Stories from Sunday, August 5, 2001

Lives in: Jackson Family: My family consists of my wife, Kaye, and children, Leslie, Josh and Alisa. Job: I'm the owner of Jackson Glass. What do you like most about the area? The people and small-town atmosphere. Favorite food: Frog legs. Favorite TV show: "Becker"...

Joe Thompson, president, and Paul Hoffmann, youth club chairman, of the Jackson Evening Optimist Club, presented a check for $1,000 to Terry Tuschhoff, an adviser of the Jackson Optimist Octagon Club. The presentation was made at the group's last meeting before the Octagon Club's trip to Orlando, Fla., to attend the Junior Optimist Octagon International Convention from July 4 through 7...

Recently the Missouri Department of Transportation announced its five-year plan of funded construction projects for Missouri roadways. Included in the plan for the first time was the much needed new I-55-East Main Street interchange that will connect to phase two of our East Main Street Extension in 2006...

Poor old August! Unless one has a birthday or an anniversary in August, there is absolutely nothing spectacular or notable about this summer-is-almost-over month. Originally this month was called Sextilis; it stood in sixth place on the calendar. Then, as changes in the calendar occurred, Sextilis was moved to the eighth position in the year, and was renamed August...

After having taken at least 3,000 round excursions to Manhattan, it's no wonder trains have left an indelible mark in my memory. It was the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway that jogged my memory enough to repeat the tale of my first train ride. ...

The Crader reunion was held Sunday, June 10th at the Jackson City Park. About 100 attended the reunion, many coming from long distances. The oldest living Crader descendant present was Bernard Crader, 90, who lives at the Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau...

On July 28, the "Just Kids" Relay For Life team washed cars in an effort to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The First Presbyterian Church at 206 E. Washington lent its parking lot and water hose for the event. The team raised $196 in a four-hour span. Cars, trucks and vans were washed and donations were also made, without being washed...

Janie Stout, seated, was quizzed when she arrived to pick up her daughters, Anna Stout, left, and Morgan Stout. On July 24, "Explore your World" was held in Jackson City Park at Shelter 1. The first item on the agenda was a discussion about the various uses of trees. Aside from the obvious uses of trees to make paper and furniture, instructor Dan Brown informed the class of more obscure uses for trees, such as: carpets, wigs, fabrics and medicines, to name a few...

Perplexed, Michael relied on his father and brother Daniel to help arrive at a decision on which one to get. A little worried, Michael asked his father if they got to keep all this. Michael Kaempfer took a limo ride to Wal-Mart, where his shopping spree began...

Registration for students in the Jackson School District will be this week. The schedule for high school students to register will be from 8 to noon Monday for seniors, Tuesday for juniors and Wednesday for sophomores. High school students will receive their class schedules and assigned lockers. ...

A mother and her two daughters will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Jackson Municipal Band concert at the band shell in Jackson's city park. Marilee Roethemeyer, wife of the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer, pastor of Emanuel United Church of Christ, and her two daughters, Beth, a senior voice major at Southeast Missouri State University, and Christy Shinn, a music teacher in the Jackson School District, will be the band's special guests...

Larry Myers, president of Infinity Data Products Inc., has renewed his donation of 10 magazine subscriptions to the Jackson Public Library. The subscriptions offer a diverse array of interests for the community. Subscriptions to Family PC, Modern Bride, Pet Life, Successful Farming, Working Woman, GQ, Walking, Wired, Vogue and Ebony have been donated...

Dozens of readers of the Southeast Missourian have written letters to the editor and made Speak Out comments in recent weeks about the proposed tax increases in the Cape Girardeau and Jackson school districts. Voters in the two districts will decide Tuesday whether they want tax increases to pay for operational expenses...

Half-truths can be as deceptive as outright lies. The Democrats are using a half-truth in their propaganda campaign to block President Bush's effort to reform Social Security. Unless the other half is explained, the prospects for reform are bleak. The half-truth is that the so-called Social Security Trust Fund is flush with real assets. ...

IN REFERRING to frozen embryos consigned to the trash bin, Dr. Theodore J. Grieshop wrote, "Just because these human beings are likely destined for an early and regrettable death doesn't mean they may be further exploited." Come again? Further exploited? If Grieshop considers curing an already living human being of a devastating malady "further exploitation," then I think his position is absolutely horrifying and illustrative of the ultimate sacrifice of acumen on the altar of ideology...

To the editor: I hear an occasional negative comment about the upcoming, much-needed, increased tax levy to help our schools. No one -- including myself, a 77-year-old senior citizen -- likes to pay taxes. But when you look at the facts, not only is it the right thing to do, it is the necessary thing to do for the future of our children and grandchildren...

