Stories from Monday, May 8, 2000

Heavenly Ham has been named best in its category for the ninth consecutive year by Entrepreneur Magazine. Franchised by Paradise Foods Inc., Roswell, Ga., Heavenly Ham was founded in 1984 and offers honey-spiced, glazed hams and turkeys along with a full line of side dishes, breads and cookies...

Tuesday Jackson Chamber of Commerce "Business After Hours," 5 p.m., Chamber Conference Room. Old Town Cape "Vision Session," 5:30-9 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Broadway and Lorimier. Wednesday Old Town Cape "Vision Session" review, 5-6:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Broadway and Lorimier...

The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions at Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Perryville and Malden this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available May 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call 335-3312 for appointment...

The Jackson Chamber of Commerce will kick off its "Business Before Hours" this month. The 7:30 a.m. program will be held May 19, at the Enchanted Gardens. Ron Anderson, Jackson school superintendent, and a school board member will present the program on the school bond issue...

Union Planters Corp. has reported first-quarter net earnings of $101.3 million, or 73 cents per share, compared to $97.4 million and 67 cents per share during the same quarter a year ago. The 2000 results include two acquisitions in Indiana and Florida...

The nation's manufacturing sector registered further growth in April, though at a slightly slower pace than March, while the increase in prices for raw materials also moderated. Yet the figures last week from the National Association of Purchasing Management and a separate report of a surprising rise in construction spending in March paint a picture of such a strong economy that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates more aggressively, economists said...

Plaza Tire Service Inc. of Cape Girardeau will open a new store at Herrin, Ill., next month. Plaza Tire has 36 stores in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Arkansas. The company offers full lines of Dayton, Centennial, Bridgestone, Firestone, Continental, Michelin and Kelly Springfield farm tires, along with an auto service department, which provides brakes, shocks, batteries and wheel alignment...

The U.S. economy is set to grow well into the second half of the year, say reports released last week, while the government provided fresh evidence in a separate report that rising interest rates have done little to dissuade new home buyers. Analysts said the figures pointed to further interest rate increases by inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve...

With the economy in high gear, Americans continued to pour into auto dealerships in April, boosting sales of cars and light trucks by about 11 percent. Some industry leaders said sales got a temporary boost with cut-rate financing deals and cash rebates that were too high to sustain. But nearly every automaker reported sales gains, with newer models driving much of the increase...

One cow wore big glasses, like the late Chicago Cub sportscaster Harry Caray. This was not a live, four-legged cow that chewed its cud or bellowed out a big "moo." It was a a giant fiberglass-and-polyester cow, one of more than 330 of the mechanical "Cows on Parade" in downtown Chicago last year...

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. If you're self-employed or a small-business owner, then you've got many responsibilities. You've got to attract new business. You've got to keep your cash flow running smoothly. You've got to make sure your customers are satisfied...

Career-oriented jobs were scarce in Hayti in 1985. Daryl Vaughn, enthusiastic, energetic and a recent graduate of Hayti High School that year, settled in as an employee of a fast-food restaurant. "It was not the type of work I wanted for the rest of my life," said Vaughn, but what was there to do?...

Leonard Owens practiced welding technique as his teacher, Neal Ayers, observed at Mingo Job Corps near Puxico. During a recent year, as many as 85 summer fires were reported in the Mark Twain Forest in Missouri. Firefighting crews from the Mingo Job Corps responded to many of the forest fires...

The Cape Girardeau City Council has taken the first step in putting an extension of the Transportation Trust Fund sales tax on the Aug. 8 primary election ballot. The council is certain to put the matter to a vote of city residents with final readings of an ordinance this month...

A number of employees at Dana Corp.'s Cape Girardeau facility have received promotions. Joe Howard , who joined Dana in December 1994, has been promoted to D Shift Cell Leader in Department 100. He has been in Department since January 1995. Eric Reed has been promoted to A Shift Cell Leader in Department 144/145. He started with Dana in October 1993 in Department 200...

Three Southeast Missourians, including Craig Compas of Cape Girardeau, were among 75 newly registered professional engineers who were invited to attend a certificate ceremony at Jefferson City recently, sponsored by the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers and the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Also invited to attend the ceremony were John Hewster of Bloomfield, and Jay Lancaster of Sikeston...

WARE, Ill. -- A small plot of ground at the intersection of Illinois Routes 3 and 146 here is taking on a new look -- a miniature ecological area. You add some rocks, stone and gravel, a waterscape and water plants, and you have your own "naturescape," said Michael McLane, a spokesman for Lotus Naturescape, a new business in Ware...

The Missouri Department of Transportation, through a series of what it calls consensus meetings, wants to know how Missourians think state highway money should be spent. MoDOT didn't ask about specific highway projects. Instead, it asked what proportions of its money should be spent on highways, aviation, bicycle and pedestrian accommodations, rail and bus service between cities and public transportation...

