Stories from Monday, September 13, 1999

Joe and Donna Domian, local investment representatives for Edward Jones Financial Services, have been featured in "Working Mothers" Magazine as a couple who have found a balance between work and family at Edward Jones. The financial company has been listed among the top "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" by the magazine...

This "Financial Focus" column is prepared by Edward Jones Investments, headquartered in St. Louis. Jones includes branches throughout the nation, including Cape Girardeau and Jackson. To be a successful investor, you need to be knowledgeable. If you're well-informed about the financial markets, and if you're familiar with different investment alternatives, you will have the confidence you need to make the right choices. In the investment world, knowledge is power...

Broadway Ice Cream and Sweet Shop has opened at 707 Broadway. The restaurant, which offers breakfast and luncheon menus, offers a buffet breakfast from 7 to 10:30 a.m. each Friday and Saturday. "We offer breakfast every day," said Gera Graves, owner of the new restaurant. "The menu includes biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs and pastries."...

Leslie Thresher has joined Horizon Screen Printing and Promotional Products as an account executive. Thresher most recently worked in the radio business as an account executive. She has more than four years experience in banking, having worked at Boatmen's Bank and the Credit Bureau as office manager and credit reporting supervisor...

"Where the Rivers Run!" This is the theme adopted by the Missouri Division of Tourism more than a year ago. The theme and logo, which feature a stylized river that represents more than 55,000 miles of rivers, streams and lakes, were approved in December 1997 and presented to the public in January 1998...

Tracy Lee Carlton, staff accountant with Schott & Van de Ven Certified Public Accountants recently attended a class on accounting and auditing to earn continuing education credits. Carlton, a recent graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a degree in accounting, was employed by Schott & Van de Ven during her final semester at the university...

Rick Brown of Jackson has joined Capetown RV Sales, Interstate 55 and Airport Road, as sales representative. Brown previously managed Jackson Lanes.

James M. Raden has joined D&K Healthcare Resources Inc. as vice president and general manager of the Cape Girardeau Division Distribution Center. Raden replaces James D. Largent, who has been promoted to corporate vice president of the company's business development...

Ken LeFerle of Beltone Electronics of Chicago will visit the Beltone Hearing Center, 68 Doctors' Park, Sept. 21 through 23, to answer questions concerning hearing instruments and hearing losses. The local Beltone Center is observing an open house. LaFerle, area audiology manager for Beltone Electronics, has been with the company 11 years. He is a certified audiologist and is Nationally Board Certified in Hearing Instrument Sciences...

Linda Pretreface and Jane Kluesner of Elan Day Spa, recently attended "Hairstock '99," held at Chateau on the Lake at Branson. Latest techniques in haircutting and styling were presented by some of the top hair designers in the nation. Representatives from various beauty product companies discussed the latest in hair design products...

Gayle Mitchell of Kennett has joined a the Southeast Missouri Private Industry Council as post-employment case manager for Dunklin County. Mitchell, a graduate of Twin Rivers Community College and Williams Baptist College, worked 34 years with Division of Family Service...

The "VersaLeash," a Y-shaped safety device designed by Saab, serves as a safety belt for Sidney. You're packed. The suitcases have been placed in the van, and you're ready to go. This is not a full-fledged vacation, but a two-night, three-day getaway...

David A. Taylor, Dawn Caruso and Robert LeFebvre are providing psychiatric consultation, assessment and treatment services through a new office at 1404 Old Cape Road, Suite 102, in Jackson. The three are providing services through an association with Community Counseling Center...

A Missouri Quality Award panel will visit the Dana Corp. in Cape Girardeau for an on-site evaluation of the company's activities. The local Dana facility -- the Spicer Light Vehicle Axle Division at 2075 Corporate Circle -- was selected by the MQA as one of eight applicants for the Missouri Quality Award, which will be announced by Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan Nov. 4...

A Volkswagen company spokesman has announced Volkswagen plans to offer its New Beetle in Germany next year with two new engine options: One smaller and cheaper, the other a souped-up turbo. The New Beetle is available with a 115-horsepower gas engine and a 90-horsepower diesel, but company spokesman Hans-Gerd Bode said VW would present two new gas engines -- 100-horsepower and a turbocharged 150-horsepower -- at this week's Frankfurt Auto Show...

Booths are available for the new antique and collectibles show next month at the A.C. Brase Arena Building. The daylong, semiannual Antique and Collectibles Show, featuring a variety of items -- toys, glass, furniture, paper memorabilia -- will be sponsored by the Community Counseling Center Foundation. The show is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 17, with a special "pre-show" sale from 8 to 9...

