Stories from Thursday, January 12, 1995

To the editor: The John Salvi case is another occasion for columnist Ellen Goodman of the Boston Globe to frantically wring her hands at the violence she claims is directed by the anti-abortion movement against abortion clinics and women who use them...

Cape Girardeau is a nice-sized town with the things a single man or woman might want in a bar scene. That's the consensus of singles who were out-on-the-town over a recent weekend. And many singles use the bar scene for the same reasons: recreation and relaxation...

There are a few bars in town where patrons will greet you by name in unison, sort of similar to the patrons of television's "Cheers" greeting Norm whenever he walks through the door of the lower-level Boston pub. But everyone doesn't know your name everywhere you go, and unlike Norm you'll probably have to pay your tab regardless of the establishment...

"The Russian New Year" will be the topic Saturday when the Festivals, Families and the Arts program is held at 2 p.m. at Clippard School. Children and their adult companions will learn how the Russian New Year is celebrated through music, library materials and an art project...

Review courses for area high school juniors and seniors preparing to take the American College Testing Assessment exam will be held in March at Southeast Missouri State University. The classes begin March 21. Review sessions will be conducted by Southeast faculty and area high school teachers and will be held Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 to 9 in the University Center Program Lounge...

"I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you." "The check is in the mail." These old saws still produce a smile or two. Hundreds of Missourians smiled after the 1993 floods when they received assistance through a variety of programs to help disaster victims. ...

Near the end of the holiday season, when thousands of well-intentioned folks had shared their good fortune by donating to dozens of charities, there was a story about a man claiming to be homeless who held up a pleading sign near I-55 in Cape Girardeau and took more money from even more well-intentioned folks...

To the editor: First the riverboat fleecers came. Now the strippers. Just a coincidence in timing, right? One hardly dares to think what next will slither into our community. When we fire the umpire and throw out the rule book (call it "progress" though we may), it becomes more and more difficult to keep the boundary lines straight. The game begins to unravel...

"My Country 'Tis of Thee" is more than a song Phillip Mentor will sing Monday night during his concert celebrating the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The tune reverberates through the civil rights movement, back to King's frequent use of the lyrics in his speeches, and back even further to 1936, when Marian Anderson sang it before 250,000 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after the Daughters of the American Revolution got her concert banned from Constitution Hall...

Anita Hill is. Clarence Thomas is, later. Colin Powell isn't, but Oliver North might be. So it goes when it comes to bringing big-name speakers to the Southeast Missouri State University campus. Anita Hill, the University of Oklahoma law professor, sparked controversy with her sexual harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas during the Supreme Court nomination hearings...

To Lenda Craig, "Wheddo" is more than just her late husband's lost dog. He's family, and she wants him back. Wheddo, a 9-month-old malamute-chow, was riding in the camper when Craig's husband's pickup left Highway 34 west of Burfordville in Cape Girardeau County about 10:15 p.m. on Dec. 27...

Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations planned at SEMO SCHEDULE OF EVENTS The official kickoff for the campus activities will be held Thursday at noon on the steps of Academic Hall. Keynote: Dr. Shirley Stennis-Williams Friday 6:30 p.m. Candlelight March will start at the University Center...

Night Clubs Inc.'s owner and officers have passed a police background check in its quest to put a strip bar at Enterprise Street in Cape Girardeau. Police Chief Howard "Butch" Boyd has signed Night Clubs' request for a liquor license. Night Clubs, which has two Regina's House of Dolls in Paducah, Ky., wants to open one here...

Boyd Gaming Corp. has nearly completed its "rough draft" proposal for a gambling development in Cape Girardeau, and it doesn't include widening William Street to four lanes from Sprigg to Main. That concerns many planning and zoning commission members, who Wednesday night reiterated their position that the street be widened to accommodate a projected increase in traffic from the riverboat gambling development...

Jan. 12, 1995 Dear Nick and Christine, Thanks for the photos of the miraculous babe. Looks like Neptune. Born to surf, I'm sure. Not so sure he'll get the chance. The signs from California look ominous. Earthquakes, riots, floods and Orange County, bastion of conservatism and home of teen-agers in Porches, goes bankrupt (what symbolism)...

I WOULD like to say a couple of words about Jay Eastlick's article concerning Connie Chung and Newt Gingrich's mother. Grow up. I certainly don't want to have to defend Connie Chung because I don't believe she's a great reporter, but you can't expect her not to use that interview material...

SCOTT CITY -- A former Scott City police officer received a $6,600 annual pay hike this week. He went to work for the Cape Girardeau Police Department. John Haverstick, the former officer, was at Scott City's entry-level salary of $12,716. Three other Scott City officers also receive that amount...