Andy Dirnberger, who started his career as a chef at the former Flaming Pit Restaurant in Cape Girardeau more than three decades ago, is returning to Cape Girardeau, as executive chef at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. Country club directors announced Dirnberger's appointment last week...

Elizabeth "Beth" Schmucker of Cape Girardeau, president of Regional Social Scene, Ltd., recently attended the Governor's Economic Summit on Women in Business, held at the Holiday Inn Select Expo Center in Columbia. Aida Alvarez, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration; Missouri Treasurer Bob Holden; and Rebecca McDowell Cook, Missouri Secretary of State, were among feature speakers at the conference...

John E. Carpenter, Cape Girardeau County Coroner, recently attended the annual Missouri Coroner-Medical Association Training session at Jefferson City. He attended classes on death scene investigations, DNA investigations, meth lab investigations and other topics. He also received 14 hours of training for the Missouri Law Enforcement Academy...

Bill Kenney, former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, and a candidate for Missouri Lieutenant Governor, will be guest speaker at the Jackson Chamber of Commerce Banquet and Awards dinner, June 19, at the Knights of Columbus Hall. The Jackson Chamber is adding a new award to this year's event the "Business of the Year" award...

The stereotypical image of a nurse is the person who checks your IV in a hospital or gives you a shot in a doctor's office. But nursing has increasingly become a profession of specialists. "There's been an expansion of nursing into a multitude of settings," said registered nurse Bobbi Morris, a nurse practitioner at Southeast Missouri State University and president of the District Nurses Association. ...

A private university in Missouri wants students to cash in on culture. Beginning this fall, William Woods University in Fulton will offer a tuition break to freshmen who attend cultural events on campus. The freshmen will receive $5,000 off the $13,000 tuition for attending cultural events and participating in student organizations during the school year...

Cape Girardeau motorists might be driving in circles once the city constructs its first roundabout later this year. The Cape Girardeau City Council awarded a bid Monday on construction of the Silver Springs Road from William Street north to the existing road south of Independence. The project is part of the current Transportation Trust Fund program...

Wednesday, May 10 at 7 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence St. Hearings Discussion and voting on applicaions. Subdivision plats Other items...

JACKSON -- A remnant from when roads were owned by companies instead of by the government stands at 816 Old Cape Road. The structure is the last tollhouse still standing of many that controlled the system of toll roads crisscrossing Cape Girardeau County during the last half of the 19th century...

A Honor Roll 12th Grade Sanaria Alexander, Mark Barylski, Sarah Belcher, Rebecca Bieser, Elizabeth Bishop, Ryan Bollwerk, Hayley Bridges, Michelle Bryan, Jessica Burns, Laura Canupp, Michael Cheung, Allen Christian, Margaret Clark, Krista Coleman, Justin Cook, Katherine Cozby, Laura Crump, Jennifer Daume, Lillian Dean, Melissa Evans, Ty Fidler, Mark Fisher, Lindsey Francis, Collin Giles, Christina Gore, Kelley Green, Cathleen Harris, Carrie Johnson, Lindsey Johnson, Saira Khan, Katherine Kunz, Tanya Labruyere, Joanna Lee, Sara Little, Jean Maguire, Elizabeth Meyr, Greg Miller, Casey Mueller, Alex Parsons, Jillian Patton, Amanda Peterman, Sabrina Pledger, Ross Redfearn, Katie Rose, Erin Ross, Sarah Rutherford, Nathan Short, Tyson Suhre, Jennifer Taylor, Christina Vannostrand, Dionna Webb, Eric Wessel, Rashida Wilson, Amber Wissman, David Wyatt, Nichole Zoellner.. ...

A Honor Roll 6th Grade Lizzy Alberson, Litten Alley, Lance Althenthan, Trenton Beckham, Trevor Beckham, Jill Blattner, Matt Bottoms, Tyler Bruce, Kate Caughlan, Ty Craft, Tatianna Cwick, Amanda Dewrock, Wendy Dirden, Blake Driskell, Alex Eom, Danielle Fee, Stacey Fike, Paige Foley, Autumn Gaines, Amanda Girard, Christophe Griffith, Alisha Haman, Brittney Hiett, Clayton Hill, Austin Johnson, Robert Kaverman, Sarah Kinnison, Lisa Lane, Lisa Langenfeld, Emilee Lohrmann, Madison Lowrance, Olivia Maki, Hugh McGowan, Trevor Neels, Robin Phelps, Jesse Pyeatte, Tara Raddle, Ida Shafaie, Suzie Tufts, Paul Veneziano, Conrad Westrich, Chelsea White, David Zimmer, Susan Zimmer.. ...

