Stories from Saturday, September 4, 1999

To the editor: My wife an I live next to the Mississippi River bridge, and I would like to elaborate on the Sept. 1 story about the bridge. When we were buying our house, we checked with the Missouri highway department and the city. The highway department said the law for funding new bridges requires the old bridge to be completely removed. ...

To the editor: I read with interest your piece (Friday's River City Reflections column by editor Joe Sullivan) concerning the possibility of utilizing the bridge as a tourist attraction. I'm sorry you think I'm infringing on your downtown golf course, but, really, my idea is to complement your golf course. ...

A discussion about public records is beginning to play out in Missouri and other states regarding the attorney fees paid in litigation between the states and the tobacco industry. A number of states, Missouri included, hired private attorneys in filing litigation against certain tobacco companies seeking recovery of Medicaid expenses on sick smokers...

It's not often a man comes along like Narvol A. Randol Sr. His passing this past week makes a community pause to recognize the many contributions he made to Cape Girardeau. Randol, who died at age 83, distinguished himself as a steadfast leader in banking, the military, his church and the community. He demonstrated that faith -- in God and oneself -- can work miracles...

If you're going to give, make it count. The Area Wide United Way has kicked off its annual fund raising drive with an impressive $750,000 goal. That goal is about $60,000 more than last year's receipts. The goal has grown tremendously over the years. Ten years ago, the goal was $425,000. Compare that to five years ago, when it stood at $520,000...

I HAVE news for some people: Hillary Clinton isn't running for president. She's only running for the Senate, so she doesn't need to be pressed on the same questions that George W. Bush is. If anyone should be questioned, it would be his peer, Elizabeth Dole, the motorcycle-riding mama...

Donna Rausch began studying archaeology because she was interested in learning more about her lineage. She ended up learning more about herself. Rausch, a student at Southeast Missouri State University and a speaker at one of the lectures the college has scheduled during Missouri Archaeology Month, is the great-great-great-granddaughter of a governor of the Chickasaw nation after it was relocated to Oklahoma. But she grew up in Texas, far removed from any Native American culture...

Sadie likes snoozing in the sun. Abbey likes to nap on the couch. Sadie and Abbey also like to dig holes -- big holes. Sadie and Abby are typical basset hounds. "They have long floppy ears, sweet dispositions and mournful expressions," said Laura Hurst of Cape Girardeau, owner of the hounds...

Sky rack! Whip Crack! Ho! Ho! Ho! Charleston, Charleston, Way Ho~! It's hard to think 10 years have passed since those words officially marked the end of my tenure in high school. It was after that final Ho! after the Class of '89 whipped off our mortar boards and joyously threw them in the air, that we broke the bonds that had connected us for 12 or more years...

Three lectures are planned at Southeast Missouri State University during Missouri Archaeology Month in September. All will be held in the Indian Room in University Center. Ben Lee will speak on "A Midwestern Archaeologist's Field Experience in the Pacific" at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday...

Construction of a new regional vocational school will begin with a formal groundbreaking ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. School officials, corporate partners, state legislators and the public are invited to attend the event at the site of the Cape Girardeau Vocational-Technical Center near the Silver Springs Road and Kingshighway...

Three contestants remain in a regional standathon that began a week ago and is drawing nationwide attention. As of 4 p.m. Friday, one contestant remained at each of three sites -- Alton Square in Alton, Ill., Gannon Plaza in Festus and Warrenton Outlet Center in Warrenton. Cape Girardeau's last contestant dropped out Thursday...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Games and activities for all ages, food and entertainment will be available at the annual Horseshoe Lake Chamber of Commerce Labor Day Festival, Monday at the Horseshoe Lake Community in Olive Branch. Entertainment includes country and western and gospel music...

More than 30 businesses and hundreds of Southeast Missouri State University students will attend the second annual part-time job fair Wednesday at the University Center. "This is a great opportunity to help solve two employment problems in the area," said Jerry Westbrook, director of Career Services at the university. "Students are looking for part-time work, and local businesses are looking for part-time employees."...

