Stories from Thursday, October 6, 1994

To the editor: We want to thank everyone in the Cape Girardeau and Jackson community for their support of the recent American Legion State Baseball Tournament held at Capaha park. Without your financial support and fan support at the games this tournament could not have happened...

To the editor: For several weeks, Republican senatorial candidate John Ashcroft has been running a television ad on welfare reform. The ad is not only a distortion but a lie. Ashcroft claims that Congressman Alan Wheat supports providing welfare benefits to illegal aliens. ...

To the editor: Jay Eastlick wrote a wonderful column Oct. 1. He correctly pointed out that the costs of government over-regulation will inevitably will be passed on to each of us. I would further point out that we also pay an exorbitant price for the regulatory agencies in the first place, in the form of expensive big government...

If this is the week of Oct. 3, then we must be back in the Judi Moriarty impeachment hearings. The committee chairman having returned from his Caribbean honeymoon, the sad and bizarre Moriarty saga can resume. Recall that lawmakers were summoned to Jefferson City for an impeachment special session beginning Sept. ...

Cape Girardeau is being considered for one of five regional offices to be established by the Missouri Department of Economic Development over the next few months. Funding for the offices is included in the budget for this fiscal year, and several sites could be finalized before the end of the year...

With little more than a month before the November elections, gambling opponents and backers are gearing up their campaigns in the fight over a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize games of chance. Amendment 6, which would make slot machines legal on Missouri riverboat gambling casinos, is on the Nov. 8 ballot...

The Vision 2000 Community Relations Council wants to know what registered voters think about the quality of life in Cape Girardeau. The results of a community attitude survey should tell them. Jeff Krantz, project coordinator for the Community Relations Council, said surveys have been sent to about 1,500 registered voters in Cape Girardeau. Every 12th voter who is registered in the city was chosen for the survey...

Oct. 6, 1994 Four-legged neighbors, and familiar faces Dear Karin, John, Inga and Christian, Glad to report we found a place to live in the country. In fact, our closest neighbors are horses named Charley, Sea Note and Spook. Very friendly. They listen to country music on the radio in the barn next to our house, which in a prior life was a dairy parlor. ...

The new location for the food pantry operated by the FISH Volunteers of Cape Girardeau has worked well during its first nine months. "Our assistance has increased with a more visible location," said the Rev. Jim Caughlan, president of the volunteers...

ANNA, Ill. -- J. Bon Hartline lingers among the berry-filled holly trees, casting an appreciative eye at the tall trees lined up in rows that sweep down a hillside to a pond. The 76-year-old retired grower has one of the largest collections of holly trees and shrubs in the Midwest. His nine-acre backyard is planted with more than 100 varieties of holly trees and shrubs, including seven or eight he discovered himself...

CHAFFEE -- Mayor Ron Moyers has signed a contract for the sale of two lots on North Main Street to Thorngate Ltd. The agreement follows months of discussion between the city, Thorngate and its parent company, Hart Schaffner & Marx of Chicago. The city originally had tried to sell the lots to S&W Cabinets, a local business, and Darrell J. and Virginia L. Miller, rural Chaffee residents who own Faust Machine Shop in Cape Girardeau...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Margaret W. Conroy, 86, of Cairo, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1994, at Charleston Manor. She was born Aug. 19, 1908, in Alexander County, daughter of Robert E. and Mary Ann Dick Grindler. She married Lawrence Conroy, who preceded her in death...

Funeral service for Marjorie Lorene Miller of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. today at Rainey Funeral Chapel in Dexter. The Rev. Donny Ford will officiate, with burial in Dudley Cemetery at Dudley. Miller, 73, died Monday, Oct. 3, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital from injuries received in an automobile accident...

MOREHOUSE -- Funeral service for Robert Lilbourn Cook of Morehouse will be held at 1 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Randy Thomas will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery at Sikeston. Cook, 60, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1994, at his home...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Dorothy D. Wasson, 82, of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 29, 1912, in Arkansas, daughter of Branson J. and Hally Brag Lloyd. She and Boyd Wasson were married Aug. 18, 1928, in Lake City, Ark. He died Sept. 7, 1990...

ORAN -- Ebon Andrew McCallister, 89, of Oran, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1994, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 18, 1905, in Gordonville, son of Robert Douglas and Sarah Melissa Bean McCallister. He and Naomi Ghent were married Oct. 25, 1947...

Gertrude Caroline Faust, 98, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1994, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Dec. 25, 1895, in Boston, Mass., daughter of Hermann L. and Ernestine Schwolow Hoyer. She and Robert Anton Faust were married Oct. 3, 1919, in Cape Girardeau. He died Dec. 10, 1983...

Son to Vance and Connie Boyer of Sturdivant, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:25 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1994. Name, Brent Michael. Weight, 10 pounds 1 ounce. Second child, first son. Mrs. Boyer is the former Connie Rogers, daughter of Mary Rogers and Vernon Rogers of Advance. Boyer is employed by the Southeast Missourian, and is the son of Jody and Richard Hahn of Advance...

CHARLESTON -- Elizabeth "Sis" Webb, 90, of Charleston, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1994, at her home. She was born Aug. 19, 1904, in Granite City, Ill., daughter of Dr. Ralph E. and Frances Higgins Niedringhaus. Webb had lived here since 1948, and was a retired interior decorator. She was a member of St. Henry's Catholic Church...

Marvin Eugene "Pete" Gockel, 69, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1994, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Aug. 17, 1925, in Cape Girardeau, son of Marvin J. and Marie Ervin Gockel. He and Laverne Springer were married Jan. 12, 1951, in Cape Girardeau...

The Cape Girardeau City Council will hold an emergency session at noon today to meet a deadline for flood project assistance from the Economic Development Administration. The project involves upgrading a water-intake structure and providing an emergency power supply for Water Plant No. 1. The EDA will pay $729,750 and the city will provide $243,250 to complete the project...

U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson introduced legislation Wednesday that would protect 20 to 30 wild horses roaming the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Shannon, Carter and Oregon counties. Because Congress is in its final week of the session, Emerson said he does not expect any action on the bill. He said he plans to reintroduce it on the first day of the new Congress in January...

When Patsy Johnson talks about the hoboes who used to visit her parents' home on Huntington Street in Jonesboro, Ark., she hunkers down and renders an awe-inspiring tale of hard luck, hard times and compassion. "Hoboes were nothing like tramps," said Johnson, a retired Jackson High School teacher. "Hoboes were always looking for work, but tramps were looking for a handout."...

The work of local artist Herb Wickham will be on display at Gallery 100 today through Oct.28. The show is titled "Views on Impulse" and can be seen at 1707 Mount Auburn Road from 1-4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. An opening reception will be held for the public to meet Wickham today from 5-7 p.m...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Six bands, including Cape Girardeau's The Underground, will provide an evening of modern heavy metal music Saturday in Carbondale. The event is called Ground Zero. Other bands playing include Killswitch from Kalamazoo, Mich., Nine Stitches from Evansville, Ind., and St. Louis' Fragile Porcelain Mice. Also playing will be The Art of War from Carbondale and Fulcrum from Steeleville...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Gillian Weir, an international concert organist, will perform a free recital Oct. 21, at Shryock Auditorium at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. Born in New Zealand, Weir's repertoire is vast and varied, ranging from Sweelink and the Baroque masters to the many works by contemporary composers such as Fricker, Camilleri, Messiaen, Mathias and Robin Holloway...