Stories from Sunday, April 29, 2001

Jackson Jazz Band and The Jerry Ford Orchestra performed at the recent Big Band Gala at the Jackson High School's old gym. With most attendees in formal attire, it was like entering a club, darkened, complete with disco ball and refreshments. A two-liter bottle of pop and a large bag of popcorn for only $3 was available at the bar...

The Jackson Chamber of Commerce has announced that Desmond Lee, formerly of LeeRowan, will be the speaker at the June 18 Chamber JIDC banquet. Chamber Executive Director Ken Parrett also told the 22 members present at a recent meeting that they should be signing up for the Educator of the Year banquet at 6 p.m. Monday at the Route 25 Banquet Hall...

The Seabaughs recently acquired this safe door. Gail Seabaugh displays a selection of colorful feed sacks. Gail and Garry Seabaugh of Seabaugh's Woodworking, at 425 E. Main St. will display their antiques and collectibles from 1 to 4:30 p.m. May 6 at the Oliver House Museum in Jackson...

"...in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." So said Benjamin Franklin in 1789. Taxes are a sure thing! Since the beginning of civilization, people have paid taxes. Taxes seem like a burden. We try every tactic to avoid paying our taxes. We are prosecuted if we fail to pay them. We hate to pay our taxes. Yet, taxes are the price we pay for all those social services we feel important. We cannot escape paying our taxes; they're a sure thing...

With all the decoys out on the market, I am not going to tell you which one works the best for me. I believe the best type is what is best for that specific hunter. I will tell you if you haven't used decoys before or you only carry one, you're missing out on some close-up, wild action...

R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Aretha Franklin cranked it out at Radio City Music Hall about two weeks ago, compliments of my television set. Franklin is still the queen of soul even with the Backstreet Boys as back up. No pun intended, this is true. Whatever happened to respect? There's an immense shortage of it. ...

Some gardeners have set out plants that they grew from seeds; others are thinking about getting started. There's lots of help at the Jackson Public Library. Of course, we're aware that working hours are better when we're in the company of compatible people, but few suspect that plants react in the same manner...

The Jackson Rotary Club, a community service organization, has kicked off its "Classic Car Raffle." The 1966 Ford Mustang convertible is certainly a collectible item for car enthusiasts. Tickets went on sale April 17 for $100 each. There is no limit to the number of tickets people can purchase, but a total of only 500 tickets will be sold. The car can be seen at Ford Groves in Jackson...

Brayden Martin, almost lost in the child-sized couch, enthusiastically shares his book at Parents As Teachers room in Jackson middle school. Danna Lape is a Parents as Teachers parent educator. Jackson's Parents as Teachers program, started 17 years ago with one parent educator, today has grown to cover more than 400 families and has four parent educators, Carolyn Beasley, Kathy Heise, Danna Lape and the newest, Keely Martin...

This month's Jackson High School art department-sponsored All District Art Exhibit featured drawings, paintings, prints, fiber art, ceramics and stained-glass items. During the two-day exhibit April 21 and 22, many student works were hung and displayed thoughtfully by the art teachers, in a great effort towards well-deserved student recognition...

Each Monday, beginning at 9 a.m., the Jackson Senior Center at 402 E. Washington St. holds a crafts workshop. The items on display are for sale and often are useful as well as decorative. There are dolls designed to hold excess plastic bags, dish towels with buttons and buttonholes so they can be attached to oven doors...

Andrea Flint has joined the U.S. Army and will report for duty on June 5. She has received a guarantee to train in automated logistics, said her recruiter, Staff Sgt. Mario Butel of the Army Recruiting Station at 1307 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. Flint will become an automated logistics specialist...

Carin Ahner, a senior at Jackson High School, interviewed at Murray State University during Academic Excellence Weekend for Murray State's most prestigious scholarships. Also pictured is Dr. Don Robertson, Murray State's vice president for student affairs. Murray State's top scholarships include the Presidential Scholarship, the Provost Scholarship, the Regents Scholarship and John W. Carr Scholarship...

Members of the Barracuda swim team will learn and practice four competitive swimming strokes, compete for weekly rewards and splash around the swimming pool to beat the summer heat. Barracudas are children ages 5 to 18 who compete at swimming meets against swimmers their own age. Children who love to swim can be Barracudas for the Jackson swimming team...

The Riverside Regional Library's recent used-book sale was held recently at the Westfield Shoppingtown mall in Cape Girardeau. Proceeds from the book sale will go towards buying needed items and books for the six libraries in Riverside Regional Library network...