A Honor Roll 6th Grade Lindsay Abercrombie, Kayla Auer, Karen Broemmelsick, Dave Deisher, Jami Dement, Whitley Dabbs, Dani Gross, Aaron Huey, Beau Jordan, Thomas Keener, Zach Kluesner, Carrie Lasky, Brianna LeGrand, Kirk Lohmann, Lorrin Lynn, Kris Metje, Catherine Moreton, Cara Mueller, Garrett Ozbun, Behram Shah, Abbi Sims, Aaron Thornsberry, Monica Toole, Joe Van Nostrand...

A Honor Roll 6th Grade Sarah Goeke, Allyson Herbst, Lydia Pratt. 5th Grade Jorie Derusha, Matt Hileman, Callie Hoffman, Brittany Rhodes, Claire Segar. 4th Grade Marjorie Savoy, Katie Scholl. B Honor Roll 6th Grade Malcolm Boyce, Aimee Childers, Jeremy Dillon, Andrea Hill, Lex Juden, Carson Kelley, John Kipper, Justin Lane, Jacob Marberry, Marti Riley, Carman Scholl, Sophia Tramposh, Aaron Zlokovich...

A Honor Roll 7th Grade Elizabeth LaFoe. 6th Grade Sam Bornstein, Laura Brown. B Honor Roll 6th Grade Nathan Kolda, Candice Perry. 5th Grade Alex Kies. 4th Grade Will LaFoe.

A Honor Roll 12th Grade Leslie Adams, Jennifer Bucher, Jill Edwards, Amy Essner, Bonnie Essner, Leeanna Essner, Bryan Glosemeyer, Carrie Halter, Michelle Hency, Nathaniel Hirtz, Michelle Hulshof, Emily Lange, Kevin Lankheit, Veronica Marquart, Janel Mason, Caroline Mueller, Jason Peters, Scott Reinagel, Tim Robert, Christine Schneider, Amanda Sharp, Michael Sirimaturos, Brandon Smiley, Richard Smith, Jean Stoverink, Natalie Watts, Sally Welter, Thomas Wencewicz...

A Honor Roll 8th Grade Kristen Boos, Amanda Dirnberger, Loreal Garner, Smantha Lantvit, Vanessa Rutherford. 7th Grade Kent Buxton, Zach Dillard, Rita Jo Dirnberger, Allison Essner, Chris Heggemann, Whittney Hite, Sarah Huber, Alison Martin, Whitney Ostendorf, Anthony Riley, Kelsey Scheeter, Amber Tenholder...

A Honor Roll Jeffrey Beard, Katie Belcher, Kari Bragg, Scott Brueckner, Liz Day, Devon Edmonds, Lucy Gong, Angie Heise, Emily Hendricks, Zach Hudson, Patrick Jernigan, Megan Johns, Ryan Johnston, Karina Klonoski, Margot McAllister, Megan McMurry, Stephen Miinch, Gregory Parkinson, Sarah Polen, Ryan Ponder, Sarah Riley-Land, Kevin Rohatgi, Jessica Sachse, Erica Schabbing, Courtney Smith, Lindsey Smith, Olivia Swingle, Matt Taylor, Caroline Tetrick, Lauren Thompson, Yuri Ueda, Mark Welker, Danielle Williams, Kate Wolz, Meg Yates.. ...

A Honor Roll 9th Grade Tara Allee, Nicole Annis, Nathan Bragg, Anna Brisso, Sara Broom, Sara Burns, Allison Campbell, Patricia Cheung, Ashley Colon, Lisa Crain, Natalie Followell, Michael Gerber, Ryan Gerecke, Josh Grebing, Jaimie Harmon, Charles Haugland, Will Hood, Seth Hudson, Katie Huskey, Felicia Jenkins, Ashley Jones, Stephanie Jordan, Salman Khan, Megan Ladd, Colin McLain, Katherine Maginel, Melissa Minton, Carissa Moore, Andrew Moreton, Lauren Parrent, Whitney Pingel, Stephen Smith, Lauren Sulser, Meredith Toole, Jennifer Troutman, Kelly Tummins, Cynthia Ulrich, Alisa Uzoaru, Christopher Wamble, Lance West, Alexandra Wieser, Victoria Wilson, Jenna Wishart, Michael Zimmer.. ...

