Stories from Sunday, May 11, 1997

Construction of the new Notre Dame High School will start within a month. The announcement is a tribute to those who raised $5.3 million in cash and pledges to build the much-needed structure. The campaign kicked off last July. The 150 volunteers have worked hard to realize this impressive goal. It represents the largest single financial effort every undertaken by the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese...

Greetings in that name which is above every name, the Lord Jesus Christ. By God's grace we will be viewing some wonderful and glorious things in these chapters in Genesis. Christ said Himself that the scriptures testified of Him and all the prophets and even Moses wrote concerning Him (John 5:39,46)...

I rise today to offer a defense of the smallest, most isolated minority among us. My words will no doubt trigger countless letters from scornful readers who will declare that my liberality has gone too far this time. Faithful readers, recoiling from my revolutionary views, will probably cancel their subscriptions to scores of newspapers across the state...

Jackson's Jennifer Brown (#2) tries for a goal against Cape Central as Jessica Schultz (#4) follows behind. The Jackson Lady Indian Soccer team has played well this season. Going into Friday's contest with Ft. Zumwalt they were 9-3-1 on the season. Jackson finished second last year in the district and is looking to improve upon that by winning a district championship this year...

To the editor: I wish to take this opportunity to thank Benjamin Israel for the excellent articles and coverage he provided for the 1997 Mississippi River Valley Scenic Drive. The articles were well-written and superbly illustrated. They did much to create interest in the drive and called special attention to the rich history of this region. All of us involved in the drive and efforts to call attention to the beauty and history of the area are most appreciative of what you did. Thank you...

The story of the Jackson Military Academy (1899-1909) is on display for the next several months at the Oliver House in Jackson. The academy was a co-educational institution that taught subjects as diverse as military drilling and music. In 1909, the building was purchased by the Jackson School District and was used as the high school until 1920, according to local historian Bernard Schaper...

25 years ago, 1972 County courthouse flag pole now boasts both United States and Missouri flags, thanks to gift of state flag by Jackson Suburban Garden Club to Cape Girardeau County Court; fact that Missouri flag was not flown by county has been source of irritation to number of clubs in Jackson; recently, County Court agreed to fly state flag if someone would furnish it...

TO THE person who called in Speak Out saying that Rev. Anderson "was not God" and that only God should judge. Pastor Anderson has not been "throwing stones" as the caller suggests. He has only been repeating God's word on what sin is and that we should love the sinner but hate the sin. We'd should all be willing to take a stand on God's word. After all, our country was founded as "One Nation Under God."...

It was a week of similarities and a week of contrasts. It was the week of beginnings and a week of endings. It was a week of triumphs and a week of failures. It was a week of victory and a week of exile. Bill Clinton and Tony Blair. The similarities are obvious. The differences bear watching. Both are young. Both are articulate. Both are "new" -- Clinton the New Democrat; Blair from New Labor. Both are politically adroit. Both are charismatic and telegenic...

Be kind this week, dear readers. Today begins the second annual Random Acts of Kindness Week sponsored by the Southeast Missourian. Appropriately, the observance kicks off on Mother's Day, a day that brims with kindness for our dear mothers. The week encourages people to extend that kindness to others -- both friend and stranger...

Dawn Wells finally made it off that island and headed to Cape Girardeau. Wells, best known as Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," highlighted Southeast Missouri Hospital's Senior Fun Fest Saturday at the Show Me Center. Wells walked on an island decorated stage and said she enjoyed the time she spen with the television show...

Outfitted with a tool belt and hammer, 5-year-old Joseph Froemsdorf was more than ready to help his dad fix up a log-cabin playhouse Saturday. Froemsdorf's father, Carl, was among about 40 parents and staff of the Christian School for the Young Years, who spent much of Saturday fixing up the day-care center's playground...

Lexie Todt isn't one for beauty contests. Her mother, Lori, had to keep reminding her to smile Saturday. The coaching worked as the Oran pair won first place in the mother-young-daughter, look-alike contest at West Park Mall. Another mother-daughter team from Oran -- Kitty Prindle and 17-year-old daughter Lindi -- won first place in the mother-older daughter contest...

If Los Angeles is the city of angels, they better know how to drive. Even an angel would have difficulty getting around this sprawling urban scene without a car. Car-clogged freeways are everywhere in America's second largest city. You can't go anywhere without hitting the pavement, miles and miles of the concrete stuff...

