St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 35

DEC 19 1991 Di.Luuia ruai-uibfAiLH ST. LOUISTHURSDAY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1991 3A MSB May Impose Sewer Fee Hike Without Election activities and classes at a new community center and swimming pool, said City Attorney Robert Herman. Tuesday's ruling allows those to go into effect without a vote, he said. The other seven need a vote, Herman said, because they would change the city's business license code. In a 4-3 decision, the court established five tests to decide whether a user fee was exempt from the public vote requirement.

Among other things, the ruling says that exempt fees must be paid when the goods or services are used, must be charged to those actually using the goods or services, and must be based on the value of the items. In the 1990 sewer district election, district voters rejected a proposal for a 32 percent increase in sewer rates. That plan would have boosted the rate for single-family homes to $14.45 a month from $10.92. The increase would have generated about $33.3 million a year. For the past year, MSD officials have talked about trying again for a rate increase of undetermined size at an election in 1992.

Now, with the new Supreme Court ruling, a rate increase without an election may be possible, Kriz said. Kriz said he would present the district's financial needs to the MSD board Jan. 8. How much of an in crease is needed is unknown, he said. Missouri voters adopted the Hancock Amendment in 1980.

In 1982, the Supreme Court interpreted the amendment to require public votes on all local fee increases even those that simply pay for a service. Several years later, the Legislature passed a law specifying that fee increases that seek to cover inflationary costs did not have to go on the ballot. But Tim Fischesser, executive director of the St. Louis County Municipal League, said most local governments continued to seek public votes because of a fear that the courts might declare the law unconstitutional. Tuesday's ruling may have removed plies to sewer rates.

The ruling came in a case involving ambulance district fees in the Hannibal area. Among other political fallout Wednesday from the court ruling: Allan T. Williams, St. Charles city administrator, said his staff will study whether the ruling allows the city to raise the transportation fee for city ambulance patients even though voters rejected the idea at last month's election. An Overland official said the city might ask a circuit judge to strike eight fee increase proposals from a list of 15 scheduled for the February election ballot.

The eight call for fee increases for that concern, he said. "It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of this decision for local governments," said Gary Markenson, executive director of the state Municipal League. Paul DeGregorio, Republican director of the St. Louis County Election Board, said the court ruling probably will result in shorter municipal ballots though many minor license fees still need a vote. He said voters have approved 82 percent of the 1,384 fee proposition votes in the county since 1985.

Tommy Robertson of the Post-Dispatch staff and The Associated Press contributed information for thisstqry. By Mark Schlinkmann Regional Political Correspondent The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is considering imposing a rate increase next year without a public vote perhaps the same increase voters rejected in February 1990. The groundwork for a vote-less tax increase was laid Tuesday when the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that many user fees and charges are no longer subject to the state constitution's Hancock Amendment. The amendment limits the amounts of taxes subject to voter approval.

Frank Kriz, MSD executive director, said Wednesday that the district's attorneys are studying how the ruling ap 1 Ethan Shepley Civic Leader, Dies Of Cancer Ethan A.H. Shepley a banker, lawyer and civic leader, died of cancer Wednesday (Dec. 18, 1991) at his home. He was 68. Mr.

Shepley retired in 1988 as vice chairman of Boatmen's Bancshares Inc. and Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis. He was president of Boatmen's Bancshares from 1969 to 1985. He was also chairman of the Missouri Bankers Association and of Mastercard International.

After retiring from the bank, Mr. Shepley was counsel to the law firm of Bryan Cave McPheeters McRoberts. As chairman of the United Way, he developed a fund-raising system still used today. He also led fund drives for 'MV a i Jk 4 SV V- n- -'Krir jfl i the Arts Education Council and Webster College (now Webster University). Mr.

Shepley was a former vice president of the Health Welfare Council of Greater St. Louis and former president of Downtown St. Louis Inc. In 1975, he received the Levee Stone award from Downtown St. Louis.

Mr. Shepley served on the boards of the St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Country Day School, the Missouri Historical Society, the Municipal Theater Association, Jeff-Vanderlou, the Greater St. Louis Better ABOVE: An Adelie penguin chick, the first hatched at the St.

Louis Zoo, chirping away contentedly Wednesday in its nest in the Aquatic House. RIGHT: The chick, a small gray tuft, crawling underneath its foster mother. ymidler Zoo Trumpets Hatching Of Penguin; First Successful Birth Of Its Kind Here Shepley and it will come out." The chick, which weighs about 7 ounces, was hatched Dec. 9 in an incubator. Zoo staff immediately placed the chick under a pair of foster parent penguins that had been sitting on a wooden egg.