A Honor Roll 9th Grade Katie Albanese, Kimberly Anderson, Melisa Anderson, Brandon Andrews, James Benson, Jessica Bill, Amanda Birk, Paul Blaylock, Mindy Boettcher, Courtney Bonney, Laura Bricknell, Michael Bricknell, Kate Carter, Mitchell Casteel, Sara Dameron, Joshua Davis, Meredith Detring, Kathleen Domian, Ashley Dost, Sarah Dubbs, Amanda Dumey, Laura Eftink, Nicole Fadler, Cody Farrow, Sarah Farrow, Charles Flint, Anna Fluegge, Cameron Garrison, Mark Gerecke, Kevin Groves, David Haas, Nicole Hennick, Bobbi Hervas, Brandon Hill, Joshua Hill, Jordan Hinkle, Jami Holderfield, Kristen Howard, Ashley Illers, Chantel Jarvis, Sara Jaskowski, Deanna Johnston, Cammie Kaminskey, Brent Kassel, Stuart Knowlan, Jessica Koeper, Sherry Kuehn, Trina Lang, Amanda Lange, Lisa Laurentius, Jenna Leet, Jacob LeGrand, Sarah Lichtenegger, Matthew Litzelfelner, Jonathan Lorenz, Sarah Luehrs, Ashley Mayfield, Erin Mayfield, James McCormack, Caitlin McCuan, Austin McDowell, Nicole McMillan, Mark McMullin, Shaelyne McQuay, Andrew Meyer, Samantha Miller, Matthew Neal, Alan Otte, Kathryn Perry, Amanda Phelps, Leslie Pourney, Natalie Profilet, Paige Pylate, Alex Richbourg, Todd Richbourg, Michal Scienski, Melissa Shinn, Rachel Smith, Nicole Stanfield, Clayton Stockard, Lee Strickert, Fallan Thiele, Cortney Thompson, Heather Tuschhoff, Erika Upchurch, Courtney Vance, Jessica Venable, LeAnn Walther, Sarah Ward, Kyla Weaver, Carrie Welker, Whitney Werner, Heather West, Leah Wright, Erica Yarbro.. ...

A Honor Roll 5th Grade -- Taylor Busch, Josh Hartwig, Rex Meyr, Ryan Roth. 4th Grade -- Nathan Clifton, Jesse Eichhorn, Crystal Hency, Heather Hileman, Chase Lasswell, Robert Martin, Amanda Mayfield, Laura Sitzes, Donovan Tousignant, Alexandra Turner, Teresa Walker, Jennifer Watson, Michael Wissehr...

Scholastic Honor Roll 8th Grade Ashley Bartels. 7th Grade Rachel Lowes, Adam Ross. High Honor Roll 8th Grade Nick Fiehler, Kelly Gerlach, Laura Johnson, Amber Leirer, Clarissa Lorenz, Amanda Lowry, Amanda Spooler. 7th Grade Kyle Aufdenberg, Eric Bock, Chastity Birk, Julia Brown, Liza Brown, Rachel Schmidt, Casey Schneider, Tyler Sprandel, Lisa Steffens, Mark Strickert, Justin Voss, Ashley Wachter, Amy Wooldridge...

Scholastic Honor Roll 12th Grade Levi Bollinger, Nathan Brown, Joshua Burger, Melinda Burnett, Amanda Crouch, Jamie Dost, Abby Grossheider, Brian Haas, Laura Horst, Martha Huck, Keturah Kiehl, Jessica Latimer, Jenise Lichtenegger, Tory Meyr, Marci Myracle, Andrea Penland, Joshua Pfefferkorn, Jamie Pierce, Jason Stadt, Michelle Stover, Emily Unverferth, Michael Williams...

6th Grade (Hill) David Biler, Brittany Crouthers, Kori Fowler, Mindy Hendrix, Jamie Holder, Whitney Horrell, Garrett Pepple, (Hecht) Korey Chapman, Austin Fowler, Matthew Price, Brandy Seabaugh. 5th Grade (Moyers) Rynn Eskew, Rachel Hendrix, Sara Petitt, Rebecca Pirkey, Lacey Rister, Chris Siebert, Kelsey Spears, (Rice) Kelly Jones, Ashley Ritter, Celeste Shields, Jessica Sutterfield, Aaron Volkerding, Kyle White...

A Honor Roll 6th Grade David Olson 5th Grade Phillip DeCoursey, Raymond Harp, Cara McElmurry, Christopher Shelton, Jonathan Young. 4th Grade Taylor Billings, Brittany Emmons, Sarah Ford, Andrea Horrell, Riley Lohrmann, Matthew Miller, Bethany Parry, Daniel Ross, Mia Russell, Joel Smart, Carissa Wheeler, Ashley Willis, Jennifer Willis...

A Honor Roll 8th Grade Candace London, Megan McDonald. 7th Grade Kimberly Earl, Ashley Meyr. 6th Grade Oliver Cano, Morgan Feuerhahn, Darris Gerlach, Travis Grammar, Rachel Harris, Hannah Lewis, Maggie Limbaugh, Chase Tobin, Jordan Young, Lance Young...

A Honor Roll 8th Grade Emily Buehrle, Kasie Essner, Blake Fisher, Steven Hendricks, Stephen Hine, Megan Holloway, Emily Ivers, David Kiblinger, Brittney Little, V.J. Mainor, Chris McCrate, Brenda McMeel, Sam Montgomery, Justin Moore, Katie Palmer, Kaylee Ramsey, Blake Urhahn, Matt Wulfers...

