Stories from Sunday, September 10, 2000

RICHMOND, Ky. -- Eastern Kentucky University has made it more affordable for Southeast Missouri students to attend the school. The EKU Board of Regents approved a plan that cuts out-of-state tuition by 45 percent for students in Mississippi, Scott, Bollinger, Stoddard, New Madrid, Butler and Wayne counties in Southeast Missouri...

SHAWNEETOWN, Mo. -- Norman and Myrtha Zwosta were honored recently for 30 years of cooperation with Shawneetown Feed and Seed Co. for planting and maintaining corn and soybean variety plots. On Aug. 30, Shawneetown Feed and Seed Co. had its annual field day, which gives local farmers a chance to view the latest corn and soybean varieties and new chemical weed control...

An Indian gradually began to emerge from the stump as Birk continued work. Jackson USA Signal/Mark Evans A proud Indian brave now stares thoughtfully across uptown Jackson. Jackson USA Signal/Mark Evans Towering above the southeast corner of North Main and East High, just off the Courthouse Square, the figure stands in solemn watch over the city of Jackson...

Two of Jackson's leading proponents of historic preservation staunchly support the Historic Homeowner Assistance Act, now facing action in both houses of Congress. The act would establish an income tax credit (up to 20 percent of the cost of rehabilitation) for homeowners who rehabilitate or purchase newly rehabilitated historic homes as their primary residences. ...

As one of its final acts of business, the Missouri Census 2000 Complete Count Committee is seeking input from governmental entities, organizations and individuals on census operations in the state. "We believe our efforts to achieve a complete and accurate census count in Missouri this year were successful, largely because of the partnerships we were able to build with local governments, schools, churches, businesses, and other organizations," said Secretary of State Bekki Cook, chair of the state Complete Count Committee.. ...

Throughout the 1990s, county-wide planning and zoning has been a hot topic in Cape Girardeau County. Zoning was abolished in 1992. The issue will be back on the Nov. 7 ballot this year. Groups for and against zoning are gearing up for battle. An organization called the Committee to Protect Taxpayer and Landowner Rights (CPTLR) met Wednesday to discuss strategy. ...

Davy Jones of the 1960s band The Monkees will perform at the Southeast Missouri State University Family Weekend concert Sept. 23 at Houck Stadium immediately following the football game in which Southeast takes on Western Kentucky This is the fifth year that the Family Weekend committee has staged a live performance in Houck Stadium. ...

Fireman or Woodsman?: Whether this young man was an early volunteer fireman in the Jackson region, or a member of the Modern Woodsmen of America, is not certain. The initials on the uniform seem to suggest the latter. Probably Howard: Christine Hollenbeck believes this was Harry Howard of the Jackson area. In any case, the grim-visaged gentleman was typical of area residents around the turn of the century...

Nicole Fadler was Jackson's number one runner at the Jackson Invitational. This was her first-ever running event. She placed fifth in the Junior Division, in 16:36. Carol Koening, a junior, rounded a corner at the half-mile point. She medaled in 12th place, with a time of 17:54. "We had a great meet," said Coach Andrea Talley. "It was very hot, but everyone held up many running much faster than last year."...

The mid-year building permit totals are in and they show Jackson is continuing to grow. The residential home starts show 60 new homes at an average cost of $122,000 under construction or completed. This is down slightly from 74 new homes during the same period in 1999. ...

Thirteen-year-old Jenni Emanie was muddy from head to toe Saturday afternoon and loving every minute of it. In fact, it was difficult to tell her apart from the 70-some other teenagers who also were covered by a thin, sticky layer of mud and enjoying themselves just as much...

History tells us that the Civil War was fought over slavery. W. Donald Kennedy disputes that view. "The Civil War was in reality the War for Southern Independence," said Kennedy, who has spent more than two decades studying the "Southern Views" of the war between the states...

Sixteen-year-old Katrina Watkins is a good mom by all accounts. But, she says, had it not been for the help of the Missouri Mentoring Program, she is not sure how she would have handled having a baby at such a young age. "I still would have been in denial probably until I had her," she says...

