Stories from Thursday, May 28, 1998

To the editor: I would like to thank the variety of individuals and organizations who cooperated to plan and carry out Monday's Memorial Day program in the Osage Centre. I would especially like to thank those speakers who refrained from transforming this celebration of American heroes and ideals into a partisan political soapbox. The people we came to honor died neither as Republicans nor Democrats, a liberals nor conservatives, but simply as Americans...

Details of anti-drug legislation designed to help curb the growing methamphetamine trade in Missouri: - First-degree trafficking charges apply to distribution, delivery, manufacture or production of 30 grams of methamphetamine, down from 150 grams. - Felony without the possibility of probation or parole for persons who manufacture, distribute, or produce more than 90 grams of meth. Current law requires 450 grams...

B.W. "Bill" Harrison was born on May 2, 1910, on his family's farm southeast of Salem. He still owns and operates the farm. He attended Salem High School where he was the first president of the local FFA chapter. He then went on to attend the University of Missouri-Columbia, graduating in 1936. ...

-- 1625, St. Vincent de Paul, an apostle, begins a seminary in France. The Vincentian fathers derive their name from this order. -- 1816, Bishop William Bubourg visits Europe to request more priests and laymen for the diocese in the Louisiana Territory...

While coming of age in the '50s and early '60s, folk music was the pop of its day, people like Joan Baez and Bob Dylan were stars, and the lines between country, pop and jazz were well defined. In 1998, most traditional folk musicians are, like Bill Staines, well-known mostly to aficionados, and those distinctions between genres have been blurred...

The Japanese Garden is designed to be beautiful in all four seasons. This photo was taken in the spring. This is the Drum Bridge in the Japanese Garden. Wildflowers are among the sights at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The dinosaurs were created by Guy Darrough for the Missouri Botanical Garden...

Upcoming at the Missouri Botanical Garden is the Whitaker Jazz Festival on Wednesday nights from June 3-July 8. The lineup is: -- June 3 -- New World Harmonic Jazz with the Carolbeth Trio and harmonica virtuoso Sandy Weltman performing tunes from Louis Amstrong to Chick Corea...

It's not like late spring in Southeast Missouri doesn't bring enough weather problems of its own. The humidity levels skyrocket. The heat builds through the day and lingers through the night. Allergy sufferers brace for a siege that will last until cold weather returns this fall...

The Central Intelligence Agency, as portrayed on the huge screens in movie theaters, is an all-knowing bureaucracy that uses all the latest high-tech gadgets and gizmos to keep track of everything -- and everyone -- on the planet. The CIA even has spy satellites that can take photographs showing a pack of cigarettes tossed out of a automobile window -- and the intelligence branch of our federal government can tell you what brand...

To the editor: Recently, Bishop John J. Leibrecht of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau spoke eloquently during a Mass at St. Mary Cathedral about the value of all life from conception until natural death. Several people -- including myself, Mr. ...

To the editor: This is directed at the women who wrote that child molesters get off too easy. Their hearts are hurting because they didn't forgive themselves. What they are doing is trying to blame someone when the someone is a problem which came from many...

Southeast Missouri State University plans to renovate St. Vincent's College and Seminary in Cape Girardeau and turn it into a school of visual and performing arts. The historic site overlooks the Mississippi River south of the Mississippi River bridge and just to the north of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge under construction...

State Sen. Peter Kinder and another Missouri lawmaker will ask the governor to veto a controversial bill that would increase legislators' pensions. Kinder, who voted for House Bill 1455, said he regrets the vote. "Of the thousands of votes I've cast since I went to Jefferson City, this is the one I wish I had back," he said...

Kohta Fujiwara has been named president of Biokyowa Inc. and the Kyowa Foods Inc. plant to be constructed at Cape Girardeau. Fujiwara, who previously served as general manager of Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd.'s International Operations Division in Tokyo, Japan, will assume his new duties next month...