A Honor Roll 6th Grade Nacoasha Davis, Nina Hall, Heather Madden, Whitney Newbern, David Ray, Lindsey Schrader, Hannah Stepenhoff, Alonzo Weber-Cole, Daniel Yingling. 5th Grade Rachel Cain, Alecia King, Crystal Riley, Kasey Seib. 4th Grade Jordy Crowden, Sirena Irving, Tina Johnson, Bart Kirn, Brayail Moore, Andy Scheibe, Stephanie Slinkard, Tony Walden, Whitney Williams...

A Honor roll 6th Grade Amber Nistendirk, Michelle Noland 5th Grade Rachel Burnett, Brie Ann Egbuka, Tracy Kiser, Ariel Kitchen, Kimberly Phillips, Carly Trautwein 4th Grade Olivia Jenkins, Aleta Musgrave, Jennifer Nunnally, Amanda Petty, Garrison Steel...

High Honor Roll 8th Grade -- Amanda Herbst, Melissa Mack, Rachel Morse, Kelly Riggs, Jill Sneathen. 7th Grade -- Brittany Farrow, Erin Mack, Leslie McNeely. 6th Grade -- Kelly Bowman, Eric Farrow, Tina Suhre, Gina Yarbrough. Honor Roll 8th Grade -- Kaci Brindell, Tori Browning, Brandon Bohn, Jamie Dunlap, Jenny Fornkohl, Jennifer McClard, Chandra Mansfield, Lacy Neal, Danielle Pirch, Jason Poole, Alisha Schwartz, Heather Siemers, Jacob Yarbrough...

12th Grade -- Michael Archer, Kimberly Cowan, Jacklene Lappe, Patrick Moore, Kristie Reid, Adam Roth, Audrey Schoen, Dusty Statler. 11th Grade -- April Hemmann, Joleta Ludwig, Dericka Meyr, Julie Myers, Deanna Schreiner. 10th Grade -- Jeff Cowan, Adam Hahs, Josh Morrison, Amy Pohlman, Lindsay Robinson, Seth Stahlheber...

A Honor Roll 8th Grade -- Wade Cramer, Kate Loos, Janna Schulte, Charity Seyer, Andrea Valleroy. 7th Grade -- Eric Baslman, Josh Beussink, Lauren Beussink, Hallie Fieser, Sarah Nenninger, Michael O'Loughlin, Amanda Sutterer. 6th Grade -- Andrew Bertrand, Lance Carroll, Shannon Drew, Joseph Friedrich, Molly Hahs, Casey Hinkebein, Jessica Kirn, Abby Moore, Kelli Nagel, Chelsey Rigdon, Ashley Sachse, Shannon Toole, Melissa Viox...

A Honor Roll 8th Grade Elizabeth Beck, Cherish Hoffman. 7th Grade Jimmy Chambers, Jodi Hodge, Chelsey Scheeter, Christa Spies. 6th Grade Lauren Bader, Kendall Koch, Candice Lee, Suzanne Reischman. 5th Grade Alissa Coomer, Edward Doyle, Brittany Koch, Karen Obermann, Tara Propst, Caitlin Scheeter...

A Honor Roll 5th Grade Alex Austin, Jessie Barton, Luke Clippard, Gabrielle Garritano, Kayla George, Kayleigh Harris, Logan Lawson, Lauren Mais, Amber Maples, Ashley Maples, C.J. Meadows, Erica Michelsen, Lisa Pfaff, Earl Popp, Kelsey Powell, Dallas Proffer, Jory Rapps, Luke Rayburn, Grant Ressel, Lauren Ressel, Brittany Risinger, Trenton Rogers, Michelle Stanfield, Ryan Strauser, Ashley Taylor, Alex Thiele...

A Honor Roll 5th Grade Adam Elfrink, David Gholson, Sarah Gilliland, Sara Koppenaal, Erin Sitz, Lindsay Spencer, Hannah Walker, Kirk Brotherton, Matthew Hopkins, Tiffany Storz, Lindsay Stroup, Andrew Gross, Nicholle Hinkle, Ashley Jones, Hillary Jordan, Cherly Lichtenegger, Amanda Roberts, Sarah Sladek, Jimmy Starke, Austin Thrower, Rachel Binion, Josh Conklin, Barbara Gillard, Ira King, Carrie Leoni, Emily Liles, Kimberly Lang, Scott Quade, Jordan Thurman, Cameron Tomsu, Kara Vangilder, Nick Wright, Sam Birk, Ashley Carlton, Juli Carron, Amanda Gohn, Rachel Kahle, Sarah Martin, Josh Steinnerd, Sarah Detring, Britney Huncosky, Kelley Kasten, Gary Laurentius, Ashley Miller, Adam Morton, Jake Scheper, Brittney Thomas, Natalie Wolfenkoehler, Drake Douglas, Shannon Felker, Charlie Motley, Anna Ross, Trae Smith, Kalli Gibbs, Carmen Bollinger, Amanda Craven, Clayton Davis, Alex Friedrich, Phillip Gramlisch, Brittany Hensley, Whitney Jones, Katie Matthews, Amelia Sherinski, Leigha Wilkerson.. ...

