Stories from Monday, November 20, 1995

The Mississippi County Industrial Development Authority may join Plant Site Locators (PSL) in the near future. "We have talked with the Mississippi County group," said Craig Throckmorton, president of the PSL group of Oklahoma City. "We'll be looking forward to hearing from them."...

Monday, Nov. 20 7:30 p.m. Power and Light Committee A. Authorize contract with City Water & Light of Jonesboro, Ark., extending previous agreement relating to energy-as-available purchases. B. Authorize contract with Southwestern Power Administration relating to power transmission fees...

This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving?" Lance Stepp, Cape Girardeau "That my friends and family are all well and doing good. Hopefully it will be a good Christmas, too." Tamra Swain, Jackson...

Glenn Reeves, left, checked a client's design on a T-shirt with Karen Rodgers at Horizon Screen Printing which Reeves has operated since he retired from Sears, Roebuck and Co. O.D. Niswonger showed an English walnut tree which he grafted onto a black walnut tree that a squirrel planted in his garden. Niswonger has kept busy with gardening since retiring as administrator at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

When the shiny old 1903 Studebaker wagon starts from Capaha Park to make its trek down Broadway to Main Street Sunday, the drivers will hold the reins to more than eight tons of raw horsepower. The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales, representatives of Anheuser-Busch for more than six decades, will be harnessed and hitched to the famous red beer wagon for Cape Girardeau's annual Christmas Parade of Lights...

The Cape Girardeau City Council decided in September to give voters a chance to amend the city charter next April. The council will discuss just what amendments should be put on the April 2 ballot when it meets tonight with the Charter Review Committee...

JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County won't move from second to first class until 1997, but county commissioners already feel the growing pains. Counties with an assessed valuation of $450 million or more for five consecutive years become first class on the sixth year...

I see Hooters doesn't want men waiting tables. And neither do the men who patronize the restaurant chain. Color me flabbergasted. After a four-year investigation, the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission has decided the restaurant chain, better known for its skimpily-clad waitresses than its food, is guilty of sexual discrimination because it won't hire male servers...

I'M A senior citizen, and I want to ask my fellow senior citizens who have children and grandchildren to back the effort the balance the budget in the United States. We must all make sacrifices to help our country. JFK said it best: "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country."...

WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Johnny W. Wilson, 70, of Wolf Lake died Saturday, Nov. 18, 1995, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill. He was born June 16, 1925, at Wolf Lake, son of Walter and Verna Rhodes Wilson. He and Mary Ellen Knupp were married Sept. 27, 1945, at Jackson...

McClure, Ill. -- Dan Baugher, 33, of McClure died Sunday morning near Olive Branch, Ill. He was born Oct. 18, 1962, at Cape Girardeau to Richard Lee and Jo Ann Williams Baugher. He was married to Dorena Sutton. Survivors include his wife and parents; a daughter, Talina Baugher of Olive Branch; a son, Gage Baugher of Olive Branch; maternal grandparents, Josephine and Harry Williams of McClure; a sister, Teresa Phillips of Tamms, Ill.; and a brother, Terry Baugher of McClure...

Jack Ray Robertson, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 18, 1995, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. He was born July 29, 1932, in Cape Girardeau to Charles and Veda Schrand Robertson. On Dec. 29, 1982, in Scott County he married Martha Minner. He was a truck driver for Schwerman Trucking Co. before retiring after 22 years. He was a member of the Baptist faith and a veteran of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force...

The Rev. Kenneth C. Johnston, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 18, 1995, at the Cape Girardeau Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Jan. 16, 1923, in Cape Girardeau to Martin P. and Anna V. Henson Johnston. On Sept. 1, 1948, he married Joy Hahs...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Catherine Mattingly, 93, of Cairo died Sunday, Nov. 19, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born March 27, 1902, at Breckinridge, Ky., daughter of Worland and Kate Thompson Carter. She and George D. Mattingly were married. He preceded her in death in 1967...

American presidents since the hapless Martin VanBuren administration have cost taxpayers millions of dollars in their search for acclaim and popularity. Even Thomas Jefferson, who was relatively unworried about his personal popularity, had a group of friends who advised him on political matters. Jefferson referred to his pundits as the "cadre," but public relations hacks are still hacks regardless of the name...

