Stories from Tuesday, October 25, 1994

"The Speech" was given 30 years ago tonight, but its words resonate even stronger today. The central theme was the preservation of individual liberty in the face of government's growth."Either we accept the responsibility for our own destiny, or we abandon the American Revolution and confess that an intellectual belief in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves."...

Missouri Supreme Court justices have to work out many procedural matters before it breaks new ground in the impeachment trial for suspended Secretary of State Judith Moriarty. The trial, which is slated to begin Dec. 5, is the first-ever impeachment of a Missouri official...

Charles F. Thrower Jr., a member of VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau, has been appointed to serve as a member of the organization's National Civil Service and Employment Committee by Allen F. Kent, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars...

Parking will be restricted to designated parts of the city due to the Southeast Missouri State Homecoming Parade next Saturday at 9 a.m. The Cape Girardeau Police Department said that beginning next Saturday at 2 a.m., parking will be prohibited on both sides of Broadway from North West End Boulevard to Main Street; on Main Street from Broadway to William; on North West End Boulevard from Broadway to Dunklin; and on North Louisiana 500 feet south from Broadway...

The Cape Girardeau City Council amended and then approved a property maintenance code Monday night. The first reading of the ordinance was approved by a 6-1 vote, with Councilman Jack Rickard dissenting. About 40 people attended the meeting at City Hall, but none spoke about the property maintenance code...

Halloween's a great time of year. Mom and Dad get to carve up the pumpkin and play with fire, and the kids get to dress up like the little goblins and witches that they are. The kids get to visit strangers' houses where they can ask for candy without getting a lecture from Mom and Dad...

A Bootheel state legislator is touting a Farm Bureau study of Amendment 7 as proof the proposal is flawed and should be defeated Nov. 8. Farm Bureau would much rather be on Mel Hancock's side in the Amendment 7 debate, said Rep. Larry Thomason, D-Kennett...

Monday, Oct. 24 7:30 p.m., City Hall Public hearings Request of TCI Cablevision of Missouri Inc. for a six-month extension of its cable TV franchise. No public opposition. Consent ordinances Granted a special use permit to Richard L. and Joan Eggimann for construction of duplexes at 2910 Kage Road...

Calvin Vogelsang of Cape Girardeau wasn't bashful Monday night about telling Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, John Ashcroft, what is needed to keep America strong militarily. Vogelsang, a member of the National Security and Foreign Affairs Committee for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said America needs to return to the Reagan years and the strong military that broke the backs of the Russians...

JACKSON -- After an hour of debate, the Jackson Chamber of Commerce voted Monday to oppose Amendment 7, the Hancock II Amendment on the Nov. 8 election. The vote was close, with 13 in favor of Amendment 7 and 16 against. But Steve Elefson, chamber president, asked members to accurately represent the group's view to the public despite personal opinions...

MARBLE HILL -- Donald Hendershott, 67, of Marble Hill, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 1994, at his home. He was born Feb. 22, 1927, at Hahn, son of Earlie and Dora Shell Hendershott. He and June Rhodes were married Sept. 19, 1949. Hendershott retired as a shipping clerk at Florsheim Shoe Co. in Cape Girardeau...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Fern Foster Kotke Zacharias, 75, formerly of Dongola, died Saturday, Oct. 22, 1994, at her home in Racine, Wisc. She was born here May 21, 1919, the daughter of Walter and Augusta Davis Foster. She married Russell Kotke, who died in 1961. She married Herb Zacharias in 1967. He survives...

MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Lyman "Bill" and Vallie O. Robins of Marble Hill will be held at 11 a.m. today at New Salem Baptist Church near here. The Revs. Randy Poole and Charley Shrum will officiate, with burial in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery...

PERKINS -- Mark Newton, 70, Perkins Route 1, died Monday, Oct. 24, 1994, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. He was born June 15, 1924, in Johnson County, Ark., son of Ott and Bertha Johnson Newton. He and Cleo Stovall were married Oct. 3, 1949. Newton had been an elevator operator, retiring Nov. 1, 1979. He was a member of Perkins Baptist Church...

ORAN -- Honora Jane McCarty, 89, of Overland, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 1994, at Christian Northwest Hospital in St. Louis. She was born July 23, 1905, in South Lebanon, Ohio, daughter of John Park and Lela Scott McCarty. McCarty was a graduate of Oran High School and Southeast Missouri State University. A retired elementary teacher, she taught at Fornfelt from 1924-27, at Elvins from 1927-32, and at Ritenour School District from 1934-73...

ANNA, Ill. -- Edna Lacey, 92, of Jacksonville, Fla., formerly of Anna, died Saturday, Oct. 22, 1994, at Morgan View Terrace Nursing Home in Jacksonville. She was born Sept. 18, 1902, in the Mt. Pleasant community, daughter of John Edgar and Mary Ann Halterman Boswell...

