Stories from Tuesday, October 24, 2000

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THE STORY SO FAR: Things turned bad for Hank and Slim when Sally May discovered a wet spot on her shirt. It took all the fun out of Slim's prank. Sally May went to the house. The screen door slammed. Slim said something under his breath and then looked down at me. He didn't appear too happy. I whapped my tail on the ground...

Corporate downsizing, job dissatisfaction and early retirement are only a few reasons why teaching is becoming an attractive option for some people. And Missouri school districts are able to welcome them, thanks to successful alternative certification programs...

Plenty of influenza vaccine is coming to Southeast Missouri -- it's just taking longer to arrive this year. Typically, doctors finish vaccinating most high-risk patients and lots of healthy people by late October. This year, because one of the components of the vaccine didn't develop correctly at first, shipments only recently began and just two-thirds of doses will be sent out before December...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Ethics Commission has cleared state Sen. Jerry T. Howard of Dexter, Mo., of criminal wrongdoing in relation to allegations made last month by the Missouri Republican Party, the senator's campaign confirmed Monday...

A Cape Girardeau teen-ager who admits firing a gun in a deadly shootout at Indian Park hasn't been charged with any crime and has visited the park since. The teen-ager, Solomon Sides, 17, is the younger brother of the man slain Thursday in the park at the corner of Lorimier and William streets...

MORLEY, Mo. -- A 45-year-old Morley man was found shot to death at his home Monday. The body of Michael E. Carey was found by his wife when she returned home from work about 9:30 a.m., according to the Scott County sheriff's office. Carey had been shot once in the chest with a small caliber weapon and had a second wound in the back of his head...

Six people were injured Monday in a two-car accident north of Jackson, Mo. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the accident happened at 7:40 a.m. at Highway 177 and Route W when Donna Fee, 41, attempted to make a left turn and turned into the path of a car driven by Scott Fallert, 28...

Outside of bowling and shuffleboard, amateur softball is probably America's least active sport, especially if you aren't the pitcher or catcher. All the other positions only have to move if (a) the ball comes toward them, (b) they make a hit and have to run the bases, or (c) the team runs out of adult beverages and somebody is forced to make a beer run...

You can do anything better if you don't use drugs. That was the theme of an assembly held at Clippard Elementary School Monday to commemorate the beginning of Red Ribbon Week. Athletes and coaches from Southeast Missouri State University were enlisted to help Clippard students kick off a weeklong celebration of a drug-free lifestyle...

County Commissioner Larry Bock favors planning and zoning for the county; his Democratic opponent, Doug Flannery, doesn't. Planning and zoning has become a key issue in their 1st District commission race and in the election. Besides the commission race, voters will be decide on county planning. If approved, the commission could establish zoning regulations for unincorporated areas...

Four Republican governors visited a Cape Girardeau business Monday to push the Texas Gov. George W. Bush-Richard Cheney presidential ticket. The governors, Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, Bill Graves of Kansas, Kenny Guinn of Nevada and Bob Taft of Ohio visited Horizon Screen Printing on Broadway...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- The Cat in the Hat and the Cow that Jumped Over the Moon have leaped out of the children's books at the Chaffee Public Library and onto the walls. A mural by Chaffee artist Aaron Horrell has brought children's literature to life in a corner of the tiny library. Fittingly, Horrell's children helped...

When Jay Purcell wanted to know how Missouri laws on carrying weapons compared to the city's ordinances on the matter, he asked the city council hold a discussion on the topic. They did Monday during a a 15-minute study session but took no action during the regular meeting...

Last year, as a thin 220-pounder, 6-foot-11 Nyah Jones found it difficult going toe-to-toe with some of his fellow inside players in the Ohio Valley Conference. But Jones doesn't think that will be a problem this season. Southeast Missouri State University's senior center, while still not exactly a hulk, has added about 20 pounds to his frame -- and it shows...

Ever since he was hired in December, Southeast Missouri State University football coach Tim Billings has emphasized just how important it was for the community to get behind the program as Billings and his new staff try to turn the Indians' fortunes around...

PATTON, Mo. -- The favored teams all rolled Monday night as the Class 1A, District 4 volleyball tournament got under way at Meadow Heights High School. Second-seeded Leopold beat No. 7 Caledonia Valley 15-0, 15-10; No. 3 Valle downed No. 6 Oak Ridge 15-3, 15-11; and No. 4 St. Vincent defeated No. 5 Marquand 15-8, 15-5...

Southeast Missouri State University's women's soccer team ended the regular season in impressive fashion Monday night as the Otahkians held visiting David Lipscomb without a shot and rolled to a 4-0 victory in front of 121 fans at Houck Stadium. The Otahkians, who won just four times in last year's inaugural season of play, raised their record to 10-5-1 heading into the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament that begins Friday in Charleston, Ill. Southeast has won four straight games, all by shutout...

