Stories from Wednesday, September 21, 1994

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Frederick Carl Pfaff, 87, of rural Villa Ridge, Ill., died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 15, 1906, at Wetaug, Ill., in Pulaski County, the son of Fred and Carrie Axley Pfaff...

About a dozen Southeast Missouri State University students dined on campus food and a heaping helping of Rush Limbaugh's radio show Tuesday at the opening of a Rush Room on the university campus. With the volume on the radio turned way up, Theresa Haug munched on a turkey sandwich, grapes and cantaloupe as she listened to Rush Limbaugh talk about the "raw deal," a reference to the Clinton presidency...

Missouri College Republicans has set up its office in Cape Girardeau in quarters it shares with the Southeast Missouri State University chapter. The office is in the H&H Building, 400 Broadway. Nathan Cooper, chairman of the Missouri College Republicans, said: "This is an exciting development for Republican candidates in Cape Girardeau. Usually, young people are very apathetic. We are bucking the trend with the organization that the College Republicans have at Southeast."...

The local Sierra group will hold a planning meeting for Earth Day 1995 at 7 p.m. Monday at Cape Girardeau Public Library. Slated for April, Earth Day is in its 25th year. Local Sierra chairwoman Kathy Conway said the organization will schedule several activities to remind Southeast Missouri residents about the need to protect air, water and endangered species...

SCOTT CITY -- Missouri Community Betterment judges will be here today to consider the city's application in the annual awards program. Edith Davidson, chairman of the local community betterment effort, hopes for a crowd of local supporters at the high school library from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m...

About 60 students from area high schools will have a chance to learn about business from area business representatives at Rotary Club Camp Enterprise this weekend. The two-day event will be held at Peaceful Valley Baptist Church Camp near St. Marys. The camp is a seminar sponsored by Cape Girardeau and Jackson Rotary clubs...

For the time being, President Clinton can bask in the diplomatic success in Haiti. The sagging confidence of Americans -- and the world -- has been bolstered by the efforts of a former president, a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and a U.S. senator in negotiating a calm transition to elected government from military junta in the tiny island nation...

To the editor: Recent headlines across the nation read like this: "Smokers Addicted to Nicotine Advised to Switch to Snuff." The author of the article in the American Journal of Medical Sciences argues that while cigarette smoking is linked to a host of hazards from heart disease to lung cancer, smokeless tobacco is associated only with an increased risk of oral cancers...

To the editor: The old saying, you are what you eat, might be better taken with a grain of sugar than a grain of salt. Sugar increases the production of serotonin in the body. Serotonin is a powerful brain chemical called a neurotransmitter. A neurotransmitter relays messages between nerve cells. Serotonin is known to affect moods, reduce depression and relieve pain. It is called the calming chemical. An increase in serotonin levels may cause relaxation to the extent of feeling lethargic...

To the editor: Only one area caused some of us in attendance for the Russian and Southeast Missouri State University women's volleyball game Sept. 11 to raise a question. Since an attendance turnout of 2,000 to 2,500 was expected, why were not high school players invited to attend at a discount, or free, admission? The added cost probably could have been underwritten easily by an area business...

Missouri's information superhighway is going to happen soon. "We should start building the new telecommunications network as early as next year," said Charles Roesslein, vice president and general manager for Southwestern Bell Telephone's Eastern Missouri district...

MATTHEWS -- Authorities found the body of a Bertrand man inside a burned car near Matthews early Tuesday morning. The body of Manuel Moit, 42, was found in the front seat of a vehicle that was reported on fire along Highway FF, about five miles south of U.S. Highway 60, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. The incident was reported at about 1:14 a.m...

About a dozen Southeast Missouri State University students dined on campus food and a heaping helping of Rush Limbaugh's radio show Tuesday at the opening of a Rush Room on the university campus. With the volume on the radio turned way up, Theresa Haug munched on a turkey sandwich, grapes and cantaloupe as she listened to Rush Limbaugh talk about the "raw deal," a reference to the Clinton presidency...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Opal Ellen Bell of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jerry Harris officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Bell, 89, died Monday, Sept. 19, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Funeral service for William Jacob Troester of Carbondale, formerly of Pulaski, will be held at 10 a.m. today at Huffman-Harker Funeral Home, with Matt Proctor officiating. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. at Big Prairie Cemetery in White County...

