Stories from October 2005

Jon K. Rust If you venture downtown today for the Southeast Missourian's centennial block party -- and I highly encourage you to do so -- there will be no mistaking the belle of the ball. She's the Missourian building. And even though she celebrated her 80th birthday on Sept. 11, she's never looked better...

A Scott City man was charged on Friday with five felony counts of sexual offenses with a child under 14 years old. James A. Edger, 19, faces two felony counts of first-degree statutory rape, two felony counts of child molestation and one felony count of incest...

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- From a blue recliner in the living room of her Fredericktown single-wide, Dawn Whitworth can hear the muffled voice of her daughter as she sings along to a CD in a back bedroom. I believe I can fly I believe I can touch the sky É...

Shuttle buses should ease traffic congestion for visitors to the Southeast Missourian's daylong block party today, event organizers say. The city will close several blocks of Broadway, Lorimier and Themis streets to traffic from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. to make room for the newspaper's centennial celebration...

The former slugger helped bid farewell to Busch Stadium. ST. LOUIS -- Mark McGwire stands by his no comment. The St. Louis Cardinals season home run king made his first appearance at Busch Stadium this season on Friday as part of a final-weekend reunion at the 40-year-old ballpark. He said he had no regrets about his often-criticized testimony before Congress in March during steroids hearings, during which he repeatedly said "I'm not here to talk about the past."...

Quarterbacks will be the main attraction when the Longhorns visit today. COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri's Brad Smith and Texas' Vince Young will go head-to-head today, when the Tigers face the No. 2 Longhorns in a Big 12 Conference opener. Although the two quarterbacks have had different levels of success as starters -- Young is 20-2 and Smith is 20-19 -- they both will be trying to prove themselves to a national audience...

The St. Vincent defense limited St. Pius running back Carlos Bisch to 88 yards, becoming the first team to hold him below 100 all season. That helped propel the Indians (3-2) to a 28-13 victory against the Lancers in a Mississippi Area Football Conference Blue Division game in Festus, Mo...

Southeast Missourian Jackson broke a halftime deadlock with two second-half touchdowns and went on to 21-14 road victory over Jefferson City, one of the most storied programs in Missouri high school football history. Jackson, which suffered a 27-point home loss to the Jays last season, improved to 3-2...

HILLAH, Iraq -- Sunni insurgents hit two Shiite towns in two days with brutal bombings that killed more than 110 people, apparently aiming to scare Shiites away from a crucial vote on Iraq's new constitution. In the latest attack, a car bomb ripped through a fruit and vegetable market crowded with Friday morning shoppers...

ST. LOUIS -- Albert Pujols hit a grand slam in the seventh inning for his 200th career home run and Reggie Sanders' two-run double snapped a sixth-inning tie, rescuing a pitching staff that surrendered 10 walks in the first six innings of the St. Louis Cardinals' 12-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night...

School bus overturns on NYC expressway; Economy wobbling from Katrina's blows; U.S. troop cuts in doubt over Iraqi instability

U.S. views on N. Korea prevail in resolution; Hurricane Otis moves toward Baja peninsula; Brazil now Latin America's largest economy

Cape Girardeau...

Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls on Wednesday: * At 5:28 p.m., emergency medical service in the 200 block of South West End Boulevard. * At 10:21 p.m., motor vehicle accident at Seimers Drive and William Street. * At 9:11 p.m., line down at Big Bend Road and Mechaw Drive...

Disaster aftermaths provide fertile ground for scammers. Most states are prepared to deal with excessive charges for products and services that prey on victims who, in desperation, pay far more than they should. In Missouri, scammers fall under the review of the attorney general's office. ...

Southeast summary SAMFORD 33, SOUTHEAST 17 Southeast 9 3 3 2 -- 17 Samford 6 0 14 13 -- 33 First Quarter SE -- Colin Schermann 35 field goal Sam -- Jeff Moore 44 pass from Jefferson Adcock (kick failed) SE -- Matt Boyack 10 pass from Mike Haley (Schermann kick)...

A day after Southeast Missouri State's latest loss, coach Tim Billings stayed firm with his original decision that true freshman quarterback Markus Mosley will start the Redhawks' next game. Mosley replaced struggling senior Mike Haley early in the fourth quarter Thursday night at Samford, the Redhawks trailing 26-17 at the time...

Southeast Missouri State's Ohio Valley Conference soccer opener resulted in no goals for the Redhawks as they battled Eastern Illinois to a scoreless tie on Sept. 23. But the Redhawks had nothing resembling an offensive drought during their second OVC match as they blistered Austin Peay 4-0 Friday night in front of nearly 250 fans at Houck Stadium...

Baseball...

To the editor: I understand that my newspaper carrier, Jimmy Stone, will be giving up his Southeast Missourian route soon. You should know that a diligent search will be required to find someone who measures up to the high standards established by Jimmy over the last 20 years. ...

To the editor: This letter is in recognition of the ladies at the Cape Girardeau GED class. Since we home schooled our three children, we preferred they also obtain their GED. Over the years, these hardworking ladies were so helpful in aiding our children to reach their goal. ...

To the editor: I was touched by the story "Every Penny counts" as I have been with all the stories regarding Hurricane Katrina. As a devout animal lover, I am saddened by the numerous pets that were left homeless in the aftermath and worry about their fate. ...

Stop sign needed; Oil from soybeans; Louisiana mistrust; Price of corn; Parent phone line; Drug therapy; Beer littering; Spreading meditation; TV outrage; Passing lane; Try harder; Possible propaganda; Spread the pork

Evelyn Lorraine Bullock Rushing, 86, of Cape Girardeau went to be with her Lord Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Feb. 14, 1919, in Bonne Terre, Mo., daughter of Arthur Cellis and Elba Rhoda Pratt Bullock. Evelyn was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. ...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- William Preston "Bill" Morgan, 72, of Olive Branch died at noon Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 26, 1933, in East Prairie, Mo., son of Tom and Alma Powers Morgan. He married Beulah Bigham...

TUNNEL HILL, Ill. -- Caroline Eakins, 61, of Tunnel Hill passed away at 2:20 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, 2005, at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Ill. Mrs. Eakins was born Jan. 22, 1944, at Commerce, Mo., to Huby and Letha Fraizer Malone. She and Norman Eakins were married June 8, 1962, at Millersville, Mo. He preceded her in death May 13, 2003...

Mitchell Lee Rivers, 60, of St. Louis died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis. He was born July 26, 1945, in Cape Girardeau, son of Oliphant Mitchell and Mildred Lee Bidewell Rivers. He and Jean Ann Volz were married June 27, 1970...

Parker; James; Glueck; Wilson; Overbey; Byerley; Sides; Craft

25 years ago: Oct. 1, 1980 EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Thirty-four years after a study was commissioned, the Army Corps of Engineers last night trotted out a $4.9 million proposal for improved flood control in a 50,000-acre area along the Mississippi River in Union and Alexander counties...

The outside of Renaissance home decor shop in downtown Cape Girardeau is almost alive with newspaper images. Cut from little slips of history is a decoupage of stories and columns that co-owner Sherry Yaeger found inspirational as an artist, leading to songs and paintings...

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying U.S millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen lifted off late Friday Central time from the Central Asian steppe, launching the world's third space tourist on a two-day journey to the international space station...

WASHINGTON -- Out of jail after 85 days, New York Times reporter Judith Miller testified before a grand jury Friday, setting the stage for prosecutors to decide whether to charge anyone in the Bush administration in the leak of a CIA operative's name...

David Alan Tippen pleaded guilty to one felony count of child abuse, resulting in death, and didn't plead guilty to second-degree murder, as stated in the Thursday issue...

Anyone who hasn't seen Cape Girardeau's downtown in the past 10 years or so would be pleasantly surprised by the way residential and business owners in what is now known as Old Town Cape are saving the past and updating for the future. With today's centennial bash for the Southeast Missourian, city residents and visitors will have yet another opportunity to enjoy the new downtown. ...

For Judith Farris, life has come full circle. The New York voice coach who learned how to sing at Southeast Missouri State University before going off to pursue her dreams has returned home for more than just a brief stay. She's come back to live, at least for a while, in the town that showed her how to use her vocal talent, and to teach at the university where she learned her skills...

Darryl Morgan is Cape Girardeau's new town crier. If he is commissioned by the Cape Girardeau City Council, Morgan will be the goodwill ambassador for the city. As the goodwill ambassador, Morgan will be present for opening ceremonies, greeting VIPs and announcing upcoming community events...

Scott City won 14-0, as Chaffee's lost its 29th consecutive game. When you haven't won a game in nearly three years, good fortune is rare. Chaffee -- losers of 28 straight heading into Friday night's homecoming matchup against rival Scott City at Chaffee -- must have been taken back to find itself at Scott City's 2-yard line less than two minutes into the game after a botched Scott City punt snap...

SIKESTON -- With funding in hand, the newly formed Southeast Missouri Economic Development Alliance is ready launch a six-county effort to draw in new business, retain existing ones and -- perhaps most important -- create new jobs. "In all of these Bootheel counties, we all benefit from each other's success," said Missy Marshall, executive director of the Sikeston Area Chamber of Commerce. "If a plant locates in New Madrid County, it brings advantages to all of us."...

BENTON, Mo. -- An evacuee with a positive attitude is someone who outruns a killer storm for 600 miles and comes to rest on the New Madrid fault. On Friday, Geraldine Brown defined herself as having that positive attitude, while staying at the hurricane camp in Benton, Mo...

The 2005 Designer ShowHouse of Ideas opens today at 700 N. Pacific St. in Cape Girardeau. The work of Southeast Missouri interior designers will be on display from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and Monday through Thursday, from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. In addition, seminars will be presented at Southeast Missouri State University...

COMMERCE, Mo. -- There were times in the past 180 years when the people of St. Paul United Methodist Church believed their church would not survive. In 1860, the debate over slavery divided the congregation into northern and southern factions. In the 1930s, the church's fund balances dropped to $1.35...

La Croix UMC selected for Lilly Endowment; Westminster Presbyterian holds quilt show Oct. 8; Emanuel United Church plans bazaar for Oct. 15; Judgement House at Shawnee college Oct. 8; Saturday; Sunday; Tuesday; Wednesday; Friday; -- From staff reports

A lump swelled in my throat as I continued reading the e-mail. Absorbing the message caused me to recall other similar situations I've witnessed in nursing homes and other circumstances. An elderly white-haired man faithfully visited his wife in the nursing home each day. Everyone observing Matt's behavior marveled at his unwavering perseverance -- turning up each day at her room...

The Central boys soccer team suffered its first loss after 12 straight victories, dropping a 2-1 decision to Neuqua Valley of Naperville, Ill., on Friday night at the Quincy, Ill., Tournament. The Tigers (12-2) had lost their season-opening game before rolling off a winning streak and earning a spot in the top 10 rankings of the Missouri Soccer Coaches Association...

Walker hit two home runs in Saturday's 9-6 victory against the Reds. ST. LOUIS -- Larry Walker hit two home runs Saturday and the St. Louis Cardinals moved within a game of becoming baseball's only 100-win team, beating the Cincinnati Reds 9-6. Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer, his 41st, with one out in the first, and Walker followed with a drive off Cincinnati starter Ramon Ortiz (9-12). Walker connected off Ortiz again leading off the fourth...

Southeast will have a Division II team on the slate in 2006 for the first time since 2002. Southeast Missouri State athletic director Don Kaverman hopes that by softening the university's nonconference football schedule in the future, that might also help jump-start the Redhawks' program...

New York has matched St. Louis' 2-1 record despite distractions in its first three games. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Four weeks into the season, the New York Giants are ready for some football. Period. Off-field distractions marked the first three weeks, from the anniversary of Sept. 11 to the New Orleans Saints' home-away-from-home game at Giants Stadium to quarterback Eli Manning's first visit to San Diego since jilting the Chargers on draft day last year...

The Southeast Missourian celebrated its centennial Saturday, holding a downtown block party outside the bunting-draped historic building that has housed the daily newspaper for the past 80 years. Area bands on three stages entertained the crowd. Children played games on the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn. Antique cars parked in front and along side the Missourian building recalled the early decades of the 20th century...

Three competitions drew crowds during the Southeast Misourian's centennial celebration. A costume contest at the gazebo at the Commons Pleas Courthouse was the first to draw applause from bystanders. Victoria Collom, 3, was the only entrant in the child competition of the costume contest, but that did not stop her from wooing the judges and the crowd. She won $5 in cash, a $10 gift certificate for Port Cape and a $25 gift certificate to Nick's Family Sports Pub...

Editor's note: Ethan Patrick Williams, 4, died Aug. 25 from an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection. Since his death his mother, Emily Altom, and stepfather, Michael Altom, have been charged with manslaughter and child endangerment. The Southeast Missourian obtained Ethan's case file, including medical records, from the Department of Social Services under the Sunshine Law. Unless otherwise attributed, the information presented in this story is from that file...

When the Southeast Jazz Ensemble launched into the Glenn Miller classic "Little Brown Jug" Saturday, Fred Moyers started swaying a little in his chair. And when they followed it up with "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," things couldn't get any better. For Moyers, 82, the swing-era jazz numbers unlock the key to his youth. ...

As a result of residents' requests, the center will soon begin collecting plastic bags. Cape Girardeau's recycling center dropoff location at Broadview has moved to Southern Expressway, officially opening Saturday. While some residents complained of a farther drive, many of Saturday's visitors were pleased with the location and setup of the facility. ...

The Perryville boys cross country team placed four runners in the top 10 to edge host Notre Dame at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday. Jesse Kueker led the Pirates with a second-place finish in 16:49. William Benline (sixth), Kyle Bert (ninth) and Montana Giesler (10th) rounded out Perryville's top four runners. Andrew Thieret finished 22nd for Perryville...

TOKYO -- For drivers who find backing out of tight parking spots a hassle, Nissan has an answer: An egg-shaped car whose body pivots 360 degrees so that its rear end becomes the front. The Pivo, shown Friday at a Tokyo Nissan showroom, is still an experimental model and probably will not go on sale publicly for several years...

PITTSBURGH -- Apparently, there's a big market out there for used colonoscopes. Four of the devices used to examine the human colon were lifted from a local hospital -- at a total cost of nearly $104,000. Authorities say the theft is likely driven by a large overseas market for the devices...

NEW YORK -- New York Times reporter Judith Miller's decision to escape jail by testifying about her conversations with a confidential source surprised some of her supporters and left journalists wondering what her choice will mean for press freedoms...

LOS ANGELES -- The astronomers who claim to have discovered the 10th planet in the solar system have another intriguing announcement: It has a moon. While observing the new, so-called planet from Hawaii last month, a team of astronomers led by Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology spotted a faint object trailing next to it. Because it was moving, astronomers ruled it was a moon and not a background star, which is stationary...

PALO CAMPANA, El Salvador -- A volcano in western El Salvador erupted on Saturday, sending a column of ash 50,000 feet into the air and killing two farmers buried by chunks of earth and boiling water that tumbled down the slopes. Authorities ordered the evacuation of three communities in the shadow of the Ilamatepec volcano, which towers near Santa Ana, the country's second largest city, 40 miles from San Salvador, the capital...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia more than doubled the average cost of fuel Saturday in a bid to stave off an economic crisis, sparking transport strikes and violent protests from people who have long enjoyed some of the cheapest gas prices in the world...

BALI, Indonesia -- Almost exactly three years ago, al-Qaida linked terrorists bombed two Bali nightclubs, killing 202 people and devastating the tourist trade on the island previously known for its peace and tranquility. In the relative calm since, tourists and Indonesians alike have been coaxed into returning to the restaurants scattered along Bali's white sand beaches, where on weekend nights they feasted on barbecued seafood and noodles...

Say "clematis" and most people think of wiry vines drenched in blossoms early in the season. But you could also conjure up this flowery image for late summer and fall. Nelly Moser, a well-known variety of clematis, usually blooms heavily in spring and lightly, if at all, in fall. The spring show is on the previous year's stems; the fall show is on new growth. So lop the stems back ruthlessly in spring and you'll get a heavier fall bloom...

PINEVILLE, Mo. -- A 23-year-old McDonald County man was charged Saturday with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of a couple found dead in their home. Levi King, 23, of Pineville, was apprehended Friday night in El Paso, Texas. Besides the murder counts, he was charged with first- and second-degree burglary, stealing and armed criminal action felony...

By David A. Lieb JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A bit of a din rises as dozens of field-tripping fourth-graders and out-of-town tourists shuffle through the stately sitting and dining rooms of the Governor's Mansion -- right about the time the governor's baby typically is taking a nap...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In a city where barbecue is king, serious cooks invest in serious grills, giant forges of succulence, molded from tons of steel for thousands of dollars. But nobody has a grill exactly like Richard Batliner's. The Lee's Summit man and his smoker -- which weighs about a ton and was made with quarter-inch steel -- was recently in the American Royal Parade with other local grillers in what organizers called the "pit parade."...

