Stories from Monday, January 17, 2000

Tim Caldwell of Tamms, Ill., has earned All American team status with the Country Companies Insurance Group. Caldwell is among a group of 195 Country Companies agents and agency managers who qualified for the honor. The All America status is the highest honor a Country Companies agent or agency manager can receive...

Steve Wilson, city administration at Jackson, is the new chairman of the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association (CGAIRA) board of directors. Other officers are Max G. Stovall, vice chairman, and Doug Groesbeck, secretary-treasurer. The seven-member board consists of two representatives appointed by the Cape Girardeau County Commission (Stovall and Joe F. ...

Jeffrey Jackson, formerly a reporter with the Southeast Missourian news staff, has been named editor and general manager of the Nevada Daily Mail and Sunday Herald. Jackson has been editor for the Daily Mail and Herald the past seven months. He will work with new Daily Mail-Herald publisher Carl Simpson, who was previously owner of the Nevada News, owned by Rust Communications, which also owns the Southeast Missourian...

John Wyman has been installed as president of the Southeast Missouri Restaurant Association. Wyman and his wife, Jerrianne Wyman, own and operate Mollie's Cafe, Royal N'Orleans and Europa's, in downtown Cape Girardeau. Other association officers, installed Tuesday at the group's annual installation banquet at Port Cape Girardeau Restaurant in Cape Girardeau, include Gerald Hoffman, general manager of the American Legion Post 133 at Perryville, vice president; and Paula Valle of Family Inn, Ozora, secretary-treasurer.. ...

A number of employees at Dana Corp.'s Cape Girardeau facility have received promotions. Henry Wolfe, Mike Bartels, Adrian Aguila and Ivan Lemons have been promoted to gear quality technicians. Wolfe started at Dana in 1993, Bartels in 1995, Lemons in 1997 and Aguila in 1998...

Chad Green, assistant manager at Taco John's at Cape Girardeau, is winner of a cruise for two to the Bahamas for sales during a 10-week Platters Grande sales promotion. Taco John's in Cape Girardeau recorded top sales in Taco Johns International's "Platters Grande" promotion...

Janey Miller has opened an American Family Insurance office at 130 S. High, Suite 10l, in Jackson. Miller, who has lived at Jackson eight years, previously worked with Immaculate Conception Church and School, and at Main Street Fitness. The new office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and 9 to noon Saturday...

Snider Paranormal Investigations has opened in Cape Girardeau. The new business at 733 Broadway is a paranormal investigation service that "if a person thinks they have ghosts in their house or area, we use our knowledge and equipment to tell if the house is really haunted," said Frank Snider, owner of the company and one of its investigators...

Home Health Supply Co., which specializes in all types of home health products and equipment, including oxygen, wheelchairs and related medical accessories, will open at 760 S. Kingshighway in the Eagle Peak Building. The company will occupy 5,625 square feet for offices, showroom and service area...

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. Nearly everyone has heard about small, growing companies with skyrocketing stock prices. Many investors are drawn to these success stories and have put a large percentage of their investment dollars into small-company stocks. Is this a wise investment strategy?...

Apollo 2001 Dating Service is observing its 10th anniversary in Cape Girardeau. The dating service, owned by Clyde L. Benson, enables singles searching for love, romance, friendship or dates to meet and find their match. With more than 3,500 members in the Apollo 200l database looking for friends and dates, the service is a personalized service...

Sue Phillips has joined Totally You Hair Salon at 42 N. Spanish. Phillips, a graduate of the former Cape Girardeau School of Beauty Culture, now Stage One The Hair School, has more than 18 years experience in the beauty industry. She previously worked and managed the beauty salon at Famous Barr seven years, and Hair Biz nine years...

Numbers can tell the business and/or economic story. And, if the numbers are any indication, Missouri's business posted a good year overall. In this corner, we'll take a look today at some happenings statewide. We'll follow Jan. 24 with a look at some of the same statistics in the Southeast Missouri area...

People wanting to enter the investment advisory business in Missouri are required to take an examination to demonstrate their competency to conduct investment advisory activities. Securities Commissioner Douglas F. Wilburn issued an order last week requiring investment adviser applicants complete a new Uniform Investment Adviser Examination, also known as the Series 65 Examination...

The Bootheel Regional Planning Commission's tourism brochures about the Bootheel are being distributed throughout the state. The brochures give information about overnight accommodations, historical and cultural attractions, golf courses and antique shops. The brochures are being distributed by the Missouri Division of Tourism Centers...

Two St. Louis-based financial services companies have been ranked among the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America," by Fortune Magazine. Edward Jones, No. 7 on the list, employs about 15,000 people, including at offices at Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Sikeston. This is the second year for Jones on the list...

The ADDY Awards, sponsored by the Tri-State Advertising and Marketing Professionals of Southeast Missouri, will be announced Feb. 24, in the ballroom of the University Center at Southeast Missouri State University. The local contest in the American Advertising awards competition is the first leg of a three-tiered national competition, conducted annually by the American Advertising Federation...

Cape Girardeau and Kelly school districts have little in common in terms of size and comparison. However, both districts have one similar goal this year: Each wants voter approval of a bond issue to finance major capital projects. Bond issues allow school districts to incur indebtedness to finance capital projects. The need for the money may be diverse, from a desire to buy buses to renovation efforts to a need for a new school...

Construction and building permits didn't exactly come roaring into 1999 like a lion -- more like a lamb. A meek lamb. Hampered by extreme cold and icy conditions in January, builders hesitated to make applications for permits. January numbers from the Cape Girardeau Division of Inspection Services experienced the slowest January construction starts in more than five years...

