Stories from Sunday, September 8, 1996

To the editor: Cape Girardeau County Democrats wish to thank everyone who attended the visit of President and Mrs. Clinton and Vice President and Mrs. Gore. The event was a tremendous success. I with to thank Nelda Hinton and Cris Edwards, who both volunteered and coordinated the volunteer services at the Clinton-Gore center and the Democratic headquarters. ...

President Clinton speaks in Dyersburg, Tenn. A Washington Post photographer snapped this shot with Whitehead's camera. Whithead was a driver for the jump ahead team. This is a shot he took of the president's bus en route from Cape to Memphis. Gary Whitehead and Bennie Hinton got the opportunity of a lifetime during the recent presidential visit to Cape Girardeau...

Independent candidate Jo Ann Emerson has a solid lead over Democrat Emily Firebaugh in the 8th District congressional race, an Emerson-commissioned poll shows. Emerson released the poll results Saturday, which showed the Cape Girardeau Republican with a 56 to 21 percent margin over Firebaugh in the general election...

KRCU radio is "Going Public" with its new weekly community affairs program by that name. The half-hour program will air at 3 p.m. on Sundays, beginning today. "Going Public" will feature interviews and discussion on issues that affect the KRCU 90.9 FM broadcast region...

A new Astronomy Club will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Rhodes Hall, room 121, on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. The club is open to everyone, said Michael Cobb, sponsor. The first meeting will be organizational, and officers will be selected. Cobb said the club will organize star parties for viewing of astrological events like a lunar eclipse that occurs Sept. 26...

Southeast Missouri State University has received $14,700 from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to continue its transitional middle-school certification program in 1996-97. Twenty-three institutions participate in the program, which provides course work to contracted Missouri public school teachers in fifth through ninth grades so they can meet certification requirements...

I'M VERY embarrassed by our city that when the national anthem was played there was not even a flag at Capaha Park. BILL CLINTON says that he will not attack Bob Dole's or Jack Kemp's characters in his speech. Since they have been accused of nothing that would demean their character, how could he in the first place?...

To quote the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, "America is electing a president for a new millennium, one who will lead this nation into a new century." In slightly less flowered phrases, the Republican nominee is saying the same thing. So, too, are the party nominees for the office of Governor of Missouri, as well as those seeking offices in Congress and General Assembly...

Most Americans will join Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole in applauding President Bill Clinton's action in launching a few dozen cruise missiles against Iraqi targets this past week. Many also will judge this action insufficient in dealing with the brutal Saddam Hussein. Even as they cheer, though, those same Americans will be excused for entertaining many doubts about this president's stewardship of American foreign policy...

To the editor: John Gearing's letter supporting Bill Clinton stated he had no proof of the rumors about his friend. I will list some facts: Bill Clinton vetoed a bill to stop the murder of full-term babies coming out of the birth canal. It is no rumor that Clinton supports the use of taxpayers' money to abort (kill) 4,400 babies every day. There have been over 35 million in all...

To the editor: Whether or not there is a God, we as a nation can't argue the point that we have been attaining greatness these past 30 years. Yes, we have had many significant breakthroughs, yet in the back of our minds we find a persistent, nagging uneasiness. ...

Abernathy collected quite a lot of memorabilia from the 1996 DNC. This is Abernathy's pass into the DNC. There was a different one for each night. Vicki Abernathy returned home to Jackson from the Democratic National Convention last week filled with memories she will always hold dear...

With the proposed minimum wage increase in Missouri, I'm going to make a few predictions. If it is passed, look for places like East St. Louis, Western Kansas City and East Cape Girardeau to reap the benefits of one completely stupid Missouri law. If the proposed minimum wage increase in Missouri is passed you had better bet your life that the once black eye communities like East St. ...

Blake Heuring thinks girls and boys are treated equally, but Erika Beasley disagrees. Both live in Jackson and are in the same grade but attend different schools. More than 222,000 students say there is a gender gap in America. Gender biases affect curfews, household chores and education, according to results of a USA Weekend survey published today...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Teachers will return to the classrooms Monday armed with a one-year contract that gives them 3 percent pay raises as they advance up the salary schedule. The Cairo Teachers Association's members ratified the agreement Tuesday. The Board of Education approved it on a 4-0 vote Friday night. Three of the seven board members were absent...

Dozens of workers were busy Saturday at Arena park, making last-minute preparations for the 141st SEMO District Fair, which starts today and runs through Saturday. While most of the carnival rides, concession stands and game booths were assembled last week, Saturday was for maintenance, stocking and cleaning, said Pete Poe, vice president of the SEMO District Fair Association...

