Stories from Friday, July 28, 1995

MARBLE HILL -- Paul A. Yount, 76, of Marble Hill, died Thursday, July 27, 1995, at his home. He was born Sept. 18, 1918, at Marquand, son of Thomas A. and Ruth E. Tinnin Yount. He and Carrie Marie Lynch were married April 26, 1941. She preceded him in death on Sept. 29, 1986...

To the editor: My husband and I recently moved here from Phoenix. I thought one thing I wouldn't have to witness any more was child abuse in public. I am disabled, and my husband does the shopping. I go along sometimes and sit in the care and people-watch...

To the editor: We had the distinct pleasure for five days of being passengers on the American Queen steamboat on her trip from Memphis to St. Louis. The boat is elegant, and the crew made the trip a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The real reason for this letter is about waterfronts. ...

There was considerable scoffing around Missouri and the nation when it was announced several months ago that the state had awarded Cape Girardeau a grant for a Rush Limbaugh tour in the talk-show host's hometown. But the investment has paid off handsomely. As a result of the media attention -- some good, some not so good -- hundreds of thousands of dollars of publicity have been generated for the City of Roses and its attractions...

BENTON -- The practices are finally over, but the season isn't for the girls' Babe Ruth softball players here, as most have been playing since early spring. Members of the All-Star team will be hosts to players from Colorado and Iowa for a tournament this weekend...

To the editor: The laws our forefathers fought to develop and struggled to uphold are being destroyed by today's Congress. How? First by making a mockery of the fair tax laws they set up calling for taxes to be paid in accordance with the gain acquired because of the freedom of the free enterprise system...

Son to Jeff and Patti Deck of Glen Allen, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:11 a.m. Saturday, July 15, 1995. Name, Austin Jacob. Weight, 7 pounds 11 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Deck is the former Patti Barker, daughter of Don and Louise Barker of Aurora, Ill. She is a cashier at Aldi. Deck is an electrician at Fru Con. He is the son of Jake and Doris Deck of Glen Allen...

Eloise Johnson, 88, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, July 22, 1995, at her home. She was born Aug. 22, 1906, at Salem, daughter of Daniel F. and Pearl Ida Cates Ball. On Oct. 25, 1952, she married Wayne Johnson. Survivors include her husband; a son, John M. Johnson of St. Louis; a daughter, Nancy L. Jernigan of Dallas, Texas; a sister, Irene Love of Long Beach, Calif., and six grandchildren...

ALTENBURG -- Funeral service for Hertha G. Haertling of Altenburg will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev. Willard Kassulke will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons East Perry Chapel from 5-9 p.m. today, and 6:30-8:30 a.m. Saturday...

He was born April 27, 1914, in Pocahontas, Ark., son of Jim and Annie McCandless Hogan. He and Verlon Meese were married April 10, 1936, in Lepanto, Ark. Hogan was a retired farmer, and had lived in Gray Ridge 50 years. Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Jo Ann Davis of Sikeston, Verline Greer of Cape Girardeau, Mary Dalton of Athens, Tenn.; three sisters, Gladys Mays of Mt. ...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Ida C. Thomas of Perryville will be held at 11 a.m. today at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Apple Creek. The Rev. John Bolderson will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 8-10:30 a.m. today...

Katherine J. Lohr, 85, of the Lutheran Home, died Wednesday, July 26, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Oct. 2, 1909, in Colchester, Ill., daughter of Robert O. and Dimple VanAlstine Jarvis. She and Loren L. Lohr were married June 8, 1932, in Camp Point, Ill. He died Dec. 5, 1986...

SIKESTON -- The Rev. J. Marshall Page, 83, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, July 26, 1995, in the emergency room at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born May 24, 1912, in Crowder, son of Willis Jefferson and Emma Watson Page. He and Geneva Taylor were married July 20, 1935, at Benton...