Many college students would deal with car problems by calling mom or dad and asking for money. Viva doesn't have that luxury. The 20-year-old Southeast Missouri State University student went into foster care at age 17 when her mother's parental rights were terminated. So when her car broke down recently she had no family network to fall back on. Instead Viva called her case worker from the Division of Family Services' Independent Living Program...

Dr. William G. Gillespie marched in Montgomery, Ala., with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was among the 200,000 people at the March on Washington in 1963, the occasion of King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech. But years before those historic events, the Presbyterian minister did something that remains his personal contribution to the Civil Rights movement: He resurrected a church that had chosen to close rather than integrate...

Candi Brooks retreated to her parents' home across the street, no longer able to watch as a Sunday evening fire engulfed her two-story frame home she and her children rented at 801 Beaudean Lane. Fear showed on the faces of her three children aged 2, 3 and 4, too young to realize the severity of the day's events, as Brooks sobbed over the family's lost possessions...

Agenda Cape Girardeau City Council Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Council chambers, 401 Independence Study session at 5 p.m. Public hearings Consent ordinances (Second and third readings) New ordinances (First reading) Resolutions (Reading and passage)...

Jackson Board of Aldermen Agenda 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18 City Hall Public Hearings -- Hearing under Chapter 88 RSMo, relative to the South Bast Street Improvement Project. -- Hearing to consider the rezoning request for all the property addressed as 1600 N. High St. from R-2 (single-family residential) to C-2 (general commercial) as submitted by Ronald Clark and Bobbie Clark...

CITY OF Roses, or City of Litter. I suggest we change it to City of Litter. Driving around town, I see a lot more litter than roses. CLINTON DOESN'T want to move to New York. His home is in Arkansas. Hillary isn't from Arkansas. She wants to run for office, and Bill's just letting her have her turn. Bill did a good job for Arkansas. After he was defeated, they re-elected him. Believe you me, he'd rather be back in Arkansas...

A program that has worked well to help deter crime in many cities across the country has caught on in rural Cape Girardeau County, and county residents can be thankful for it. A system of Neighborhood Watch areas, which rely on residents of the areas to observe and report suspicious happenings, has been set up in most of rural Cape Girardeau County...

We don't always know everything that is being said about us. Such was the case with former Missouri governor Warren E. Hearnes, who learned only recently that he was mentioned as a possible candidate for special prosecutor in the Watergate scandal in 1973...

People wondered how Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball team would bounce back from Thursday's upset loss at Tennessee-Martin. The answer: just fine. That was evident Saturday night as the Indians started strong, lagged some in the second half and then stormed back to stun host Murray State 84-78 in what has to be one of the bigger wins for Southeast on the Division I level...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southeast Missouri State University women's indoor track team had six first-place performances during Saturday's Saluki Booster Club Invitational hosted by Southern Illinois. Mississippi State won the meet with 134 points, SIU was second with 107 and Southeast placed third with 102. Rounding out the field were Mississippi (96), Vanderbilt (60), Tennessee State (35), Lindendwood (8) and Murray State (6)...

WOLF -- LAKE, Ill. -- Cape Central's eighth grade boys basketball team defeated Shawnee 64-43 Saturday. Mitch Craft netted 20 points and Michael Brown scored 13 for Central, which improved to 6-3.

POPLAR BLUFF -- The Eagle Ridge Christian boys basketball team suffered two losses in the Southern Missouri Christian Schools Invitational Saturday, falling to 4-4 on the season. Two players for Southern Missouri Christian School combined for 67 points to seal a 77-69 semifinal victory over Eagle Ridge...

SIKESTON -- Mildred Adams, 90, of Sikeston died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2000, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born July 5, 1909, in Calloway County, Ky., daughter of Otis W. and Noma Fain Stubblefield. She and Harry Adams were married March 24, 1928. He died Nov. 7, 1941...

Mattie Walker, 45, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2000, at Southeast Hospital. Arrangements are pending at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Marguerita Duval, 70, of Jonesboro died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2000, at her home. She will be cremated and there will be no services. Hileman and Parr Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.

STURDIVANT -- H. M. Stepp Jr., 76, of Sturdivant died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2000, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital at St. Louis. He was born March 27, 1923, at Sturdivant, son of Harrison and Arleva Smith Stepp. He and Berniece Becker were married Nov. 15, 1973, at Ironton...

Charles Henry "Bud" Stockman, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 14, 2000, at the Beverly Health and Rehab Center. He was born Nov. 12, 1916, at Belleville, Ill., son of Simin and Alma Schmidt Stockman. He and Betty Butler were married Aug. 1, 1947, at Jackson. She died April 19, 1999...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Joseph Ralph Bain, 86, of East Prairie died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2000. He was born April 7, 1913, at Camden, Tenn., son of Joseph Newton and Delia Herrin Bain. He and Gertrude Isadore Thresher were married Dec. 9, 1951, at East Prairie...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Judy Beggs Thompson, 58, of Dongola died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2000, at Memorial Hospital at Carbondale. She was born Oct. 25, 1941, at Dongola, daughter of Melvin Lewis and Ina Belle Corzine Beggs. She was a member of the Church of Christ, attending the Wetaug congregation...

Joseph H. Quatmann IV, 86, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, passed away at his home on Saturday, January 15, 2000. He was born April 24, 1913, at St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Joseph H. and Anna Cecelia Hopkins Quatmann III. He married Marian Hass on May 13, 1939, at Little Flower Parish, St. Louis, Missouri. She preceded in death Feb. 19, 1987...