Stories from Tuesday, August 29, 2000

Micah Janzow, left, and his wife, Julie Janzow, right, exchanged a quick kiss in the hall outside of one of Julie's classrooms at Cape Central High School. Micah stopped by to see how Julie's first day had gone. He had to rush off to coach Cape Central Junior High's football team. It had been his first day of teaching also...

Now that the Survivor phenomenon has ended, Americans can concentrate on the upcoming Olympics 2000. The Internet will let you travel to Sydney, Australia, to experience the sights and sounds of the world games, and, hey, it's a lot cheaper than the airfare...

"Brian, you're here!" John embraced his friend, who handed him the map. "Come along. We must hurry." Together, the two boys opened the door in the wall of the springhouse. John climbed in first, and Brian followed him into the secret room. John pointed to the lantern on the ground...

By Chad Armbruster The Bosstones, in case you're not too sure just who they are, have been around for over ten years and have been the innovator of the ska-core style of music since the beginning. Their songs have a style that is, and always has been, noticeable with in the first few notes. ...

by Jaysen Buterin In todays age of corporate-formula pop rock and textbook rap-metal fusion acts, few bands can create a musically rich and colourfully dynamic sound, let alone replicate the intensity and fecundity of that sound live. Sunny Day Real Estate is one of those few, and when they took the stage at the Firehouse last Monday, everyone in the audience knew how it felt to be something on. ...

I'm sure like anyone else out there, there are a lot of things that 'bother' me. However, I think out of all the things that bother me, there is one that stands out above the rest. I don't know about you, but I fall in to the category of "plus-size" you know the range for the women size 14 +. ...

Each issue of OFF! highlights someone who has achieved success in his/her field. This issue's pick is Stephan Frazier of the Southeast Missourian. Stats: Age - 26, but I still have my hair! Education - Major in Photojournalism from Western Kentucky University...

By Chad "Rock-em Sock-em" Armbruster After gaining ground with hits like Here in your Bedroom and Superman, Goldfinger is still plugging away at the public. Never stopping to breathe but always fun to be around, their stage presence is nothing more than their everyday presence in real life. ...

"Who could refrain that had a heart to love, and in that heart courage to make's love known" - Act I, Scene II ~ Macbeth Alright, I'll level with you. I've got some possible career changes in mind, let me run them by you. Three weeks ago, I wanted to be a gladiator. ...

Giant City State Park has been called "The Outdoorsman's Paradise." Known for its unique terrain and long list of outdoor options, it lives up to its reputation time and time again. South of Carbondale, the 4,000-acre park attracts over 1 million visitors annually and truly offers something for everyone interested in exploring nature...

BENTON, Mo. -- After learning that charges have been reduced against two men accused of killing Willie Mae Vasquez, the woman's daughter wants Scott County Prosecuting Attorney Cristy Baker-Neel to take herself off the case. An angry Susan Steel says she found out last week "on the street in Scott City" that the charges had been reduced from first- to second-degree murder. ...

Demolition of old St. Francis Hospital at Good Hope and Pacific streets is under way. City officials said the structure, which was built in two phases in 1913 and 1938, should be down by Oct. 7. A demolition crew is following an asbestos-removal crew, said City Manager Michael Miller...

Court records show that Gary Lee Roll pleaded guilty Aug. 30, 1993, in Boone County Circuit Court to three counts of first-degree murder for killing Curtis, Randy, and Sherry Scheper in their Cape Girardeau home on Aug. 9, 1992. They also show that on Nov. 16, 1993, Circuit Judge Frank Conley sentenced Roll to death on each of the three counts of murder. None of the charges was dropped...

When asked to describe the kind of people his two youngest sons were, Ron Scheper hesitates to answer. "At the time of their deaths, they were still pretty young," said Scheper, referring to Curtis Scheper, 21, and Randy Scheper, 17. "They didn't have time to establish themselves."...