A number of farmers in Southern Illinois have expressed an interest in signing up for the voluntary Wetlands Reserve Program, which is yet to be funded for this year. "There are two changes in this third wetlands reserve program," said Jim Wallace of the Natural Resources Conservation Services office at Benton, Ill. "The NRCS, under the United States Department of Agriculture and formerly the Soil Conservation Service, will administer the program, and this year it is being offered nationwide."...

CHAFFEE -- New Jersey native Vincenza Haney learned a long time ago that those who wait for things to happen usually get left behind. "I was taught that unless your name is Rockefeller you probably won't get much help from anybody," said Haney, who helped push for and secure a first-ever Community Development Block Grant for Chaffee...

City Manager J. Ronald Fischer celebrated his 62nd birthday Thursday with cake and goodbyes. He said he couldn't help but be a little sad on his final day as city manager. "Today really has been kind of a downer," he said after cutting up his municipal credit card and turning in his keys to City Hall...

City officials say the cost of the Cape LaCroix Creek-Walker Branch Flood Control Project might approach $48 million, $16 million more than the Army Corps of Engineers' estimate when the city passed a half-cent sales tax to fund 25 percent of the project in 1988...

Visiting the Ozarks hills where you grew up can be a perplexing experience. There are so many familiar things there that exist in a world that hasn't escaped change. The house where you grew up is still standing and occupied, but the big elm trees are long gone. The garden has been turned into lawn. The woven-wire fence that used to separate the front yard from the gravel road is gone. All that remains of the orchard are a few trees here and there...

The big joke A BIG joke was in Speak Out. "Democrat, Republican, Bull Moose. Speak Out loves them all. Keep calling." If anyone calls in against the Republicans, it won't be published, and you won't publish this either. I've called many times, and you won't publish what I put in. All the editorials, even those by the Missourian staff, rip the Democrats. I really think the Republicans are scared...

The front-door at Don's Store 24 says the business doesn't accept food stamps anymore, but that notice doesn't tell the whole story. An investigation at the store at 341 S. Sprigg revealed clerks sold dishwashing liquid, soap, paper towels, bleach and other household items for food stamps. On June 17, officials with the U.S. Agriculture Department sent a letter to the store saying it was disqualified from accepting food stamps for six months...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Mark Twain, roasted corn-on-the-cob, blues and gospel music, and tennis, volleyball and basketball tournaments will be some of the attractions Saturday at Shawnee Community College's first-ever Frontier Festival. Hayrides, a bonfire, fishing on the lake, crafts booths and door prizes also will be offered at the festival on the rolling hills of Shawnee's campus...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department is asking motorists to avoid several intersections today because of roadwork. Beginning at 7 a.m., pavement milling will begin with six intersections being affected. Traffic delays of varying length should be expected...

The Board of Regents today is expected to pick an interim president for Southeast Missouri State University. The regents are expected to make the announcement around 3:30 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom after they vote in a closed-door meeting slated for 3...

State-level officials who normally spend their days calculating budgets for the Department of Social Services, Division of Youth Services and the House of Representatives are here taking a look at one of the projects they help fund. The budgeters are learning about Cape Girardeau's Community Caring Council...

Although it's usually the third time that's the charm, Chaffee artist Aaron Horrell is celebrating early. For the second consecutive year, he received honors at an international art competition. Horrell won a gold medal for his entry in the ARTDEX International '95 competition, which is sponsored by the Professional Artists of North America...

A Cape Girardeau horse enthusiast's health is improving following a Saturday night accident near Pocahontas. Tammy Kirkpatrick, 32, was riding a horse on County Road 532 just east of Pocahontas at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday. According to Missouri Highway Patrol reports, David Green, 19, of Jackson was driving eastbound on the road when he noticed a group of riders. He swerved to avoid them but struck Kirkpatrick's horse...

St. Francis Medical Center can trace its beginning to three nuns who took a riverboat from Carondelet to Cape Girardeau in the fall of 1875, their goal to care for the sick and dying. As the 12-patient hospital they started grew, more nuns came to provide medical care and administrative help. By 1947, 22 sisters and 104 employees worked at the facility...