Stories from Thursday, October 12, 1995

Five years ago, she came to Black Forest Village as a basket weaver and now Darla Macke helps organize the annual Octoberfest. The fifth annual Octoberfest begins at 9 a.m. Saturday at Black Forest Villages, four miles north of Cape Girardeau. As a preview to the fall harvest festival, Macke will give weaving demonstrations to about 500 schoolchildren Friday...

Burlington Northern Railroad and other railroads had been on heightened security even before the sabotage of an Amtrak train this week, a Burlington Northern spokesman said. An Amtrak passenger train, the Sunset Limited, toppled from a trestle early Monday about 55 miles southeast of Phoenix, Ariz., killing a crewman and injuring at least 78 people...

Area AmeriCorps staff members left for Kansas City Wednesday to participate in training and have new members sworn in by President Bill Clinton. The Cape Girardeau staffers will be among 400 AmeriCorps members from Kansas and Missouri attending the Kansas City convention, part of a 25,000-member nationwide event with similar conferences in 1,100 communities...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Variety is the spice of life -- if you're interested in musical entertainment. "We do a variety because the market varies," said Michelle Suarez, deputy director at SIU Arena in Carbondale. Concerts at the Southern Illinois University Arena have been drawing crowds from Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and Western Kentucky since it was built in 1964...

Cape Girardeau public schools won't necessarily use all of the recently endorsed Show-Me Standards, provided they are approved by the State Board of Education next week. "We will look at those individually and adopt or revise some," said Dr. Lanny Barnes, curriculum coordinator for the district's A+ Schools program...

A new concept in health care has been introduced in the Cape Girardeau area: Immediate Healthcare Inc., a walk-in doctor's clinic. The clinic opened Wednesday at 1702 N. Kingshighway near the intersection of Lexington Avenue and Mount Auburn Drive. Dr. Robb R. Hicks, an emergency room physician, staffs the new clinic. Others medical staff includes an administrator, nurses and a radiology technician...

Members of Vision 2000 say substantial strides have been made in meeting the organization's goals, but they're sure they'll find something to keep the organization busy. The organization is sponsoring a picnic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the old St. Vincent Seminary property. Admission is $4 a person for all-you-can eat hamburgers and hot dogs. Proceeds will help fund future projects, said Mary Spell, Vision 2000 chair...

Missouri's attorney general is not optimistic the Kansas City desegregation program will end without further litigation. Although the state won a recent U.S. Supreme Court case that paves the way for the end of state desegregation funding, Attorney General Jay Nixon said the state and the school district differ greatly on what zero-desegregation funding means...

Missouri's new get-tough approach towards juvenile criminals likely will have to be sorted out in court, state Attorney General Jay Nixon says. "Quite frankly, I think the courts will have to deal with appeals by violent juveniles and their lawyers," Nixon said at the 13th annual Southeast Missouri Secondary School Principals' Association Conference at the Show Me Center Wednesday...

Oct. 12, 1995 Dear Polly and Dan, Thank you for searching through the house for my other glasses. It never occurred to me that I might sit on my primary pair. Guess the trick to vacationing is being prepared for all occasions. DC has already pronounced this the vacation from hell, which seems sort of premature since it's only half over. Things could get worse. How do you top hell?...

Juanita Seabaugh, 64, of Patton died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1995, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

Son to David Stoops and Traci Seabaugh of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:28 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, 1995. Name, Cody Alan. Weight, 5 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Miss Seabaugh is the daughter of Paul and Roxie Seabaugh of Burfordville. She is employed by Sverdrup Construction. Stoops is owner of Stoops Construction. He is the son of Clete and Margaret Winchester of Cape Girardeau...

CHARLESTON -- John S. Waller, 81, of St. Louis, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1995, at St. Anthony's Hospital. He was born Feb. 24, 1914, in Charleston, son of Raymond and Iva Syre Waller. He and Dessie Freeman were married Nov. 27, 1957, in Holly Springs, Miss...

CHARLESTON -- Alford "Dumus" Taylor, 95, of Charleston, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born April 1, 1900, in Aberdeen, Miss., son of Gus and Jane Taylor. He and Fannie Mae Fisher were married Nov. 23, 1963...

ADVANCE -- Alice Mae Dopp, 83, of Advance died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1995. She was born April 19, 1912, at Oran to Otto J. Jennings and Amelia Gibbs. She married the Rev. Ernest Dopp on Nov. 16, 1930, at East St. Louis, Ill. He died Nov. 16, 1981. She was a member of the General Baptist Ladies Missionary Society and the Arbor General Baptist Church and a counselor and teacher at General Baptist Youth Camp Allen...

Funeral service for George H. Piper of Rosamond, Calif., was held Wednesday in Rosamond. Piper, 57, died Saturday, Oct. 7, 1995, at his home. He was born July 22, 1938, in Jackson, son of Herbert and Hazel Estes Piper. Piper was employed by the U.S. Government in California 36 years, retiring in 1991. He had lived in California 40 years...

