Stories from Sunday, June 19, 2016

Charleston Riverdogs manager Paul Sander could be heard clearly from the third-base dugout at Saxony Lutheran High School. Throughout Game 2 of the Riverdogs' doubleheader against the visiting Waterloo, Illinois, Millers on Saturday afternoon, Sander hollered encouragements out to the mound for pitcher Brad Potts...

The Marine Corps League Auxiliary Unit #426 of Cape Girardeau would like to congratulate the two Cape Girardeau Central High School scholarship recipients. This year the committee chose Belinda Strack and Jeremy Trock. They will each receive a scholarship for $250. Again, congratulations Belinda and Jeremy....

Hundreds of local art lovers gathered at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus for its annual Summer Arts Festival. The arts festival offers many ways for people of all ages to appreciate creativity. It also provided opportunities to get their hands dirty...

For students such as Alyssa Watson, getting into college can be an uphill climb. Ditto on figuring out how to qualify for financial aid. "I am actually the first one to go to college in my family," said Watson, who will be attending the Sikeston campus of Southeast Missouri State University in the fall...

After more than a year of preparation and training, Saint Francis Healthcare System soon will go live with its new, $43 million electronic medical records system. Hospitalist and physician champion Mike Shepard is counting down the days to the July 1 launch date...

Today in History Today is Sunday, June 19, the 171st day of 2016. There are 195 days left in the year. This is Father's Day. Today's Highlight in History: On June 19, 1910, the first-ever Father's Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington. (The idea for the observance is credited to Sonora Louise Smart Dodd.)...

Jim and Cathy Claywell of Godfrey, Illinois, announce the engagement of their daughter, Christina Tassinari Claywell, to Jacob Daniel Wengert. He is the son of Alan and Kim Wengert of Jackson. Christina graduated from Marquette Catholic High School in Alton, Illinois, in 2008. She received a doctorate of chiropractic from Logan College of Chiropractic in 2014. She is owner of The Chiropractic Wellness Connection in Glen Carbon, Illinois...

Todd and Shelly McDowell of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Bailey Dawn McDowell, to Jeremy Lloyd Hutson of Jackson. He is the son of Phillip and Barbara Hutson of Marble Hill, Missouri. Bailey graduated from Jackson High School in 2011 and from Black River Beauty Academy in 2012. She is a hairstylist at Super Styles Styling Salon in Jackson. She also is a literacy teacher's aid at Gordonville Elementary School...

Summer officially starts on June 20. What's your favorite season and why?

This is a wild mallard hen with her brood. She is a very good mother. From the time she finds a secret place to build her nest to the time her babies grow to nearly her size and disperse, about 15 weeks will have passed. During every minute of every one of those days, the mallard hen will be consumed with a single purpose...

The Chaffee Elks Lodge 1810 will host a fried chicken dinner with all the trimmings, dessert and a drink from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the lodge, 120 E. Yokum in Chaffee, Missouri. The dinner will cost $8 for adults, $4 for children ages 6 to 12 and will be free for children 5 and younger. The meal will be buffet style...

I always write a column about some facet of gardening. But a few years ago the column published on Mother's Day, so I wrote about my mom, the "gardener of plants and boys." This column runs on Father's Day, so I thought it appropriate I write about my dad, Martin, who was a pretty good gardener...

Summer is the perfect time to expand your horizons by trying some new flavor combinations, and that can start with salads. Being creative and adventurous with ingredients can open up a whole new flavor explosion you may have been missing out on. Years ago I never would have thought about combining shrimp with nectarines, but it is delicious and this recipe is one you will want to try...

I grew up in rural Arthur County in Nebraska. Mom and Dad owned a small ranch where they raised Herford cattle and milked by hand way too many milk cows. At least, growing up, I thought they milked too many. We had to milk them morning and night with no time off...

Dads fill several necessary roles, but one of the bullet points in our job description is that of defender. We defend our children. When that defense becomes excessive, we become helicopter parents, hovering over our children, fearful of any misstep and, without realizing it, we effectively hobble our kids for life...

One of the greatest challenges -- and joys -- we get to experience in life is learning how to live in community with others. I think this has to start with our family and extend to our workplace, city, country and global society. Catholic Worker Movement founder Dorothy Day lived and understood love as a gritty business. ...

Billy and Curtis are 8 weeks old. They are available for adoption at the Humane Society, (573) 334-5837.

Theodore is less than 4 months old and is a sweet bottle-fed male. Theodore is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.

Associated Press Several weeks ago when we rolled out the grill for the first time of the season, there was much joy. What to grill first? Ribs? Burgers? Pizza? So many choices. This is the sandwich that triumphed: A marriage of a summer BLT and an actually grilled-grilled-cheese sandwich. The buttery crunch of the bread, the juicy tomatoes, the melty cheese, the crisp bacon and lettuce -- these two sandwiches were meant to find each other and become one...

