Stories from Sunday, July 18, 1999

Several new books have arrived recently at the Riverside Regional Library. In the adult line, Antique and Collectibles Buttons, by Debra Wisiewski; A Poem a Day, When I Fall In Love, by Iris Rainer Dart; McNally's Dilemma, by Lawrence Sanders; A New Day Rising, by Lauraine Snelling; An Untamed Land, by Lauraine Snelling; Granny Day, by Danielle Steel...

25 years ago: 1974 Two tax proposals -- one-cent city sales tax and additional two mill tax for city parks -- were submitted Monday night for consideration by City Council; Mrs. F.E. Keene, chairman of City Park Board, said additional 20-cent tax per $100 assessed valuation would raise about $20,000 additional revenue for park operations to help finance development of existing and additional park acreages; in submitting one-cent sales tax proposal, Mrs. ...

OLD APPLETON -- What would make a group of people spend a generation fighting to return a battered medal bridge to its former location? "It seems like the right thing to do, so we hate to give up," said Jan Dellamano, long-time chairman of the Old Appleton Bridge Restoration Committee. "The bridge was just sort of was the focal point of the town. There with the mill, it gave the town a lot of character...

The June 17 meeting of the Young Americans 4-H Club was held at Grace Methodist Church, with 10 members, nine leaders and eight guests present. Joey Ruble presided and the roll call was answered by naming "your favorite type of exercise." A report on Clover Kid Camp was given. Members agreed it had been a fun day and planned to do it again...

Junior High Twirlers are Paige Pylate and Ashley Dost. Camp participants perform a routine during the Jackson Twirling Camp. The Jackson High School and Junior High Twirlers conducted a twirling came for girls in grades 2-8, July 5-9. Each participant received a camp T-shirt and an invitation to perform the twirling routine of Notre Dame, with the Jackson High School Marching Chiefs at the first home pre-game show, Sept. 10...

I remember going fishing as a kid, down to the bluegill pond on my dad's farm. (We also sometimes caught catfish, if we were lucky.) One particular day, fishing with my cousin, it was time to go home way too soon. Besides, we hadn't caught all that much that day. I told Uncle Dick, "Just one more cast!" I didn't even have bait on the hook, yet surprisingly, I caught one fish on my hook, and as I was reeling it in, another got tangled int he line! Two fish with one cast and no bait!...

Flickering names on a computer screen will become flesh and blood this weekend. By the time these pages are in readers' hands, I should be safely (or not-so-safely) on my way back from what promises to be one of life's bigger adventures. It all started on April 17, 1998. ...

THIS IS a follow-up to a call about the dangerous entrance at Kmart. He's exactly right that it is dangerous. The city could do several things to help that without closing it completely. It would be terrible if the only entrance and exit to that lot were on Kingshighway. ...

Along about this time every biennium I remind myself to repeat what all of us know but many are inclined to forget: CAMPAIGNS ARE FOR VOTERS, NOT POLITICIANS! Fulling recognizing that this reminder is rarely noticed, much less observed, I still feel it incumbent to mention this small, too often overlooked fact that stems from the hallowed Constitution of the United States. ...

Gov. Mel Carnahan's veto of House Bill 427, the bill banning partial-birth infanticide, will likely be the dominant story in Missouri over the next 60 days, building in intensity as we approach the mid-September veto session of the General Assembly. ...

Gov. Mel Carnahan has once again marked himself as a pro-abortion extremist with his veto -- his second in two years -- of a bill banning the form of infanticide known as partial-birth abortion. In vetoing House Bill 427, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan backing, Carnahan stamps himself as incontestably the most pro-abortion governor in Missouri history...

At the worst possible time, Missouri's farmers will be burdened with higher property taxes if a judge's ruling stands up on appeal. With agricultural producers reeling under record-low commodity prices, the judge's ruling could hike property taxes on farmers by $5 to $10 million annually...

