Stories from Wednesday, June 23, 1999

JACKSON -- The talk is about farming, hunting and fishing. Motor Trend and Sport magazines are in the rack. The music on the radio is country. This is a disappearing piece of Americana, an old-fashioned barbershop, but the barber's name is Paula. And a sign on the wall reads: "Give a man an inch and he thinks he is a ruler."...

Talley Haines realizes he's still a long way from the major leagues. But the Cape Girardeau Central High School graduate is certainly opening some eyes at the Class A level during his second season of professional baseball. Haines, a right-handed pitcher, put up some mighty impressive numbers during the first half of the season as the closer for the Charleston (S.C.) River Dogs of the Class A South Atlantic League. Charleston is an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays...

Southeast Missouri State University officials couldn't be happier with the university's $52.7 million share of the state budget. The funding includes $4.6 million for the its River Campus project. State Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, mirrored their enthusiasm. "The university is doing splendidly," he said...

Brother David Anthony knows that being a high school principal is easier than teaching a foreign language. At least that has been his experience. As the new principal at Notre Dame Regional High School, Brother David is more prepared for that role than he was for teaching Spanish many years ago...

Emergency responders learned what to do in case of a chemical or biological terrorist attack in Southeast Missouri during training Tuesday. The threat is real as militia groups make moves in Southeast Missouri, said a State Emergency Management Agency official...

The Cape Girardeau City Council is studying the issue of creating a citizens advisory board for the police department, but some city councilmen are skeptical about the idea. The proposal for the board came up in a town meeting last week. About 300 people attended the meeting to voice their complaints with the police department after a melee occurred June 11 on Good Hope Street. ...

As we age, we're much more prone to size people up, classify them and go on with our own lives. The lure of "Road Rules" and "The Real World" is inexplicably strong. For those of you who don't watch Music Television, "Road Rules" is a show that puts six diverse people into a recreational vehicle and sends them cross-country. Any country. Along the way, they fight bulls, race personal watercraft, build sand castles and whine a lot...

JACKSON -- New superintendent of schools Dr. Ron Anderson attended his first Jackson Board of Education meeting Tuesday in his new position. Anderson officially started his new job Monday, replacing Dr. Howard Jones, who retired. He will spend his first week visiting with staff and students at each school in the district and making community contact with civic and business organizations...

Organizers hope a special forum on diversity tonight will result in good solutions that help dispel racial stereotypes. The People-To-People Forum will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Show Me Center meeting rooms. The forum is co-sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Multicultural Relations Committee and Southeast Missouri State University...

To the editor: My hat goes off to Mark Baker, the journeyman lineman who wrote the admirable letter June 18 (my daughter's birthday, by the way). Perhaps we all had to show a little added patience and be inconvenienced a little longer than we would have liked, but there are probably more than you realize who are so grateful for a job well done by the employees of AmerenUE following the May 17 storm. My thanks to you...

To the editor: As usual, Tamara Zellars Buck in her weekly column "Bucking the System" on June 19, was the voice of reason, passion, love and concern in her assessment of and suggestions for our struggling Cape society."Listen to each other" is her mantra, and listen carefully, closely, and attentively. ...

Southeast Missouri State University has faced some uphill battles with its proposed River Campus project. Despite the odds, Southeast has secured initial state funding and has raised considerable private support. With a price tag of $35.6 million, it should come as no surprise that the university wants to trim whatever dollars it can in transforming the former seminary into an visual and performing arts center...

The announcement came with considerable fanfare. President Clinton proclaimed last week that thousands of movie theaters have agreed to require photo IDs for young people seeking admission to R-rated movies. The National Association of Theater Owners will require the photo identification to ensure young people are at least 17 before they get in to R-rated movies, unless accompanied by an adult. The organization represents about 65 percent of the motion picture screens across the nation...

To the editor: I would like to compliment Kevin Butler on a well-worded letter. His term of "thugs" is so very appropriate. The term eliminates all races and ethnicity and places the responsibility soley on the criminal element, those who shun all responsibility for their own actions and will always point the finger at others for their downfalls. They are never responsible for anything. It is always someone else's fault. You, I nor anyone else can change this...

