Stories from Monday, May 5, 1997

Sedgewickville Auction Market Inc. will move its weekly sales day to Friday. The first Friday sale day will be at 1 p.m. Friday. Sales were conducted on Tuesday.

Planet Hollywood has signed a lease agreement with Levee House Partnership to open a new restaurant in St. Louis. The Planet Hollywood restaurant chain has leased a building at the Laclede's Landing area on the downtown riverfront. The restaurant will occupy two floors of the Levee House Building, a late 19th century warehouse and is expected to open in the 16,000-square-foot area by the end of the year in ...

Japan's recent efforts to expand sales opportunities for American auto and auto parts makers have been disappointing, the Clinton administration said in issuing its most negative report card yet on results from a landmark 1995 trade deal. The administration said last week that Japan had fallen short in meeting goals to expand the number of dealerships stocking American-made cars and in deregulating its repair market to allow sales of more foreign-made replacement parts...

The Sikeston Area Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet will be held Friday at 6:30 p.m., at Banquets Beyond the Bay Restaurant in Sikeston. Awards will be presented for Citizen of the Year, Industry of the Year, Small Business of the Year, Careerist of the Year, Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer and the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award...

A '62 Chevy may be valued at next to nothing on property-tax lists, but one owner wouldn't take a couple of big bills -- $1,000 bills -- for his 1962 Chevy Impala, 282-horsepower, two-door hardtop. During the first 100,000 miles, the vehicle required only a few plugs and points -- they still had points then -- regular changes of oil, a set of new brakes and gasoline...

Goody's Family Clothing store will open Thursday. Goody's, a 27,500-square-foot store in Cape West Plaza Shopping Center on Siemers Drive in the Cape West Business Park is the firm's first Goody's operation in Missouri. "The store at Cape Girardeau, which will provide 35 jobs, will be the first Goody's operation for Missouri," said Justin Titcombe, a Goody's spokesman...

The safe-deposit boxes are often used to store important documents that might be damaged by a disaster. Twice a week, the woman took on a new look. She would enter a bank with her safe-deposit box key. After she and a bank attendant retrieved her bank deposit box, she carried it into an allotted space...

Rental Land, 1922 Independence, has purchased Englehardt Electric, a certified Milwaukee Service Center. Rental Land, has been a Milwaukee dealer a number of years, but with this purchase, it is now the area's only certified Milwaukee Service center, said Mark Kasten, owner of Rental Land...

Lickity Split Water Slide will open early this year. The water slide alongside Highway 61 between Interstate 55 and Jackson will open May 16. Michelle Leuckel is owner/operator of the business, which includes two slides. The slide generally opens the week before Memorial Day Weekend...

Aid Association for Lutherans Branch 1688 of Cape Girardeau has been awarded a Gold Star rating by the fraternal benefit society in recognition of exemplary volunteer service in the community. To achieve the highest AAL rating, gold or silver stars, branches must annually sponsor at least one benevolent activity (fund-raising event or work project), conduct at least nine meetings, sponsor one educational activity and one member-awareness event, and comply with AAL's attendance, voting and reporting requirements.. ...

The Southern States Meat Goat Cooperative will conduct a seminar on growing goats Saturday. The 1 p.m. workshop will be held at the Howell County Electric Co-op building at West Plains.

Susan Leggett and John Cooley have joined Behavioral Healthcare Corp. Spirit of St. Louis Hospital at its Cape Girardeau Satellite. BHC has purchased Spirit of St. Louis Hospital, a private psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents, ages 3 to 18...

Duke Power Co. and PanEnergy Corp. shareholders have voted to proceed with the proposed $7.7 billion merger with Duke Power Co., creating one of the largest providers of energy and energy services in North America. "Now that PanEnergy and Duke have received shareholder approval, we can proceed with integrating both companies into the new Duke Energy Corporation, subject to final regulatory approval," said Paul Anderson, chairman, president and chief executive officer...

GRAPHCI - SOME CAPE GIRARDEAU GROUPS OPEN TO VOLUNTEERS People serious about answering President Clinton's recent call to service will not have to look far in Cape Girardeau for organizations that need volunteers. Many city civic and service organizations say they desperately need more help. From greeting senior citizens at the Senior Center to tutoring young children, there's plenty to do...

"I will pay no more than top legal prices. I will not accept rationed products without giving ration stamps." Housewives across the nation took that pledge as part of a campaign to keep home-front prices in check during the tumultuous days of World War II...

SCOTT CITY -- If the City Council approves a new insurance package at its meeting tonight, it will ask city employees to look to the future even if it means some sacrifices now. If approved, the city would pay 50 percent of city employees' insurance for family members. But the proposal would come at a price. All city workers, even those who do not benefit from the insurance payments, would lose half their sick days each year...

