to fly the American flag next to a sign displaying the name of the park's benefactors...

Amid the riotous color of red hollyhocks and yellow-and-burnt orange daisies, Larry Bohnsack prunes away with the quiet confidence of a master gardener. For her, it's a labor of love -- helping to restore the landscape of history at the May Greene Garden...

Father's Day! What more can I say about Dad. My very earliest memory of him was his tossing a rubber ball to me. We had moved to the farm. I have no remembrance of that move at all. Too young. But some time afterwards Dad was tearing away the worn back porch to replace it and underneath it he found this brightly colored ball. ...