Stories from Monday, October 25, 1999

Dana Corp. has announced record sales and profits for the third quarter. The most recent financial report shows third-quarter sales of $3.1 billion, up 6 percent from the third quarter of 1998. Net income increased to $161 million, and earnings per share increased to 97 cents, including non-recurring charges of $10.5 million (6 cents a share).Excluding the acquisition costs, net income for the quarter jumped 30 percent, to $136 million, and earning per share rose 28 percent, to 82 cents...

Dr. Laura Evans, of Kelso, has joined Dr. Greg Leet's Family Optometric Practice in Cape Girardeau and Jackson.Evans, a graduate of University of Missouri-St. Louis School of Optometry, is a member of the Beta Sigma Kappa National Honor Society for Optometry.Evans is trained to practice full scope optometry including bifocal contact lenses, refractive surgery consultations, glaucoma management, pediatrics and general family eyecare...

Ricki A. Ing, of Prudential Bridgeport Inc., Realtors, in Cape Girardeau, has received the eCertified designation from Prudential Real Estate Affiliates Inc.The designation is award to Prudential sales representatives who meet extensive criteria and complete the eCertified program training.As an eCertified agent, Ing is required top have knowledge of Internet marketing solutions available to market consumers' properties, office automation products, graphic file types and know-how to use them ...

Jerry Tomlinson of Sikeston has been named an agent for Country Companies Insurance Group.Tomlinson recently completed the insurance group's New Agent School.He serves customers from his office at 1200 N. Kingshighway, Suite 3, in Cape Girardeau.

ThursdayJackson Industrial Development Co. Banquet, Enchanted Gardens, Jackson, 6 p.m.Tri-State Advertising & Marketing Professionals, Party Room, University Center.Nov. 18Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission meeting, New Madrid, Becky Sharp's Restaurant.Regional Commerce & Growth Association (RCGA) banquet, Drury Lodge, 6 p.m...

Workforce In., a regional full-service employment company, has been honored by Inc. 500 magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing privately held companies in the Untied States.Workforce, which serves hundreds of client companies in Southeast Missouri, was number 207 on the latest Inc. 500 list...

The Tri-State Advertising & Marketing Professionals will meet Thursday at the Party Roomin the University Center.Mike Smythe, co-author of "The Pros and Cons of Media," and host of Heartland Business Break on KFVS-12, will be guest speaker at the noon meeting...

The Jackson Industrial Development Co. Banquet will be held Thursday at the Enchanted Gardens Banquet Hall in Jackson, starting at 6 p.m.Additional information and reservations -- $15 per person -- are available by calling the Jackson Chamber of Commerce, 243-8131...

Henry Hungerbeeler, new director of the Missouri Department of Transportation, will be guest speaker at the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission meeting, to be held at Becky Sharp's Restaurant in New Madrid Nov. 18.Hungerbeeler will discuss future plans of MoDOT...

David Plassman and Debra K. Johns have completed extra education courses. Plassman, a CPA and accounting supervisor for Schott & Van de Ven, Certified Public Accountants, of Cape Girardeau, has completed Employee Benefits and Compensation training toward a Certificate of Educational Achievement Awards. ...

Dr. David L. Kaelin of Cape Girardeau has achieved Fellowship status from the American College of Dentists (ACD).Kaelin, past president of the Southeast Dental Society, received the Fellowship designation during the ACD annual meeting and convocation in Honolulu, Hawaii...

Stone Manes of Ceramo Company Inc., of Jackson, has been named alternate ATA vice president during the recent Missouri Motor Carriers Association's (MMCA) annual convention, held in Branson. Other officers elected including Mike Stuckenscheider of Jack's Truck Rental, Jefferson City, MMCA chairman; Larry Morgan, Gencom Inc., Marshall, 1st vice chairman; Dough Babcock, Fleming-Babcock, Inc., Riverside, 2nd vice chairman; Spook Whitener, Trailer Corp., Springfield, 3rd vice chairman; Danny Opie, Opies Transport, Inc., Eldon, treasurer and Jim O'Neal, O&S Trucking Springfield, ATA vice president.. ...

The Southeast Missourian has been honored by the United States Department of Agriculture-Rural Development for working closes with the Jackson Local Office of USDA-Rural Development to provide time information to the residents of Cape Girardeau and surrounding counties...

Commerce Bancshares Inc., a Missouri-based banking holding company with headquarters offices in St. Louis and Kansas City, has been ranked among the "Top 10" banks in the United States in overall performance. Salomon Smith Barney reviewed and rated the top 50 banks in the nation, based on performance, productivity, asset-quality and capital measure as of yearend 1998...

The new industrial controls lab in the Otto and Della Seabaugh Polytechnic Building at Southeast Missouri State University, has been named for Rockwell Automation. Rockwell has made a commitment of $150,000 to support the lab. In recognition of the commitment and past support of the university's industrial technology program by both Rockwell Automation and Schott Electric Supply, the appoint Rockwell distributor in this region, the new lab, located on the second floor of the new Polytechnic Building, will bear the name of Rockwell Automation."We are appreciative of Rockwell's generous support, which has made an exemplary state-of-the-art lab possible, said Dr. ...

Felix Pardo and Michael Clarke are making the rounds of some Lone Star Industries Inc. facilities to introduce Dyckerhoff, AG as the new owner of the giant United States cement manufacturer. Pardo was recently appointed chairman, of the Board of Directors at Lone Star Industries, replacing David Wallace who is retiring.Clarke has been named president and Chief Executive Officer of the company replacing William Troutman, who will retire after a brief transition period. ...