An unused chair or table may send a child to camp this summer. That's one of the goals of the second annual Salvation Army Auction on Friday. Darrell McIntyre Jr., president of the Salvation Army Men's Club, said funds raised from the auction in the Salvation Army gymnasium at 701 Good Hope will help send area children to Salvation Army camps, Special Olympic camps and other children's camps. Forty children were sent to camps last year...

William "Gabby" Klein returned to his favorite diners having coffee and talking to his friends. A few months ago he didn't show up at his favorite spot. He had suffered a stroke that left him temporarily speechless. In November, Klein of Cape Girardeau woke up but couldn't walk or talk. His wife, Dorothy, took him to the emergency room at the St. Francis Medical Center...

MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team entered its weekend series against Morehead State needing one victory in order to qualify for the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. Following Saturday's doubleheader, the Indians are still searching for that elusive triumph...

During another dominating pitching performance by Notre Dame senior Nathan McGuire in a 7-0 win at Poplar Bluff this past week, it occurred to Bulldog coach Gregg Muench what has made his pitcher so successful this season. McGuire was rolling to his fourth shutout of the season, improving his record to 8-0, when one of the Poplar Bluff coaches offered some rhyming advice to one of his players from the coaches' box...

I made my feelings clear a few weeks ago on the proposal to separate state championships in seven sports for public and private high schools in Missouri. I wrote then that it was all a bunch of garbage and basically reflected the selfish feelings of various coaches and administrators around the state who wanted a shortcut to success...

After three games of hitting the ball all over Capaha Field for nothing more than long fly balls, Notre Dame freshman third baseman Josh Eftink was getting frustrated. In fact, he said he was mad as he walked to the plate Saturday for his final at bat in the Cape Central Big 8 championship game against Sikeston with the score tied 5-5 in the seventh inning...

Bull Shoals: 54 degrees, 6' high, clear; walleye good; black bass good using a variety of lures; bluegill good on minnows; catfish fair on natural baits; all other species slow. Bull Shoals (East): 63 degrees, 6' above normal, slightly dingy; black bass good on lizards & Rogues; crappie fair on tube jigs & minnows; walleye fair on crankbaits; all other species slow...

OSCEOLA, Mo. -- Few fish attain the fame that attends Ol' Blue, the lunker catfish known to tens of thousands of Missourians who have attended the State Fair in Sedalia over the past 17 years. Apparently few are as lucky, either. The fish that spent 25 years of captivity and then won freedom recently survived a brush with a deep-fryer...

Cape Girardeau Central's girls soccer team tallied up its 11th shutout of the season and remained undefeated with a 2-0 victory Saturday over Fort Zumwalt South. Nichole Thiele scored both of the game's goals as the Lady Tigers improved to 13-0 on the season...

Ozzie Smith will be the featured instructor at the third annual Capaha Field Baseball Camp that will be held June 12 and 13 at Capaha Field. Youngsters between the ages of 6 and 16 are eligible to participate. Smith will be attending the camp Friday, June 13. Camp hours will be from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. both days...

SCOTT CITY -- Scott City High's boys basketball team had one of the more potent inside attacks in the area this past season and the two players primarily responsible for that will be taking their games to the collegiate level. Chris Sisk, a 6-foot-5 senior, recently signed a letter of intent with Missouri Baptist College in St. Louis. That comes on the heels of Sisk's teammate, Dustin Cauble, signing a couple of weeks ago with Southwestern (Kan.) College...

SIKESTON -- The 7th Annual Ed Nunnelee Memorial Tennis Tournament will be held June 13-15 at the Sikeston Country Club. Adult and junior brackets will be held, with proceeds to go toward the Ed Nunnelee Scholarship Fund. The following adult brackets will be held for both singles and doubles: Men's Open, Men's A, Men's B and Women's Open. In addition, there will be Open Mixed Doubles...

Southeast Missouri State University will conduct a variety of sports camps this summer. All the camps will be conducted by coaches of the respective sports, in addition to other selected coaches. Most of the camps (fees vary) include air-conditioned rooms in Towers Dorm (for resident campers during overnight camps), meals in Towers Cafeteria, camp T-shirt and excess coverage insurance...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Herbert H. "Herb" Palisch of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The Rev. Sam Roethemeyer will officiate, with burial in the Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. Friends may call at the chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. today...

