Stories from Tuesday, June 20, 2000

7:30 p.m. Tuesday City Hall Public hearings n Hearing to consider the request for a special use permit for the establishment and operation of self-storage facilities in a C-2 (general commercial) district at 974 W. Independence St. n Hearing to consider the rezoning of Lots 1 through 7 in Brookview Subdivision, Lots 8 through 11 in Brookview II Subdivision and the property addressed as 2941 Old Cape Road from C-2 to R-2 (one- and two-family residential)...

Monday, June 19, 2000, at 7:30 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Study session at 5 p.m. Public hearing n Held public hearing regarding the request of Bo and Diane Shantz for a special-use permit for an insurance office on the northeast corner of Perryville Road and Lexington Avenue in an R-1, single-family residential district...

The story so far: Melissa and Brian think something strange is happening in their grandparents' house. Grandma has explained that, before the Civil War, Belle Vie was a busy plantation with land and horses and many crops. There also were slaves, much to the sorrow of Elizabeth O'Donnell, the young mistress who lived there. ...

Some 71 students in three sections, including Chelsea White, foreground, and Michaelyn Burns, are taking a summer session of keyboarding at Central High School. Many students do not have the time to take the course during the regular school year. Many schools are opting to offer summer school programs as the benefits to students, parents and school districts continue to grow...

Six students from the undergraduate dietetic program at Southeast Missouri State University have been selected for post-graduate internships. The students competed nationally for slots in post-graduate dietetic internship/residency programs. The national matching is highly competitive, as 2,576 students competed this year for 1,940 slots in 229 dietetic internship programs...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Don Sievers, a businessman who retired from the Missouri Army National Guard as a colonel, was a district governor for Optimist International and has served as president of the Jackson Industrial Development Corporation, is winner of the 2000 R.A. Fulenwider Meritorious Community Service Award...

City officials are fairly certain that a slate of proposed road improvement projects in Cape Girardeau won't be affected by rising fuel prices. The projects are being proposed as an extension of the city's Transportation Trust Fund program. The Cape Girardeau City Council Monday night unanimously approved a resolution that outlines the 13 projects in the 2001-2005 Transportation Trust Fund program...

A sometimes dangerous and annoying July 4 staple will have its last hurrah in Cape Girardeau this year. The bottle rocket, a small, cylindrical tube of fireworks attached to a wooden stick that rises into the air and explodes, is banned after this year...

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that bans student-led prayer before high school football games doesn't mean the prayers will stop. Area school officials and clergymen interviewed said anyone who wants to pray for athletes, cheerleaders or anyone else at games can do so whenever they want. The ruling means no one will speak a prayer over a public address system...

The Other Half killed my will to cook. Not that it was very strong anyway. My will to cook had been on life support for a few years, expressed through the same five recipes week after week, year after year. It wasn't always that way. When The Other Half began dating me, I tried to dazzle him with my culinary talents. I believed that whole way-to-a-man's-heart thing...

Progress has been made, but more work lies ahead for the Cape Girardeau Board of Education in the next year. Administrators and staff have substantially completed or made progress towards goals established in the district's master plan, a document established in 1996 to address programming, facilities and financial needs of the district over the next five years. Superintendent Dan Steska detailed progress on the master plan during a study session Monday night...

JACKSON, Mo. -- A week after creating a transit authority and appointing a five-member board, the Cape Girardeau County Commission on Monday named a nine-member transit advisory committee. The committee is expected to aid the authority in coordinating transportation services in the county...

SIKESTON -- A cleaning crew at Union Planters Bank didn't get as much work done as they planned Friday night after they spent nearly eight hours trapped in an elevator. At 12:20 a.m. officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety were dispatched to Union Planters Bank at 425 N. Main. When they arrived they met with a man who said his wife and mother-in-law had not returned home from their job of cleaning the bank. They usually returned home by 9 p.m...

A gasoline leak detected from a storm sewer near Jefferson and Asher streets is not life-threatening, but requires further investigation, Cape Girardeau Fire officials said. Nevertheless, the danger of a small explosion existed Thursday and Friday when a gas odor was first detected, Assistant Fire Chief Max Jauch said...

BENTON -- Dirt removal could continue for another couple weeks along Interstate 55, slowing traffic down to one southbound lane as cleanup from a June 11 gasoline spill continues. With 48 truckloads of dirt removed last week, that part of the job is half finished, said Jackson Bostic, an environmental specialist with the state Department of Natural Resources...

Bo and Dianne Shantz thought they had a simple plan to build a house on the northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and Perryville Road that could also serve as an insurance office. That simple plan has turned into somewhat of a controversy. City officials and planning commission members are at odds about what sort of development -- commercial or residential -- should be allowed at Perryville and Lexington. ...

The Cape Crushers took second place in the third-grade co-ed Cape Noon Optimist soccer league. Front row, left, Lucian Johnson, Jared Kinder, Nick Wren, Jared Green, Brock Dirnberger; back, Josh Robert, Brett Smith, John Unterreiner, Jordan Sheets, Jesse Lawrence and Ross Gage...

