Stories from Sunday, July 20, 1997

From the very night of the late Rep. Bill Emerson's death, a problem in Missouri's laws pertaining to filing for political office was exposed for all to see. Emerson died on June 22, 1996, slightly more than six weeks before the Aug. 6 primary election. ...

Having laid an egg with the July 2 release of the report of the Total Transportation Commission, high-ranking state transportation officials now say they will produce the specific road plans that are altogether lacking from that report. Recall that Gov. ...

In the musical comedy of choice of many in my generation, "My Fair Lady," a street gang in possession of good singing voices but little else harmonizes in cockney English, "Wouldn't it be loverly?" Probably just about everyone, English or American, poor or rich, old or young, pines fairly often for what is loverly or, grammatically speaking, lovely...

Ages ago -- 1986 to be exact -- there was a movement to make the Internal Revenue Code fairer and simpler. Senator Bill Bradley, D-N.J., and Congressman Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., led this noble cause and, in part, they succeeded. The ink was barely dry on that reform legislation when Congress started to insert new complexities into the tax laws. ...

When news broke last year of Bill Clinton's Asia connection, John Huang, Charlie Yah Lin Trie and Co., it was instantly clear that this was a scandal of staggeringly immense proportions. We are now learning whether the literal sellout of American interests, and possibly national security, for a few shekels of campaign cash will resonate with a public jaded about most politicians...

photo 2 could be a good second front shot Harold Lowes of Friedheim and Lillian Reisenbichler of Pocahontas sample of River Ridge Winery's German style white wine at the River Ridge Winery. photo 3 The group takes a look at a new hog house at the Don Heisserer farm west of Scott City...

As I recall, this was a popular assignment when we were in school. The teacher would say at the beginning of the school year, "Class, how did you spend your summer vacation?" We were supposed to write an essay or tell about our experiences. Well, here is my effort, though I have been out of school for a few years. ...

25 years ago, 1972 Holstein cow owned by Willard Goodson, who farms east of Oak Ridge, has given birth to healthy set of triplets; Holstein, which had bee bread to Angus bull, apparently had no trouble in calving; Goodson, 64, says this is first set of healthy triplets he has seen in lifetime of farming...

Although Randy Blythe, of Fort Smith, Ark., is a distant relative of President Bill Clinton, it is not his claim to fame. Blythe wheels and deals late model and classic cars all over the country and was one of the many dealers who attend the Smith Auction Co.'s Classic and Collector Car Auction Saturday at the Show Me Center...

Week Three of the local Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Awards drew a record number of entries: 190. That compares to 114 entries in Week One and 119 last week. The number of entries made the judges' work all the more challenging, said Joyce Hunter, KINSA contest coordinator at the Southeast Missourian...

A regional committee hopes its work will help pave the way for transportation improvements in Southeast Missouri. The Transportation Advisory Committee has proposed nearly 40 transportation projects in its report to the Missouri Department of Transportation...

New drunk driving legislation in Illinois should make social drinkers in restaurants and bars think twice before ordering another drink. Illinois lowered its legal blood-alcohol limits for drivers to 0.08 on July 2 when Gov. Jim Edgar signed Senate Bill 8...

GORDONVILLE -- Frequent flyers stood alongside raw recruits during the Southeast Missouri Modelers Association Air Show Saturday at Gordonville Airport. The show, which featured model airplanes built and flown by SMMA members, was a flight demonstration put on for tourists riding the St. Louis Iron Mountain Railroad over the weekend. About 100 tourists watched flights on Saturday, and demonstrations will continue all day today...

Our countertops need to be raised a few feet or we need shorter kids. Our kitchen counters and dining room table used to be childproof. But not any more. Gone are the days when our counters and the dining room table could be counted on as safety deposit boxes for all that stuff you don't want your kids to have...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The continuation of this story was inadvertently left of page 2 of Saturday's Southeast Missourian. Here is the complete story. When City Councilman Melvin Gateley asked Southeast Missouri State University officials whether they would consider expanding the university shuttle system to serve other parts of Cape Girardeau, he didn't know about Carbondale...

For one day at least, there was a major role reversal on the Capaha Field baseball diamond. One team made all the right moves and came up with all the big plays -- only it wasn't the team you might expect. The Kohlfeld Capahas, fresh off winning the National Baseball Congress Mid-South Regional championship on the very same field last weekend, were handed two rare losses Saturday when the Paducah (Ky.) Chiefs swept a twi-night doubleheader...