High Honor Roll 12th Grade Shanna Barr, Justin Cox, Liz Dohogne, Heather Gresham, Christina Hagen, Jessica Hollis, Scott Johnston, Erin Raines, Lisa Sanders, Lucas Ward, Ryan Weatherspoon. 11th Grade Lindsey Baker, Ashley Bedwell, Sarah Cannon, Sara Kiplinger, Brandy Lindberg, Ashley Porch, Clay Sanders...

High Honors 8th Grade Jessica Estes, Jessi Glueck, Kieran Healy, Amanda Raines. 7th Grade Rachel Jeffrey, Angela Laxton, Christy Laxton, Faith Myers, Alana Newell, Alisha Obermann, Caitlin Williams. 6th Grade Lindsey Amick, Jennifer Glency, Matthew Hayes, Kendra Medlin, Michael Petitt, Rachel Watkins, Amanda Wormington, Michael Yetman...

A Honor Roll 5th Grade Nathan Corn, Brittney Cummins, Alicia Heise, Caitlan Hester, Beth Kinder, Jana Porch, Jill Reinbott, Daniel Schuenemeyer, Kaitlin Ward. 4th Grade Craig Arnzen, Ashley Curnell, Brittany Dohogne, Janelle Essner, Emilee Glueck, Derek Goodin, Patricia Haines, Donielle Howell, Heather Huckstep, Cassandra Kiefer, Ryan Miller, Megan Raines, Lauren Schaefer, Whitney Tapley, Terra Waddington, Jordan Weiss, Kristen Yetman...

5th Grade -- Spencer Ayers, Amber Baker, Rachel Burnett, Arielle Carnell, Kathy Chidester, Kyle Chipman, Bradley Colbert, Zach Culver, Katie Deason, Kylie Dewitt, Brittany Ditto, Shawnda Ethridge, Elizabeth Foster, Lauren Gean, Zach Hamm, Amanda Hopper, Cassie Jackson, Heather Lawson, Jeremy Lynn, Jennifer McDonough, Amber Mikels, Steven Mock, Kyle Morrow, Ashley Nall, Stephanie Payne, Summer Proctor, Hannah Rolwing, Heath Rolwing, Amanda Sanders, Beth Schwartzkopf, Emily Strobel, Tyler Thurman, Davina Watson, Nikki Weiny, Jamie Western, Sean Wilson.. ...

A Honor Roll 8th Grade Michanda Gramlisch, Lesley Hall, Melissa Hyslip. 7th Grade Deborah Bell, Ashley Carter, D.J. Ervin, Kyle Gray, David Griswell, Stephanie Hency, Bobbie Mayhall, Alycia Schwartzkopf, Samantha Slayton, Chevy Slusher, Lisa Travis, Jessica Wimberley...

Scholastic Honor Roll 7th Grade Austin Bock, Kathleen Grieshop, Trisha Kluesner, Lucas McIntosh, Joseph Starke. 6th Grade Robert Cheney, Danielle Hoffman, Emily Jaskowski, Joshua Johnson, Hannah Kohm, Brittany Lang, Katie Loos, Jarad Pourney, Jason Pourney, Rebecca Richbourg, Sarah Riley, Elysia Rouggly, Jacob Sailer, Paul Sander, Alisha Soemo, Caleb Tankersley, Phillip Yarbro...

A Honor Roll 8th Grade Ashley Kern, Monica Senciboy, Andrew Mothershead. 7th Grade William Beggs, Kendal Deason, Kent Deason, Kelly Essner, Michael Glastetter, Kristin Harper, Ben Jansen, Jessica Licare, Clay Mothershead. 6th Grade Derek Brucker, Amber Dirnberger, Jacob Glastetter, Sarah Hahn, Meghan Tetley...

A Honor Roll 12th Grade Sarah Bradley, Julie Burford, Matt Davis, Amanda Jackson, Amber Lepper, Dasha Mehrle, Lee Montgomery, Elisha Smith, Derek Winans. 11th Grade Amanda Ballance, Clint Clover, Jessica Griggs, Sarah Hannaken, Shelia Kelley, Kaleb Treece...

A Honor Roll !2th Grade -- Nichole Blechle, Brent Bohnert, Corey Buchheit, Sarah Cluck, Darin Deckerd, Melisa Dorris, Jonathan Estes, Amy Frentzel, Erin Hecht, Nathan Hemmann, Joshua Hudson, Brandie Koenig, Kris Kueker, Rachel Layton, Anna Lukefahr, Amy Mattingly, Luke Miget, Jennifer Narens, Carissa Nolen, Jade Ponder, Cora Preson, Drew Richardet, Mandy Satterfield, Crystal Schaupert, Todd Schilli, Matthew Schilling, Renee Schlichting, Casey Schremp, Jessica Schupp, Amy Southard, Amber Stakes, Jessalyn Steffens, Tyler Steffens, Jennifer Triller, Sarah Weinkein, Ryan Wichern, Jonathan Yancey.. ...