A newly formed company, Kyowa Food Inc., will build a $50 million plant in the Nash Road industrial area and initially employ 50 people, it was announced Wednesday. The company, which will produce food seasonings, is owned by Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd. The plant will be built near its sister company, Biokyowa Inc., which produces food supplements for the swine and poultry markets...

May 28, 1998 Dear Leslie, The question Warren Beatty poses in the movie "Bulworth" is: Is it possible to get away with telling the truth in American politics anymore? We well know it's possible to get away with telling lies. Robert Redford asked a similar question about the distortions of political images in "The Candidate" in 1972, even before Watergate. Back in 1939, Frank Capra sent Mr. Smith to Washington to see if an honest man could survive in the nest of vipers inhabiting the Capitol...

Openings remain for the June 8 and 17 beginning Internet classes offered by the Southeast Missourian web staff. The June 8 class will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Dempster Hall on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. On June 17, the class will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The university is a co-sponsor of the community training class...

PERRYVILLE -- A Perry County man was killed Wednesday when he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and it overturned. Douglas R. Hawthorne, 18, was killed in the single vehicle accident that occurred at 8:15 Wednesday morning on Route E near Perryville...

Donors to The Safe House for Women, Inc., in Cape Girardeau can get half their donation back as a Missouri income tax credit, thanks to new state legislation. The tax credits are retroactive to donations made since Jan. 1, 1998 and apply to donations of $100 or more made during the fiscal year...

If the Oran Eagles are wondering what it takes to advance to the state baseball championships in Columbia, they'll get a chance to ask the visiting Holcomb Hornets during today's Class 1A Sectional at 2 p.m. Holcomb returns all but three starting outfielders from last year's 19-10 squad that placed third in Class 1A. The Hornets are currently ranked fourth in a state coaches poll with a 16-4 record...

Cape Girardeau Central High's girls soccer team practiced Tuesday on a wooden gymnasium floor to prepare for the bounces and skips the ball will take on the Astroturf at the Anheuser-Busch Soccer Complex in Fenton tonight at 6 when the Lady Tigers meet St. Joseph's Academy in a sectional contest...

Last season, the Kelly Hawks baseball team rode a district upset of Notre Dame all the way to an unexpected third-place finish in Class 2A. With several players returning from last year's squad, expectations entering this season were much higher for the Hawks...

Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball program has wrapped up its recruiting for next season by landing a New Jersey prep standout. Fred Abraham on Wednesday signed a national letter of intent with Southeast. Abraham, a 6-foot, 175-pound point guard, averaged 16 points and eight assists per game for Catholic High School in Paterson, N.J. He was nominated for the McDonald's All-America team and was a second-team all-state selection...

FARMINGTON -- Jerrod Hull of Cape Girardeau and Timmy Montgomery of Fredericktown placed second and third, respectively, in the Spokes Spectacular sprint car feature race at the St. Francois County Raceway on Sunday. Robbie Standridge of Jacksonville, Ill., won $3,000 for winning the 30-lap event. Shawn King of Cape Girardeau won one of the heats before the feature race...

CHAFFEE -- The annual Chaffee American Legion VFW Invitational Tournament will take place Friday through Sunday. Among the eight Legion squads participating will be Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons, Perryville and Sikeston. Opening-round action Friday will take place at both Chaffee's Harmon Field and Sikeston's VFW Stadium...

Cape Girardeau Central High track and field coach Jerry Dement doesn't like making predictions. But considering that Central will take 18 athletes to the Missouri Class 4A state championships this weekend in Jefferson City, Dement doesn't need his crystal ball to project that Central should fare well...

Craig Schumer School: St. Vincent Class: Freshman Sport: Golf Coach: Tom Prost Week report: Schumer shot team-low scores both days of the Class 1A State Championship to lead St. Vincent to its first-ever state title in any sport. With his team trailing by six strokes after the first day, Schumer started the Indians' second-day comeback on the par 4 first hole with a 150-yard eagle from the fairway. ...