MILLERSVILLE -- Funeral service for Earl T. Mouser of Millersville will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The Rev. Otto Steinhaus will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today. An Elks service will be held at 7 and Masonic service at 7:30...

MARBLE HILL -- Luther O. "Blackie" Weibley, 72, of Marble Hill, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1995, at John Cochran VA Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 11, 1922, in Loysville, Pa., son of Shelburn and Margaret Scott Weibley. He married the former Freda Fox...

DEXTER -- Thomas J. Ritchie, 68, of Dexter, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 5, 1926, in Coalhill, Ark., son of John Henry and Consoilar Barber Ritchie. He and Evaline Thurman were married Oct. 11, 1947, at Bloomfield...

MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- The Rev. Glendon Henson, 66, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1995, at the St. Joseph Hospital in Mishawaka. He was born March 25, 1928, in Aid, Mo., the son of Guy and Lucy Elizabeth Edmundson Henson. On July 15, 1944, he married Lucy J. McGruder...

PERRYVILLE -- Emma W. Schrumpf, 92, of Perryville, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1995, at Perry Oaks Health Care Center. She was born Aug. 5, 1902, in Bollinger County, daughter of Ernst S. and Johanna Brickhaus Yamnitz. He and Addison G. Schrumpf were married Dec. 26, 1932. He died March 19, 1985...

PUXICO -- Della Cato, 80, of Puxico, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 21, 1914, near Zalma, daughter of Ed and Sadie Shell Hendrix. She and Elmer Cato were married May 22, 1933, at Kennett...

Leo Seabaugh, 71, of 627 Whitelaw died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1995, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Funeral Home of Cape Girardeau.

SCOTT CITY -- James L. Owens, 59, of Scott City, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home at Scott City is in charge of arrangements.

Virginia Doney, 84, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1995, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Jan. 7, 1911, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of William and Nellie Criebaum Hale. She and Earl Doney were married Dec. 27, 1947, in Cape Girardeau. He died March 8, 1994...

PERRYVILLE -- Philomena Stelzriede, 90, of Perryville, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1995, at Perry Oaks Health Care Center. She was born Aug. 28, 1904, in Belgique, daughter of John and Mary Cornelius DePauw. She and Peter B. Nuyt were married in 1923. He died July 17, 1945. She later married Lyle A. Stelzriede in 1946, who died July 13, 1954...

Son to Mark and Julie Stroder of Olathe, Kan., 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1995. Name, Brandon Reed. Weight, 8 pounds 8 ounces. Third child, first son. Mrs. Stroder is the former Julie Reed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Reed of Rolla. Stroder is a project analyst manager with Sprint, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stroder of Cape Girardeau...

Cape Girardeau Robert J. and Debra S. Blasiney to Debra S. Blasiney; Robert J. and Debra S. Blasiney to Robert J. Blasiney; the Bernita C. Light Trust to Don and Lori Light.Bernita C. Light to the Bernita C. Light Trust; Calvin Phillips et al. to Floyd Rich and Susan K. Goodman; Bessie V. Revelle to the Bessie V. Revelle Trust.Health Service Corporation of America to Earl H. and Robert W. Norman...

Final exams began Wednesday at Cape Girardeau Central High and Erin Phillips celebrated. Phillips, a sophomore, doesn't have to take any of her seven final exams. Instead she's spending class periods eating popcorn and visiting with friends in the auditorium...

Spring enrollment at Southeast Missouri State University stood at 7,197 on the first day of classes Monday, down 3 percent from a year ago. The number of graduate students stood at 686, up 56 or 9 percent. The total headcount for graduate and undergraduate students was down 199 from the 1994 spring semester...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Several Southeast Missouri legislators say they are concerned about a Republican plan to combine the two House committees dealing with agriculture. "There are a lot of issues that need to be addressed for agriculture, and having just one committee dealing with agriculture will reduce our bills that could come out," said Rep. Don Prost, D-Caruthersville...

JACKSON -- After a week of quiet at the Jackson Board of Education office, two filed for seats on the board. Incumbent Marvin Adams refiled Tuesday and newcomer Jewell Beauchamp followed on Wednesday. The deadline to file for the two open seats is 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31...

Wednesday afternoon, when many teen-agers were hanging out with friends or watching television, at least 11 of them worked up a sweat on the parking lot of the Cape Civic Center. They had a tough job -- tearing down a rotted retaining wall made of railroad ties. The boys, ages 10 to 18, used a crowbar to pull out metal spikes and a sledgehammer to knock down the rotted wood...