To the editor: Your story on hate groups ("Hate groups building facade of respectability," June 11) is typical of the one-sided views of the Associated Press and the Southeast Missourian. The "Dr." the story refers to is none other than Dr. William L. Pierce, a respected physics professor who left a career of teaching and research at Oregon State University to devote himself to the service of people of European ancestry...

To the editor: I write this letter after just performing the hardest task any pet owner ever faces. My wife and I just had our beloved and faithful companion of 13 years put to sleep. Sunny was a wonderful dog. She developed cancer. We made her last weeks as happy and comfortable as possible...

The original rock piers where the Old Appleton Bridge rested from 1879 until 1982, have been raised five feet. Members of the bridge's restoration committee hope to see the historic bridge back on its piers sometime in 2000. Jackson USA Photo/Mark Evans...

Jimmy Allen of Alexander, Tenn. figured the score of the arrows on the target. METROPOLIS, Ill. -- Archers are stalking lions, bears, wolves, deer, wild turkeys, water buffalo, cobras and velociraptors this weekend in the Mermet Lake Conservation Area...

Thousands of visitors flock into the Trail of Tears State Park each year. The 3,307-acre-park, located about a dozen miles north of Cape Girardeau, offers camping, hiking, picnicking, boating, and swimming, and is named as a memorial to the Cherokee Indians...

Renea Miller and Kachina Bashley located a patch of shade Saturday afternoon and settled in to watch the May Greene Jump Rope team perform. The two woman were among some 500 people who attended the first Healthy Families 2000 Community Block Party, held at Fort D next to May Greene Elementary School...

School officials said a combination of state funds, interest payments from investments, and low-cost loans from the Department of Natural Resources will allow the Cape Girardeau School District to cover millions in cost overruns on its construction and renovation projects...

SIKESTON -- For Don Pigg, helping farmers in need is just business. It doesn't matter if those farmers are right here in Sikeston or on the other side of the world. Pigg, who works in agricultural credit for Production Credit Association of Southeast Missouri, recently traveled to Russia through an international development program...

SIKESTON -- While Sikeston has long been known as the home of one of the finest rodeos in the United States, it is gaining a reputation for being the home of some of the finest rodeo talent. Three teens with local ties will test their skills against 1,500 contestants from the U.S. and Canada in the National High School Finals Rodeo, July 19-25 in Gillette, Wyo...

East Missouri Action Agency, with funding from the Missouri Department of Health, served more than 2,200 meals during the first two weeks of its summer food program. The program provides lunch to Cape Girardeau children from age birth to 18 years. Meals are served at Jefferson Elementary School, Capaha Park, Cape Civic Center, Salvation Army and Washington Park...

The McDowell Capahas and O.B. Clark of St. Louis will slug it out today at Capaha Field for the championship of the National Baseball Congress Mid-South Regional Tournament. So, did anybody really expect anything different? Sure, O.B. Clark had to battle out of the loser's bracket. But when the dust had cleared Saturday, the squad had emerged to advance to today's finals against the Capahas...

After a one-year absence because it did not field a team, O.B. Clark is back in a familiar perch in the National Baseball Congress Mid-South Regional Tournament. The team from St. Louis won twice Saturday to emerge from the loser's bracket and advance to today's championship round against the host McDowell Capahas...

BALLWIN -- The Chaffee Junior American Legion baseball team made things a bit difficult on itself Saturday during the championship round of the Zone Tournament. But nothing could stop Chaffee from capturing the zone title and earning a berth in the State Junior Legion Tournament that begins Thursday in Sedalia...

"What fish should I stock in my pond?" is a common question asked after a pond is built. Unfortunately, the answer isn't simple, but by following a few general guidelines you can have many years of angling enjoyment. For most ponds, the best fish stocking option is the largemouth bass/bluegill/channel catfish combination. ...

JACKSON -- Ella Marie Lix, 66, of Jackson died Saturday, July 17, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 27, 1932, daughter of August and Agatha Bucher Goetz. She married Geroid A. Lix in 1956 at Hernando, Miss. She is survived by her husband; two sons, Michael G. ...