ST. LOUIS -- Three icons of Southeast Missouri journalism were immortalized Friday with their induction into the Missouri Press Association Newspaper Hall of Fame. Southeast Missourian founders George and Fred Naeter and Mildred Walhausen of the Charleston Enterprise-Courier are among nine Missouri journalists who comprise the latest group to be enshrined in the hall...

ST. LOUIS -- The Southeast Missourian won two first place awards, as well a number of other honors, at the Missouri Press Association's annual convention Saturday. Photo editor Chris Stanfield claimed the prize for best news photo, while former managing editor Joni Adams Bliss and former graphic designer Teresa Connell won first place for best newspaper self promotion...

He never complains, no matter the weather. He is a quiet sort, who is content just to be along for the ride. But most of all he's Bailey's best buddy, a terrycloth teddy bear that our 4-year-old takes everywhere. Losing it would be a disaster. It's her only best buddy. She has one that is similar and in better shape, but it just isn't the same...

Today Grandstand: 1:30 p.m., Horse Show. Special Events Grandstand: 1 p.m., Pet Parade. Livestock Show Arena: 2 p.m., Good Life Gospel Sing, The Anchormen, Gary Sheperd and other local favorites R&R Tent: 3 p.m., SEMO Fair Pageant, Tiny Miss SEMO Fair, Young Miss SEMO Fair, Preteen Miss SEMO Fair, Teen Miss SEMO Fair, Miss SEMO Fair...

Changes in traffic patterns and parking will be implemented during the SEMO District Fair parade on Monday, Cape Girardeau police said. No parking signs will be placed on Caruthers between Broadway and Independence at 3 p.m. on Monday to restrict parking. These signs will be enforced beginning at 3:30 p.m. Any vehicle left there at that time will be towed at the owners expense, and a traffic ticket will be issued...

Eileen Schlichting gets a little choked up when she tries to explain what being a CASA volunteer means to her. A Cape Girardeau resident who works at St. Francis Medical Center, Schlichting has been a Court Appointed Special Advocate since 1995. "Every child deserves a safe, loving environment, and that's what you're working for," she said. "This is one way, maybe in a little way, to impact somebody's life."...

Cape Bible Chapel is hosting a marriage conference later this month. The conference is open to all ages from singles hoping to marry to newlyweds and long-time married couples. It will be held Sept. 29-30 at the church, beginning at 6:30 p.m. on the 29th. Breakfast will be served at 8 a.m. the next morning. Cost is $20 per couple and $10 per person through Sept. 18. Registration after the 18th is $25 per couple and $12.50 per person...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Two years after the Sikeston Area Higher Education Center began teaching college classes and offering technical training in the Sikeston area, the center is operating in new quarters. The $4.8 million building will be dedicated Saturday at 2 p.m. Gov. Mel Carnahan will be the featured speaker. The center is at the intersection of Route ZZ and U.S. 61. The ceremony is free and open to the public...

About 50 former Cape Central Tigers will be in Cape Girardeau next weekend to celebrate the class of 1945's 55-year reunion. The reunion will begin Friday with a mixer at 6:30 p.m. in the Sierra Room at the Holiday Inn and will continue at 11:30 a.m. Saturday with a barbecue picnic at the South County Park, shelter No. 20...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Unbelievable. Amazing. Incredible. Miraculous. Any or all of the above words would be appropriate to describe Southeast Missouri State University's first victory of the 2000 football season and also the Indians' initial triumph in the Tim Billings era...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southeast Missouri State University football coach Tim Billings has said all along how much faith and confidence he has in No. 2 quarterback Bobby Brune, who spent much of the past two seasons as the Indians' starter. Saturday, Brune was pressed into duty late in the first half when Rashad West suffered a sprained ankle against Southern Illinois...

Two games into the 2000 season, there is absolutely no way to tell what kind of year Southeast Missouri State University's football team will have. But if Saturday's contest at Southern Illinois is any indication, Tim Billings' first SEMO squad should provide fans with plenty of excitement...

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- The Fredericktown High School football team improved to 2-0 Saturday as it picked up its second lopsided victory of the season. Coming on the heels of a 31-point blowout of Crystal City last week, the Blackcats rolled past visiting Chaffee 39-6. The Red Devils are now 1-1...

