Stories from Monday, May 15, 1995

The Cape Girardeau Chamber started recognizing existing industries seven years ago with its Industry of the Year award. Industries honored over the past seven years are General Sign, Lone Star Industries, Procter & Gamble, Biokyowa, Concord Publishing Co., Dana Corp. and Florsheim Shoe Co...

Wendell Thompson, a control room operator for the Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. power plant at New Madrid, heard an "emergency call" over his truck's scanner on a February day in 1994. Larry Swilley, a material handling supervisor at the New Madrid plant, was enjoying a day off when he heard the same call for help on his radio...

Perhaps the only people who like Mother's Day more than moms are restaurant owners. The parent-honoring holiday packs customers in like no other. Americans take their mothers out to dinner so Mom has a day off from cooking, dishes and other household chores. Extended families often join together for a group celebration at their restaurant of choice...

CARUTHERSVILLE -- A lot of new traffic is downtown these days, but the influx of more than 2,000 visitors a day to this Bootheel city of 7,500 isn't creating traffic flow problems. "Everything is moving smoothly," said Don Lloyd, city economic developer, in reference to the traffic increase created by the Aztar Casino aboard the "City of Caruthersville" riverboat...

Harrah's Casino in North Kansas City reported gambling revenue of $11.5 million in April. Casino Aztar of Caruthersville reported $266,122.75. Those were the highs and lows of Missouri's six gambling operations last month, which totaled $38.9 million...

Some area state representatives said it was good to be home with their families after a frantic legislative session in Jefferson City that ended Friday. "I can't wait to go back when it's almost time for the session to begin," said Rep. David Schwab, R-Jackson, "but I was ready to go back home the last day."...

The Southeast Missourian asked, "What plans do you have for summer vacation?" Erin Riches, Cape Girardeau "I'm going to work at Foot Locker and catch up on my summer reading." Denny Palmer, McClure, Ill. "I'm going down to Florida to do some site-seeing."...

IN RESPONSE to the person who claims the Republicans have a plan and the Democrats have no plan: The Republicans wanted the Congress so bad they won, now they don't know what to do with it. They want the president to do their work for them. The president is not a congressman nor a senator. ...

ANNA, Ill. -- Jerome T. Treece, 80, of Anna died Saturday, May 13, 1995, at his home. He was born Oct. 10, 1914, in Union County, the son of Lorren and Elvena Thorne Treece. He married Lova Vaughn in Vienna on Aug. 3, 1934. Treece was employed by Choate Mental Health Center and retired in 1976...

NEW HAMBURG -- Ella Marie Klipfel, 81, of New Hamburg died Saturday, May 13, 1995, at her home. She was born Jan. 13, 1914, the daughter of Al and Amanda Scheeter Glueck. She married Benjamin F. Klipfel on March 28, 1932, and he preceded her in death Dec. 26, 1955...

John Theodore Skibbie, 72, of 225 Barbery died Sunday, May 14, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 25, 1923, in Girard, Kan., the son of John and Amy Lorraine Coon Skibbie. He married Lavinia Coy on June 19, 1948, in Columbia. Skibbie was a U.S. ...

MORLEY -- Marvin "Ben" Holland, 90, of Morley died Sunday, May 14, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 10, 1904, in Gatewood, the son of Wiley Ben and Zilpha Pulliam Holland. He married Genevieve Hagar on Jan. 17, 1941, and she preceded him in death May 20, 1981...

PERRYVILLE -- Frieda C. Lorenz, 94, of Perryville died Sunday, May 14, 1995, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born April 30, 1901, the daughter of John and Magdalena Roth Miesner in Farrar. She married Rudolph Bachmann, who preceded her in death on Oct. 22, 1955. She then married Joe Lorenz, who also preceded her in death on Oct. 10, 1971...

BERTRAND -- Owen Radcliffe Heaton, 78, of Bertrand died Saturday, May 13, 1995, at East Prairie Nursing Center. He was born March 6, 1917, in Tiline, Ky., the son of Charley and Ocie Guess Heaton. He married Ellen Rose Tate Oct. 15, 1958, in Corinth, Miss. She preceded him in death Jan. 10, 1991...

