Stories from Friday, December 2, 1994

PERRYVILLE -- Gladys M. Statler, 85, of Perryville died Thursday, Dec. 1, 1994, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was born Feb. 23, 1909, at Cranes Island, Ill., the daughter of Guy and Stella Griffith Leasch. She married Joe Rankin, who died April 21, 1943. She also married Roy Statler, who died Oct. 30, 1987...

More than a few tears were shed in Washington this week as Democrats marked the end of 40 years of political hegemony. Called back to town for a special session on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, once seemingly invulnerable politicians wielded the gavels of power for the final time. ...

Limiting the number of terms a U.S. senator or member of Congress can serve is getting a good deal of attention from two fronts. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether a state can impose limits. And the new Republican leadership of the House of Representatives have promised a vote on the issue within the first 100 days after Congress convenes in January...

Ted Fedler is stepping down as president of the AIDS Project of Southeast Missouri, making way for a very different successor: Laura Walz. Fedler has AIDS; Walz doesn't. Fedler is openly gay; Walz is newly married and has a young son. But the two share a passion -- publicizing AIDS and those it affects...

A Cape Girardeau man is in Southeast Missouri Hospital's intensive-care unit following a fire Wednesday night at 719 N. West End Boulevard. Arthur L. Fears Jr., 43, had been a resident of the apartment house for about a week when it caught fire Wednesday around 7:30 p.m...

About 40 people stood in a circle on the steps of Academic Hall Thursday night, lighting candles one at a time. The flames represented different things to each participant. For some, they symbolized the lives of those who died of AIDS, for others, the burning passion to fight the disease...

More than a few tears were shed in Washington this week as Democrats marked the end of 40 years of political hegemony. Called back to town for a special session on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, once seemingly invulnerable politicians wielded the gavels of power for the final time. ...

Daughter to Don and Elizabeth Trowbridge, 2500 Windy Hill, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:22 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, 1994. Name, Eliza Paige. Weight, 7 pounds 10 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Trowbridge is the former Elizabeth Ospina, daughter of Remigio and Rosa Ospina of Bogota, Colombia. Trowbridge is employed by Aetna Coatings Inc., and is the son of Don Trowbridge and Carol Trowbridge of McClure, Ill...

VANDUSER -- Roger E. Hale, 49, of Humble, Texas, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 1994, at St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born July 15, 1945, in Vanduser, son of Jack and Maxine Jones Hale. Hale was an airport sales agent with Continental Airlines 22 years. He served with the U.S. Air Force in Korea during the Vietnam War...

FROHNA -- Robert V. Bronenkant, 60, of Frohna, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 1994, at Frohna. He was born May 14, 1934, at Frohna, son of Herbert W. and Mathilda Lorenz Bronenkant. Bronenkant was retired from East Perry Lumber Co. He was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church...

ORAN -- Funeral mass for Albert Leo Kielhofner, Oran Route 2, will be held at 10 a.m. today at Guardian Angel Catholic Church. The Rev. Frederick Lutz will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home of Oran is in charge of arrangements...

Jane E. Jones, 50, of 916 Linden, died Thursday, Dec. 1, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Homes.

MILLERSVILLE -- Funeral service for David Lee Lange, 63, of St. Charles, formerly of Millersville, was held Nov. 22 at Baue Funeral Chapel in St. Charles. Burial was in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Lange died Friday, Nov. 18, 1994, at his home in St. Charles...

Funeral service for Richard "Dick" Harrison, 1515 Carter, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Lewis Hejna will officiate. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Marvin Smith of Bloomfield will be held at 1 p.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Hank Foster officiating. Burial will be in Bloomfield Cemetery. Smith, 70, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...

SIKESTON -- Florence Josephine Erwin, 87, of Ontario, Calif., died Monday, Nov. 28, 1994, in Ontario. She was born July 17, 1907, in Paducah, Ky., daughter of Felix Franklin and Lucy Carolyn Perdew Rogers. She married John Erwin, who died in 1985. She was formerly of Blodgett...

SIKESTON -- Eulalene Delores Morris, 67, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 1994, at South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, Fla. She was born Jan. 30, 1927, in Matthews, daughter of Hugh Tillman and Myrtle Lee Harden Garrison. She and Jesse Dale Morris were married March 5, 1946, in Flint, Mich. He died Nov. 7, 1982...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Warren Martin of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home, with the Rev. Tom Geers officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Kanton Cemetery in Paducah, Ky. Martin, 75, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

Cape Girardeau and its sister city in China want to be more than pen pals. They want to be economic partners. Business and government leaders from Shaoxing, China, and Cape Girardeau have been exploring the possibility of joint business ventures. Such ventures could include establishment of a plant in Cape Girardeau that would manufacture soybean products, such as those used in Chinese restaurants...

Construction is under way on a water line that will provide improved fire protection for the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. The $172,915 project involves laying about a mile of 12-inch water line from the Nash Road industrial site southward to the airport...

Temperatures one meteorologist termed "downright pleasant" have some Southeast Missouri residents ditching their heavy coats in favor of lighter jackets. But Dr. Al Robertson, a climatologist and professor of earth science at Southeast Missouri State University, said the fall people perceive as warm and dry actually has been cool and wet, on the average...

CAIRO, Ill. -- More than a half a dozen parents, a city council member and a local police officer told the Cairo Board of Education Tuesday night that it is time to settle the strike by the Cairo Association of Teachers. The board also heard from representatives of the association's negotiating team who said teachers were willing to discuss finances in hopes of settling the strike. The strike entered its 10th day today and has about 1,050 students out of classes...

There are so many good holiday stories. Every year there are more good stories. Here is another: For more than 30 years you have lived away from the Ozarks where your roots run deep. At the Brushy Creek cemetery near where your mother grew up there are five or six generations of your family laid to rest. ...

Predictions of a warmer-than-usual December are welcome to area asthma sufferers. Winter usually brings on conditions that trigger more asthma episodes. Influenza is common then, and a virus on top of existing respiratory problems can be serious or even fatal...

Thanksgiving is over. Or is it? For those who consider the fourth Thursday of November the only traditional day for giving thanks, it is over. But for African Americans who honor Kwansaa, which symbolizes the first fruits of harvest in agricultural societies, there is still one more time to offer thanks...

Mothers Against Drunk Driving are encouraging motorists to tie one on this holiday season -- a red ribbon that is. MADD began reminding motorists Thursday to act responsibly when drinking, especially around the holiday season, by tying a red ribbon on cars and a sleigh...

Sometimes the right toys spark a child's imagination and fill a void created by boredom and confusion. Perhaps that will happen to an underprivileged 10-year-old Cape Girardeau boy who has been diagnosed with a behavioral disorder. The boy, who must attend special classes, has a short attention span and is easily distracted; he needs games or toys that will keep his mind occupied...

Mr. G, 64, is just beginning to attend to some of the necessities he enjoyed before he went on disability income. Until just a few weeks ago he didn't even have running water in his mobile home. Through government agencies that help senior citizens, however, Mr. G has found a way to get water. He is also expected to receive a hot-water heater for the winter...

A Technical Assistance Forum for women and minorities will be presented Saturday at the Cape Girardeau Vocational-Technical School, 301 N. Clark. The free forum, sponsored by the state of Missouri and city of Cape Girardeau, will be held in Room 214 at the vo-tech school, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m...

Every week, reading teacher Janet Herron takes first-graders to exotic destinations using maps, pictures and books. The children have visited England, Holland and Alaska and will be visiting New England and the North Pole. "It's a special thrill to be reading to a group of first-graders and look into those little faces and know that they are totally captivated and transported into the world you have created with the story," Herron said...