Stories from Monday, November 10, 1997

Supervalu is a major food distributor with common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol SVU). This company has a major presence in our area, and as both an S&P 500 and a Fortune 500 company may provide good value to long-term investors...

Hip Hair Beauty Salon has opened at 512 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. Sharon Ezell, a graduate of Stage One The Hair School in Cape Girardeau has been in the cosmetology business seven years. She previously worked at Hair Works in Jackson. The new salon will be open afternoons and evenings Tuesday through Friday. The salon will be open as needed...

Missouri keeps its bragging rights as one of the nation's leading agriculture states, according to latest statistics published in the 1997 edition of Missouri Farm Facts. The state is among the nation's leading purebred livestock producers, ranking second in cattle operations, sixth in turkey productions, seventh in hog numbers and 10th in broiler operations...

Clarence Shirrell added patching material to a birdbath before sanding it. Crista Meyer sanded a deer casting to prepare it for painting. Move aside, Dr. Doolittle. When Clarence Lee Shirrell talks about birds and animals, he may be referring to his menagerie of concrete castings, at the business of the same name, north of Jackson...

The Travel Store has opened next to Elite Travel Inc., at 354 S. Silver Springs Road in Cape Girardeau. The Travel Store, owned by Dennis and Carolyn Kempf, offer a full array of travel accessories, including passport photos, foreign currency exchange, international electrical adapters, Mickey and Minnie Mouse luggage and other Disney products...

Great Clips has opened its first salon in Southeast Missouri, in the Town Plaza Shopping Center in Cape Girardeau. The new salon near William and Kingshighway will provide services and products for the entire family -- haircuts, perms, shampoos. Bill Martin is owner of the local salon...

Kim G. Swartz has joined the staff of Capaha Bank as marketing director for all three of the bank's sites in Illinois and Missouri. Swartz brings more than 13 years of marketing experience to her new position. She served as marketing specialist and foundation executive director for the Community Counseling Center the past three years. Under her leadership the foundation's annual contributions rose 400 percent...

The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions in four areas this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call 335-3312 for appointment...

The Collection Theatre, a fall hair show presented by Style Shop Impact, 2118 Highway 61 E., Jackson, will be held at the Knights of Columbus, Jackson, Saturday, starting at 7 p.m. A dance will follow the hair show. Tickets are available at the Style Shop Impact, or at the door...

Dana continues to post record sales and profits. The most recent financial report shows third-quarter sales of $2 billion, which represents an 8 percent increase from the third quarter of 1996. Net income increased to $98 million, and earnings per share increased to 93 cents, including non-recurring charges of $51 million (50 cents a share) associated with restructuring and rationalization at a number of operating units, and a one-time gain of $70 million (67 cents a share) on the sale of Dana's clutch business to Eaton Corp.. ...

The Cape Area Personnel Association, in conjunction with the Job Service Employment Committee will hold its annual conference "Employee Management: Doing It Right!" Nov. 19, at Drury Lodge. Registration is 8-8:30 a.m., followed by a conference kickoff at 8:45 and concludes at 4 p.m...

Union Planters Corp. reported record net earnings for the third quarter, of $62.3 million, up from the $26.6 million during the same period of 1996. Fully diluted earnings per common share for the quarter were 87 cents, up from the 68 cents a share during the same quarter a year ago...

Cream Castle, 801 W. Malone in Sikeston, and Big River Grand Prix, 610 Commercial, were winners in the recent Mail Boxes Etc. Super Bowl Search contest. Cream Castle, one of 26 entries in the contest, won tickets to the Nov. 23 St. Louis Rams vs. Carolina Panthers...

"Watch Me Grow Day Care Center" has opened near Fruitland. The center at 10719 state Highway W, is across from North Elementary Grade School, said Susan Selsor, owner of the facility. Hours are 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.. Monday through Friday. Selsor of Fruitland previously worked in educational services at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

A new Drury Inn Hotel opened recently in Bowling Green, Ky. The new hotel, at Interstate 65 and U.S. 231, has 140 rooms and will provide 20 to 25 new jobs in the Bowling Green area. Bob Godsey is manager of the new hotel. Godsey previously managed the Drury Inn at Memphis, Tenn., and has been with Drury Inns Inc. six years...

Cars from a Burlington Northern/Santa Fe train lie jumbled after a milk tank truck hit the southbound train late Sunday morning at Menfro near Perryville. The driver of the milk truck was killed. No one on the train was injured. MENFRO -- An Illinois man was killed, and 25 railroad cars were derailed Sunday morning when the milk tanker truck the man was driving slammed into a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train in eastern Perry County...

Missouri schools, keeping in line with a national trend, are increasingly making breakfast available to students. According to a recent study, 75.1 percent of Missouri schools offer breakfast. Although the state ranks 27th nationally in participation in the breakfast program, Missouri's figure is slightly higher than the national average of 72.4...

Two new sewer projects are about to begin, and work continues on a third as the city of Cape Girardeau continues to upgrade its sewer system. Last week, the Cape Girardeau City Council awarded contracts on two major sewer projects. R and K Excavation Inc. was awarded a $924,507.15 contract to construct a new sanitary sewer system to serve the Twin Lakes Subdivision...