The official ribbon-cutting of the Jackson Laundromat was April 20. Present at the ribbon-cutting for Jackson Laundromat, formerly Kamps Koin Laundry, were the previous owners, Earl and Jessie Kamp, and the present owners, Tom and Joyce Cook, Ron and Pam Wesbecher of Cook, Wesbecher Investments LLC. Several members from the Jackson Chamber of Commerce were also present...

Lives In: Fruitland Family: Has three sons, one granddaughter. Job: Library director at Riverside Regional Library in Jackson. What you like most about the area? The landscape, changing seasons, friendliness of the people. Favorite food: Catfish Favorite TV show: Biography...

Physics teacher Nita DuBose is used to standing apart from her peers. Growing up, she was the only black student in her school for years. She also was the only black female seeking an engineering degree at the university she attended. In her second year at Central High School, DuBose is the only minority classroom teacher in the building and one of just seven minority teachers districtwide...

For the past five years, the Southeast Missourian has sponsored what grew to be the largest community celebration of Random Acts of Kindness Week in the nation. This year, the week that recognizes the goodness and kindness of our area will be condensed into one special day...

Designing a golf course is like playing the game itself: You prepare and plan, but ultimately you trust your instincts and experience. "It's not like building a house," says Gary Nicklaus. The soft-spoken 32-year-old son of golf great Jack Nicklaus is designing Dalhousie Golf Course under construction in Cape Girardeau. ...

Our kids love the living room. They hang out there, holding Barbie doll conventions, American Girl doll sleepovers and playing school. They have their own rooms, but Becca and Bailey prefer the majesty of the living room where the couch doubles as a toy chest and the couch pillows get rearranged to suit their imagination...

Jasmine Wright was having fun at her day in the park. Jasmine, the 5-year-old daughter of Linda Gibson, carefully placed the roots of a red flower into the soil at a small flower garden in Capaha Park, patted the dirt around the roots and smiled. "This is fun," she announced...

Pouring barley into a blue cooler and adding boiling water got Kyle Sanders a bit closer to drinking his own beer, but he'll still have to wait a couple weeks. Home brewers say the wait is worth it. "Once you get the right ingredients, you can't buy beer as fresh as you can make it," said Ed Boudreaux, who joined Sanders and five others in a Cape Girardeau backyard to eat, drink and make beer...

Jean Bollinger was installed Saturday as president of Girl Scouts of Otahki Council Board of Directors during the council's annual meeting. Bollinger, who has been serving as vice president of the board, succeeds Caroline Goodin, who completed a six-year term as a president. Other board officers include Joyce Miller, vice president; Loretta Moeckel, secretary; and Rick Etherington, treasurer...

My first reaction upon hearing that Randy White had recently been relieved of his duties as Scott City High girls basketball coach by the district's school board was total shock and disbelief. White, after all, has built a fine program and I've always known the veteran coach to be about as solid and upstanding a person as there is in area sports circles, quality all the way around. I've rarely heard a person speak a bad word about White, which is quite unusual...

The Chaffee Red Devils are like the IRS. They make you pay. Chaffee (15-1), the No. 2 seed, took advantage of a handful of Cape Central mistakes Saturday night and got a brilliant pitching of G.P. Glueck as the Red Devils knocked off third-seeded Cape Central 4-2 in a well-pitched game...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Todd Pennington's unbelievable season continued Saturday afternoon as Southeast Missouri State University swept an Ohio Valley Conference baseball doubleheader from host Austin Peay. The Indians prevailed 1-0 and 11-1 as they improved to 29-14 overall and 10-4 in the OVC, good for second place. The Governors are 23-24 overall and 5-9 in league play...

Southeast Missouri State University's spring scrimmage Saturday evening ended with the shootout-like final score of 52-42. But don't get the idea that the 90-minute intrasquad affair, which officially concluded spring workouts for the Indians, was an offensive show...

Southeast Missouri State University's softball team moved closer to its sixth Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship in the past seven years by sweeping a doubleheader from visiting Morehead State Saturday afternoon. But the Otahkians, who prevailed 4-2 and 9-3, will need an upset loss by Tennessee Tech today in order to host next weekend's OVC Tournament...

Jackson got an impressive pitching performance from Dusty Roberts at Capaha Field Saturday afternoon to move into the consolation final of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament. Roberts pitched a complete-game three-hitter, with four strikeouts and no walks, as the fifth-seeded Indians eliminated Scott City -- the ninth and last seed -- 9-1...

Batting average Runs batted in Runs scored Home runs Triples Doubles Hits Stolen bases Walks PITCHING Earned-run average (minimum 16 innings) Winning percentage (Minimum four decisions) Strikeouts Fewest walks per 7 innings...

OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- St. Vincent defeated host Oak Ridge 12-6 in the championship game of a four-team baseball tournament on Saturday. Derek Kutz hurled the Indians to victory, allowing five hits in six innings. He struck out nine and walked three. Beau Morrison suffered the loss for Oak Ridge (6-4), which had beaten Delta 16-2 earlier in the day to reach the title game...

ST. LOUIS -- Jackson goalie Whitney Werner did not allow a goal in three games this weekend as the Lady Indians won a 1-0 game and battled to two 0-0 draws. Courtney Urhahn scored the only goal of the weekend in a 1-0 victory over St. Louis Notre Dame on Friday...

Take that, Dad. After hearing how great the St. Vincent golf teams of 1974 and 75 were, the Indian golfers of 2001 have something they can tell their dads about. St. Vincent's golf team broke the school record of 146 -- which dated back to 1974 -- twice in the span of a week...

I was coming down a very steep ridge and headed for the river where my boat was tied. As I neared the bottom, I paused to look over a narrow pasture near the stream. Then I saw it, the definite form of a turkey on the move. At a distance of about 200 yards it was walking quickly through the tall grass along the field and headed directly for my position...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Margaret L. Brushwood, 73, of Marble Hill died Friday, April 27, 2001 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 4, 1927, at Matthews, Mo., daughter of Author Lancaster and Nellie Followell Lancaster. She and William Brushwood were married in June 1963 in Tennessee. He preceded her in death...

WHITEWATER, Mo. -- Elmer E. Bartels, age 86, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2001, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call Sunday, April 29th, between 4 and 8:30 p.m. at the McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be Monday, April 30th, at 2 p.m., at the funeral home, followed by interment in Zion Methodist Cemetery. The Rev. Virgil Bunch will officiate...

Son to Gregory Louis Wolf and Martha Jean Gray of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:23 a.m. Sunday, April 22, 2001. Name, Reece Dylan. Weight, 6 pounds 13 ounces. First child. Ms. Gray is the daughter of Judith and David Meisel of St. Louis. She is employed at Cottonwood Treatment Center. Wolf is the son of Deborah and Donald Trapp of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at Godwin and Kutz Drywall Co...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Gladys Lee O'Farrell, age 90, passed away Friday, April 27, 2001, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson, Missouri. Friends may call Sunday, April 29th, between 5 and 8 p.m. at the McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be Monday, April 30th, at 10 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by interment in Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. John Rice will officiate...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Percy J. Gibbar, 84, of Perryville died Friday, April 27, 2001, at his home. He was born Jan. 26, 1917, in Perry County, son of Clell A. Gibbar and Emma M. Kline Gibbar. He and Cecilia M. Maddock were married Oct. 25, 1941. He had been a carpenter and mechanic, working in the construction business. He was a World War II Navy veteran...

The agreement reached by leaders of the 32 democracies in North and South America during their summit at the Quebec trade summit is important for many reasons. Perhaps most important is the direct link between free trade and democracy. Under the provisions of the summit accord, only nations led by democratically elected governments can participate. As a result, dictator-controlled Cuba is the only country in the western hemisphere that is excluded from the proposed trade plan...

I'LL TELL you why Gov. Bob Holden is letting Jay Nixon's lawyer friends rape Missouri to the tune of $250 million for little actual work on the tobacco settlement. Those friends are his contributors. Everyone knows that to get ahead in the Democratic Party, you have to pay tribute to the trial lawyers. ...

KENNETT, Mo. -- Unless you have been on a spy mission off the coast of China, you know the Great State of Missouri has suddenly run out of money to fund some of the state's more essential public services. Still in its embryonic stages, Jefferson City's treasury shortfall is neither disastrous, at least for the moment, nor unexpected. It happens to the best of governments, particularly those close to the Potomac...

As we watch the battle against Mississippi River floodwaters to the north of us, we can both sympathize and wonder why cities like Davenport, Iowa, resist the protection of a floodwall. We can sympathize because the memories of the floods of 1993 and 1997 are still with us. Even though Cape Girardeau's downtown stayed dry thanks to the floodwall, extensive flooding in smaller towns and vast agricultural areas was devastating...

Dear Gov. Bob Holden: Eight days ago, you held a press conference and announced that, due to lower-than-expected tax receipts, we faced the necessity of another $50 million to $100 million in budgetary savings beyond what we had already effected. I told several observers at the time that, once again, the Senate is ahead of the game:...