Funeral service for Roy J. Lober of Farmington will be held at 11 a.m. today at Cozean Funeral Home, with Bill Grief officiating. Burial will be in New Calvary Cemetery. Lober, 88, died Monday, Sept. 19, 1994, at Parkland Health Center. He was born July 1, 1906, in Daviss County, Ky., son of Joseph and Louise Wimsett Lober. He married the former Judy Pettes...

LILBOURN -- Corine Irons, 60, of Lilbourn, died Friday, Sept. 16, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born March 28, 1934, in Columbus, Miss., daughter of Johnnie and Annie Thomas Irons. Irons was a member of Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church...

Son to Lisa Housman of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:39 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1994. Name, Gabriel Derice. Weight, 9 pounds 4 ounces. Miss Housman is the daughter of Merriel and Betty Housman of Cape Girardeau. Son to Scott and Cathy Downing of Malden, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:26 p.m. ...

PERRYVILLE -- LaVerne G. Heilig, 72, of Farmington, formerly of Perryville, died Monday, Sept. 19, 1994, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington. She was born June 27, 1922, at Cantwell, daughter of James T. and Mary Klamp Douglas. She and William T. Heilig were married Sept. 17, 1951. He died May 25, 1976...

BERTRAND -- Manuel Alan Moit, 42, of Bertrand, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1994, near Matthews. He was born Feb. 24, 1952, in Sikeston, son of Daniel Wells and Mabel Florence Spurgeon Moit. He and Dianna Eakins were married Sept. 9, 1989. Moit was employed in building construction...

SCOTT CITY -- The alleged disregard of one city council member for zoning regulations has drawn fire from three of his peers in Scott City. Ward 2 council member John Rogers lives in the old Illmo part of town in the former Masonic Lodge, which is zoned for commercial use...

JACKSON -- The Cape Girardeau County Commission may decide Thursday whether to support a proposal to construct an Interstate-55 interchange between the Highway 61 and Fruitland intersections. The city councils of Jackson and Cape Girardeau have passed a joint resolution urging the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission to move forward with the interchange project. Although not essential, endorsement of the county commission likely would help move the project forward...

The best advice legendary guitar player Steve Morris could give Billy Keys will be tested at the Show Me Center Oct 4. Morris, who is best known for his work with bands like Kansas and The Dixie Dregs, conducted a clinic for Keys Music students five years ago. It was on the drive from the Cape Girardeau Airport that Morris bestowed on Billy the pearls of his wisdom...

Winners from the SEMO District Fair, held Sept. 11-17 in Cape Girardeau. 4-H poultry Grand champion young cock, breed ancona, Jeremie Nothdurft. Reserve champion young cock, breed lakenwelder, John Nothdurft. Rabbits Grand champion dutch buck, Stephanie Duvall...

In search of a way to ease the pain of redistricting, the Cape Girardeau Board of Education Tuesday heard about a magnet school program in Pine Bluff, Ark. Cape Girardeau school board members and administrators for about a year have talked about redistricting elementary attendance areas to achieve racial balance. A school board committee is being formed to look at how the change can be made here...

There's nothing muted about autumn's charms. Soon brisk breezes will loosen red, gold and orange leaves, sending them dancing across lawns and smack into laughing children's faces. Already, colorful mums illustrate the season's glory. For many, autumn brings about a yearning to change gears, perhaps slow the pace a bit. Likewise, come autumn, some folks bundle their lawn-care tools and get ready for a long winter's nap...

There is no word better known to people all over the world than the naming of the most beloved of all flowers -- the rose. While delving into its history, it was found to have been with us for a long, long time and with many stories, fiction or narrations...

QUESTION: We have been fighting fleas at our house. we have a 6-year-old cat and a 2-year-old toddler. With the toddler I am afraid to use insecticides in the house. Everyone has assured me that when properly used they are safe. However, I really prefer not to use them. ...