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Mark Martin is the only Chase for the championship driver with a victory at Talladega Superspeedway. Does that give him any advantage over his rivals in Sunday's race? Absolutely not. "I am going to go out there and do the best I can. That's all," Martin said Saturday. "I can control the effort -- our effort, my effort. I can't even come close to controlling the outcome of it. If we take our hit tomorrow, then that's what it is."...

Kenneth Ferrie of England shot a 5-under-par 67 on The Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday to open a five-stroke lead after the third round of the Dunhill Links Championship. He was at 13-under 203 and followed at 208 by Scotland's Colin Montgomerie (73), Sweden's Henrik Stenson (65) and Argentina's Ricardo Gonzalez (71)...

Iowa defeated the Fighting Illini 35-7. IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa got more physical and Ed Hinkel went airborne. That combination proved to be what the Hawkeyes needed to shake off the lethargy evident last week against Ohio State. Hinkel scored with an acrobatic move at the end of a reverse and caught one of Drew Tate's two touchdown passes, and Iowa piled up 301 yards with a revived running game to beat Illinois 35-7 on Saturday...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- One look at the autumn sky here, dotted each morning with colorful hot-air balloons, shows why the city has come to be known as the "Balloon Capital of the World." That reputation will only grow this month with the opening of a unique museum devoted to the rich history of this most graceful form of flight...

WASHINGTON -- Facing a tight budget, Congress and the Pentagon want to rein in weapons costs by revamping the way the government buys ships, planes and tanks. Differences over the way to accomplish that raise questions about how successful the effort will be...

WASHINGTON -- Fidel Castro looks like the 79-year-old he is, and the Bush administration has big ideas for Cuba once he departs. When that day comes, U.S. officials want to leave little to chance about the island nation's political fate. They are prepared to go to some lengths to ensure that the communist system Castro created goes out with him...

The Cape Girardeau Central High School marching band won first place Saturday in the Washington, Mo., band festival. The Tigers marching band beat out Troy Buchanan High School from Lincoln County and Rolla High School from Phelps County to win the top spot, said Debbie Lusk, a band parent and teacher at Central High School...

Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday: * At 8:48 a.m., emergency medical service in the 1800 block of Randol Avenue. * At 6:46 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1100 block of Linden Street. * At 8:17 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1100 block of Bloomfield Street...

Cape Girardeau...

In 2001, brothers Jerry Kinder of Cape Girardeau and Richard Kinder of Houston stunned the Cape Girardeau School District by creating a $100,000 annual reward program for the system's best and brightest teachers. The successful brothers created the awards -- a $10,000 check to each of 10 top educators -- as a tribute to their mother, Edna C. Kinder, who taught special education at the former May Greene Elementary School for many years...

Each year, more grandparents in Southeast Missouri find themselves raising grandchildren. There are days when Betsy Howard just wishes she was a little younger. After raising her own three children and four others who were not her own, the 63-year-old Charleston, Mo. woman took in her three grandchildren...

Some of the most decorated high school basketball programs in the state reside in Southeast Missouri, and for one night some of the players who made those programs great will be on display. Scott County Central High School will host a charity basketball event Saturday to aid hurricane victims. The event will feature two games featuring area conference coaches and two games featuring alumni teams from Sikeston, Charleston, New Madrid County Central and Scott County Central...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Augusta Aldridge, 87, of Wolf Lake, Ill., died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at her home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro.

ANNA, Ill. -- Ellen Lingle, 89, of Anna, formerly of Cobden, Ill., died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at City Care Center of Cobden. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna.

Marjorie M. Penrod, 81, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Sept. 30, 2005, at Laclede Groves Nursing Home at Webster Groves, Mo. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Egypt Mills Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery...

ST. MARY, Mo. -- Leneta N. "Nete" Oster, 92, of St. Mary died Friday, Sept. 30, 2005, at DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton, Mo. She was born on Oct. 28, 1912, in Perry County, daughter of John T. and Sarah J. Eddleman Winkler. She and Chalmer "Jack" Oster were married March 22, 1941. He died Nov. 3, 1982...

Linus W. "Mox" Quade, 86, of Burfordville died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

Carrie Elizabeth Peterman, 31, of Henderson, Nev., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas, Nev. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

Louis Edward Wright, 83, of Scott City died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born June 29, 1922, at Commerce, Mo., son of Willie L. and Gladys Short Wright. He and Dorothy Sprenger were married June 29, 1946, at Illmo...

Katie Stroud Hopkins, 75, of Grand Prairie, Texas, formerly of Jackson, died Monday, Sept. 5, 2005, at Arlington, Texas. She was born May 26, 1930, in West Point, Miss. Hopkins was a 1948 graduate of Jackson High School, where she was a drum majorette. ...

Gina Kay Bader and Thomas Daly Raffety were married Aug. 12, 2005, on Vail Mountain in Vail, Colo. The Rev. Stephen Couch performed the ceremony. Guitarist was Steve Wilson, and soloists were Steve and Sarah Wilson of Nashville, Tenn., brother-in-law and sister of the bride...

Amy Dewrock and Ricky Ogles were united in marriage July 16, 2005, at La Croix United Methodist Church. The Rev. Ron Watts performed the ceremony. Music was provided by Chris Nall, Blake Kiefner, Nick Mayberry, John Poston and Dustin Keele, all of Cape Girardeau...

Kelli Leigh Suhre and Keith Joseph Hamm exchanged vows June 4, 2005, at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, Mo. The Rev. Oliver Clavin performed the ceremony. Organist was Betty Ressel of Kelso. Vocalists were Doug Moore of Scott City and Renee Reinagel of Kelso...

Catherine Anne Ragan and David Lewis Tlapek were married Sept. 18, 2004, at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, Calif. Monsignor Lloyd Torgenson performed the ceremony. Parents of the couple are Aug and Zoe Ragan of Alta Loma, Calif., and Pat and Anne Tlapek of Cape Girardeau...

Patricia Ann Hohler and Wendell Clayton Bigham were married Sept. 6, 2005, in the rose garden at Jackson Park. Susan Wilkerson performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Christine Graham of Jackson and Greg Hohler of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Joyce Bigham of Olive Branch, Ill...

Jack and Barbara Watts of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Natalie Marie Watts, to James Perrin McDonald. He is the son of Eugene and Patricia McDonald of Jackson. Watts received a bachelor of science degree in biology from Southeast Missouri State University. She is a greenhouse grower at ColorPoint Greenhouse in Paris, Ky...

Don and Mary Brown of Fayette, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Krista Dawn Brown, to Michael Eric Yount. He is the son of Grady and Christy Yount of Cape Girardeau. Brown received a bachelor of science degree in psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a master's in speech and hearing pathology from Southeast Missouri State University. She is a speech and hearing pathologist at The Bluffs nursing home in Columbia...

Dutch and Sharon Meyr of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Michelle Meyr, to Drew Michael Church. He is the son of Mike and Phoebe Church of Charleston, Ill. Meyr is a 2001 graduate of Jackson High School. She received a bachelor of science degree in communication/public relations from Southeast Missouri State University in 2005. She is marketing director at Westfield West Park...

Melissa Kaye James and William Otto "Bill" Goehman announce their engagement. She is the daughter of Terry and Pam James of Fruitland, and Dave and Debbie Schnurbusch of St. Mary, Mo. Goehman is the son of Mike and Martha Smith of Jackson, and the late Robert Goehman...

Dan Scrivener and Paula Shumaker of Springfield, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Stacey Elizabeth Scrivener, to Andrew William Luehrs. He is the son of Edgar and Peggy Luehrs of Jackson. Scrivener is a graduate of Drury College in Springfield. She is a volunteer firefighter and public education coordinator with the Logan-Rogersville Fire Protection District...

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Beggs of Jackson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 14, 2005, at Emanuel United Church of Christ. The couple renewed their vows during the morning worship service, with the Rev. Samuel Roethemeyer performing the ceremony. A dinner followed in the fellowship hall...

25 years ago: Oct. 2, 1980 Jack Carter, the 33-year-old son of President Jimmy Carter, campaigned in the Bootheel yesterday before stopping at the county Democratic headquarters in Cape Girardeau today; aware that he is in an agricultural area of the state, Carter keys a brief talk on what his father has done for the American farmer and particularly defends his father's grain embargo against Russia...

Local angle IN THE Southeast volleyball story [in the Sept. 25 edition], please consider inserting that Murray State's Holly Jansen [from Leopold High School] had a team-high hitting percentage of .370 and a match-high and career-high eight blocks...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Republican-led commission working on restructuring Medicaid has canceled both of its scheduled hearings in southern Missouri, which has most of the counties with the largest percentage of Medicaid recipients in the state. Democratic members of the Missouri Medicaid Reform Commission criticized the decision to cancel hearings scheduled in Springfield and Cape Girardeau, and immediately vowed to hold their own hearings in southern Missouri...

WASHINGTON -- Gasoline prices that have millions of Americans digging deeper into their pockets are spurring thoughts by Postal Service officials that an increase in mail rates may be needed in 2007, following one already planned for next year. The fact that it costs the mail agency $8 million for every penny increase in gasoline prices for its 212,000 vehicles is a major factor in a postal rate increase expected in 2007, after one next year, Postmaster General John Potter said Friday...

Results Bridge Run Top age group finishers from Saturday's event: MEN Overall -- 1. Bryan Kelpe, 17:49. 15-19 -- 1. James Hathaway, 22:18. 25-29 -- 1. Jason Cowen, 26:11; 2. Rich Thomas (time not available). 30-34 -- 1. Sky Lee, 20:58; 2. Scott Duncan, 22:02; 3. Jay Stencel, 23:21...

Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in action in Iraq on April 4, 2004, has become the face of the anti-war movement in the United States. While her grief is understandable, her rhetoric is outrageous. As the mother of a son killed in battle in Iraq, she originally struck a sympathetic chord, whether you supported the war in Iraq or opposed it. ...

Husband-and-wife journalists Bob Miller and Callie Clark Miller share the same small house, tiny bathroom and even the same office. But not always the same opinion. The Southeast Missourian sweethearts offer their views on every-day issues, told from two different perspectives...

QAIM, Iraq -- About 1,000 U.S. troops, backed by attack helicopters, swarmed into a tiny Iraqi village near the Syrian border Saturday in a new offensive aimed at rooting out fighters from the country's most feared militant group, the military said. ...

WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Saturday he is encouraged by the increasing size and capability of the Iraqi security forces, touting progress on a key measure for when U.S. troops can come home. The upbeat remarks in Bush's weekly radio address came two days after the top commander in Iraq said only one Iraqi battalion is ready to fight without U.S. support...

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- U.S. millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen and an American-Russian crew hurtled toward the international space station Saturday on a Soyuz craft in a journey his family said was motivated by a devotion to science. Relatives and friends of Olsen, astronaut William McArthur and cosmonaut Valery Tokarev gasped as the Russian craft lifted off in a burst of flame from the Baikonur cosmodrome and soared into the bright autumn sky over the steppes of Kazakhstan...

TOPEKA, Kan. -- Don't send Mayor Bill Bunten this birthday card. He won't be amused. The birthday card produced by Hallmark bears the title "CSI: Topeka" and features a cartoon of two people standing over a corpse, with one saying, "Looks like he was bored to death." Inside the card is the message, "Hope your birthday is anything but dull." Though a company spokeswoman says Hallmark didn't intend to offend anyone, the mayor wasn't laughing when he learned about it. ...

ST. LOUIS -- When Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis director Paul Ha began reading biographies for a traveling show featuring photography and video by two generations of female artists, he was struck by how many were influenced by the famed photographer Cindy Sherman...

Discrediting protests; Drive to succeed; Accurate count; Unsafe bikes; Foreign policy; Yearbook timing; Show Me shows; Ethanol efficiency

LONDON -- A chilly bit of Scandinavia csme to the heart of London's West End Saturday with the opening of Absolut Icebar, a bar made entirely out of ice right down to the art on the walls and the glasses for the drinks. Situated next to the accompanying room-temperature Below Zero restaurant, the bar is kept at minus 23 Fahrenheit year round. ...

BANI, Dominican Republic -- Tania Diaz sits on the floor of her family's one-bedroom shack, lowering her head to hide her eyes. The tall, thin 5-year-old was struck by a stray bullet that left her blind -- one in a series of random incidents of gun violence that has forced this Caribbean nation to reconsider its casual attitude toward firearms...

Southeast bounced back from a close loss Friday to sweep the Eagles. The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team played well Friday night but could not pull off an upset of Eastern Kentucky in its Ohio Valley Conference opener. Saturday afternoon, the Redhawks' performance was not quite as strong -- but the result was much more satisfactory...

Evelyn DeCota's canvas is a piece of soft fabric stretched inside a wooden hoop. Her brush is a two-inch-long steel needle. The bedrooms of her Sikeston, Mo. home serve as her gallery. For 55 years, Decota has plied a nearly abandoned art: hand-stitched quilts...

The No. 2 Longhorns prepared for the Red River Shootout with a 51-20 win. COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Texas tuned up for its Big 12 showdown with Oklahoma next week by making Missouri pay for its mistakes -- repeatedly. The second-ranked Longhorns converted three first-half turnovers by quarterback Brad Smith into quick touchdowns in beating the Tigers 51-20 Saturday...

NEW YORK -- Maybe by the time the NHL takes its Olympic break in February, some of the burning questions facing the relaunched league will have been answered. Teenage phenom Sidney Crosby will have a few months under his belt as he tries to show he can live up to comparisons to Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky...

TG Missouri of Perryville coasted to its second consecutive championship for Division I of the Corporate Games, winning in much easier fashion than last year. The team of employees from TG Missouri Corp., a Toyota Affiliate Supplier, tallied 685 points and topped Procter & Gamble by 145 points...

McGwire was beaten by Pujols in the fan voting for first baseman. ST. LOUIS -- A 70-homer season wasn't enough to land Mark McGwire on the All-Time Busch Stadium Team. But three current players -- Albert Pujols, Jim Edmonds and Scott Rolen -- made the cut...

I wrote last week, after Southeast Missouri State's strong performance against Jacksonville State, that perhaps there was some hope for the rest of the Redhawks' season. But after Thursday's 33-17 loss at Samford that dropped Southeast to 0-5 overall and 0-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference, I'm not so sure...

In a pastoral setting, from a winding rural road to nearly nine acres of ranchland, this Jackson home is pure country. Though still visible, the house sits back from the road. To the left of a long, concrete drive, is a barn with seven tie stalls, a loft, tack room, round pen, a lean-to on two sides and a stud stall. Sliding doors open on both sides, and there are electricity and water hookups...

Saturday morning wasn't about personal records for Bryan Kelpe. It was about just racing again ... and a little bit of site-seeing. Kelpe, the Cape Girardeau resident who often finds the winners circle at area running events, picked up another first-place finish Saturday in the inaugural Bridge Run, a 3.1-mile race that sent runners east and then west over the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge...

A visual record of life in Cape Girardeau from 1925 through 1995 can now be seen at Southeast Missouri State University's Kent Library. The university unveiled photographs from the Herbert L. and Paul Lueders Photographic Collection on Sunday. More than 30 images were on display, and 30 more were presented in a slide show...

Anyone looking for entertainment options won't have to look far this fall. The Show Me Center's fall lineup is filled with big names, starting with Wednesday's performance by bluegrass saviors Alison Krauss and Union Station. Krauss kicks off two months of shows that include Larry the Cable Guy on Oct. ...

Motorists driving south on Interstate 55 between exits 96 and 99 will now be greeted by a giant Missouri dinosaur. To promote tourism in the small Bollinger County town of Marble Hill, residents have raised money to erect a billboard to attract visitors to the Bollinger County Museum of Natural History...

The average premium is about $438 a year, and the cost in low-risk areas is $250 to $300 a year. Among the lessons to be learned from Hurricane Katrina is that more Americans need to consider buying flood insurance. The storm, which struck Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, caused billions of dollars in damage to houses, not only along the Gulf Coast but also miles inland. Then Hurricane Rita hit Texas and Louisiana, causing further destruction...

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Dale Jarrett's voice was hoarse and choked with emotion. He had just won a frantic shootout to end a 98-race drought and steal the spotlight from NASCAR's championship drivers. Jarrett, a hardened veteran, could hardly believe what had happened Sunday during a crash-filled race at Talladega Superspeedway that shuffled the points standings and moved Tony Stewart back on top of the Nextel Cup leaderboard...

ST. LOUIS -- The final day of the regular season was doubly pleasing to St. Louis Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan. His team won its first NL ERA title since 1969 and his son, Chris, hit the game-winning home run. "I'm proud of them both," Duncan said after the Cardinals posted their 100th victory by rallying past Cincinnati 7-5 Sunday in the last regular-season game at Busch Stadium. ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A week after spending the first quarter on the sideline for violating team rules, Plaxico Burress redeemed himself with one of the best days of his career. The sixth-year wide receiver had two touchdown catches among a career-high 10 receptions Sunday as the New York Giants defeated the St. Louis Rams 44-24. In addition to Burress' two touchdowns, Giants quarterback Eli Manning threw scoring passes of 1 yard to Amani Toomer and 31 yards to Jeremy Shockey...

