Stories from Wednesday, January 31, 1996

MATTHEWS -- Funeral service for Lacey Leona Woodham of Matthews will be held at 11 a.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. The Rev. Donald Heitman will officiate, with burial in Forest Hills Cemetery near Morley. Woodham, 92, died Monday, Jan. 29, 1996, at Sells Rest Home...

The most recent article regarding the proposed Cape-Bollinger county lake didn't fully represent the status of the issue. The following is an effort to give everyone a more complete picture as to where the project currently stands. The petition drive didn't achieve the results we hope for, to say the least. ...

BENTON -- Most people know that there's usually more month at the end of the money, but Scott County officials learned it first-hand when they completed the 1996 budget. The county ended 1995 with $812,000 in its cash reserves but 1996 estimates show only $250,000 will be left at the end of 1996...

Most Christian churches preach that intercourse between persons of the same sex is wrong. Others ordain gay pastors. Now gays and lesbians in Cape Girardeau have a choice -- attend the traditional churches or go to one that specifically recruits them...

Although there are still 100 days until the 1996 Olympic Torch Relay begins, local runners are being selected to carry the flame as it passes through Cape Girardeau County. The local Community Heroes torch bearers, a program sponsored by the United Way, will be announced Feb. 15...

The City of Roses chapter of American Business Women's Association will meet Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Dodie Eisenhauer, owner of Village Designs, will talk about how she launched her business and made it successful. The vocational speaker will be Lilian Jenko, and a white elephant auction will be held...

"People, Places & Things," a photographic exhibit by Dr. Edwin Smith, will be on display at the Cape Girardeau Public Library from Feb. 10 through March 2. Over the past four years, Smith has traveled to 11 countries to research children's art work. While teaching art to children in each country, he took the photographs that compose his exhibit...

Cape Girardeau will hold a two-day workshop Feb. 15-16 on national building code requirements. The city's inspection services division is sponsoring the workshop, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. Edward Wirtschoreck of the technical services department of Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) will speak at the seminar...

As the 1996 session of the Missouri General Assembly begins its second full month next week, it is clear that two important issues that dominated last year's session will again be front and center this year. Both are controversial measures guaranteed to consume lots of time in floor debate. ...

Daughter to Tim and Teresa Borneman of Delta, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:28 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996. Name, Megan Elizabeth. Weight, 6 pounds 7 ounces. Mrs. Borneman is the former Teresa Barlow, daughter of Peggy Barlow of Cape Girardeau. She is manager of Levi's Outlet in Sikeston. Borneman is the son of Emma Borneman of Delta and Bill Borneman of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at Spartech Plastics in Cape Girardeau...

CHARLESTON -- Glen Eddleman, 89, formerly of Charleston, died Monday, Jan. 29, 1996, at Sikeston Health Care Center. McMikle Funeral Home at Charleston is in charge of arrangements.

JACKSON -- Dorothy M. Culp, 88, of Jackson, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1996, at Jackson Manor. She was born July 7, 1907, at Thayer, daughter of William A. and Willie Webber Kellett. She and Claude Culp were married Aug. 7, 1929, at Benton. He died Aug. 9, 1982...

DEXTER -- Bobby Hill, 45, of Dexter, died Monday, Jan. 29, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 29, 1950, in Poplar Bluff, son of James Alfred and Maxine Eldridge Hill. He and Marilyn Sisk were married June 26, 1980, in Memphis, Tenn...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Samuel Dale Austin of Chaffee will be held at 1 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Patrick Tankersley will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Austin, 39, died Monday, Jan. 30, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

Funeral service for Bernice Marie Emma Beatte, 307 Franklin, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Christ Episcopal Church. The Rev. Brant Hazlett will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Funeral service for Gertrude A. "Gertie" Viner of Olive Branch will be held at 8 p.m. tonight at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms. The Rev. Billy Don Heady will officiate. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Woodlawn Cemetery in Leadington, Mo...

CHARLESTON -- Robert Pleasent Watts Jr., 75, of Charleston, died Saturday, Jan. 27, 1996, at Bertrand Nursing Facility. He was born Jan. 3, 1921, in St. Louis, son of Robert Pleasent and Louise Russell Watts. Watts received a bachelor of science degree from Hampton University in Hampton, Va., in 1942...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Norma Skiles, 83, died Monday, Jan. 29, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born in Union County, daughter of Charley C. and Ida J. Rhymer Miller. She and Ernest Skiles were married Oct. 15, 1932. He died May 5, 1971...