David Tobin demonstrated a video spectral comparator made by Foster and Freeman, Ltd. of Worcestershire, U.K. It is used by forensic scientists to examine documents for possible alteration. Doug Peavey swears his barbecue sauce is the favorite among crime scene investigators...

Schott Electrical Distributors Inc., 1109 N. Kingshighway, is observing its 40th anniversary in Cape Girardeau. The company was founded in 1959, by William B. Schott and his children -- Dorothy Schott Holland, Harold Schott and Robert Schott. Schott Electric started by selling electrical item, cooling products, lighting and appliances...

Thirty-month-old Addie Mae Stucker thinks the pumpkin decorations at her house are pretty neat. There are more than 150 pumpkin decorations in the front lawn and just as many inside reported her mother Mary Stucker. "I saw people hanging eggs in the trees at Easter and I thought why not pumpkins," she said. This is the second year for the Stucker decorations...

Connie Griswold of Jackson enjoys seeing young trick-or-treaters run up her walk in anticipation of the sweets they will receive on Halloween night.The home of Griswold and her husband, Rick, on Ridge Road is a popular one because the couple loves to decorate for holidays with the wooden decorations Rick makes. ...

WHITEWATER -- Volunteer firefighters from four rural fire districts battled a house fire for more than three hours Sunday before extinguishing it. No one was hurt. Firefighters from Whitewater, Delta, East Cape County and Millersville responded to the call. Some departments, like East Cape, sent manpower while Delta and Whitewater tackled much of the early flames...

The flurry of activity associated with college planning officially begins today when the 11th annual Regional College Fair is held at the Show Me Center. High school juniors and seniors from some 19 area schools will attend the event from noon to 2:30 to gain information from recruiters representing more than 70 colleges, vocational schools and military branches...

Kelli Visser, 32, of Grand Blanc, Mich., was treated and released from Southeast Missouri Hospital for injuries she sustained when a deer ran into the side of her vehicle. Visser was northbound early Sunday morning on Highway 61 in Scott County, two miles north of Benton. According to state police reports, a large deer ran onto the road and struck the Visser auto...

You never know who you might meet while going door to door to gather signatures on a petition for city council office. Sometimes it's your opposition. Ken Lipps and Ray Primonato are both seeking a seat on the Cape Girardeau City Council representing Ward 4. The two met last week while collecting signatures for their respective petitions...

Missouri is making headway in its meth fight, but most of the meth producers and traffickers who have been caught have been small operators. As a result of that success, there has been increased meth trafficking in Missouri by large cartels from South America and California who hope to meet the demand for the drug...

Anyone who might question the fact that Missouri has the dubious honor of ranking second only to California in methamphetamine production need only look at what authorities discovered this month in rural Jefferson County near St. Louis. Acting on an anonymous tip, Jefferson County sheriff's deputies and federal authorities were led to a 10-acre site that contained 100 -- that's right, one hundred -- open-air methamphetamine-cooking labs that they believe had been in operation for six months to a year.. ...

Times change. Before his recent veto was overridden, Gov. Mel Carnahan couldn't lose. And before Kurt Warner came along, the St. Louis Rams couldn't win. Maybe it's unfair to accuse Vice President Gore of being stiff. He may just be suffering muscle fatigue from looking over his shoulder to see if Bill Bradley is gaining...

Southeast Missouri State University football players Brian Hinton and Rashad West were honored by the Ohio Valley Conference Sunday for their performances during Saturday's 28-23 win over Southwest Missouri State. Hinton, a senior cornerback, was named OVC Defensive Player of the Week. He stopped two SMS fourth-quarter drives with interceptions, including one on the game's final play. Hinton returned the two interceptions a total of 80 yards...

The Cape Central Junior High football teams posted two lopsided wins over Jackson Saturday. Mitch Craft rushed for four touchdowns and over 300 yards in the 41-16 eighth-grade game. Chris Slaughter added a rushing touchdown and Kyle Schuessler pulled in a touchdown pass from Mark Dunaway. Chuck Jones intercepted a pass for the Tigers. Central's eighth grade finishes 3-3...

PERRYVILLE -- Martha M. Tootie Barks Cowan, 76, of Perryville died Sunday, Oct. 24, 1999, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Nov. 27, 1922, at Farmington, daughter of Henry and Myrtle Thomure Wells. She and Perry Barks were married in 1942. He died in 1973. She and Ralph Cowan were married Jan. 18, 1976...

CYPRESS, Ill. -- Verla Littleton, 63, of Cypress died Saturday, Oct. 23, 1999, at Western Baptist Hospital at Paducah, Ky. Arrangements are pending at the Wilson Funeral Home at Karnak.

ANNA, Ill. -- Lloyd E. Sitter, 70, of Anna, died Sunday, Oct. 24, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna.

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Levern Lingle McGregor, 91, of Carbondale died Friday, Oct. 22, 1999, at Memorial Hospital at Carbondale. She was born Jan. 26, 1908, at Makanda, daughter of Lou and R.W. Lingle. She and John E. McGregor were married June 28, 1928. He died in August 1977...

ORAN -- Helen Mary Reischman, 84, of Oran died Saturday, Oct. 23, 1999, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born, May 4, 1915, at Oran, daughter of Charles George and Louise Felter Diebold. She and Christian William Reischman were married June 5, 1954, at Oran. He died Oct. 12, 1970...

Roy Paul Fischer, 75, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Oct. 23, 1999, at his home. He was born Aug. 3, 1924, at Caruthersville, son of Val and Augusta Gross Fischer. He and Seairl May were married June 30, 1975, at Jackson. He worked as a waiter at the Purple Crackle in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., the Marquette Hotel and Blue Note. He retired in 1979...