Stories from Thursday, February 15, 2001

Can you really eat a healthy meal if you have to eat on the run? Dietitians say yes, but it takes some planning and forethought before ordering. "You have to work at it but there are some choices out there," said Lori Pettet, a dietitian at St. Francis Medical Center...

Spring Cleaning, Anyone? By Amber Niswonger I'm sure you have heard of spring-cleaning houses, cars, rooms, apartments, etc. What about spring-cleaning our bodies? A good healthy detox-cleanse is a great way to spring clean your body. If you don't regularly change the oil in your car, the engine will eventually wear out. Our bodies are the same way. Think of detoxing and cleansing as a way of changing the oil in your body...

By Sarah Schultz The smell of this hospital is enough to make me sick. That common smell of gauze and pine-scented cleaners lingers through the still air as I sit with my daughter. See, my grandson, Ryan, was rushed here after an accident this morning. I figured Laura could use my support so I got here as soon as I could...

By Mix 104.7's afternoon guy, Jason Parker I must apologize to all who read Kill Your TV in last month's issue. In short, my article lacked true substance and direction and was the result of procrastination, which among cursing, drinking and gambling, is one of the undesirable personality traits I possess. Enough groveling. I ****ed up, I'll admit it...

By Jaysen Buterin "I'm old enough to see behind me, and young enough to feel my soul" -- Lenny Kravitz The first thing I'm going to do is rent a car. It doesn't matter that I won't have anywhere to go; I'll drive around the block all day if I have to. The second thing I'm going to do is to call my insurance company and tell them to lower my rates. Other than that I can't really think of any other grandiose celebratory activities to engage myself in...

By Sarah Schultz As I walked across the street to get lunch on Friday curiosity drove me to stop and talk to a man who I refer to as black hat. Usually black hat is sitting in the grass talking and laughing with two other guys, and for the past week they haven't been here...

By Chad Armbruster Well this being the "season of love" you might be expecting me to write about it, but good news fans -- I'm not. Instead I'm going to talk about words that are hard to say. Now, I'm not talking literally hard like, leptocephalus, disestablishmentarianism or tatterdemalion. No, I'm talking about simple things like "I'm sorry."...

by Richard Cason THE THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ ARE SOLELY THOSE OF HIGH-PROFILE RADIO PERSONALITY RICHARD CASON AND IN NO WAY REFLECT THE THOUGHTS, CLAIMS OR VIEWS OF "OFF MAGAZINE" OR ANY OF ITS SISTER PUBLICATIONS. The disclaimer: The media's only weapon to combat those who would try to litigate against said media for doing something that they were explicitly told not to buy into or do in the first place...

By Jerri Wyman Keeping pieces of chocolate on hand is like having small treasures on reserve. - Dave Davidson Nothing symbolizes Valentine's Day quite like chocolate does. It's ironic that chocolate also has been linked to making people feel better, causing anxiety and killing dogs. Oh my, what a versatile ingredient! Melting in the mouth with sweetness, seductively fragrant, smooth and luscious on the tongue, chocolate is, for many, the quintessential romantic gift...

By Vasiliy Zaitsev Better get your good movie viewing in as soon as possible, comrades. With the jackbooted Dubya and Ashcroft junta well on its way to forming...well, let's just say fascist regimes have never been known for their stellar films. Unless, of course, there's a creative backlash to the strangulation-esque censorship attempts that are sure to follow this presidency...

More By Harlan Cash We all sit in a dark light, A dark light where only man can see. God with His angels look down upon us, Saying, "Stop it, stop it. You're hurting me." Then it's gone. The image, the thought... all gone. Like water going down the drain...

CAIRO, Ill. -- What started out as an educational project for Catholic Schools Week turned into a record-breaking feat at St. Joseph's School in Cairo. The school's faculty and students decided to construct a giant replica of the rosary, a special string of beads used in prayer. After researching the project, they decided to go for the Guinness World Records book...

Feb. 15, 2001 Dear Pat, Here in the final month of an unrelentingly cold winter that has allowed few opportunities to indulge our urge of urges, most golfers I know are in withdrawal. If our jones were heroin we could get treatment. Because it's only golf we get not even sympathy...

Area businesses are helping the Pete and Juanita Cooper family, whose home at 214 S. Park St. in Cape Girardeau was damaged by fire Saturday. Bragg & Sons Electric Co. will rewire the electrical system, and the Taco Bell restaurants on Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau and East Jackson Boulevard in Jackson are giving a free taco for each $1 donation to the Coopers...

Before the week started, a Cape Girardeau County family had two healthy children and a home of their own. Now one child is hospitalized with an as yet undiagnosed illness and their home has burned to the ground. While Edward and Jennifer Coomer were at Southeast Missouri Hospital Tuesday waiting for their 1-year-old daughter's fever to break, a fire started at their one-story home near Randles, Mo...

