Stories from Sunday, June 16, 1996

SIKESTON -- Gail D. Harrison, 76, of Sikeston died Friday, June 14, 1996, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews. He was born June 8, 1920, at Gideon, son of Eugene and Marie McNew Harrison. He served in the Navy during World War II. He was a bookkeeper 24 years for the Pyramid Roofing Co. ...

Spaghetti was on the menu for these Girl Scouts, who came in out of the rain to chow down. From the left are Jennifer Miller, Ashley Miller, LaDonna Faire and Lacey Stadt. Every Girl Scout day camp has to have a fire and a bucket of water heats on this one. From the left are Rika Friedrich, Melissa Jennings and Emily Sparzynski...

This is Stratton's display wall in her home. These stained glass stepping stones are just some of the many different applications for stained glass that Stratton has employed over the past 18 years. Wilma Stratton has been making stained glass windows for 18 years and says she never gets bored...

Billy and Alice Thompson purchased the Deal Nursing Home in Jackson July 1, 1956. They celebrated their 40th anniversary running Deal Nursing Home on Saturday. The Thompson's decided to couple the anniversary with their annual barbecue. The celebration brought former workers and family members of former residents together...

This is an Edison Victrola on display in the sitting room of the Oliver House. Bernard Schaper points out one of his favorite historical pieces in the Oliver House, a clock in the master bedroom. This chair belonged to Sen. Oliver and is on display in the office of the Oliver House...

The Jackson Chamber of Commerce will hold its Annual Installation Banquet on Monday, June 24. It will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall. The guest speaker will be Dr. Linda M. Godwin, NASA Astronaut. She is the veteran of three space flights and has spent more than 633 hours in space...

Joshua Jon Heise, formerly of Fruitland has been accepted into the U.S. Navy Military Academy. He is the grandson of Helen Loos, formerly of Jackson, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Heise of Oak Ridge and Wanda Akers of St. Louis. He is the son of John and Scarlett Heise of Baxter, Tenn...

Navy Ensign Judson C. Reppen has received his commission as a naval officer after completing Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Fla. Reppen is the son of Norvald J. Reppen and Nancy Reppen of Jackson. Reppen is a 1988 graduate of Jackson High School. He also holds a bachelor of science degree from the Parks College of St. Louis University, Cahokia, Ill...

Marine Pvt. Joseph J. Thomas has completed basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, Cal. Thomas is the son of Cindy E. Fisk of Jackson. He is a 1994 graduate of Jackson High School. The 11 weeks of training is designed to challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally...

Air Force Airman First Class Shawn D. Holmes has arrived for duty at Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier City, La. He is a 1993 graduate of Woodland High School in Marble Hill. Holmes is a dental laboratory technician and is the son of Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer John C. Holmes and Carole L. Holmes of Marble Hill...

The Fifth Annual Drug Free Fourth of July 5K & One Mile Fun Run/Walk will begin at 7:30 a.m. with the start of the 5K run and competitive walk. At 7:40 a.m. the one mile run/walk will begin. The event will be held in the Jackson City Park. There are three divisions. There is a men's division that is divided up into age groups. There is a women's division divided into age groups and there is a Clydesdale division for people 200 pounds and above...

I AM so pleased with Southeast Missouri State University for adding the physical therapist accredited program. It's about 10 years late, but we are happy that they are implementing it now. I'M CALLING in regards to the recent comment about the column that Sen. ...

It is, according to heavyweight columnist William Safire of the New York Times, "the most egregious invasion of privacy of U.S. citizens in a generation." Safire is a language expert who writes a separate column, which focuses on the meaning and evolution, of the English language. ...

"The time is right for corporate America to join in a productive partnership with the American people to help preserve our national parks." -- U.S. Parks Director Roger Kennedy It was, by all the rules of logic and reasoning, inevitable. In this brief time remaining in the 20th century, let it be known that the United States Government brought forth on this nation a new idea, born of Adam Smith, and dedicated to the proposition that all taxes are evil and that the budget once and for all should be in balance.. ...