Planning and zoning opponents are gearing up to fight a planning measure on the Cape Girardeau County Nov. 7 ballot. Opponents led by Doug Flannery of Whitewater, Mo., have organized the Committee to Protect Taxpayer and Landowner Rights. About 100 people are involved so far with the anti-planning group, he said...

Florida has a fairly serious bug problem. The insects here are at least twice as large as the ones in Missouri and three times as rude. Take the large red ants. I've seen them outside my apartment and actually respected their diligence in finding food and protecting the colony. Of course, fire ants deserve no respect and must be wiped off the face of the planet as soon as possible...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- The music has faded; the folding chairs returned to storage, but Celebration 2000 left a lasting impact on the nearly 10,000 people who attended the four-day event. Some 9,331 people attended the crusade; 450 people sought information about churches and salvation. Nearly 1,000 people volunteered as ushers and parking lot attendants, with more than 50 area churches represented...

Motorists won't have access to St. Francis Medical Center or the Healing Arts Center from Gordonville Road after Thursday. Gordonville Road will be closed from the north beginning Friday to allow the city to continue construction of the Silver Springs Road extension...

The Cape Girardeau City Council took five minutes to approve the extension of a rail spur in the Nash Road Industrial Park. The council met for a special session at noon Monday to approve a resolution agreement with BioKyowa for its rail spur expansion project and to pass an ordinance accepting temporary and permanent easements for right of way needed in the construction. The ordinance will take effect in 10 days...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- U.S. Department of Education staff began arriving in Charleston on Monday to put the final touches on a planned visit Thursday by Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley. "We've got things pretty well OK, although his staff will let us know any last-minute changes that need to be done," said Charleston schools Superintendent Terry Rowe...

This year's cotton crop could be the biggest ever in Southeast Missouri. Farmers have planted more than 425,000 acres, and production is expected to top 620,000 bales, 31 percent more than last year and 1 percent above the previous record of 1994. Farmers will see cotton, soybean and corn fields Thursday at the annual Delta Center Field Day, near Portageville, Mo...

In its first meeting of the new school year, the Cape Girardeau Board of Education approved an exception to the school transportation rule and set the property tax rate for the coming year. The property tax rate for people living in the school district will not change from last year's $3.41 per $100 assessed valuation. School boards are required to hold a yearly public tax-rate hearing before Sept. 1 to set a tax levy...

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- John G. Browne Jr. says he never planned to kill his best friend, Curtis Scheper. "It was just supposed to be a robbery, and that was it," said Browne, 29 who was sentenced in 1993 to life in prison for second-degree murder in the deaths of Sherry Scheper and her sons, Randy, 17, and Curtis, 21...

A Lowndes, Mo., woman and an Oran, Mo., girl suffered moderate injuries in separate accidents in the region. Ruthann Gunn, 40, of Lowndes was take to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after an accident at 7:45 p.m. Saturday. The accident occurred on Highway E, six miles west of Zalma, Mo...

If the play of Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball team is as impressive as the look of the Otahkians' new locker room, then coach Cindy Gannon's squad should be in for another banner season. Southeast, which opens the 2000 campaign this weekend in the St. Louis Tournament, is favored to win its eighth Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship in the past 10 years...

From a technical standpoint, Tim Billings isn't sure if his Southeast Missouri State University football team is ready for a game. But Southeast's first-year head coach knows that the Indians are ready to test their progress against some outside competition -- even if the opponent happens to be mighty Marshall, owner of the nation's longest winning streak...

The Cape Girardeau Central High School girls tennis team had a 50-dual-match winning streak that spanned four seasons snapped Monday in its season opener against Charleston at Cape Central High School. The Lady Bluejays knocked off the host Lady Tigers 7-2...