Clinton and Ines Hahs attended the annual Schnucks' Valentine's Day celebration for the first time on Wednesday and it turned out to be memorable for the Sedgewickville, Mo., couple. They were presented corsages, boutonnieres, flowers and candy. The Hahs, among more than 300 couples who crowded into the Holiday Inn Convention Center Wednesday, were honored as the longest-married couple at the event...

JACKSON, Mo. -- A 17-year-old Jackson High School student faces the possibility of 10 or more years in prison after an arrest for selling marijuana near his school. Blake J. Greene was charged with selling a controlled substance within 2,000 feet of the high school on Tuesday, the Cape Girardeau County prosecutor's office reported...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Construction could begin next fall on a $4.7 million, Missouri Department of Conservation nature center in Cape Girardeau County Park North. "Everything is still a go," said Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones. The county commission discussed the project with Conservation Department officials in Jefferson City, Mo., last week...

The Cape Girardeau School District will retain full accreditation and will just miss receiving the state's top rating at next week's Missouri Board of Education meeting. A report submitted by a team of investigators has recommended the state school board give the district full accreditation at its meeting...

Students and faculty at the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center sponsored a tribute to business and industry partners Wednesday in observance of the national Association for Career and Technical Education Week. More than 150 faculty, school administrators and business leaders attended an informal, buffet-style breakfast at the career center...

A Honor Roll 12th Grade -- Chad Allen, Jamie Amberger, Stacy Baer, Thomas Barber, Dawn Berkbigler, Natalie Bohnert, Jamie Brown, Tyler Buchheit, Andrea Buerck, Amber Burnham, Jennifer Crowder, Ray Dickmann, Lindsay Ernst, Melanie Evans, Aaron Golchert, Kristal Hoehn, Dana Holmes, Chad Huber, Cori Hudson, Jennifer James, Michael Kassel, Kristopher Lintner, Jamie Martin, Katie Martin, Chad Miesner, Johannah Miesner, Bradley Neathery, Nicol Payne, Rachel Riehn, Michael Schmidt, Lindsey Schneider, Stephanie Schumer, Crystal Thieret, Adam Tiehes, Julie Triller, Jonathan Tucker, Michael Verseman, Matalie Walter, Beth Weinkein, Candice Wideman, Brooke Winkler, Bethany Winschel, Carrie Womack.. ...

High Honors 12th Grade -- Kayla Williams, Amy Bridges, Leslie Willis, Tameka Ballentine, Annie Carr. 11th Grade -- Sara Rivet, Leslie Houston, Emily Randol, Angela Kirby, Christopher Honey. 10th Grade -- Ebone Barnett, Torie Bennett, Charidy Terry, Monisha Powell, Ashley Ledbetter, Randolph Sands, Jessica Woodson, Elizabeth Zalinski...

First semester A Honor Roll 12th Grade - Amanda Ballance, Jennifer Eck, Jessica Griggs, Sarah Hanneken, Sheila Kelley. 11th Grade - Allen Cavaness, Jessica Stone. 10th Grade - Sarah Burford, Colin Campbell, Sean Copeland, Marian Jameson, Christina McLane, Cecilia Rhymer, Douglass Taylor, Ashley Williams...

Jackson wrestling coach Steve Wachter knows better than to try to make predictions about the state tournament. But with eight qualifiers -- six of them with more than 30 wins and five of them with six or fewer losses -- Wachter wouldn't rule out a top-four finish...

Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball team got its expected rout Wednesday night as the Indians destroyed visiting Morris Brown 83-50. But Southeast coach Gary Garner, despite his squad barely having to work up a sweat, said the late-season, non-conference game still served a solid purpose...

STE. GENEVIEVE -- St. Vincent High's 5-foot-10 center Danielle Sutterer provided almost 80 percent of her team's offense as the Squaws slipped past Valle 51-45 Wednesday night. Sutterer scored a career-high 40 points, including 17 of her team's 22 field goals. She had 10 times as many points as her next-closest teammate...

Daughter to Christopher and Jennifer Martin of Kirkwood, Mo., St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, 9:25 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, 2001. Name, Mariella Virginia. Weight, 6 pounds 6 ounces. First child. Mrs. Martin is the former Jennifer Devanney, daughter of Lon and Jean Devanney of St. Louis. She is a fifth grade teacher at Henry School in the Parkway District at Ballwin, Mo. Martin is the son of Gilbert and Patricia Martin of Cape Girardeau. He is an attorney with Metropolitan Life...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Funeral for Chari Johnette Hurley of Hattiesburg, Miss., will be held at 11 a.m. today at Rainey Funeral Home in Dexter. The Revs. Martin Goode and W.H. Worth will officiate. Entombment will be in Dexter Cemetery Mausoleum. Hurley, 49, died Monday, Feb. 12, 2001, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg...

