Stories from Saturday, August 30, 1997

To the editor: The closing of all F.W. Woolworth stores brings to mind the first five-and-10-cent Woolworth store in our city, located on the corner of Main Street in the building now occupied by Hutson Furniture Co. Many and dear are the precious memories of those days for me as well as many others...

To the editor: Parkinson's disease, Alzheimers, epilepsy, schizophrenia. All four are brain disorders, but only the first three have been adequately covered by Missouri insurers, until this week, that is. Thursday was the day House Bill 335 (regulation of managed-care plans and ending discriminatory coverage of brain disorders and mental illness under managed-care plans) became law. ...

While the Alternative School targets teen-agers, the Adult Basic Education program at the Cape Girardeau Vocational-Technical School reaches out to those past school age. Ironically, if the Alternative School had been available when many of these students were in high school, they might never have dropped out...

The Alternative School in Cape Girardeau has just begun its third year, and the program holds great promise for at-risk students throughout the region. The school provides a second chance for students who don't excel in a regular classroom setting. It may be the student has fallen behind academically, or the student may disrupt the classroom with behavioral problems. The Alternative School offers one-on-one attention and a less structured setting...

WELL, THANK God I'm not the only one against speeders. My question is: Why isn't something being done about it? I keep reading about it in Speak Out. Obviously, it's a problem. Where are the cops? Leftover medical supplies need to be disposed of ABOUT THE leftover medical supplies where the man lost his wife: I believe this is what is called biohazardous material, and more than likely a hospital or the fire department could dispose of those. ...

Bruce Dovin of Jackson searched the Internet for more information on first-time fathers. Brendan Straubel, instructor of the New Fathers: What to Expect class, suggested that the fathers get involved early in the baby's life. The countdown is on to D-Day (delivery day) at Tim and Amy Hopper's house. They are expecting a baby Sept. 16...

Two confirmed cases of shigella bacterial infection and as many as 12 suspected cases have been reported at a Cape Girardeau day care. Shigella is a bacterial infection that affects the intestines, and according to a fact sheet from the Missouri Department of Health is a fairly common disease...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Education has decided to switch to a state-managed health plan to keep district employees insured. The board met during a special meeting Friday morning. Board members voted to switch from Unicare to coverage by HealthNet Blue provided by the Missouri Consolidated Health Plan...

Gov. Mel Carnahan has named Loretta F. Walker of Olivette and Kimberly K. Mothershead of Benton to the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents. The two Democrats replace Patricia Washington of St. Louis and Lynn Dempster of Sikeston, both Democrats...

Gladys Nitsch will be among 80 or so volunteers putting in hours this weekend to prepare for the opening of the SEMO District Fair, which runs Sept. 7 through 13 in Cape Girardeau's Arena Park "It's kind of like an annual get-together," she said. "You meet a lot of new people and too, people come back year after year."...

Local Kodak International Shapshot Newspaper Award winners will be honored at West Park Mall this morning. Joyce Hunter, coordinator of KINSA at the Southeast Missourian, invites the public to meet the winning photographers and view the exhibit of more than 1,300 entries. The photographs will remain on display at the mall through Tuesday...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Construction of a $7.5 million, 200-bed regional prison near Ullin will start next week. The Tri-County Detention and Justice Center will be built about 150 yards southwest of the Illinois State Highway Patrol District 22 Headquarters near the Interstate 57-Ullin interchange...

To look at a person is to know who they belong to. Family trees usually produce patterns if one looks closely enough. Some of these patterns are seen in physical attributes, others can be found in thought processes. My family tree produced several strong physical traits that have passed through the generations. ...

Southeast Missouri State University football coach John Mumford insists that NAIA power Lambuth will provide the Indians with plenty of opposition and will be a difficult foe to defeat. Lambuth coach Vic Wallace professes to cringe at the thought of playing an NCAA Division I-AA team like the Indians and says it's going to be hard for the Eagles to keep up...

Although no score was kept, there was certainly plenty of winners Friday night at the 1997 Football Jamboree at Sikeston Stadium. The biggest winners of all were probably the fans who packed Sikeston Public School Stadium to watch the host Bulldogs scrimmage against the Cape Central Tigers, Jackson Indians and St. Vincent (Perryville) Indians. This was the first time in the history of Missouri that opposing high schools could scrimmage against each other before the beginning of the season...

Cape Girardeau powerlifter Lindsay Sample is already a champion. Now he'd like a shot at being an Olympian. Sample has competed on the state and international levels as a powerlifter for over 10 years with his brother Leonard. He works out in two-hour sessions twice each week at Universal Health and Fitness, and the 43-year old, 220-pound lifter has won numerous awards...

Heath Graham will be the man at the controls of Southeast Missouri State University's offense tonight when the Indians open the 1997 season against Lambuth at Houck Stadium. Southeast coach John Mumford announced Friday afternoon that Graham would be his starting quarterback to begin the new year...

SPRINGFIELD -- Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball team opened the 1997 season Friday by splitting two matches in the Southwest Missouri State Bear Challenge. The Otahkians lost to Butler 15-7, 15-10, 15-8 in the morning, then bounced back in the afternoon to defeat St. Louis University 15-2, 15-11, 8-15, 15-12...

Jackson, step right up. Although Jackson High's boys soccer team is perennially strong, the Indians, who have never won a district title, have perhaps been overshadowed by the area's other two teams, Cape Girardeau Central and Notre Dame, in recent years...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Wayne Etherton, 88, of Dongola died Friday, Aug. 29, 1997, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind. He was born March 8, 1909, in Williamson County, son of Grover Jackson and Sarah Ellen Gibson Etherton. He and Lillian Archer were married March 21, 1941...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Bert E. Gentry will be held at 1 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, with Dr. Jim Guffie officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from noon to service time. Gentry, 97, died Thursday, Aug. 28, 1997, at Gietner Home in St. Louis...

JACKSON -- Winifred M. Aldrich, 73, of Jackson died Thursday, Aug. 28, 1997, at her home. She was born Oct. 29, 1923, at Olive Branch, Ill., daughter of Samuel and Mary Hahn Bradshaw. She and Glenn W. Aldrich were married on March 22, 1943. He died on July 25, 1986...

Hadley S. "Sandy" Fornkohl, Cape Giardeau, 53, died Friday at Heartland Care and Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are pending at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardau.

David S. Ross, 74, of Poplar Bluff, died of heart failure on Thursday, August 28, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Loving Father of Linda Ross Leuckel, former Director of the Easter Seal Society. Service will be at Cotrell Funeral Chapel, Poplar Bluff, MO...