Southeast Missouri State University's golf squad will begin its fall season Monday when the Indians host the 12-team Drury Invitational at the Bent Creek Golf Course in Jackson, Mo. The tournament will feature 36 holes of play Monday, beginning at 7:30 a.m., followed by 18 holes Tuesday as the event concludes...

From a field of 35 teams, one rose to the top of the heap and reigned as champion. Farmington was that team as they defeated Meadow Heights in the Gold Division finals of the SEMO Specialties & Sports Volleyball Classic at the Show Me Center on Saturday...

Do you watch birds? Chances are you probably do. Birdwatching is one of the most popular outdoor activities nationwide. Missouri alone generates $165 million annually just from equipment sales and visitation expenses! Because you are probably one of the millions of people who do watch birds, you might be interested in learning the secrets to benefiting birds. ...

Suzanne Marie Haden, 42, died in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000, after a long illness. She was born July 28, 1958, in Sterling, Ill., daughter of Betty Jean (Ellie) and Walter Darrell Haden. She and her family moved to Tennessee in 1966. She graduated from Union City High School and attended Murray State University and the University of Tennessee at Martin...

SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Anthony Best, 23, of Uniontown, and Megan Tarrillion, 19, suffered injuries when a motorcyle, driven by Best, lost control in a curve, ran off the right shoulder and overturned. The accident occurred in Bollinger County, two miles north of Sedgewickville about 1 p.m. Saturday...

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- Two Perryville, Mo., women and a Farmington, Mo., man were seriously injured in a head-on collision Friday afternoon near Fredericktown. Driver Theresa Miller, 35, and one of her passengers, Christina Moser, 28, were taken by helicopter to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after the 4:30 p.m. accident on Route J, 5 miles northeast of Fredericktown...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Carl N. Leuckel, 92, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 8, 2000, at the Perryoaks Healthcare Center. He was born Sept. 20, 1907, in Perryville, son of Phil A. and May Faherty Leuckel. He and Clara Bell Newcomb were married in 1929. She died in 1975...

SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Dorothy Tillie Crossin, 85, of Sedgewickville, formerly of Clarkton, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 8, 2000, at her home. She was born May 6, 1915 at Gordonville, Mo., daughter of Albert William and Tillie Hoffman Brase. She and Joseph Farris Crossin were married Sept. 26, 1936, in Clarkton. He died Dec. 22, 1977...

THE WHIRLING dervish award for the week's best spin goes to the Southeast Missourian sports columnist Marty Mishow. Mr. Mishow wrote that SEMO's loss to Marshal meant nothing. It seems painfully obvious that if SEMO would have somehow won, the mellifluous Mishow would have written that the victory meant everything...

With aging workers retiring and younger people heading elsewhere for jobs, Iowa is in need of workers. So the state has launched a pitch to aggressively recruit immigrants to settle there. With an unemployment rate of 2 percent, nearly every employable Iowan has a job. ...

The 145th SEMO District Fair kicked off this weekend at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau, continuing a tradition that seems to get better each year. And this year's fair events include several new features. Livestock judging, craft and hobby entries, flowers and vegetables, baby contests, tractor pulls, the fabulous midway and big-name entertainment are just a few of the things that will keep fairgoers busy until the fair closes next Saturday...

A key issue before Missouri voters will be a proposal seeking to pretty much ban billboards across our state. This one is sure to be hotly contested, with both sides expecting to spend millions. Proposition A would ban construction of most new billboards and further restrict existing billboards along federal highways in Missouri. ...

KENNETT, Mo. -- Although members of today's e-commerce generation may have difficulty understanding this, there was a time in America when both the federal and state governments were hard pressed to supply enough food for citizens who were on the verge of bankruptcy. Unbelievable, you respond, but believe me when I say it is not only a true statement but one that occurred in my lifetime and during the lives of countless others, some of whom might even be your neighbors...

While Jerry Neels' three sons have played almost every youth sport Cape Girardeau has to offer, he said he has learned a lesson about competition. Don't sweat it too soon. "As a younger parent, you feel a lot more competitiveness than as you age," Neels said. "You can get too competitive too early with your children, and end up defeating what you were trying to do in the first place."...