The Dayton Accords did not resolve the discord in Bosnia. They were simply a time out. That is not to belittle what was done at Dayton. Considering the killing, raping and maiming that beset Bosnia for four years, even an agreed-to interval of (in Bosnian terms) relative calm was an achievement of high order...

The Fourth of July is quickly approaching and the Jackson Jaycees have many events planned for the holiday in the city park. There will be a mud volleyball tournament that will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 4. There will be a 48-team field. Each team will consist of eight players, six on the field with two alternates. The teams must have both male and female players and one female must be on the playing field at all times...

Former Majority Leader Bob Dole departed the U.S. Senate Tuesday for a full-time run as Republican presidential nominee. The upper chamber had been his work home for the nearly 28 years since he moved over from the House of Representatives, where he had toiled since arriving there as a young congressman from the high plains of western Kansas back in 1961. Win or lose this November, Dole's congressional tenure has truly been a remarkable 35 years...

Hello, again. I know my first column rambled a bit, but I am going to try to concentrate this time and stay with one basic theme. Although, I must admit that my attention span is only seven minutes long due to the excessive amount of commercial TV I watched as a youngster. Maybe, that attention span would be longer if I had one of those movie channels? It deserves some thought...

Brer Rabbit. The North Carolina Tarheels. Roofing jobs. Street bubbles. Feathers. Five seemingly unrelated terms. But one word, with which I have recently become very familiar, pulls all of these unrelated terms together and squishes them into a big sticky wad. The word?... (blaring trumpets) ... tar...

JACKSON -- Meta Probst of Jackson died at the Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau Saturday, June 15, 1996. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson.

SIKESTON -- Dorsey (D.P.) Pruett, 85, died Friday, June 14, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 12, 1910, at Jamestown, Ky., son of William Finus and Lula Anna Smith Pruett. He was a farmer. He marred Lucille Hastings Nov. 24, 1924, at New Madrid. She survives...

HOUSE SPRINGS -- Searchers have recovered the body of a 9-year-old boy swept away by the Big River while playing with friends. The body of Timothy McCall of Eureka was found Saturday morning about three miles downstream from Eureka, the Missouri State Water Patrol said. Timothy had been missing since Thursday...

SCOTT CITY -- None of these All-Star players earn a $1 million for their game, but they each know the key to their success is teamwork. "We have to work together," Brian Garms, 9, said during a team huddle Saturday morning. Encouragment, a positive attitude, and teamwork are the only skills needed to play on the All-Star soccer team, which is designed to help motivate children with disabilities...

Rick Althaus, Democratic candidate for Missouri Senate, has announced his acceptance of Republican incumbent Peter Kinder's challenge to a series to six debates throughout the 27th district. Althaus has sent to Kinder a letter which includes a proposed schedule and location for the debates, beginning in late July in Mississippi County. He suggests that the debates be moderated by the League of Womens Voters another civic group...

SIKESTON -- Flossie Bondell "Bonnie" Voliva, 72, died Friday, June 14, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born April 17, 1924, at Clarksville, Ark., daughter of Densmore and Zillar Vandgilder Crone. She worked as a cook at Britt's Coffee Shop and later at the Sikeston Regional Center. She was a member of the North Acres Baptist Church in Sikeston...

JACKSON -- Maxine M. Godwin, 82, of Jackson died at her home Friday, June 14, 1996. She was born April 20, 1914, daughter of John B. and Nora A. Cooksey Mackey. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Jackson. She was a schoolteacher and telephone operator in the Salem area. She worked at International Shoe Co. in Jackson and Florsheim Shoe Co. in Cape Girardeau...

HERCULANEUM -- Elsie W. Dunn, 78, of Herculaneum died Friday, June 13, 1996. Dunn is formerly of New Wells. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells...