KOKOMO, Ind. -- Herbert W. Steward, 67, of Kokomo, Ind., died Saturday, May 13, 1995, at his home. He was born July 29, 1928, in Bell City, the son of James and Lilly Goff Steward. He married Gloria M. Fowler on Jan. 25, 1975. She survives. Steward worked for the Continental Steel Corporation for 18 years and the Kokomo Housing Authority for six years, retiring in 1992...

PATTON -- Florence E. Easley, 90, of Patton died Sunday, May 14, 1995, at the Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. She was born June 5, 1904, in Scopus, the daughter of George and Elmine Welker Moore. She married George W. Easley on Nov. 17, 1924. He preceded her in death on March 28, 1985...

CHAFFEE -- Iola Witt, 84, of Chaffee died Saturday, May 13, 1995, at her home. She was born Feb. 9, 1911, the daughter of Michael and Gertrude Blacker Witt in Chaffee. Will retired from teaching in 1976 after 47 years at Chaffee Elementary School. She received a B.S. degree from Southeast Missouri State University. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Rockview, Missouri State Teachers Association and Retired Teachers Association...

ANNA, Ill. -- Rosena Lesar Clutts, 93, of Anna, formerly of Thebes and Cairo, died Saturday, May 13, 1995, at City Care Center in Anna. She was born April 9, 1902, in Thebes, the daughter of Moses and Amollie Leschener Lesar. She was married to William Raymond Clutts, who preceded her in death...

Larry G. Yarbro, 57, of 1924 College died Sunday, May 14, 1995, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

Unfortunately Missourians will never see the following bill introduced or enacted in their Legislature, but if longtime watchers of the General Assembly had their way, something similar to the measure below would have been enacted at least 50 years ago:...

There is an unusual situation in the city of Jackson that raises enough ethical questions to risk a blemish on the otherwise positive and upbeat image of one of the fastest growing communities in Missouri. But so far Jackson's elected officials are choosing to ignore the fact that the city engineer is approving subdivision plans and plats prepared by his own engineering firm as well as those submitted by his competitors...

Agenda Monday, 7:30 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Public Hearings Request of Money-Time Check Cashers Inc. for a special-use permit for a pawn shop and parking at 155 S. Park Ave. and 148 S. West End Blvd. A hearing on the city's performance in carrying out a 1993 Emergency Disaster Fund grant project involving construction of sewer lines in the area of Southern Expressway and Corporate Circle...

Jackson Board of Aldermen Monday, May 15 7:30 p.m. Action Items Authorize preventive maintenance contract with Robert Boitnott Painting for Wastewater Treatment Plant. Authorize renewal of lease on property located at 198 Oak Hill Road. Vacate right-of-way for an alley running between Union Avenue and Farmington Street...

The AdFederation of Southeast Missouri will hold its first ADDY awards banquet on Thursday, June 1 at the Show Me Center. It will begin at 6 p.m. The ADDY awards competition is a three-tiered national contest conducted annually by the American Advertising Federation. It is also the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition for creative excellence...

Rosie Danker, diabetic rehabilitation nurse at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, has been named 1995 "Nurse of the Year" at St. Francis. Danker of Perryville was one of three finalists for Nurse of the Year. Other finalists were Jan Parker of Jackson, a nurse in the Gene E. Huckstep Emergency Center at St. Francis, and Sherry Welter of Scott City, a member of St. Francis' postanesthesia recovery nursing staff...

After two years of changes and improvements, including extensive flood project work by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the retail center which formerly housed Lowell's and Silo has officially reopened with a new name and new tenants. LaCroix Center, a 40,000-square- foot shopping center located on a two-acre lot with about 100 parking places near the intersection of Bloomfield and South Kingshighway, is home to five businesses...

Penzel Construction Co. Inc. is the winner of the Varco-Pruden 1995 Hall of Fame Award in the retrofit-roofing project category for excellence in the Nell Holcomb School renovations in Cape Girardeau. Penzel Construction of Jackson served as general contractor on the school project that covers 17,000 square feet. The project engineer was Strickland Engineering of Jackson. Charles Herbst of Cape Girardeau was project architect...