SAUGET, Ill. -- The McDowell Capahas used a dominating, 19-strikeout performance by Brent Self in a 7-1 victory over Sauget (Ill.) Tuesday night. Self walked six and allowed just two singles. He allowed only an infield single through the first six innings. Sauget scratched out its second hit in the seventh...

Garrett Broshuis, Dustin Glastetter, Dustin Dannenmueller, Chris Wallace, Brian Obermann, Josh Eftink, Tommy Stidham and Brad Kolwyck were all stellar. Now, they're all-state. Eight area athletes, five of whom were juniors, were recently named to the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association All-State team...

Chaffee's Jr. Legion baseball team swept Poplar Bluff in a doubleheader Tuesday night. Chaffee improved to 16-5 with a 14-13 win in eight innings and an 8-4 victory in five innings. Matt Stroup picked up the win in the opener and also had three of Chaffee's 15 hits. Jerad Scheiman notched the win the nightcap. Lance Dohogne accounted for three of Chaffee's nine hits...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Mark Johnson of Cape Girardeau shot an 8-over-par 80 in the opening round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday at Highland Springs C.C. The local golfer is tied for 84th. The top 64 after today's second round advance to match-play competition, beginning on Thursday:...

The third annual Perryville Athletic Club Benefit Golf Tournament will be held June 30 at the Perryville Country Club. Proceeds from the three-person scramble, set for a 12:30 p.m. start, will go toward Perryville High athletics. Cost is $50 per person, which includes a meal...

Classic United Soccer Club tryouts will be held for the 1999-2000 season at Shawnee Soccer Park, on North fields 1 and 2. Tryouts will be held for girls on July 1, 6 and 8, and for boys on July 5, 6 and 7. The schedules for the various age groups are:...

Scott City High School's football staff will hold a youth camp July 6-9. Camp hours: 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. for elementary; 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for junior high; and 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. for senior high. For more information, contact Scott City High School at (573) 243-2138...

The NSA Missouri Class B men's slow-pitch softball tournament will be held July 10-11 in Sullivan. For more information, call (573) 468-5216.

The Show-Me State Games still has open registration for all sports through July 1 (excluding competitions that require qualifying at a festival). Registration is open for: archery, baseball, basketball, bowling, cycling, disc golf, fencing, fishing, football, golf, gymnastics, handball, judo, mountain biking, racquetball, road race, sand volleyball, shooting, softball, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, weightlifting, youth wrestling...

SIKESTON -- Funeral Mass for Ray Edward Baudendistel of rural Sikeston will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Henry's Catholic Church in Charleston. The Rev. William McGhee will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery with military graveside rites...

VANDUSER -- William Gerdis Adams, 92, of Vanduser died Monday, June 21, 1999, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. He was born March 26, 1907, in Double Springs, Ala., son of William Elias and Selina Icedo Lovelady Adams. He and Elma McDonald were married Sept. 26, 1925, at Double Springs...

PUXICO -- Funeral for Jo Ann Snider Shelton of Puxico will be held at 2 p.m. today at Life Chapel Assembly of God Church. Dr. Jack Montgomery and the Rev. Dan Montgomery will officiate. Burial will be in Puxico City Cemetery. Morgan Sifford Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

PUXICO -- Edgar Brown, 78, of Puxico died Saturday, June 19, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 31, 1920, in Ridgeway, Ill. He first married Geneva McLean Dec. 20, 1945. He later married Betty Hull Green Nov. 1, 1973...

Emory J. "Cotton" Tetley, 87, of Sikeston, died Monday June 21, 1999, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Tetley was born Dec. 12, 1911, in Lander's Ridge to the late Joe and Mary Tetley. He and Mary Lucille Sumler were married Sept. 25, 1937. She died Feb. 28, 1993...

