Stories from Saturday, October 30, 1999

More than 400 years ago, Martin Luther started the world talking about God and the church, with the posting of his 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. And area churches are still talking about Luther. Many will mark Reformation Sunday with special services or mention of Luther's actions. Hanover Lutheran Church will hold a service at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Old Hanover Church. The Rev. Carl Rockrohr, a former missionary to Guiana, West Africa, will be the guest speaker...

Area children who attend Catholic schools know that Monday is a school holiday, but they also know why the All Saints Day celebration is held. There are feast days every day of the year for individual saints but the Nov. 1 holiday honors all saints at one time. And there are a number of them to honor...

A shampoo and set may seem like a small thing. But if you are in the hospital, feeling bad and haven't been able to shower for days, clean hair and a smart new hairdo may work better than any drug for lifting your mood. So three days each week, volunteers at the Leona Bunch Hair Care Center at St. ...

Fifteen-year-old Amanda Kridelbaugh has been missing for a month, which is unusually long for a runaway, Cape Girardeau police said."Normally we recover them much more quickly than that," said Lt. John Brown. Police are sure the girl ran away from home by her own choice, as is her mother, Julia Stanley. ...

A proposal to form an intergovernmental transportation corporation to accelerate $5 million in improvements at the Interstate 55-U.S. 61 interchange may have run into a stumbling block. The Missouri Department of Transportation staff is recommending conditions on the plan that "could pose a problem for the project," said Cape Girardeau City Manager Michael Miller...

Remember that special moment from your wedding day. Maybe it was when you looked down the aisle and saw your intended looking at you in that way that only almost-married folks look at each other. Or maybe it was when your new spouse mushed you in the face with the wedding cake just as the photographer snapped a picture. Or maybe it was when there was nobody left but the two of you and it finally hit you that you were finally married...

NEW MADRID -- A Cape Girardeau man faces up to 10 years in prison after a New Madrid County jury found him guilty of interfering with another man's arrest. In the first jury trial stemming from the June 11 melee on Good Hope Street in Cape Girardeau, Dmitri M. Bell, 19, faced two felony counts: Assault of a law enforcement officer and interfering with an arrest...

DELTA -- Detergent alone won't get white clothes white in Delta. What's needed is a new well to provide water to the Cape Girardeau County town of 500 people, says Mayor Gary Anderson. Voters on Tuesday will be asked to approve a $330,000 revenue bond issue and enact a half-cent, capital improvements sales tax. A simple majority is needed for passage of both issues...

Pat Boone will be guest speaker at the Vitae Society's third annual pro-life benefit dinner Tuesday night at the Holiday Inn. Abut 500 people are expected to attend the dinner, which will raise money for the Vitae Society's media education campaign, said Vitae Society member Bernice Buehrle. ...

MARBLE HILL -- Voters in Marble Hill will go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to make the city collector an appointed position. A simple majority is needed for passage. The job is an elected position. City officials want to make it an appointed position...

Southeast Missouri Weed and Seed has its nearly $700,000 in federal grant money back. After promises earlier this month that money had been restored for the neighborhood crime-fighting program, money is actually available now, said James Hillin, who serves as accountant for SEMO Weed and Seed."There is a drawdown procedure by phone, and they were finally able to draw funds last Friday," Hillin said...

Don Boeller retired from the Southeast Missourian Friday after 46 years in the reproduction photography department. Much has changed since Boeller began working at the newspaper in July 1953 when he was 17 and just out of high school. Boeller began in the engraving department, where he took pictures of pages, with the resulting negatives used to engrave zinc plates used in the letter press printing process. ...

Inspirational speaker Tom Ryan will visit Southeast Missouri State University on Nov. 10. Ryan will lecture at 7 p.m. in Glenn Auditorium on the topic, "How to Kick Butt in College and Your Career." The lecture is free and open to the public. A street-born entrepreneur, Ryan decided at 18 years of age that he would never work for anyone but himself...

The story has changed, but the damage remains. Missouri Department of Transportation officials say a vandal or vandals cut down and hauled off 10 trees and cut into the trunks of 14 other trees along Highway 74 (Shawnee Parkway).The 24 damaged trees were cypress, pine and maple. ...

