Stories from Sunday, September 27, 2015

Sept. 29 is National Coffee Day. I love coffee. I drink five or six cups a day. No particular brand. Anything I can get free. If you could jump on a plane today, where would you go? I would like to go to London and ride on the London Eye, which is a big Ferris wheel...

The case against Lonnie Liley is over. Bollinger County Prosecuting Attorney Heath Robins on Friday afternoon announced first-degree murder charges against Liley had been dropped. "After giving this case a full and fair assessment, and after considering the evidence present at the coroner's inquest and the jury's finding, our system of justice requires us now to dismiss this case," Robins said in a news release...

As members wormed their way into the heavy white practice tunics and picked out swords, club president Benjamin Yount explained the en garde position to one of the new members. "Feet shoulder-width apart, heels at 90 degrees, pointed together," he said. "And you want to hold your sword so that the point is at eye-level, that way when you extend *..."...

The Hawks handed Southeast its first loss to a non-Division I opponent since the Redhawks moved to the Football Championship Subdivision with a 26-21 defeat at Houck Stadium on Saturday.

Local social-service organizations in Cape Girardeau County have prepared all year for a major, daylong event to help those who are homeless or verging on homelessness become more self-sufficient. Project Homeless Connect, held the first Friday in October, gathers dozens of vendors to provide services to hundreds of men, women and children...

People dodge each other walking up the stairs to the courtrooms at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse and wait their turn to get a closer look at papers covering the bulletin board outside. They talk quietly in clusters in the hallway; the lucky ones have a place to sit...

Here is a view of the lunar eclipse Sunday night, Sept. 27, 2015 taken about 10:15 p.m. in Cape Girardeau. The Earth had already passed between the moon and the sun, covering the moon with the Earth's shadow. The eclipse coincided with a supermoon, or blood moon. It was also the Northern Hemisphere's Harvest Moon--full moon nearest the September equinox. The last time such a phenomenon occurred was 32 years ago in 1982. There will not be another such eclipse for 18 years...

Olive Garden had a special for a 7 week pasta pass all you can eat for a family for 7 weeks starting Oct 5. They had it advertised all over the news and Internet for only $300 only 1000 passes sold, they all sold out in 1 second. I was Lucy to buy one so I will be eating pasta 7 weeks being family and friends, it is a big deal on the news, if you want me to follow up on my pasta experience let me know...

Today is Sunday, September 27, the 270th day of 2015. There are 95 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 27, 1995, the government unveiled its redesigned $100 bill, featuring a larger, off-center portrait of Benjamin Franklin. (Yet another redesign, featuring a high-tech makeover aimed at thwarting counterfeiters, was announced in April 2010.)...

Molly and Lucian Zielinski of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Saylor Christine Zielinski of Cape Girardeau, to Clayton Jonathon Hardesty of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Lisa and Lawrence Booton of Cape Girardeau and Stephanie and Steve Hardesty of Perryville, Missouri...

David and Sandy Evans of Carrollton, Illinois, announce the engagement of their daughter, Katelyn Marie Evans of Springfield, Illinois, to Levi Norman Petzoldt of Altenburg, Missouri. He is the son of Larry and LaDonna Petzoldt of Altenburg. Katelyn graduated from Carrollton High School in 2007, received her bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011, and in 2012 graduated with a master's degree in accounting. ...

Dennis and Sharon Scherer of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Tonya Marie Scherer, to Ron Ampie, both of Lake Forest, California. He is the son of Andy and Cha-oom Ampie, originally from Thailand, now residing in Beaumont, California...

Ken and Diane Cook of Chaffee, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca Jo Cook, of Chaffee, to Andrew Charles Peters of Florissant, Missouri. He is the son of Richard Peters of Florissant and Patricia and Bill Maneke of St. Charles, Missouri...

The Cape Girardeau and St. Louis area Culligan dealers partnered with former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Kyle McClellan to raise money for a drinking water system at an orphanage in Haiti. The dealers donated $10,103 to McClellan's not-for-profit, Brace for Impact 46. ...

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dolle of Cape Girardeau recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. They had a family get-together in Cape Girardeau and attended a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game on their anniversary day. Dolle and Virginia Seabaugh were married Sept. 24, 1950, at Sedgewickville, Missouri, Lutheran Church...

Old McKendree Chapel will hold its annual service at 3 p.m. today with traditional music and Frank Nickell, retired Southeast Missouri State University history professor, as guest speaker. The service will be outside, weather permitting; attendees should bring seating. Because a bridge is out on Old Orchard Road, attendees should travel via East Main Street in Jackson...

It was golden hour a couple of weeks ago, and I was walking to Mass at the church I'd attended during undergrad, where Father Bill had been chaplain. I hadn't been there since his funeral in April. A lyric my friend Claire Moore wrote in her song "Smile For You" was running through my head: "It's true I still miss you in every way. Time doesn't heal all of the pain, but it's time for me to accept the things I cannot change."...