TWO EGG, Fla. -- What came first, the Chicken or the Egg -- or make that the Two Egg? The answer is the Alaska town of Chicken came before the Florida town of Two Egg, by about 30 or so years. But they are neither first nor last in the country's long list of odd-named places. In Pennsylvania you'll find Intercourse, Virginville and Blue Ball. In Louisiana, if you've had too much of Moonshine, you can always visit Cut Off...

Monday: Smothered pork cutlet or pepper steak, mushroom rice pilaf, green peas, pickled beets, whole-grain bread and sugar-free banana pudding or regular banana pudding. Tuesday: Ham slice or hot chicken salad, sweet potatoes, black-eyed peas, whole-grain hot roll and pineapple tidbits or cherry cheesecake...

Happy Father's Day! Happy birthday to Peggy Lee, Ryan Dirnberger, Janice Trankler, Chris Qualls, Amber Schlitt, Amanda Ford, Carl Kagle, Pat Burger, Regina Wall, Terry Glenzy, Ashlie Smith, Ronnie Eichhorn, Randy Rister, Laura Schilling, Robert Stovall, Jerry Lee, Mamie Cooper, Nick Powderly, Brittany Bennett, Devohn Foulk, Betsy Rice, HB Rice, Sarah McDonald, Kathy Leggett, Dan Burger and Randy Payne. ...

This is the week each year when we celebrate Father's Day so, obviously, my father is on my mind. He has been gone for many years, but I can still feel his influence in subtle ways every day. In recent years an essay titled "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" made the rounds, and it touched us for its simplicity and its truth. ...

Mike and Carol Haley of Sedgewickville, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Michaela Jo Haley, to Alex Dale Roth of Altenburg, Missouri. He is the son of Dale and Lindy Roth of Altenburg. Michaela graduated from Meadow Heights High School in 2011 and received a Bachelor of Animal Science and Agriculture Communications from Missouri State University...

The Town and Country FCE met at IHOP restaurant in Cape Girardeau on June 9 to celebrate the club's 50-year anniversary. Hostesses for the event were Mary Klaproth, Linda Thompson and Darlene McCain. A devotion titled "Early June Morn" was given by Thompson. ...

How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you. Amen.

William Shakespeare said, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." If alive today, he would likely agree with President Obama and say, "A terrorist threat by any other name would still be a terrorist threat." When are we going to get some new comics? "Rose" is getting very boring. "Sally Forth" is getting sickening with the daughter, and "Dilbert" has always been stupid. I like comics, but there is nothing comical about any of them. Thank you...

Our hearts still ache. Forty-nine people were killed in the Orlando, Florida, mass shooting last week. Dozens more were injured, and many still remain in hospital care. We mourn for the families who lost sons, brothers, daughters, sister, aunts and uncles. Dinner tables will have empty chairs, families left hollow. Orlando, a place associated with happiness, is tending to a fresh wound that will scar the city for a long, long time...

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Cardinals starter Michael Wacha can't buy a break. Wacha lost a career-high seventh straight decision, despite throwing one of his best games of the season as the Cardinals fell to the Texas Rangers 1-0 on Friday night. Wacha (2-7) allowed one run over 7 2/3 innings. Rougned Odor drove Wacha's lone mistake 433 feet to straightaway center for the game's only run in the fifth...

ST. LOUIS -- The Texas Rangers had to rally late, and their reward was a place in the franchise record books. Ian Desmond had a sacrifice fly to cap a ninth-inning rally and the Rangers overcame a late three-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Saturday and win a team-record ninth consecutive series...

The aging Cape Girardeau Mississippi River bridge is getting a closeup inspection of its steel superstructure this week by bridge inspectors with the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department; the five-man crew is examining the 65-year-old bridge to determine if there are any serious problems with the integrity of steel beams and members that support the bridge and its floor...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Sylvia Christine Unnerstall, known as Christine or Tina by her family, 97, of Chaffee died Thursday, June 9, 2016, at the home of her daughter, Cyd A. Crue, in Fort Hall, Idaho. Sylvia was born Sept. 20, 1918, in Chaffee, daughter of Sylvester and Anna Elizabeth Owens Matthews. She and Albert F. Unnerstall were married Dec. 18, 1938, in Chicago...

MOSCOW MILLS, Mo. -- Louise Isom Thornhill, 81, of Moscow Mills, formerly of Olive Branch, Illinois, died Friday, June 17, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Graveside funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Monday at Olive Branch Cemetery...

Brian Keith Thompson, 48, of Jackson died Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 11, 1967, in Prince George County, Maryland, to David Louis and Margaret “Diane” Bennett Thompson. He married Lorna Marie Thomas on March 17, 1995...