Gambling may be facing a possible losing streak in some parts of the country. Alabama voters recently rejected their governor's plan for a state lottery. South Carolina's highest court upheld part of a referendum that said video gambling machines must be unplugged July 1. Tennessee's attempts to get a lottery this year fell short in the state Senate. What once seemed an easy sell to states for economic prosperity is finding growing disfavor among religious leaders and others...

Missouri lottery proceeds have increased an amazing 88 percent since its first year in 1987. Revenue really began to multiply when the state started earmarking lottery proceeds for education just over six years ago. In 1999, the lottery designated more than $150 million for education. ...

Southeast Missouri State University's 1999-2000 women's basketball team will face outside competition for the first time Sunday when the Otahkians take on St. Louis Goldstar in an exhibition game. The tipoff at the Show Me Center is set for 2 p.m. The contest will be one of two exhibition games the Otahkians play, the other being Nov. ...

Coming off its first victory of the season, Southeast Missouri State University's football team will shoot for a two-game winning streak today. The Indians and host Tennessee-Martin will square off in a 1 p.m. kickoff at Skyhawk Stadium in a battle of the only two squads to have not yet won an Ohio Valley Conference game this season...

Most people get all wrapped up in the outcome of high school football games, but sometimes those things pale in comparison to what really matters. Such was the case Friday night, when Vianney visited Cape Girardeau Central in a Class 5A, District 1 matchup at Houck Stadium...

JACKSON -- Mario, Mario. Wherefore art thou Mario. Try looking in the end zone. Or the district winner's circle. Or anywhere he can find an ice pack. Jackson sophomore running back Mario "Speedwagon" Whitney ran for 238 yards on 18 carries and scored two touchdowns in leading the Indians to a mammoth 41-27 district win over Poplar Bluff Friday night."This was an emotional win," said an aching Whitney after the game. ...

Both Leopold and Woodland have a history of successful girls' volleyball programs, and both schools have an opportunity to write another chapter in today's sectional tournament. Both schools claimed district championships earlier this week. Leopold (23-5) captured the Class IA, District 4 Championship over St. ...

MOREHEAD, KY -- Southeast Missouri State's women's volleyball team earned its 12th straight victory by defeating the Morehead State Eagles 15-3, 15-8, 15-8 on Friday. The Otahkians are ranked fourth in District 6 and have won 19 of their last 20 outings, improving their record to 19-5 overall and 11-1 in the OVC (Ohio Valley Conference). MSU lost its third straight and now sits with 4-20 and 3-9 marks, respectively...

Coming off strong district performances, Cape Central's boys and girls cross country teams will compete in the Class 4A sectional meet today at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis. Jackson will send several individuals while Kelly and Notre Dame's teams will be competing as in the 1A-2A district race. Perryville will be competing in a Class 3A district meet in Potosi...

PERRYVILLE -- Ted C. Bloom Jr., 50, of Perryville died Friday, Oct. 29, 1999, at John Cochran VA Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 30, 1949, in Ste. Genevieve, the son of Ted. C. and Lena Leotta Adams Bloom Sr. He and Connie Collins were married in Mississippi on March 27, 1992...

Mrs. Geneva Maxine (Allen) Maevers passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1999, at Corinthian Skilled Nursing Center in Westlake, Ohio. She was born on Nov. 1, 1925 at Burfordsville, the daughter of Ray and Rhonda (Johnson) Allen. She married Oliver Raymond Maevers on Oct. 21, 1944 at Egypt Mills. He died on Nov. 20, 1982...

~Correction: WILLIAM R. KINSLOW Williams R. Kinslow of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center.Arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Funeral Home.

James William Baylor Sr. , 79, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Oct. 29, 1999, at Heartland Care and Rehabilitation Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 2, 1920, in Fisk, son of Montie Otto and Mary W. Haynes Baylor. He and Mary Louise Jackson were married April 17, 1976, in Cape Girardeau...

ANNA, Ill. -- Elena R. Morales, 73, of Anna died Friday, Oct. 29, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 13, 1926, in Mexico City, Mexico, the daughter of Manuel and Enriqueta Flores Reuda. She and Dr. Juan Morales were married on Feb. 7, 1953...

ORAN -- Ira Rosella McWhirter, 50, of Oran died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999, at her residence. She was born May 13, 1949, in Doniphan, the daughter of Thomas Elcany and Carrie Bell Collins Wilder. She married Autrey Reynolds, who preceded her in death on Oct. 14, 1976...