-
Dr. Grow: Fall mums: plant chrysanthemums early in fall for best results
(Column ~ 08/25/99)
Mums grow best if they are planted before they bloom so they can establish their root systems. Mums in bloom are also available. For today's column, I was originally going to write about the non-invasion of an insect that doesn't have a population in the Heartland, an insect that everyone is so concerned about. ...
-
CITY NAMES QUALIFIED ADVISERS FOR RIVER CAMPUS
(Editorial ~ 08/25/99)
The Cape Girardeau City Council made it official. It appointed three members to the new River Campus Advisory Board. The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents is expected to appoint the university's representatives Sept. 2. The city's choices are sound: Jerry Ford, Dennis Vollink and Ruth Knote...
-
MUSHROOMS MAKE CAPE CENTER OF INTEREST
(Editorial ~ 08/25/99)
What brings people to Cape Girardeau? The answer is as varied as the people who come. Many visitors and newcomers are attracted by the mighty Mississippi River, historic homes, ample shopping opportunities, Southeast Missouri State University or top-notch medical facilities...
-
RUST COMMENTARY: WASHINGTON NEEDS TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT ABOLISHING DEATH TAX
(Column ~ 08/25/99)
Death's taxes: "I think it's irritating that, once I die, 55 percent of my money goes to the United States government. ... You know why that's irritating? Because you would have already paid nearly 50 percent. ... When you leave a house or money to people, then they're taxed 55 percent, so you've got to leave them enough so that once they're taxed, they still have some money." -- Oprah Winfrey, August 1997...
-
SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/25/99)
WELL, THE city of Cape Girardeau has added another page to the city ordinances. I read in the paper the City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting putting yard sales signs and so forth on utility poles and stop-sign poles. If I'm not mistaken, there was already an ordinance on the books to prevent this, and they did not enforce it one bit since it was passed. ...
-
LETTERS: PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES, DISASTERS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/25/99)
To the editor: It happened in Turkey, and it could happen here. I am not trying to put the fear of God into your lives, but whatever you think of earthquakes or tornadoes, you need to be prepared with battery-operated radios, at least one telephone in your home or business that does not require electricity (your phone will not ring if the power is off and someone calls you), flashlights and extra batteries, a good supply of nonperishable foods, drinking water stored in plastic or glass containers, fire extinguishers, first-aid kits, extra medication that you are required to take, a crescent wrench and a generator large enough to operate essential appliances. ...
-
POLICE PARK CRUISERS AT CITY LIMITS
(Local News ~ 08/25/99)
Buddy Davis' car tends to make other drivers hit their brakes, and his neighbors couldn't be more pleased. "It doesn't really look like a police car, but I guess they can see the red lights sitting up on the dashboard," said Davis, who parks his unmarked patrol car on the street in front of his home...
-
MARK TWAIN TO TELL STORES AT AREA UNITED WAY FESTIVITIES
(Local News ~ 08/25/99)
Mark Twain's stories about a lost sock and a trouble-plagued bridegroom will help kick off the Area Wide United Way's 1999 fund-raising campaign. Jim Waddell will perform his impersonation of Mark Twain at the kickoff luncheon at noon Thursday at Broadway and Water...
-
SEMO ENROLLS 8,113
(Local News ~ 08/25/99)
GRAPHCI -- SEMO ENROLLMENT First-day enrollment at Southeast Missouri State University climbed 4.3 percent over a year ago. Southeast had 8,113 students enrolled at the start of fall-semester classes Monday. Dr. Ken Dobbins, university president, said as many as 600 to 800 more students may enroll in classes at Southeast and its outlying education centers before final enrollment is calculated four weeks into the semester...
-
STRANGER THAN FICTION: HUSBAND'S COOKING LEAVES BAD TASTE IN MOUTH
(Column ~ 08/25/99)
The strangest thing is probably the pancakes, which actually are the size of real cakes. The Other Half has been checking out cookbooks -- the latest development in his recent metamorphosis from the man I married into a total stranger. The man I married on April 28, 1995, the one captured on our wedding video singing "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," could cook one thing -- spaghetti. ...
-
JACKSON SCHOOL BOARD DEBATES INSURANCE PLAN
(Local News ~ 08/25/99)
JACKSON -- Discussion about insurance coverage options for employees dominated the Jackson Board of Education meeting Tuesday. School board members questioned administrators and the district's insurance consultant for nearly two hours regarding the benefits package offered to eligible full-time employees...
-
SORORITIES' PHILANTRHOPY NIGHT THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 08/25/99)
Southeast Missouri State University sororities will hold their first Philanthropy Night Thursday. Philanthropy Night will allow 800 sorority women and potential members the chance to jointly engage in a service project devoted to the chapter's national or local philanthropy...
-
RENOVATION WORK BEGINS AT DEPOT
(Local News ~ 08/25/99)
SIKESTON -- After many years of serving as the centerpiece of Sikeston, renovation of the Sikeston Depot has begun in an effort to restore it to glory. Renovations began Monday with hopes of it being completed by the end of the year. Plans call for it to have a historical museum featuring Sikeston and surrounding areas...