Sharon Sue Reynolds Smith Simpkins, 73, of Scott City died Friday, June 17, 2016, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Larry Richard Schoen, 71, of Springfield passed away Thursday, June 9, 2016, at Springfield Healthcare and Rehab Center. Larry was born Jan. 4, 1945, in Perry County, Missouri. He was a Vietnam veteran. Larry worked as a meat-cutter and then as a sales representative for Pinkerton Tobacco and Leggett and Myers. He retired from Swedish-March...

CAIRO, Ill. — Alberta Jackson, 82, of Cairo died Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds, Illinois.

ALTON, Ill. -- Glen Hinkle, 97, of Alton, formerly of Gipsy, Missouri, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2016, at St. Anthony's Hospital in Alton. He was born July 11, 1918, in Gipsy, the son of Marvin and Flora Fox Hinkle. Glen was a retired farmer. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in World War II. He was also a member of Bright Prospect General Baptist Church...

ALTENBURG, Mo. — Jenice Ann Hoehn Furey, 56, of Altenburg died Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Young and Sons East Perry Chapel in Altenburg. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the chapel, with the Rev. Steven Dressler officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Altenburg...

Helen M. Feagan, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born June 10, 1932, in Weakley County, Tennessee, to Harvey William and Eddie Mae Bird Morris. She was of the Baptist belief. Survivors include two daughters, Jennifer Brown (Donny) of Sikeston, Missouri, and Patricia Brown (Charlie, deceased) of Dewitt, Michigan; grandchildren, Roxanne Williams of Zeigler, Illinois, Tabatha Broy (John) of Frankfort, Illinois, Teresa Dolio-Guy of Dewitt, Charles Brown Jr. ...

Norma Lorene Deal, 74, of Scott City died Thursday, June 16, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 21, 1942, in Swinton, Missouri, to the late Charles Franklin and Ida Lee Walker Rampley, she was retired following 22 years of service as a bus driver and teacher’s aide for the State School system...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Annie Lee Cobb, 87, of Chaffee passed away Thursday, June 16, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau surrounded by her loving family. She was born Jan. 29, 1929, in Delta to the late Otis and Bertha Kynion Smith. She married R.G. Cobb, and he preceded her in death Dec. 14, 2003...

KELSO, Mo. -- George Sylvester Bles, 97, of Kelso died Friday, June 17, 2016, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 14, 1919, in Scott County, Missouri, the son of Otto Ambrose and Bertha Rose Vetter Bles. He married Vernita Marie Compass on April 30, 1946, in Kelso. She preceded him in death Oct. 3, 2002...

MOUNDS, Ill. — Laura Francis Biggerstaff, 80, of Mounds died Thursday, June 16, 2016, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Illinois. Friends may call from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Jones Funeral Home Villa Ridge. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Buddy Walls officiating. Interment will be in Mound City National Cemetery in Mound City, Illinois...

CAIRO, Ill. — Harry Warren Armstrong Jr., 69, of Cairo died Friday, June 10, 2016, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo. Graveside memorial services will be 12:30 p.m. July 1 at Mound City National Cemetery in Mound City, Illinois, with the Rev. Buddy Walls officiating. Full military honors will be given by the U.S. Navy Burial Team and area veterans. Interment will follow...

DuQUOIN, Ill. -- Betty C. Akins, 67, of DuQuoin, formerly of Perryville, Missouri, died Saturday, June 18, 2016, at Pinckneyville Community Hospital in Pinckneyville, Illinois. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville...

The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: June 10 n At 3:57 p.m., a natural-cover fire on Interstate 55, mile marker 90.1. n At 4:15 p.m., emergency medical service in the 500 block of Roth Drive. June 12 n At 9:23 a.m., emergency medical service in the 200 block of Jetta Mae...

The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Thefts n Theft was reported in the 2800 block of Sappington Drive. n Theft was reported in the 2900 block of East Main Street. Miscellaneous n An assist was requested in the area of North Union Avenue and Oak Street...

The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Thursday n Medical assists at 11:40 a.m. on Doctors Park; 12:19 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 1:40 p.m. on Bessie Street; 6:04 p.m. on North Fountain Street; and 6:24 p.m. on Themis Street...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs n Steven L. Puellman, 31, of Bridgeton, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of driving while intoxicated, driving while revoked, leaving the scene of a collision and striking a legally parked vehicle...

Son to Eric Michael and Jennifer Lynn Dalton of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 1:49 p.m. Monday, May 23, 2016. Name, Kaden Michael Eugene. Weight, 8 pounds, 7 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Dalton is the former Jennifer Smith, daughter of Sherri Meredith of Scott City and Louis Smith of St. Louis. She is a plant technician at Procter & Gamble. Dalton is the son of Cheryl Dalton and Mike Dalton of Jackson. He is an automotive technician with Sapaugh...

TOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. -- A jury has found a 19-year-old Missouri man guilty of charges accusing him of sexual assault during hazing at a private St. Louis County high school. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported a jury Friday found Maverick Swan Holmsley, a former student at Principia, guilty of four felony counts of sodomy or attempted sodomy. Sentencing's Aug. 5. The charges carry a minimum sentence of five years and up to life in prison...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday signed legislation he touted as further limiting cities' ability to profit from traffic tickets and fines, a policy goal that gained traction following the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The city of Ferguson and other defendants in a wrongful-death lawsuit by Michael Brown's parents are seeking access to any juvenile records of the black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in 2014 -- a request once rejected by a judge after a newspaper and blog sought such documents...

LOS ANGELES -- It's a dry heat, Phoenix residents like to say about Arizona's hot weather. That bravado may vanish as the thermometer flirts with 120 degrees this weekend. Phoenix won't be alone in the oven. A strengthening ridge of high pressure lifting out of Mexico is on course to scorch other parts of Arizona and Southern California, bringing potentially record-shattering temperatures...

NEW YORK -- On a Friday evening almost a year ago, the White House was awash in rainbow-colored lights, celebrating the momentous Supreme Court ruling that led to nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage. Across the country, gays and lesbians embraced and partied and in some cases scrambled to arrange can't-wait-another-day weddings...

BOULDER, Colo. -- The Boulder County Justice Center allows service animals into the building, but security guards drew the line when someone tried to sneak his pet iguana through. Sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Haverfield said security caught the reptile as it passed through an X-ray machine Friday. The pet's owner was turned away and waited outside for his friends to come out of the courthouse. The sheriff's department tweeted an X-ray image of the iguana inside a bag...

Decades ago, an early morning raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York sparked violent protests among gay patrons who fought back after police burst in and tried to arrest them for daring to drink and dance with members of the same sex. Nearly 50 years later, officers armed with assault rifles stand guard outside the historic bar, protecting patrons after a gunman in Florida staged a massacre at a gay nightclub and spread fear of more attacks...

NEW ORLEANS -- Donald Trump's unconventional campaign is about to feel the heat of political organization. Hillary Clinton and her Democratic allies have invested at least $41 million in commercials in crucial states such as Ohio, Florida and Nevada over the next six weeks, a series of broadsides against her Republican foe...

ASPEN, Colo. -- Authorities said a mother fought off a mountain lion that attacked her 5-year-old son in Colorado on Friday night. The sheriff's office said the boy's mother heard screaming as he was playing outside in the front yard with his older brother...

BRUSSELS -- Belgian authorities raided dozens of homes and held 12 suspects in a major anti-terror investigation they said required "immediate intervention" because they feared an attack could have been close. Across Belgium, parties were held Saturday to watch live broadcasts of the country's soccer team playing Ireland at the European Championships in neighboring France, and some media said such events could have been the targets. ...

LONDON -- The man accused of a murder that has brought campaigning in the country's European Union referendum to a standstill turned his first court appearance Saturday into a spectacle by refusing to state his real identity. Asked his name in Westminster Magistrate's Court, Thomas Mair said: "My name is death to traitors, freedom for Britain."...

BAGHDAD -- Iraqi forces gained control of the main hospital in Fallujah on Saturday and were clearing mines after driving the Islamic State group from most of the city, one of its last strongholds in Anbar province west of Baghdad, a military official said...

The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Department is alerting drivers to a road closure after a sinkhole about the width of one lane developed under a roadway in Cape Girardeau County. The collapsed portion of the highway is on Route N between Route NN and County Road 253...

A Perryville, Missouri, man was arrested by Perry County sheriff’s deputies Thursday and charged with several counts in Bollinger County related to the alleged molestation of a 10-year-old girl. Travis Perry Davis, 35, was charged with first-degree statutory sodomy, first-degree child molestation and sexual misconduct involving a child under 15 years old...

The Cape Girardeau City Council will vote Monday on a new, one-year contract with the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri that calls for a 3 percent increase in funding for the heavily used animal shelter. City staff have recommended a $59,298 contract for fiscal 2017, which amounts to $1,800 more than the current year’s funding. Humane Society officials had requested a $2,502 increase, which would have bumped the city’s share of funding to $60,000...

A Tamms, Illinois, man was pulled over in Cape Girardeau because the license plate on his truck belonged to the owner of a compact car. After the stop, officers said they found a variety of illegal items in the man’s vehicle. Brandon Tyrel Jeffers, 30, was arrested early Friday and charged with possession of a controlled substance, forgery, misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor possession of an imitation controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia...

When Lester Goodin played Mark Twain in "Old Man River" 10 years ago, he had no lines. Instead, for the inaugural show at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, he strode about the theater in a crisp white suit, rumpling his brow at this or that and smoking $8 cigars. That suited Goodin, since he had learned that while looking like Twain requires little more than the right facial hair and a frown, sounding like an American literary giant is a challenge...