Stories from Thursday, April 30, 1998

To the editor: But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. And he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God." -- Acts 7:55-56...

Clark Terry is 77 now and doesn't even try to push out the big notes and screaming glissandos most young turks of the trumpet rely on. But Terry always preferred a mellower sound anyway, and he still has the fine articulation that was his trademark through stints with Basie, Ellington and Doc Severinsen...

A closed session of the Cape Girardeau Board of Education during a noon meeting Tuesday may have violated Missouri's open meetings and record law. "If it wasn't urgent and could have waited 24 hours, the school board should have posted notice and held it at a later time," said Jean Maneke, legal adviser for the Missouri Press Association...

Opportunities to hear live opera in Cape Girardeau are rare, and rarer still is the chance to hear a Baroque masterpiece -- one that's even sung in English. All that will come to pass Friday and Saturday when Southeast's Music Theatre Workshop presents performances of "Dido and AEneas" at Old St. Vincent's Church...

Towering azaleas, some up to 50 years old, line the driveway to Henry Ochs' home. "Would you like to see the first azalea in Cape Girardeau?" Ochs asked. The beautiful full bush as tall as Ochs was bursting with blossoms last week. "Want to see the newest one I have?" he asked, walking across the lawn to a small, twiggy bush. "Look at that. It was the highest priced one also."...

"Transference: Recent Works by Gary McCall" opens Friday at Gallery 100. The mixed media exhibition will continue through May 31 at the gallery, located at 119 Independence St. McCall's work contains such elements as sand, dirt and other "found" items...

The problem of methamphetamine -- both its production and its use -- continues to spread across Missouri, which already has the distinction of being one of the biggest meth states in the country. Little by little, however, there are inroads that make it more difficult to be in the meth business...

A recent series of state government stories by our own Jack Stapleton showed that Missouri ranks fairly high on a list of the nation's largest governments but near the bottom on the amount of taxes collected. This is good news -- and more good news...

To the editor: April 18 was a special night in Jackson. The Jackson Jazz Band, a talented and dedicated group of high school students, treated over 350 people to a delightful evening of Big Band sounds. For months, these band students under the diretion of Pat Schwent practiced swing, fox trot, waltz, cha-cha and rumba music. ...

To the editor: I was disheartened to hear that another young person took a gun to a school function and shot a teacher. The situations near Paducah and Jonesboro were tragic. Now another child has taken a life and has ruined his own in the process. As a parent, I am terrified to send my children to school, once a sanctuary. No longer can we afford to sit back in silence and allow these things to happen...

After 1450, the people who lived in an area that stretched from St. Louis to the Arkansas border and from Nashville to the Ozarks all but disappeared. Archaeologists don't know what happened to the Mississippian culture, but most of what they do know about it is gleaned from artifacts like those found in Southeast Missouri State University's Beckwith Collection...

Tickets for today's Southern Living Cooking School, which is expected to attract 5,000 people, will be sold at the door of the Show Me Center, where the event will be held. Admission is $3 per person, and seating is first come first served. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and will remain open throughout the day...

A proposal for a new student center in the heart of campus was tabled Wednesday by the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents. The plan, put together by student leaders and the university administration, calls for a $12.5 million renovation and expansion of Parker Hall to provide a modern student center. About $10.6 million would come through the sale of bonds...

Getting the business community involved is crucial to planning for disasters. Sherman Greer, director of the Emergency Management Agency for Evansville, Ind., and surrounding Vanderburgh County, brought that message to Cape Girardeau's disaster resistant community steering committee Wednesday...

Approximately 700 members of the Missouri Lions Club will be in Cape Girardeau this weekend for the 75th Missouri Lions Club State Convention today through Sunday. "We think they are going to be overwhelmed," said Laurie Taylor, convention co-chairman. The other co-chairman is Dr. Keith Deimund, who is also the Lions district governor...

April 30, 1998 Dear Patty, The city's spring clean-up week has come and gone without any major accumulations of other people's discarded junk. Some years you get lucky. In the past, DC's late-night forays during this Festival of Glut have filled the pickup truck. We have too many things, all of us, and I'm persuaded that the only reason we ever get rid of any of them is because we've run out of room, and there are still more things we want to get...

Notre Dame High School will conduct basketball camps this summer for boys and girls entering grades 3-8 next year. There will be two sessions available for both boys and girls. Girls sessions are June 8-12 and June 29-July 3 while boys sessions are June 22-26 and Aug. 3-7...

The 14th Annual Steamboat Classic Triathlon has been rescheduled to June 7. The triathlon was originally scheduled for April 26. The event will be held at Central Pool and begins at 9 a.m. For further information, contact Doug Gannon at the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department at 335-5421...

A prequalifying tournament for the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship will be held at the Jaycees Municipal Golf Course on June 6. Boys and girls divisions will be held for ages 10-18. Entry fee is $30. The top finishers in the tournament will have guaranteed entry at the district qualifier June 10-11 at the A.L. Gustin Golf Course in Columbia with the entry fee paid by the Cape Optimist Clubs...