Just when it looked as though the playoff picture might remain muddled for days, everything was settled on the final afternoon of the regular season. The Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros wrapped up the wild cards Sunday, clinching the final two major league playoff spots. All the matchups were set for the 2005 postseason, starting Tuesday with the NL West champion San Diego Padres playing in St. Louis at 12:09 p.m. CDT...

High school slipped by in a blur. Family fell to the side. Life took a back seat. Sleep was not an option. Paranoia was a companion. Mood swings, rotten teeth, extreme weight loss and poor memory didn't matter. Bryan Overbey and Sean Qualls thought they were in control of their lives...

U.S. Internet ad revenue jumps to record levels The way Stuart Arthur looks at it, it only makes sense for the company he works for to advertise on the Internet. After all, Automation Services Co. is business that designs computer networks. "Being in the IT industry, there almost is an inherent expectation that you're going to advertise online," said Arthur, the chief operating officer for the Cape Girardeau-based company. ...

Higher administrative costs with long-term collection programs will eat into the money creditors recover. NEW YORK -- The new bankruptcy law makes it harder for consumers to walk away from credit card debt and other loans they're having trouble paying...

The Joplin Globe Early in the next session of the Missouri Legislature, we would like to see the introduction of bills to provide deep, meaningful relief to property taxpayers. ... We have suggested before that legislators should consider putting a lid on higher assessments for residences in which a family has lived for, say, 10 years or longer. Unless there have been significant improvements, such as an addition or a garage, valuations would remain the same...

Good news out of Jefferson City: Unemployment rates have improved in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Economic Development reported last week that Missouri posted the largest percentage job increase in the country in August and was the second in actual numbers of new jobs created...

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. -- A glass-enclosed boat carrying senior citizens on a cruise overturned Sunday on a calm, chilly lake in upstate New York, killing at least 20 people and sending more than two dozen shivering passengers to a hospital. The accident may have occurred when the boat was hit by the wake of a larger passing vessel, Warren County Sheriff Larry Cleveland said. "We haven't ruled anything out yet," he said...

BALI, Indonesia -- Police raised the alert level for Indonesia's capital and the president warned of more attacks Sunday as a chilling video shot the day before showed a suspected bomber clutching a backpack and strolling past diners moments before one of three suicide bombings killed 26 people on Bali...

The state's legislators hope hurricane damage will force Washington to take a serious look at the proposal. WASHINGTON -- A $40 billion plan to hurricane-proof the Louisiana coast has ignited a battle over how best to prevent a repeat of this year's double flooding of New Orleans...

A Grassy, Mo., woman died late Saturday morning from injuries she received when her vehicle overturned and struck a fence in Madison County. Tiffany S. Riddle, 22, was pronounced dead on the scene when officers arrived. The accident occurred on Route DD, two miles east of Marquand, Mo. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Riddle failed to negotiate a curve, causing her vehicle to travel off the left side of the roadway...

Workshop focuses on women and finances Leave A Legacy of the Heartland and the Southeast Council on Philanthropy are offering area women workshops on personal finance. The program begins at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 13 at Dempster Hall at Southeast Missouri State University. A luncheon will follow the workshops at 11:45 a.m. and will conclude at 1:30 p.m. For more information, call Trudy Lee at 651-5935...

Publisher Reppert now president of NNA Jerry L. Reppert, head of Reppert Publications, has been installed as president of the National Newspaper Association. Established in 1885, the National Newspaper Association is the national voice of community newspapers. ...

Southeast Missouri State University reached a milestone this semester when its enrollment eclipsed 10,000 students for the first time, the most students in the school's 132-year history. The figure represents all students enrolled at the university, not just full-time students. ...

Sectional champs crowned...

Smelly water; Rental upkeep; Skewed salaries; Unsafe streets; Remember to yield; I was scammed; Moral decay; Passing the buck; Sounds familiar

Linus W. "Mox" Quade, 86, of Burfordville, Mo., passed away Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 14, 1919, south of Burfordville, son of John W. and Lara Kinder Quade. He and Jessie E. Brown were married August 25, 1950...

flag EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Ernest Lee Hanor, 78, of East Prairie died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 27, 1926, in East Prairie, son of L.D. and Ozetta Curry Hanor. Hanor served in the U.S. Navy and was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the First Church of God in East Prairie...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Tiffany Sue Riddle, 22, of Glenallen, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, in Madison County, Mo., the result of a one-vehicle accident. She was born Jan. 31, 1983, at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., daughter of Harvey and Brenda Harmon Riddle...

ANNA, Ill. -- Jewell Pauline Verble, 72, of Anna died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at Jonesboro Health Care Center. She was born March 22, 1933, in Pacific, Mo., daughter of Ray and Stella Jones Slone. She and Harry Verble were married Jan. 20, 1951, in Dongola...

Grace Wille, 70, of Jackson died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at her home. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Augusta Newburn Aldridge, 87, of Wolf Lake, Ill., died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at her home. She was born June 18, 1918, in Gordonville, Mo., daughter of Frank and Mary Tunze Newburn. She and Paul Aldridge were married in Murphysboro. He preceded her in death...

ANNA, Ill. -- Ellen Lingle, 89, of Anna died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at the City Care Center in Anna. She was born on July 4, 1916, in Olmsted, Ill., daughter of Clyde and Myrtle Sheffer Rivers. She and Elmer Lingle were married Dec. 24, 1937. He died on March 4, 1966...

LEOPOLD, Mo. -- James John Elfrink, 84, of Leopold died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 4, 1921, in Leopold, son of Jacob John and Adelheid H. Jansen Elfrink. He and Rachel Elizabeth Macke were married on June 2, 1945, in Leopold...

25 years ago: Oct. 3, 1980 A dispute between the Cape Girardeau City Council and the county court over the method used to subsidize the county ambulance service has the councilmen proposing alternatives to the present ambulance service; options proposed include the establishment of a city-operated ambulance service or the development of a service to be jointly operated by the city's two hospitals...

HADITHA DAM, Iraq -- Cpl. David Kreuter had a new baby boy he'd seen only in photos. Lance Cpl. Michael Cifuentes was counting the days to his wedding. Lance Cpl. Nicholas Bloem had just celebrated his 20th birthday. Travis Williams remembers them all -- all 11 men in his Marine squad -- all now dead. ...

ST. LOUIS -- Bozo the baboon grabs a small plastic cage, filled with cabbage and green beans, and heaves it across his pen. His fluffy, gray hair bounces as he trots after it. Four female baboons have figured out how to unlatch their food cages. They sit on their crimson bottoms and munch the vegetables. Bozo keeps flinging his cage until it bursts open...

In the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Americans find themselves reconsidering the impact of a huge disaster on their own lives. The Southeast Missourian's online poll asked, "What kind of disaster or emergency do you feel more threatened by?" Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100. (445 votes)...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- At least seven people appointed as Democrats this year by the governor to various boards and commissions have contributed to Gov. Matt Blunt or other Republicans -- in some cases, shortly after winning their appointments. Many appointees say they personally know the governor or his father, U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, and felt he was doing a good job. Others say they don't vote straight Democratic tickets and believe there are good people in both major political parties...

7 p.m. today ** City hall, 401 Independence St. Presentations * The River Campus project by Scott Meyer, facilities manager for Southeast Missouri State University. * Smoke-detector program, by fire chief Rick Ennis. Public hearings * The request of R. Hetzel Properties LLC for a special-use permit for an apartment on the second floor of 20 N. Pacific St. in a C-1, local commercial district...

7:30 p.m. today, city hall ** Public hearings * A public hearing to consider a request to vacate portions of West Madison Street and South Russell Street, as requested by the Reorganized School District R-2. Action Items Power and Light Committee * A motion approving Task Order Authorization No. 05-19, in the amount of $134,600 to Horner and Shifrin, Inc., of St. Louis, Mo., relative to providing engineering services under the North Elevated Water Storage Tank Project...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- J.T. Holder, 80, of Wappapello, Mo. formerly of Advance, died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at his home. He was born May 23, 1925, in Kewanne, Mo., son of George and Gladys Holder. He and Myra Geraldine Bird were married on Dec. 30, 1955, in Advance. She preceded him in death on Jan. 14, 1984...

Cape Girardeau The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs * Matthew C. Clark, 29, of 1058 Camelot Gardens St., St. Louis, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and driving the wrong way on a one-way street...

Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: * At 6:45 p.m., a fuel leak at 100 West Park Mall. * At 7:26 p.m., an illegal burn at 1212 Price Drive. * At 9:12 p.m., emergency medical service at the 400 block of Mount Auburn Road...

SAN FRANCISCO -- In just seven years, Google Inc. has morphed from a bare-bones online search engine into a technological octopus that seems to sprout another intriguing tentacle every other week. The Mountain View, Calif.,-based company, with $7.1 billion to spend thanks to zealous shareholder support, is now positioned to head down a variety of different paths. And that's spurring an almost-daily guessing game about where Google's flurry of innovation might lead...

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- A growing inability to pay ever-increasing Medicaid costs has forced Vermont into an innovative deal with the federal government that critics fear could jeopardize a safety net dating back to the Great Society. Gov. James Douglas says he's confident his Global Commitment to Health, in which the state has agreed to accept caps to federal Medicaid funding over the next five years, will give state officials unprecedented flexibility to manage the health insurance program for the poor and begin to control costs. ...

Delay pledges active role in House leadership ; Sharon, Abbas agree to meet as violence eases; Iraqi leader calls for prime minister to step down; Rare annular eclipse to cross Europe, Africa

Results Bridge Run All finishers in Saturday's event, grouped by gender but shown with overall place: MEN 1. Bryan Kelpe, 17:49; 2. Mark Valliere, 19:50; 3. Ron Duff, 20:43; 4. Sky Lee, 20:58; 5. John Vavak, 21:20; 6. Scott Duncan, 22:02; 7. Dan Wilson, 22:04; 9. James Hathaway, 22:18;...

New Salem homecoming will hold dinner and auction; St. Denis Parish plans annual raffle and family-style dinner

Women in Agriculture invite others to join; HICotN dance club starts classes for beginners; 2005 Thilenius reunion begins Friday in Longview; Hobbs Chapel to hold annual fall bazaar; Jackson High School to hold 50-year reunion

n Parade: first place, Heartland Care and Rehab; second place, Fountainbleu Lodge; third place, Ste. Genevieve Care Center. n Arts and crafts: first place Wilma Arnzen, Elder Care; second place Alanna Barbezbain, Elder Care; third place, Joan Dickens, Elder Care...

They entered the Osage Centre clad in flapper dresses, sequined accessories, bowler hats, boas and costumes reflecting the Roaring '20s. Despite the cool temperatures on Sept. 30, residents from a dozen area nursing care facilities in Southeast Missouri, representing Missouri Healthcare Association District 5, were pumped for a little competition. ...

Chargers 41, Patriots 17 This was finally the week the New England Patriots couldn't plug the holes left by injuries -- not against Drew Brees and San Diego's explosive offense. The Chargers (2-2) handed the Patriots (2-2) their first loss at Gillette Stadium in 22 games on Sunday, beating them 41-17 as Brees threw for two touchdowns, LaDainian Tomlinson ran for two more and Antonio Gates had six catches for 108 yards...

ST. LOUIS -- Keith Tkachuk had a successful debut, scoring with 2:01 left to give St. Louis a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in the Blues' preseason finale Sunday night. Tkachuk, playing his first game since returning from a team-imposed suspension for failing his physical, crashed the net and banged the rebound of Trent Whitfield's shot past Chicago goalie Nikolai Khabibulin...

It was probably as ugly a performance as Southeast Missouri State's women's soccer team has had all season. But the end result was a thing of beauty for the Redhawks. Southeast struggled virtually the entire match against underdog Tennessee Tech, but the Redhawks were finally able celebrate a 1-0 home victory in double overtime Sunday afternoon...

South Korea's K.J. Choi won the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro on Sunday for his third PGA Tour victory, closing with a 6-under 66 for a two-shot victory over Shigeki Maruyama in Greensboro, N.C. It was Choi's first PGA Tour victory since 2002, when he won two tournaments during a breakthrough season. He finished with a 22-under 266 total...

Editor's note: Ethan Patrick Williams, 4, died Aug. 25 from an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection. Since his death, his mother, Emily Altom, and stepfather, Michael Altom, have been charged with manslaughter and child endangerment. The Southeast Missourian obtained Ethan's case file from the Department of Social Services under the Sunshine Law. Unless otherwise attributed, the information presented in this story is from that file...

Cape Girardeau voters could decide next April whether to approve three proposed changes to the charter that governs city government. The city council decided Monday night to put the three charters issues before voters no earlier than the April 4 municipal election, but stopped short of making a final decision...

More Cape Girardeau residents completed hearings on Monday for drug charges incurred in connection to a sting on Hanover Street in July. Detrayous D. Curry, 21, pleaded guilty to two counts of the sale of crack cocaine and was sentenced to two 6-year prison terms. Judge William Syler also invoked a suspended sentence of a 6-year prison term from similar charges in July 2003. Each of the three terms are to run concurrently...

State librarian Sara Parker will be retiring at the end of December. Parker was appointed state librarian in 1995 by former Secretary of State Bekki Cook. During her time as state librarian, Parker was involved in creating the Missouri Research and Educational Network, funding the Remote Electronic Access for Libraries to bring the Internet to libraries throughout the state, and the Missouri Bibliographic Information Users System...

Dressed up in a straw hat and a red- and white-striped coat, I looked like a walking candy cane. But then it's amazing what a dedicated employee will do to celebrate his company's centennial. The Southeast Missourian held its 100th birthday bash on Saturday. A number of employees wore old-fashioned costumes in honor of the occasion...

Two years of "hard negotiations" between Cape Girardeau officials and Sears, Roebuck and Co. came to fruition Monday when the retailing giant opened its new 149,000-square-foot Sears Grand. "I've got some real emotion tied to that deal," said Mayor Jay Knudtson. "The city worked very, very closely with them from the beginning. It's not just another retailer."...

Southeast players and coaches are trying to remain upbeat in the face of an 0-5 start. Not much has gone right -- at least on the scoreboard -- for Southeast Missouri State so far this season, so coach Tim Billings knows it's more important than ever for the winless Redhawks to keep a positive attitude...

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams' 44-24 loss to the New York Giants was so ugly coach Mike Martz wants his players to avert their eyes. Normally, Rams coaches go over game film with players. But after watching the carnage himself, Martz decided Monday it was best to focus on the future -- Sunday's NFC West showdown with Seattle at the Edward Jones Dome...

Cards pitchers look to flip the switch after late swoon ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals are about to find out if their late-season pitching swoon was just a collective exhale after months of dominance, or a reason for concern. St. Louis, coming off its second straight 100-victory season, opens the postseason today in a best-of-five division series against the San Diego Padres, who were only 82-80. But the Cardinals' recent pitching struggles could be the equalizer...

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams tight end Roland Williams will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, coach Mike Martz said Monday. Cam Cleeland, 30, who played for the Rams in 2003 and 2004, may return. He was expected in St. Louis by Tuesday, but Martz wasn't certain if Cleeland would be ready for Sunday's game at home against Seattle...

NEW ORLEANS -- The search for Hurricane Katrina victims has ended in Louisiana with a death toll at 964, but more searches will be conducted only if someone reports seeing a body, a state official said Monday. State and federal agencies have finished their sweeps through the city, but Kenyon International Emergency Services, the private company hired by the state to remove the bodies, is on call if any other body is found, said Bob Johannessen, a spokesman with the state Department of Health and Hospitals.. ...

BALI, Indonesia -- Investigators on Monday hunted for the two suspected masterminds of suicide bombings on this resort island as Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia and other nations went on high alert to protect their beaches from a repeat of the weekend attacks...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kentucky woman accused of lying about being kidnapped, raped, shot and stabbed has surrendered to Platte County authorities. Laura E. Crews, 18, of Nicholasville, Ky., turned herself in shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday, two days after being charged with a misdemeanor count of filing a false report...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City man who pleaded guilty to torturing and killing a puppy was sentenced Monday to four years in prison. Antonio Whitley, 30, was accused of kicking, punching and throwing a neighbor's golden retriever puppy Sept. 1. The dog died...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State Auditor Claire McCaskill said Monday she is not endorsing anyone in the race to take over her job. McCaskill, a Democrat, announced in late August that she would challenge U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, a Republican, rather than seek re-election as auditor in 2006...

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. -- South Korea's Hee-Won Han completed a wire-to-wire victory over four days, shooting a 3-under 68 in the third round for a two-stroke win Monday in the 54-hole Office Depot Championship. Han earned her fourth career LPGA title and first this year with a 201 total in the tour's first non-playoff Monday finish since 1999...

