Stories from Friday, October 1, 1993

SIKESTON -- Addie H. Robinson, 94, of Malden, formerly of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1993, at Malden Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 14, 1899, at Lowndes, daughter of John and Louise Badgley Hunsaker. She married Felix Robinson Oct. 7, 1914, in Piggott, Ark. He died May 21, 1971...

FRIDAY, OCT. 1, 1993 At 4:39 p.m., Wednesday, firefighters went to Pindwood and Whitener for a medical assistance following a vehicle accident. At 7:25 p.m. Wednesday, firefighters were called to the West Park Mall for a medical assistance. At 7:33 a.m. Thursday, firefighters were called to the Wal-Mart Superstore for a medical assistance...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department and Southeast Missouri Hospital Fitness and Wellness Center will sponsor a step-aerobics class this fall. Classes will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 235 Broadway, from Nov. 9 through Jan. 20. There will be a total of 16 classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:30-6:30...

State Sen. Peter Kinder will participate in a committee hearing Tuesday in Jefferson City where public testimony will be taken about how the state supports agriculture. The Cape Girardeau Republican is one of five senators serving on the Joint Committee on Agricultural Institutions, which also has five representatives...

When Iben Browning predicted the New Madrid Fault would activate on Dec. 3, 1991, people prepared for the worst. Perhaps it was the extensive news coverage of the prediction, or maybe just the rise of the fault to the front of people's minds that caused them to prepare earthquake survival kits, practice earthquake drills at home and stock up on potable water and food. Some even left the area for a couple of weeks in early December...

Construction of a chapel for Mid-America Teen Challenge commenced Wednesday with a groundbreaking ceremony on the center's 312-acre farm north of Cape Girardeau. "It's thrilling. It's something we've wanted to do for many, many years," said Jack Smart, executive director of Teen Challenge...

JACKSON - When Senate Bill 380 was approved earlier this year, it contained a minor provision that changed the names of the basic school district funds. For example, the general fund was changed to what it was called many years ago: the incidental fund. The special fund was changed to the teacher fund...

Man finally has something to do with his hands. As might be expected of idle hands, it is not constructive. The decline of our civilization can be analyzed through any number of channels. Drugs, violence and the general current of moral decay lend to heavy-handed discussion along these lines. My head hurts deeply just thinking about thinking that deeply...

The Cape Girardeau and Jackson Chambers of Commerce have traversed similar hardships lately. Both have had to deal with the loss of thousands of dollars when the local license bureaus were taken from them through political maneuvering. But from that loss has come a better understanding of each others operations, and increased communications. Perhaps this renewed solidarity will become the silver lining of this financial setback...

Southeast Missouri University football Indians will host their first OVC home game Saturday at Houck Stadium. They will play Morehead State at 6 p.m. We realize the team has had a rocky start, but that makes a large home crowd tomorrow all the more critical. Fan support could be a key factor in helping the team to turn things around...

To The Editor: Thanks for the opportunity to respond to Dr. James Fletcher Jr.'s three questions to the Yes Group in the Wednesday, September 28th, Letter to the Editor. The first question - How much did the 9/24/93 rally promotion at the Show Me Center cost? We do not yet have all of the expenses in from the Rally at this time, but it will certainly be a matter of public record in the next campaign disclosure reporting period...

MOREHOUSE -- Pat Rowell, 76, of Morehouse, died Thursday, Sept. 30, 1993, at his home. He was born Feb. 4, 1917, in Alva, Miss., son of Fred P. and Lura Hubbard Rowell. He and Margaret Moriarty were married Feb. 9, 1941. Rowell was a retired self-employed farmer...

ANNA, Ill. -- Katheryn Loomis Wiley, 85, Anna Route 1, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1993, at Union County Hospital. She was born Jan. 23, 1908, in Granite City, daughter of Charles and Rose Snyder. She and O.K. Loomis were married in 1928. He died in 1978...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Graveside service for Banche Lentz of Cairo will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Beechwood Cemetery in Mounds. The Rev. Steve Wilkinson will officiate. Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Anna from noon to service time. Lentz, 103, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1993, at Union County Hospital in Anna...