The following is the list of corporate sponsors for 2001 Jackson Relay for Life: Aid Association for Lutherans (copper) Do It Best (bronze) Drury Southwest Signs (silver) Hematology Oncology Associates (copper) K103 (silver) Missouri Plastics & Recycling, LLC (bronze)...

Churchgoers in Cape Girardeau may choose nearly any style of worship, doctrine or music on Sunday mornings, but 5,000 attend one of 11 churches along a 1.5-mile stretch of Mount Auburn Road and Lexington Avenue. Some call the stretch "church row" or "The Holy Land," and they hold 14 percent of the city's population on any given Sunday...

ANNAPOLIS, Mo. -- It was nearly 2 a.m. and Big Creek was threatening to live up to its name. Stella Harlow couldn't sleep. Her son Robbie had brought the grandkids over and they were clamoring to go outside and look at the water seeping into her back yard...

It's a wonder when the minister who performed the wedding ceremony and the father of the bride are both around to attend a couple's 50th anniversary. For Virginia and Fred Goodwin, that wonder is wrapped up in the same person, the Rev. Walter Keisker...

Last fall someone using the name Don Schniepp opened two cellular-phone accounts and proceeded to make nearly $1,000 in calls. It wasn't the real Don Schniepp. The real Schniepp, who lives in Cape Girardeau and doesn't own a cellular phone, didn't find out about how much was owed in his name until a few months later when he began shopping for a mortgage loan...

Mirror, mirror on the wall, can you stop that fussing and feuding at all? According to zoo keepers, the answer is yes. At least, a mirror arranged a truce between two feuding chimpanzees at the Prince of Wales Zoological Gardens in northern India. Sunny and Cheena stopped fighting last week when two mirrors were hung in the cage they share...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Charlie Daniels will sing "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" when the Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo kicks off Wednesday, and Ty Herndon will sing about "What Mattered Most" when the rodeo ends Saturday, Aug. 11. In between, audiences will be treated to the songs of Collin Raye and Lonestar and a whole lot of rodeo competition under the rodeo grounds' new state-of-the-art lighting...

Like Rodney Dangerfield, Southeast Missouri State University's football team doesn't get any respect around the Ohio Valley Conference. But second-year coach Tim Billings knows that his Indians don't really deserve any -- not yet at least. And the way Billings looks at things, earning their just due is all up to the Indians...

SENATH, Mo. -- The Chaffee Medicap Pharmacy American Legion baseball team evidently likes making things interesting. With a chance to win the Zone Tournament, Chaffee suffered a 6-4 loss to Festus Saturday night in the championship round as Medicap Pharmacy suffered its first tourney loss...

The response to the heat-related death of NFL Pro Bowler Korey Stringer Wednesday has trickled down to the high school ranks. As Missouri prep football practices begin Monday, area coaches say awareness of the heat and what it can do to players has been heightened...

Under Missouri State High School Activities Association guidelines, the first day fall sports teams can begin practicing is Monday. All athletes must have a completed physical and proof of insurance before they can participate. Following are the times of the first day's practices for the various fall sports at Cape Girardeau Central and Notre Dame...

MCCLURE, Ill. -- Funeral Mass for Norma P. Feterly of Belleville, Ill., formerly of McClure, will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Peter's Cathedral in Belleville. Graveside service will be at 1:15 p.m. in Anna Cemetery at Anna. Friends may call at St. Peter's Cathedral from 9-10 a.m...

Gladys Esther Farrar, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- John Richard Smith, 66, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Mississippi County, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2001, at his home. Born Nov. 24, 1934, in Risco, Mo., he was a son of Ralph A. Smith and Johnnie Frye Smith Woods. Smith was a retired truck driver and had been employed by Kramer Hauling in Kimmswick, Mo...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- James B. Barnes, 59, of Sikeston died Friday, Aug. 3, 2001. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

MARQUAND, Mo. -- Lloyd Sherman Barrett, 77, of Marquand, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Born Feb. 16, 1924, in Marquand, he was a son of Oscar and Berda Stephens Barrett. On May 14, 1950, he married Reva Maxine Hawn, who survives...

ANNA, Ill. -- Betty Mae McCann, 64, of Anna died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, at her home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hileman and Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro, Ill.

PUXICO, Mo. -- Carlos Powell, 71, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, Aug. 3, 2001, at Three Rivers Healthcare Center South. Born July 24, 1930, in Puxico, he was a son of the John F. and Pearl E. Kimes Powell. Powell was a retired safety superintendent with Greyhound Bus Lines and had lived in California for 35 years before moving to Poplar Bluff in 1987. He was a member of the Church of Christ...

Gayle Grooms, 44, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, at the Lutheran Home. Arrangements are pending at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Mo.