Delta High senior Shawn Kinder is prepared to take his basketball career to the next level after signing a letter of intent to attend East Central Junior College in Union. Kinder, a 5-foot-11 point guard, averaged around 20 points and seven assists in helping the Bobcats to the Class 1A quarterfinals this past season. Despite his impressive offensive numbers, Delta boys basketball coach Nate Crowden always liked Kinder's play on the other end of the court...

Lillian M. Post, 90, of Cape Girardeau, MO died Tuesday, May 26, 1998, at the Lutheran Home in Cape. She was born February 29, 1908, at Tennyson, Indiana, daughter of Isom and Mary Mitchell Skelton. She and Loa Huskey were married July 1925, he preceded her in death March 21, 1957. She then married Dwight Post October 5, 1940 in Cape Girardeau, MO. He preceded her in death April 11, 1987...

ORAN -- Leva Arbuckle, 84, of Oran died Wednesday, May 27, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Blanchard Funeral Home in Sikeston.

GREENBRIER -- Charles Leland Whitehead, 71, of Cottage Hills, Ill., died Tuesday, May 26, 1998, at St. Anthony's Health Center in Alton, Ill. He was born Aug. 30, 1926, at Greenbrier, son of Henry and Bertha Borders Whitehead. He and Lawanda Love were married April 30, 1976, in Edwardsville, Ill...

PERRYVILLE -- Adolph A. Meyer, 78, of Perryville died Wednesday, May 27, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 2, 1919, at Apple Creek, son of August A. and Wilhelmina A. Unterreiner Meyer. He and Willette R. Ponder were married Sept. 5, 1949, at Apple Creek...

Tracy Ann Rhodes, 41, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, May 27, 1998, at her home. She was born Jan. 24, 1957, in Advance, daughter of Robert and Sally Gore White. Rhodes had been a computer teacher at Dyersburg Schools in Dyersburg, Tenn. She was a member of Cornerstone Church...

GRAND TOWER, Ill. -- Cecil Ray Baltzell, 76, formerly of Grand Tower, died Wednesday, May 27, 1998, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital. He was born June 2, 1921, in Jonesboro, son of James H. and Rachel Penrod Baltzell. He married Frances Tuve Baltzell, who preceded him in death...

BENTON -- Wilson Alvin McCallister, 64, of Florissant died Tuesday, May 26, 1998, at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles. He was born Jan. 1, 1934, at Blodgett, son of Dewey and Amy Chappell McCallister. He married the former Marilyn Greene. McCallister was a retired supervisor at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Co. He was an umpire for the Amateur Softball Association...

Daughter to William Dean and Paula Jo Tetley Sr. of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:09 p.m. Monday, May 18, 1998. Name, Kathleen Elizabeth. Weight, 7 pounds 3 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Tetley is the former Paula Baker, daughter of Vaughn and Ruth Baker of Sikeston. She is a patient account representative at St. Francis Medical Center. Tetley is the son of Virginia Morse of Blodgett. He is a salesman at Staples...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Two men were injured Wednesday afternoon when their vehicles collided on Illinois Route 127. Jerry Lynn Cates, 48, of Cape Girardeau, Mo. was taken to Union County Hospital with major injuries. An employee at the hospital's emergency room said Cates was discharged Wednesday afternoon...

Son to Cliff D. and Wanda M. Peel of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:42 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, 1998. Name, Chayton Colt. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Mrs. Peel is the former Wanda Dean, daughter of Raymond and Betty Dean of Scott City. She is employed at Rapco International. Peel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hoyt of Jackson, and the late Charles R. Peel...

Angela Marie Scherer of Cape Girardeau will be competing in the 1998 Miss Missouri Pageant, to be held in Mexico, Mo. in June. Scherer will compete as Miss Northeast Missouri. Scherer is a 1997 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and a 1992 graduate of Jackson High School. She is currently enrolled at the University of Missouri-Columbia and plans to become a veterinarian...