Stories from Monday, August 20, 2001

Mary Walker recently won a 27-inch color television set for her part in conducting an Old Town Cape neighborhood assessment in the Haarig historic business district and Good Hope neighborhood. The television was presented by Cliff's Rent to Own. Walker was among six youths who collected the survey forms during a three-day period...

William A. Brockmire of Cape Girardeau recently attended the 2001 Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) annual meeting, held at Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Brockmire, a two-year MDRT member, was among more than 7,000 Round Table members from 58 nations who attended the five-day session...

Cheryl Mothes, investment representative for Edward Jones Financial Services, was honored recently at a business management forum in New York City. She was one of 50 Edward Jones representatives honored for excellent business-management skills. While at the conference, she met with other Edward Jones representatives to share ideas for increasing office efficiency, improving customer service and investment knowledge...

Timothy J. Schwent, CPA with Schott & Van de Ven Certified Public Accountants recently completed a Western CPE continuing education conference in Hyannis, Maine. The week of training included seminars on taxation, management, accounting, auditing, consulting services and financial planning for public accountants...

Stone Hill Winery's 1999 Port has won the Governor's Cup for the best Missouri wine entered in the 2001 Missouri Wine Competition. Missouri wineries are becoming contenders in the worldwide grape and wine market, said Patty Held-Uthlaut, spokesperson for Stone Hill Winery...

Eclipse Beauty Salon, 130 N. Spanish St., has expanded from three to seven operators. A number of stylists and hair specialists have joined Eclipse recently, said Becky Drury and Steve Quick, owners of Eclipse Hair Studio. When the salon opened in October last year it included Drury, Quick and stylist Sue Phillips...

Elias Ace Hardware, 1719 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau, and 3101 Sycamore in Cairo, Ill., have completed a major redesign of paint and paint-cleaning supplies departments in the two stores. Fred Elias, owner of the stores, said the renovations were developed based on customer preferences and comments...

The annual Delta Center Field Day will be held Aug. 31 at the Lee Farm, east of Portageville, Mo. The farm is located two miles south of Portageville and five miles east of Highways T and TT intersection. This marks the 49th for the annual field day...

Chartwells' educational dining services at Southeast Missouri State University was named "Regional Account of the Year" and a "Center of Excellence" recently at a Regional Chartwells awards banquet in Chicago. Chartwells' account at Southeast Missouri State placed at the top of 66 Chartwells accounts in this region, which includes Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska and parts of Indiana and Kansas...

KRCU 90.9 FM at Southeast Missouri State University recently hired its fifth full-time professional staff member. Jake McCleland, a 2000 graduate of the university, has joined the staff as a producer/programmer. "As a public radio station, we have a commitment to local programming," said General Manager Greg Petrowich. ...

"Watch for Walking Catfish." The sign startled me. It was handwritten but clear. I was driving along a two-lane blacktop road in southern Louisiana, along one of the many bayous which dot that part of the state. I didn't know that walking catfish frequented that part of the country...

Philipps Carpet and Decorating is moving to a new location at 615 W. Main St. in Jackson, Mo. The new store was formerly the Cracraft-Miller Furniture Store. Philipps Carpet and Decorating is a full service home decorating center offering a flooring products, window coverings and paints. Philipps will offer custom framing in the near future...

Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble are scaling back their planned $4 billion joint venture that would have combined brands like Minute Maid juice and Pringles potato chips. The companies will now focus on a smaller business to create and market new products. Coke made the announcement in a filing Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission...

The new Lowe's Home Center will open Aug. 29 at 1240 S. Main in Sikeston with a grand opening ceremony at 10 a.m. Lowe's, the world's second largest home improvement retailer, is in the midst of an aggressive expansion plan currently operating more than 680 stores in 40 states. Last year, sales topped $18 billion. Headquartered in Wilkesboro, N.C., Lowe's is the 13th largest retailer in the U.S. and the 34th largest worldwide...

Danny R. Essner wants to get more involved in banking management. A new position has been created at Capaha Bank to give the veteran banker that opportunity. Essner, who has been in the financial industry almost 30 years, the last 18 in banking, has been named executive vice president of Capaha Bank...