A pair of Southeast Missouri State University female athletes have been honored by the Ohio Valley Conference as players of the week in their respective sports. Emily Johnson is the OVC Defensive Player of the Week in volleyball. The sophomore came off the bench to record 14 blocks in key Southeast victories at Tennessee-Martin and Murray State. For the week, she averaged 2.33 blocks and 1.67 kills per game...

James Bernard Wade, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Dec. 14, 1924, in Jackson, Mo., son of Albert and Zella Wade. He was a graduate of John S. Cobb High School in Cape Girardeau. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He worked at Davis Electric and later moved to Alton, Ill., where he worked for Ollin Madison Co. and Illinois Power Plant...

Michael Vogelsang of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Oct. 23, 2000, at his home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

JACKSON, Mo. -- Adalia A. "Dale" Moore, 93, of Jackson died Monday, Oct. 23, 2000, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born Dec. 17, 1906, at Illmo, Mo., daughter of Jacob and Minnie Suedekum Wendel. She and Talmage "Tab" Moore were married April 6, 1932. He died in March 1961...

ANNA, Ill. -- Chloe Miller, 57, of Anna died Saturday, Oct. 21, 2000, at City Care Center of Cobden, Ill. She was born Dec. 3, 1942, in Chicago, daughter of Joseph and Odessa Schipfer Miller. Survivors include her mother of Las Cruces, N.M.; two brothers, Henry and Joseph Miller of Albuquerque, N.M...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Funeral for C.J. Egner of Ullin will be held at 11:30 a.m. today at Cache Chapel United Methodist Church. The Revs. Jack Wolfe and John Clark will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 10 a.m. until service time...

ST. MARY, Mo. -- Lucy Ann Camp, 41, of St. Mary died Saturday, Oct. 21, 2000, in an automobile accident near Perryville, Mo. She was born March 10, 1959, in Grand Island, Neb., daughter of Ronald and Grace Nigroon Yorty. She and Don Camp were married Dec. 23, 1993, in Ste. Genevieve, Mo...

ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Amanda Weber, 79, of Altenburg died Monday, Oct. 23, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.

Irene Concordia Steeg, 83, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 21, 2000, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Oct. 13, 1917, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Alexander Richard and Concordia Emma Kasten Boren. She and Lee Gus Steeg were married Oct. 29, 1937, in Cape Girardeau. He died Oct. 29, 1964...

ESSEX, Mo. -- Graveside service with military rites for Richmond W. Ward of Essex will be held at 10 a.m. today at Essex Cemetery. The Rev. Chuck Clark will officiate. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Mo., is in charge of arrangements. Ward, 77, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2000, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter, Mo...

PARK HILLS, Mo. -- David Levi Pruitt, 54, of Park Hills died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2000, in Farmington, Mo. He was born May 11, 1946, at Sikeston, Mo., son of Elvin and Grace Williams Pruitt. Pruitt was a truck driver with Hart Transportation Co. in Dexter, Mo. He was a member of Eagles Aerie 319 in Sikeston. He moved to Park Hills five years ago from Morley, Mo...

Daughter to Curtis Wade and Cherie Cay Lukefahr of Daisy, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:29 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, 2000. Name, Alexis Grace. Weight, 6 pounds 2 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Lukefahr is the former Cherie Schweain, daughter of Tom and Toni Schweain of Jackson, Mo. She is employed at Kies Eye Center. Lukefahr is the son of Perry and Judy Lukefahr of Daisy. He is employed at Procter & Gamble...

A forum to meet the area's two state representatives will be held in Scott City, Mo., next week. The forum will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday at Father's Arms Church on Main Street. Peter Myers, R-Sikeston, of the 160th District, will attend, but Rep. Lanie Black, R-Charleston, of the 161st District, had not yet said he would attend...

To the editor: The attached letter from U.S. Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln of Arkansas should be of interest to your readers. Her letter points out how bipartisan support should work in our form of government. She has laid aside politics for the benefit of the American public and particularly for the citizens of Missouri...

Missourians will vote Nov. 7 on something called Proposition B. It involves a large tax increase. It is easily one of the worst ballot propositions ever put before Show Me State voters. Here is how Prop B would work. Politicians would get state money to run their campaigns, provided they met certain limited thresholds of legitimacy...

Al Gore has proven that he is completely out of touch with the American people, and undecided voters in particular. George W. Bush has tapped into their pulse because he happens to be one of them: a real person. Pollster Frank Luntz found that in terms of swaying undecided voters Bush won the debate hands down. Among members of his focus group in St. Louis, five Gore supporters switched to Bush, and only two of Bush's switched to Gore...

ON ONE of the prettiest days of the year I had the opportunity to pass by the new tennis courts that the college insisted on building out at Bertling and Sprigg. There wasn't one person on the tennis court. Now why did we need those expensive courts? The college better get down to teaching and forget spending money...

To the editor: As Election Day draws near, we are again deluged with messages designed to influence our voting behavior. One particularly disturbing strategy is the labeling of individual politicians as being "pro-life" if they claim to oppose abortions...