In two of three zoning changes before the Cape Girardeau City Council tonight, the owners have been using the properties as if the changes they are requesting have been in effect for years. All three changes have the approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission. When the commission held hearings, no one showed up to object to any of the proposals...

The Southeast Missourian funny pages just got funnier. Comic readers will now be able to enjoy a daily dose of humor from two new strips. Debuting in today's paper are Dilbert, a bestselling multi-frame strip by Scott Adams, and Beattie Blvd., a single-frame strip by Bruce Beattie...

Repeat after me: Beach. Mexico. Dancing waiters. When do we leave? Some friends and I are thinking of hitting the high seas. No, we're not going to become opera singers. And no cracks about the fat lady singing. An acquaintance who works for a local travel agency has just about talked us into booking a cruise this winter...

Few people outside the retail vehicle business in Missouri probably ever heard of the Missouri Motor Vehicle Commission, and if Gov. Mel Carnahan goes along with the Missouri General Assembly, they won't be hearing of it in the future. The Legislature recently put an end to the commission in the wake of complaints from two public auto auctions, one in Cape Girardeau, about problems brought on by the commission. ...

It is far from a done deal, but the Missouri House Thursday included $37 million for higher-education capital expenditures in its version of the state's capital budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, in addition to $147 million for two maximum-security prisons...

Most of us will remember the days of our carefee youth all our lives. For some young people, childhood and adolescence is less than carefree. Their days may be filled with emotions that they can't control. They can't fit in with their peers. Their parents can't handle them. Many children suffer from mental illness...

The Cape Girardeau County Chapter of American Association of Retired Persons will meet at 1:30 p.m. today at Grace United Methodist Church, Broadway and Caruthers. Guest speaker will be Mary Gosche, human development specialist with the University of Missouri Extension Center. Her topic will be "Laughter Can Be Good Medicine."...

Breast cancer research was not what attracted more than 15 children to Target's girls department Sunday afternoon, but the research benefited from their visit. The children were more interested in the fake putting green set up for the Putt and Win contest, which took place in 750 Target stores across the nation. The contest was a joint effort between Target, Gillette and the Ladies Professional Golf Association to increase breast cancer awareness...

Two costly errors in the field by the University of Tennessee-Martin helped Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team control the first eight innings. Then up 4-1 in the ninth, Southeast returned the favor and allowed the Skyhawks to score three runs and send the game into extra innings...

MOREHEAD, Ky. -- It wasn't easy, but Southeast Missouri State University's softball team repeated as Ohio Valley Conference Tournament champion Sunday night. The Otahkians needed to go to the final game before they routed Eastern Illinois 12-2 in a contest stopped after six innings by the run rule...

One is a hard-throwing, three-point shooting ace with all-state athletic skills as well as an all-state mind. The other was a hard-working, volleyball-serving menace to opponents on a district championship volleyball team. Together, Notre Dame High School's Nathan McGuire and Beth Essner make up this year's Bulldog and Lady Bulldog award winners named Sunday night at the conclusion of the high school sports banquet in the Notre Dame gymnasium...

Tonight, 7:30 Public hearings: -- To consider vacating the city's interest in a parcel of land in the Casquin Park area. -- To consider a request of Morris C. and Melissa A. Montgomery to rezone the back of 621 S. Kingshighway from R-4, multiple-family residential district, to M-1, light-industrial district...

City Hall tonight, 7:30 Public hearings: -- Hearing to consider amendments to the Land Subdivision Regulations of Jackson. -- Hearing under Chapter 88 RSMo relative to the Gloria Street Paving Project. Financial affairs: -- Monthly bills -- City collector's reports...

This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "Do you think armed militias pose a threat to the U.S. government?" Cindy Clark, Cape Girardeau "I hope not. I would hope that the U.S. government has got more control over the situation than that." John Fesq, Cape Girardeau...

Jack H. Kohrumel of 1327 Howell died Sunday, May 4, 1997, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was 68 years old. He was born June 17, 1928, in St. Louis, the son of Eugene and Bess Elworthy Kohrumel. On Jan. 29, 1951, he married Nadyne Williamson in Illmo. She preceded him in death April 13, 1990. He was also preceded in death by his father and one brother...

FRUITLAND -- Leon Robert Haertling, 65, of Fruitland died at his home Sunday, May 4, 1997. He was born Feb. 7, 1932, in Cape Girardeau, son of Edwin H. and Sophie Keller Haertling. He married Rhonda Bryant Sept. 5, 1981, in Cape Girardeau. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. He was the owner of Haertling Bulk Milk and Check Secure in Jackson...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Betty Finley, 68, of Cairo died Sunday at the Daystar Care Center. She was born Oct. 30, 1928, in Cairo, daughter of Foster and Jennie Blackburn Barnes. She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and is survived by a daughter, Karen Jo Roberts of Tampa, Fla.; and a sister, Shirley Knitter of Cairo...