The first Wal-Mart Supercenter opened in Missouri in 1988, and the 1,000th Wal-Mart Supercenter will open in the Show-Me State Wednesday. The new supercenter will open Wednesday at St. Robert, Mo. Wal-Mart, with headquarters at Bentonville, Ark., has more than 3,000 stores with annual sales of $191 billion, making it the largest retailer in the world...

Southeast Missouri State University welcomed its students Sunday with the annual "Welcome Back Picnic" at Capaha Park. "Look at this," said Southeast President Dr. Ken Dobbins, taking in the sunny day. "The weather just couldn't get more perfect." The picnic, sponsored by the University Relations Committee of the Cape Gir-ardeau Chamber of Commerce, with food provided by Chartwells, drew approximately 4,000 students to the park to enjoy the free food and drinks and activities...

PADUCAH, Ky. -- Wanted: Artists to relocate to progressive city on the Ohio River. Financial incentives include 100 percent financing for real estate, below-market loans, a free Web site and health insurance. Other incentives include a lively cultural atmosphere and 11,000 tourists stopping on riverboats and 30,000 more coming to the city's national quilt museum each year...

PADUCAH, Ky. -- Dr. Bill Renzulli has had what he calls a "fractured career." Balancing the twin callings of medicine and art has been difficult and has not brought him great wealth. He quit full-time medicine at age 40 to pursue art. Now at 62, Renzulli has decided to sell his medical practice so he can devote himself to painting. Paducah's Artist Relocation Program has given him the opportunity...

ENID, Okla. -- Chaffee Medicap Pharmacy's magical American Legion baseball season finally came to a halt here Sunday afternoon. Merrero, La., took advantage of six Chaffee errors -- which led to five unearned runs -- as it posted an 8-6 victory in the semifinal round of the eight-team Mid-South Regional Tournament...

A team composed of former Charleston High School players accomplished something not that unusual for them. They won a basketball championship. This team, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, defeated Coca Cola 50-40 to capture the title of the 10th annual Slamfest at Indian Park Sunday afternoon...

JACKSON, Mo. -- David W. Farrow, 42, of Jackson, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 6, 1958, son of John and Fannie Abernathy Farrow. He was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church near Pocahontas, Mo. He was formerly employed as a deckhand for various barge companies...

Monday, Aug. 20, at 7 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Study Session at 5 p.m. Public hearings Consent ordinances n An ordinance amending Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances by changing the zoning of the north side of Lexington Avenue, between Perryville Road and Steven Drive, from R-1 to R-4...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Ann C. Nolan, 79, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Aug. 17, 2001, at Houston Northwest Medical Center. She was born Dec. 8, 1921, in Greensboro, N.C., daughter of Roy and Gertrude Smith Carpenter. She and F.R. Nolan were married Nov. 21, 1942, in Alexandria, Va., and he preceded her in death Aug. 12, 1988...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Cecil Andrew LaBruyere, 84, of Perryville, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, at his home. He was born Aug. 27, 1916, in Farmington, Mo., son of Harry and Louis Fuchs LaBruyere. His wife, Alma, preceded him in death. He worked for the St. Louis public school system as an electrician and served with the U.S. Army during World War II...

ANNA, Ill. -- Roscoe McBride, 87, of Anna, died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2001, at Union County Hospital in Anna. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna.

KARNAK, Ill. -- Herman Meyers, 89, of Karnak died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, at Southgate Health Care Center in Metropolis, Ill. He was born to Charley and Mary Cain Meyers, and married Bernice Little in 1939, who survives. He was a retired employee of Main Brothers Box and Lumber Co. in Karnak, a World War II veteran and a member of Belknap Pentecostal Church...

TO THE person who found and reported my Visa credit card lost or stolen: Thank you very much. I live in the Kansas City area and did not notice it missing until I returned to Kansas City. Thanks again, and I hope that a blessing can be returned to you someday...

Illinois has enacted a law that imposes stiff fines on drivers who don't proceed cautiously around parked emergency vehicles. The law imposes a fine of up to $10,000 on drivers who disobey it. The facts speak for themselves: The new law is known as Scott's Law, named after Gillen, and state and law-enforcement officials hope it will make people drive more carefully when they approach emergency situations...

Police concede a new state law that makes it illegal for anyone under 18 to possess tobacco products will be difficult to enforce. If police don't take an active approach to enforcement, these youngsters will likely continue smoking in public without fear...