MARBLE HILL -- Earl Gohn, 81, of Marble Hill, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1993, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Ill. He was born July 27, 1912, at Lutesville, son of Henry P. and Lucy Elizabeth Hill Gohn. He first married Ella Louise Upchurch June 17, 1947. She died Nov. 14, 1982. He and Laverne Farmer were married July 16, 1983...

BELL CITY -- Funeral service for Ethel Friedrich of Bell City will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. Ina Allen will officiate, with burial in Williams Cemetery at Perkins. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

BLOOMFIELD -- Anna Lois Underwood, 66, of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 23, 1926, near Bloomfield, daughter of Clyde and Pearl Baker Cook. She and Elmer Underwood were married Jan. 30, 1946...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Regional firefighters will demonstrate firefighting techniques and compete in nine events at a Regional Firefighters Competition to be held at the Shawnee Community College (SCC) campus near here Oct. 9. The competition, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., is being sponsored by the SCC Alumni Association...

SCOTT CITY - Although some issues remain unresolved, it is likely Scott County voters will have an opportunity to vote Nov. 2 on whether to have riverboat gambling in the county. County commissioners were asked in August by representatives of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority Board of Commissioners and Promus, a Memphis-based company that operates Harrah's casinos in Las Vegas, to put the issue to a vote...

Things are changing in education, including the way schools are being funded and the way school buildings are built. Terry Stewart, assistant commissioner of education for Missouri, told people attending a forum Thursday that concerned Tuesday's ballot issue for Cape Girardeau public schools...

The Southeast Missourian will truly become a "daily" newspaper tomorrow. Addition of a Saturday publication makes the Southeast Missourian a seven-day-a-week newspaper. By instituting a Saturday edition, the Southeast Missourian hopes to provide readers a more timely offering of news, sports and advertising...

The Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation has made another contract offer for St. Vincent College, the historic seminary that overlooks the Mississippi River south of downtown. Foundation Executive Director David Murphy declined to release details of the offer to the Vincentians, other than to say the dollar amount is greater, the cost of asbestos abatement has been subtracted and that "the tenor of the contract" has changed...

The Missouri Association for Social Welfare will meet Wednesday at the University Center on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. The meeting will be at 7:30 a.m. in the private dining room. There will be discussions on current issues dealing with social welfare in the community and state...

Young people interested in learning the game of water polo are invited to take lessons beginning Saturday at the Cape Girardeau Central Municipal Pool. For $20 a month, young men and women will be taught the ins and outs of water polo, separated in two ages groups: ages 10-13 and ages 14 and up...

Notre Dame High School could become a Catholic middle school as part of a scenario that calls for constructing a new high school on the west side of Cape Girardeau. The Notre Dame Long Range Planning Committee is looking at the possibility of constructing a larger high school that could be structured more as a non-denominational Christian facility than strictly a Catholic school, said Sister Mary Ann Fischer, Notre Dame principal...

Twin daughters to Mr. and Mrs. Barton Thomas of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, Monday, Sept. 20, 1993. Victoria Ailene was born at 11:50 a.m. and weighed 4 pounds 14 ounces. Paige Ailene was born at 11:51 a.m. and weighed 3 pounds 14 ounces. The couple also has another daughter and son. ...

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri State Treasurer Bob Holden has been named chairman of a 16-member task force established by the National Association of State Treasurers to develop a code of ethics for treasurers and other participants in the municipal securities market...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri will be divided into three zones for duck and geese seasons. Ducks and coots may be taken in the North Zone from Oct. 30 through Nov. 28, in the Middle Zone from Nov. 6 through Dec. 5, and in the South Zone from Nov. 27 through Dec. 26...

ORAN -- The Oran Jaycees, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Conservation, will conduct a hunter education class Oct. 4-5-7 from 6:00 to 9:30 each evening at the Oran Jaycee Hall. The course will include gun safety, information about firearms and ammunition, responsibilities of the outdoorsman, outdoors ethics, and the role of the hunter and hunting in wildlife management and conservation...