The adult penguins accepted the chick, warming it and feeding it regurgitated fish. "In November, three pairs of Adelie penguins laid two eggs each," Bohmke said Wednesday afternoon. "We put one of those eggs in an incubator to increase the chances for at least one successful hatch." He said that adult birds had accidentally cracked two of the eggs; three eggs were By Patricia Corrigan Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Penguin fanciers will have to look closely to spot the new Adelie chick hatched just 10 days ago at the St. Louis Zoo. The fuzzy gray chick, the first of its kind born here, is nestled snugly under its foster mother in the Aquatic House.

When the mother moves on the nest, watch for a tuft of gray down sticking out from under her. That's the chick. "The chick will be out from under its mother within a week or two," said Bruce Bohmke, curator of birds. "By then, it will be too big to stay under her comfortably, king penguins and rockhopper penguins. Bohmke said the move put Adelie penguin eggs at less risk from the bigger birds.

Adelie penguins, native to Antarctica, grow to between 16 and 18 inches high and weigh 2 to 3 pounds as adults. They live alongside chinstrap and emperor penguins on the Antarctic ice shelf and surrounding islands. Adelie penguins' nests are about 15 inches in diameter, saucer-shaped and built of pebbles or old bones. In the wild, their natural enemies are large seagulls and seals. infertile.

The chick's natural mother was still sitting on an infertile egg when the chick hatched, so the Zoo staff decided to put the chick under another pair of penguins. "We've never had this many eggs before, and we've never had an Adelie chick hatch here," he said. "We hope this is an example of what we can expect in the future. We're always ready to help these birds reproduce." Last summer, the Adelie penguins were moved into their own exhibit, where the temperature is kept at 35 degrees. Previously, they had been housed with the larger U.S.

Releases More Money For New Clark Bridge At Alton Business Bureau, the Human Development Harris-Stowe State College, St. Luke's Hospital, the Psychoanalytic Foundation and the Mark Twain Summer Institute. He was also active in Republican politics. He worked with former County Supervisor Lawrence K. Roos, County Executive Gene McNary and former Aldermanic Board President Joseph L.

Badaracco. i His father was Ethan A.H. Shepley, former chancellor of Washington University and Republican candidate for governor in 1964. The elder Shepley died in 1975 at age A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust Street.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Harris-Stowe State College. Among the survivors are his wife, Peggy Shepley of St. Louis; a brother, Lewis B. Shepley of St. Louis; two sisters, Sally Shepley Lilly of St.

Louis and Sophie Shepley Pelissier of Big Horn, Wyoming; a son, Michael Ethan Shepley of New York; two daughters, Lela Lockwood Shepley-Gamble of Algonquin Park in Ontario, Canada, and Virginia Cochran Shepley of San Francisco; and three step-children, Margaret Meyer Hvatum of Dover, and John S. Meyer Jr. and Charles F. Meyer, both of St. Louis.

Gay Carraway, Ex-Captain In City, Dies At 62 Gay M. Carraway, a retired captain in the St. Louis Police Department, died Tuesday (Dec. 17, 1991) at Barnes Hospital after a brief illness. He was 62.

Capt. Carraway, a lifelong resident of St. Louis, was a law enforcement officer here for 30 years. He joined the police department in 1957, was promoted to sergeant in 1963 and lieutenant in 1965, and was made a captain in 1971. He was the initiator in 1976 of the Team Policing program, which was designed to make police officers more efficient by giving them more responsibility.

He had served as commander of the 5th, 7th and 8th districts. St. Louis Police Chief Clarence Harmon said Wednesday: "Gay Carraway was a kind and gentle man who always put the welfare of his fellow man "Two years ago, the Clark Bridge was one of only two new bridges nationwide given a commitment by the federal government" under the discretionary program, Costello said. He said the Transportation Department's latest grant showed that the government's "pledge is being met" to support the bridge project. Costello is a member of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee.

"the people of Alton and all of Madison County continue to build for their economic future." The bridge will connect Alton with West Alton, on U.S. 67. The Transportation Department rated the 63-year-old Clark Bridge as deficient in 1988. Since then, federal, state and local authorities have been working to allocate enough money to replace the two-lane bridge with a new four-lane structure. Rep.

Jerry Costello, D-Belleville. Brian Lott, a spokesman for Costello, said the bridge which is now under construction was expected to be completed in late 1993, at a total cost of about $122 million. The total federal commitment is expected to be about $100 million. Said Sen. Alan J.