-
NEW STATE LAW STARTS SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 08/25/99)
Missouri's new funeral procession law takes effect Saturday. The law prohibits other drivers from driving between, joining or passing a funeral procession. Motorists traveling in the opposite direction won't have to stop and pull over to the side of the road, the Missouri Funeral Directors Association says...
-
CITY CONTINUES VOLUNTEER CONSERVE WATER REQUEST
(Local News ~ 08/25/99)
City officials are asking that Cape Girardeau residents to continue to conserve water. In July, the city issued a request for residents to voluntarily conserve water. The lack of rain fall and the intense heat during July combined to make the demand for water greater than what the city could produce...
-
SOUTHEAST ANNOUNCES OTAHK HOOP SCHEDULE
(College Sports ~ 08/25/99)
Two tough early-season tournaments and 13 regular-season home games highlight the 1999-2000 Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball schedule that was recently announced. Last year, the Otahkians posted their best record since moving to the NCAA Division I level and set a school record for wins in the Ohio Valley Conference...
-
BRIEFLY: YOUNG RECORDS FIRST HOLE-IN-ONE
(High School Sports ~ 08/25/99)
Robyn Young recorded her first career hole-in-one Tuesday at Cape Girardeau Country Club. Using a 7-iron, Young aced No. 2, a 135-yard par 3. Joyce Kuntze witnessed the shot.
-
CAIRO HOPES UNPROVEN LINES HOLD
(High School Sports ~ 08/25/99)
Cairo (Ill.) High School football coach Ron Woods makes no bones about where the key to the Pilots' 1999 season lies. Woods believes his squad has the speed at the skill positions to match up with any team on the schedule. But can the Pilots block anybody?...
-
AREA BRIEFS; BENEFIT SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT IN JACKSON
(High School Sports ~ 08/25/99)
The first annual Benefit Slow-Pitch Softball Tournament will be held Aug. 28-29 in Jackson. All proceeds will go to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. This tournament, for men's teams, will be open to a limited number of teams. The entry fee is $100 per team plus two 47 core softballs...
-
A-J TRIES TO SHAKE WINLESS SEASON
(High School Sports ~ 08/25/99)
Luck was certainly not on the side of the Anna-Jonesboro (Ill). High School football team last year. The Wildcats suffered through an 0-9 season -- but several of those losses were by seven points or less. They led perennial power Massac County 20-8 in the third quarter before dropping the 1998 opener and that was pretty much the theme of the year...
-
BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/25/99)
Daughter to Darin Keith and Linda Lou Crites of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:07 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1999. Name, Anna Marie. Weight, 7 pounds 5 ounces. First child. Mrs. Crites is the former Linda Streiler, daughter of Rick and Christine Streiler of Jackson. Crites is the son of Jim and Lois Crites of Jackson. He is employed by Columbia Construction Co...
-
SAMUEL WOODRUFF
(Obituary ~ 08/25/99)
PUXICO -- Samuel Woodruff, 85, of Puxico died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 28, 1914, at Essex, son of Charles and Eliza Dalton Woodruff. He and Mary Clark were married Nov. 23, 1940, at Bloomfield...
-
ROY DRURY
(Obituary ~ 08/25/99)
Roy C. Drury, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Feb. 28, 1935, at Ancell, son of Monroe and Bernadette Burger Drury. He and Karen J. Niblack were married Nov. 23, 1980. Drury was a former business manager and treasurer of Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents...
-
ANDY ANDREWS
(Obituary ~ 08/25/99)
BURFORDVILLE -- Funeral for Dayton Eugene "Andy" Andrews of Cordova, Tenn., was held Saturday at Germantown Road Chapel in Ellendale, Tenn. The Rev. Virgil Stoneking officiated. Burial was in Memory Hill Gardens Cemetery in Ellendale. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home of Somerville, Tenn., was in charge of arrangements...
-
WILLIS BESS
(Obituary ~ 08/25/99)
Graveside service for Willis R. Bess of St. Louis was held Monday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Ted Foster and Sons Funeral Home in St. Louis was in charge of arrangements. Bess, 84, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1999, at Christian Northeast Hospital in St. Louis County...
-
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CRACKERJACK SON
(Column ~ 08/25/99)
My son, Richard Kevin Potter, will be 27 on Friday. You see, my intellect understands this, but my heart still sees the little boy with the smiling brown eyes and dark curly hair. The little boy, who with one quick karate kick to a 50-gallon aquarium, filled our living room with giant goldfish, miniature frogs, half-dollar-sized turtles and 50 gallons of water...
-
RECIPE SWAP: READERS OFFER COLLECTION OF RECIPES TO FINISH OFF SUMMER'S HARVEST
(Column ~ 08/25/99)
Tomorrow begins a whole new phase of life for our family. It seems like only yesterday that our Ross was born, and now he is starting kindergarten. He doesn't really realize what a big step this is for him. We have been talking about it for a few weeks now, and his response was, "I guess I can go and see if I like it." Well, unfortunately, this is not like swimming lessons where he can sit on the edge for three weeks. We have a wonderful teacher, and I know he will like it...
Stories from Wednesday, August 25, 1999
Browse other days