Stories from Friday, September 11, 1998

To the editor: For the past several months we have heard a great deal of talk concerning the presidency, sin, morality and law. Perhaps we need to stop for a moment and consider these subjects. Sin is a religious term defined by the Bible. Sin is the breaking of certain laws established by the author of the Bible, God. (John 3:4)...

Today, a person who experiences a stroke has a better chance than ever of survival and recovery. But the person must seek immediate medical help. Treatment and recovery in the long-term involves the full cooperation of the patient, often including changes in lifestyle...

Tamoxifen has been shown to slow the growth of existing breast cancer and has been approved by the FDA for women who are at high risk of developing breast cancer. Dr. Stanley Sides measured the size of a metastatic tumor nodule that has spread from the patient's breast to her lungs...

I FIND all the recent physician bashing in Speak Out interesting. As one acquainted with the medical profession, I can say that many of the comments have been made in unfortunate ignorance. Perhaps most interesting, however, is how lawyers, by comparison, are given a free ride. ...

It is possible, in a way, to glimpse into the convoluted maze of rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations, best guesses and bureaucratic estimates otherwise known as the Internal Revenue Service Code. It all happened during this week of baseball history when someone at the IRS started thinking about THE ball, home run No. 62, which Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals would surely hit...

Each Friday, the Southeast Missourian is publishing a graphic called Crime Stoppers that calls attention to a particular crime or series of crimes in Cape Girardeau. This new feature is part of the continuing effort by the city's Crime Stoppers program to make residents aware of criminal activity and to give them an opportunity to help police find the culprits and solve the crime...

To the editor: I was delighted to see in the Missourian both the picture of the Social Science Building at Southeast Missouri State University where I attended class and that of former Congressman Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan for whom the building is to be named. What could be more appropriate, who could be more deserving, and what an honor, indeed, for Albert Carnahan...

Remember the way Mark McGwire watched the specially marked ball head toward left field as he sprinted toward first base? Remember, in his jubilation, how he almost missed first base? Remember where you were when McGwire hit his record-breaking 62nd home run?...

ShopKo Stores Inc. of Green Bay, Wis., will move into stores previously occupied by Venture in Cape Girardeau's West Park Mall and Paducah's Kentucky Oaks Mall. "We have leased a number of former Venture stores," said Jim Kratowicz, ShopKo director of Internet and marketing. "We will be coming into the Cape Girardeau and Paducah markets next spring."...

Cape Girardeau Regional Airport officials are negotiating a lease for operation of the airport restaurant. The Airport Advisory Board authorized Bruce Loy, airport manager, to begin negotiating a lease with a restaurant operator. Loy said the candidate, whose name is not being released yet, "would lease the restaurant outright, without us having to do it ourselves or hire a manager or anything like that."...

If memories are the scrapbooks of our lives, right now may be the busiest time you've ever been cutting and pasting. Here's a little secret: I'm a fair-weather sports fan. You know my type. We only like to root for winning teams. We watch reruns of "Law and Order" instead of baseball games. We've never purchased a season ticket in our lives. We would never make it in the land of the Chicago Cubs...

The president of Fathers in the HOOD, an urban outreach program of the National Center for Fathering, will serve as an educator-in- residence Sept. 23-26 at Southeast Missouri State University. Dr. Bernard Franklin, who is considered an expert on the operation and function of college student government associations, will speak to student leaders, student athletes, classes, parents, faculty and staff on a number of key topics in student leadership development. ...

Cape Girardeau Fire Chief Dan White presented awards to two firefighters during a special ceremony held Thursday at Cape Girardeau Fire Station No. 1. David McLain and Capt. Steve Niswonger were recognized for exceptional service to the community during the ceremony...

Gov. Mel Carnahan on Thursday asked U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman to include Ripley County in a federal disaster declaration for agricultural crop loss. In July, Carnahan asked Glickman to consider seven Southeast Missouri counties for disaster assistance because of crop damages due to sever weather and flooding. The seven counties are Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and Stoddard...

Jason Troupe wants a part-time job to help him pay for college. But he's not ready to take just any job. "I don't want to deal with food," said the 19-year-old Southeast Missouri State University student. The St. Louisan was among a crowd of students who visited a job fair Thursday in the University Center lobby...

The Jackson Indians probably can't wait to get out of town this afternoon. Their last week of practice has been like a boot camp in the wake of last Friday's 17-14 loss to Sikeston. "It left a horrible taste," Jackson coach Carl Gross said. "We basically spotted Sikeston 17 points through our lack of effort...

Cape Girardeau Central's defense will try to get well this weekend against a team that scored 53 points last week. Central travels south to play New Madrid County Central tonight at 7:30. Last week, the Eagles piled up yardage in a 53-0 victory over Rosary. Meanwhile, the Tigers' defense rendered 510 yards of total offense in a 47-39 loss to Columbia-Hickman...

Scott City attempts to take the next step in a continuing progression in its second game of the 1998 season, at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Portageville. The Rams, who improved from 4-6 in 1996 to 7-3 last year, have an opportunity to begin this season 2-0 against one of the area's traditional Class 2A powers...