William E. "Willie" Hicks, 90, died Tuesday, June 22, 1999, at Advance Nursing Care Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

JACKSON -- Dixie Lienke, 60, of Jackson, died Tuesday, June 22, 1999, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

FROHNA -- Raymond A. Miesner, 71, of Frohna died Monday, June 21, 1999, at his farm. He was born Sept. 5, 1927, at Farrar, the son of Ernst and Anna Lohmann Miesner. He married Laverne O. Leimbach Oct. 13, 1951. She died Aug. 3, 1979. Surviving are sons, Ricky, Richard, Terry and Mike Miesner, all of Frohna; daughters, Kathleen Cassoutt, Janice Martyn and Linda Richardet, all of Perryville, and Cindy Jones of Uniontown; brothers, Edmond and Theodore Miesner, both of Frohna, sisters, Erna Miesner of Perryville and Adelma Mueller of Frohna; 14 grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren.. ...

ELCO, Ill. -- Herman Duncan Sheffer, 79, of Paducah, Ky., died Monday, June 21, 1999, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. He was born in Elco, son of Eddie E. and Bessie Provo Sheffer. He married Carolyn Arnhart. Sheffer was retired from Alexander County General Assistance Office. He was a member of Park Avenue Baptist Church...

ARAB -- Funeral for Kristy S. Elliott of Arab will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. Dr. James Campbell will officiate. Burial will be in New Hope-McGee Cemetery at McGee. Friends may call at the chapel from 5 p.m. until service time...

Lola Marie Long, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 22, 1999, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born Oct. 23, 1905, at Sedgewickville, daughter of Burette and Eloise Statler Propst. She and Walter Long were married Jan. 19, 1940, in Cape Girardeau. He died May 27, 1974...

Asa T. Adams Jr., 79, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 21, 1999, at Heartland Care Rehab Center. He was born Nov. 6, 1919, in Paragould, Ark. Adams was a veteran of the Korean War. Survivors include a son, Amos Adams of Keo, Ark. Private graveside service will be held at Lorimier Cemetery...

DEXTER -- Ethel Lee Reeves, 97, died Thursday, June 17, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born March 18, 1902, in Weldon, Ark., daughter of LeRoy and Ellen Wilson Deer. She first married Tom Davis, who preceded her in death. She later married Joe Willie Reeves Nov. 18, 1926, in Augusta, Ark. He died Feb. 17, 1979...

PAINTON -- Bess C. Painton, 95, of Painton died Monday, June 21, 1999, at Advance Nursing Care Center in Advance. She was born Nov. 24, 1903, at Bloomfield, daughter of Newton and Cornelia Walker Cobb. She and Herbert J. Painton were married July 7, 1925, at Bloomfield. He died Dec. 29, 1981...

Daughter to Richard and Julie Carlyle of Liberty, Liberty Hospital, 2:44 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, 1999. Name, Rebekah Jordan. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. Mrs. Carlyle is the former Julie Stephens, daughter of the Rev. Don and Linda Stephens of Cape Girardeau. She is children's librarian at Kansas City, Kan., Public Library. Carlyle is the son of Jimmie and May Carlyle of Macon, Ga. He is a network administrator with Grant Thornton in Kansas City, Mo...

In a recent survey, homemade macaroni and cheese was one of the top five comfort foods listed. My little granddaughter, Ellie, certainly agrees. Since Ellie became the proud owner of enough teeth to really chew, macaroni and cheese, or "macaronies" as she calls it, has been her favorite food...

The Central High School Class of 1984 is planning a 15-year reunion on the weekend of Nov. 6. Help is needed to find former students. Alumni needing more information can contact April Evans Burger at 264-9045 or e-mail class84reunion@hotmail.com. Or interested persons can visit a web site set up for the reunion at www.angelfire.com/mo2/class84reunion...

An assortment of baklavas. Burhan Cagdas, a third-generation pastry-maker in the city of Gaziantep, the pistachio capital of Turkey, likes to tell the story about two feuding 19th century families who specialized in baklava, the layered dessert of thin filo pastry (also spelled fillo or phyllo) and nuts drenched in honey or flavored syrup. ...

A couple of weeks ago Recipe Swap received a letter from Bethany, a young child who is an insulin dependent diabetic. She was hoping Recipe Swap readers could share some recipes with her that are sugar-free or very low in sugar. Bethany, your wish came true. We have several to share with you this week. All of us hope you find enjoyment in these recipes, as well as other area diabetics...