Stories from Wednesday, September 7, 1994

PUXICO -- Hudson Cale Harmon, 82, of Puxico died Monday, Sept. 5, 1994 at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. He was born Dec. 11, 1911 at Desha, Ark., son of William Perry and Lily Bell Brock Harmon. He had been a resident of Puxico for many years and was a retired farmer and grocery store clerk. He was affiliated with the Duck Creek Missionary Baptist Church near Puxico...

WASHINGTON -- Postmortems on the Clinton health care plan pervade the media, as do projections about how many seats the Democrats will lose and Republicans gain in the coming fall elections. But it is foreign affairsthat dominate the discussion here. The asterisk connotes that even in "foreign" matters when it comes to the Clinton administration, domestic political concerns are the prevailing guide to decision-making...

Voters in Scott and New Madrid counties apparently will be asked Nov. 8 to approve a 15 percent surcharge to establish an Enhanced-911 emergency telephone system for the two counties. The two county commissions have until Tuesday to place the measure on the ballot, and officials are confident they will do so...

"The Writing Life: Families" will be the theme of the fall section of the Great Books Program at Southeast Missouri State University. The books and dates of discussion: "Housekeeping" on Thursday; "Rabbit Is Rich," Sept. 22; "The Women of Brewster Place," Oct. 6; "Common Ground," Oct. 20; "Wartime Lies," Nov. 3; and "The Homeplace," Nov. 17. All sessions will be held from 2-4 p.m. in the Program Lounge on the third floor of the University Center...

Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1994, 7:30 p.m. 401 Independence Public Hearings A public hearing regarding the request of Marilyn Steck and Maple Avenue Methodist Church for a special use permit for church use of the property at 2421 Jean Ann Drive in an R-1, single family residential district...

The Cape Girardeau City Council Tuesday initially approved an amendment to an ordinance that would keep James Frank from building a driveway leading to a patio. The council approved first reading to amend a zoning ordinance regarding powers of the Board of Adjustment. The Board of Adjustment has provided the only means of opposition to Frank's plan...

WASHINGTON -- Postmortems on the Clinton health care plan pervade the media, as do projections about how many seats the Democrats will lose and Republicans gain in the coming fall elections. But it is foreign affairsthat dominate the discussion here. ...

SCOTT CITY -- The city council on Monday passed a resolution expressing its interest in keeping the city's dispatching facilities for emergency 911 calls. The resolution will be delivered to the Scott County Commission Thursday morning. The commission is on the verge of placing an issue on the Nov. 8 ballot that would authorize a telephone surtax to provide 911 service throughout the county. The county commission has until next week to place the issue on the ballot...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Vera Holder, 87, of Ullin, died Monday, Sept. 5, 1994 at her home. She was born in Conran, Mo., Aug. 20, 1907, daughter of Edward and Lilly Wisdom. She married G. L. Holder on Aug. 8, 1942. He preceded her in death on July 23, 1987. She is survived by a daughter, Mary Jane Brown of Ullin and a brother, Eugene Pinnon of Wolf Lake...

Billy Gene Bahner, 61, of 374 Edgewood, died Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1994. Arrangements were incomplete at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel.

Ruth Bond, 95, of Chaffee died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1994, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

PERRYVILLE -- Myrtle Wanetta Weibrecht, 71, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1994, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Weibrecht was born Feb. 20, 1923, in Crosstown to August and Esther Maintz Cox. On April 9, 1939, she married Edmund W. Weibrecht. He died on Aug. 28...

LESTERVILLE -- Bessie Mae Goggin, 91, of Maryland Heights, Mo., a native of Lesterville, died Friday, Sept. 2, 1994, at the Brookview Nursing Home in Maryland Heights. She was born at Lesterville on April 16, 1993, daughter of Mont Adams and Lucy Alcorn Adams...

NEW HAMBURG -- Sister Johanilla Kielhafner, 101, who had been an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 83 years, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 1994, at Clementine Hall, the residence for sisters who are ill in Ruma, Ill. A funeral Mass will be held Wednesday for Sister Johanilla, who was the oldest member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Ruma Province. The Rev. Jack Joyce, chaplain for the Provincial House, will officiate. Burial will be in the convent cemetery...

SCOTT CITY -- Jesse W. "Dub" Varnon, 56, of Jefferson City, formerly of Scott City, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1994 at St. Mary's Health Center in Jefferson City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

The Environmental Protection Agency has embarked on a plan to re-evaluate the combustion industry and the burning of all types of hazardous waste materials. The program, announced recently by EPA administrator Carol Browner, has attracted the interest of the commercial incineration and cement kiln industries, which include several Missouri businesses, including Lone Star Industries Inc. of Cape Girardeau...

The morning rains weren't enough to ruin everyone's Labor Day activities. For most people, the rains just delayed the barbecue, fried chicken, potato salad, baked beans, slaw and dessert until Monday afternoon. "We would've been out here no matter what the weather," said N.L. Griswold who was enjoying Monday afternoon with friends at Cape County Park North. "We're out here every year. There are a few of us missing, but that's OK."...

An analysis of the impact of Hancock II on state transportation programs concludes that $200 million in available funds for the state and local governments would be wiped out. The analysis, conducted by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department, also found the state's ability to match federal transportation funds would be drastically diminished...

The song "The Thrill Is Gone" kept coming back to me as we made our way to the Blues Festival in St. Louis last weekend. I'm not sure why I kept running that song over and over in my mind. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that a picture and information about the legendary B.B. King crossed my desk during the week...

"There's A Fair in the Air" is the theme of a luncheon Monday sponsored by Cape Girardeau County Christian Women's Club. The luncheon and meeting will be held from noon to 2 p.m. at Holiday Inn. Cost is $7.50 per person. Complimentary day care is provided for children birth to 10 years...

BENTON -- State auditors have recommended changes in the financial operation of the Scott County Sheriff's Department and urged Sheriff Bill Ferrell to avoid even an appearance of a conflict of interest. The recommendations are part of an audit of the county government covering the three years ending Dec. 31...

The new adult services coordinator at Cape Girardeau Public Library assumes her position with 17 years of experience in library services. Betty Martin started her job here Aug. 29. Martin moved to the Cape Girardeau area in June after her marriage to the Rev. Mark Martin, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church at Egypt Mills...

Taking their child to day care for the first time can be a traumatic experience for a parent. No matter if the day care is a cozy home or a bright center filled with laughing children scurrying about, parents deal with complicated emotions on that eventful day. Those inner struggles haven't changed through the years, though day care has...

September is the beginning of a busy time in the garden. It is the time when we begin to think of cooler weather and the attention plants need for the winter months. Lawns need care, bulbs are to be planted, established bulbs fed, and evergreens, trees and shrubs need special planting...