Stories from Friday, March 27, 1998

To the editor: Recent letters to the editor have addressed the effectiveness of faith and spirituality in treatment of diseases of addiction. The observation that a strong spiritual foundation facilitates recovery from a variety of diseases may also be applicable to our social dependence upon drugs...

Actually, there is nothing blue about hemophilia, an inherited blood-clotting disorder causing easy bruise ability and abnormal bleeding. Hemophilia got its name as blue blood disease because it tended to run in certain royal families in Europe. More than 15,000 people in the United States have hemophilia---they are missing or have a low supply of one of the factors needed for normal blood clotting. ...

Deborah Clark, a physical therapy student at the University of Missouri, helped Modena Drennan regain her ability to walk. Finding the right words can be a struggle for Modena Drennan. Drennan, 58, suffered a mild stroke March 12, and began rehabilitation a few days later...

Over the past decade, revenue pouring into Jefferson City in the form of tax receipts and other sources of state income has soared. And -- this comes as no surprise -- so has state spending. Overall, the 10-year increase in spending by Missouri state government has gone up 121 percent, far exceeding inflation...

Leave it to the young and inquiring participants of the 42nd annual Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair, held this week in Cape Girardeau, to ask good questions and search for good answers. Consider the enterprising seventh-grader who wanted to see which batteries really last longer. Or another seventh-grader who wanted to see if pets prefer a particular color of food dish...

To the editor: I enjoyed the history of Southeast Missouri State University in Sunday's Missourian. My fathers, John A. Vogel, attended State Normal School No. 3. I graduated from Southeast Missouri State Teachers College ('37). My son, John, graduated from Southeast Missouri State College, and my daughter, Martha, graduated from Southeast Missouri State University. I expect some other families may have similar histories...

To the editor: I ran across an amazing book, "The Ultimate Resource 2." The author, Julian L. Simon, skewers the sacred cows of environmentalism, population control and Paul Ehrilich, famed environmental wacko. Simon bets the farm on the ability of intelligent people to overcome their problems...

The Mississippi River meanders through 10 states, but nowhere along its banks is there an interpretive center that explains the river's importance in national history and development. Mary Miller wants to see that changed, and she thinks Cape Girardeau is the place to do it...

Two former state transportation department officials don't buy into the financial doom and gloom the Missouri's 15-year highway plan is underfunded. Wayne Muri, the former head of the Missouri Department of Transportation, said the plan should be cruising financially, and Jim Toft, who retired as assistant chief engineer last April, calculates more than $8 billion in revenue for projects in the plan...

Two rockers waited to be finished outside Rory Jaros' workshop near Makanda, Ill. MAKANDA, Ill. -- Chair maker Rory Jaros lives by a creek at the end of a gravel road at the edge of the Shawnee National Forest. He and his wife, Jenny, are raising two children in the solid cabin Jaros built, a cabin heated with wood, the electricity supplied by solar panels and a generator even though power lines are nearby...

All that planting, mowing and trimming could lead to more than just a beautiful lawn. It could bring the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's "Yard of the Month" honor. The annual competition begins in April and ends in October. Each month, two residential yards and one non-residential yard are selected by members of the chamber's beautification committee. Signs designating the award is displayed in the winning yards, and certificates are sent to recipients...

A shot by Cape Girardeau Central High's Lori Bittle three minutes into the championship game of the Noon Optimist Kickoff Classic cut through a brisk wind and found the net. In Jackson coach Bonnie Knowlan's mind, that decided the match although 77 minutes remained...

The Jackson girls and Portageville boys were the only two basketball teams to represent Southeast Missouri in Columbia at the MSHSAA Show-Me Games. Fittingly, both the Bulldogs and Lady Indians were unanimously named as two of the top teams in the area by a panel of regional sportswriters and sportscasters in the final Southeast Missouri Basketball Poll of the season...