6th Grade Anthony Bollinger, Chelsey Bollinger, Ashley Clover, Michael Collier, Bryan Cook, Heath Fulton, Jason Gravon, Lindsey Medlin, Nathan Revelle, Elizabeth Waggoner, Terry Wagner, Bryce Wallis. 5th Grade Casey Brown, Rebecca Brown, Zachary Bynum, Blake Cook, Elizabeth David, Nathan Ellis, Danielle Gravon, Jesse Haertling, Terry Haffner, Mandilyn Holt, Tara Messmer, Brian Miinch, Kyla Mouser, Kyle Pender, Shannon Ruble, Denise Schnurbusch, Kylee Shoemake, Erica Wilfong...

A Honor Roll 8th Grade Alison Brown, Jessica Diebold, Lee Essner, Allen Frey, Christie Gibbons, Lindsay Reinagel, Katie Ressel, Stacey Seyer, Laura Weissmueller, Rachel Wright. 7th Grade Mark Dannenmueller, Steven Eftink, Amanda Essner, Blake Essner, Renee Essner, Dane Gibson, Mitch Glueck, Aaron Jenkins, Brandon Job, Nicholas Schwartz, Chad Slaten, Whitney Stamp, Alana Weissmueller...

8th Grade Janessa Burford, Janelle Essner, Tyson Glaser, Daniel Schaefer, Michael Scherer, Leslie Seyer, Trey Simmons, Jamie Welter, Trevor Welter. 7th Grade Whitney Beggs, Dietrich Bollinger, Derek Felter, Tyler Menz, Sarah Scherer, Patrick Shelton, Katie Spaulding...

12th Grade Genevieve Barron, Sara Bouge, Ryan Chailland, Heather Cook, Travis Dirnberger, Andy Gadberry, Natalie Hatley, Sara Heisserer, Brandon Isaacs, Jennifer Laws, Jesse Olin, Chad Prindle, Philip Seyer, Craig Ward. 11th Grade Stacey Eftink, Zach Evans, Adam Friga, James Graviett, Justin Graviett, Russ Hatfield, Kara Kyle, Jenny Lange, Lena Morgan, Crystal Nelson, Hannah Sindle, Rebecca Trankler...

A Honor Roll 6th Grade Kyle Campbell, Josh Puckett. 5th Grade Jon Ramsey, Chase Seyer, Mandi Wood. 4th Grade Kody Campbell, Erica Pobst. 3rd Grade Alex Chasteen, Kristin Roberts, Rachel Trankler. B Honor Roll 6th Grade Carmen Duncan, Chris Holland, Lacee Watkins...

A Honor Roll 12th Grade Emily Broshuis, Laura Cleland, Adam Horrell, Dana Nenninger, Danny Nenninger, Amanda Stoverink, Amy Stroder, Lee VanderMierden, Gwen Vandeven, Jason VandeVen, Kelly Wesbecher. 11th Grade Ashton James, Ashley Jansen, Bret Peters, Kelly Vandeven...

A Honor Roll 12th Grade Camille Bollinger, Audrey Burford, Allison Burger, Federico Cossu, Emily Engert, James Essner, Brian Gilpin, Kirstin Glaser, Nikesha Hampton, Charles Hedge, Amanda Johnson, Dustin Kluesner, Bradley Kolwyck, Julie Milam, Hannah Moore, Josh Odle, Holly Parker, Brandon Sander, Amber Scherer, Daniel Seyer, Tabatha Shankle, Shane Washburn, Brandi Ziegler...

A Honor Roll 8th Grade Ashley Bert, Amanda Brown, Jill Brown, Alex Buchheit, Stacey Geringer, Lisa Hunt, Dustin Kueker, Stacy Mattingly, Katie McDaniel, Sara Meyer, Mary Nations, Lisa Pecaut, Brandy Ritter, Rodney Sadler, Melissa Schmidt, Kaci Schremp, Heather Schubert, Elizabeth Schumer, Wendy Stamps, Megan Streiler, Katie Voelker, Katherine Warfield, Timothy Yamnitz...

8th Grade Diedra Black, Dustin Eftink, Jan Eftink, Brent Graviett, Sarah Lange. 7th Grade Bethany Black, Clayton Scherer, Sarah Gaines, Derrick Kluesner, Travis Randolph. 6th Grade Lauryn Crites, Kristin Hobbs, Hanna Seyer. 5th Grade Nick Anderson, Chris Asmus, Whitney Black, Wendy Eftink, Sarah Glueck, Kayla Graviett, Robert Lange, Devan Moore, Monica Scherer...