Local teen-agers say their parents aren't overly strict, understand the pressures on teens today and are doing a good job raising them, according to a survey conducted by USA Weekend magazine. More than 84,000 teen-agers responded to the national survey on teens and parents sponsored by the magazine. The survey results, released in today's insert in the Southeast Missourian, gave parents passing grades for their skills...

KELSO, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Jim Reinagel of Kelso celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a holy Mass and nuptial blessing Saturday at St. Augustine Catholic Church. The Rev. Oliver Clavin officiated. A dinner followed at Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau...

Vanessa Lowell and Steve Atchison were married Jan. 3, 2001, at A Hollywood Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nev. The Rev. Abby Durham performed the double ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Ruth Ladd of Chaffee, Mo., and the late Elvin Earl Ladd. The groom is the son of Gordon Atchison of Jackson, Mo., and the late Virginia Farrar...

Leslie Nicole Puckett and Eric Ewing Dahl were united in marriage March 31, 2001, at Old Brushy Church in Galatia, Ill. Ed Carter performed the double ring ceremony. Music was by Joe Lowes of Benton, Mo. The bride is the daughter of Gary and Mary Puckett of Oran, Mo. The groom is the son of Patricia Dahl of Cape Girardeau, and the late Gerald Dahl...

Shannon Elizabeth Jamieson and Jeffrey Dennis Jamison exchanged vows March 31, 2001, at the Capital Club in Richmond, Va. The Rev. Doug Bowman performed the ceremony. Pianist was Laura White and flutist was Eva Chang, both of Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson R. Jamieson of Cape Girardeau and Isle of Palms, S.C., are parents of the bride. The groom is the son of Joel D. Jamison and Carolyn R. Wood of Richmond...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Jennifer Ann Cole and Charles Ray McClard were married Sept. 23, 2000, at Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Paul J. Short performed the double ring ceremony. Pianist was Diann Daume and soloists were Dale and Mary Rauh, all of Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Eisleben Lutheran Church was the setting Oct. 7, 2000, for the wedding of Jennifer Annette Roth and Roderic Shawn Spies. The Rev. Barry Pfanstiel performed the double ring ceremony. Lector was the Rev. Ralph Duffner. Organist was Judy Aufdenberg, aunt and godmother of the bride. Soloist was Connie Aufdenberg, cousin of the bride...

SHAWNEETOWN, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Hecht of Shawneetown celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary March 31, 2001, at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jackson, Mo. Hosts were their children and spouses, Rick and Sandi Hecht, James and LaRhonda Hecht, and Catherine and Delwayne Wright, all of Jackson...

Katrina Elizabeth Froemsdorf and Timothy Charles Sanderfer were married June 3, 2000, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee, Mo. The Rev. Ralph Duffner performed the ceremony. Organist was Amy Van Deven of Leopold, Mo., and soloist was Bethany Van Deven of Chaffee...

WHITEWATER, Mo. -- St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold, Mo., was the setting Sept. 23, 2000, for the wedding of Heather Dawn Crader and Andrew Jason Elfrink. The Rev. William Huggins performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Mary Jansen of Leopold, and soloist was Shonda Burnett of Jackson, Mo...

BENTON, Mo. -- The Rev. Bob and Pam Hickman of Osage Beach, Mo., formerly of Benton, will celebrate their 25th anniversary with a reception May 5. The event will be held from 1-3 p.m. at Harper Chapel United Methodist Church in Osage Beach. Hickman was pastor of Benton and Oran United Methodist Churches from 1986-88. He is currently pastor of Harper Chapel Church. Mrs. Hickman is career development center teacher at Lake Career and Technical Center in the Camdenton R-III School District...

BENTON, Mo. -- Mary Beth Beggs and Frederick J. Glastetter announce their engagement. She is the daughter of Gregory Scherer of Benton, and the late Mary Louise Scherer. Glastetter is the son of Ernest and Betty Glastetter of Oran, Mo. Beggs is a 1978 graduate of Kelly High School. She is employed by the State of Missouri...

Gerald and Cathy Nicholson of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Brianna Nicholson of Chicago, to Chelsea Coale of Goose Creek, S.C. He is the son of Vernon and Linda Coale of Cape Girardeau. Nicholson is a 1996 graduate of Central High School, and a 2000 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University...

Although I'm not quite through with April, May Day is upon us real soon now. May is a montage of happy memories and a looking forward to the joys of the gentler season. Way back, Mama taught us how to make a May basket out of paper. She cut a large fan-shaped piece from a study brown sack that had once held something from the grocery store. ...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds Young of Arlington, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Virginia Davis Young, to David Scott Newton. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Newton of Sikeston. Young is a graduate of the Madeira School in Greenway, attended Mt. ...