DETROIT -- Manager Alan Trammell was fired Monday by the Detroit Tigers, one day after the team finished 28 games out of first place in the AL Central. The Tigers went 71-91 this season and compiled a 184-302 record in three seasons under Trammell, a former star shortstop for Detroit. He had one year left on his contract...

LOS ANGELES -- Jim Tracy's tenure as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers is over, one day after he finished his first losing season in five years with the team. The Dodgers announced Monday that Tracy and the team "mutually agreed to part ways." Last year, Tracy guided the team to its first division championship since 1995, but the Dodgers finished 71-91 this season. It was the franchise's second-worst season since moving from Brooklyn in 1958...

Since the terrorist attacks four years ago, National Guard units have played a vital role, both in the war on terror and in response to natural disasters here at home. And the National Guard would have even more demands on troop strength and equipment if another act of terrorism should occur...

Jackson's regular-season victory Friday was not your run-of-the-mill win. "We're still getting calls and e-mails from alumni, congratulating us," Jackson football coach Carl Gross said Monday. The 21-14 win came against against Jefferson City, the state's most successful high school program. And it spoiled the Jays' homecoming, making Jackson only the second team in 60 years to beat the Jays on their homecoming...

Olivia Coomer stole home in the bottom of the 10th inning as Chaffee's softball team posted a 3-2 victory over visiting Sikeston on Monday. Coomer singled, stole second and third, then also swiped home after Sarah Dooley had walked. The Red Devils (9-6) tied the contest with two runs in the sixth, and the squads ended the seven regulation innings 2-2...

Basketball...

To the editor: Fools who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. This is my paraphrase of a quote attributed to philosopher George Santayana. That is the only logical message I gleaned from the Sue Niederer-Cindy Sheehan show at the Osage Community Centre on Sept. 15. The anti-war event was sponsored by the SEMO progressives, which one can argue is a code word in some circles from Karl Marx's best-seller for communism, or socialism if you will...

Four-day school week; Decent wages; Serious about fuel; Obsessed Democrats; Offensive remark; A good example; Inappropriate wording; Dealing with noise; Not for the digital; Wonderful event; Band winners; Amazing celebration; A helping hand

Marjorie M. Penrod, 81, of Webster Groves, Mo., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Sept. 30, 2005, at Laclede Groves Nursing Home in Webster Groves. She was born Aug. 24, 1924, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Martin and Mary Schwettmann Lange. She and Malone O. "Pete" Penrod were married Nov. 8, 1942, in Union, Mo. He passed away Feb. 24, 1997...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Marie T. Knott, 76, of Perryville died Monday, Oct. 3, 2005, at Perry Oaks Manor. She was born Feb. 21, 1929, in St. Louis, daughter of John and Bertha Harper Edmond. She and Arthur W. Knott were married Aug. 26, 1950. He died Jan. 4, 2002...

Kenneth Lee Burton, 38, of Scott City died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at his home. He was born Jan. 20, 1967, in Cape Girardeau, son of Jimmy Lee and Patricia Ann Wilhelm Burton. He and Shannon Denise Gonzales were married Sept. 25, 1990, in Scott City. Burton was a crew foreman with Alliance Water Resources. He was a member of Eisleben Lutheran Church...

Grace Wille, 70, of Jackson died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at her home. She was born Jan. 13, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Newton and Grace I. Willa Gilliland. She and Norman E. Wille were married April 6, 1961, in Cape Girardeau. He died Feb. 15, 2001...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Elton J. Drury, 69, of Perryville died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born Oct. 18, 1935, at Bloomsdale, Mo., son of Alfred J. and Margaret Kemper Drury. He and Earline Bohnert were married April 26, 1958, at Longtown, Mo...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mabel M. McCrary, 92, of Perryville died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 6, 1913, at Crosstown, Mo., daughter of Emil John and Louise Matilda Schroeder Klobe. She and Edward Roy "Mac" McCrary were married Sept. 12, 1958. He died Nov. 26, 1978...

Messmer; Halter; Brimer; Craft; Solis; Ahrens; Cox; White

25 years ago: Oct. 4, 1980 Area politicians turn out in force in the morning for the Missouri Citizens for Life's "Walk for Life" in Capaha Park; about 250 pro-life members from the Southeast Missouri area hold the rally to hear political candidates speak on pro-life policies; taking part in the walk are Rep. Bill D. Burlison, Gov. Joseph P. Teasdale, State Rep. Jerry Ford, and Mrs. Bill Emerson, wife of the Republican candidate for Burlison's seat...

Jackson choir students make all-district group; Cape students take part in research program; Bell represents area on MASA exec committee

Might as well be comfortable. That's the attitude behind the latest teen fashion trend: pajamas. Once a novelty at school, "pajama day" was the chance to be silly and wear attire usually reserved for the privacy of home. But these days many young people are wearing PJs in public, anytime and just about anywhere...

When police responded to a tip that drugs were present at 927 Jefferson Ave. Friday, they not only found several grams of cocaine and six suspects, but also evidence that suggested that three suspects were making crack. The suspects face up to 15 years in prison for making crack, a Class B felony, rather than up to 7 years for Class C possession, Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle said. ...

Within a half-mile of Cape Girardeau's rejuvenated downtown, police have found two filthy and dangerous houses not fit for children. Just blocks from Cape Girardeau's new floodwall mural and the renovated historic buildings, children have been taken from a house where a 5-gallon bucket was being used for a toilet in a rotting shed...

WASHINGTON -- President Bush once called her a pit bull in size six shoes. Now he wants to call her Madame Justice. Bush named White House counsel Harriet Miers to a Supreme Court in transition Monday, turning to a longtime loyalist without experience as a judge or publicly known views on abortion to succeed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor...

Presentations ** n Scott Meyer, facilities manager for Southeast Missouri State University, discussed the River Campus project. * Fire chief Rick Ennis discussed the city's smoke-detector program. Public hearings * Held a hearing on the request of R. Hetzel Properties LLC for a special-use permit for an apartment on the second floor of 20 N. Pacific St. in a C-1, local commercial district...

Resolutions ** n On Monday, the city council adopted a resolution 7-0 adopting the National Incident Management System. The system is an emergency management system prescribed by the Department of Homeland Security. Grants for federal emergency funding are conditional on adoption of the system...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The state could be paying less for medical equipment and transportation service for Medicaid patients, an audit released Monday found. The audit determined that two Medicaid services -- one providing medical equipment and the other nonemergency trips, such as to doctor's offices -- cost about $100 million from January 2003 through March 2004...

Public hearings ** n Held a hearing to consider a request to vacate portions of West Madison Street and South Russell Street, as requested by the Reorganized School District. Action Items Power and Light Committee * Approved task order authorization No. 05-19, in the amount of $134,600 to Horner and Shifrin Inc., of St. Louis regarding providing engineering services under the north elevated water storage tank project...

I am compelled to set the record straight about information contained in the op-ed article "Ethanol: an energy sinkhole" by Russ Kullberg. The basis for Mr. Kullberg's misinformation is a dubious study that alleges ethanol production requires more fossil energy than the resulting ethanol fuel contains. ...

Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls on Sunday: * At 4:40 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1600 block of New Madrid Street. * At 6:01 p.m., citizen assist in the 1400 block of South West End Boulevard. Firefighters responded to the following calls on Monday:...

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School counselor urges parents to discuss post-secondary education as early as middle school. The parents of Jackson High School students looking to attend college received tips Monday night during a college workshop designed to get parents involved in the college planning process...

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Cardinals reliever Al Reyes tore a ligament in his right elbow in the regular-season finale and will require reconstructive surgery, forcing him to miss the playoffs. Reyes, who was 4-2 with a 2.15 ERA in 65 games with three saves, was the team's top middle reliever. He struck out the side with the bases loaded to get the win on Friday...

Do you ever have those moments when someone will say something to you and you have no idea what they said, so you ask them to say it again --only to have no idea what they said all over again? It happens to me more often than I'd like. I'm actually a good listener as long as I know the other person is about to speak and I'm looking at them...

A varsity letter is a prized possession for any high school student, but for five Notre Dame Regional High School seniors the letter is a symbol of more than 120 hours of community service each. Seniors Chris Eddleman, Kristen Hinton, Kristin Enderle, Brooke Heischmidt and Jennifer Barrett all were presented with honor bars to add to their already earned varsity letters during the Mass for the feast of St. Francis Tuesday morning...

More icing tops a local author's cake, as his page-turning, historical mystery is one of four publications to receive a 2005 Governor's Humanities Award. Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle, author of "The Gold of Cape Girardeau," was awarded the honor by the Missouri Humanities Council...

Marching band enthusiasts endured warm temperatures to line High Street for the 61st annual Jackson Marching Band Festival parade on Monday. More than 15 high school marching bands from Southeast Missouri participated in the event in Jackson. Woodland Junior High School teacher Barbie Stroder held her 2-year-old son, Matthew, on her lap during the parade. The drums were Matthew's favorite instrument...

Monty Keesee thinks the future of Scott City lies in a subdivision at the edge of town, near Old Illmo. He sank a fortune into a subdivision called Park Estates, with 39 lots in the first building phase alone. The streets and lights lay in wait, the underground utilities in place, anticipating the day the plain will be filled with new homes -- those homes in turn filled with the people that will help grow the city...

No criminal charges have been filed in a third instance of children living in filth. Three Cape Girardeau children found living in a stinking, filthy home in April were with their parents Tuesday afternoon as they moved out of their North Street apartment...

Gov. Matt Blunt spent part of Tuesday afternoon highlighting the importance of after-school programs in keeping Missouri's children safe and called on the community to support such programs. "Missourians care about their kids, and the fact that the hours of three in the afternoon to six in the evening are some of the most dangerous hours for Missouri children is reason enough to be concerned," Blunt said...

Little Bryant couldn't stop kissing his daddy, and big brother Gavin wouldn't let go of his camouflaged pant leg. It was a scene that would soften even the hardest soldier's heart. Spc. Jason Jokerst didn't speak for several minutes Tuesday afternoon as he embraced his boys...

Missouri's highway department plans to dig a huge hole under Interstate 55 and extend a five-lane East Main Street underneath rather than above the highway. That is part of the latest design planned for the new East Main Street interchange, Missouri Department of Transportation officials said Tuesday. MoDOT has gone through 14 designs for the new interchange...

Before some of the Central soccer faithful had even piled out of their cars on Tuesday, the host Tigers were already trailing. Mehlville scored in the first two minutes of Tuesday's game, but the Tigers bounced back with three goals in the second half for a 4-2 win. Central improved to 15-2 and has lost just one game since its season opener...

former Central star Mitch Craft has experienced hurricanes and the thrill of being surrounded by 80,000 fans. A redshirt season last year helped former Central football star Mitch Craft adjust from high school quarterback to Division I linebacker at Southern Mississippi University...

Does this mean Ashlee Simpson would be barred from visiting Turkmenistan? Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov recently banned lip-synching in the Central Asian nation, citing "a negative effect on the development of singing and musical art." The most powerful cultural arbiter since the Queer Eye guys, Niyazov also outlawed opera and ballet. Will synchronized swimming be next?...

NEW YORK -- Nipsey Russell, who played the Tin Man alongside Diana Ross and Michael Jackson in "The Wiz" as part of a decades-long career in stage, television and film, has died. He was 80. The actor, who had been suffering from cancer, died Sunday afternoon at Lenox Hill Hospital, said his longtime manager Joseph Rapp...

CRYSTAL CITY, Mo. -- Investigators were looking into a Jefferson County apartment fire Tuesday that killed a teenager a day earlier. Authorities identified the victim from the fire as Darryl Joseph Kalas Jr., 18, of Crystal City. Kalas survived another apartment fire 13 years ago that claimed the life of his younger brother. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- House Speaker Rod Jetton said Tuesday he would not run for state auditor in 2006, opting instead to seek another House term. Jetton, R-Marble Hill, took over as speaker in January and said he would rather finish his time there than seek a statewide office...

CLAYTON, Mo. -- A 6-year-old boy told St. Louis County police that his mother and her boyfriend beat him with switches and thorns, choked him with a chain and locked him a room without food, water and light for hours, police said Tuesday. Court records indicated the alleged abuse occurred from the beginning of March last year into this September, said Don Schneider, a spokesman for St. ...

CHICAGO -- The winning socks came from the White Sox. Now, maybe it's their turn to end a long championship drought. A.J. Pierzynski homered twice, Paul Konerko, Juan Uribe and even Scott Podsednik also connected, and Chicago scored five times in the first inning Tuesday en route to a 14-2 rout of the World Series champion Red Sox in their playoff opener...

The city of Cape Girardeau will close Ranchito Drive from Kingsway to Cape Rock Drive to all but local traffic beginning today to allow for stormwater improvements. The street will reopen to traffic in one or two months, city officials said. The construction work is part of the Arena Creek Stormwater Improvement Project...

A Cape Girardeau trucker won $9,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket bought on Sept. 19, according to state lottery officials. Charles Pinkston, 42, bought the winning ticket when he stopped at Route K One Stop in Cape Girardeau. He purchased a diet Mountain Dew and two "Triple Money" Scratchers tickets. He won on the second ticket. Pinkston and his wife plan to buy a pickup truck for their 14-year-old son, he said. "Triple Money," a $1 game, officially started on July 2...

The Bell City girls volleyball team reached the 20-win mark Tuesday night, hammering visiting Chaffee 25-7, 25-14. Rachel Spears led the Cubs (20-3-1) with five kills and four digs. Codie Lancaster added 10 assists. JV -- Bell City won 25-14, 25-7. ** Leopold 25 25 Zalma 16 5...

Many people probably believe Eastern Kentucky now is the favorite to win its first Ohio Valley Conference title since 1997. But don't count Colonels' coach Danny Hope among that group. Hope knows there are still many hurdles for the Colonels to clear -- although they certainly went over a big one Saturday by posting a 31-14 victory at two-time defending OVC champion Jacksonville State...

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To the editor: Regarding the issue of merging onto an interstate highway: I am a big-truck driver. Big rigs have some of the most courteous and careful drivers you will find anywhere on earth. When a roadway is already occupied by a semi and a van, the motorist trying to get on the interstate is required to yield to the existing traffic pattern. Traffic on the interstate is not required nor expected to slow down or stop to let someone enter the roadway...

To the editor: I want to thank Aurora Meyer for the excellent coverage she has been doing on the local schools. My daughter is a freshman at Notre Dame Regional High School, and my son is attending St. Vincent De Paul School. The coverage Ms. Meyer has given these two schools has been tremendous...

Slanted news; Relevant news; Politics over science; Sage in our midst; Reckless spending

Loren Robert "Bob" Long, 59, of Jackson died Monday, Oct. 3, 2005, at his home. He was born Dec. 9, 1945, in Cortland, N.Y., son of Victor L. and Betty Lou O'Rourke Long. He and Jacklyn L. Ott were married Feb. 10, 1979, in Rome, N.Y. Long was a supervisor for plastic molding manufacturers. He was a member of VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau and the Marine Corps League...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Sam Smith, 30, of Jonesboro died Monday, Oct. 3, 2005, at his home. He was born Nov. 21, 1974, in Cape Girardeau, son of Jim and Betty Shepard Smith. Survivors include his parents; a sister, Sandra Clements of Anna; and a brother, Scott Smith of Anna...

The Rev. Hubert F. Hahs, 93, of High Ridge, Mo., died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 6, 1912, at Oak Ridge, son of David A. and Martha Josephine Godwin Hahs. He married Daisy M. Brotherton. Hahs served many congregations as pastor, and most recently was working with Fellowship Baptist Church and Feed My People. He had also been an assembler with Union Electric Co...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Karolyn Carr, 81, of Ullin died Monday, Oct. 3, 2005, at Heartland Care Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 19, 1924, in Cairo, Ill., daughter of George J. and Doris Bucher Klein. Carr was formerly of Mounds, Ill. and Cairo, Ill. ...

Craft; Solis; Ahrens; Cox; White

Lamplighter's FCE; Good Shepherd Lutheran Ladies Guild

25 years ago: Oct. 5, 1980 The Second Baptist Church of Cape Girardeau celebrates the first anniversary of the Rev. and Mrs. Claude Russell Jr.; the Rev. J.L. Nichols of West End Missionary Baptist of Sikeston, Mo., is guest speaker at the afternoon service...

Authorities claim a cook opened a door to allow robbers to enter the restaurant. A cook at the KFC restaurant at 2101 William St. left the door open July 21 for two juvenile robbers, prosecutors have charged. The two 15-year-olds charged in the Cape Girardeau case, where nearly $2,200 was stolen, will go to trial on first-degree robbery and armed criminal action, Associate Circuit Judge Gary Kamp decided Tuesday. ...

A large crowd turned out Sunday to view the Paul Lueders photo exhibit, including about 50 members of the Lueders family. Appropriate and informative remarks were shared by guest speakers Dr. Frank Nickell, director of the Center for Regional History at Southeast Missouri State University; John Lueders, brother and business associate of Paul; and local photographer and former city councilman Tom Neumeyer. ...