The eighth annual Budweiser Benefit Softball Tournament will be held June 6-7 at the Jackson City Park. The double-elimination event is open to all Class C and D men's slow-pitch teams. Squads will hit their own 47 core balls and there will be a two home run limit...

A men's slow-pitch softball tournament will be held May 30-31 in Benton. The entry fee for the double-elimination event is $90. For more information, call Greg Riley at 545-3933 or Don Riley at 472-1531.

The Perryville Parks and Recreation Department will hold its Perryville Mayfest Outdoor Volleyball Grass Tournament May 9 at Perryville City Park. The co-ed, four-person tournament has a cost of $30 per team. It will consist of pool play and a single-elimination playoff...

A four-man golf scramble will be held May 14 at The Gambit in Vienna, Ill. Cost is $300 per team. A $40 discount will be given each team for paid registration received by 5 p.m. on May 7. The tournament will begin with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Lunch will be provided...

The 4th Annual Children's Benefit Golf Tournament will be held July 24 at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. The three-person scramble will have three flights. Cost is $65 per player. Lunch will be provided and prizes will be awarded. The tournament will benefit children's health care problems at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

A racing collectibles show, sponsored by GNG Racing Collectibles of Cape Girardeau, will be held Sunday from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Show Me Center. A variety of items will be for sale, including dye cast models, autographed items, pictures and apparel...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will hold its Summer Registration Day for recreation and aquatic classes May 13 at A.C. Brase Arena. Registration will be held from 1-7 p.m. Registration will also be accepted before and after this day...

Cape Girardeau Senior American Legion and Senior Babe Ruth baseball tryouts will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Cape Central High School field. Any players wishing to participate for one of those teams this summer should attend the tryout.

MARION, Ill. -- Tied 1-1 Wednesday with about 20 minutes left against Marion, Notre Dame's defense forced a Marion player to inadvertently kick the ball of a teammate into its own net for a 2-1 Lady Bulldogs victory. Jaymie Frank scored Notre Dame's only other goal on an assist by Jill Edwards as the Lady Bulldogs improved to 5-8-1. Notre Dame trailed 1-0 at halftime...

Chris Wallace School: Advance Class: Junior Sport: Baseball Position: Third Base-Pitcher Coach: Chuck Powers Week report: After starting the week 0-for-3 in a 3-1 win over Puxico, Wallace got seven hits in his final seven at-bats to end the week with a .700 batting average and 11 RBIs. ...

COLUMBIA -- Southeast Missouri State University fell behind Missouri 8-0 after three innings and never recovered in a 12-6 loss Wednesday night. Mizzou pounded four home runs in the victory, getting two homers from shortstop Griffin Moore as the Tigers improved to 31-14...

Son to David and Stacy Ackley of Wickliffe, Ky., 12:51 p.m. Friday, March 27, 1998. Name, David Allen Jr. Weight, 8 pounds 3 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Ackley is the former Stacy Green, daughter of Fred and Bonnie Green of Bell City. Ackley is the son of Ned and Nancy Ackley of Aurora, Ill...

BENTON -- Henrietta Halter, 87, of Benton died Wednesday, April 29, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 30, 1911, at Kelso, daughter of John and Mary Schlosser. She and Zeno Halter were married May 9, 1933, at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso...

ADVANCE -- Goldia McDaniel, 87, of Advance died Tuesday, April 28, 1998, in Advance. She was born Nov. 10, 1910, in Fairfield, Ill., daughter of Frank and May Redfern Haws. She and Ivo McDaniel were married in 1942. He died March 13, 1963. Survivors include a sister, Edna Bullinger of St. Louis...

Lillian Marie Haman, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 29, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born March 22, 1930, at Egypt Mills, daughter of Arthur and Regina Reimann Lueder Sr. She and Leslie William Haman were married July 28, 1951, at Egypt Mills...

SIKESTON -- Mildred Wills, 74, died Wednesday, April 29, 1998, at Clearview Nursing Center. She was born April 23, 1924, at Sikeston, daughter of Benny and Ester Kruger Walker Sr. Wills was a nurse aide at Missouri Delta Medical Center 13 years. Survivors include a son, Jimmy Wills of Sikeston; a brother, Benny Walker Jr. of Sikeston; three sisters, Mary Alcorn of Morley, Margaret Breedlove and Betty Stancil of Louisville, Ky.; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren...

PERRYVILLE -- Beulah E. "Bea" Wibbenmeyer, 87, died Wednesday, April 29, 1998, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born July 22, 1910, in St. Louis, daughter of Leon and Mary Ann Mattingly Chappius. She and Stanislaus G. "Stonie" Wibbenmeyer were married Feb. 20, 1928, in Perryville. He died March 4, 1975...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral for Luther O. Fear of Anna will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro. Pastor Bonnie Mills will officiate, with burial in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today. Fear, 82, died Tuesday, April 28, 1998, at Union County Hospital...