Stories from Sunday, May 5, 1996

This week, State Auditor Margaret Kelly issued an audit of the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. While not exactly earthshaking news, still the audit revealed that the department failed to follow Missouri law on spending for consulting contracts and some purchases. The auditor also found that the agency used state money designated for professional training to add equipment and staff...

Uriah Kiehl blew on the trombone during the Jackson High School Concert Band performance. Eight grader Jessica Terry played the flute while the eighth grade band played "Phantom of the Opera Medley." David Sanders pounded on the kettle drums for the eight grade band. The evenings entertainment consisted of 9 songs played by three different bands...

She says that many parts of the body are important to massage, even down to the fingers. Slowly Shiatsu has made its way to the western world. One of the most popular points for massage are the feet. Shiatsu is an ancient form of Japanese massage that works by applying pressure to certain key points on the body, stimulating and regulating the flow of blood and lymph, as well as the glands of the endocrine system...

The Student Council at Zalma schools have paid tribute to fallen alumni with memorialized plaques to be displayed for upcoming students to see. The memorials were donated by Liley Monument Works of Marble Hill, whose state of the art abilities have once again created a beautifully engraved stone. Owner Chris Liley donated the three plaques, which memorialized three former students of Zalma High School who tragically lost their lives...

Jim Rhodes of Jackson spends many hours in front of the production console. He has a long career in record production. From 1958 to 1967, Jim Rhodes' piano playing was a regular feature on KFVS-TV's "Breakfast Show." Have a conversation with Jim Rhodes and he could talk about Garth Brooks and KISS. An odd combination, but he's worked with them both, along with many other big names. Rhodes has a career in record production that has spanned decades...

The symbol of the Olympic Games, the Olympic flame, will be passing through Jackson on its way to Atlanta, the site of the games set to begin later this year. The torch will arrive by train in Cape Girardeau May 27 -- Memorial Day -- around 1 p.m. The torch will then be carried in a relay manner by a total of 31 individuals who have been chosen from throughout southeast Missouri...

Fifty to 100 participants are expected for a special women's day program, to be held at the Drury Lodge today, starting at 4 p.m. "It's a woman-to-woman type of program," said the Rev. JoAnn McCauley, an evangelist, musician, broadcaster and chairperson of today's event. "It's an opportunity for women to discuss the role of women in today's world."...

U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson's 8th District mobile office will be in Marble Hill and Jackson May 9. The office will be set up in the Marble Hill library from 12:30-1:30 p.m. and at the Jackson Chamber of Commerce office from 2-3 p.m. The mobile office is staffed with a representative of the congressman's office...

Although they aren't competing in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, the torchbearers have some pre-game athletic training to do. More than 10,000 people are gearing up for their one-kilometer run in the Olympic torch relay across the United States...

TO THE speaker-outers who have requested a definition of "una": "Uno" is Latin for "one" and may be translated as "one man." Thus, a Unabomber is one who works alone. An oft-quoted Latin expression is "unus vir, nullus vir," meaning "one man, no man," which has come to mean "two heads are better than one." Obviously, our notorious Unabomber didn't think so...

In a brief press conference this week, Gov. Mel Carnahan established beyond any question that he is owned, lock, stock and barrel, by a tiny special interest. No longer can it be concealed: Our governor is quite simply owned -- bought and paid for -- by the blood money of the huge abortion industry...

It could be considered unseemly to excoriate the record of an annual session of the Missouri General Assembly before it has even ended. Looking at it from an objective point of view, it's like a minister or priest reading an obituary before the parishioner has died...

When Jackie Kennedy proposed her will, she declared that her personal papers were to be kept private. She instructed her children, John and Caroline, to "take whatever action is warranted to prevent the display, publication or the distribution" of her correspondence and files...

Democrats in the Missouri General Assembly, egged on by Gov. Mel Carnahan and Lt. Gov. Roger Wilson, have passed and sent to voters a proposed constitutional amendment to create a Department of Aging in state government. The current Division of Aging within the Department of Social Services, it seems, isn't good enough. This episode says a lot about how a phony issue gets manufactured in an election year...