NEW YORK -- Hurricane Katrina is likely to result in at least $34.4 billion in personal and commercial property loss claims, according to the first publicly released survey of the nation's insurers. ISO's Property Claim Services Unit said Tuesday that the preliminary estimate of damages to homes and businesses in six states would make Katrina the most costly U.S. natural disaster ever, surpassing the inflation-adjusted $20.8 billion in losses from Hurricane Andrew in 1992...

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Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following call on Monday: * At 10:39 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1600 block of Oak Hill Drive. Firefighters responded to the following calls on Tuesday: * At 12:15 a.m., emergency medical service at 40 S. Sprigg St...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Scotty L. (Scott) Barks of Marble Hill died Monday, Oct. 3, 2005, at Perry County, Mo., at the age of 50 years. He was born at Cape Girardeau on Sept. 29, 1955, to Paul C. and Lucille Propst Barks. Scott was a graduate of Meadow Heights High School in Patton and attended Cape Vo-Tech School, majoring in electronics. He was an accomplished mechanic for more than 30 years...

Joshua Lawrence Klipfel, 3 months old, of Scott City died Monday, Oct. 3, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 7, 2005, in Cape Girardeau, son of James Lawrence and Lou Cinda Marcella Copley Klipfel. Klipfel attended St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City with his parents...

High-profile Protestant militant killed in Belfast BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- One of Northern Ireland's most high-profile Protestant militants was shot to death outside his home Tuesday night, more than six months after he was ousted by his outlawed group. ...

ST. LOUIS -- Reggie Sanders, Chris Carpenter and the St. Louis Cardinals looked every bit like the best team in baseball -- even with a shaky ending. San Diego played as poorly as its record suggests for most of the day. And now, with ace pitcher Jake Peavy out for the postseason with a broken rib, the Padres might be overmatched...

If Daniel Boulud, whose namesake restaurant has been called one of the 10 best in the world, praises a cookbook, you wouldn't be surprised that it contains great recipes. Nor would you be astonished that one of its authors, like Boulud, is an acclaimed chef. But you might be startled to learn that it's a book about baby food...

We have been fortunate to have a house guest for the past few weeks, and I have enjoyed cooking for her. I found a few recipes that I had not made in a long time and fixed them for us to enjoy. Doing this, I realized how many recipes I push aside and think I will try again later and forget about them. If you have some recipes like this laying around the house, send them in to share with other readers. It is fun to go back through them. It's like they are brand-new again...

Last season, the Notre Dame softball team advanced further than any Bulldogs squad before it, finishing third in Class 3. Now the Bulldogs are ready to take the next step. At 24-2, the Bulldogs are steamrolling their way into the district playoffs in search of the program's first state title. ...

The announcement that Cape Girardeau soon will be getting a post office substation on Kingshighway is welcome, though it only partially solves the city's postal-service issue of accessibility. The new substation going into the Bi-State Oil Co. convenience store at 920 N. Kingshighway is scheduled to open by the middle of this month. It will offer all the services normally available at a post office save two: post office boxes and money orders...

Armed with the tools of their trade and a thirst for music and fun, OFF! writers James Samons and Ryan King hit the streets during the City of Roses Music Festival. What they saw was at once strange and right. The following is their account. ** Getting drunk with musicians -- Friday...

Try four. Can't get enough of those crazy radio guys Bob and Tom? How about their friends? If the answer is no, then you can see their comedian friends Pat Godwin, Drew Hastings, Henry Phillips and Bob Zany Nov. 5 at the Show Me Center. The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are on sale now by calling the Show Me Center Box Office at 651-5000...

"Cry for me, daughters of Troy," moans Hecuba, a widow of the Trojan war. And cry they will. Southeast Missouri State University's production of "The Trojan Women" is not a feel-good play. "There's very little hope for these women," said Dr. Robert Dillon, director. "Things go from bad to worse to worse. The play is a scathing critique of man's propensity to make war, an exploration of that despair beyond despair."...

Some tips on making a successful contact at the Career Fair The Southeast Missourian Career Fair will take place at the Show Me Center on Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It's a chance for young prospects to meet with employers and seek out a job that's right for them...

The infamous pot advocate, tax evader and all-around country music outlaw Willie Nelson will come to the Show Me Center with his band The Family on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. Nelson has gained quite a reputation over the last decade or so for his exploits in marijuana, with appearances on movies like "Half-Baked," and for his troubles with the IRS. ...

Why the Show Me Center has to satisfy everyone, not just hipsters The Show Me Center is gearing up for a fall season that includes such acts as Alison Krauss and Union Station, Larry the Cable Guy, Willie Nelson and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The first question out of many mouths will be "Where's the rock and roll?"...

Been to the movies much lately? According to current trends in box office sales, your answer is probably no. Ticket sales have been dropping steadily since 2002, seemingly with no end in sight. The drop in revenue has the movie industry scrambling to find the source of this problem, as well as to concoct new means to get the butt of you, the viewer, back in their seats...

As Kristopher Naeger sits sipping a glass of white wine at Buckner's on a Friday afternoon, he shows no signs of the ordeal that destroyed the tools of his craft and the fruits of his labor. His bleach-blonde hair stands up on his head in his usual style, the eyes behind his bluish-tinted glasses show no distress. He's relaxed and just a bit buzzed...

Cape Girardeau's own River City Players will have their stage set for thrills this October. The troupe will be performing the play "Wait Until Dark" by Frederick Knott (of "Dial 'M' for Murder" fame). The play, written in 1966, centers around a blind housewife named Susy Hendrix, who must defend herself against a criminal searching for drugs that were, unbeknownst to her, planted in her apartment. ...

It's October, and football season is in full bloom. While most fans watch the crunching hits and superhero-like plays on the field, the cheerleaders are on the side lines, pumping up the team spirit. Theirs is a secret life of training and work, with schedules full and little personal time. They sweat it out outside the spotlight and stoically stand by as they become the brunt of jokes...

On Oct. 15 and 16, the Show Me Center will turn into the nexus of estrogen in Southeast Missouri, when the venue hosts the annual Women's Show, sponsored by River Radio and Saint Francis Medical Center. The show will offer everything from interactive demostrations to displays with merchandise to tips to make any woman's life easier, said promoter Meg Davis with River Radio...

We're fighting them abroad so we don't have to fight them at home. That's what Pres. George W. Bush says about the War on Terror, and its subsequent manifestation in Iraq. But the war over there has sparked another war over here, since before the Iraq invasion even began...

His name is Larry the Cable Guy, and one of a group of down-to-earth, everyday-guy comics that have taken the country by storm. From a country boy growing up in Nebraska to a TV and stand-up superstar, he's had a meteoric rise to the top of a comedy world that is becoming more and more crowded every day. Larry, along with comics like Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Ron White, have changed the face of comedy, bringing the down home to a nation hungry for country values...

Through October 9: The "Trojan Women" of Euripides; Set after the Trojan War in ancient Greece, this play examines the enduring power of the female spirit in the aftermath of disaster and loss...

ST. LOUIS -- When St. Louis Blues owners put the team on the market, they felt the best strategy was to present a streamlined franchise for potential buyers. That likely also means lowered expectations for a team that may be hard-pressed to extend its streak of 25 consecutive playoff berths, the longest streak in professional sports...

Class 1 District 1 at Naylor ** n Teams: No. 1 Chaffee, No. 2 Delta, No. 3 Naylor * Schedule: Thursday: Delta vs. Naylor, 4 p.m.; Friday: Chaffee vs. Delta-Naylor winner, 4 p.m. * Notes: The championship game will be played at Chaffee if Delta wins in the semifinal round. Chaffee is looking for its first softball district title in its second year of fall softball. Naylor has won the last two district titles...

Led by two of the top three teams in the doubles bracket, the Central girls tennis team will begin its quest for a second straight district title today when the Class 2 District 1 tournament begins at Central. The team of Dani Gross and Monica Toole are seeded first, while Sarah Ford and Lindsey Pingel are seeded third...

Prosecutor Morley Swingle filed felony child endangerment charges Wednesday against a Cape Girardeau couple who allegedly lived with their six children among mounds of garbage in a Pearl Street home. Cedric C. Moore, 46, and Karen J. Clark, 40, face up to seven years in prison each if convicted. When they left the home at 215 Pearl St., cleaners piled an enormous pyramid of garbage, furniture and appliances outside...

A Scott City woman who reported that her son was sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl living in her home now faces charges herself because of unsanitary conditions found during a visit by investigators. Carolann E. Edger, 37, lives in a mobile home in KNR Estates mobile home park. She is charged with one count of felony child endangerment for having an unsanitary home and allowing her son to continue living there after she learned he was allegedly molesting the girl...

One was released on his own recognizance; another is still in jail. BENTON, Mo. -- A man accused of choking his 7-year-old daughter and threatening to kill the child's grandmother put off a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Scott County Associate Circuit Court...

Oct. 6, 2005 Dear Leslie, In college I spent my summers working to make money to go to college. A kid could still afford to help pay his own tuition then. One summer I sold groceries at Stubbs' Pak-A-Snak, the first convenience store in these parts. Our butcher, Lee, made delicious chicken salad. Porter Stubbs, the owner, enjoyed trying to make matches between shy me and cute customers...

There were two surprises at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's appreciation dinner Wednesday night. One the chamber kept. The other was kept from it. The first came when guest speaker Dan Mehan, executive director of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce & Industry, announced during his speech that the local chamber has been named the 2005 Chamber of Commerce of the Year...

If a major earthquake rocks Cape Girardeau County or another tornado sweeps through Jackson, county officials have a plan of action. Those were a couple of the scenarios Cape Girardeau County officials brought up Wednesday as emergency management director David Hitt discussed the county's emergency operations plan...

Take a drive around Alma Schrader Elementary School at 1360 Randol Ave. in Cape Girardeau and it becomes clear why few students walk to school. The sidewalks around the school are narrow and in some places nonexistent. "I'd love to see more sidewalks for the kids to walk safely to school," principal Ruthann Orr said...

A Cape Girardeau man was charged on Wednesday with using a baseball bat to attack a man on North Ellis Street. Joseph A. Akens, 25, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault. He is being held on a $2,500 bond and faces up to seven years in prison or one year in county jail if convicted. The 31-year-old victim received moderate injuries, said Sgt. Barry Hovis...

The first-year member of the Cardinals was acquired from Oakland to solidify the team's playoff rotation. ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals acquired Mark Mulder precisely for what he can provide at this time of the year. The 16-game winner isn't the ace of the staff, getting the start Thursday in Game 2 of the National League Division Series behind Chris Carpenter. But he's not far off, having established an enviable run of consistency...

He was to miss two days of practice with what doctors believed is endocarditis. ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz says the infection that hospitalized him late last week involves his heart and is getting worse. He said he expects to miss practice the next two days...

The Saxony Lutheran boys cross country team placed four runners in the top five to take first at the Oak Ridge Invitational on Wednesday. Trey Maevers took the top spot in 16 minutes, 54 seconds. Max Wieser was third, Grant Lehmann was fourth and Peter Winningham was fifth...

The Tigers were tied with Rockwood Summit after the first day of play in the two-day event. The chance for a second straight district title and two state berths remained in tact for the Central girls tennis team as the doubles teams of Dani Gross-Monica Toole and Lindsey Pingel-Sarah Ford each reached the semifinals of the Class 2 District 1 tournament with two wins Wednesday at Central...

Officials conduct weight test in fatal boat accident LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. -- Officials investigating the deadly capsizing of a Adirondack tour boat Wednesday conducted a "very scientific road test" of a twin vessel to see whether excess, suddenly shifting weight may have caused the tragedy. ...

ATLANTA -- Scientists have made from scratch the Spanish flu virus that killed as many as 50 million people in 1918, the first time an infectious agent behind a historic pandemic has ever been reconstructed. Why did they do it? Researchers say it may help them better understand -- and develop defenses against -- the threat of a future worldwide epidemic from bird flu...

MIAMI -- The alligator has some foreign competition at the top of the Everglades food chain. A 13-foot Burmese python recently burst after it apparently tried to swallow a live, six-foot alligator whole, authorities said. The incident has heightened biologists' fears that the nonnative snakes could threaten a host of other animal species in the Everglades...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Tobacco growers in 14 states should be paid $318 million as part of 1998's settlement between states and cigarette makers while litigation continues on whether the farmers are entitled to more money, a judge ruled Wednesday. The tobacco companies fought unsuccessfully in North Carolina courts for a refund, arguing that the compensation due to farmers was overridden by the passage of a $10 billion federal buyout of tobacco quotas...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Motorola Inc. is cutting 1,900 jobs at 29 different U.S. and international locations in an effort to improve operating efficiency, the company said Wednesday. The cell-phone maker said the layoffs will be distributed over its facilities in more than 20 countries and began in July, when it announced a planned consolidation of its supply chain facilities over the next several years...

PARIS -- European governments have blinked first in an aircraft subsidies dispute with the United States, agreeing to withhold funding commitments for a new Airbus plane set to be launched today while negotiations continue. As Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. prepared for a board meeting at which it was expected to give the green light for the A350 jet, officials said no government funding promises would be announced with the launch...

A national wildlife refuge in southeast Missouri is among the 10 most endangered in the nation, according to a report released Wednesday by Defenders of Wildlife. The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge near Puxico is the last large tract of bottomland hardwood forest in Missouri's Bootheel and one of the last in the entire ecosystem. The 21,676-acre swamp is a gathering place for waterfowl and other migratory birds...

WENTZVILLE, Mo. -- Mike Runge heard a coyote howl and had a hunch it would lead him to a missing 2-year-old boy. That hunch early Tuesday ended an eight-hour search for Tristan Owens, who was found about 1:20 a.m. unharmed but surrounded by coyotes in the woods behind his home in Wentzville, near the St. Charles-Lincoln County lines...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A convicted serial rapist who attacked his latest victim while free on probation has been sentenced to 124 years in prison. In imposing the sentence Tuesday, Jackson County Judge J.D. Williamson told 48-year-old Gregory Hubbard he had "no option but to protect the public by seeing you are not on the streets again."...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Matt Blunt said Wednesday that newly required premiums for a children's health insurance program are a reasonable step that help build personal responsibility. His remarks came after children in more than 12,000 families lost their state-funded health care this week because their parents failed to pay the premiums...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The state awarded a new contract Wednesday for medical transportation services for the poor, choosing a company that won the business last year but had it taken away after protests by another bidder. ** Comparing costs The Office of Administration said it chose Atlanta-based LogistiCare Inc. ...

There's more to the Houston Astros than just pitching. Morgan Ensberg had five RBIs, Andy Pettitte overcame a couple of homers for his record-tying 14th postseason win, and the Astros got started on what they hope will be another October conquest of Atlanta, beating the Braves 10-5 in Game 1 of their National League playoff series Wednesday...

Ken Macha will walk away from the Oakland Athletics after seven years with fresh memories of another winning season, despite a young and injury-depleted lineup. He hopes potential employers appreciate that, too. Macha was out of a job as A's manager Wednesday after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract, which he called one of several "massive disappointments" in his tenure...

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Matt Hasselbeck insists the Seattle Seahawks don't care what Torry Holt says, no matter how inflammatory the statements. "I think Torry Holt is a great wide receiver. Beyond that, what he says doesn't matter too much to me," Hasselbeck said...

ST. LOUIS -- When the St. Louis Rams' new tight end shows up to play Sunday, he'll need no introduction for the Seattle Seahawks. Cam Cleeland caught a game-winning touchdown, a 17-yard pass from Marc Bulger, late in the NFC wild card game last January to give the Rams a 27-20 win over the Seahawks in Seattle -- and still has the ball...

Money was allegedly filtered to Gov. Matt Blunt's campaign. Spokesmen say everything was legal, though not always clear to donors. WASHINGTON -- Tom DeLay deliberately raised more money than he needed to throw parties at the 2000 presidential convention, then diverted some of the excess to longtime ally Roy Blunt through a series of donations that benefited both men's causes...

WASHINGTON -- New Chief Justice John Roberts stepped forward Wednesday as an aggressive defender of federal authority to block doctor-assisted suicide, as the Supreme Court clashed over an Oregon law that lets doctors help terminally ill patients end their lives...

Emergency training planned in Scott County; Brenda Talent to speak to women's club lunch; Fall festival to feature crafts, music, food; Church announces date for mission auction; Mini reading conference held at Dempster Hall; 4-H rodeo club seeks names new officers ; Masonic High Twelve Club to meet for program; Jackson offers housing to Katrina victims; Busch, Boren, Evans family meets for reunion

The Cape Girardeau Public Library recently received a $5,590 Gates Foundation Staying Connected Hardware Upgrade and Replacement Grant. The grant replaced seven public access computers, used by about 2,000 people per month, which will result in more reliable access to the Internet, online databases and work with office applications...

Spending by the federal government has become a topic of concern across the political spectrum. On top of massive appropriations for projects and programs considered by some to be pork and by others to be absolute necessities, the government faces the costs of the war on terrorism and storm-related assistance in the wake of two major hurricanes in Gulf Coast states...