Juanita J. Woods, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Aug. 28, 2000, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

BENTON, Mo. -- son to Terrance Charles and Phyllis Geneva Schwartz of Benton was stillborn Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include his parents; two sisters, Tasha Schwartz and Summer Sprouse of the home; maternal grandparents, Alva and Ruth Willard of Campbell, Mo.; and maternal great-grandmother, Mary Willard of Malden, Mo...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Eldon Wyley Edwards, 45, of East Prairie died Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Aug. 29, 1954, in East Prairie, son of Edsel Wyley and Katherine V. Talley Edwards. He and Phyllis Diane Russell were married March 12, 1985...

CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Richard "Dick" Clifford, 55, of Paragould, Ark., died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2000, at Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould. He was born Oct. 14, 1944, at Campbell, son of Everett and Mildred Ramsey Clifford. Clifford was a newspaper reporter with Paragould Daily Press. He had also worked at Malden Press-Merit in Malden, Mo., Daily American Republic in Poplar Bluff, Mo., Piggott Times in Piggott, Ark., and Malvern Daily Record in Malvern, Ark...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Andrew J. McClard, 96, of Jackson died Monday, Aug. 28, 2000, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.

Son to Joseph Robert McDaniel and Sadonna Michelle Smart of Bertrand, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:31 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2000. Name, Tylor Scott. Weight, 8 pounds 8 ounces. Second child, first son. Ms. Smart is the daughter of James and Claudine Smart of Sikeston, Mo., Debbie Dorris of Portageville, Mo., and Mike Dorris of Sikeston. She is employed at Wink's Convenience Store in Miner. McDaniel is the son of Lester and Connie McDaniel of Sikeston...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Coena Anna Stubenrauch, 84, of Scott City died Monday, Aug. 28, 2000, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 7, 1916, in New Hamburg, Mo., daughter of Leo John and Theresa Anna Urhahn Bucher. She and Bernard George "Barney" Stubenrauch were married May 10, 1938, at Scott City. He died Aug. 2, 1997...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Elviera S. Kirn, 90, of Perryville died Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, at the home of a daughter in St. Louis. She was born May 17, 1910, in New Offenburg, Mo., daughter of Francis and Sophia Schmelzle Gegg. She and Arthur H. Kirn were married Oct. 17, 1936. He died Dec. 23, 1977...

Edgar R. Schott, 87, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Benton, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2000, at the Lutheran Home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home at Benton is in charge of arrangements.

Florence Ella Callow, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2000, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center. She was born March 11, 1927, in Chicago, daughter of Harold John and Florence Garey Arend. Callow was a PBX operator at Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center in Hawthorne, Calif., from 1972-86. She was formerly of Torrance, Calif...

JACKSON, Mo. -- John L. Gibbs, 69, of Jackson died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2000, at his home. He was born Nov. 16, 1930, son of J.A. and Alma Eggimann Gibbs. He and Mamie Slinkard were married July 23, 1948. She survives. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Jackson. ...

Clinton and Gore at the last minute have pulled off one that may put Gore in the White House and Hillary into the Senate. The picking of a Jewish senator for the vice president may do the trick. We know that Clinton and Gore have very effectively divided the races and social classes in America. ...

An exclusive report by this newspaper's Jack Stapleton disclosed that Dexter native Charles Kruse is among those prominently mentioned as a possible secretary of agriculture should Texas Gov. George W. Bush win the presidency. Kruse is the Stoddard County farmer and former Missouri director of agriculture during the 1980s who since 1992 has served as president of the Missouri Farm Bureau. He is also a retired brigadier general after a long career in the Missouri National Guard...

The battle over environmentalism and its meaning in 21st century America continues unabated. Into this continuing drama recently stepped U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson -- in a big way. At a meeting earlier this month in West Plains, Mo., of the Mark Twain Timber Purchasers Group, Emerson unloaded on the topic. The group includes sawmill and flooring mill owners, chip mill employees, together with federal and state employees of the Forest Service and the Department of Conservation...

To the editor: On July 26 my mother, Willie Mae Vasquez of Scott City, was brutally murdered. I first discovered my mother missing from her residence when I went to check on her, but I didn't become concerned at that time because Mother always took walks into town...