Dixon, "Continued funding for the Clark Bridge is essential to the economic vitality of the Alton area." He said the new bridge would help By Robert Koenig Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau WASHINGTON The Department of Transportation has come up with $17.5 million more in discretionary bridge money to replace the Clark Bridge at Alton, officials said Wednesday. The latest grant brings the federal government's contribution to nearly $70 million in discretionary money for the new bridge across the Mississippi River, said Despite Illness, Family Will Help Needy Again Annual Christmas Party Sunday In Normandy la above his own. He dedicated his life in service to the St. Louis community. I only regret that he never became police chief of St.

Louis." In 1985, Capt. Carraway was a top contender for police chief. Capt. Carraway was deputy commander of the bureau of support services when he retired from the department in 1987. That same year, he was appointed public safety director by Mayor Vincent C.

Schoe-mehl Jr. The director oversees several city operations, including the Fire Department, the building division, jails and W0' I i .1. rt "flW 'I Nil 'An r- i If Wy -J 'A Gay M. Carraway The tradition of offering a helping hand to others during the holidays runs deep in the Gieson family. Joan Gieson's parents, she said, went to Union Station in the 1940s and 1950s and brought troops to their home for holiday dinners.

They also brought children from a local children's home to the family's home for dinner, said her father, Sal-vatore Palermo, 78, who will be Santa Claus at this year's party. In the mid-1970s, Joan and Frank Gieson became volunteers at the annual Christmas dinner given by New Life Evangelistic Center. Then, 11 years ago, they were host to their first Christmas dinner in a local church for 40 people. They moved to the junior high school four years ago when the crowds became too large to handle at the church. "They are a very gracious and very generous family," said Steve Huber, principal of the junior high school.

"They receive no personal gain from this at all." Joan Gieson said that while she remains optimistic about the party, she said there more volunteers, money, food and toys were needed. "At our last volunteer meeting, we had five volunteers," she said. "We need probably 200 people." She said she feels the recession has had an impact on giving this year. Many companies that have given food and other items in the past are not able to this year, she said. "It's been a difficult year," Joan Gieson said, "but I really believe this will be the best event we've ever had.

"I hope we can continue doing this until Jesus comes," Joan Gieson said. By Bill Smith Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Kim Lilley says she can't imagine spending the Christmas season any other way. "It's all I've ever known," said the 25-year-old mother from Normandy, whose family has been host to a Christmas party for underprivileged families for the past 1 1 years. "The problems of these people are so horrendous; it makes my problems seem minute." A year ago, Lilley was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis a chronic, degenerative disease of the nervous system. She gave birth to her daughter, Joan Elizabeth, on Sept.

29. Lil-ley's mother, Joan Gieson, said both her daughter and granddaughter nearly died. Kim Lilley now is virtually blind in one eye and can walk only short distances before tiring. Much of her body, she says, is numb. As a result of Liliey's illness and the difficulty in caring for a new baby, the family nearly decided to cancel this year's Christmas party.

But Lilley and her husband, Tom, were adamant that the party should go on. On Sunday, the family and a crew of volunteers will feed and present groceries and gifts to more than 2,000 needy people at Normandy Junior High School. Lilley said she would be there, if she is strong enough. "I'd like to go," she said, "even if it's just for a short time." "This is not just a Christmas meal," said Joan Gieson. "We try to treat these people with dignity." emergency management agency.

He became an aide to the mayor in November 1990. "Gay loved the people of the city very deeply, and he showed his love in his 30-plus years of service," Schoemehl said Wednesday. "I feel honored to have had the opportunity to know and work with such a strong and gentle spirit." Capt. Carraway was former chairman of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives' local chapter and a regional vice president of the national organization. He served in the Army from 1951 to 1953 and earned a bachelor's degree from St.

Louis University and a master's degree from Webster University. He also graduated from the Gemological Institute of America, New York. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ted Foster and Sons Funeral Home, 1221 North Grand Boulevard. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m.

Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Among the survivors are his wife, Dora Schrlro Carraway of St. Louis, who Is superintendent of the city Workhouse; two daughters, Marsha Clark of St. Louis and Gay Chezia Carraway of New York; and two grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Missouri Botanical Garden. ii Scott DinePost-Dispatch Members of the Gieson family celebrating the holidays by holding a party for the needy. The family includes (from lower left) Kim Lilley; her mother, Joan Gieson; family friend Esther Billetdeaux; grandfather Salvatore Palermo; Liliey's father, Frank Gieson; and Liliey's baby, Joan Elizabeth..