To the editor: I would like to weigh in on the ethanol debate. Rather than trying to prove that David Pimentel's research is flawed, as others have done, I would like to assume his figures are correct. His studies show that it takes 29 percent more fossil-fuel energy to grow corn and make ethanol than you get from the ethanol...

To the editor; Joe Martin's letter implies that we are threatened by creeping socialism. Socialism is already here in the form of Social Security, welfare, Medicaid, Medicare, free public schools and meal vouchers. Socialism means the redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor, often through taxes and government programs. In a pure capitalistic society, the old and poor would be left to fend for themselves, as they were so often in the past...

No human factor; Real-world justice; Respect for Scouts; Give me a chance; Open-air drugs; Clear mandate

Beverly Ruth Lorenz, 47, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 20, 1957, in St. Louis, daughter of Eldor J. and Verna E. Noennig Lorenz. Beverly graduated from Central High School in 1976, and worked for Jerry Lipps Truck Service 20 years. ...

Carrie Elizabeth Peterman, 31, of Henderson, Nev., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas, Nev. She was born Nov. 9, 1973, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Neal and Hope Davis Peterman. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday...

Joyce Stockton, 59, of Jackson died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, at her home. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

JONESBORO, Ill. -- LeRoy Mowery, 78, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005, at St. Louis University Hospital. Hileman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Dillingham; Clark

25 years ago: Oct. 6, 1980 A dream came true for Dr. Bill W. Stacy, when he was inaugurated president of Southeast Missouri State University yesterday; Stacy, a 1960 graduate of Southeast, has risen through the ranks at the university since becoming a speech instructor in 1967 to being named the university's 12th president...

Briefs ** Alzheimer's Association hosts informational programs The Alzheimer's Association is offering two programs of interest to people who have a family member or friend who suffers from Alzheimer's Disease. On Monday, Oct. 17, "Getting Connected," a free monthly opportunity for newcomers to become acquainted with the resources and services will be available through the Alzheimer's Association for persons with memory loss and their family. ...

Post office changes mind on part of its renovation; Mayor, Emerson say gas station post office is not a solution to Cape's overall post office problem. After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for major repairs, the U.S. Postal Service has scrapped plans to modernize the old Cape Girardeau post office's downtown lobby...

To the editor: We Girardeans owe much to the Naeter brothers. We also owe much to Gary Rust and his family. The Missourian has been a powerful force for good for 100 years. The Rusts put the newspaper back into local hands and greatly improved it. I don't believe there is any kind of information that I want, except perhaps financial, that the Missourian does not provide...

Company settles lawsuit with 19 plant workers JOPLIN, Mo. -- A butter flavoring manufacturer ordered to pay more than $53 million in damages to employees of a southwest Missouri popcorn plant who blamed the product for lung disease has settled with 19 other plaintiffs. ...

Cape Girardeau...

Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls on Tuesday: * At 5:54 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1300 block of Broadway. Firefighters responded to the following calls on Wednesday: * At 6:16 a.m., emergency medical service in the 2800 block of Bloomfield Road...

Who wants a Fat-Boy? Kim Weber of Perryville, Mo., did. And he got one as the winner of a 2005 Harley-Davidson anniversary motorcycle called the Fat-Boy. His name was announced at center stage in downtown Cape Girardeau during the recent HOG Rally held here...

BILOXI, Miss. -- First came out-of-pocket medical expenses, the bills piling up faster than Jerry Gollott and his wife could pay them. Then, sidelined by heart and back ailments, the retired police officer fell behind on his $1,370 monthly mortgage payment...

PALESTINE, Texas -- Down a winding lane from their dorms to the cafeteria, they hobble along, clutching their caregivers' steady hands or walking just within arm's reach. "It's lunchtime! It's lunchtime!" exclaims one man, grinning and clapping. One woman pauses to look up at the canopy of trees above her. "We're in Texas. We're at camp," she says...

New Salem UMC plans for family-style dinner A kettle beef and chicken dressing family-style dinner will be held at 4 p.m. Oct. 15 at the New Salem United Methodist Church at Route AA at Daisy. Children 5 and under eat free. Menu includes kettle beef, chicken dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, slaw, apple butter, bread, cake and drinks...

WASHINGTON -- Not satisfied with President Bush's word, conservative senators and others questioned Wednesday whether Harriet Miers was the best Supreme Court nominee a self-proclaimed conservative Republican president could find. "I guess they thought we'd all just say 'Whoopee!' but that's not the way it works around here anymore," said Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss. He insisted there were many potential nominees more qualified than Miers...

MEXICO CITY -- When a Mexican bishop declared that drug traffickers often donate to the church, shock waves ran through this predominantly Roman Catholic nation -- not because the news was a surprise, but because admitting it was tantamount to confessing that nothing, not even God, is sacred when it comes to organized crime in Mexico...

WASHINGTON -- Contrary to recommendations from his own internal watchdog, CIA director Porter Goss will not order disciplinary reviews for a former director, George Tenet, and other officials criticized for their performance before the Sept. 11 attacks...

A rivalry game the nature of Central and Jackson -- the teams have met 98 times on the football field -- is supposed to be an epic clash where any team can come out on top. For all the hoopla surrounding tonight's game between Jackson and Central at Houck Stadium, if recent history holds up the game will likely once again be a blowout. ...

Jackson Bowling Lanes MEN High game: John Wondel 300, Jim Burnett 300, Robert Forester 299, Billy Funkhouser 290, Roger Petzoldt 290, Dan Tuschhoff 289, Thor Welker 279, Jim Simpson 279, Chris Cox 279, Jim Brown 278, James Bradshaw 278, Pete Howe 278, Corey Berkbigler 268, Jason Brothers 267, Kyle Bruce 265, Terry Seabaugh 264, Dennis Roth 264, Jeremy Hunt 259, Leroy Ponder 258, Mike Edgar 258, Toby Zoellner 258...

SEMO Cup scheduled for Saturday in Kennett The SEMO Cup golf tournament will bring 10 teams to Kennett Country Club 8 a.m. Saturday. Dalhousie Golf Club, Kimbeland Country Club, Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course, Bent Creek Golf Course and Cape Girardeau Country Club...

Southeast carries a 3-2 conference mark into Friday's game at Tennessee Tech. The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team rallied to force a fifth game but fell on the road at Eastern Illinois on Wednesday. The Redhawks fell to 3-2 in Ohio Valley Conference play and 6-10 overall. EIU improved to 5-0 in OVC play and 9-4 overall...

Kelly, the defending Class 2 state champions, started play in the District 5 tournament with a 15-0 trouncing of Clearwater in just three innings Wednesday. Mindy Robert had a single, double and triple to go along with two RBIs. Kalie Hughes and Casey Kern added two hits apiece for the Hawks (17-10)...

St. Louis took just three shots in the second period of a 5-1 loss. DETROIT -- It didn't take long for Pavel Datsyuk to make a return on Detroit's investment. Datsyuk scored 95 seconds into the game, assisted another goal several minutes later and helped the Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues 5-1 Wednesday night in the NHL opener for both teams...

Thursday Jackson (3-2) at Central (1-4), 7 p.m. ** n Last year's meeting: Jackson 35, Central 6 * Last week's games: Jackson 21, Jefferson City 14; SLUH 42, Central 6 * Notes: Jackson handed the storied Jefferson City football program just its second homecoming loss in 60 years last week. ...

Let's face it. Few of us enjoy a visit to the dentist. In fact, many people are pretty vocal about their fear of opening wide, and dentists across the country are collectively saying "we hear you" with attempts to make office visits more comfortable for patients...

Last week, Healthspan reported the benefits of a good night's sleep after a nice fish meal when it comes to waging our favorite health battle: keeping Alzheimer's at bay. Three other suggestions reported last week were exercising both your body and mind as well as judiciously using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory painkillers like ibuprofen...

A macaroni box on a stick. That's where it starts for first-year students learning how to play violin in the Suzuki violin program, a specialized and increasingly popular system that teaches young children how to play the violin much the same way they learn to speak...

Don Adams says if it weren't for his Merchant Marines, World War II would have had a decidedly less favorable outcome. "If it hadn't been for the Merchant Marines, we'd be speaking German or Japanese today," said the 79-year-old Cape Girardeau resident. "When I say that to people, they tell me that's far-fetched. But I'm telling you, it's not."...

With a rich German heritage in the area, several businesses have organized Oktoberfest celebrations for this weekend. Black Forest Villages in Cape Girardeau will hold its 15th annual Oktoberfest from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday...

A videotape aided in the conviction of a prior drug offender caught possessing methamphetamine. On Thursday, Circuit Judge Benjamin Lewis sentenced Jesse Vohn Dorris, 35, of Cape Girardeau to 10 years in prison. Dorris hid a bag of methamphetamine in his sock while he was at the Jackson Police Department on Feb. ...

So, you thought the Southeast Missourian's centennial was over. Almost. After special sections a year ago and again last week, after weekly features highlighting significant news events of the past 100 years, after a major start on refurbishing the newspaper's magnificent 1920s building into a 21st century showcase, after a blockbuster block party on Saturday -- after all that, I too was ready to say the celebration was over...

MoDOT said the previous $5.8 million design wouldn't handle future traffic. The Missouri Department of Transportation now plans to spend $8 million to construct the East Main Street interchange at Interstate 55. MoDOT previously had budgeted $5.8 million for construction of a scaled-down design that project manager Andy Meyer says eventually would have required improvements to meet future traffic needs...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney will be the keynote speaker at the Stars and Stripes newspaper's upcoming annual reunion. Rooney, the most famous former Stars and Stripes correspondent, will speak at the newspaper's banquet at 7 p.m. Oct. 15 at Best Western in Sikeston, Mo...

Area eighth-graders no longer can just rely on friends in high school for advice when it comes to registering for classes. New more stringent graduation requirements passed Thursday by the State Board of Education will not affect those students already in high school. They will affect the class of 2010 -- next year's freshmen...

Last year, Central freshmen Sarah Ford and Lindsey Pingel joined junior Monica Toole for the trip to Springfield, Mo., to watch the Tigers doubles team of Brett Ford and Dani Gross compete at the state tennis tournament. This year, Sarah Ford, Pingel and Toole will return as participants along with Gross...

The former lineman, who died in 2003, will have scholarship in his name. The family and friends of the late Mark Munsell, a four-year football letterman at Southeast Missouri State, have endowed a football scholarship to honor the former standout lineman...

NEW YORK -- In a season of national calamities, the elderly have taken perhaps the hardest hit -- dying by the dozens in flooded Louisiana nursing homes, aboard a blazing bus near Dallas, in the chilly waters of a New York lake after a tour boat capsized...

TRENTON, N.J. -- The first large study of an experimental cervical cancer vaccine found it was 100 percent effective, in the short term, at blocking the most common cause of the disease, the vaccine's maker said Thursday. Merck's genetically engineered vaccine prevents cervical cancer by blocking infection from the human papilloma virus strains that cause 70 percent of cervical cancers...

CLAYTON, Mo. -- A Missouri high school senior said he murdered and raped a girl from his school because he planned to kill himself and wanted to be with her. The victim, Erin Mace of Fenton, was found dead Friday inside a burning SUV in St. Louis County...

Colin Montgomerie showed no effects from an emotional victory four days ago in Scotland, matching his career-low score in the United States with a 6-under 64 that gave him a three-shot lead Thursday in the American Express Championship. Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and nine others were at 67 on a spectacular day at Harding Park, a municipal course in San Francisco that got a $16 million makeover and held its own against the world's best players...

ATLANTA -- The Braves rocked the Rocket, John Smoltz picked up where he left off six years ago, and Atlanta finds itself all even with the Houston Astros in the NL playoffs. Rookie Brian McCann hit a three-run homer in his first postseason at-bat, which were all the runs Smoltz needed to lead the Braves past Roger Clemens and the Astros 7-1 on Thursday night, tying the best-of-five series at one game apiece...

WASHINGTON -- Presidential confidant Karl Rove will testify for a fourth time before the federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer's identity even though prosecutors have warned they can no longer guarantee he will escape indictment, lawyers said Thursday...

The total cost of recovery from recent hurricanes in the Gulf Coast states will be in the billions of dollars. Much of the funds to rebuild homes, businesses and essential infrastructure will come from insurance companies as well as local, state and federal governments...

To the editor: I recently stumbled across Joe Sullivan's column on the Weaver Walking School Bus while searching for another article. I wonder if Joe had to contend with sex offenders, speeding cars or childhood obesity when he walked to school so many years ago...

To the editor: Congratulations to the Southeast Missourian for its grand centennial celebration. It was a glorious day. We wish to thank the Missourian for including the Cape River Heritage Museum. Being off the beaten track, the attendance was far less than other activities. Those who found us were delighted with the activities we had available...

To the editor: David Limbaugh's column on the most recent legal ruling on the Pledge of Allegiance ("Latest ruling is kicking God further out the door") is not designed to make me appreciate his powers of argumentation. The pledge was composed in 1892 (original text: I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.)...

Making a case; Endangered middle class; Not convincing; Spending to rebuild; Spending too much; Minimum wages; Dangerous cycling; Good part of town; Every detail; Not following rules; True heart of Cape; Wonderful meal; Speaking for America; Big T-shirt; Let's start over; Dynamite band

Eula M. Garner Tow, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Aug. 5, 1914, at Neelys Landing, daughter of Charles L. and Martha Young Garner. She and Jesse Tow were married in August 1949 in Piggott, Ark. He died in 1968...

Carrie Elizabeth Peterman, 31, of Henderson, Nev., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas. She was born Nov. 9, 1973, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Neal Frederic and Hope Davis Peterman. Carrie earned a bachelor of science degree in cellular and molecular genetics and a bachelor of science degree in advertising mass communications from Southeast Missouri State University, and a juris doctorate from Pepperdine University Law School...

Robin Kranawetter, 40, of Jackson died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.

THEBES, Ill. -- Hazel Garrett, 73, of Thebes died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at her home. Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Leroy Charles Mowery, 77, of Jonesboro died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005, at St. Louis University Hospital. He was born March 31, 1928, in Jonesboro, son of Glenn A. and Beulah Lingle Mowery. He and Elois Mowery were married March 12, 1949, in Pickett, Ark...

Galati; Foster; Pemberton; Boettcher; Raines; Blechle; Gibson; Morehead; Phelps; Taylor; Rogers

25 years ago: Oct. 7, 1980 Crop production losses due to this summer's heat and drought totaled $19 million in Cape Girardeau County alone, and some $309 million in a 12-county area of Southeast Missouri, according to figures from the Agricultural Conservation and Stabilization Service...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- More than two years have passed since Columbia, Mo., artist Sabra Tull Meyer was commissioned to complete a massive 8-foot-tall monument to the Lewis and Clark expedition to be placed in Jefferson City, Mo. During that time, a maquette, or small model, has traveled to several areas of the state, but never to Southeast Missouri...

One of the newest additions to the Cape Girardeau art community doesn't specialize in paintings, prints or ceramics. What it does specialize in is something other galleries don't offer -- a large assortment of more than 250 handmade glass sculptures and objects made by artists from around the United States...

An airplane manufacturing firm established in the wake of a bankruptcy will take flight in Cape Girardeau, city and company officials announced Thursday. Commander Premier Aircraft Corp. will relocate its airplane manufacturing firm from Bethany, Okla., to the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. Commander Premier also will establish its sales, parts and service center at the airport...

He said militants are seeking to establish a "radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia." WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Thursday the United States and its allies had thwarted at least 10 serious plots by the al-Qaida terror network in the last four years, including plans for Sept. 11-like attacks on both U.S. coasts...

A group of local health-care professionals will hold a wellness fair from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at TLC Bed & Breakfast and Wellness Center in Jackson. Participants will be able to observe and experience massage, reflexology, energy balancing, irridology, chiropractic, ear candling, aromatherapy and nutritional consultations. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The state Board of Education approved a fee schedule Thursday for families taking part in a state program to help developmentally disabled infants and toddlers. Adoption of the rule setting the fee levels and spelling out what happens to those who don't pay followed passage of a state law in May requiring payment by some families in the First Steps program...

The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri will hold a mobile adoption from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Westfield West Park's Famous Barr court. Hurricane Katrina victim dogs will be there and raffle tickets for the upcoming "Santa Paws" event will be for sale. Santa Paws is a 50/50 raffle. Tickets are for sale until Dec. 11 when winners will be drawn...

BENTON, Mo. -- Cub Scout Pack 36 and the NBC Fire and Rescue, Scott County Sheriff's Office and North Scott County Ambulance will hold a bicycle safety course from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Express Fuel, Benton. Bring your tricycle or bicycle for registration, the safety course and maintenance...

Although the ink is still drying on her nomination, the president's selection Monday of Harriet Miers to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has already been met with praise from senators on both sides of the aisle. As one would expect, her nomination has also been met with questions by those who do not yet know her. But those of us who do know and have worked with Ms. Miers think very highly of her, and we believe she will make a valuable contribution to the Supreme Court...