MOREHOUSE -- Glenda Woods, 37, of Morehouse, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1995, at her home. She was born Nov. 10, 1957, in California, Mo., daughter of Glen Dean and Rosalie Bishop Irey. She and Rick Woods were married Dec. 9, 1978. Woods was a teacher's assistant at Sikeston Public Schools. She was a member of Miner Baptist Church...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Graveside service for Hershel R. Weaver Sr. of Poplar Bluff will be held at 11 a.m. today at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Poplar Bluff. The Rev. Randall Caraway will officiate. Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico after 9 a.m. today...

KELSO -- Funeral mass for Leadeane J. Penberthy of St. Louis was held Oct. 5 at St. William's Catholic Church in Woodson Terrace, with the Rev. Gene Seltzer officiating. Burial was in Laurel Hills Cemetery. Penberthy, 70, died Monday, Oct. 2, 1995, at her home...

ANNA, Ill. -- Elmer E. Chamness, 82, of Anna, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1995, at Memorial Nursing Home in St. Louis, Mo. He was born June 18, 1913, in Carterville, son of Earl and Edith Pace Chamness. He and Mary Elizabeth Booth were married Dec. 27, 1945, in Angola, Ind...

PERRYVILLE -- Joseph A. Schwein, 93, of Perryville, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1995, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born March 18, 1902, in Perry County. Schwein had been a farmer. Survivors include nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother and three sisters...

Susan Swartz, 84, 2910 Beaver Creek Road, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born April 27, 1911, in Chanute, Kan., daughter of Andrew and Mabel Henry Hudson. She married Romaine J. Swartz, who died in 1989. Swartz and her husband owned and operated Swartz Clothing Store in Fredonia, Kan., more than 30 years...

CHARLESTON -- Helene Sneed, 87, Charleston Route 2, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1995, at her home. She was born Dec. 15, 1907, in Kentucky, daughter of Stephen and Mary Pool Hurt. She and Louie Sneed were married March 17, 1928. He died Aug. 20, 1962. Sneed was a member of the United Methodist Church at Illmo, and Women's Improvement Club of Diehlstadt...

SCOTT CITY -- Leon Paul Weber, 59, of Scott City, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 28, 1936, at Benton, son of Joseph and Caroline Schram Weber. He and Doris Ann Westrich were married Sept. 30, 1961, in Cape Girardeau...

One of the most common complaints of medical care in this country is the system's inefficiency in treating uninsured patients. Most family doctors have little room for additional patients. Those who can take more are hesitant to accept the uninsured. As a result, those people too often end up in emergency rooms when illnesses or injuries occur...

Tonight and tomorrow evening, I will be speaking on the same platform with a nationally known speaker and writer who opposes outcome based education. Peg Luksik, a Pennsylvania mother of six, is the lady of whom I speak. She has debated the leading proponents of OBE in a variety of formats across America...

A recent survey conducted for the American Medical Association showed that most people know little of advance directives. Although most people don't have them, when they're told what the documents are, they consider them important to have. Advance directives are a kind of combination living will and health-care power of attorney. They have become more important as advances in medical technology can today keep alive those people whose injuries a generation ago would have been fatal...

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Illinois Route 37 will be closed for repairs at the railroad crossing in downtown Mound City next week. An Illinois Central Railroad construction crew will start work at the site Monday at 8 a.m. Work is expected to take about five days...

Susan Frain hopes Southeast Missouri State University students don't take Alcohol Awareness Week literally. As the school's substance abuse prevention and education coordinator, she wants students to think about the problems of alcohol abuse year-round...

CHAFFEE -- A newly formed Optimist Club here will soon receive its official charter from Optimist International. Officers will be installed at a charter banquet Oct. 21. The ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 143 W. Yoakum. Mark Hogan, the head baseball coach at Southeast Missouri State University, will be the guest speaker for the charter banquet. Charles Wiles, a past president of Optimist International, will be the master of ceremonies...

Southeast Missouri State University wants to realign the New Madrid and Henderson intersection before the school's new business building opens next August. In an effort to move the project forward, the university would pay the cost of the work. The city would then have a year to reimburse the university for the city's share...

Educator, chamber musician and soloist Brenda Bruce will perform a piano recital Friday afternoon at Southeast Missouri State University. Bruce, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L.A. Bruce of Sikeston, will perform at 3:30 p.m. at Academic Auditorium. The concert will feature music from Beethoven, Chopin, Poulenc, Ravel and Debussy. A slide show will accompany the recital...

Hollywood is coming to Cape Girardeau, and the "star search" is on for contestants to take part in a special Celebrity Look-Alike Contest. Sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Hospital Foundation and Wehrenberg Theatres, contest preliminaries will be held on Sunday, Nov. 5, at West Park Mall. The top 10 finalists will be in the spotlight when Southeast Showcase "Goes Hollywood" Nov. 16 at the Show Me Center...

FROHNA -- The smell of apple butter cooking is sure to lure a few passers-by to the Saxon Lutheran Memorial Saturday. The memorial is holding the 15th annual Saxon Fall Festival from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. About 3,500 visitors are expected for the cooking and craft demonstrations, said Hilda Snyder, local curator...