From overuse, the phrase, "first of all," threatens to become one word, "firstofall." "Sick and tired," has already slipped into "sickandtired" status, though not yet in the dictionaries. Naturally we hear a lot of rhetoric this presidential election year. ...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Amanda Kathleen May and Charles Edward Klughart Jr. were married July 22, 2000, at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, Mo. The Rev. M. Oliver Clavin performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was LeAnn Hendrix of Cape Girardeau. Soloists were Justin Braun and Donna Braun of Scott City, and Renee Reinagel of Kelso...

OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- Kimberly Ann Finney and Uriah Antony Kiehl were married July 15, 2000, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Pocahontas, Mo. The Rev. John Kiehl, father of the groom, performed the ceremony. Organist was Rhonda Kiehl. The bride is the daughter of Randy and Cindy Kellogg of Oak Ridge. The groom is the son of the Rev. John and Rhonda Kiehl of Pocahontas...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Catherine Nicole Ivester and Christopher Sean Shaw exchanged vows May 27, 2000, at Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. Dr. Clayton Smith performed the double ring ceremony. Parents of the bride are Stan and Francine Ivester of Benton, Mo., and Laura and Park Groat of Pellston, Mich. The groom is the son of Carl and Carol Shaw of Cape Girardeau...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- St. Ambrose Catholic Church was the setting May 20, 2000, for the wedding of Kelly Renae Dirnberger and Ritchie Lee Spies. The Rev. Ralph Duffner performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Hope Essner of Kelso, Mo., and vocalist was Sarah Whistler of Cape Girardeau...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Cathy Lambert and Morris Lambert of Dexter announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Leigh Lambert, to Ronald Sheldon Styer, both of Jackson, Mo. He is the son of Vern and Becky Styer of Jackson. Lambert is a graduate of Dexter High School, and received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University. She is pursuing a master's degree in business. She is an account executive at Beneficial...

Glenn and Marilyn Ostendorf of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, April LaDawn Ostendorf, to Shawn Allen Morris. He is the son of the Rev. Thomas and Esther Morris of Jackson, Mo. Ostendorf is a 1996 graduate of Notre Dame High School, and received a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Southeast Missouri State University in May. She is a registered nurse at St. Francis Medical Center...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chaffee General Baptist Church was the setting April 22, 2000, for the wedding of Tonya Ruth Ann Thompson and Bobby Dale Schrum Jr. The Rev. Joe Payne performed the double ring ceremony. Soloist was Adrian True of Jackson, Mo. Parents of the couple are Dennis and Stephanie Thompson and Bobby and Anita Schrum, all of Chaffee...

KELSO, Mo. -- William and Bonnie Bentch of Lebanon, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, JoAnna Kay Angela Bentch, to Darrin Anthony Michael Hinkebein, both of Kelso. He is the son of Richard and JoAnn Hinkebein of Kelso. Bentch is a graduate of Lebanon High School and Southeast Missouri State University. She is a third grade teacher at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School in Sikeston, Mo...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dewayne and JoAnn Standridge of Sikeston announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Marie Cook of Delta, Mo., to Justin Philip Vandeven. He is the son of Phil and Vickey Vandeven of Marble Hill, Mo. Cook is a 1999 graduate of Delta High School. She is an assistant manager at Wendy's in Jackson, Mo...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- John and Sue Walker of Chaffee announce the engagement of their daughter, Tina Walker, to H. Lee Horton of Vancouver, Wash. He is the son of Barbara Campbell of North Pekin, Ill., and Rodger Horton of Gadsden, Ala. Walker is a graduate of Chaffee High School. She is employed at Hampton Inn...

MCCLURE, Ill. -- Mr. and Mrs. William E. Colyer of McClure announce the engagement of their daughter, Lori Lynn Colyer, to Bradley Edward Pender. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pender of Jonesboro, Ill. Colyer received a bachelor of science degree in education from Southeast Missouri State University in 1992. She is a teacher at Egyptian School in Tamms, Ill...

You won't be far from the Bent Creek Golf Course in this Fairway Estates 1 1/2-story home. The brick and vinyl maintenance free exterior will give you plenty of time to spend on leisure activities. You'll enjoy making new friends and attending neighborhood gatherings in one of Jackson's fastest growing subdivisions...