NEW YORK -- Police found a dead body in a Pennsylvania landfill Thursday and think it may be the mother of a 4-year-old girl found abandoned two weeks ago. Valery Belen Saavedra Lozada was found wandering barefoot after dark in Queens on Sept. 24, and police had been searching for the mother, Monica Lozada-Rivadineira, ever since...

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's top health official said Thursday that "no one in the world is ready" for a potentially catastrophic outbreak of bird flu as President Bush summoned vaccine manufacturers to the White House to discuss the situation...

Cape Girardeau...

Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls on Wednesday: * At 8:33 p.m., illegal burn at 1002 Bloomfield St. * At 8:55 p.m., carbon monoxide problem at 1616 Mississippi St. Firefighters responded to the following calls on Thursday:...

NEW YORK -- Authorities stepped up security Thursday after receiving what city officials called a credible threat that the New York subway could be the target of a terrorist attack in coming days. But Homeland Security officials in Washington downplayed the threat, saying it was of "doubtful credibility."...

A new 100-foot aerial ladder truck is the newest addition to the Cape Girardeau Fire Department. The new truck will be at Station 1 on South Sprigg Street. The department's 1986 aerial platform truck will remain on standby at Fire Station 2 on South Mount Auburn Road...

The Central softball team missed an opportunity to take the lead in the fourth inning, fell behind and never recovered Thursday in the Class 4 District 1 semifinal against Poplar Bluff. The host Mules, the No. 1 seed, escaped a bases-loaded jam and pulled away for a 10-4 victory to advance to the district final...

ST. LOUIS -- Robert Lang had a goal and an assist, and Jason Williams had three assists to help the Detroit Red Wings sweep a season-opening home-and-home series against the Blues with a 4-3 victory Thursday night. The victory wasn't assured until the final seconds as the Blues got off several shots in a goal-mouth scramble...

'The Gospel'; 'In Her Shoes'; 'Proof'; 'Two for the Money'; 'Waiting'; 'Wallace and Gromit'; Still in theaters; '40-Year-Old Virgin'; 'Corpse Bride'; 'Cry Wolf'; 'Exorcism of Emily Rose'; 'Flightplan'; 'Greatest Game Ever Played'; 'A History of Violence'; 'Into the Blue'; 'Just Like Heaven'; 'Lord of War'; 'Oliver Twist'; 'Serenity'

In many respects it is appropriate that Ford name its new 2006 midsize car "Fusion," for it was 100 years ago that Albert Einstein published his famous equation that changed the world: E=mc2. It would not be until 1932 that the first nuclear reaction in a laboratory would demonstrate the accuracy of Einstein's equation, and now we know that through fusion, our sun and stars fuse hydrogen into helium, liberating enormous quantities of energy. ...

NEW YORK -- What if a people's choice award was held and the people didn't choose? The Quills Awards, organized by NBC-TV and Reed Business Information, which issues Variety and Publishers Weekly, were started this year with a mission: to "pair a populist sensibility with Hollywood-style glitz to become the first literary prizes to reflect the tastes of the group that matters most in publishing -- readers."...

The Missouri Arts Council is considering updating its 2004-2007 Strategic Plan. The agency is seeking citizen input to improve its Strategic Plan. A meeting will be held in Cape Girardeau on Dec. 8 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to discuss the plan. For more information, contact Bill Meerbott at bill.meerbott@ded.mo. gov...

ST. LOUIS -- When Mark Mulder took a line drive off his arm in the second inning and doubled over in pain, the St. Louis Cardinals figured it would be a short outing for their 16-game winner...

For the first time all season Central football coach Lawrence Brookins could not even praise his team's effort after a loss. The Tigers (1-5) looked overmatched in all facets of the game in a 44-0 rout at the hands of rival Jackson on Thursday night at Houck Stadium. It was Jackson's third straight win overall and third in a row in the storied rivalry, which the Indians have owned of late...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Driving to work with your cell phone on, you notice the traffic beginning to slow down. Instantly and unbeknown to you, the government senses your delay and flashes a traffic congestion update over Web sites and electronic road signs...

Cliff, Melanie and Kevin Lankheit are learning what it is like to be local celebrities. After losing more than 100 pounds each with Weight Watchers, the family has been featured in the local media and now a national magazine. They are recognized on the street and in the grocery store...

$50,000 prize from foreign company is a common mail and e-mail scam. When the letter announcing a big lottery prize arrived in her mailbox last month, Dene Drury was, to make an understatement, skeptical. Still, she called the telephone number listed in the letter. ...

Lebanon (Mo.) Daily Record Gov. Matt Blunt is a commuter. Since taking office in January, according to a report by The Associated Press, he's spent more time at his home in Springfield than he has at the Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City. His critics say that's a problem. .....

The Joplin (Mo.) Globe A federal shield law makes sense as a suitable approach to protecting the public's right to know by protecting a reporter's confidential sources. Such a statute would give whistle-blowers the cover of anonymity to tell their tales of government wrongdoing, malfeasance or mismanagement without risking retaliation in their jobs or their personal lives...

McLEAN, Va. -- A new lingerie display in a Victoria's Secret storefront has attracted not just long glances, but also protesters and allegations the chain is promoting lesbianism and sadomasochism. About 30 women -- no men -- picketed the Tysons Corner Center store Friday. Some of them weren't satisfied that store workers had toned down the display, and promised to boycott the newly expanded mall, now among the nation's largest...

September job figures dip because of Katrina WASHINGTON -- Hurricane Katrina bruised the economy in September, causing the first nationwide job loss in two years, but the damage wasn't as awful as many had feared. Payrolls fell by 35,000, with jobs in retailing, lodging, bars, restaurants and leisure pursuits such as gambling all taking a hit. ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The 22 bodies, lined up in coffins in a mosque courtyard Friday, are as shriveled as ancient mummies after lying a month in the desert where they were dumped, bound and bullet-ridden. They were Sunni Arabs, rounded up from their Baghdad homes one night by men in police uniforms...

MOSCOW -- Russia on Friday test-launched a collapsible mini-spacecraft, which is designed to carry cargo and even passengers from the international space station to Earth, a Russian space design bureau said. The Demonstrator spacecraft blasted off on a converted ballistic Volna rocket from a nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea, and it later descended toward the Kura test range on Russia's Far East Kamchatka Peninsula on schedule, the Interfax news agency reported...

VIENNA, Austria -- Mohammed ElBaradei prides himself on remaining cool under pressure, but he showed unusual flashes of emotion on learning Friday that he and his International Atomic Energy Agency had won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. His eyes misted up several times behind his glasses as he spoke with reporters about the delight -- and surprise -- he felt when he heard on television that he and the U.N. nuclear watchdog had been picked to share the world's most prestigious award...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The state Homeland Security Advisory Council signed off on plans Friday to purchase equipment that should help law enforcement around the state better communicate during an emergency. The council approved a proposal to spend $10 million in federal homeland security funding on two projects that should help both metropolitan areas and smaller, rural communities...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- The parents of a boy who died at a home for troubled teens are seeking an order of protection after alleging the owner and his son tried to pressure them into dropping their wrongful death suit. Victor and Gracia Reyes allege that John Bundy, who owns Thayer Learning Center with his wife, threatened and harassed them in July during an unannounced visit to the couple's California home...

CRYSTAL CITY, Mo. -- An investigation continues into the arson fire that killed an eastern Missouri teenager, police said Friday. Darryl Kalas Jr., 18, was killed in a fire early Monday at Riverview Bend apartment in Crystal City. Firefighters initially thought the fire was sparked by candles used to light the apartment, which lacked electricity. But it was ruled arson after a flammable liquid was found...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri will get $24.2 million as part of a multistate settlement with telecommunications company MCI Inc. over disputed state income taxes. The settlement stems from MCI-WorldCom tax filings from 1999-2002, when various states alleged that money transfers between MCI subsidiaries were illegally classified as a business expense exempt from state tax laws...

ST. LOUIS -- Mike Martz returned to the practice field Friday, anxious to put the attention back on the St. Louis Rams' next game instead of his heart condition. Martz, 54, missed two days while undergoing tests for a bacterial infection of a heart valve. He said earlier this week that team doctors believe he has endocarditis...

Colin Montgomerie and John Daly would seem to have little in common except for their names atop the leaderboard at the American Express Championship. Montgomerie scrambled for a 1-under 69 at San Francisco's Harding Park that left him one shot clear of Daly and David Howell of England. Tiger Woods and five others were another shot behind...

The Cardinals send Morris to the mound tonight in hopes of ending the series. SAN DIEGO -- Dave Roberts knew desperation last October in Boston. Here he is again, facing the possible end to his postseason. Roberts and his San Diego Padres will disappear without a trace from the playoffs unless they beat the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of their National League Division Series tonight at Petco Park...

BOSTON -- Orlando Hernandez pitched out of a bases-loaded, none-out jam, and Paul Konerko hit a tiebreaking homer as Chicago beat Boston 5-3 Friday to sweep the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox out of the playoffs. Chicago won its a postseason series for the first time since 1917...

Gov. Matt Blunt ordered flags to be flown at half staff until Monday to honor fallen firefighters. "As the nation remembers fallen heroes this weekend, Missouri mourns the loss of Gerald McGowan and Steve Fierro," Blunt said in a news release. A national memorial service to add McGowan (Kansas City Fire Department) and Fierro (Carthage Fire Department) to the National Memorial wall is scheduled Sunday at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Md...

Cape Girardeau...

Southeast Missourians know too well the scourge of methamphetamine. Its production has clogged our courts, filled our jails and ruined countless lives. The cost, both human and monetary, is incalculable. A recent story in the Southeast Missourian described how two men have overcome their addiction to methamphetamine by going through Teen Challenge's 14-month recovery program...

Former Pocahontas man now mentors military chaplains To say Mark Steiner has lived a simple life would be an understatement. Steiner, who was born and raised in Pocahontas, is a group chaplain for the U.S. Navy stationed in San Diego. As a group chaplain, Steiner provides oversight, training and mentoring for 14 active duty chaplains and four reservist chaplains. While he has not been deployed to Iraq, he acknowledges the fact that he may possibly be deployed in the future...

Jerusalem's streets teemed with Feast of Tabernacles celebrants. Under the early morning sun in the Temple, Jesus sat teaching a large group of listeners. Suddenly the crowd parted as clamoring, finger-pointing, self-righteous religious leaders rushed in, throwing a disheveled, half-clad woman at Jesus' feet, as they loudly proclaimed, "This woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. ...

There's a song, an old hymnal standard, called "Little Brown Church in the Vale." This simple song used to be sung on a regular basis at the Illmo United Methodist Church, except the congregation would ever-so-slightly alter the lyrics to: "No spot is so dear to my childhood as the little white church on the hill."...

Local churches hold auctions, bazaars; St. Mark Lutheran Church welcomes new pastor; Health fair event held at Christ Epsicopal Church; First Baptist to feature homecoming event; Ugly quilt weekend at St. Vincent de Paul Church; Westminster Presbyterian Church youth group quilt show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the church. Admission is free, donation accepted for youth mission trip.; Sunday; Annual homecoming at New Salem United Methodist Church in Daisy beginning at 8:45 a.m.

Last year, the Chaffee softball program sacrificed the comfort of spring -- and the big win totals the team had accumulated in recent seasons -- for the chance at a district title in the fall. In their second season of fall softball, the Red Devils made the move pay off...

The Panthers are 1-0 in the league heading into today's game against Southeast. One of the few question marks Eastern Illinois had entering this season was at quarterback. But if the Panthers' most recent game is any indication, then even that position might be in good hands...

Mosley makes first start tonight against EIU. Markus Mosley really didn't have time to be nervous during his initial college football experience. "I didn't really have a chance to think about it, which was probably good," said Southeast Missouri State's freshman quarterback, who entered the fourth quarter of a 33-17 loss at Samford on Sept. 29...

To the editor: My wife, Laura Glynn, is one of the two people responsible for the Weaver Walking School Bus. I was told to look up the column by Joe Sullivan. I was a bit taken aback at the derisive tone he took with the walking school bus concept, as if having adults walking with the children was nothing more than "looking out for spitballs."...

To the editor: While I realize there are parents who neglect their children on purpose or with no regard, I can't help but think that one of the instances on your front page was not the case, the one where there were children living in a rented trashy and poorly maintained house on Pearl Street...

Personal service; Serving democracy; Living conditions; Name-calling; Lack of care; Not his suggestion; Park those mowers; Baseball weather; Sorry scenario

Robin Lanette Hoffmeister Kranawetter, 40, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 14, 1965, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Lloyd and Judy Choate Hoffmeister. She and Richard Kranawetter were married May 10, 1986, in Jackson. He survives...

Ruth N. Heckathorn, 59, of Springfield, Ill., died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at her home. She was born March 16, 1946, in Freeport, Ill., daughter of Fred and Anna Young Heckathorn. Ms. Heckathorn was a freelance technical writer and also developed software training at the Department of Public Aid and was a consultant for Ciber Inc. She owned Spectrum Communications from 1984 to 1987...

Joyce Stockton, 59, of Jackson died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, at her home. She was born Oct. 10, 1945, in Bakersfield, Calif., daughter of Herbert and Marjorie Belew Petzoldt. She and Fred Stockton were married Aug. 29, 1993. He died Feb. 8, 1999. Stockton was a graduate of Jackson High School...

BENTON, Mo. -- Margaret Evelyn McPherson, 82, of Benton died Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, at her home. She was born June 11, 1923, in Blodgett, Mo., daughter of Ernie and Edna Moore Rister. She and Verbon McPherson were married June 8, 1941, at Benton. McPherson was a key punch operator 11 years at Rival Manufacturing. She worked at Olin Mathis Ammunition Co. in Alton, Ill., during World War II...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Arian Michael Charde, 11, of Perryville died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Oct. 14, 1993, in Las Vegas, Nev., son of William D. and Mandy M. Lynn Gaulding II. Arian was a student at Parkview State School in Cape Girardeau...

Eileen Alma Kasten, 79, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at Baptist Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn. She was born Aug. 20, 1926, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of William Henry and Clara Anita Grossheider Kiehne. She married Paul Rudolph Kasten, who died Feb. 29, 2004...

THEBES, Ill. -- Hazel Garrett, 73, of Thebes died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at her home. She was born Nov. 10, 1931, in Belleville, Ill., daughter of Edward and Lura Coplin Foutch. She married Victor Garrett, who died in 1969. Survivors include a daughter, Nellie Tucker of Thebes; a son, Wilford Garrett of Thebes; a sister, Barbara Shelton of Jackson; four brothers, Ernest Stevenson and Eddie Foutch of Thebes, J.P. ...

Robbie Lee Roberts, 95, of Belleville, Ill., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at Swansea Care Nursing Home in Belleville. She was born Nov. 2, 1909, in Clinton, Ky., daughter of Solon and Monie Tyler Johnson. She and Clyde Roberts were married Feb. 25, 1925, at Jackson. He died Sept. 17, 1979...

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25 years ago: Oct. 8, 1980 Recent disclosure of morale problems in the Cape Girardeau Police Department and alleged mishandling of police investigations prompt Councilman Gail D. "Woody" Woodfin to propose a public fact-finding investigation into the department...

While 87-year-old Jesse Smithers nodded off in an easy chair Thursday night, Sierra was becoming agitated. The 4-year-old family dog began barking furiously. When Smithers awoke, smoke was filling the modest single-story home at 1125 Dorothy St. that he shared with his goddaughter, April Kinder, and her father, Rick Kinder...

While a welcome center has yet to be funded by the state, that hasn't stopped the rest of the work. Cape Girardeau City Council members eyed the developing River Campus with pride as they toured the construction site Friday. "It is just going to be phenomenal," Mayor Jay Knudtson said as construction workers labored to transform the former Catholic seminary site into Southeast Missouri State University's new visual and fine arts campus...

WOOD RIVER, Ill. -- Clarence Hugh "Shorty" Buster, 89, of Wood River, Ill. and formerly of East Cape Girardeau, Ill., died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at Eldercare of Alton. He was born July 18, 1916, in Thebes, Ill., son of Richard David and Effie Mary Buster. He and Thelma Lorene Warren were married Dec. 30, 1938, at Jackson...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carl Edwards has managed to stay under the radar through the first three Chase for the championship races. That should change for him this weekend when he heads to Kansas Speedway -- the closest thing to a hometown track for the Missouri native...

Defending Class 2 state softball champion Kelly is ready to make another run. The Hawks rolled through the Class 2 District 5 tournament, capturing the title with a 12-2 six-inning win Friday over East Prairie at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff...

The Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team suffered a stunning loss Friday afternoon and fell out of a tie for first place in the Ohio Valley Conference. Last-place Morehead State topped the Redhawks 2-0 in Morehead, Ky. Southeast dropped to 7-3-1 overall and 2-1-1 in OVC play. The Eagles improved to 4-7 and 1-4...