If the Missouri Department of Insurance doesn't change its attitude, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri may just pack up its employees and assets and move to another state, chairman and chief executive officer Roy Heimburger says. On June 28, the health insurance provider will head into court to argue its case against the department and director Jay Angoff...

Randy Armes is a foster father, and this Father's Day he will share not only the love of his own children, but that of a foster child, Julie, as well. Julie, 8, was mum about a gift for her foster father. "I got him something," she said, "but I'm not telling."...

Spunky and Rudolph came to race. The two shelled box turtle competitors raced through three heats on a hot, muggy Saturday afternoon during Riverfest in downtown Cape Girardeau. When the turtle-racing ring cleared, Spunky had crossed the finish line a step or two in front of Rudolph to walk away with the big prize...

In Missouri, driving without insurance is a way of life for many motorists who regularly ignore the state's financial responsibility law. The law requires motorists to show financial responsibility, which, for most motorists, means carrying liability insurance...

Now that the rivers in Southeast Missouri have finally settled down, it's time for anglers to head to the streams. There is nothing better than fishing in a cool, shaded stream on a hot, muggy summer day. One of the most enjoyable ways to fish streams is to slip on an old pair of sneakers and just wade in. On larger streams, floating from one point to another is quite popular. The following describes several, but not all, of the fishing stream in Southeast Missouri...

There was a very popular card game Lou, Lillian, Mama, Grandma and I played. It was called "Authors." Perhaps there is still such a game. I hope so and that it may have the ramifications as I have had from playing it. On the cards were pictured the authors we read and studied then -- Hawthorne, Irving, Longfellow, Poe, Emerson, Alcott, etc. ...

Assistant park superintendent Rex Jump looked like a part of history as he stood alongside a display at the park's visitor center Wednesday. Leroy Mier, of Oran, took time off from his farm work Wednesday to take in the view at one of the park's three scenic overlooks above the Mississippi River...

DEXTER -- Dexter residents will celebrate Independence Day with a patriotic flair during the seventh annual Celebrate the Fourth event at East City Park. The Heritage Museum is sponsoring the community event which begins at 8:30 a.m. with the Firecracker 4K race at the Dexter Municipal Airport. Entry fee for the race is $5. Registration begins at 8 a.m. on the day of the race or you can pre-register by calling the Dexter Chamber of Commerce at 624-7458...

A reunion for anyone who worked on a summer camp staff operated by what is now the Greater St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, will be Aug. 30 through Sept. 1. The reunion will be at the S-F Ranch in Knob Lick. All camp staff members who worked in the former St. ...

The University of Missouri-Columbia has announced it's Dean's List for the Spring semester: Area students included on the list: Leopold - Melissa Engelen. Marble Hill - Susan Eckerle, Robin Thiele, Jeffrey Turner. Patton - Amy Bollinger. Cape Girardeau - Aimee Bittle, Natalie Boren, John Clubb, Vincent Collier, M. ...

COMMERCE -- Commerce residents like their view of the Mississippi River and want to capitalize on it. So the Community Betterment Club is looking for new businesses that want to locate in the Scott County village. To help fund some of the costs for community projects, the Commerce Community Betterment Club is selling tickets to a fund-raiser. Tickets to the 50/50 raffle will be sold until August 13, when the drawing will be held. Each ticket costs $1 and can be purchased from Mary Vetter...

The Oran Fourth of July picnic will feature western wagon rides, a family-style dinner, musical entertainment, dancing and a fireworks display. Other activities include a horseshoe tournament, a small-engine display and "games for all ages." The Oran picnic has been an annual event since 1907. Since 1963, it has been sponsored by the Knights of Columbus...

The annual Randles Alumni Banquet will be June 22 at the Drury Lodge Heritage Room. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. for visitation of all Randles school graduates, teachers or anyone who attended the school. A meal will be served at 7 p.m. The class of 1946 will be honored as part of their 50th reunion. A program is being planned by class members...