Stories from Sunday, August 3, 1997

Economic forecasters at the University of Missouri predict mostly moderate growth for the Show Me State economy in the coming year. Moderate growth is the watchword for personal incomes, employment growth, labor force, unemployment rate and new building permits. A growth in state labor force that outstrips job opportunities will mean that the near-record low unemployment rate of 4.2 percent in the first quarter of this year should drift slightly upward...

Tommy Larner, left, a missionary in Ecuador with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention preaches with Daniel Hale at a service in Bahia de Caraquez. Matthew Hale, left, gives his Christian testimony as missionary Tommy Larner looks on. The testimonials preceded every clinic...

75 years ago 1922 The Cape County Savings Bank stock holders reelected the board of directors. Holding their own were W.C. Cracraft, president; C.W. Henderson, vice-president; A.A. Boss, cashier. The other directors are J.L. Hinkle, L.A. Goodwin, C.H. Wolter, Henry Puls and A.D. Milde. A.G. Penzel is assistant cashier and Alvin Hoffman and Marie Steck bookkeepers...

Steve Stroder's collection of Disney memorabilia will be on display at the Oliver House in Jackson today from 1-4:30 p.m. Most of the collection on display consists of merchandise from the 1930s to 1955, but some newer merchandise is also on display...

The East Side Homemakers met in the home of Helen Humes, July 16 at 1:30 p.m. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Maxine Southard had the devotional "On Love." Roll call was answered on "My First House Cleaning Project." Marie Southard gave the program on "The Road Let's Travel" by Scott Peek. The business meeting was held by the president, Violet Reynolds. The group will go to Lambert's Aug. 20 for lunch. Cora Huffman joined the club...

Andrea Penzel, Jackson's Little Miss Snowball has been crowned 1997 Little Miss Missouri at Miss Missouri Misses Pageant held July 19 in Mexico, Mo. She is the daughter of Sandy and Phil Penzel of Jackson. She performed a gospel song that truly entertained the crowd...

LeeRowan Co. announced Aug. 1, that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has been chosen as their 1997 Mass Retailer of the Year. Wal-Mart has been a solid supporter of LeeRowan and many other local U.S. manufacturers. LeeRowan manufactures wire and wood storage and organization products. It's largest manufacturing facility is located in Jackson where it employs nearly 1,000 people...

Last week, in hailing the budget/tax agreement worked out between the President and Congress, the New York Times wrote the following. "Passage of the budget deal would fulfill Mr. Clinton's recent hope for a place in history as the President who ended a long string of deficits."...

Although no one saw it coming until a few months ago, Missouri has a major problem involving an ambitious but badly needed highway improvement program that is so inadequately underfunded that completion under the original proposal is fiscally impossible...

A strong economy has state revenue going through the roof yet again. Missouri's general revenue for the year ended June 30 rose a remarkably strong 7.29 percent and pushed the growth rate of state tax collections over the past 10 years to an all-time high of 86 percent...

Cape Girardeau Central High School Elizabeth Kunz Elizabeth Kunz, the 1997 valedictorian of Cape Girardeau Central High School, is the daughter of David and Gail Kunz of Cape Girardeau. Kunz was in Student Senate, the Knowledge Master and Scholar Bowl, National Honor Society serving as first vice president and National Beta Club serving as treasurer and representative on the Scholarship Committee. ...

Jesus promised his disciples many things. One of his promises was our sure encounter with adversity and the reality of religious persecution in this world. With Jesus we have peace, yet our faithful existence in an unbelieving world creates tension and conflict because of our beliefs (John 16:33)...

The Southeast Missourian's first Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Awards is history. In all, more than 1,100 photographs were submitted. Each week surpassed the last in terms of the number of photographs submitted, said Joyce Hunter, coordinator of KINSA at the Southeast Missourian...

The Cape Girardeau Board of Education will choose the best method of handling excessive enrollments for the 1997-98 school year during a meeting Thursday at noon at the board office. A number of students throughout the district -- including at least 17 kindergarteners from Clippard Elementary School -- have already been reassigned to prevent overcrowded classrooms this year. ...

Southeast Missouri State University hopes to boost minority enrollment with the aid of an advisory commission. The school also wants to recruit blacks for faculty and staff positions. The commission was prompted by school officials' desire to reverse the continuing decline in black enrollment...

It's tough to protect your kids, even as a dutiful dad. Daughter Bailey is nearly 20 months old and insists on doing everything herself. She'd probably try to drive the car if I would let her. She has mastered the small merry-go-round at a local fast-food restaurant...

The Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri State University has been awarded a $2,500 grant by the Missouri Humanities Council in support of the project, "A Faulkner Centennial Celebration," scheduled for Sept. 2-30. The event, one of several being planned around the world to commemorate the 100th anniversary of William Faulkner's birth, will include a series of lectures by a number of authors and scholars, as well as an exhibit of artwork based on Faulkner's life and work...