ST. LOUIS -- In an era of dwindling federal support for the arts, Missouri's community arts councils should expect funding reductions of about 7 percent from the Missouri Arts Council this year, its director says. "A lot are just tightening their belts. They do what they can to cut programs," says Anthony Radich. "It's not catastrophic for them except in northern Missouri, where the population base has been declining."...

Margie S. Dillingham, 69, died at her home in Cape Girardeau Saturday, May 4, 1996. She was born April 16, 1927, at Egypt Mills, the daughter of Edward L. and Freda Baker Schwettmann. She married Lindell F. Pind June 1, 1946. He died. She then married Gerald S. Dillingham in July 1960. He died in 1987...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Shirley Ann Bucher, 73, of Cairo, died Friday, May 3, 1996, at her home. She was born in Dongola, Ill., Dec. 14, 1922, daughter of John and Anna Tragesser Lynch. She was a retired registered nurse. She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, the Daughters of Isabella and the Altar Guild...

CHAFFEE -- Duree Earl King, 71, of Delta died at his home Friday, May 3, 1996. He was born Feb. 7, 1925, at Jackson, son of Floyd E. King and Zona Hodge King. He was a retired guard from the Larry McKinney Cleaning & Guard Service in Cape Girardeau. He was a member of the Chaffee VFW Post 3127...

When people look back at college, it is often fondly. It becomes easier, with time, to forget all the studying, hard work and research papers that college heaps upon us in great drifts in the name of a well-rounded education. I owe the Capaha Arrow, the student newspaper at Southeast Missouri State, a debt of gratitude I'll never be able to repay. My years there supplied me with my most fond college memories and trained me to be a somewhat adept newspaper man...

MARBLE HILL -- John F. Snider, 85, of Leopold, died Friday, May 3, 1996, at the family home. He was born Aug. 29, 1910, in the Drum Community of Bollinger County, son of John Dallas and Dovie Jane Leggett Snider. He was a farmer. He was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy of Delta...

SIKESTON -- Marvin Brawner, 34, of Matthews died Friday, May 3, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 29, 1961, at Charleston, son of Wilbur Brawner and Darlene Smith England. He was farm worker. He married Penny Lisa Nichols Feb. 14, 1990. She survives...

SIKESTON -- Jack Williamson, 75, of St. Louis died Friday, May 3, 1996, at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born June 17, 1920 in Bell City, son of Lawrence and Minnie Arnold Williamson. He was a truck driver for 35 years for the 7-Up Bottling Co. in St. Louis. He was a member of Teamsters Local 688, St. Louis, and a member of the Bell City Masonic Lodge...

Dalton E. Stevens, 71, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, May 3, 1996, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born April 5, 1925, at West Ridge, Ark., son of Esker and Annis Thompson Stevens. He served in World War II in the Army Air Corps. He was a self-employed carpenter...

FRUITLAND -- Clifton Harold Bess, 75, of Fruitland, died Saturday, May 4, 1996, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 22, 1920, in Essex, son of Charley and Mary Emrick Bess. He was married to Bernice Ausman Sept. 12, 1953. She survives...

CHAFFEE -- Robert Lair Sr., 74, died Saturday, May 4, 1996, at the family home near Chaffee. Arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

The Cape Girardeau Police Department has agreed to issue special warning tickets during Random Acts of Kindness Week. Sgt. Carl Kinnison, public information officer, said the department uses warning tickets, but typically issues them only as equipment repair orders...

Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones has "about 40 pages" of changes that will take effect when Cape Girardeau County becomes a first-class county Jan. 1. Not many of those changes will be immediately noticeable. "Most of the changes have to do with things in-house," he said. "The general public is not going to notice much difference at all, and most of the time, we won't either."...

No matter which way the labor force pendulum swings in Cape Girardeau County, the rate of employment remains at a comfortable and enviable 95 percent-plus. The work force here fluctuates from month to month, depending on the time of year, from low of about 35,000 to more than 36,000...

A special tribal meeting of the Northern Cherokee Nation of the Louisiana Territory was held Saturday at Trail of Tears State Park north of Cape Girardeau. The tribe's chief, Barbara Baker-Northup, said this monthly meeting was special because it was taking place in the park set aside by Missouri to honor the Cherokee and the "suffering they endured" during the Trial of Tears march from Georgia to Oklahoma almost 160 years ago. ...