Sometimes there are cracks in the system. Sometimes the cracks are so large that things fall through them. Sometimes the cracks swallow entire human beings. That pretty much describes the situation of one Mark Thompson, a freshman at Southeast Missouri State University. Thompson came to Cape Girardeau from New Castle, Ky., where he graduated from Henry County High School. He had his sights set on being a college basketball player, and it looked like he would succeed...

As the full impact of tougher sentencing laws for convicted felons settle in, there are some side effects that probably weren't well thought out as legislatures approved longer and, in some cases, mandatory prison terms. For example, inmates generate expenses beyond housing needs, food and clothing. ...

The recent announcement of Tri-Con Industries' closing has brought numerous comments by community leaders and the public at large. While the loss of 200 jobs in itself is an obvious cause for concern, the reactions by some community leaders should also be an issue worthy of comment. ...

Sure Santa Claus knows if you've been bad or good, but does he know who has the best holiday lights display in town? Organizers of the Holiday of Lights activities in Cape Girardeau will know that answer after their annual Holiday of Lights competition Dec. 4...

Homebuyers Inspection Inc., 1339 Copper Drive, Cape Girardeau, now offers radon testing technology. "We use the latest in radon technology, the Radalink Radon TeleMonitor," said Tom Harmon, radon coordinator for Homebuyers. "With the TeleMonitor, the time-consuming process of mailing test devices to a lab for analysis is eliminated."...

The Bath & Body Works will open in West Park Mall Monday. The company, about five years old, has more than 400 locations, including Cape Girardeau and Carbondale, Ill. The business offers body lotions, toiletries and home fragrances.

Wilson's Leathers has opened in West Park Mall for the holidays. Alan Greaser, formerly of Cape Girardeau and now of St. Louis, is manager of the store, which will remain open through Dec. 27. The store offers a wide variety of leather goods for men and women, including leather pants, skirts, vests and other outer wear, along with leather accessories...

L.A. Nails has opened in West Park Mall. The new business specializes in manicures and nail care. Mimi Nzuyen is manager of the new business.

The Buckle, which offers trendy clothing for guys and gals, opened recently in West Park Mall. The company, headquartered in Kearney, Neb., is located in the Famous Barr corridor. Kris Saim is manager of the new store.

SCOTT CITY -- Crafter's Junction will open at 1400 Main in Scott City in mid-December. The new retail business will contain 2,700 square feet in a mall setting featuring crafts, antiques and collectibles. Owners are John Paul Ham and Faith Ham. Hours for the new business will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday...

Lizard Lick Cafe has opened in Oak Ridge. The new restaurant, owned by Jim and Bonnie Gregory, seats about 30 customers and features sandwiches, fries and soft drinks. The restaurant is open from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. It is open until midnight Friday and Saturday...

Enterprise Rent-A-Car continues to expand. The company, headquartered at St. Louis, is the largest car rental company in the United States for a second consecutive year. Enterprise has the industry's largest fleet, with more than 263,000 vehicles, and the most locations, 2,400 offices -- including Cape Girardeau -- twice as many as the company's leading competitor...

A tax seminar designed for self-employed farmers and small business owners will be held at St. Denis School Cafeteria in Benton, at 7 p.m., Nov. 27. The meeting, sponsored by the Scott County Farm Bureau, will discuss how self-employed business owners can save on 1995 tax bills...

Nov. 27 -- Self-employed tax seminar, Benton, 7 p.m. Dec. 1 -- Cape Girardeau Chamber Board of Directors annual retreat, Lone Star Natatorium.

Professional Secretaries International (PSI) will meet Tuesday at the Drury Lodge. E. Kay York, PSI Missouri division president, will be guest speaker for the 6:30 p.m. meeting. PSI meetings are open to the public. Additional information is available by calling Betty Sargent, 651-2541, or Carol Cannon, 651-2836...