The hallway in the administrative offices at the Show Me Center is lined with the publicity photos of acts that have performed there. Among them are an array of rock 'n' roll groups, including Guns 'n Roses, Motley Crue and a late 1980s collection of what Show Me Center Director David Ross calls "big-hair bands."...

New brick columns at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau's Capaha Park, will be rededicated Tuesday as part of Veterans' Day ceremonies in the area. In addition to the rededication ceremony, Cape Girardeau County veterans are invited to walk in a five-block parade Tuesday morning...

A survey that examined the nation's cities comparable in size to Cape Girardeau and their immediate surrounding areas showed the Cape Girardeau area has good growth potential based on a number of economic and other factors. The survey, which ranked the Cape Girardeau area 53rd among 183 other areas in terms of potential growth, didn't really offer any new information as far as local economic conditions are concerned. ...

Scott City and Dexter can be proud that a resident is each of those towns were recognized recently with Community Betterment adult leadership awards. The awards went to Brenda Moyers of Scott City and Mary Ann Taylor of Dexter. Moyers for 22 years has volunteered for and participated in countless civic projects. Taylor's civic efforts over the years include everything from serving on the board of the senior center to chairing the city's parks and recreation board...

To the editor: It's probably a safe bet to say that virtually every veteran is familiar with the words of Rudyard Kipling in his poem, "Tommy," about the life of a British soldier: "It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and chuck him out, the brute!. But it's 'thin red line of heroes' when the guns begin to shoot." Anyone who has ever served in combat obviously understands what it's like to be part of that thin red line, but in today's peacetime military, those thin red lines extend all the way around the globe.. ...

To the editor: There is something I have noticed as I take this fast train ride through my 50s. It is how a person keeps experiencing new things while growing old . The thing that has been the most obvious is how one keeps losing things. You lose your hair, your teeth, eyesight, strength, vital body organs and, I'm confidant, dozens of other things if I could only remember. I think memory is one of those things...

Folk singers Cathy Barton and Dave Para along with 13-year-old Cape Girardeau fiddler Liesl Schoenberger will perform in a concert at 7 p.m. tonight on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. Barton plays hammered and lap dulcimers along with banjo. The theme of KRCU's "Your Folk Connection" program features her dulcimer playing...

This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think of the proposed eagle mascot for Southeast Missouri State University?" Amanda Keates, Cape Girardeau "I think they're kind of childish. They're cartoon figures. They don't portray any Southeast strength or whatnot."...

Five years ago, Meike Newell was looking for a career that would allow her to care for herself and her son. An 18-year-old single parent, Newell found help through the Health Careers Foundation. "Having a child and being on my own, I needed a career with enough money to support us," said Newell, who is from Cape Girardeau...

Southeast Missouri State University's basketball Indians have spent the past three weeks bumping and grinding against one another during practice. Tonight, the Indians will finally get to show what they can do against outside competition. The 7:30 p.m. contest against Dream Builders at the Show Me Center won't count on Southeast's record because it's only an exhibition. Still, first-year Indians' head coach Gary Garner is extremely anxious to see his squad in a game for the first time...

After two days and 159 games, only 11 youth soccer clubs out of 89 came away with division championships in the CAYSA Fall Classic which concluded Sunday at Shawnee Soccer Park. There were actually only 10 divisions, but co-champions were declared in the girls grades 1-2 division after a 0-0 tie between the Cape Lady Sharks and Perryville Blast...

DEXTER -- Edna Coffey, 99, of Dexter died Sunday, Nov. 9, 1997, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Jan. 8, 1898, in Adams County, Ohio, to Lewis Calhoun and Lydia Jane Chapman Zile. On Sept. 24, 1920, in Poplar Bluff, she married Otto Coffey. He died Oct. 14, 1960...

Robert A. Gabler, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Nov. 9, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

FARRAR -- Albert H. Koenig, 88, of Farrar died Saturday, Nov. 8, 1997, at Uniontown. He was born July 7, 1909, at Farrar to Theodore and Emma Koenig. On May 13, 1934, he married Clara Mathilda Hadler. He was a retired dairy farmer and a member of Salem Lutheran Church at Farrar...

James Ralph Snider, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 8, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Dec. 3, 1923, at Allenville to Emory and Eva Waddle Snider. On July 3, 1945, he married Viola Hahn. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II...

LONGTOWN -- Hildegard A. Hacker, 85, of Longtown died Sunday, Nov. 9, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 22, 1912, at Uniontown to Benjamin and Bertha Kramer Oberndorfer. On April 12, 1942, she married Wallace J. Hacker. He died Oct. 11, 1983...

ANNA, Ill. -- Kenneth E. Karraker, 81, of Anna died Sunday at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna.

SIKESTON -- Arthur B. Ziegenhorn, 71, of Sikeston died Saturday, Nov. 8, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Oct. 28, 1926, in Independence to Charles G. and Minnie V. Dunker Ziegenhorn. He was mayor of Sikeston from 1970-71 and served 12 years on the Sikeston City Council...

ADVANCE -- Hubert H. Deckard, 66, of Advance died Saturday, Nov. 8, 1997, at his home. He was born Jan. 28, 1931, at Alton to Henry Deckard and Goldie Conner. He married Maxine Schanks on Nov. 1, 1952, at Salem, Ark. He was a shoe repairman for 20 years and a member of Zalma Masonic Lodge 545, Scottish Rites and the Shriners...