Stories from Monday, November 23, 1998

Americans' love for turkey, especially at Thanksgiving and the holidays, has increased over the years, and local grocers hope the trend continues. More than 90 percent of Americans surveyed by the National Turkey Federation said they eat turkey at Thanksgiving...

An eastern wild turkey that was shot by Mark Goodwin is mounted in his home. Don't tell Stacy Goodwin girls can't hunt. Some boys in her fifth-grade class at West Lane Elementary School in Jackson did, and Stacy proved them wrong. She shot her first turkey her first day of hunting this fall...

This "Financial Focus" column is prepared by Edward Jones Investments, headquartered in St. Louis. Jones includes branches throughout the nation, including Cape Girardeau and Jackson. There's an old song with a memorable saying in its refrain: "The best things in life are free." The lyrics refer to the great outdoors -- the beauty of the stars, a hike up a mountain or the sound of the surf...

An organic farming workshop will be held at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau Dec. 12. The workshop, sponsored by the University of Missouri Outreach and Extension, will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Van Ayers, MU regional extension specialist in Stoddard County, will discuss how farms can be certified as organic. Other speakers during the day will discuss organic field crops, organically raised livestock, marketing of organic vegetables and raising herbs...

A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. stock broker firm has earned the No. 1 ranking in a national brokerage survey. SmartMoney Magazine used seven categories in conducting the annual survey of full-service brokerage firms. A.G. Edwards received top honors in four of the seven categories -- stock research, mutual fund services, commissions and fees, and breadth of products -- to emerge in the overall No. 1 position...

Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) and KAMO Power have announced plans for a 530-megawatt, gas-fired combustion turbine power plant in Northeast Oklahoma at a cost of $220 million. The new plant, scheduled for operation in the year 2000, will be in Mayes County, near Chouteau, Okla...

Illinois' jobless rate dropped to 4.4 percent in October, down from September's 4.5 percent, the Illinois Department of Employment Security said Tuesday. The nation's unemployment rate remained at 4.6 percent. Total employment grew by 30,000 to a record 5.9 million, while the number of people looking for work fell 9,200 to 269,385...

Westvaco has received the 1998 Forest Stewardship Award from the National Hardwood Lumber Association. The award, established to recognize and promote responsible stewardship of hardwood forests, was presented recently during the annual NHLA Convention held at St. Louis...

Four more catalogs were in the day's mail on Nov. 7. The new catalogs went from the mailbox to the growing mound of previously delivered catalogs stacked on the kitchen counter. With the delivery of a dozen or so additional catalogs over the past few days, our stack teeters at about 1 1/2 feet high, and I'm sure there are more to come...

Cheryl Robb-Welch is new executive director at the Safe House for Women Inc. in Cape Girardeau. Robb-Welch is one of three new employees at the Safe House. Dena Pehlman joined the organization as shelter director, and Emily McClernon joined the Safe House as a domestic violence counselor...

A proposal aimed at reducing the mid-continent population of snow geese by about 4 million would allow hunting of the geese throughout the spring and give hunters extra tools. The proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service recommends allowing hunters to use unplugged shotguns and electronic calls and would permit snow geese to be hunted beyond the March 10 end of the season...

Twelve buildings have been demolished so far this fiscal year, and several others are being rehabilitated under Cape Girardeau's effort to rid the city of dangerous and dilapidated structures. Since July 1, the city has demolished six condemned buildings while property owners knocked down another six...

Forty years ago, Southeast Missouri State University responded to a nursing shortage in the region by developing the state's first associate degree program. At the end of this semester, again responding to needs in the region, the university will eliminate the associate degree and focus on advanced academic degrees for nurses...

Digital TV has arrived but programming is still sparse. More than 40 U.S. television stations have started some digital broadcasts, but seeing the programs isn't likely unless you have a cable system. Digital TV carries with it the promise of better, wide-screen, high-definition pictures. And, eventually, all of the 1,600 stations nationwide will change their broadcast to digital TV, according to technical standards adopted in December 1996, by the Federal Communications Commission...

Copyright 1998 Southeast Missourian Despite the corporation's financial woes and shaky five-year history, the organizers of Community Sweat Equity Housing are not giving up on what they believe is a worthwhile venture. "Sweat Equity is not coming to an end," said Michael Sterling, treasurer of CSEH and president of the local chapter of the NAACP...

When I was a kid, my mother's family -- her siblings and their broods -- got together, rented out a hall and had a Thanksgiving bash that would've embarrassed Epicurus for its sheer consumption. It was the most exciting Thanksgiving I ever had. It didn't start out that way. By midafternoon, as all the menfolk began unbuckling their trousers and wondering aloud what could've possibly possessed them to have that third helping of Aunt Eloise's cornbread-oyster stuffing, we kids got bored...

In its 24th year, Toybox has become synonymous with Christmas in Cape Girardeau. And while the warmer-than-usual November weather may not make it feel like Christmas is a month away, it is. With Thanksgiving on Thursday, most people soon will be starting to think about holiday gift buying. Please don't forget to include the children of Toybox on your shopping list...

