Stories from Monday, May 1, 1995

Leslie J. Rodgers of Jackson has joined Tip of Illinois Health Services Inc. as a secretary of Tip's branch office in Olive Branch, Ill. Rodgers, who has more than six years of experience in the medical and secretarial field, was previoulsy a secretary at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...

Roosevelt Financial Group Inc. of St. Louis, holding company for Roosevelt Bank, reported record net interest income, net income and earnings per share for the three months ended March 31. The company reported net income of $23.5 million, an increase of 52 percent from the 1994 first quarter of $15.5 million. The company reported earnings of 55 cents a share, up 25 percent from last year, when share earnings were reported at 44 cents a share...

Just-pressed bricks are headed for the kiln at Kasten Clay Products in Jackson. These new bricks are put through a tumbler to make them look old. JACKSON -- Rudolph C. Kasten had just finished a brick-making apprenticeship when he rode into Jackson at age 27 and bought half of what is now Kasten Clay Products...

Farmers markets are something special. Vegetable shoppers can snatch up some of the freshest produce and at the best prices, say people familiar with the markets which provide a variety of items -- peppers, cucumbers, corn, beans, squash, tomatoes, okra and other veggies...

Twenty years after the fall of South Vietnam, area veterans of the longest war in U.S. history say healing has begun, but at a pace tempered by the memory of 58,151 Americans killed. For many, the 20th anniversary of the day North Vietnamese tanks rolled into Saigon is less a reminder of the era than is the week in April 1989 when Cape Girardeau hosted the Moving Wall, a half-scale traveling replica of the black granite Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C...

State militias have been under increased government and media scrutiny in the 12 days since the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. Now local officials are keeping their eye on a Missouri militia group interested in organizing in Cape Girardeau...

This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "How do you feel about the creation of a city-wide public transportation system?" Earl Burnett, Jackson "I think it would really help out the elderly, and I think it would be a real good thing if it could be done for a decent price."...

I THINK we've got the best government in the world. I love our federal government. Men have died to defend our federal government. Federal government is a leader in our nation. The city government needs to be overruled by the county government. The county government sometime needs to be overrode by the state government. ...

Agenda Monday, 7:30 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Public Hearings Petition for voluntary annexation of a nearly one acre tract along Route W. Request for a special use permit for mini-storage units at 1733, 1773 rear and 1749 N. Kingshighway. Consent Ordinances...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Thomas E. VanCleve Jr. of Cairo died Sunday, April 30, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo.

agenda items May 1, 1995, 7:30 p.m. -Motion authorizing the Jackson Chamber of Commerce to use Jackson logo on its first annual Christmas ornament. -Ordinance authorizing a contractual agreement with Johnson Controls. -Ordinance approving final plat of Green Meadows Second Subdivision...

MAKANDA, Ill. -- Evelyn Morella Lott, 69, of Makanda died Sunday, April 30, 1995, at her home. Survivors include five daughters, Patricia Horn and Judith Horn, both of Cobden, Peggy Nannie of Carbondale, Linda Lawrence of Washington and Darla Bilderback of Grove City, Ohio; a son, Jerry Lott of Wilmington, N.C.; five sisters, Ellen Thomas of Eureka, Mae Nance, Edith Pearson and Pauline Pearson, all of Cobden, Barbara Cross of Peotone; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren...

SIKESTON -- Ethel Vaughn, 90, of Morley died Sunday, April 30, 1995, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born July 23, 1904, the daughter of James Thomas and Elzabeth Victoria Holcomb Jordan. On Dec. 17, 1921, she married Frank Lee Vaughn in New Madrid County. He preceded her in death...

Mary Todd Heeb, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 30, 1995, at the Heartland Care and Rehabilitation Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

PARMA -- Alma Gardner, 91, of Parma died Saturday, April 29, 1995, at Rose Skill Care in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born Feb. 3, 1904, at Lutesville, the daughter of Roswell M. and Sarah Tankersley Crites. She married Pascal Gardner, who preceded her in death...

Another April 15 has come and gone, but that infamous day, when Americans render unto Caesar, may be approaching extinction. Republican presidential hopefuls are trying to outdo each other in coming up with ways to simplify and lower taxes and abolish the Internal Revenue Service at the same time...

There are numerous barriers that stand in the way of balancing the federal budget and, over the course of time, reducing or eliminating the national deficit. The biggest obstacle, though, is the reluctance of any beneficiaries of government spending to relinquish the largess of taxpayer-supported programs...

Today we begin discussions on one of the most important farm policy matters to be addressed in recent years. The 1995 Farm Bill will soon set the stage for another five years of domestic food and fiber production. Reflecting on current federal farm policy, the American consumer still enjoys the most plentiful food supply at the lowest cost in the entire civilized world, and through the 1995 Farm Bill we must continue to build on this foundation...

OAK RIDGE -- Verna Cordia didn't know what to do about her mother, Minnie Underwood. In her later years, Underwood developed rheumatoid arthritis, scoliosis, Alzheimer's disease and numerous other ailments. She was in constant pain, and gradually, inch by inch, her head began to dip toward her waist...

MURRAY, Ky. - Southeast Missouri State University catcher Rex Crosnoe continued his feast on Murray State pitching with a 4-for-4, four-RBI performance in a 7-3 victory in the second game of a doubleheader Sunday which gained the Indians a split and sole possession of second place in the OVC...

Southeast Missouri's Lisa Kraxner was named to the All-OVC Tournament Team after going 5-for-10 in the Otahkians' three games this past weekend. Kraxner, a junior catcher, was one of four Southeast players named to the All-OVC first team on Friday. Southeast entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed after winning the regular season title and defeated Eastern Kentucky 3-2 in its first game Saturday...

The second annual Tour de Girardot Cycling Classic was held Saturday and Sunday and prize money in excess of $5,000 was awarded to the field of 199 USCF-licensed racers. The time trial and road race, 30 to 40 miles, were held on Saturday and the competition concluded with Sunday's criterium race, held on a .8-mile course at Doctors' Park...