"Hey, Jeff, want to go see the pope?" As Pope Francis completes his first U.S. visit today, I remember the question above, asked in late 1998. The query was met with an immediate affirmative response but also bewilderment. "You mean a Protestant can get in to see John Paul II? How is that possible with all the Catholic faithful in St. Louis?"...

Long before it began asking, "Got Milk?" the Dairy Association used to tout milk as "Mother Nature's most nearly perfect food." Not every nutritionist would agree, but the slogan always made sense to me, especially those days when, after I got home from school, my mother would fix me a tall glass of chocolate milk. ...

Cicada on a green dragon seedpod Pictured is a late-season cicada sitting on the seedpod of a plant called the green dragon. It is a native plant that somewhat resembles a jack-in-the-pulpit as concerns the seedpod. Both plants bear a single seedpod that is green while growing and turns red at maturity. The seedpods of both plants ripen in late summer and can be easily confused one with the other, as each plant will wilt and fall over with the ripe fruit intact...

We plant and plant and weed and weed, and then pick and pick, and then enjoy and enjoy all summer. So many times in the fall we are just tired of the garden and gardening. We are ready for it to frost and put an end to the garden. There may be one exception -- tomatoes. Probably the main garden crop for many gardeners and the public is tomatoes...

As we race right into fall, we shift to apples, pears, squash and pumpkin recipes. There are so many options when cooking with these ingredients because you can make them sweet or savory. Using a butternut or spaghetti squash as the main entree is something I did not grow up eating, but we sure do enjoy it now. Well, I have to confess, our daughter and I do, but the boys of the household still prefer a meat protein as the main fare...

Submitted photo The Jackson High School Class of 1945 held a reunion in honor of the 70th anniversary of its graduation. The reunion was held Sept. 12 at Delmonico's Restaurant in Jackson with 13 of the 27 remaining graduates in attendance; 85 were in the class. Seated, from left, are Evelyn Rauh Kasten, Aletha Grant Brown, Mabel Hanners Skinner, Esther Peetz Roberts and Betty Boltz Self. Standing, from left, are Dorothy Friedrick Mayfield, Shirley Sanders Dippold, Bessie Schreder Frayne, Judy Dickerson Jaco, Mary Belle Godwin Headrick, Marie Ross Claye, Harlan Siebert and Nelson A. Birk.

Xi Nu Phi Chapter The Xi Nu Phi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met Sept. 15 at the office of Red Letter Communications. The meeting was hosted by Sandy Ross. Susan Benton, president, led the meeting with nine members present. The minutes from the previous meeting were approved as read...

October is National Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Month, a time to acknowledge the contributions and sacrifices many long-term care (LTC) residents have made to better our community and to call attention to the rights of residents in long-term care facilities. This year's theme -- CARE Matters -- was selected to call attention to the fact that residents of LTC facilities deserve quality care...

O God, may parents heed your word and train their children in the way they should go. Amen.

Last week a handful of major business stories demonstrated that capitalism requires morality and responsibility. In one case, three executives from a peanut butter company were sentenced to serious jailtime, after the business knowingly shipped out food that was tainted with salmonella, a decision that ultimately took the lives of nine people and sickened 714 others in several states. ...

There is no place for Christianity or any other religion in politics. There is no place for Christianity or any other religion in the public square. The younger generations are too smart to fall for the delusions of the older ones. I want to comment about the Obama speech when the pope was here. ...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Deep inside a 70-year-old water-treatment plant, drinking water for Iowa's capital city is cleansed of harmful nitrates that come from the state's rich farmland. Without Des Moines Water Works, the region of 500,000 people that it serves wouldn't have a thriving economy. ...

COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. -- Authorities in western Oregon say they have arrested the suspect involved in shooting and injuring a sheriff's deputy who was responding to a call. The Lane County Sheriff's Office says 38-year-old Carlos Roa was taken into custody about 2:30 a.m. Saturday in Cottage Grove, south of Eugene...

PHILADELPHIA -- Standing at the birthplace of the United States, Pope Francis extolled America's founding ideals of liberty and equality Saturday while warning that religious freedom is under threat around the globe. The pontiff arrived in the City of Brotherly Love on the final leg of his six-day U.S. ...

WASHINGTON -- The gulf between tea party conservatives and establishment Republicans has grown so wide it swallowed up the speaker of the House and may threaten the entire Republican Party and Congress itself. The question is whether anyone can tame the House's rabble-rousing faction in the wake of Speaker John Boehner's decision to resign rather than face a possible vote to depose him. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia is set to lose its ability to offer medication-induced abortions because of a recent University of Missouri medical committee's decision that put the center's license in jeopardy. Missouri's health department in a Friday letter said the clinic is at risk of losing its license to provide such procedures after an executive committee of University of Missouri Health Care staff voted unanimously the day before to stop offering "refer and follow" privileges, effective Dec. ...