When Boone County assumed first-class county status in 1992, not much happened, Presiding Commissioner Don Stamper said. "There were a handful of changes that put us under some different statutes," he said. Most of the changes, though, were administrative...

The Healthy Communities Committee is giving residents one last chance to get their two cents in on health issues facing Cape Girardeau County. Southeast Missourian readers will find survey forms on page 13 of today's issue, and also in the Monday and Tuesday editions asking just one question: What challenges exist in terms of making Cape Girardeau County a healthy place to live?...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri, which finished with a 22-2 record in conference play, walked away with the OVC's top three awards Saturday and also had a school record nine players named to the all-OVC teams. Southeast's senior catcher Lisa Kraxner was chosen the 1996 OVC Player of the year while junior teammate Sara Reichert repeated as OVC Pitcher of the Year. In addition, Otahkian head coach Lana Richmond was awarded the OVC Coach of the Year for a second time...

MURFREESBORO -- The Southeast Missouri State University women's softball team continued to push aside OVC competition Saturday, moving into today's semifinal round of the conference tournament. Southeast, 22-2 in the OVC during the regular season, posted an 8-0, six-inning victory over Tennessee State and a 1-0 win over Tennessee-Martin...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- David Michel flashed his form of last season, Tom Breuer belted two home runs and Southeast Missouri State University played exemplary defense. That combination added up to a resounding 9-1 opening-round victory over Morehead State Saturday morning during week one of the Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament at Hand Park on the Austin Peay campus...

You're Joe Whiz Kid, a sophomore at Semi-Normal University. You're majoring in business. You're a sharp fella, a smooth talker who knows how to relate to people. You're hoping to start out making around $30,000 a year when you graduate with an eye on perhaps one day really striking it big. Maybe even running your own company...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University's Tom Breuer made the first team while Indian players Rusty Curran and Lamonte Collier earned second-team honors on the all-Ohio Valley Conference baseball squads that were announced over the weekend...

Ben Arbeiter hit a home run and drove in four runs as Cape Central outlasted Festus 11-8 Saturday at Cape Central High School. Arbeiter, a senior, also pitched 1 1-3 innings of hitless relief to seal the victory. "You could tell he was ready to play when the game started," said Cape Central coach Steve Williams. "He hit the ball and pitched well. He contributed about every way he could today."...

Hey, does anybody want to go walleye fishing? No, I'm not talking about a Canadian fishing trip. I'm not even talking about going to Wisconsin or Minnesota. I'm talking about fishing in southeast Missouri. That's right, walleye fishing in southeast Missouri. The Black River, from Clearwater Dam near Piedmont to Poplar Bluff, offers an opportunity to fish for walleye...

JEFFERSON CITY -- A mixture of rainy and fair days resulted in a mixed bag of success for hunters during the first week of the spring turkey season, according to Larry Vangilder, wildlife research biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC)...

JACKSON -- Jackson High senior Jill Becker played for the last two Lady Indian basketball teams that reached the Missouri Class 4A Final Four, including this year's squad that finished second in the state. But even though Becker enjoys basketball, her real passion is running. And the Jackson cross country and track standout will get to extend her athletic career because she recently signed a letter of intent to compete in those sports at Missouri Southern State College in Joplin...

Gravy or tomato sauce? Plain bread crumbs or seasoned? Spicy, sweet or rich with the flavor of the meat itself? Meatloaf, like many of the good and simple things in life, is a wondrous and complex phenomenon. Like snowflakes, no two meatloaves are ever exactly alike...

Having checked out the local creek banks, I went down to the triple double-lettered (I've been watching basketball -- triple doubles, etc.) river to see what flotsam and jetsam might be riding the waves. Took my binoculars, the more readily to see if any turtles, birds or frogs were on a free cruise to the Gulf, or at least, Thebes...

Magnificent Microwave Meatloaf 1 8 oz. can tomato sauce 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. prepared mustard 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 medium onion, minced 2 lbs. ground beef 2 slices bread, cubed 1 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper Combine tomato sauce, brown sugar and mustard. ...