You can bet that Jess Bolen has taken part in plenty of thrilling games during his 31 seasons as the manager of Cape Girardeau's highest-level baseball team, the Kohlfeld Capahas. But last Sunday's pulsating 11-10, 11-inning victory over St. Louis O.B. Clark in the championship game of the National Baseball Congress Mid-South Regional Tournament at Capaha Field had Bolen thinking that this one should rank some place toward the top of the list...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Cape Girardeau's Ford & Sons American Legion baseball team put the finishing touches on a regular-season District 14 championship here Saturday afternoon. Ford & Sons continued its recent roll by sweeping a doubleheader from Poplar Bluff, winning the opener 13-1 in five innings and taking the second game 9-6...

DESLOGE -- The Cape Girardeau Commerce Bank White Sox remained alive in the Missouri State Senior Babe Ruth Tournament by winning two games Saturday. Cape (27-16), after losing to Jefferson City 8-4 in Thursday's opening round of the six-team meet, came back Saturday to rout Boonville 19-1 in five innings and hold off Marshall 9-5...

If you are a deer hunter, the "Dog Days" of summer probably seem to be endless. The sweltering heat makes it difficult to even think about the crisp temperatures of the fall hunting season. Be that as it may, now is the time to be thinking about special managed deer hunts in Missouri. Hunters wishing to participate in one of the special hunts must submit an application that is postmarked no later than Aug. 15...

When most sports' fans think of Sunday afternoons, professional football usually comes to mind. But for several members of the Cape Girardeau County Gun Club, clay shooting has become a Sunday afternoon ritual at the club grounds located just outside of Jackson on Hwy. 72...

SIKESTON -- Angeline Murphy, 83, of Sikeston died Saturday, July 19, 1997, at the Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

Ashley Lynn Smith, infant daughter of Terry Allen and Cristina Lynn Flieger Smith of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, July 18, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born July 18, 1997. Survivors include her parents; maternal grandparents Max and Linda Moore of Chaffee; maternal great-grandparents James and Opal Flieger of St. ...

JACKSON -- Traci E. Walden, 25, formerly of Jackson, died Saturday, July 19, 1997, in an automobile accident in Panama City, Fla. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

Howard E. Metheny Sr. of 2541 Ranchito Drive, died Friday, July 18, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was 70 years old. He was born Aug. 21, 1926, in Gravel Hill, son of Samuel and Daisy Robinson Metheny. He grew up in Fornfelt, and in February 1948 he married Alvera Enderle, who preceded him in death Dec. 24, 1960. He married Linda Meyer on Aug. 19, 1961, in Cape Girardeau. She survives the home...

DELTA -- Cora Jane Heinsohn, 83, of Delta died Friday, July 18, 1997, at her home. She was born March 25, 1914, in Marion, Ill., the daughter of C.r. and Etta Fowler Goodall. She and Henry Heinsohn were married on Aug. 30, 1946 in DeSoto. He survives...

CHAFFEE -- Gertrude Tressie McVay, 79, of Chaffee, died Saturday, July 19, 1997, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born March 5, 1918, at Camp, Ark. a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Folmsby Duffell. She and William C. McVay were married on Nov. 20, 1939. He preceded her in death...

GORDONVILLE -- Three people were being treated at St. Francis Medical Center Saturday night, following an accident on Interstate 55 north of the Highway 61 interchange. Three people from the car were reported being treated in the emergency room at the hospital at press time...

Members of the band Solid State performed at Rivers Edge. Band Members are, clockwise from front left, Ed Strauser, Jonathan Ford, Brian Daugherty and Lance West. The Acme Blue Band performs regularly at Broussard's Cajun Cuisine. Playing from left are, Steve Pirtle, Tom Bloodworth, Aaron Chandler, Bill Shivelbine. Not shown are Al McFerron and Greg Shivelbine...

Jean Bell Mosley's new autobiography, "For Most of the Century," is only available in serialized form in the Southeast Missourian. Return each week for her continuing story. The farm was known for many years as the Billy Wilbourn Place since a family by that name had homesteaded it in 1860. ...

JACKSON -- The Cape Girardeau County Genealogy Society will meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m., July 22, at the Riverside Regional Library. Sons of the American Revolution members Steve Pledger and Jerrell Driver will show a video history of the "Sons of the American Revolution" and will be available for questions...