Yesterday's 4.6-magnitude earthquake has set off a buying spree, as panicked residents purchase home and household insurance, distilled water, batteries, canned goods and first-aid supplies to equip earthquake kits. Cape Girardeau and Bollinger County residents, who own property that would be directly affected by a proposed recreational lake in the two counties, raise a number of concerns at an informational meeting; many of their questions focus on the power of eminent domain the lake authority would have, the effect of zoning, how land prices would be determined during the condemnation process and what rights landowners would have around the lake if it is built.. ...

SEATTLE -- The left front axle of the duck boat involved in a deadly Seattle accident was "sheared off," but federal investigators said Saturday they don't know whether it was damaged before the collision with a charter bus that killed four international college students...

The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: n Medical assist calls were made to Fornfelt Street at 2:04 a.m.; North Lincoln Street at 3:34 a.m.; East Mar Elm at 12:50 p.m.; Cherry Street at 7:58 p.m.; and Fourth Street East at 9:15 p.m...

* Emergency medical service calls were made on Garret Lane and West Madison Street. n Emergency medical service calls were made on Woodland Drive and East Main Street. n Motor-vehicle accident on West Main Street. n Fire alarm sounding on K Land Drive...

The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. n Sherry L. Niederbrach, 38, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant. n Shaquira R. Sylvester, 23, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle...

* Medical assist calls were made on Montgomery Street at 10:23 a.m.; South Hanover Street at 11:47 a.m.; South Pacific Street at 1:04 p.m.; Lakeshore Drive at 2:24 p.m.; and Northwoods Court at 8:38 p.m. n At 2:42 p.m., alarm system sounded on Academic Circle...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. n Michael S. Cruz, 35, homeless, was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear. n William C. Diggs, 32, of Chaffee, Missouri, was arrested on a Scott County warrant for marijuana possession and an Alexander County, Illinois, warrant for failure to appear...

Jerry Warren Sr., 52, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, at his home. He was born June 10, 1963, in Chicago to the late Billy Ray and Rose Marie Carpenter Warren Sr. Jerry was a retired self-employed electrician. Survivors include a son, Jerry Warren Jr. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Dorothy Anna Wagner, 93, of Jefferson City died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. She was born April 9, 1922, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of the late Charles Frederick and Amelia Clara Klages Nothdurft. She was married June 2, 1943, in Cape Girardeau to Melvin Lee Wagner, who preceded her in death Dec. 14, 2007...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Joyce C. Pittman, 76, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 6:30 a.m. until time of service Tuesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- John H. Goins, 93, of Mounds passed away Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. He was born Oct. 7, 1921, in Olmsted, Illinois, to the late Fred and Marie Goins. He grew up in Olmsted with his three brothers and three sisters. John entered the U.S. ...

KELSO, Mo. -- Eva Marie Glueck, 91, of Kelso died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ronald Louis Gilmer, 71, of Perryville, formerly of Chaffee, Missouri, passed away Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, at ClaRu DeVille Nursing Center in Fredericktown, Missouri. He was born Aug. 12, 1944, in Chaffee to Louis and Marietta Mantel Gilmer. He and Christine Gilmer married Jan. 10, 1966...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Raymond P. Fluegel, 86, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. Monday at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. A parish wake will be at 6:30 p.m. today with a VFW service to follow...

Louis Harrison Culver, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at Monticello House in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee, Missouri.

The city of Jackson's annual Customer Appreciation Day at the Recycling Center is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Jackson residents who bring recyclables to the center at 508 Eastview Court during that time can enjoy refreshments as a way for the city to say "thank you" for participating in the program...

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. -- A southwest Missouri police officer his being called a hero for calmly peeling a 5-foot python off a woman's arm after the snake sank its teeth into her arm and began to squeeze tightly. The Springfield News-Leader reported Mount Vernon police Cpl. Shaun Cobb went to the home of Leadeana Oetker on Friday after she told a 911 operator the python had latched onto her arm...

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- Former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, a political newcomer who was once courted to run for Congress as a Democrat, on Saturday launched a Republican campaign for Missouri governor in 2016. Greitens, 41, already is the top fundraiser in a crowded GOP field thanks to an exploratory campaign committee that's raised more than $1 million in recent months, boosting his total haul to more than $2 million...

A Piedmont, Missouri, woman and her son are suing their hometown, the mayor and police, accusing them in federal court of harassment and violating their civil rights. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the suit Thursday in Cape Girardeau on behalf of Tina Warren and Bryan Jeffers...

