Stories from Sunday, August 26, 2001

To the editor: In your July 21 article, "King James movement drives wedge in U.S. fundamentalism," I was surprised to hear who supposedly started the King James Only movement: a theologian from my church. Being a Seventh-day Adventist, I never once heard that we were only to read the King James Version of the Bible. ...

Explorer Post 4-234 first began on Feb. 8, 1999. It is a chaperoned, career-oriented, coed program open to young people between the ages of 14 and 21. Dru Reeves, one of the organization's leaders, said, "Explorers provide an excellent opportunity for young men and women to pursue a career in emergency management."...

A United Way Success By 6 review panel recently approved six one-time grants totaling $11,000 to agencies and programs addressing parent education in local communities. The funding was made available through a grant from the United Way of America and Bank of America Foundation, which is administered by the Area Wide United Way...

The Rev. Nancy Gillard grew up in John Knox Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Mo. As a youth, she became involved in Young Life, working with them while in high school. She went on to attend Texas Christian University and received her degree in journalism. Gillard then went home to Kansas City to work at her father's advertising agency...

DeAnna Arevalo is loaded with reasons to teach her daughter, Iliana, at home. Arevalo believes she has her daughter's best interests at heart. "I can give her what's best in education by personalizing the process," Arevalo said. "I can feed her things that she hungers for."...

Name: Dan Tuschhoff Lives in: Jackson Family: My immediate family consists of my wife, Kathy, a daughter, Nikki, and a son, Tyler. Job: I'm the owner of Harold's Jewelry. What do you like most about the area? The "Hometown Proud" attitude. Favorite food: Spaghetti...

She'd only lived in the USA for a few years when they decided to marry. They first met on the job; she was a maid and he, a butler, for a fine family. They'd gotten to know each other and now, a few years later, here they were, looking at apartments to live in as husband and wife. When the real estate agent took them to this place, Gretchen just knew this was it. The vibes were just right...

This was passed to me from a private land conservationist from the Missouri Department of Conservation in the county I have land in. This is just one example of how working with the MDC can benefit you. So now I am passing it along to you. You will be amazed on how well this works...

Joyce McIntosh is not entirely new to the Jackson School District. She has substituted in the district for about three years. Her children, Stuart and Lucas, attend school in the district. After graduating from nursing school in 1979, McIntosh began working in different areas of the hospital; ICU, GI Lab, post surgical floor, cardiac rehab, pre-op and the recovery room...

Hugh Andrew LeDure resides at the Veterans Home in Cape and considers it one big, happy, family. He has lived at the Veterans Home for two years now. The residents are allowed a garden spot on the premises, and with that freedom, LeDure said, "Look what the Lord and I have done."...

It's been an interesting, and humbling, last couple of weeks. Coming off a vacation, wrapping up the season with the Jackson Barracudas, working Vacation Bible School, finding some time to reflect on my blessings and improving my "quiet time" have helped me remember some important lessons that God teaches, if we are willing to learn...

To the editor: On Aug. 8, a Florida judge ruled that Terry Schindler-Sciavo's life was not worth living. Without the consent of her parents -- in fact, denying them the right to present witnesses on behalf of their daughter -- the judge signed an order to disconnect Sciavo's feeding tubes, which will result in slow starvation. ...

A lamentable trend in American politics these last 15 years or so is what some writers have called "the criminalization of politics." In some quarters, it seems, it isn't enough to disagree with your opponents, nor even to defeat them in free and open debate or at the ballot box. ...

President Bush appointed 16 members to a commission on the future of Social Security, with one of the co-chairs being Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the distinguished former Democratic senator from New York. Lately the commission has made news in attempting to close some meetings of its sub-groups...

Sponsored by the Missouri Farm Bureau and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, another in a series of 18 statewide transportation forums was held here at the Show Me Center last week. Also present, as he is at most of these events -- to his credit -- was Missouri Department of Transportation director Henry Hungerbeeler...

NEW YORK -- On the first Sunday after the Catholic bishops criticized George W. Bush's decision to allow federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, I was curious to hear the follow-up in my parish. But far from talking about stem cells or the preciousness of human life, our priest mentioned his vacation at Cape Cod and then ... ...

Beth Emmendorfer, director of special services in the Jackson School District, knows the grant of $81,000 from Missouri School-Age Children's Health Services will help the district assist both the physical and mental health needs of at-risk students...

Each September, the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day Telethon brings top names from the entertainment world to tens of millions of viewers. The initial show, which was first broadcast in 1966, has prompted an outpouring of generous support from the public...

"School days, school days, good old Golden Rule days; Readin' and Writin' and 'Rithmetic Taught to the tune of the hickory stick." School days have always been important days. Even for those of us who remember the "good old days," school shaped our lives. ...