AUBURN, Ala. -- Cape Girardeau-native John Younghouse, competing in his first-ever NCAA Championship swimming final as a sophomore for the University of Texas, showed few nerves in placing fourth in the 500-yard freestyle with a career-best time of 4:19.26...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Poplar Bluff scored four runs in the fourth inning to prevent Notre Dame from picking up its first win of the season in a 7-3 victory. Josh Eftink and Scott Reinagel each had two hits, but it was all the offense Notre Dame (0-2) could muster. Eftink's hits included a two-run homer in the third inning, which tied the score 2-2 at the time...

Funeral for Helen Welch of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Jim Lee will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Welch, 81, died Tuesday, March 24, 1998, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral for Eloise Zimmerman of Scott City will be held at 2 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. Bill Dickey will officiate, with burial in Lightner Memorial Cemetery. Zimmerman, 79, died Tuesday, March 24, 1998, at her home...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Lynn H. Boice, 83, of Mt. Zion, formerly of Cairo, died Thursday, March 26, 1998, at Friendship Manor Nursing Home in Mt. Zion. He was born March 23, 1915, in Fort Madison, Iowa. Boice was manager of Cairo Auto Supply many years. He was a member of Cairo Elks Lodge 651...

CHAFFEE -- Ernest E. Crump, 80, of Chaffee died Thursday, March 26, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 22, 1917, at Chaffee, son of John Elbert and Zada May White Crump. He and Luberta Sexton were married Feb. 27, 1948. She died March 5, 1996...

Donald "Diz" Anderson, 77, of Hannibal died Wednesday, March 25, 1998, at Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Fla. He was born March 10, 1921, in West Frankfort, Ill. Anderson was a retired insurance agent. He was a 1948 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. A 1946 football All-American, Anderson was selected to the Associated Press Little All-America second team as an offensive center after helping Southeast to an 8-0-1 season. He lettered four years at Southeast...

Charles E. Voelker of Jefferson City, formerly of Bertrand, died Thursday, March 26, 1998, at the Capital Medical Center Southwest Campus in Jefferson City. Funeral arrangements are pending at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral for Mary Dunkin of Anna will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. Jim Hardway will officiate, with burial in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Sunday. Dunkin, 90, died Wednesday, March 25, 1998, at Jonesboro Health Care Center in Jonesboro...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Funeral for Ruby M. Lipe of Olive Branch will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. The Rev. Carl Hester will officiate, with burial in Olive Branch Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today...

BELL CITY -- Dale McCulley, 54, of Bell City died Wednesday, March 25, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 17, 1943, at Bell City, son of Henry and Rose McCulley. McCulley was a truck driver. Survivors include a daughter, Karen Brooks of Scott City; his mother, Rose Becker of Pekin, Ill.; two brothers, Raymond McCulley of Cape Girardeau, Albert McCulley of Bell City; two sisters, Deloris Stewart of Pekin, JoAnn Sexton of Imperial; and five grandchildren...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Virgie Tweedy, 89, of Jonesboro died Thursday, March 26, 1998, at her home. She was born Jan. 7, 1909, in Delta, daughter of John and Cynthia Dickerson Bass. She and Clarence A. Tweedy were married Sept. 26, 1925. He died Aug. 24, 1985...

Son to Robert M. and Diane M. Prost of Florence, Ky., St. Elizabeth Hospital near Florence, 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 1998. Name, David Joseph. Weight, 8 pounds 6 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Prost is the former Diane McCarthy, daughter of the late David "Bud" and Ruth McCarthy. She is a travel agent with International Travel. Prost is the son of Carl and Stella Prost of Cape Girardeau. He is a sales engineer with Fisher Pump and Valve in Cincinnati, Ohio...

Category Winners 42nd Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair - 1998 Junior Behavioral and Social Sciences Outstanding: Seth Gragg, 8th, Poplar Bluff Junior High; Kids Can't Handle the Pressure, Air Pressure That Is Excellent: Stefanie Woodsmall, 8th, Poplar Bluff Junior High; Which Diaper Brand Absorbs More Moisture?...

Special Awards 42nd Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair - 1998 Alliance Blue Cross and Blue Shield Junior 1st: Christopher Walker, 8th, Advance Junior High; Air Pollution: Particulate Matter Indoors. 2nd: Jennifer Kaelin, 7th, St. Vincent de Paul, Cape Girardeau; Fluoridation of Teeth...