Park Hills will attempt to defend its title when the SEMO Volleyball Classic is held today and Saturday on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. The 11th edition of the annual event will feature 30 high school volleyball teams, most of them from the Southeast Missouri area...

By any standard, this was a drubbing. On the strength of 17 hits in four innings, Cape Girardeau Central High's softball team crushed host Notre Dame 19-0 Thursday. "Cape Central is the best team we've seen so far," said Notre Dame coach Jerry Grim. "They just hit the ball."...

Son to Jimmy Lynn Smith and Jody Anne Omohundro of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, 1998. Name, Michael James. Weight, 6 pounds 14 ounces. Miss Omohundro is the daughter of Dr. Thomas and Joyce Omohundro of Jackson. She is a finance manager with Rose City Motors. Smith is the son of Frank Smith and Gladys Smith of Advance. He is a detective with Cape Girardeau Police Department...

MOREHOUSE -- Graveside service for Clara Curry of Duluth, Ga., will be held at 11 a.m. today at Bloomfield Cemetery in Bloomfield. The Rev. James Martin will officiate. Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Morehouse after 9 a.m. today...

ANNA, Ill. -- Evelyn Anna Keller, 84, of Anna died Thursday, Sept. 10, 1998, at Union County Hospital. She was born Feb. 24, 1914, in Union County, daughter of George S. and Anna Jane Baker Anderson. She and Roy Keller were married Oct. 3, 1936, in Jonesboro. He died Aug. 21, 1984...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Robert Pace Sr., 73, of Cairo died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1998, at his home. He was born Sept. 11, 1924, in Barlow, Ky., son of Benjamin and Bertha Carnell Pace. He and Rosalie Hastings were married Nov. 28, 1957. Pace attended Tigert Memorial Methodist Church...

Funeral for Lubertha "Bert" Johnson-Freeman of Petersburg, Va., will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. Johnny Thomas will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Johnson-Freeman, 81, died Thursday, Sept. 3, 1998, at Southside Regional Medical Center...

CHAFFEE -- Helen F. Held, 75, of Route 1, Chaffee, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 1998, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City.

NEW MADRID -- Carrie Mae Winters, 44, of New Madrid died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1998, at her home. She was born March 19, 1954, in Lilbourn, daughter of Eddie and Savannah Owens Blair. She graduated from Lilbourn High School in 1972 and was a member of the Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Lilbourn...

Russell E. Coombs, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1998, at the Missouri Veterans Home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

THEBES, Ill. -- Funeral for Lovah Virginia Snell of Thebes Route 1 will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The Rev. Bill Raby will officiate, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery at Thebes. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-9 p.m. today...

PUXICO -- Robert "Bob" Clark, 62, of Puxico died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 28, 1935, in Cherry Valley, Ark., son of Jody Albert and Flora Mae Summerhill Clark. He and Judith Pierson were married in 1965 in Princeton, Ky...

Claudia Miller Lynch, a longtime Cape Girardeau resident, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 18, 1916, at Wardell, Mo., the daughter of Alfred O. and Mary (Miller) Anderson. She married Paul Lynch on May 17, 1936, in Cape Girardeau. ...

COMMERCE -- William A. Mills, 86, formerly of Commerce, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 1998, at St. Mary's of the Plains Hospital in Lubbock, Texas. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Stanley Young, 45, of Mound City died suddenly Thursday, Sept. 10, 1998, at his home. Crain Funeral Home in Tamms is in charge of arrangements.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Myrtle Anna Crosswhite, 66, of East Prairie died Thursday, Sept. 10, 1998, at her home. She was born April 3, 1932, in New Madrid County, daughter of George A. and Josie Eunice Bush. Survivors include a brother, David Bush of Gladstone...

GIDEON -- Francis Louis Werner, 80, of Gideon died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 1, 1918, in Clarksville, Ark., son of J.H. and Josephine Mertens Werner. He was later adopted by Louis A. and Theresa Billian Werner. He and Ida Borgognoni were married July 8, 1946, at Lake Village, Ark...

A Cape Girardeau woman died Wednesday of injuries she suffered in an accident Tuesday. Claudia Miller Lynch, 82, 219 Barberry, was injured Tuesday when the vehicle in which she was a passenger was struck by a pickup truck on Mount Auburn Road at West Park Mall...

Son to Shawn Eugene Parrish and Sarah Jo Driskell of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1998. Name, Hunter. Weight, 7 pounds 5 ounces. Second son. Ms. Driskell is the daughter of Ruth Driskell and Larry Driskell of Cape Girardeau. Parrish is the son of Buddy and Marsha Parrish of Cape Girardeau...

A Cape Girardeau man was admitted to Southeast Missouri Hospital Thursday after his bicycle was struck by a vehicle. Edward Lee Dickerson, 26, of 912 Jefferson St., was hospitalized Thursday night after the accident at William and Benton. Dickerson was riding his bicycle westbound on William Street when he turned left onto Benton and into the path of a vehicle driven by Thomas Taylor of Metropolis, Ill...