Camilla Amrhein, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City.

CHAFFEE -- Louis Kirn, 85, of Chaffee died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

GRAND CHAIN, Ill. -- Willard A. "Dutch" Moore, 88, of Grand Chain died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at the Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge.

CHARLESTON -- Edward W. Barrett, 82, of Charleston died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 26, 1914, at Vicksburg, Miss., son of Walter and Sarah Crayton Barrett. He and Dorothy Louise Dilworth were married Dec. 13, 1941. She survives...

SCOTT CITY -- Etta Smith, 81, of Scott City died Saturday at Beverly Health Care and Rehab in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Elma G. Dunlap of Springfield, formerly of Poplar Bluff, died Thrusday, May 8, 1997 at Cox South Hospital in Springfield. She was born Feb. 25, 1942, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of the Rev. John E. and Arbutus Gourley of Jackson. She and Archie David Dunlap were married Jan. 20, 1961 in St. Charles. He proceeded her in death Sept. 22, 1991...

ANNA, Ill. -- Gene W. Fox, 67, of Anna died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at Union County Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home at Anna.

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Emma Leona Helms of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Larry Davis will officiate, with burial in Matthews Cemetery at Matthews. Friends may call at the Chapel from 5 - 8 p.m. today...

MARBLE HILL -- A Piedmont man was in stable condition at St. Francis Medical Center Saturday night following a two-car accident eight miles west of Marble Hill. Clarence Powell, 53, was taken to the hospital by helicopter after his 1987 Ford Ranger was struck by a 1995 Toyota Pickup truck driven by Karen Householder, 16, of Glen Allen, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Michael Duane Knudson, 45, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, May 8, 1997, at St. Louis University Hospital. He was born Oct. 2, 1951, at St. Louis, son of Duane and Helen Griffin Knudson. He was a cook for Cedar Point Nursing Home in Poplar Bluff...

Funeral service for Glenn W. Lampley of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. The Rev. John Owen will officiate with burial in Cape County Memorial Park. Friends may call at the Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...

Harriet Lorraine Friese, 44, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 24, 1952, the daughter of Oda and Bernice Hellman Friese of Oak Ridge. Survivors include her parents; four brothers, Allan and Dale Friese of Oak Ridge, Glenn Friese of Friedheim and Claude Friese of Jackson; and two sisters, Darlene Friese of Oak Ridge and Beverly Johnston of Pocahontas...

The student-directed play "Independence" carried off top Davis-Barnett Awards, and tribute was paid to the late Jane Barnett Friday night at the University Theatre's version of Oscar night. The Black Mask Honorary Dramatic Society and the University Players Banquet, held at the Drury Lodge, annually caps the end of each theatrical season at Southeast Missouri State University. The Davis-Barnett Awards are named for Tommie Davis and Jane Barnett, two longtime supporters of the University Theatre...

Last week, the Rev. Jeffrey Sippy took his three young sons to buy work gloves for the city sanitation workers who carry away trash from their home. Last year as part of Random Acts of Kindness, Aaron Sippy waited two hours to present each of the workers with a new pair of work gloves and a thank you for the work they do. Aaron, 3, and his brothers, Clayton, 5, and Jason, 1, decided those gloves must be worn out by now...

I have heard discussions as to whether the instinct of Mother Love is as strong in the species that hatch their young as it is in those that give birth. I don't know how anything so intangible can be measured but it seems as if life that comes from eggs that have detached from the mother's body for several months, maybe years, always comes out on the short end of it. ...

When Mary Jo Filer lost her husband, John, to a heart attack, she found a community willing to step in and help her family through the tragedy. John Filer died from a heart attack on Feb. 6, 1997. He was 37. He left behind four children, Michael, 5, Katharine, 3, and twins Allison and Rebecca, 17 months...

Southeast Missouri State University will confer degrees on 925 students during spring commencement Saturday. U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, will deliver the commencement address to the graduating class of 845 undergraduates and 80 graduate students. The commencement ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. in the Show Me Center...

The Four Seasons Audubon Society of Southeast Missouri will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Missouri Department of Conservation building in Cape Girardeau County Park. Tiffani Addington, a graduate assistant at Southeast Missouri State University will present the program on "Creatures of the Night: Flying Squirrels and Bats."...