Funeral service for Geneta Spellman of Los Angeles, Calif., was held Friday in Los Angeles. Spellman, 61, died Monday, Jan. 22, 1996, in Los Angeles. She was born Jan. 21, 1935, near Marble Hill, daughter of Evertt and Clara Williams Ridings. Survivors include three daughters, Pam Vega, Tammie Stagner and Lee Ann McLeever, all of Los Angeles; three brothers, Ralph Ridings of Hemet, Calif., Hinkle Ridings of Jackson, Ardell Ridings of Patton; two sisters, Merclette Gaither of Fenton, Armilda Shrum of Cape Girardeau, and two grandchildren.. ...

Graveside service for Thomas M. Howell of Cape Girardeau Veterans Home was held Monday at Memorial Park. The Rev. Cy Smith officiated. Military rites were conducted by VFW Post 3838. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Howell, 69, died Friday, Jan. 26, 1996, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington...

What was that boom heard by some in Cape Girardeau Tuesday around 12:30 p.m.? We know what it wasn't, but we aren't sure what it was. The loud noise and rumbling was heard and felt in Cape Girardeau as many people ate lunch. Was it an earthquake? Dr. ...

Southeast Missouri State University's search committee has narrowed the list of candidates for president from 121 to 14. The committee narrowed the field at a closed-door meeting Monday and hopes to recommend three or more finalists to the Board of Regents by late March...

A few weeks ago I discovered a wonderful little radio program called "Have a Rotten Day." Don't look for it anywhere on the local dial -- you won't find it. However, if you are ever cruising through foreign realms outside of Southeast Missouri and stumble across it, you are in for a treat...

Improved means of identifying and punishing juveniles who commit serious crimes are imperative, area law enforcement officials told Sen. John Ashcroft Tuesday. Officers from several departments in Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Perry counties, the Drug Enforcement Agency and federal and state judges talked with the Missouri senator in a teleconference from the Common Pleas Courthouse in Cape Girardeau...

I THINK there should be an investigation into the Bush administration and the Reagan administration on taking money out of Social Security and giving it to the postal employees for raises. I think also the Bush administration should be investigated on the bank frauds and also the oil frauds while he was in office. ...

With the Jackson police recently starting a gang resistance education program in the city's public schools, the Southeast Missourian asked people what they thought was the best way to keep children from getting involved with gangs. Travis Taylor: "Make them feel they are cared about. They usually don't go into gangs unless they feel abandoned or if they feel they have nowhere else to go."...

Tuesday, Jan. 30 -- I had two tasks on my agenda Monday. One was to provide a few written thoughts regarding happenings in the Jackson R-2 School District, and the second was to finalize some materials for the Board of Education planning meeting scheduled for Tuesday evening...

JACKSON -- After years of people using it as a shortcut past downtown Jackson, the concrete bridge on Old Cape Road is ready for replacement. The bridge spans Goose Creek. City officials aren't sure when it was built, but its all-concrete side rails are rare today...

MedAmerica HealthNet Inc., soon could have a full-time director. Dr. William Shell, president of the physician-hospital organization's board of directors and a Sikeston physician, said Tuesday that a candidate has been offered the position and the board is awaiting a response...

OLMSTED, Ill. -- Downbound barge traffic on the Ohio River is moving at a swift pace these days. The river is high enough that barges don't have to "lock through" the dams, and the strong currents associated with the rising river help propel the tows downstream...

Ladybug, ladybug fly away home Your house is on fire And your children are gone All but one and her name's Anne And she flew away with an Air Force man. (Pardon the poetic license. this sounds better than "She crept under the Puddin' Pan_.) That is how it was some 26 years ago when our Anne Elizabeth (Bunny) flew away on her wedding day to Bangkok, Thailand, where her new husband was based in the Vietnam War...

A few of the pampering products that are available at Judith Ann's include bath items, teas, gourmet foods and candles. Damon Dillard demonstrated the soothing effect of relaxing with recorded music at Stereo One. Without an outlet, daily pressures can build to the boiling point...