Stories from Wednesday, March 17, 1999

To the editor: As an H&R Block franchise tax office owner, I am responding to George Will's March 14 column. It is true that if you drive from Ste. Genevieve to Cape Girardeau you may see four H&R Block offices and that you will not see a Gap store. ...

The St. Jude's Research Hospital in Memphis received a big boost from the region last week. Listeners to KEZS/K103 pledged an impressive $62,000 for the children's hospital that specializes in cancer care. Callers offered donations from $5 to $500. A number of contributors gave money in memory of children who had received care at the hospital...

There's a proposal on the table to provide a direct check of federal dollars to public education. Interestingly, the legislation is tied to Missouri lawmakers in both the U.S. House and Senate. U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson has introduced a direct-check-for-education bill in the House, patterned after a similar measure introduced by U.S. Sen. Christopher Bond in the Senate...

Over 35 years ago as one of the vice presidents of the MISSOURI JAYCEES and chairman of the Americanism and Anti-Communist Committee, I studied and spoke frequently about the Communist and Socialist parties' activities in Hollywood and the media. RONALD REAGAN was president of the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild and openly fought this group within the Hollywood arena...

IN RESPONSE to one of your readers who says it looks like we're going to have a Republican president, if Bush should win and if he takes the Republican Congress with him, then we better buy some buildings for soup kitchens and extend the state employment office, because people will be seeking jobs. History will repeat itself. The rich will get richer, the poor will get poorer, and we'll have a big job recession...

JACKSON -- Jackson Board of Education candidates held mostly shared opinions during a forum Tuesday night to prepare voters for the April 6 school board elections. Mark Baker, Jewell Beauchamp, Susan Farrow, Darrell Hanschen and Dr. T. Wayne Lewis all answered questions regarding how enrollment growth affects student safety, transportation, facilities, staff and other issues in Jackson schools. Vicky McDowell, who is seeking a third term in office, was unable to attend because of illness...

Riverfest will reflect on its 21-year history and look to the future with the 1999 theme, "Then and Now." The theme for the June 11 and 12 event was announced Tuesday during a kickoff and planning session of the Riverfest Association. Twenty-five members and organizers attended the planning session at Jeremiah's restaurant...

Southeast Missouri State University expects to spend about $71 million to educate students next fiscal year. University officials are crafting a budget that calls for spending some $3 million more for general operations than was budgeted for the current fiscal year that ends June 30...

Who in their right minds would miss shoveling snow, scraping ice and losing feeling in their extremities? The Other Half has snow fever. Bad. I blame The Weather Channel's hourly updates about snow across Nebraska, Maryland and dear ol' Cape Girardeau...

PHILADELPHIA -- A federal judge Tuesday denied the NCAA's request to delay enforcement of a court order barring it from using minimum standardized test scores as an eligibility requirement for freshmen athletes. U.S. District Judge Ronald Buckwalter denied the NCAA's request for a stay a week and a day after striking down Proposition 16. The NCAA, college athletics' national governing body, had said it needed more time to form new guidelines and to work on appeals...

Donald Kaverman has no doubt that Cape Girardeau is a wonderful community, with plenty to offer socially and culturally. It's just that right now, Southeast Missouri State University's new athletic director hasn't been able to experience any of it. "I've basically seen the inside of my office, fast-food restaurants and the campus," said Kaverman with a laugh. ...

The search for a new head football coach at Cape Girardeau Central High School is progressing well and should produce a hiring in the next few weeks, according to Central athletic director Terry Kitchen. Kitchen said that an original list of applicants has been narrowed to five candidates who are in the process of being interviewed...

Cape Central junior Ross Conner and Tigers basketball coach Brett Reutzel were recently voted by SEMO Conference coaches as player and coach of the year. Jackson girls basketball coach Ron Cook was also named coach of the year. Conner, a lanky and athletic 6-foot-4 post player, scored about 14 points and pulled down nine rebounds per game. In conference play, he averaged almost 17 points. He was also one of the conference's top defenders, averaging four blocked shots...

The YMCA of Southeast Missouri is organizing a women's softball league, with games to be played on Thursday nights at the Recreational Complex in Sikeston. An organizational meeting will be held March 30 at 6 p.m. at the YMCA in Sikeston. Play will begin April 29 and participants must be 16 and older...

Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team, after having two home games canceled early this week because of poor field conditions, has added a game to its schedule. The Indians will be in St. Louis today for a 2:30 p.m. game against the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Those squads had been scheduled to play in Cape Girardeau Tuesday...

The Southeast Otahkians softball team dropped a doubleheader to Cal-State Sacramento Tuesday in its final preparation for the Capital Classic, which opens on Thursday. The Othakians dropped the opener 1-0 and the nightcap 6-1. Southeast (3-5) mustered five hits in each game...

The Scott City Park and Recreation Department will conduct a final Youth League registration March 20 from 8-11 a.m. at Scott City High School. The league is open to youths ages 6 to 18. Applications for coaches will also be available. For more information, contact Phyllis Spinks at 264-3411...

The 20th annual St. Louis Senior Olympics will be held May 29-June 2. The St. Louis Senior Olympics is open to adults age 50 and older. Entry deadline is May 12 and entry fee is $22. For more information call (314) 432-5705.

