Stories from Saturday, October 22, 1994

To the editor: Our-of-state gambling interest are spending millions of dollars trying to convince Missourians that riverboat gambling will bring thousands of new jobs, economic development and new tax revenue. Let's take a critical look at these claims...

The aftermath for survivors of head injuries and their families has been a lonely experience in Southeast Missouri. But since January, the Southeast Missouri Chapter of the Missouri Head Injury Association has met regularly. From these meetings, victims and their families have gained support through the socialization, education and information of the group...

Heartwalkers, a walking program for adults 50 and older, is set to begin its fourth year in Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Sponsored by Southeast Missouri Hospital, St. Francis Medical Center and the American Heart Association, Heartwalkers is a 16-week program that combines exercise with the companionship of a group activity. The program annually attracts 150 to 200 participants...

In 1994, the Community Counseling Center celebrates its 20th anniversary. As part of the celebration, it is offering a series of free seminars. "Healing the Pain: Working Through Grief" will be conducted from Nov. 8, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the center, 402 S. Silver Springs Road. Ruth Ann Mier will speak...

"Take then, your paltry Christ, Your gentleman God. We want the carpenter's son, With his saw and hod." -- Francis Adams, Irish-American writer, 1862-1893. I've always been uncomfortable with the image of Christ historically depicted by Christian tradition...

The Depressive & Manic-Depressive Association of Southeast Missouri will hold its annual meeting Monday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in Conference Rooms A and B of the Education Department at St. Francis Hospital. Rep. Mary Kasten will speak about what goes on behind the scenes at the state legislature...

Jane Slaten, a certified therapeutic recreation specialist at St. Francis Medical Center, will speak to the Parkinson's Disease Regional Support Group Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the hospital's Education Department. She will discuss leisure activities for people with Parkinson's...

When motorists travel across the Mississippi River on the Cape Girardeau bridge, they are concerned about their safety. Being on the aging, narrow span can be frightening, especially when confronting a large truck. And when two large trucks pass on the bridge, there are only inches to spare. On occasion the outside mirrors on some vehicles are clipped, and on one occasion injuries from such an encounter nearly cost the life of a truck driver after shards from his mirror struck his neck...

The Hancock II issue is becoming an issue in Missouri's U.S. Senate campaign. U.S. Rep. Alan Wheat has spent the last few days talking about the impact Amendment 7 would have on state programs. On Thursday the Democrat was in Cape Girardeau focusing on its impact on law enforcement...

Through music, art and humor, Charlie Gorsuch and Lloyd Mabrey captured the hearts and minds of elementary school students from Schultz and May Greene schools Friday. They taught the 600 students at the Southeast Missouri State Recreation Center a thing or two about the power of positive thinking and self-esteem...

Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan intentionally violated the state constitution by refusing to submit Senate Bill 380 to the voters last year, U.S. Rep. Mel Hancock charged Friday. Hancock and the governor are in a war of words over Hancock II or Constitutional Amendment 7...

Seven finalists have emerged from a list of more than 160 applicants for the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport manager's job. Assistant City Manager Doug Leslie said he is interviewing finalists and hopes to name the new airport manager in a few weeks...

After two years of date-free life and another two of commitment to one person, I've discovered that I'm completely out of touch with the dating world. I've forgotten how to flirt. I've forgotten which topics to avoid. I don't know my sign. But I managed to have two dates in the last month -- hold your applause -- and lived to tell about it...

The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has added its opposition to Amendment 7, Hancock II. Chamber directors support the voters' right to a voice in being taxed, board chairman Ollie Miller said in a prepared statement after Friday's special meeting...

Even though Southeast Missouri State's football team plays the University of Hawaii far away in Honolulu, players will hear shouts of support. Hundreds of local fans are going with them. The Nov. 12 game against the Division I-A Rainbows won't cost the local team or its cheerleaders a cent -- the University of Hawaii is picking up the tab...

After seven years of subscribing to Cape Girardeau County's emergency plan, Jackson leaders decided to strike out on their own. Fire Chief Gary Niswonger, who doubles as Jackson's emergency operations coordinator, began work on the plan a year ago. Following last summer's flood, aldermen were concerned about the city's response should disaster strike...

CHINIAK, Alaska -- Dorothy S. Hopper, 70, of Chiniak, died Oct. 20, 1994, in Anchorage. She was born February 26, 1924. She married Ernie Hopper on Nov. 7, 1960. The couple owned and operated Roads End Motel and Restaurant in Chiniak. Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Donna Anderson of Texas and Cheryl Ingram and Cindy Sargent of Kodiak; a son, Bob Hopper of Anchorage; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren...

Ruby A. Stone, 90, died Friday, Oct. 21, 1994, at Chateau Girardeau Health Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 4, 1903, at Lutesville, daughter of F. W. Schepper and Mary Penturf Schepper. She married Charles E. Stone on June 11, 1921, at Jackson. He preceded her in death Jan. 19, 1982...

SCOTT CITY -- Ervin John Glaus, 83, died Oct. 20, 1994, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 27, 1911, in New Hamburg, the son of George and Theresia Schlosser Glaus. He and Ollie Mae Crader were married June 24, 1933, in Jackson...

Anyone interested in the Cape Girardeau area's artistic and cultural environment is invited to participate in Artslink, a federally funded project that will create a blueprint for the future of the arts locally. Artslink is a cultural planning project funded by a $12,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Its goal is to devise a strategy for the development of culture and the arts as an integral part of the community...

GORDONVILLE -- Cape Girardeau County Farm Bureau will sponsor a "Meet Your Candidates" forum Monday at 7 p.m. in Gordonville. Candidates for the 8th Congressional District and 158th District state representative, and all of the contested races for Cape County offices have been invited...

FISK -- A 21-year old Malden man was killed Friday morning when the car he was driving crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck on Highway 60, a half mile west of Fisk in Butler County. Pronounced dead at the scene was Melvin Shelton. A passenger in his car, Theola Townsend, 32 of Malden, received moderate injuries and was taken to St. Francis Medical Center...

WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Mrs. Bessie Ann "Becky" Copeland of Wolf Lake, died Friday, Oct. 21, 1994 at St. Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. today at the Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna. Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with Rev. John Cripps officiating. Burial will be in the Lindsey Cemetery near McClure...