This much the St. Vincent Indians and the Crystal City Hornets agreed on: Friday's MAFC Blue Division was not one for the scrapbook. "It was ugly," St. Vincent Coach Keith Winkler said after his team's 21-0 victory. "We just kept shooting ourselves in the foot."...

STILLWATER, Okla. -- After his first loss as Oklahoma State's coach, Mike Gundy is getting plenty of input on how to make the Cowboys' no-huddle offense more effective. Two days after Oklahoma State's 34-0 loss to Colorado, the first-year coach had already received 50 e-mails from fans...

NEW ORLEANS -- They clear rotten seafood from stinking restaurant freezers, wash excrement from the floors of the Superdome, rip out wads of soaked insulation. The work is hot, nasty and critical to the recovery of New Orleans. And yet, many of the workers are not actually from New Orleans...

ST. LOUIS -- Offering prayers and hymns in an outdoor courtyard, medical students held a memorial service Friday to honor those who donate their bodies to Saint Louis University's School of Medicine for research and training. The students coordinate the service each year to thank those who donated their bodies during the past year to advance scientific education...

CHICAGO -- Pocket-size throat sprays. Thin strips that melt in your mouth. Freezer pops. Like Mary Poppins with her spoonful of sugar, the makers of cold remedies are offering creative ways to help the medicine go down. The active ingredients aren't new, but the method for taking the medicine is. ...

Claire McCaskill's report released Friday questioned some of the department's procedures and expenses. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- State Auditor Claire McCaskill questioned Friday why the Conservation Department didn't discuss plans to purchase a new airplane during an audit of the office...

Protestations by the House speaker and majority leader in recent weeks that earmarks in the highway bill cannot be used for offsetting Katrina spending stand in stark contrast to the long record of their party in demanding restraint and accountability in federal spending...

Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday: * At 9:38 p.m., emergency medical service at Independence Street and Silver Springs Road. * At 10:53 p.m., a house fire at 1125 Dorothy St. Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday:...

STILLWATER, Okla. -- Receiver Brad Ekwerekwu scored on a reverse and threw a touchdown pass on another trick play, leading Missouri to a 38-31 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday. Brad Smith rushed for 184 yards and Marcus Woods ran for one score, caught a TD pass, and set up a third score with a 76-yard punt return for the Tigers, who built a 22-point lead and held off Oklahoma State with its offense more than its league-worst defense...

ST. LOUIS -- Last week, Marc Bulger set franchise records with 62 passes and 40 completions, and the St. Louis Rams lost by 20 points. He'd rather not play catchup this week against the Seattle Seahawks in a matchup of NFC West leaders. "You want it to be more balanced," Bulger said. "You're not going to win many games in the NFL throwing it 60 or 70 times. It might work in high school and sometimes in college, but in the NFL you've got to have a running game."...

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission." The words, written in black and red marker and punctuated with a heart-shaped exclamation point, hang above Laura Turpin's bed. There are other hand-written signs taped to the wall, Bible verses and inspirational sayings, a cut-out of a colorful butterfly and a page ripped from a Hello Kitty coloring book...

At age 15, Corey was already selling pot on the streets of his home town of Cuba, Mo. Not long after, he was arrested for drug distribution and sentenced to probation. But that didn't cause him to change. He still regularly skipped school and didn't meet several of the probation conditions set by the judge...

Here is the text of President Bush's speech Thursday before the National Endowment for Democracy at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. I'm honored once again to be with the supporters of the National Endowment for Democracy. Since the day President Ronald Reagan set out the vision for this endowment, the world has seen the swiftest advance of democratic institutions in history. And Americans are proud to have played our role in this great story...

WEST BEND, Wis. -- Pat Faragher has a sure-fire way to get out of jury duty -- he'll just excuse himself. Faragher, a Washington County Circuit judge, was summoned for jury duty recently in his own court. He has his excuse already prepared: "I think I'll just say it may not be a good idea to be summoned to my own court."...

DETROIT -- Delphi Corp., the nation's largest auto supplier, filed for bankruptcy Saturday, sending shock waves through a U.S. auto industry already weakened by high labor costs and falling market share. Delphi's bankruptcy, which is expected to result in plant closures and layoffs, is one of the largest in U.S. history...

CHAGCHARAN, Afghanistan -- Wrecked Soviet warplanes line the dirt airstrip in this remote NATO outpost, a stark warning to the alliance as it plans a major expansion of its peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. NATO's top brass flew into this regional capital last week to evaluate the expansion into the most dangerous parts of a land that refused to be pacified by Moscow's troops in the 1980s...

The tremors caused buildings in an area 625 miles across to sway for about a minute. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- It began as a gentle swaying, but the ground's convulsions quickly grew wilder -- shaking walls, roofs and floors. Within seconds, mud-brick homes buckled, bigger buildings pancaked, earth and rock slid down hillsides, burying the helpless...

Chances are you've never heard of "mold remediation." Most homeowners haven't. Should you be among unfortunate homeowners all too familiar with the label, you never want to hear the expensive, time-consuming, complicated term again. You may eventually come face to face with airborne molds if you live along hurricane pathways or experience even minor water invasion from leaky pipes, windows or gutters. The term is indeed worth knowing...

NEW LONDON, Mo. -- The co-director of an Illinois technical school has been arrested in California on charges of child molestation. Katrina Lynn Guthrie, 32, remained jailed Friday in San Francisco, one day after her arrest. Bond was set at $250,000...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Chris Smith's partnership in the Boone County Sheriff's Department is not like most. He and his partner work together, ride together and eat together. But when the workday is over, they head to the same house and Smith takes his partner for a walk...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Legislation that would allow the state park board to decide whether the Confederate flag should again fly over Missouri's historical gravesites has some board members worried. "I could see something like this bogging us down tremendously," said member Wayne Morton of Osceola, Mo., during a meeting Friday in St. Joseph. No official action was taken on the subject...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Matt Kenseth set a track qualifying record in capturing the pole for the Banquet 400, hoping it will put him in position to win today and get back into the race for the Chase for the Nextel Cup championship. Kenseth is seventh in the standings, 111 points behind leader Tony Stewart. The last time Kenseth won a pole, he took the checkered flag, too. Now he'd like more of the same at the 1 1/2-mile tri-oval at Kansas Speedway...

The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana's Blake Powers waited an entire year to prove himself against Illinois. He wasn't about to disappoint Saturday. Powers threw four touchdowns, breaking the school's single-season record in five games, while receiver James Hardy and running back Chris Taylor each topped 100 yards to lead the Hoosiers past Illinois 36-13...

John Daly relied on the long ball to get back into contention, then to take the lead away from Colin Montgomerie on Saturday in an American Express Championship that kept a chilled gallery in suspense. Daly hit a 378-yard drive that set up an eagle on the par-5 10th, ripped a 292-yard drive into the stiff wind for a chip-and-putt birdie on the par-4 16th, and finished with a 3-under 67 on the Harding Park course in San Francisco for a one-shot lead over Montgomerie...

ST. LOUIS -- Jonathan Cheechoo scored with 1:54 remaining to give the San Jose Sharks a 7-6 comeback victory over the Blues on Saturday night. Cheechoo got the puck behind the St. Louis net, skated in front and beat goalie Patrick Lalime with a wrist shot from the right circle...

HOUSTON -- Roy Oswalt pitched into the eighth inning and the Houston Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 7-3 Saturday night to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five series. Houston can advance to its second consecutive NL championship series with a victory at home today. Brandon Backe will pitch for the Astros -- but Atlanta manager Bobby Cox had not announced his starter yet. He said he might bring Tim Hudson back on three days' rest...

AUBURN, Ala. -- Myrtle Beach, S.C., has more golf holes per person than any other city in the nation, and Orlando, Fla., is the home of Tiger Woods. But two towns in east Alabama have them both beat for those who like to tee it up. With at least seven good public courses that charge modest fees, Auburn and neighboring Opelika are an oasis of pure putting bliss in a state that has become a nationally known destination for inexpensive, high-quality golf...

WASHINGTON -- Senior aide Karl Rove denied to President Bush that he engaged in an effort to disclose the identity of a covert CIA operative to discredit her husband's criticism of Iraq policy, say people familiar with Rove's statements in a criminal investigation...

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan is turning up the volume on his warnings about the potential perils of certain risky mortgages if the high-flying housing market loses significant altitude. There are signs some companies are getting the message. A few have begun scaling back some types of those mortgages or making them less appealing by raising costs...

A machine at Dana Corp. in Cape Girardeau caught fire Saturday night, but local firefighters put it out in just a short while. Firefighters responded to the fire shortly past 7:30 p.m., said battallion commander Bob Kembel. Dana is on Corporate Circle off Southern Expressway...

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Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday: * 6:22 p.m., a box alarm at 115 S. Pacific St. * At 9:20 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1200 block of North Water Street. Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...

An emerald green lawn and purple, orange, and yellow flowers frame this home in a quiet, new subdivision in Cape Girardeau. Amid well-kept lawns, the neatly shuttered windows of the house lean against a clean, vinyl exterior. Inside the two-car garage there is trimming as on the inside, and fluorescent lighting. The finished garage opens into the kitchen and dining room combination...

Complaints about drug deals in plain view on some Cape Girardeau streets are fairly common, based on comments in Speak Out and calls to the police department. Many of those complaints question why there aren't more arrests. The biggest reason is because police need the kind of evidence that a prosecutor can use in bringing charges that will lead to convictions...

The 1960-61 basketball team and four individuals were honored on Saturday. Southeast Missouri State's 1960-61 basketball team finished second in the NCAA College Division Tournament in Evansville, Ind. -- and it had plenty of support along the way...

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MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Juletta Frances Thele, 76, died Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, at Elder Care in Marble Hill. She was born Dec. 9, 1928, in Glennon, Mo., daughter of Henry and Mathilda Koenig Thele. She lived her entire life in the Bollinger County area and was a resident of Elder Care since 1992. Juletta was baptized into the Catholic faith and had been a lifelong member of St. John's Catholic Church at Leopold, Mo. She also attended school in the Leopold school system...

Jerome Francis "Jerry" Amrhein, 72, of Scott City died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 15, 1933, at Cape Girardeau, the son of Joseph Anthony and Camille Caroline Kern Amrhein. He married Patricia Joan Schwartz on Jan. 19, 1952, at Cape Girardeau...

BUNCOMBE, Ill. -- Bob E. Trammel, 72, of Buncombe died Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 10, 1933, in Booneville, Ill., son of Esco and Peggy Gooch Trammel. He and Jo-Ann G. Cates were married Jan. 4, 1952, in Jackson, Mo...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Rev. Charles D. Saunders, 101, of Perryville died Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, at St. Mary's of the Barrens in Perryville. He was born Aug. 11, 1904, in Cumberland, Iowa, son of John and Molly Dolan Saunders. He attended St. Vincent's College in Cape Girardeau and St. Mary's Seminary in Perryville. He served in Los Angeles, New Orleans, LaSalle, Ill., Chicago, St. Louis, Lemont, Ill., and Perryville before retiring in 1968...

Christina Michelle Cutright and Nathan Andrew Sadler exchanged vows Aug. 12, 2005, at Francine's Gardens. The Rev. Scott Moon performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Janet Caines of Jackson. The groom is the son of Gary and Vickie Sadler of Cape Girardeau...

Lesley Ann Goehring and Bryan Ross were married July 9, 2005, at White's Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas. The Rev. Norma Quinn performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of David and Joan Goehring of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Diane Ross of Lubbock, Texas, and Bill and Wynn Ross of Amarillo, Texas...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Whitney Blake Welker and Dustin Tyler Wiseman were married May 28, 2005, at Marble Hill United Methodist Church. The Rev. Michael Kelpe performed the ceremony. Soloists were Chelsea and Haley Morris of Marble Hill, nieces of the bride...

Neil and Mary Sue Conrad of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Angela Lynn Underwood, to Eric Scott Olson, both of St. Peters, Mo. He is the son of Lester and Donna Olson of St. Louis. Underwood is also the daughter of the late Larry D. Underwood...

Terry and Sandra Holder of Scott City announce the engagement of their daughter, Tricia Jean Clubb, to Joseph Wayne Dale. He is the son of Derrick and Leanna Dale of Scott City. Clubb is a 2000 graduate of Scott City High School. She is a certified nurse assistant at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

Gerald and Susanne Iten of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Sally Rene Iten, to Seth Hardin Gregg. He is the son of Steven and Diane Gregg of Cape Girardeau. Iten received bachelor's degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia and Southeast Missouri State University, and a master's degree in speech and language pathology from St. Louis University. She is a certified speech and language therapist with Special School District of St. Louis County...

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Darter of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Elizabeth Darter, to Joseph Lee Hoehn. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rick Hoehn of Crosstown, Mo. Darter received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University. She is an associate analyst with SBC...

Margaret Meier of Cape Girardeau announces the engagement of her daughter, Karen L. Bramlett, to Joseph D. Boone. He is the son of Wilda Boone of Quitman, La., and the late Marion Boone. Bramlett is also the daughter of the late Clois Hicks. Bramlett is a graduate of Harlem High School in Rockford, Ill. She is employed at the Lutheran Home...

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Goring of Higginsville, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Nicole Paige Goring, to Christopher Lee Vowels. He is the son of Carol Vowels of Cape Girardeau. Goring received a bachelor of science degree in psychology from Central Missouri State University in 2002. She is a lead teacher at College Avenue Infant and Toddler Center in Manhattan, Kan...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Glen and Jackie Seiler of Marble Hill announce the engagement of their daughter, Emma Susanne Seiler, to Travis Michael Campbell. He is the son of Michael and Diane Campbell of Glenallen , Mo. Seiler is a 1997 graduate of Leopold High School in Leopold, Mo. She is employed at Midwest Physicians and Surgeons...

Fred and Cathy Graham of Scott City and Patsy Fitzgerald of Mound City, Ill., announce the engagement of their children, Heather Renee Fitzgerald and Barry Thomas Graham. Fitzgerald received an associate of arts degree from Shawnee College in 2003, and an associate of science degree from the college in 2004. She is pursuing a bachelor of science degree in pre-optometry at Southeast Missouri State University. She is employed at Natural Health Organic Foods in Cape Girardeau...

Randy and Sharon McClard of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, MeKisha Renee McClard, to Andrew Daniel Owens. He is the son of Barbara and Kent Moreland of Bloomfield, Mo., and Farrell and Shelly Owens of Timberville, Va. McClard is a 1998 graduate of Jackson High School, and is attending Southeast Missouri State University. She is a customer service and sales representative at Motorcycle Stuff...

Larry and Kimberly Compass of Scott City announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Dawn Compass, to Kevin Ray Eakins. He is the son of Allen and Donna Eakins of Scott City. Compass is a 2002 graduate of Scott City High School, and is pursuing a bachelor's degree in marketing management from Southeast Missouri State University. She is employed at Sam's Club in Cape Girardeau...

25 years ago: Oct. 9, 1980 Cape Girardeau County government is faced with the loss of $275,000 in federal revenue-sharing money if Congress fails to continue the program during its lame duck session, which will convene after the Nov. 4 general election...

Schedule criticism WHAT'S WRONG with Southeast Missouri State's athletic director? I read that he decided to drop Southern Illinois and Missouri State in future football schedules. How smart is that? Drop our two biggest rivals because we lost to them a couple of years in a row? And then you want to schedule Division II teams at home so Southeast can beat up on them? Who is going to come out and watch that? Nobody. ...

Westwood Hills in Poplar Bluff had low scores in three of the four nine-hole formats at the SEMO Cup golf tournament and posted a 24-stroke victory Saturday at Kennett Country Club. Shawn Shock and Bobby Godwin shot a 3-under par 33 in the four-ball format and a 35 in alternate shot. Jimmy Vernon and Jerrod Murphy shot a 33 in Chapman...

SAN DIEGO -- Reggie Sanders and the St. Louis Cardinals seem to be in a hurry to return to the World Series, and they weren't about to be slowed by the San Diego Padres. The Cardinals, baseball's best team in the regular season, brushed aside the Padres just as almost everybody thought they would, winning 7-4 Saturday night for a three-game sweep of their first-round playoff series...

FROHNA, Mo. --Visitors recalled the history of Perry County's early settlers Saturday at the Saxon Lutheran Memorial Fall Festival in Frohna. The 25th anniversary of the event also paid special tribute to early curators, provided amusements and games for children, offered tours through the early Saxon settlement and demonstrated the way of life for the German settlers...

Beta Sigma Phi, internationally known as "The Friendship Organization," held its state convention Saturday at the Plaza Conference Center in Cape Girardeau with entertainment including a Caribbean island party, Octoberfest, Hollywood gala and high tea. Unlike a college sorority, the organization has members of all ages and educational backgrounds...

ANNA, Ill. -- The 11th annual Pumpkin Town USA ends today at the Choate Mental Health and Development Center. "It's a good prelude up to Halloween," said Athalyn Hunt, a unit administrator on the upper treatment complex of Choate. The drive into Pumpkin Town drew cars past the displays honoring Southern Illinois' historical milestones. The scenes were designed by the more than 300 patients at the center...