The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Tour will visit West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau Friday, March 19 through Sunday, March 21. The Hall of Fame Tour is an interactive display that showcases items from the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame housed in Busch Stadium. Six display cases hold more than 250 pieces of Cardinal memorabilia...

The Southeast Area Special Olympics Track and Field Meet will be held April 10 at the Cape Central High School track. Opening ceremonies will begin at 10 a.m. and the track events follow at 10:30. For more information, contact Penny at 334-2859. If individuals are interested in volunteering, call the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department at 335-5421...

Columbia (Mo.) College basketball coach Bob Burchurd figures the Jackson High School connection is as good a reason as any why his team is back in the NAIA national tournament. "Last season was the first year we didn't have a Jackson player in eight years and it's the first time in four years we didn't make the national tournament," said Burchurd with a laugh. "I'm not stupid. I figured we better get a Jackson player. And I say that only half-kiddingly."...

Two Cape Girardeau Central High School seniors recently signed letters of intent to play softball at Shawnee (Ill.) Community College. Erica McDonald and Michelle Lunsford were both key members of the Lady Tigers' team the past several seasons. "You always shoot for getting some kids in college to play," said Central coach Don Lang. "It's nice for both of them and I think they made a good choice with their school."...

ST. LOUIS - The Cape Central girls swim team defeated Parkway North 101-86 Tuesday as it improved to 2-0 in dual meets. Cape Central had three double winners: Jean Maguire in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, Grace Freeman in the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, and Mary Beth Owen in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke...

PERRYVILLE -- Melvin Paul Mangels, 84, of Perryville died Monday, March 15, 1999, at Perry Oaks Healthcare. He was born May 21, 1914, in Perry County, son of Paul and Emilie Mueller Mangels. He and Goldie V. Reiss were married April 22, 1941, in Perryville...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral for Atwood Head of Anna will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. The Revs. Floyd Stout and Verlee Eaker will officiate. Burial will be in Meisenheimer Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-9 p.m. today...

Harold C. Logsden passed into glory on Saturday, March 13, 1999 at 7:05 P.S.T. surrounded by his family. He was born the second child of ten to Cletys Alvin and Jeannette Violet (Deckard) Logsden in Advance, Mo. on August 5, 1922. He graduated from Zelma High School in 1942 after taking time to work in the CCC Camp at the age of 15. ...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Funeral for Clinton Duckworth of Dongola will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola. The Rev. A.W. Landis and Everett Frizzell will officiate. Burial will be in Meisenheimer Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-9 p.m. today...

PERRYVILLE -- Bertha S. Horneker, 89, of Perryville died Sunday, March 14, 1999, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Nov. 26, 1909, at Pacific, daughter of Robert and Anna Bruns Schuchart. She married Edward M. Horneker, who died in January 1984...

SIKESTON -- Funeral for Shirley Sullins Donze of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. Msgr. William Stanton will officiate. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Donze, 58, died Monday, March 15, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

Verda Irene Criddle, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, March 15, 1999, at the Lutheran Home. She was born June 30, 1902, at Drum, daughter of James Franklin and Mary Nevada Hartle Stroder. She and William Smith Criddle were married Nov. 25, 1920, at Hickory Grove. He died April 13, 1996...

JACKSON -- James Hedley Hendrickson, 83, of Jackson died Sunday, March 14, 1999, at Mission Hospital in Mission, Texas. He was born Sept. 28, 1915, in St. Louis, son of James Edgar and Ernestine Hedley Hendrickson. He first married Irene Fitch Jan. 18, 1939. She died in October 1986. He later married Elvira Weber July 18, 1987, in Jackson...

DEXTER -- Dorothy Lampley, 88, of Dexter died Tuesday, March 16, 1999, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 10, 1910, at Morley, daughter of Albert and Mabel Ramsey Lay. She and Lawrence L. Lampley were married in 1929. He died July 11, 1970...

CHAFFEE -- William T. Thompson, 87, of Chaffee died Tuesday, March 16, 1999. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee.

JACKSON -- Katherine Marie Schott, 37, of Jackson died Tuesday, March 16, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 30, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Harold J. and Judith M. McCowen Schott. Schott was a graduate of Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau and Eastern Illinois University at Charleston...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Juanita Phillips Hoss, 81, of East Prairie died Tuesday, March 16, 1999, at East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born June 20, 1917, in Paragould, Ark., daughter of James Thomas and Pearl Galloway Bright. She married Virgil Hoss, who preceded her in death...

Pappy Mays turned the old tin washtub upside down, for its flat bottom gave me the perfect stage to perform the Irish jig at age 3. Pappy whistled "A Toast to St. Patrick," and I kept time. Thus, St. Patrick's Day had officially begun in 1955. Soon we would be eating corned beef and cabbage, as "Mike and Pat jokes" were told. ...

After opening the can of beer it must be poured into a glass immediately. Before drinking, wait for the beer to settle in the glass so it can form a creamy head. "It's not easy being green," Kermit the Frog lamented. Except, of course, for today. For today, the 1,538th anniversary of the death of St. Patrick, green is the color of choice...

Dumplings or dumplins? Most of us here in Southeast Missouri would say, Chicken and Dumplins. But for the sake of proper usage I will use dumplings in this week's recipes. Many of you responded to a request for this very popular dish by sending us your tried and true favorite recipes. ...