Stories from Monday, May 12, 1997

Christian School for Young Years Garbers Men's Wear St. Mary Cathedral School Birthright St. Francis Medical Center Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Education at Southeast Missouri State University Circle of Hope at Grace United Methodist Church...

As director of the Girardot Center juvenile detention program and owner of a counseling consultation firm, Jim Davis' life work acknowledges the value of maintaining healthy relationships. The quality of Davis' friendship is what Pat Murray and Wally Allstun want to recognize during Random Acts of Kindness Week. Murray and Allstun operate the Regional Employee Assistance Program, a counseling service that shares office space with Davis...

Twenty-six Southeast Missouri State students have become charter members of Beta Gamma Sigma honor society for the AACSB accredited business program at the university. Business programs accredited by AACSB -- the International Association for Management Education -- are eligible to have chapters of Beta Gamma Sigma. Of more than 1,400 schools offering business and management degrees, slightly more than 300 are eligible...

Lutheran Family and Children's Services-Southeast Missouri is sponsoring a free adoption information workshop June 3, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at 2911 Breckenridge Drive. The workshop will focus on answering individuals' questions regarding types of adoptions, costs and timeframes...

Wake up and read this. ... Then you can nap. Sleeping at work may not be so bad, some employers concluded. To help employees with stress, Yarde Metals, a Bristol, Conn., metals distributor plans "nap space" for about 25 workers in a new facility, according to the Wall Street Journal...

B & B Marine Co. is observing its 20th anniversary this year. The company, which sells and services boats, motors, trailers and other marine accessories, was established in 1977 by the late Bill J. Baker, who also operated B & B Auto Salvage Co. in Jackson...

The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions in four areas this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available May 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The hourlong counseling sessions are free. To get an appointment, call 335-3312...

Michael Sterling says it's difficult for poor people -- especially poor African-Americans -- in Cape Girardeau to find good-paying jobs. But Sterling, the president of the Cape Girardeau chapter of the NAACP, said one person has helped hundreds of unskilled workers gain skills and get good-paying jobs, and that's Fred Kelley...

Wieser Mazda of Cape Girardeau has earned the "President's Award of Honor" for 1996. The award, created to recognize Mazda dealerships that achieve high levels of customer service, was presented to Wieser Mazda by Mazda Motor of America Inc. The "President's Award of Honor" is presented to the top 25 dealers in each of four sales categories. Dealers must retail a minimum of 120 units in a given year to be eligible for the awards. Mazda has about 900 dealerships nationwide...

Dana Corp., headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, has announced record first-quarter sales and profits, capping a quarter that included the company's two largest acquisitions and largest divestiture, and the establishment of its first operation in Central Europe...

Northwestern Mutual Life has been recognized as "America's Most Admired" life insurance company by Fortune magazine. T. Ronald Hahs, Northwestern district agent in Cape Girardeau, said that Northwestern was one of only four companies that have maintained its No. 1 position in its respective industries over the past 15 years that Fortune has ranked "Most Admired." Others include Boeing, J.P. Morgan and Kimberly-Clark. Fortune recognizes "Most Admired" in 49 industry groups...

A new Drury Inn hotel has opened in Sugar Land, Texas. The five-story hotel, fifth Drury Inn in the Houston area, has 134 rooms and provides 20 to 25 new jobs to the area. Drury Inns Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, owns and operates the hotel. Drury Inns Inc. operates more than 85 Drury Inn, Pear Tree Inn by Drury, Thrifty Inn, Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotels in 14 states...

Janet Esicar and David L. Shell have joined Capaha Bank, which will open soon at 3168 William. Esicar, who has been in banking for 23 years, will be a vice president, and Shell, who has 14 years of experience in banking, will be senior vice president...

To run a government of the people, state representatives need to stay in touch with the people. To do this, state Reps. David Schwab and Mary Kasten and state Sen. Peter Kinder use methods that the Founding Fathers never could have foreseen, like e-mail, fax, the phone and radio talk shows. They also use a few methods that have been around for centuries, like surveys, letters and good old-fashioned face-to-face encounters...

One Cape Girardeau man picked up an order of kindness while another got an order delivered to his home Sunday, courtesy of Papa John's Pizza and Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. Jeff Ostendorf received a large pepperoni pizza and Eric Lohrmann got a large cheese pizza and an order of cheese sticks paid for by the Southeast Missouri State University sorority...

Cape Girardeau's plan to repair sidewalks in its older neighborhoods means that some beautiful old trees will have to come down. The question is how many and at what cost. The program started this spring at Caruthers Avenue and Broadway and is gradually working its way east and south, said City Engineer Mark Lester. In addition to fixing sidewalks, the city is installing curb cuts at intersections...

Traders are walking tall at the Chicago Board of Trade. So are brokers and clerks, who have taken to wearing platform shoes so they can be more visible in that center of American capitalism poetically referred to as "the pit." Essentially, traders, brokers and clerks stand in the pit and gesticulate to the folks above on whether they should buy or sell as stock prices and commodities futures fall...

I WOULD like to report that I was the recipient of a beautiful Random Act of Kindness this past week. I exited from the Mercantile Bank and when I started to step down from the curb to the parking area, I remembered that I had fallen doing the same thing three weeks before and really hurt myself. ...

The Tamms, Ill., Board of Trustees tonight will be approached by a delegation of residents who want the board to reconsider its decision to return a federal matching grant rather than use it to help hire more policemen. So concerned over the decision were four Tamms residents that they initiated a petition urging the board to reverse its decision. ...

The city of Jackson has joined the growing ranks of U.S. cities that offer a place for its residents to dispose of recyclable materials. This month Jackson opened its renovated full-service recycling center at 508 Eastview Court. Not only will the center offer a place to get rid of rcyclable materials, but if people will use it the center will help reduce much of the trash that must be collected by the city. And the city will be able to recover some costs by selling the recyclable materials...

To the editor: My good sense tells me to let the matter drop, but my motive has always been to prevent this from happening to you or your loved ones. I was given a traffic ticket. I thought I was innocent. I chose to go to court. I didn't have to go. ...

"An interesting question" was the way a Federal Reserve economist answered when I asked him about the effects of the free trade agreement with Mexico on our economy in Missouri. I had expected something more academic from a Ph.D in economics from one of the best universities in the country when I broached the subject of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which since its inception has greased a slide of Missouri manufacturing plants to south the border, taking along hundreds of highly trained Missouri engineers, production experts and other workers.. ...

To the editor: We learn good grammar as well as swear words from those with whom we come in contact. They not only determine the course of language, but also give definition and meaning. We can remember the word "gay" used to mean joyful and happy. Now it has taken on a different connotation. The word "aids" used to mean "helps" or "assistance." Now it has strayed far afield and refers as well to a dreaded disease...

This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "Do you think people who hold pets in their laps while driving should be cited?" Niki Jones, St. Louis "Yes, because if there was an emergency or they would have to turn, it would hinder them from trying to make that left or that right."...

MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Facing a must-win situation in order to qualify for the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament and continue its season, the Southeast Indian baseball team won their final regular-season game 10-8 over Morehead State. Southeast erupted for five runs in the top of the ninth to break a 5-5 tie, then held on in the bottom of the inning for the win. The win extends the Indians' season into the OVC Tournament where the top six teams in the nine-team conference will begin play Thursday...

PACIFIC -- Jackson received two goals from Jennifer Jones and rolled to a 4-1 high school soccer victory over Pacific on Saturday. Dana Eakins and Jones both scored in the first half as Jackson led 2-0 at halftime. Jones and Brown deposited second-half goals...

PERRYVILLE -- Iola V. Steinbecker, 85, of Perryville died Sunday, May 11, 1997, at La Verna Village Nursing Home in Savannah. She was born Feb. 4, 1912, in Perryville, daughter of Frank and Anna Baudendistel Zoellner. She married Gilbert P. Steinbecker. He died Sept. 10, 1983...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Leon Sams, 81, of Olive Branch died Sunday May 11, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill.

ANNA, Ill. -- Harold Miles, 85, of Anna died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at the Jonesboro Health Care Facility. He was born April 9, 1912, in Bristow, Ind., son of John and Josie Hall Miles. He married Elva Stucky on June 6, 1942. She died May 18, 1987...

Funeral service for Glenn W. Lampley of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. The Rev. John Owen will officiate. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park. Lampley, 87, died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center...

ANNA, Ill. -- Gene W. Fox, 67, of Anna died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born March 11, 1930, in Cobden, the son of John K. and Lela Mae Wilson Fox. On Feb. 22, 1982, he married Nancy Joann Neighbors in Paducah, Ky. She survives...

ANNA, Ill. -- Barbara A. "Bobbie" Rogers, 58, of Anna died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at her home. She was born April 23, 1939, in Anna, the daughter of Pearl J. and Kathryn Coonce Inman. On Sept. 1, 1957, she married Richard Rogers in Jonesboro. He survives...

CHAFFEE -- Louis Anton Kirn, 85, of Chaffee died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Nov. 1, 1911, in Jackson, son of Joseph and Minnie Werth Kirn. He was a farmer and worker at Thorngate for 10 years before retiring in 1976. He married Luella Winkler on Oct. 5, 1937. She died March 28, 1997...

Camille Caroline Amrhein, 86, 720 Caruthers, died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 19, 1910, in Lambertville, the daughter of John and Mary Scheeter Kern. On Jan. 27, 1931, she married Joseph Amrhein in New Hamburg. He survives...

Etta Mae Smith, 81, of Scott City died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at Beverly Health & Rehabilitation Services of Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 20, 1916, in Commerce to Daniel and Lily Hope Warren. On March 4, 1933, she married Roy Tillman Smith in Illmo. He died Aug. 16, 1971...

GRAND CHAIN, Ill. -- Willard A. "Dutch" Moore, 88, of Grand Chain died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at the Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. He was born March 19, 1909, in Grand Chain, son of Gibson and Kate Mellein Moore. He had served as Grand Chain mayor from 1967 to 1977 and had been an engineer with a construction company...

JACKSON--Ella Grant, 94, of Jackson died Sunday, May 11, 1997, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.