Evelyn D. Deck (Kitchens) was born Dec. 3, 1922 to James E. Scism and Nellie Harper Scism in Ilmo, Mo. She attended College High School in Cape Girardeau. On March 1, 1941 she married John A. Kitchens of Arkadelphia Ark., and a son was added to this union, John A. Kitchens III...

TO THE liberal who thinks conservatives are rich. I am a conservative Republican, and I am far from being rich. I have seen more rich liberals than I have seen rich conservatives. The Bible does not specify whether the rich man Jesus spoke to was liberal or conservative, but since he refused to give up all he had, more than likely he was a liberal. ...

After leading a small group in prayer, the Rev. Clayton Smith, pastor of Centenary Methodist Church climbed a shaky aluminum ladder to the top of the church's bell tower Saturday, prepared to spend the night. He gave thanks for the quiet time and for the prophets who inspired him to "take spend time alone with the Lord."...

"She's always in his hair," said Margaret Yates about her 9-year-old daughter, Adeline. Monroe Hicks didn't seem to mind the attention. Monroe Hicks enjoyed a light moment during a recent football practice. The Yates family, including Pierce, second from left, and Meg, has welcomed Monroe Hicks into the family. At far left was another close friend and fellow teammate on the Cape Central High football team, Marland Heard. Margaret Yates taught Hicks during his freshman year...

Now there are enough grand championship trophies for every Penny Street Porker to have one. The four Porkers -- chief cook Mike Klipfel, his wife Therese, W.R. "Reeder" Withers and Jim Ham -- won the Charles E. Knote Grand Champion trophy at Saturday's Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce BBQ Fest at Arena Park...

A 36-year-old Jackson, Mo., man was killed about 3:45 p.m. Saturday when he was struck by a train in east Cape Girardeau County. County coroner Mike Hurst said the man's death was still under investigation, but the victim was apparently walking on the tracks near County Road 654 when he was struck...

Mariangeles Flores arrived in the United States Friday from Argentina, ready to work on her MBA while enjoying what would hopefully be an eventful stay to America. But first there's the digging, painting and cleaning. The 25-year-old Flores, along with dozens of other international and American students at Southeast Missouri State University, spent much of the day Saturday working on two homes being built by Cape Area Habitat For Humanity...

Southeast Missouri State University's football team is just about ready to kick off year two of the Tim Billings era. Will the 2001 season -- which begins Saturday on the road against Division I-A Eastern Michigan -- be the breakthrough campaign that success-starved Indian fans have been longing for? Or will it produce just another in a long line of dismal records for a program that has not been over the .500 mark since 1994 and has gone 3-8 for three straight years?...

The month of September not only brings in relief from the summer heat, it opens the first of fall hunting seasons. Dove season opens September 1 and closes November 9. Teal season opens September 8 and closes September 23 with a daily limit of four. Sora and Virginia rail season opens September 1 through November 9. There will not be a split season this year. Also the daily limit has been lowered to 12. The dove population is in a slight downward trend...

Since 1997, no girls prep volleyball team has brought a state championship back to Southeast Missouri. That is, among the 18 teams in the Southeast Missourian coverage area. Bernie won state championships in Class 1A in '94, '95, '96, '98 and '99. Are there any bona fide contenders in the area? Could this be the year that drought ends?...

ST. LOUIS -- Cape Central and Jackson both compiled 1-2 records Saturday in the Cor Jesu Softball Tournament. After tournament play was washed out Friday night, Central opened Saturday with a 3-1, 11-inning victory over St. Louis Notre Dame. Holly Schnurbusch pitched all 11innings for the Lady Tigers, allowing six hits, striking out three and walking one...

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. -- David Lee Bailey, 47, of Stockbridge, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 23 in Riverdale, Ga. He was born July 26, 1954, in O'Fallon, Ill., son of Betty Simpson and Frank "Ben" Bailey. He and Barbara Tate were married...

BERNIE, Mo. -- Richard Q. Lomax Sr., 58, of Bernie died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2001, at his home. He was born Nov. 22, 1942, in Sikeston, Mo., son of J.B. and Helen Lumert Lomax. He and Regina Dawn Dirickson were married on Dec. 17, 1994, in Bloomfield, Mo...

OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- Charlotte Elois Atchley Masters, 81, died Friday, Aug. 24, 2001, at her home in Oak Ridge. She was born March 21, 1920, at Randles, Mo., daughter of Emerson and Evia Leona Burns Atchley. She and Clarence Masters were married Jan. 25, 1936...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- Lorena Jones Basham, 89, of Anna, Ill., died Friday, Aug. 24, 2001, at the Willow Creek Rehab Center in Belleville, Ill. Basham was born Oct. 5, 1911, at Cypress, Ill., daughter of William and Mirtie Daywalt Jones. She and Harlan Basham were married...