Ella Louise "Granny" Anderson, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 15, 1999, at her home. She was born Aug. 9, 1912, in Tupelo, Miss., daughter of George and Ella Simpson White. She had been a resident of Missouri for more than 80 years. On Jan. 2, 1948, in Blytheville, Ark., she married Harry Hoffman Anderson. He died Jan. 20, 1986...

COMMERCE -- Lovetta J. "Tena" Jackson, 68, of Commerce died Friday, July 16, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 10, 1931, at Big Ridge, daughter of Marion and Mildred Mattingly Alberson. On Nov. 11, 1950, she married James Preston Jackson at Piggott, Ark. He died Sept. 9, 1994...

PERRYVILLE -- Warren Raymond "Cotton" Boyer, 83, of Perryville died Saturday, July 17, 1999, at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 21, 1915 at Dexter, son of Prosper and Mary Grifford Boyer. On July 21, 1967, he married Elizabeth Besacon. She died July 11, 1997...

Mary Belle Clippard, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, July 16, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 9, 1905, in Union Town, Ky., daughter of Ernest and Nora Pike Williams. She married Ennis W. Clippard. He died Dec. 25, 1979. She was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Mary's CCW. She was also a member of Wipperwills card club and a past member of Daughters of Isabella...

ANNA, Ill. -- Michael Dalton Eaker, infant son of Justin and Christy Eaker of Olive Branch, died at birth Friday, July 16, 1999, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. He is survived by his parents; his maternal grandparents, Lloyd and Kay Kaufman of Olive Branch; paternal grandmother, Karen Eaker of Scott City, Mo.; and paternal great-grandparents, Namath and Dottie Eaker of Cape Girardeau...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Jackie Lee Robinson, 34, of East Prairie died Thursday, July 15, 1999, at his home. He was born Jan. 21, 1965, in East Prairie, son of Mary A. Curtin Robinson of Dexter and the late Charles Robinson. He is survived by his mother; four brothers, Jerry Robinson of Plano, Ill., Ronnie Amick of Gosnell, Ark., Ricky Amick of East Prairie and Art Robinson of Bloomfield; three sisters, Adele Ulmer of El Paso, Texas, Cindy Gavin of Naperville, Ill., and Cynthia Broadus of Sandwich, Ill...

The Classic United Soccer Club will hold final tryouts for anyone who missed the other tryouts Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Shawnee Park, North Field 1. Age divisions eligible to participate are boys 12-under, 13-under and 14-under; and girls 11-under, 12-under and 14-under...

The next date for the Bootheel Four Wheelers Truck Pull Series will be July 24 at the Stoddard County Fairgrounds in Dexter. Another event will be Aug. 28. There will be divisions for two wheel drive and four wheel drive. Action starts at 7 p.m. while registration opens at 4:30 p.m. There is a pullers registration fee of $20. Admission is $8 for pit passes, $6 for adults and children 12 and under are admitted free...

The Adidas Midwest Summer Jam II will be held July 28 at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla. This is an excellent opportunity for both men's and women's high school and junior-college players to display their talents in front of an expected 130 to 150 college coaches from around the country who will be evaluating for possible scholarship offers...

Saint Francis Universal Health and Fitness Center along with River Eagle Distributing and Domino's Pizza will host the Outdoor Tennis Classic Aug. 7-8 on the Southeast Missouri State University courts. The events will include men's open singles, men's open doubles, men's 35 doubles, women's open singles and women's open doubles...

JACKSON -- Faye M. King, 76, of Jackson died Friday, July 16, 1999, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 26, 1923, daughter of Homer and Ellen Estes Mansker. On Dec. 4, 1945, she was married to Buford E. King. He died May 10, 1995...

My neighbor, Mr. B., on his early morning walk, picks up my newspaper and puts it at the doorway. Quite often there is a little cellophane bag full of fresh garden produce accompanying it. So it was, recently, I picked up a bag, peered inside and said to myself, "Oh, new baby squash."...