Bank of America Mortgage will hold a Neighborhood Advantage Homebuyers Seminar Sept. 21. The seminar, from 7 to 8 p.m., will be held on the third floor of the bank at 2001 William St. Reservations are available by calling 339-2310.

Thursday Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission meeting, 7 p.m., Aztar Casino Complex, Caruthersville.. Sept. 21 Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours, Show Me Center, 5 p.m. Sept. 22 SBDC counseling session, Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m...

The Tri-State Advertising and Marketing Professionals group will meet Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Ballroom of the University Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus. Ilene Siemer, one of the advertising executives responsible for the award-winning "Got Milk" campaign, will be guest speaker...

In the beginning, the prank intended to humiliate their son was seen by Bobbie and Stuart Venable as a single incident they needed to defuse. Bobbie concentrated on helping him forgive. But when they discovered the video of the prank was being shown for others' amusement, they needed to do something more, says Dr. Doris Skelton, coordinator of counseling programs at Southeast...

Rides whirling, the smell of cotton candy and corn dogs, pets on parade, venders hawking their wares and friends stopping to chat. Yes, it's definitely fair time in Cape Girardeau. Fairgoers poured through the gates Sunday as the 144th SEMO District Fair got under way...

Before heading off to battle, warriors have to be ready to fight. As warriors in a spiritual battle over partial-birth abortion, nearly 150 people gathered Sunday to make their preparations. They came to pray among the rows of white crosses at the Cemetery of the Innocents along Siemers Drive...

Southeast Missouri lawmakers won't be in Gov. Mel Carnahan's corner when the veto session begins Wednesday. Area lawmakers told the Southeast Missourians they plan to vote to override the governor's veto of an anti-abortion bill. Of the 13 area lawmakers, eight Republicans, four Democrats and Independent state Rep. Denny Merideth of Caruthersville, only one will likely vote to override the governor's veto of a crime bill...

Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy. -- "Lord of the Flies." Copyright 1999 Southeast Missourian JACKSON -- Stuart and Bobbie Venable said goodbye to their son Aug. 27. They watched him drive away to spend his junior year of high school living with a relative in western Missouri...

More than 200 volunteers will be retiring early this evening in preparation for getting an early start on Tuesday, which is YELL Day in Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City. By the time the sun rises Tuesday and morning traffic begins, the volunteers will be stationed at selected locations along streets in the three communities to begin the task of selling the annual YELL Edition of the Southeast Missourian...

Southeast Missouri's young Operation Weed and Seed program already has run afoul of the U.S. Department of Justice -- the very agency that initiated the program in this area. Justice, which administers and funds the program, says the area Weed and Seed program hasn't followed all the federal rules. So it suspended funding for the $750,000-per-year program until it corrects all the problems...

Loy L. "Fritz" Welker, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 12, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born June, 27, 1918, at Cape Girardeau, son of Willis D. and Katie Kistner Welker. He and Margaret Mitchell were married April 16, 1941, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Roy Eugene Tyler, 73, of Mounds died Sunday, Sept. 12, 1999, at the Veterans Administration Center at Marion. He was born Aug. 15, 1926, at Gale, son of Roy and Lula Grear Tyler. He was a member of the First Baptist Church at Mounds and was a retired electrician...

CAIRO, Ill. -- James Lamburth, 34, of Cairo died Sunday, Sept. 12, 1999, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at the Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo.

SCOTT CITY -- Elizabeth Ann DeSoto, 42, of Oklahoma City, Okla., and formerly of Scott City died Friday, Sept. 10, 1999, at the Baptist Medical Center at Oklahoma City. She was born Aug. 22, 1957, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of James Talbert and Eurcie Lee Rogers Hager...

PERRYVILLE -- Mary Naomi Creech, 79, of Perryville died Saturday, Sept. 11, 1999, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 4, 1920, at Marston, daughter of Oliver and Susan Willis Childers. She and Odell H. Creech were married Nov. 27, 1937. He died Jan. 13, 1993...

JACKSON -- Julie N. Coates, 60, of Jackson died Saturday, Sept. 11, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born April 17, 1939, at Washington, D.C., daughter of Julian Lake and Janet Brown Nugent. She and James H. Coates were married July 7, 1964...

SEATTLE -- Burial for Doreatha Riley, 63, of Seattle will be Tuesday at Lorimier Cemetery. Funeral was held in Seattle. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of local arrangements. Riley died Thursday, Sept. 2, 1999, at the Swedish Hospital in Seattle...

SIKESTON -- Ruby L. Burton, 79, of Sikeston died Saturday, Sept. 11, 1999, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born April 16, 1920, at Parkin, Ark., daughter of James and Ellie Edwards. She and Louie Burton were married in 1936 at Helena, Ark. He died Feb. 22, 1952...