High Honor Roll 7th Grade Kayla Bone, Brittany Garrett, John Krempasky. 6th Grade Rose Abukhdair, Sacarya Gleghorn, Alesha Humble, Segan Humble, Kaushik Sarkar. 5th Grade Lynlee Archer, Christophe Fitzgerald, Mario Larry, Andrew Webb. 4th Grade Malcolm Banks, Monique Davis, Sumer Helton, Tiffany Hollis, Malcolm Larry, Kelly Masters, Kimberly Nance, Keturah Nelson, Bionca Perez, Jeremy Polley, Jami Reeves, Daimont Staples, Brittany Thurston...

High Honor Roll 12th grade Jessica Shumaker, Latasha Woodson, Jeremy Greenley, Stephanie Steil, Justin Grace, Karen Honey, Amanda Johnson, Erin Jackson, Justin Miller, Tiffany Franklin, Melissa McCrite, Christopher Perkins, Erin Malone. 11th grade Kayla Williams, Leslie Willis, Annie Carr, Stormy Sentz, Tameka Ballentine...

Southeast Missouri State University's softball team ended its regular season in style Sunday as the Otahkians easily swept an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader from visiting Tennessee State. The Otahkians romped 12-0 and 11-3, with both games being stopped after the top of the fifth inning by the eight-run rule...

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team tied the school record for wins and completed a successful weekend by beating host Tennessee Tech 15-11 Sunday afternoon. Charlie Marino belted two home runs, Jeremy Johnson added his third homer of the weekend and Darin Kinsolving also homered as the Indians captured the series two games to one...

SCOTT CITY -- Alma Welter, 85, of Scott City died Saturday, May 6, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Sept. 20, 1914, at New Hamburg, daughter of Mike and Mary Bisher Glaus. She and Zeno Welter were married April 12, 1932, at New Hamburg. He died July 1, 1967...

Blanche E. Gatewood, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 5, 2000, at the Lutheran Home. She was born April 19, 1911, at Perry, Okla., daughter of Fred and Emma Schultz Rendla. She and Hugh Gatewood were married Dec. 31, 1933, at Perry. She was a former member of an order of Eastern Star, the Clay County, Ark. Extension Club and the Kingdom Builders Sunday school class. She and her husband moved in 1980 to Cape Girardeau from Piggott, Ark...

MORLEY -- Drake Isiaih Phillips, infant son of Manuel Moit of Bertrand and Jessica Phillips of Morley died Sunday, May 7, 2000, at the family home. He was born April 24, 2000, at Cape Girardeau. Survivors include his parents; maternal grandfather, Kenneth Phillips of Oran; maternal grandmother, Kimberly Phillips of Morley; paternal grandmother, Diana Moit of Bertrand; and maternal great-grandmother, Elsie Phillips of Oran...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Elaine Housman, 75, formerly of Jonesboro, died Saturday, May 6, 2000, at Union County Hospital in Anna. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Anna and was a member of the VFW Auxiliary Post 1003 in Jefferson City, Mo. Survivors include a son, Thomas J. Shourd III of Ullin; two brothers, John McHarry of Flint, Mich., and Harvey McHarry of Dalhart, Texas; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren...

PORTAGEVILLE -- Clover Ruth Recker, 87, of Portageville died Saturday, May 6, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 22, 1912, at Portageville, daughter of Adolphus and Ruth Adams Branham. She and Vincent Recker were married June 23, 1934, at Portageville. He died Dec. 1, 1999...

DELTA -- Roy R. Dooley, 80, of Delta died Saturday, May 6, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 8, 1920, at Micola, son of Roy C. and Lucy M. Holdman Dooley. He and Pat L. Hector were married Aug. 18, 1950. Dooley was a member of the First Baptist Church at Delta and was a retired farmer...

MARBLE HILL -- Nora C. Brown, 90, of Marble Hill died Sunday, May 7, 2000, at the family home. She was born Dec. 13, 1909, at Dawson, Texas, daughter of John Abram and Arlena Malissa Buckner York. She and William H. Brown were married Sept. 10, 1928, in Texas. He died March 31, 1977...

ANNA, Ill. -- Paul E. Dillon, 86, of Anna died Saturday, May 6, 2000, at his home. He was born Aug. 21, 1913, at Anna, son of James Buchanan and Alice Cooper Dillon. He and Edith Lacey were married Sept. 19, 1951, in Jonesboro, Ill. She died Aug. 17, 1998...

SCOTT CITY -- Mary Elizabeth Rowland, 88, died Sunday, May 7, 2000, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 26, 1912, at Paragould, Ark., daughter of James Henry and Kathryn Elizabeth Harre Wilson. She and Clyde Rowland Sr. were married Nov. 9, 1929, at Paragould. He died Sept. 12, 1968...