Viola J. Nicholson, 57, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 24, 2001, at Heartland Care Rehabilitation Center. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

MORLEY, Mo. -- Dorothy D. Hagar, 93, of Morley died Thursday, Aug. 23, 2001, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 23, 1908 in Supply, Ark., daughter of James Samuel and Lena Ella Brashear Duff. She and Robert C. Hagar were married July 5, 1929. He died June 19, 1992...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Clarence Coats, 92, of Zalma, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2001, at Three Rivers South in Poplar Bluff. Coats was a retired farmer. Arrangements are incomplete at Morgan Funeral Home.

Eva B. Snider, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 24, 2001, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation. She was born Sept. 1, 1903, in Allenville, Mo., daughter of Robert Lee and Jessie M. Dewese Waddle. She and Emory Snider were married April, 1923, in Jackson, Mo. He died Dec. 26, 1991...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Roscoe "Bud" Hazel, 74, of Advance died Friday, Aug. 24, 2001, at his home. He was born Nov. 1, 1926, at Salcedo, Mo., son of Roscoe and Rosie Harlow Hazel. Hazel was a retired owner-operator of a sawmill in Bell City, Mo. He and Mildred Wallace were married July 18, 1945...

Here we are in the month of the big, colorful garden jewels. Like second cousins to Christmas trees adorned with baubles, the tomato plants, with a little support, stand erect and say to the world, "Look here! See what we offer ..." Their offerings make the summer menu delightful as well as colorful. The wintertime and even summertime things called tomatoes, at the grocery stores are just that, "Things." Hard, tasteless, with a definite core. Pardon me, Produce Departments...

Herbert and Alvina Forrester of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th anniversary July 21, 2001. The couple renewed their wedding vows during mass at St. Henry Catholic Church in Charleston, Mo., with Msgr. Mike Swalina officiating. A dinner and dance followed at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Charleston...

FRUITLAND, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Niswonger of Fruitland recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception and dinner at the Elks Lodge in Jackson, Mo. Niswonger and Juanita Criddle were married July 2, 1951, by the Rev. E.G. Andrews, at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Criddle in Oak Ridge, Mo. Their attendants were the late Edna Stroder and Paul Drum...

Deidre Bates Sessoms and David Frank DeNuzzo were married June 30, 2001, at Julia Morgan House and Gardens in Sacramento, Calif. Yvonne Najah Addassi performed the double ring ceremony. Shirley Sessoms and Henry and Tammy Sessoms, all of Cape Girardeau, are parents of the bride. The groom is the son of Frank and Jane DeNuzzo of Gainesville, Fla...

COMMERCE, Mo. -- Emily Joy Sander and Jamie William Essner exchanged vows June 9, 2001, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg, Mo. The Rev. Normand Varone performed the double ring ceremony. The Revs. James Seyer and Al Hoernig concelebrated. Servers were Ryan and Zachary Essner and Trent Ray. Organist was Karen Seiler of Benton, Mo. Soloists were Sissy Burnett of Jackson, Mo., and Jimmy Simmons of Benton...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Erin Renee Eftink and Bruce Alexander Pfeifer were married June 2, 2001, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church. The Rev. Ralph Duffner performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Betty Vandevan of Chaffee. Vocalist was Kelly Byer of Cape Girardeau, cousin of the groom...

Danny and Cheryl Johnson of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Dawn Johnson of Jackson, Mo., to Ronald Lee Gilmore. He is the son of John and Shelby Gilmore of Jackson. Johnson is a 1991 graduate of Bethel Temple Christian Academy in Bryan, Texas, and received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Texas A&M University in 1994. She is employed by Southwestern Bell...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Larry and Debbie Young of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Young, to Joseph Thomas, both of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Cindy Fisk of Jackson. Young is a graduate of Jackson High School, and is attending Southeast Missouri State University...

Jodie Louise Eichhorn and Thomas Paul Berkbigler Jr. exchanged vows April 20, 2001, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. The Revs. Milton Ryan and Lewis Hejna performed the double ring ceremony. Music was provided by Jeffery Overbey and Paul Berens, and vocalist was Julie Stoverink, all of Cape Girardeau...

Otte is a 1996 graduate of Woodland High School, and is majoring in residential design at Three Rivers College. He is employed at American Rail Industries in Jackson, Mo., and is a dispatcher part time at the Bollinger County Sheriff's Office in Marble Hill...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Bobby and Judy Henry of Sikeston announce the engagement of their daughter, Lori Elizabeth Henry, to Aaron Lee Bunting. He is the son of Rick and Mary Margaret Bunting of Risco, Mo. Henry is a 1998 graduate of Sikeston High School, and is majoring in elementary education at Southeast Missouri State University. She is employed by Cape Girardeau Police Department and is working with the Parent and Child Together program...