Boatmen's Bancshares Inc. of St. Louis has announced that its regular quarterly dividend, 37 cents a share, will be payable Jan. 1 to stockholders of record Nov. 30. Boatmen's Bancshares, with assets of $32.9 billion, is one of the 30 largest U.S. bank holding companies, operating more than 500 locations in nine states, including Cape Girardeau...

Donna L. Bodenschatz, formerly of Jackson and a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, recently passed the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination. Bodenschatz is currently employed as staff accountant for the CPA firm of Humes & Barrington, P.C., in Kirkwood...

Janet Lee Kline of Benton has been appointed director of the University of Missouri's University Outreach and Extension for the Southeast Missouri Region. In her new position, Kline will work with extension specialists, county extension council members and citizens to provide research-based, off-campus educational programming in the Southeast Missouri...

Children's Bazaar Shoes, Kingshighway and Independence, is collecting used shoes for distribution in local schools. Jodie Nesslein and daughter, Susan, say the shoes collected must be in good condition. Additional information about the program is available by calling 334-4434...

Some of the nation's big retailers, including No. 1 Wal-Mart Stores Inc., confirmed how difficult the third quarter was, issuing a round of disappointing earnings reports. Wal-Mart said Tuesday its earnings rose 4 percent, well below the company's usual profit levels. ...

3M of Minneapolis is quitting the videotape business, a field the company helped invent almost a half century ago, eliminating 5,000 jobs in a bid to boost profits. It also is spinning off its data storage and imaging systems businesses, chief executive L.D. DeSimone said last week. The company's best-known products, including Scotch tape and Post-it notes, are not affected by the restructuring...

Bayer AG will pay about $580 million for a Monsanto Co. business that makes durable plastic used in car dashboards, computer housings and refrigerator linings. Bayer, based in Leverkusen, Germany, already makes the plastic - called styrenics -- in Europe. The acquisition, announced last week, will add styrenics to the plastics Bayer makes in the United States...

D&K Wholesale Drug Inc. of St. Louis announced net sales of $102 million during the second quarter of its 1996 fiscal year, ending Sept. 30, up 42 percent from the same period a year ago. The company reported a net loss of $143,000, or 5 cents a share on a primary basis in the quarter, compared to net income of $143,000 or 13 cents a share during the same quarter a year ago...

Players International Inc. launched a new riverboat casino at Metropolis, Ill. last week. Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar was on hand for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Players II increases gaming capacity at the Metropolis facilty by 225 people and addes 200 gaming positions...

Shelby Kneer has joined the Spirit of St. Louis Hospital satellite office in Cape Girardeau as clinical supervisor. The satellite office provides assessments for children and adolescents for hospitalization and provides aftercare for these admissions...

Sonny and Barb Minor, owners of Minor's Harley-Davidson/Suzuki Sales, 905 Enterprise, recently completed a five-day Bahamas cruise, awarded to the company by Harley-Davidson Motor Co. The Minors were awarded the cruise for sales and customer service performance...

Dorothy Miller, a local realtor, has received the Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) designation awarded by the Residential Sales Council of the Realtors' National Marketing Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors. Miller is a sales associate with Capitol Hill Realty Inc., 619 N. Broadview. She is secretary of the Cape Girardeau County Board of Realtors and will become a state director of the Missouri Association of Realtors in 1996...

Linda Brown has joined Century 21 Dutch Realty in Jackson. Brown, who has been a resident of Jackson 28 years, recently completed the 21-Plus training program dealing with real estate service and marketing.

Edwin A. Welker, agriculture credit manager for Farm Service Agency (formerly ASCS) in the Southeast Missouri area, has received the "County Supervisor of the Year" award presented by Missouri Rural Economic and Community Development (RECD), formerly Farmers Home Administration (FmHA)...

Lisa D. Craft and Charles L. Hanners of the Lakenan Insurance Agency of Jackson recently attended an instructional meeting sponsored by The Barton Group, which is represented in this area by Lakenan. The recent meeting, which included educational training and new products introduction, also provided three credit hours from the Department of Insurance to apply toward state additional education requirements...

Nominations are being accepted for the third annual Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year awards. The educator awards, presented by the chamber's Education Committee, are designed to focus attention on excellence in education. Awards will be presented in four categories -- elementary, secondary, vocational-technical and administration...