J.C. Lynn, 76, of South Roxana, Ill., died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Ill. He was born Feb. 21, 1924, in Cape Girardeau County, son of William Wessie and Mabel Hager Lynn. He and Mary Margaret Schlueter were married Sept. 2, 1947, in Cape Girardeau. She died June 9, 1992...

Raymond Ritchie, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Nola Williams, 92, of Sikeston, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Sept. 8, 1908, in Gallatin County in Illinois, daughter of Jesse L. and Evaline Downen Wade. She and E. Ralph Williams were married Feb. 18, 1929. He died April 8, 1998...

ANNA, Ill. -- Angela Hubbs, 32, of Anna died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001, at St. Louis University Hospital. Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.

KELSO, Mo. -- Milton Hubert Hibbing, 70, of Riverside, Calif., died in an automobile accident Oct. 18, 2000. He was born Feb. 28, 1930, in Paullina, Iowa, son of Ernest and Evelyn Hibbing. Milton served his country from 1950 to 1954 in the U.S. Air Force, where he received the National Defense Service Medal. His tour of duty incl-uded England and the United States...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- John Franklin Griffin, 73, of Wappapello died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001, at his home. He was born Sept. 30, 1927, in McDougal, Ark., son of Paul K. and Martha Hays Griffin. He and Glenda R. Lancaster were married March 13, 1949, in Piggott, Ark...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Cleotha LeClere, 81, of Thebes, Ill., died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001, at her home. She was born Feb. 3, 1920, at Jackson, daughter of Harry S. and Bertha Clingingsmith Skinner. She first married William L. Cruse Nov. 24, 1936. He died in January 1953. She later married Russell LeClere Aug. 29, 1969. He died Dec. 26, 1992...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ruby McKenzie, 86, of Chaffee died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001, at Advance Nursing Center in Advance, Mo. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.

PERKS, Ill. -- Scott L. Dillow, 46, of Perks, formerly of Anna, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001, at his home. Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements.

DEXTER, Mo. -- Donnie Lee Barber, 66, of San Antonio, Texas, formerly of Dexter, Mo., died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001, at Mariner Health of San Antonio. She was born May 28, 1934, in Bernie, Mo., daughter of Edgar Washington and Ollie Myrtle Mason Link. She and Donald Lewis Barber were married March 12, 1949, in Piggott, Ark. He died Feb. 12, 1996...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Floy L. Cooper, 87, of Bloomfield died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter, Mo. She was born Oct. 21, 1913, at Campbell, Mo., daughter of William and Alice Anderson Harris. She and Debney Shelby Cooper were married Nov. 14, 1933, at Kennett, Mo...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Leonard M. "Jack" Skelton, 67, of Sikeston died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Jan. 1, 1934, at Lusk Chapel, Mo., son of Robert Losson and Lula Mae Tabor Skelton. He and Loretta Welch were married Jan. 27, 1961, in Sikeston...

To the editor: Thanks to the Southeast Missourian and Jayette Bolinski for announcing the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine heart disease prevention campaign. Cardiovascular disease kills about 1 million Americans each year and costs about $300 billion. ...

A solution is at hand for getting more doctors and dentists in Missouri to handle Medicaid patients, particularly the growing number of children in the program. Both doctors and dentists are asking the state to increase levels of reimbursement. Many don't see Medicaid patients now because it sometimes costs them far more to treat the patient than the amount they get reimbursed...

The handling of Missouri's new prescription drug tax credit raises questions state officials should answer. The program ended up costing the state $82 million the first year it was offered, when it was expected to have cost $20 million. State budget officials estimated that 130,500 people would apply for the tax credit, but it was issued to 452,294 tax filers...

In the last few days I've heard it asked repeatedly: "Why is the media finally turning on Bill Clinton?" Wrong question. The question that demands an answer is, "Why is Hillary still getting a pass?" When you frame the question this way, the answer becomes all too obvious. ...

THE ASSOCIATED Press profile of state Sen. Peter Kinder was abominable. Far from a haughty, intolerant solon, Kinder is gregarious and personable. He understandably puts on elitist airs only when in the company of uppity types in the Cato Institute, the American Conservative Union, high falutin' members of the Heritage Foundation, William F. Buckley Jr., William Kristol, Kate O'Beirne and, possibly, Augusto Pinochet...

To the editor: I'm writing to express my outrage at the recent decision of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to let Eminem perform his hate music on national television. While Eminem has a right to make such music, the academy's decision to recognize his work with four award nominations and to turn the Oscars award ceremony into a platform for hate and violence is reprehensible...