The wooden hallway benches fill up by 9:30 a.m. as people enter the Common Pleas Courthouse and wait for their scheduled appearance before a judge. The noise level rises and falls as more people enter through the double doors off Lorimier Street and search for a seat...

SHAWNEETOWN, Mo. -- Shauna Marie Boley and Weldon Lee Saupe were married June 16, 2001, at St. John's Church in Pocahontas, Mo. The Rev. John Kiehl performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Bernice Lorenz of Shawneetown, and soloists were Donna Seabaugh of Friedheim, Mo., and Dana Craft of Sedgewickville, Mo...

Dr. and Mrs. Harold Hager of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a visit to the Outer Banks of North Carolina; attending Trinity Lutheran Church and with a dinner at Celebrations in Cape Girardeau. Hager and Jeanine Binger were married July 16, 1951, at St. ...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Ron Hinkebein of Jackson celebrated their 25th anniversary May 26, 2001. The Hinkebeins renewed their vows at a mass at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, officiated by the Rev. Oscar Lukefahr and Msgr. Ed Eftink. A dinner and dance was held later at the American Legion Hall...

UNIONTOWN, Mo. -- Dawn Nicole Bock and James Andrew Walkup exchanged vows March 17, 2001, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in St. Louis. The Rev. Jeremy Schultz performed the double ring ceremony. Musicians were Mark and Joanna Bender. Readers were Jennifer L'Hote-Gaston of Lake Jackson, Texas, and Rich Hayward of Kansas City, Mo...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Andrea Johanna Siemer and Christopher Scott Marchi exchanged vows May 12, 2001, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. J. Friedel performed the ceremony. Organist was Lenny Kuper, soloist was Lori Schaffer, and music was provided by Trio Girardeaux of Cape Girardeau...

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Masters of Florissant, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Michelle Ailee Masters, to Eric George Halter. He is the son of Mary Meyer of Leopold, Mo., and Michael Halter of Cape Girardeau. Masters received a bachelor of science degree in education from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a master of arts degree from Lindenwood University. She is a teacher at Schultz Middle School...

Ervin and Stephanie Smith of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Smith, to Jeff Daniels. He is the son of Clark and Vicki Daniels of Cape Girardeau and Kenny and Laura Tierdo of West Palm Beach, Fla. Smith is a 2000 graduate of Central High School. She is employed at My Daddy's Cheesecake...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Paul and Florence Dugger of Sikeston announce the engagement of their daughter, April Dawn Dugger, to Daryl Alan Birk. He is the son of Roy and Judy Birk of Charleston, Mo. Dugger is a 1996 graduate of Thomas W. Kelly High School at Benton, Mo. She received a degree in health management from Southeast Missouri State University in 2000. She is a trainer at St. Francis Universal Health and Fitness in Cape Girardeau...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chaffee General Baptist Church was the setting March 10, 2001, for the wedding of Jill Marie Graham and Steven Michael Wessel. The Rev. Joe Payne performed the double ring ceremony. Pianist was Darlene Dumey, aunt of the bride, and soloist was Jessica Smith, both of Chaffee...

MILLERSVILLE, Mo. -- Brandy Jo Boyd and Bryan Jerome Keith were united in marriage Feb. 17, 2001, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson, Mo. The Rev. Robert Henrichs performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Catherine Miller, soloist was Robyn Hosp, and harpist was Joanna Rhodes, daughter of Randy and Diane Rhodes, all of Jackson, Mo...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Virginia Lee Bohnsack and Jack Latimer were married Dec. 9, 2000, at New McKendree United Methodist Church. The Rev. John Rice performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Linda Thompson of Jackson, and soloist was Janet Hinze of Cape Girardeau...

FRUITLAND, Mo. -- Elizabeth Merriam Estes and Stephen Douglas Barr were married Oct. 21, 2000, at Grandel Theatre in St. Louis. The Rev. Henry Bevel of Des Moines, Iowa, performed the ceremony. Pianist was Steven Zwart of Louisville, Ky., uncle of the bride...

Tiffany Lynn Miller and Larry Russell Hatfield Jr. were married June 23, 2001, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. The Rev. Milton F. Ryan performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Kristy Jansen and soloist was Gail Heuschober, both of Cape Girardeau...

Lori Ann Lester and Philip Nolan Johnson were married May 4, 2001, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. The Rev. J. Friedel performed the double ring ceremony. Music was by Trio Girardeaux, and vocalists were Alan Bruns and Claire Syler. Parents of the couple are J. Doug and Nancy Lester and Dr. David and Flo Johnson, all of Cape Girardeau...

You may think you gained some mass over the summer, and you would be correct. We all have. Scientists announced the other day that a small subatomic particle called the neutrino has mass after all. There are about 1 followed by twelve zeros worth of neutrinos tunneling through your body every second. ...