Although road rage isn't clearly defined as a crime, existing state laws are adequate to handle most cases, said Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle. The two or so drivers who are punished for road rage in the county each year usually are charged with misdemeanors, punishable with a year or less in jail, Swingle said...

COLUMBIA -- Playing without injured 1,000-yard option quarterback Danny Perry last night, the Hickman Kewpies kept things simple in their season opener against Cape Central. It wasn't simple enough for the Cape Central Tigers. With backup quarterback Jamey Jamey simply handing off to the fullback most of the night, the Kewpies rolled up 425 yards rushing in a 41-7 romp at Hickman Field...

SIKESTON -- Georgia doesn't just produce peaches. Jackson sophomore Mario Whitney, a transfer from Georgia, ran wild against Sikeston Friday night as the Indians blew out Sikeston 35-0. Whitney, in his first varsity carry, scored a 10-yard touchdown. The 15-year-old then proceeded to run 13 times for 139 yards, including two more touchdowns; he also caught a 31-yard pass and added a 33-yard punt return for good measure...

Barring injury, Armageddon, a lightning strike or alien abduction, Scott Pingel will become the NCAA's all-time leading receiver today. The Westminster College senior, who is a St. Vincent (Perryville) graduate, will tie NFL superstar Jerry Rice for the most receptions ever at the college level with his first catch against Illinois College in Jacksonville, Ill...

CHAFFEE -- Chaffee High's football team equaled its win total of last season by opening the 1999 campaign with a 33-14 victory over Grandview Friday night. "This is the first time Chaffee has been 1-0 for so long," said first-year Red Devils' head coach Allan Horrell. "It's a good feeling."...

Notre Dame and Carbondale, Ill., each won close semifinal games Friday to move into the finals of the eight-team Notre Dame Soccer Tournament.The host Bulldogs scored a penalty kick in sudden-death overtime to knock off Jackson 2-1 while Carbondale nipped Cape Girardeau Central 1-0.Jackson (1-2) took an early 1-0 lead when Joey Weber scored about five minutes into the game.Notre Dame (2-0) tied things late in the first half on a goal by Adam Obermiller, with an assist from Cory Elfrink.The contest remained 1-1 through regulation play. ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The Southeast Missouri State University volleyball team opened play Friday in the Colorado State Tournament by losing to one of the nation's top squads. Loyola Marymount, ranked 25th in the country, disposed of the Otahkians 15-8, 15-5, 15-10. Loyola improved to 2-0 while Southeast fell to 0-2...

Daughter to Daniel James and Gail Elizabeth Timpe of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:59 a.m. Friday, Aug. 27, 1999. Name, Jayna Claire. Weight, 9 pounds 4 ounces. Third daughter. Mrs. Timpe is the former Gail Scheckel, daughter of Daniel and Janet Scheckel of Bakersfield, Calif., and the late Barbara Scheckel. Timpe is the son of Gene and Judie Timpe of Quincy, Ill. He is senior promotion producer at KFVS-TV...

JACKSON -- Funeral for Ennis N. Smith of Jackson will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Patterson Methodist Church in Patterson. The Rev. Grant Gillard will officiate. Burial will be in Patterson Cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 11 a.m. until service time...

WYATT -- Lee Kenneth Adams, 58, of Wyatt died Friday, Sept. 3, 1999, at his home. He was born Oct. 17, 1940, in Arkansas, son of Homer C. and Mattie Haney Adams. Adams lived in Mississippi County most of his life. He was a member of New Covenant Pentecostal Holiness Church...

CHAFFEE -- Lucile Camp, 85, of Chaffee died Thursday, Sept. 2, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 20, 1914, at Brownwood, daughter of Ed and Emma Maag Copman. Camp had worked at Sports Specialty Shoe Co. and Florsheim Shoe Co. She was a member of Church of God of Prophecy...

Was it a Big Bang or the booming voice of God that created the planets? Did humankind evolve over eons or did God create man from dust? How you choose to answer those questions depends on which theory you support: creationism or evolution. Creationists believe God created all living matter on Earth. Evolutionists believe all species developed slowly over time through a process called natural selection...