Stories from Friday, July 29, 1994

JACKSON -- Toni Kay Langston, 38, of Jackson, died Thursday, July 28, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 9, 1956, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Tony and Marie Gibson Butler. She and Terry Langston were married July 28, 1973, at Millersville...

Last weekend's Balloon Fest '94 drew unexpectedly large crowds to the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport. Even the organizers -- the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts and airport staff -- were surprised by attendance during the three-day event. Forty-five tethered hot-air balloons were the big attraction, but a static display of military and Confederate Air Force planes and aircraft from the local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association also attracted many people...

Again, Genesis Transportation Co. Inc. has come to the aid of those in need: They provided a tractor-trailer and driver to haul cleaning supplies to Georgians devastated by the worst flooding Georgia has seen in many years. Genesis transported the trailer load of cleaning supplies to a Macon warehouse for the American Red Cross. From there the Red Cross distributed the urgently needed items across flood-ravaged areas...

The generosity in all of us is expressed in many ways throughout the course of each year, but particularly when the Area Wide United Way comes calling for support. With all of the good United Way money accomplishes, we're confident that the people who live and work in the area will rise to the occasion again this year...

Plaza Gifts and Office Supplies, which opened in Town Plaza Shopping Center in 1965, is closing. Frank Klueppel, owner of the business, announced that he is closing the store and a branch store at Sikeston. "This type of business is very competitive and the profit margin has shrunk," said Klueppel. "We have been battling the discount stores and mail-order houses."...

MATTHEWS -- While selling health insurance the past few years, Gene Curtis heard horror stories about problems such as getting coverage because of pre-existing conditions. He began looking for ways to have an impact on the health-care debate, and concluded the best was to run for Congress...

What is GATT and will it benefit Missouri agriculture? These are questions that must be answered before Congress moves forward on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Other questions remain such as what commodities gain and which ones lose; what is the future of our export programs; who makes up the revenue shortfalls as a result of falling tariffs; and, will our future domestic federal farm policy take advantage of expanding overseas markets? Without the right answers, the American farmer could lose more than just our share of the current world market.. ...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marshall, 1212 N. Cape Rock Drive, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:18 p.m. Sunday, July 17, 1994. Name, Destiny Renett. Weight, 8 pounds 13 ounces. Third daughter. Mrs. Marshall is the former Dawn Auerbach, daughter of Lois J. McFadden of Chaffee, and Benjamin C. Auerbach of Bradenton, Fla. Marshall is employed by Resource Employers Inc., and is the son of Richard and Carol Marshall of Jackson...

JACKSON -- Raymond Eaker, 89, of Jackson died July 28, 1994 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born in Glen Allen Mo. Aug. 29, 1904 to George F. Eaker and Ida McGregor. He married Lillie Marie Mouser Aug. 4, 1926 at Glen Allen. ...

JACKSON -- Edward G. Leimbach, 78, of Jackson, died Thursday, July 28, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital He was born July 1, 1916, at Pocahontas, son of Otto and Julia Hemmann Leimbach. He married Ester Koeberl, Oct. 26, 1947. Leimbach was a life-long member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Pocahontas, where he held various offices...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Geraldine Davis of Collinsville, Ill., formerly of East Prairie, will be held at 11 a.m. today at First Christian Church here. The Rev. Martin Lucas will officiate, with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery near Charleston...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Louis E. "Blue" Turley, 75, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, July 27, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 15, 1918, in Sikeston, son of Sherman Reed and Verbal Lands Turley. He and Vida Payne were married Nov. 18, 1939...

DELTA -- Mae Sarah Darby, 87, of Delta, died Thursday, July 28, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 31, 1907, at Sedgewickville, daughter of James Louis and Amanda A. Green Seabaugh. She first married Ira Richard Gibbons Feb. 24, 1927. He died July 7, 1942. She later married Walter Lee Darby May 16, 1963. He died May 11, 1988...

SIKESTON -- Montie Sadler, 87, of Sikeston, died Thursday, July 28, 1994, at her home. She was born Oct. 16, 1906, in Bay Village, Ark., daughter of George W. and Martha Pruitt Hydrick. She and Philip Sadler were married Aug. 10, 1928. He died July 2, 1965...

MINER -- Funeral service for Andrew Eugene "Pat" Boehm of Miner will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

Cape Girardeau Bicentennial Commission officials are taking some extra precautions when they place a time capsule in a mausoleum vault in Memorial Park today. "The contents in the capsule will be packed in preservative packaging and all the air in the capsule will be extracted before sealing," said Martha Bender, a member of the Commission...

Johnny McGaha has tapped into President Clinton's vision of a domestic Peace Corps. McGaha, a professor of criminal justice at Southeast Missouri State University, is spearheading an effort to get a national community service program established in the region...

The hoops and hurdles of moving are endless. You have to find a place to live, a doctor, a dentist, a barber, a supermarket, a favorite restaurant, a club, a church, a few friends and the license bureau. The law is pretty clear. Get Missouri license plates or else. This means going to the courthouse to get a statement saying you are no tax deadbeat. Then off to the license office...

Sue Floyd was diagnosed with depression in 1986. Since seeking treatment, she said her life has turned around completely. Floyd gave an account Thursday of her experiences with battling the mental illness and the social taboo that followed, at a panel discussion on mental illness at the Cape Girardeau Community Counseling Center...

JACKSON -- Ruth Ann Dickerson, an 11-year member of the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department, was appointed Thursday to become chief deputy when Leonard Hines moves to interim sheriff Monday. Norman Copeland, sheriff since March 1986, resigns Monday. The County Commission named Hines, who had been Copeland's chief deputy, interim sheriff...

At a dinner in his honor Thursday, retiring Cape Girardeau County Sheriff Norman Copeland was praised Thursday as a man of character and integrity, an example of professionalism, who restored public confidence in the sheriff's office. "If there was ever a Norman Rockwell type patrolman, it was him," said Missouri Appeals Court Judge Stanley Grimm. "He was a model law enforcement officer."...