The Cape Girardeau County Commission more than two years ago appointed a committee to study the possibility of establishing a program that would bring all of the transportation services that operate in the county together to provide a coordinated public transportation system that would be accessible to everyone in the county...

To the editor: For many years, I have wished and dreamed of how Allenville could be helped. There is nothing impossible with God. If we put him first and honor him, he will bless. I purchased the entire abandoned railroad property and deeded same to the civic interest of Allenville. ...

To the editor: The St. Louis Police Department can be held responsible for the South Side Rapist's being at large. I have concern about how the police department has handled the case. The newspaper states that Dennis N. Rabbit complied with a saliva test, but later that afternoon he quit his job and fled the area. ...

To the editor: I know that everyone is getting sick and tired of the impeachment hearings and Sexgate. If anyone bothered or cared to listen to the opening of the impeachment inquiry, you obviously heard how partisan the whole process has become. All the Democrats care to talk about is how our illustrious commander in chiefs sex life is a private matter and how the people of our country have no right to that information. ...

To the editor: On behalf of the Yes on Amendment 5 Committee, I want to personally thank the overwhelming majority of voters (76 percent) who on Election Day supported the addition of Amendment 5 to the Missouri Constitution. Passage of Amendment 5 will require elected officials and government finance officers, including the state treasurer, to be more accountable to Missouri taxpayers by requiring a written investment policy, diversifying Missouri's investment portfolio and extending the maturity dates to increase our return on investments.. ...

This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think of the NBA lockout?" David Hoffman, Scopus "The players are greedy and they don't have that hard of a job so they should play more for fun and settle for less money because they don't need it anyway."...

Southeast Missouri Hospital's Marketing and Communications Department has received statewide recognition for five projects that the hospital has produced this year. The projects were all designed to educate and inform community and area residents on health-related issues...

CHAFFEE -- Billy and Jimmy were raised in a home where abuse and neglect were a part of life. When school authorities discovered the severity of the situation, they removed the brothers from their home and placed them in a foster home. Though they were the victims of abuse, the two boys had been taken out of the only home they had known since birth. The separation led to confusion and despair...

The cupcakes for Southeast Missouri State University's basketball team have all been devoured. From now on, it's nothing but steak for the Indians. And tonight could be the ultimate prime cut. In Louisiana Tech, which visits the Show Me Center for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff, Southeast coach Gary Garner said area fans will get the chance to watch one of the top teams to ever face the Indians in Cape Girardeau...

Although many teams won't play their first games until next week, the area high school basketball season tips off this week, with a few games scheduled for as early as tonight. The only boys game on tonight's docket is Meadow Heights visiting Leopold...

JACKSON -- Ed Hess of Jackson and Leon Calvin of Cape Girardeau both recorded holes-in-one Sunday at Kimbeland Country Club. Hess used an 8-iron to ace the 142-yard, No. 6 hole. He was playing with Mike Hess, Bill Williams, Mike Kidwell and Justin Mitchell...

PILOT KNOB -- Delmar E. Haertling, 56, of Pilot Knob died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, at his home. He was born May 14, 1942, at New Wells, son of Alfons and Lidia Gerler Haertling. He and Lila S. Furlong were married Dec. 12, 1960. Haertling was a branch manager for National Propane. He also was a member of the Pilot Knob Fire Department...

ANNA, Ill. -- Dorothy E. Juedes, 90, of Anna died Sunday, Nov. 22, 1998, at her home. Friends may call at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. The Rev. Steve Wilkinson will officiate...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Millie V. Christiansen, 88, of Dongola died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born Nov. 16, 1910, at Cobden, daughter of Everett and Media Caraker Hill. She was a dietitian at the Elgin State Hospital...

JACKSON -- Kermit Gentry Nations Sr., 78, of Jackson died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, at his home. He was born March 13, 1920, at St. Marys, son of Gentry and Stella Yamnitz Nations. He and Ruth Smith were married April 18, 1942. She died Oct. 1, 1987. He and Kathryn Sterling were married July 1, 1989...

J. Harl Tropf, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, at Heartland Care and Rehabilitation in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 11, 1909, at Advance, son of Jacob and Lora Jenkins Tropf. He was married to Lena Delay, who died in February 1970. He and Aileen Daniel were married on Dec. 17, 1970 at Gurdon, Ark...

PATTON -- Everett Crites, 80, of Patton died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 31, 1918, at Patton, son of Ferdinand and Ida Brotherton Crites. He and Jessie Smith were married on Sept. 27, 1940. She died May 28, 1980. He and Stella Brotherton were married on July 8, 1989. She died May 19, 1998...

Guy J.Harper, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Nov. 20, 1998, at Deaconness Hospital in Evansville, Ind. He was born April 25, 1932, at Star City, Ind., son of George and Dowana McFarland Harper. He and Kathleen A. Canfield were married June 9, 1984, at Mishawaka, Ind...

JACKSON -- Alfred H. Limbaugh, 80, of Jackson died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 3, 1918, near Sedgewickville, son of Roscoe and Josie Miller Limbaugh. He and Frances Leota Booker were married Sept. 30, 1939, at Doniphan...

Robert Steinborn, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Nov. 22, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau.