Stories from Saturday, September 28, 1996

Over the years, the Seabaugh residence has descended into a state of necessary clutter. There are clean sheets and towels covering two living room chairs. A CD player and several scattered CDs and hymn books sit atop a table. A plastic medical supply cabinet, stuffed full of lotions, wipes and the like, sits by the television...

It doesn't look like the women's hearts are breaking. They gather once a month at the Lutheran Family and Children's Services building in Cape Girardeau to talk about their common concern: All of them have a relative with Alzheimer's disease. The number who come isn't always the same. ...

Ray Frazee came to the Midwest Forest Industry Show Friday to see the latest in forestry equipment and products. Frazee owns a sawmill and lumber company in Tennessee. "I've seen some things that I hate to go home without," he said. But Frazee hadn't decided what equipment to buy Friday afternoon...

GREENVILLE -- Search crews found pieces of an older model Cessna airplane and the bodies of its passengers about noon Friday near upper Wappapello Lake. No one survived the crash. The small plane crashed into the banks of the St. Francis River near Greenville and burned on impact, authorities said. All four passengers were killed...

There is one, and only one, benefit of being poor. And don't let the fact that I drive around in that fancy spotted-gray 1988 Nissan Sentra fool you; I am monetarily challenged. Poor Richard's Almanac is my bible. I am the poster boy for poverty. And through my long tenure in the Brotherhood of Those Who Borrow from the Parents, I have discovered the single benefit of being poor...

The widow of U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson wants to protect a herd of wild horses in Southern Missouri that her husband fought to save from capture. Jo Ann Emerson wrote a letter to President Bill Clinton Friday asking him to reconsider a veto of the bipartisan legislation that contains the Wild Horses Bill...

Inspired by Peter Jenkins' book about his walk across America in the 1970s, Betsy Castle is living her childhood dream. About 16 months ago Castle left home in Seattle, Wash., on foot with her dog, Malcolm, on a trek to Delaware. She is on her third pair of boots as she takes the back roads toward her goal...

The Southeast Missourian newspaper was honored Friday with 15 awards by the National Newspaper Association. The awards were presented at the NNA convention in Nashville, Tenn. Included in the recognition were three first-place awards, five second-place honors, two third-place awards, and five honorable mentions...

THIS IS a note to "Don't throw stones": Why is the president shielded from scrutiny? Were Reagan and Bush shielded from scrutiny from the Democrats? Other than Iran/Contra, did they have any more criminal investigations against them than Clinton has had in the past four years? And are you so perfect you set standards that the president and anyone else are to be judged by? This 26-year-old conservative believes there are more honest people out there to be president, and they don't have to be a liar, a cheat and a thief to do so.. ...

Two major grants, both announced earlier this week, portend major improvements in the Cape Girardeau County Jail in Jackson and in the Alternative Education Center in Cape Girardeau that takes students who would otherwise be dropouts or potential candidates for the juvenile justice system...

To the editor: Recently two very important figures in our city, Acting Police Chief Steven Strong and Mayor Al Spradling III, acted on an issue of critical concern to the health of our community's most valuable resource: our children. The minor differences which emerged regarding the most appropriate, effective and efficient manner to implement proposed restrictions for underage use of tobacco products were minimal, as both the mayor and acting police chief chose to focus on local preventative efforts to curb tobacco use by minors. ...

To the editor: I watched most of the Republican convention. At times I almost believed it was non-fiction. I noticed Elizabeth Dole said Bob got his education with the GI Bill of Rights. She forgot to thank the Democrats for that. Millions of GIs got an education with that bill...

Tradition is in, the NHL governors say. But dead octopuses are out. Plastic rats are out. And you get just two shots at the referee. The league's additions to the rulebook are hot off the printing presses this week. Among the highlights is the anti-rat, anti-octopus clause...

CHARLESTON -- Crystal A. Berry Wright, 86, formerly of Charleston, died Friday, Sept. 27, 1996, at Bertrand Nursing Facility. She was born April 21, 1910, in the Crosno community of Mississippi County, daughter of John and Ella Harp Reno. She and Press Berry Sr. were married April 2, 1928. He died March 6, 1981...

BLOOMFIELD -- Evelyn Jewell Cagle, 86, of Wappapello died Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996, at Doctors' Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. She was the daughter of Elmer and Daisy Cox Walker. She married Henry A. Cagle, who preceded her in death. Cagle had lived at Dexter several years, moving to Wappapello three years ago...

SCOTT CITY -- Gladys Pauline Craig, 90, of Scott City, died Friday, Sept. 27, 1996, at her home. She was born Nov. 26, 1905, in Fitzhugh, Ark., daughter of Otto Malcolm and Ada Belle Peterson Richards. She and Maurice Craig were married Oct. 24, 1925, at Illmo. He died Oct. 2, 1954...

Funeral service for Dorothy E. Lanius, 2833 Vista Lane, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Randy Cartwright will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10-11 a.m. Lanius, 82, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Funeral service for James Robert "Bob" Baker of Ullin will be held at 11 a.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Ullin, with the Revs. Mark Best and John Kern officiating. Burial will be in Ullin Cemetery, with graveside rites by Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455...

SIKESTON -- Patricia "Pat" Powers, 83, of Sikeston died Friday, Sept. 27, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. McMikle Funeral Home at Charleston is in charge of arrangements.

Agnes M. Train, 90, of Lindsborg, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996, at Augusta Medical Complex Long Term Care Center Unit in Augusta, Kan. She was born Aug. 31, 1906, in Bridgeport, Kan., daughter of Peter and Emma Peterson Almquist. She and George L. Train were married Aug. 5, 1936, in Lindsborg. He died May 1, 1993...

Twin son and daughter to Anissa Yvonne Lowe of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, Monday, Sept. 23, 1996. Jalen Tyre was born at 8:04 a.m. and weighed 6 pounds 6 ounces. Deja Monet was born at 8:24 a.m. and weighed 6 pounds 2 ounces. Second son and first daughter. Miss Lowe is the daughter of Minnie Lowe of Cape Girardeau. She is employed at Raiment Inc...

Four people were injured and another killed in separate accidents Friday afternoon in Southeast Missouri. Herbert Davidson, 59, of Manila, Ark., was killed in a two-vehicle accident along Highway 412 in Dunklin County. The accident occurred at 2:35 p.m. ...

DEXTER -- Geraldine Payne, 77, of Pontiac, Mich., died Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996, in Pontiac. She was born May 13, 1919, in Formosa, Ark., daughter of John and Dora Bell Glendenning. She and Francis Payne were married March 14, 1942. He died May 13, 1984...