A Carbondale, Ill., professor wants you to exercise on your recliner. Not even a dog wants to do that. Americans love to talk about exercise. We are obsessed with it just so long as we don't really have to do it. Exercise gurus are forever telling us that overweight, out-of-shape guys and gals can learn to enjoy it...

WARE, Ill. -- Two men died in a fiery, one-vehicle accident on Illinois 3 early Saturday, two miles south of Illinois 146. Killed was the driver, David L. Basler, 29, of Cobden and a passenger, Dewayne Dye, 24, of Fulton, Mo. A passenger, Timothy Joe Law, 36, of Dongola was injured. He was taken to St. Francis Medical Center where he was in stable condition Saturday night...

Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston strongly denies the allegations made by Mrs. Everlean Brown in a story published on Aug. 25 by the Southeast Missourian that her son, Brad, was pronounced dead at Missouri Delta Medical Center and then transferred at her request to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. "It is utter nonsense to believe that our institution would declare someone dead and then transfer them to another hospital," insisted Charles Ancell, administrator of MDMC...

Let's see. . . A waltz, a mule, a president, oh yeah, an arch. That's Missouri, the state somewhere off the east coast of Kansas. Our fellow countrymen labor under a heavy burden of deep ignorance concerning our state. But the Show Me State has many other great features and one of these are its forests. These forests provide environmental, economic and social benefits...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Several hundred Missouri youngsters will have a chance to learn the basics of waterfowl hunting in special clinics being offered by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) next month. Youths aged 11-15 are eligible for free waterfowl hunting clinics scheduled for six locations around the state. The kids will learn about waterfowl habitat, equipment needed to hunt ducks and geese, how to identify the birds, hunting ethics, hunting safety and hunting strategies...

Della Novella McDowell, 82, of 2555 Masters Drive died Saturday, Sept. 7, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 27, 1913, at Brownwood, daughter of Henry and Delia Brandon George. She was a member of the Church of Christ of Jackson...

BERTRAND -- Nancy Iona Reed, 81, of Bertrand, died Saturday, Sept. 7, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 8, 1915, at Imboden, Ark., daughter of Enoch and Mary Elizabeth Davis Reed. She was a homemaker and a member of Shady Acres Church of Christ at Sikeston...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral Mass for Bridget Ozell "Biddie" Hopper of Scott City will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. The Rev. Pat Wissman will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City after 2 p.m. today. At 6, there will be a Ladies Auxiliary VFW service. A prayer service will be held at 7...

SILVER SPRINGS, Md. -- Dora Kinder Turnage died Monday, Sept. 2, 1996, at the Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Springs. She was born Dec. 16, 1905, daughter of Clay and Annie Hicks Kinder of Jackson. She had been a resident of Washington the past 51 years and prior to that lived in Jackson...

Cape Girardeau County Land transfers Robert Hemperley Jr. and Nelle B. Hemperley to Frank J. Stinnett III and Rebecca Sue Stinnett; Watson R. Hester and Mary Immogene Hester to Watson Hughes Hester; Watson Hughes Hester and Velma Hughes Hester to Watson R. Hester and Mary Immogene Hester; Watson R. Hester and Mary Immogene Hester to Ruth Ann Crader;...

ADDISON, Ill. -- Roy N. Williams, 68, of Addison, died Friday, Sept. 6, 1996, at Union County Hospital in Anna. Friends may call today from 5-8 p.m. at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home...

SIKESTON -- Aquilla Marion "Jack" Grimes, 82, of Sikeston, died Saturday, Sept. 7, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center at Sikeston. He was born Sept. 25, 1913, in Morehouse, son of Luther and Cora Vaughn Grimes. He first married Edith Winstead in Pinehill. When she preceded him in death, he married Mary Elizabeth Smith in Benton...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- George Trexler, 65, of Jonesboro Route 2 died Saturday, Sept. 7, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home at Anna.

COBDEN, Ill. -- David L. Basler, 29, of Cobden died Saturday, Sept. 7, 1996, near Ware. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home at Cobden.

"Troll! Pack your bags and get ready to come home. Not to your old home which has long been gone, demolished, hauled away, kaput, but to a new home which is well under way just a few yards upstream from where your charming, old, wooden, arched bridge home was...

Fair opens 11 a.m. Sunday with free gate admission. Parking will be charged. Gates open at 9 a.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission will be charged from 1-9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $2 for adults and children age 12 and older...