Stories from Saturday, October 9, 1999

Logs on the Fenwick cabin were numbered with metal tags for reassembly at the Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna. The soft, autumn colors illuminated German religious texts in the main house at the Saxon Memorial. FROHNA -- The sights and sounds of Germany will come alive today during the 19th annual Fall Festival at the Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna...

A weekend of rain probably won't be enough to make the drought go away, but it could make other things disappear. The burning ban for Cape Girardeau County was rescinded Friday by the County Commission, and a request to residents of the city Cape Girardeau to conserve water also was dropped...

These youngsters will participate in the Oct. 16 Children's Fun run to benefith the Saint Francis Foundation's "Children Helping Children fund." From left: Dion Adamas, Carly Jansen, Marla Popp, Cassey Popp, Ellen Hulsey, Courtney Schneider, Emily Jaskowski, J.K. Roche, Chrissie Roche, Carly Schneider, Billy Mansell, Christie Adams, St. Francis Pediatric Outreach Coordinator; Kody Dowdy, Kollin Groves and Kameron Groves...

Betty Avant had been told so often that she was too old and sick to work that she had begun to believe she would fail at every job she tried. Then she entered the Jump Start for Jobs program, where she was told she was capable and talented. On Friday Avant graduated from the two-week training program with renewed confidence, self-esteem and a new job...

CHARLESTON -- A contract for construction of a maximum-security prison at Charleston was awarded to an Illinois contractor Friday. The 1,500-bed Southeast Correctional Center will be built by River City Construction of Benton, Ill., at a cost of $70,933,000...

This is not where I envisioned myself 10 years ago. As an 18 year old, I had dreams of being a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press or a Russian interpreter for the White House or United Nations. I wanted to travel for a few years before settling down in a not-so-big city near the East Coast with a well-paying and wondrously simple public relations job. Only then would I think about getting married and having children...

Donut Drive-In, 1617 Independence, was closed by the Cape Girardeau County Health Department for several hours Thursday. Responding to a complaint, department inspectors found that a sewer had backed up at Donut Drive-In, and they ordered the business closed until the problem was resolved and the area disinfected, sanitation department records said...

SCOTT CITY -- Scott City residents have a week to carve their pumpkins, put out their mums, tack up their autumn wreaths or spread their spider webs. Next Saturday, judging will begin for the first home decoration contest during Scott City's Railroad Day...

To the editor: I appreciated the opportunity to be quoted in your Sept. 10 newspaper article concerning ragweed pollination and hay fever. However, the article contains misinformation regarding ragweed pollination. It is not true that "levels are highest by late afternoon and early evening." In fact, ragweed pollination occurs during the early daylight hours, and levels of pollen peak in midmorning...

Today is Southeast Missouri State University's time to shine in the spotlight as part of its annual Homecoming festivities. Alumni and friends return to the campus for a long list of activities, which began Friday and continue through Sunday. A highlight of the weekend will be the Homecoming parade. It begins this morning at 9:30 a.m. at Capaha Park. It will proceed east on Broadway to Main Street...

Southeast Missouri State University's Homecoming is just the start of community activities that will keep Cape Girardeau rocking this weekend. The third annual City of Roses Music Festival will bring the talents of nearly 80 bands together for music fans. There will be something for everyone, from rock 'n roll to folk, from rhythm and blues to country, from Christian rock to bluegrass...

GORDONVILLE -- Some things have changed at Christ Lutheran Church over the past century, but the word of God and teachings of the Lutheran congregation have remained true, its pastor says. The Rev. Lee Cullen admits times have changed from the days when members sat by gender for worship or when the majority of members came from farming families...

Dr. Fred E. Rawlins likes swimming. Twice this year, the 83-year-old Cape Girardeau doctor has crossed the Mississippi River, starting on an Illinois sandbar upriver from Honker's Boat Dock at Cape Girardeau and finishing about halfway between Honker's Dock and the Broadway entrance to river in downtown Cape Girardeau, a distance of more than a mile...

Solving the Ohio Valley Conference's top-rated defense will be one of Southeast Missouri State University's primary missions today as the football Indians shoot for their first victory of the season. Tennessee Tech, which boasts one of the nation's stingiest Division I-AA defenses, visits Houck Stadium for today's 1 p.m. homecoming game...

JACKSON -- Anyone who follows Jackson athletics knows of Tory Meyr the football player, the basketball player and the baseball player. But Tory Meyr the actor? There had to be some reason Meyr didn't have anyone within at least 10 yards of him when quarterback Chris Stockton hit him down the left sideline for a 60-yard touchdown...

Kelly will be looking for revenge while Perryville will be looking to make more school history as the high school softball playoffs continue today. Perryville takes on Lutheran South in a Class 3A quarterfinal game at noon while Kelly face Linn in a Class 2A quarterfinal contest at 2 p.m...

SCOTT CITY -- Scott City Highs football team will have to wait a few days before going after its fifth win of the season.Friday night's scheduled game between the Rams and visiting Caruthersville was postponed as several banks of lights at Scott City's field would not come on.Despite the efforts of AmerenUE workers, the power could not be restored and the game was rescheduled for Monday at 5:30 p.m. ...

Lillian Marie Hanebrink, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 8, 1999, at the Lutheran Home. She was born July 1, 1910, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Julius L. and Emma Schrader Steger. She and Thurman Hanebrink were married April 14, 1935, in St. Louis. He died April 20, 1996...

SCOTT CITY -- Betty Fannie Taylor, 59, of Scott City died Friday, Oct. 8, 1999, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born April 29, 1939, in Alabama, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Leona Alderson Decker. Survivors include a daughter, Patricia Nehring of Reno, Nev.; a sister, Mary Renfroe of Hughes Springs, Texas; and three grandchildren...

POCAHONTAS -- Edna A. "Arlene" Leimbach, 68, of Pocahontas died Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral Mass for Jean Golden of Cape Girardeau will be held at 9:30 a.m. today at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson. Msgr. Edward Eftink will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements...

Thomas James "TJ" McFerron, 80, of Belleville, Ill., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Oct. 8, 1999, at Willow Creek Nursing Home in Belleville. He was born on Oct. 27, 1918, at Randles, son of Arthur Ford and Lucy Jane Beck McFerron. He married Virginia Latham on July 6, 1948, at Piggott, Ark...

Thomas Walter Haynie, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 8, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born on Feb. 11, 1928, at McGee, the son of Roy Charles and Myrtle Pearl McGee Haynie. He married Laura Marie Burrell on Nov. 25, 1948, at Osceola, Ark...

EUREKA, Ill. -- Marie Hannum, 94, of Eureka and formerly of Cobden, died Friday, Oct. 8, 1999, at Apostolic Nursing Home in Eureka. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna.

Daughter to Jennifer Renee McAfee of Sikeston, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:56 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999. Name, Kristen Renee. Weight, 6 pounds 6 ounces. First child. Miss McAfee is the daughter of David and Georgia McAfee of Sikeston. She is employed at Big Kmart in Sikeston...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral for Syvella Henson of Charleston will be held at 1 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Edward Thomason will officiate. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery. Henson, 69, died Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999, at her home. She was born Jan. 21, 1930, in Tuckerman, Ark., daughter of W.A. and Ollie May Helms McTigue. She and George Robert Henson were married Aug. 9, 1951. He died Dec. 12, 1988...