The motocross accomplishments of the Friese brothers of Cape Girardeau continue to speed along nicely, with the pair qualifying for the sport's major national youth championship meet for the fourth straight year. Vince, age 9, and 13-year-old Max finished fourth during a recent regional meet to earn another trip to the American Motorcycle Association National Motocross Championships, which will be held in early August at the Loretta Lynn Ranch near Nashville, Tenn...

The Cape Crush were the third- and fourth-grade girls' Blue Division champions in the Cape Noon Optimist soccer league. Front row, left, Laura Lusk, Lauren Drewett, Abbey Kiefner, Jordan Radetic, Jenna Matthews and Heather Deisher; back, Chelsea Dale, Shelly Frank, Pagie Schumer, Tierra Walker, Lauren Schaefer, Carrie Stone and coaches Mike Colon and Chuck Drewett...

The following is a listing of players with area ties who are competing in professional baseball. Included in the list are each players' local connection, his last year as an amateur and his major league affiliation. Statistics are through Sunday. Steve Bieser, OF (Ste. Genevieve High School, Southeast Missouri State 1989) St. Louis Cardinals:...

Cape Girardeau's Ford & Sons American Legion baseball team picked up a pair of District 14 victories Monday night without even breaking a sweat. Jackson showed up at Capaha Field for the scheduled doubleheader with only a handful of players and the team was forced to forfeit the contests...

Cape Girardeau Tuesday, June 20 Arrests Crystal Dawn Glastetter, 26, of 516 Cape Meadows, Apt. 48, was arrested Monday on warrants for contempt of court. John Fraser McGill, 41, of 7270 Highway 177, was arrested Sunday for receiving stolen property...

BERNIE, Mo. -- Funeral for Fannie Mae Felker of Bernie will be held at 10 a.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The Rev. Phil Warren will officiate. Burial will be in Bernie Cemetery. Felker, 77, died Sunday, June 18, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Orvel Emil Keesee, 89, of Scott City died Monday, June 19, 2000, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 9, 1911, at Benton, son of Charles and Lydia Hillemann Keesee. He and Mae Sanders were married Jan. 27, 1934, in St. Louis...

OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- Ray A. Dumey, 72, passed away Sunday, June 18, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call Wednesday, June 21, between 4 and 8 p.m. at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be Thursday, June 22, at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Goshen Cemetery near Oak Ridge. The Rev. Jon Sedgwick will officiate...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Mardell Agatha Finney, 87, of Chaffee died Monday, June 19, 2000, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.

ANNA, Ill. -- Joan M. Haas, 53, of Anna died Saturday, June 17, 2000, at her home. She was born Oct. 9, 1946, in Chicago, daughter of Hugh and Jane Bergen Murnighan. She and Robert G. Haas were married June 16, 1973. Haas was a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Herrin...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Iness F. Croy, 81, of Bloomfield died Monday, June 19, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 2, 1919, at Bloomfield, daughter of Leland and Grace Deck Linville. She and the Rev. Arvil Croy were married Dec. 24, 1940, at Bloomfield...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Claude C. Reitzel, 70, of Perryville died Saturday, June 17, 2000, at his home. He was born March 18, 1930, in Cape Girardeau County, son of Lawrence C. and Mildred C. Davis Reitzel. He and Arlene Mae Collins were married Jan. 27, 1951. She died April 23, 1998...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Steven Money of Maryland Heights, St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, 3:44 a.m. Tuesday, May 9, 2000. Name, Garrett Steven. Weight, 7 pounds 9 ounces. First child. Mrs. Money is the former Stacey Sandin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Sandin of Jackson. She is employed by William M. Mercer Inc. Money is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Money of Alexandria Bay, N.Y. He is employed by Ram International...

I don't know who is in charge of painting center, left-turn and right-turn lanes on streets in Cape, but someone has lost it all or they have let their kids do the work. On Bloomfield Street west of Kingshighway, there are eight arrows going nowhere and three that run into each other. They did not need to put any lines except in the center. Its a waste of time, paint and manpower. Use this time to do well-constructed things. It is such a joke to see this. Come on, think. I'm disgusted...

The chief Republican congressional investigator of political fund raising in 1996 said he is likely to refer President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and Attorney General Janet Reno for prosecution after a new president takes office next year. The investigator, U.S. ...

Procter & Gamble, a much-valued corporate citizen here since 1969, has completed its new, $350-million paper-products plant here and has it up and running. The new, 850,000-square-foot plant, located just north of the older, 1.2-million square-foot plant, makes Bounty paper towels, Charmin bath tissue and Puffs tissues...

To the editor: I was selected by the Institute of Management Accountants to serve a distinguished professor-in-residence for 1998 and 1999. Southeast Missouri State University granted a two-year alternative assignment (faculty internship) to enable me to work full-time with the IMA. My role existed in the triangle between the IMA, academia and the business community. It was the most beneficial and enjoyable professional experience I have yet encountered...