It's green, has three leaves and is irritating more people than usual this year. Like other Cape Girardeau physicians, Dr. Reno Cova of Immediate Healthcare is treating more poison ivy cases this summer. On the average, he treats three patients a day. Some days he sees as many as six or more...

Degrees were conferred upon 742 students at Southeast Missouri State University's spring commencement. These area graduates received advanced degrees or graduated with honors: ALTENBURG: Vicki Wachter, Bachelor of Science in Education (High School) -- Major, Mathematics, graduated magna cum laude...

As far as Southeast Missouri State University football coach John Mumford is concerned, there were no real surprises during Friday's Ohio Valley Conference media day activities in Nashville, Tenn. But Mumford is counting on their being a major surprise once all the tabulations are in...

WICHITA, Kan. -- Jess Bolen has probably had tougher losses in his 31 seasons as the Kohlfeld Capahas' manager. But Friday night's 11-10 setback to the Clarinda (Iowa) A's in the opening round of the National Baseball Congress World Series has to rank some place near the top of the list...

QUINCY, Ill. -- Former Notre Dame soccer players Jason Frank and Matt Vollink have signed letters of intent to play soccer at Quincy University. Frank, a 1995 graduate of Notre Dame, is transferring from East Central College and will enter Quincy as a sophomore...

ORAN -- Dorothy Mae Miller, 86, of Oran Route 1 died Friday, Aug. 1, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb. 3, 1911, at Sikeston, daughter of Tom and Ida Mae Henson Moran. She was a retired nurse, having worked at the Sikeston hospital...

CHAFFEE -- Minnetonka's Andy Davidson allowed just a bunt single and struck out 16 batters as the Minnesota squad defeated host Chaffee 2-0 in the Junior American Legion Mid-States Regional Tournament Saturday night at Harmon Field. Tommy Stidham accounted for the lone hit for Chaffee (41-4), which will return to action today at 10:30 a.m. in an elimination game against Longmont, Co...

Wildlife habitat is dwindling. While development chips away at critical parcels of land everywhere, many wildlife and fish species are headed for endangerment status. Conservation departments, and wildlife groups such as Ducks Unlimited and Rocky Mount Elk Foundation, work constantly to protect and manage remaining natural communities and wherever possible, restore habitats that have disappeared...

All foresters and nurserymen learn to expect and enjoy the tree questions that they deal with daily. When lawn trees appear sick, most homeowners are looking for a pesticide spraying recommendation. Spraying is what most of us relate to as the quick fix for tree illness, much like medicine is the quick fix for human ailments...

GALE, Ill. -- Linda K. Renn, 48, of Gale, Ill., died Friday, Aug. 1, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Sept. 14, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Jesse W. and Kirllean Putz Perry. She and Jerry Renn were married Feb. 8, 1964, in Cape Girardeau. He survives...

KELSO -- Theresa Elizabeth Blattel, 79, of Kelso died Saturday, Aug. 2, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Jan. 30, 1918, at Glennonville, the daughter of William and Johanna Heidelbeck Weidenbenner. She married Zeno "Sam" Blattel on Feb. 18, 1941, at St. Louis...

SCOTT CITY -- Bernard George "Barney" Stubenrauch, 81, of Scott City died Saturday, Aug. 2, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 3, 1916, at Oran, the son of Emil Joseph and Bertha Theresa Metz Stubenrauch. On May 10, 1938, he married Coena Anna Bucher at Scott City...

PERRYVILLE -- Arthur A. Ehlers, 90, of Perryville died Saturday, Aug. 2, 1997, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born Dec. 8, 1906, at Gorham, Ill., son of John and Sophia Boehme Ehlers. He married Lilly Fritsche on Sept. 14, 1930. She died Jan. 14, 1995...

WYATT -- Clifton Brumley, 72, of Wyatt died Saturday, Aug. 2, 1997, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Billy Criswell, 73, of Olive Branch, died Friday, Aug. 1, 1997, at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are pending at the Dashner Funeral Home in Dupo, Ill.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Effie Mae Morgan Jackson, 82, of East Prairie died Friday, Aug. 1, 1997, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 7, 1915, at East Prairie, the daughter of Eddie Lee and Sarah Florence Miller Morgan. She was a lifelong resident of Mississippi County...

JACKSON -- Wilson "Bill" Ford, 85, of Jackson died Saturday, Aug. 2, 1997, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home. He was born June 30, 1912, at Advance, the son of Newton Dilworth and Ellen Florence Sheppard Ford. He married Jessie Edna Kasting on June 24, 1934, at Marble Hill...

A foursome of Cape Girardeau 12-year-olds walked across the Jaycee Municipal Golf Course, from left: Dustin Tatum, Chris Conrad, Jeff Brosey and Travis Siebert. Kelsey Norris, 10, of Cape Girardeau watched her chip shot onto the No. 1 green at the Jaycee Municipal Golf Course...

Jean Bell Mosley's new autobiography, "For Most of the Century," is only available in serialized form in the Southeast Missourian. Return each week for her continuing story. Since one of our sources of cash was to be chickens and eggs, we built a long, sturdy, airy chicken house. ...