Stories from Thursday, September 2, 1999

Bob Adcox sang at an impromptu gathering. The Queen's Royal Hussars performed at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Even Golden Eagles need a nap. All the bands played in the finale. This is an official Edinburgh Military Tattoo photograph. Actor Sean Connery and the Edinburgh lord provost partied with Southeast's Sarah Morris, Errin Fluegge and Heather Biondo at a reception...

Cape Girardeau's mayor says he envisions a section of the old Mississippi River bridge becoming a place for people to go and watch the river and relax. The mayor, Al Spradling III, said he would like to see a portion of the bridge preserved as a tourist attraction. He said if the city kept the part of the bridge that runs onto the riverbank, it easily could be converted into a river observation point...

Laughing, joking and bouncing on the balls of her small feet, Kim Talley, after standing for 118 hours, looked better than some folks in the crowd watching her Wednesday afternoon. Talley was one of four people who remain from a crowd of 82 who began a contest at 7 p.m. ...

Sept. 2, 1999 Dear Leslie, Living in Southern California, you don't think about rain because you rarely ever see it. Water is piped in from the mountains and from Arizona, so who cares if it falls out of the sky. We do. We are parched. Less than an inch of rain fell in August. Plants and bushes are visibly wilting, leaves seem to be falling prematurely from trees. The effects of too little rain are physical and psychological. The sky is blue but life feels a bit dry...

The first thing that Jerry Bridges and Kirk McCain did when they entered the new Save-A-Lot grocery market Wednesday was check prices. "I've been shopping Save-A-Lot the past three years," said Bridges, of Thebes, Ill. "I know their prices. And, they didn't raise them at the new store here."...

BLOOMFIELD -- Stoddard County administrators have given the go-ahead for a detailed design of a combination judicial center and juvenile services center. While Poplar Bluff architect Harold Porterfield begins the detailed drawings, the members of the Stoddard County Commission will continue their quest for finding the best source of funding for the project...

The September First Friday Coffee will be a "Second Friday" event since the first Friday this month falls on a holiday weekend. The event, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, will be held Sept. 10 at the Show Me Center. Joe Driskill, Missouri Department of Economic Development, will be guest speaker at event, which is sponsored this month by Mercantile Bancorporation...

Fern Schlimme is more comfortable doing volunteer work than being recognized for her efforts. So she was a bit overwhelmed at being named member of the year by the American Legion Auxiliary's Missouri Department. Schlimme, 77 and a member of auxiliary unit 63 in Cape Girardeau for 22 years, hasn't held many offices in the organization. Her contributions have been her many volunteer efforts...

By the end of its first day of operating for the general public, First Call for Help had received seven calls. Denise Wimp, coordinator for the information and referral program and the one who answered those calls, thinks that's a good beginning. The information and referral line, reached by calling 334-HELP (4357) is operating 8 a.m. ...

LAST YEAR my son saved birthday money and did numerous odd jobs to earn almost $300 for a bike he always wanted. He worked hard and gave up many other things to buy this bike last fall. Last week on his 13th birthday, he woke up to find his bike was stolen out of our back yard. ...

Death sentences guaranteed to destroy American education -- and more Want to read a death sentence? Try this one from the Office of Civil Rights that says "the use of any educational test which has a significant disparate impact on members of any particular race, national origin or sex is discriminatory."...

Reports from Turkey in recent days have been so troubling that the magnitude of death and destruction has been hard to grasp. Meanwhile, other reports from a place called East Timor have been filling up news pages and airwaves. In both cases, many folks in these parts are making very little connection with the events of the day...

When the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, Dean Kleckner, visited Southeast Missouri recently, he talked about the drought, which is affecting much of the eastern United States and is certainly hurting crops in Southeast Missouri. The drought, Kleckner said, might be a blessing for farmers. ...

Today's quiz: Name a former area high school football star who is now playing for a Division I-A program in the state of Arkansas. Most people would probably say Jackson product Nathan Norman, and with good reason. Norman, entering his senior season at the University of Arkansas, started at fullback last year as the nationally-ranked Razorbacks were one of the nation's surprise squads...

Southeast Missouri State University volleyball coach Cindy Gannon wasn't sure if her Otahkians were quite ready to defeat a squad as strong as Arkansas State. Gannon found out Wednesday night that the Otahkians weren't. In the first regular-season volleyball match ever played at the Show Me Center, ASU's Lady Indians claimed a 16-14, 15-4, 15-13 victory...

After nearly a month of trying to beat up on teammates, it's about time to start beating up on an opponent. That's pretty much the way both Southeast Missouri State University football coach John Mumford and Jan Quarless, Mumford's counterpart at Southern Illinois, believe their players feel heading into tonight's season opener...

There will definitely be a new champion of the Southeast Missourian Weekly Media Grid Picks this year. Brad Palmer, who won the past two titles while working for KZIM, is not competing this year as he is no longer officially employed by the local radio station. However, Palmer will still broadcast all the Cape Central football games on KZIM this season...

Former Southeast Missouri State University baseball star Kerry Robinson is back in the major leagues. Robinson was recalled Wednesday by the Cincinnati Reds from their Triple A Indianapolis team. Wednesday marked the first day that all major league teams were allowed to expand their rosters...

JACKSON -- Jackson High's softball team evened its season at 4-4 Wednesday with a 10-1 victory over Cape Girardeau Central. Aside from beating their rivals, the win had a special meaning for the Lady Indians and Jackson coach Becky Riney. "My dad (Larry Bollinger) had open-heart surgery and they did this as a get-well gift for him," Riney said...

Carbondale (Ill.) High School will look to continue its dominance of the Notre Dame Tournament when the annual event gets under way today. The Terriers have won the past three tourney titles. Play will continue through Saturday. Two fields at the new Notre Dame High School will be used for the eight-team tourney...

COMMERCE -- Lawrence Pobst, 81, of Commerce died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City.

COBDEN, Ill. -- The Rev. Charles E. Ingram, 70, of Chebanse died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1999, at his home. He was born April 22, 1929, at Cobden, son of Ed and Eva Dunn Ingram. He and Vae Burpo were married Aug. 20, 1950. Ingram was ordained in 1956 and was a pastor 43 years at various Baptist churches. He had also worked for wholesale plumbing companies throughout the Kankakee area...

ANNA, Ill. -- Edgar Fuller, 87, of Anna died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1999, at his home. He was born April 22, 1912, in Union County, son of Charles and Nancy Etoy Sisk Fuller. He and June Wall were married May 30, 1935, at Benton. Fuller was a retired carpenter. He was a member of Campground Cumberland Presbyterian Church...

Funeral for Henry Howard Hinton of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Robert Klein will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Friday from 1 p.m. to service time...

Son to William M. and Ann Wintermantel of Salinas, Calif., Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula, 11:35 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 8, 1999. Name, Bryan Allen. Weight, 8 pounds 14 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Wintermantel is the former Ann Statler, daughter of the Rev. ...

Iva Rambow, age 91, died August 31, 1999 at Perry Oaks Care Center of Perryville, Mo. She was born November 30, 1907 at Colfax, Ill., daughter of J. Thomas & Esther Shields Tull. She and Fred Rambow were married March 28, 1928. Iva was a member of Malibar Methodist Church of Palm Bay, Florida...