SCOTT CITY -- Randall William Rowland, 47, of Scott City, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 24, 1947, at Ironton, son of Frank William and Frieda Hope Rowland. He and Alice Taylor Glastetter were married Dec. 9, 1988...

SCOTT CITY -- Francis August "Joe" Lusk, 64, of Hiram, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 1994, at John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born Aug. 3, 1930, at Grays Point, son of William Francis and Iva Florence Jones Lusk. He and Beulah Marie Lee were married March 17, 1956, in Scott City...

ANNA, Ill. -- Alta Ruth Smith, 63, of Anna, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 1994, at Hillside Terrace Nursing Home in Cobden. She was born June 5, 1931, in Tamms, daughter of the Rev. David H. and Grace Small Smith. Smith was a graduate of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Vo-Tech Beauty School, and attended Mary Hardin Baylor College for Women in Texas...

Funeral service for Ernest N. Nance, 2800 Pioneer Drive, will be at 2 p.m. today at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Jack Cathcart will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to service time...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Delbert Dean Stone, 70, Jonesboro Route 1, died Saturday, Oct. 22, 1994, at the VA Medical Center in Marion. He was born June 28, 1924, in Alto Pass, son of Hollie and Bessie Goodman Stone. He and Margaret Maxine Whitley were married Feb. 27, 1946, in Lake County, Ind...

"The Speech" was given 30 years ago tonight, but its words resonate even stronger today. The central theme was the preservation of individual liberty in the face of government's growth."Either we accept the responsibility for our own destiny, or we abandon the American Revolution and confess that an intellectual belief in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves."The speaker was Ronald Reagan, and the event was a keynote address to the nation in support of Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. ...

To the editor: Where do we stand on Hancock II? Opponents show it will cost at least $1 billion in cuts of state services. Mel Hancock claims the cuts will be minimal by citing a last-minute study from the CATO Institute. His supporters immediately grasped this thin reel, as nothing else is between them and public awareness of the radical nature of the cuts imposed by Amendment 7...

To our readers: Letters ot the editor regarding election issues will be published until Sunday, Nov. 6. No letters about candidates or issues will be published Monday, Nov. 7, or Tuesday, Nov. 8, which is Election Day. THE EDITOR

Water is essential to life, and an adequate supply of pure drinking water is a big topic these days. Sales of pricey bottled water are booming as thirsty Americans seek to quench both their thirst and their desire to drink something they consider healthy and tasty...

Tuesday, Oct. 25 2 p.m.. Show Me Center Action items Accept financial report and management letter for fiscal year ending June 30, 1994. Accept annual audit for Student Recreation Center Revenue Bond Fund and Housing System Bond Fund. Accept annual audit on federal financial assistance programs...

CARUTHERSVILLE -- Groundbreaking ceremonies for Aztar Corp.'s riverboat casino complex will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. here Company officials and state and local dignitaries will participate in the ceremonies at Fourth Street and Franklin. The $40 million project, known as Casino Aztar Caruthersville, will consist of a 20,000-square-foot pavilion with food and beverage facilities for boarding passengers, parking for 1,000 vehicles, including a 67-space recreational vehicle park, and a 600-passenger riverboat.. ...

Southeast Missouri State University will tee up Homecoming 1994 with the first phase of its international theme, "Kickin' It Across The Globe," during a block party from 5-9 p.m. today. Students who gather for the party at Academic Square will receive free food, meet candidates for Man and Woman of the Year and have an opportunity to win prizes donated by area businesses...

A Cape Girardeau man placed fourth in extemporaneous speaking for the Nebraska Wesleyan University forensics team at the recent Kansas State University Invitational Tournament at Manhattan. The Nebraska Wesleyan team placed third in the sweepstakes competition...

The Cape Girardeau Exchange Club has chosen April Thompson of Cape Girardeau as Youth of the Month. Thompson, daughter of Joseph and Sharon Thompson, is a senior at Notre Dame High School. At Notre Dame, she is senior vice president for the student council and vice president of the National Honor Society...

WASHINGTON-- Waylon Friese of Friedheim recently attended the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington. It is a program for high school students who have demonstrated leadership potential and scholastic merit. Friese, a junior at Oak Ridge High School, was among 350 national scholars at the conference...

Most students would prefer to use a calculator for mathematics problems. So says Kenneth Ostendorf, who teaches eighth-grade math at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School. "I feel there is a need to emphasize mental math," Ostendorf said. To that end, he uses a series of warmup drills throughout the year...

Animated conversation is lost in autumn gusts as young boys one by one mount a log in the Clippard School yard. Arms flung out for balance, they walk its length single file, jump from the wood and hurry to repeat the fun. Several yards away, girls and boys stake out positions on a kind of circular monkey bars. A yellow-haired girl happily chats with a teacher, unmindful of high-pitched slivers of laughter and the repetitive thud of a basketball on the pavement...