All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Friday.

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team split a pair of Ohio Valley Conference matches this weekend. The Redhawks were swept by the defending OVC regular season and tournament champion Murray State Racers on Friday night at Houck Field House in their OVC opener but beat Austin Peay in four sets on Saturday...

All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Saturday.

All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Saturday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Patrick Towles threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead Kentucky past No. 25 Missouri 21-13 on Saturday night, ending the Wildcats' 18-game losing streak against ranked teams. Towles' arm and feet were critical in the Wildcats' first upset of a ranked team since beating then-No. ...

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald was a popular man in Pittsburgh this week. There's extra demand since he's from Pittsburgh, went to college at Pitt and still considers himself a Steelers fan -- except for this week when Pittsburgh comes to town...

ST. LOUIS -- Jaime Garcia worked eight dominant innings after getting a big early cushion, and the St. Louis Cardinals maintained their three-game lead in the NL Central with a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night. The Cardinals shaved their magic number to five for clinching the division after second-place Pittsburgh beat the Cubs 4-0 earlier in the day...

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez has been shut down for the rest of the season and the postseason with a shoulder strain. The 14-game winner lasted just seven pitches Friday night against the Milwaukee Brewers. General manager John Mozeliak said an MRI showed the damage. Rest rather than surgery was prescribed with a recovery time of between one and two months...

A Cape Girardeau woman's wish came true during a special ceremony Saturday when she received a flag that flew on her late husband's ship. Nancy Patterson's husband, James, died in 2011 of a heart attack, and health issues prevented her from attending the funeral. The disappointment of not attending that service, her daughter Shelly Evans said, weighed heavily on her...

HAYTI, Mo. -- A Tennessee man faces murder charges for the death of a Hayti man. Bert Allen Ellison, 41, of Bradford, Tennessee, was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action, according to Pemiscot County Sheriff Tommy Greenwell...

A total lunar eclipse will occur overnight today. An eclipse occurs when the earth passes between the full moon and the sun, covering the moon with the Earth's shadow. This eclipse is rare because it coincides with a supermoon, also known as a blood moon. Even more rare, it will be the Northern Hemisphere's Harvest Moon -- full moon nearest the September equinox...

PUXICO, Mo. -- Handicapped duck hunters soon will be able to target their prey comfortably at the Duck Creek Conservation Area. Last spring, the Missouri Department of Conservation began construction on a handicap-accessible duck blind. Though it needs more camouflage, the blind is complete and ready for duck season. The structure took about six weeks to build...

A Cape Girardeau man is facing charges after he allegedly used a gun to threaten a woman. Lloyd Austin Jr., 35, has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon in an incident Tuesday in the 3000 block of Mimosa Street. Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Adam Glueck said the threat took place during an argument between Lloyd and a woman he knew. No one was injured, Glueck said...

The case against a man accused of robbing a Cape Girardeau bank has moved into the federal system. Jeron Mister, 35, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, has been indicted by a grand jury on a federal charge of bank robbery by force or violence for his alleged role in a robbery earlier this month at The Bank of Missouri in Cape Girardeau...

ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Despite drizzly weather, thousands of people turned out Saturday for the East Perry Community Fair. Mike Engert, the fair's publicity co-chairman, said although it's difficult to get precise numbers on attendance, the fair has seen around 18,000 to 20,000 people each year, and this one was no different...

The Redhawks took a 2-0 lead six minutes into the game on a pair of goals by Natasha Minor.

St. Louis was limited to a pair of field goals in a 12-6 loss to the Steelers.

St. Louis closer Trevor Rosenthal surrendered a grand slam in the 8-4 loss.

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- An 11,000-pound boulder serving as a memorial to Boone County residents who fought for the South in the Civil War has moved to its new home at the Battle of Centralia historic site. The hunk of granite, known as Confederate Rock, was removed early Saturday from the lawn of the Boone County Courthouse, where it has sat since 1975. ...

While strolling, I wondered whatever happened to James Sanders. Happy birthday to Ron Davis, Tina Pobst, Teresa Clark, Walter Obermann, Bessie Eskew, Robert Tyler, Dennis Wagoner, Jeanette Spies, Jessie Simmons, Bonnie Duncan, Jim Chronister, Shirley Rhodes, Emily Eichhorn, Tammy Ancell, Chris Eichhorn, Ashley Hooker, Eliot Shields, Chondra Uhrhahn, Molly Fowler, Richard Seyer, Steven Crippen, Billy Farris, Gwenell Streeter and Vickie Goetz...

Larry and Mary Essner of Cape Girardeau recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They had a dinner party with family at Delmonico's in Jackson. Larry Essner and Mary Hopkins were married Sept. 18, 1965, in St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, Missouri. The service was conducted by Father Joseph Keusenkothen...