Stories from Monday, November 14, 1994

Mary Miller, director of the Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau, has received the designation, "Certified Destination Specialist." Miller, who has served as bureau director since August 1993, received the designation from the International Society of Meeting Planner's board of directors. The meeting society is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz...

A slate of six candidates have been nominated for election to the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce board of directors for three-year terms starting in 1995. Members nominated are: Jane Daume, vice president and director of marketing and sales, Kwik Kopy Printing; Lyle Davis, general manager, the Trane Co.; Dennis Marchi, manager Schnucks Food & Drugs; Craig Felzien, area manager of external affairs for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.; Kim Kurka McDowell, assistant to the president Concord Publishing House Inc.; and Jim Wente, administrator at Southeast Missouri Hospital.. ...

Twelve tenants at 137 S. Spanish escaped injury early Sunday morning when a fire gutted their six-unit apartment building. Firefighters were on the scene for more than three hours battling the blaze. The building was fully involved when firefighters arrived at 9 a.m...

ORAN -- A former member of the Oran Board of Alderman is seeking a state audit to find $11,893 that was reported missing in the most recent city audit. The audit for the fiscal year ending March 31 shows a cash shortage. Walt Madigan, who served on the town board from 1989 to 1992, said he doesn't think anyone took the money. He blames the shortfall on a bookkeeping error...

The Southeast Missourian asked people what they thought about last week's vote that gave Republican Party control of Congress after 40 years. David Allgeier: "I don't think it's going to make very much difference. If you change politics or change everybody's color from blue to green, I think it would be the same as it was 10 years ago plus or minus. The same gridlocks are going to happen no matter who is in power. The only way I see to change it is to have term limits in Congress."...

PATTON -- Cheri M. Welker, 48, of rural Marble Hill died Sunday, Nov. 13, 1994, at Park Hills. She was born Aug. 4, 1946, at Bonne Terre, the daughter of Oscar and Edna Pierce Stewart. On Sept. 24, 1983, in Marble Hill, she married Danny Welker, who survives of the home. She was a member of the United Pentecostal denomination...

PATTON -- Six people were taken to area hospitals Sunday following a pair of automobile accidents near Patton. The Missouri Highway Patrol said a Perryville couple sustained moderate injuries in a one-car accident at about 2:20 a.m., when a northbound vehicle driven by Sherri L. Blumm, 28, ran off Highway 51 about five miles north of Patton, struck an embankment, then hit a mailbox...

Betty Cato of Cape Girardeau, president of the American Legion Auxiliary in Missouri, was recently honored by about 200 Legion and auxiliary members from around the state. The group gathered at the Drury Lodge for dinner and entertainment, including singing, a live band and dancing...

The Cape County Medical Alliance will sponsor a bake sale, Monday, Nov. 21, from 9 to noon and 3 to 6 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1820 Perryville Road. The sale will include cakes, casseroles, cookies, breads and soups. Items will be ready-to-eat, ready-to-bake or frozen...

Two recipients of the Bee S. Limbaugh Scholarship at Southeast Missouri State University will perform a recital Nov. 20 in Cape Girardeau. The reciThe students also are preparing for a recital they will perform at 3 p.m. Nov. 20 in Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau...

BELL CITY -- Ethelyne Scherffius, 63, of rural Bell City died Saturday, Nov. 12, 1994, at her home following an extended illness. She was born Nov. 16, 1930, at Clarksville, Ark., the daughter of Riley A. and Martha Ann Berry Cooper. On Oct. 22, 1949, she married J.P. Scherffius in Piggott, Ark. He survives of the home...

FORT SMITH, Ark. -- Walter A. Fauss, 72, of Fort Smith died Saturday, Nov. 12, 1994, at the Seven Rivers Community Hospital in Crystal River, Fla. He was a retired sergeant first class of the U.S. Army, a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, and a member of the VFW post in Fort Smith...

ESSEX -- Harold Quinton Malloy Sr., 69, of rural Essex died Sunday, Nov. 13, 1994, at his home following an extended illness. He was born Feb. 3, 1934, at Appleton, Ark., the son of Haney and Tellie Martin Malloy. On April 18, 1953, he married Dimple McWaters at Morehouse. She survives of the home...

ANNA, Ill. -- Golda Edna Cargill Aldridge, 83, of Dongola died Sunday, Nov. 13, 1994, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro. She was born June 24, 1911, at Flat River, Mo., the daughter of James and Minnie Dennis Evans. On May 29, 1927, she married Lin Boyd Cargill in McDougal, Ark. He preceded her in death on Feb. 3, 1963...

CHARLESTON -- Betty Jo Barnbrook Ransom, 71, died Saturday, Nov. 12, 1994, at her home in Charleston. She was born March 23, 1923, in Mississippi County, the daughter of Edgar Altus and Lora Mae Prosser Barnbrook. She lived in Mississippi County most of her life, and she was a member of the First Baptist Church in Charleston. She also was an office assistant for Dr. T.P. Fenton until her retirement in 1974...

It was an unselfish act intended to benefit millions of Americans facing the prospect of an incurable illness that would probably leave them cut off from family, friends and the familiar world. Former President Reagan took pen in hand and wrote a simple note to say he has Alzheimer's disease. He included these elegant words: "I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead."...

There was a bit of a ruckus last week as newspapers reported that a new Missouri law designed to update state statutes on sexual relations might -- just might -- outlaw sex in the Show Me State. Right away lawyers started disagreeing about what the new law really says, but once the story was reported there was widespread sniggering and joking about the situation...

The pity is that many Missourians may nevery fully appreciate their fellow citizen who has served in the U.S. Senate for the past 18 years. This is regrettable for several reasons. In this cynical age the idea of self-serving politicians has become so firmly implanted in the public's mind that any exception to the rule becomes unreal and distorted. The concept of public service has been given such a bad name that anyone attempting to pursue it immediately becomes suspect...

Winter is not a kind season. It brings snow. And ice. And nights so cold your toes need mittens. But perhaps the ultimate inconvenience is getting in your car on a frigid morning only to discover it won't start. Severe cold can -- and usually does -- mean millions of cars failing to start...

Iron horses have given way to the computer age, rapid telecommunications and multinational corporations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which shows the trends of prices of stocks and bonds, is a changing, although infrequently. Although the Dow Industrials have changed with the times, some companies have been in the Dow for more than 65 years...

Dr. Dan B. Cotner is pleased to announce that his daughter, Dr. Danna Cotner, has joined him in the practice of general dentistry at the Medical Arts Building, 937 Broadway. Dr. Danna Cotner practiced as a dental hygienist in the San Francisco Bay Area for 10 years before receiving her degree in general dentistry from the University of California-San Francisco in 1990. For the past four years, she has practiced dentistry in northern California...