Stories from Wednesday, August 26, 1998

To the editor: Anybody who has listened to my radio show, "The Florida Round Table," or read my columns knows that I have not been for impeaching Bill Clinton. They also know I had hoped (although I didn't believe) that he was not lying about his relations with Monica Lewinsky. ...

Law enforcement can try hard to crush the ample supply of methamphetamine. They can win a skirmish here and there. But the outcome of the effort to thwart this illegal menace is precarious. The secret weapon isn't more money. We are the answer. The battle will be won one child, one family, one community at a time. ...

One of my disciplines as owner of some newspapers in Arkansas is to read some Arkansas newspapers. They're more critical of the Bill and Hillary Clinton they know than most newspapers. Also this long editorial in the Aug. 22 issue of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock is a needed bit of information for the national, state and local health debate:...

Angie Holtzhouser of Lilbourn will have three recipes included in the upcoming "Southern Culture Cookbook." Holtzhouser is author of "Drop Dumplin's and Pan-Fried Memories Along the Mississippi." The recipes to be included in "Southern Culture Cookbook" are Marian's Unusual Green Tomato Pie, Crispy Southern Fried Chicken, and Tennessee Lemonade...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Education voted not to change the school district's tax levy during a meeting held Tuesday night. People living in the school district, which includes portions of Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties, will again be taxed $3.21 per $100 assessed valuation. ...

OAK RIDGE -- A public hearing Tuesday on the proposed construction of an interchange on Interstate 55 at Oak Ridge drew a "mixed" reaction, the project manager said. "Some are very much in favor," said the manager, Lynelle Skouby, citing improved safety for school buses, convenience and better access for ambulances and fire equipment as major positive factors...

Fall enrollment numbers added up to good news for Southeast Missouri State University. The school had 7,904 students enrolled for the first day of classes Monday, up 61 over a year ago. The figure included 7,107 undergraduates and 797 graduate students...

ANNA, Ill. -- Ron Knupp is looking for some mule racers. "We still have room for entries in the mule races today, Thursday and Friday," said Knupp, who helps arrange harness, mule and pony races at the Union County Fair being held this week at the fairgrounds in Anna...

Cape Girardeau's two hospital administrators are ready to negotiate a series of guarantees with the state that the hospitals' proposed merger will result in more efficient, cost-effective health care. James Wente, administrator of Southeast Missouri Hospital, and James Sexton, president and chief executive officer of St. ...

Oh, for Beetle Bailey to end up in Bosnia instead of in another round of unsuccessful fist fighting with Sarge. Who doesn't love the comics page? It's a nice way to back into the newspaper. You read a few comics, laugh at Cathy's annual lack of success at buying an attractive bathing suit and then plunge into the news you have to care about...

Fans of local high school sports no doubt are very familiar with the athletic programs of most of the area schools, including those from Cape Girardeau Central, Notre Dame, Jackson, Scott City, Chaffee and many others. But fans are probably not all too familiar with the sports program at Eagle Ridge Christian School, located a mile west of Interstate 55 along Route K...

JACKSON -- Yvonne McVay carded a hole-in-one Monday at Kimbeland Country Club. McVay used a 3-wood to perform the feat on eighth hole, a 135-yard par 3. Witnessing the shot were Harvey McVay, Shane McVay and Woody Fadler.

PERRYVILLE -- Nina L. Nelson, 53, of Perryville died Monday, Aug. 24, 1998, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 24, 1944, on Kaskaskia Island, daughter of Lloyd and Leona Heob Lankford. Nelson was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church and Eagles Auxiliary...

MARBLE HILL -- Mary Louise Helton, 84, of Marble Hill died Monday, Aug. 24, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 7, 1913, at Lutesville, daughter of Edward Morris and Nora Edith Smith Caldwell. She and Delbert A. Helton were married Sept. 23, 1939, at Marble Hill. He died Dec. 21, 1969...

PERRYVILLE -- Graveside service for Opal C. Patterson will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Crossroads Methodist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Louella Lyon will officiate. Young and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Patterson, 79, formerly of Perryville, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1998, at Country Villa Nursing Home in Humansville...

MARBLE HILL -- A Zalma man was in guarded condition at a Cape Girardeau hospital after suffering serious injuries in a car accident Tuesday morning. Tracy Williams, 36, was in St. Francis Medical Center intensive care unit Tuesday night. He was injured when his vehicle, a 1989 Dodge, ran off Route FF, struck a ditch embankment and overturned...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Eugene "Gene" Moore, 74, of Jonesboro died Monday, Aug. 24, 1998, at his home. He was born July 30, 1924, in Leslie, Mich., son of George Washington and Hazel Irene Wasness Moore. Moore had been a telephone lineman, and member of Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455 in Anna. He was a veteran of World War II...

JACKSON -- Patsy Mitchell, 76, of Jackson died Monday, Aug. 24, 1998, at Jackson Manor. She was born July 3, 1922, in Talihina, Okla., daughter of James Thomas and Martie Carter Mitchell. Mitchell had lived in Jackson since 1993. Survivors include three brothers, Benjamin Mitchell of Talihina, Sumner Mitchell of Lewisville, Ark., Jimmy Mitchell of South San Francisco, Calif.; five sisters, Jean Barlow of Baton Rouge, La., Betty Lay of Klamath Falls, Ore., Elba Hutledge of Denton, Texas, Doris Hilton of Jackson, and Tommie Campbell of Oklahoma City, Okla.. ...

Daughter to Paul and Dianne Roth of Jackson, St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, 5:08 p.m. Monday, July 20, 1998. Name, Jacquelyn Elizabeth. Weight, 2 pounds 9 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Roth is the former Dianne Kogge, daughter of Richard and Trish Kogge of Cape Girardeau. She is a speech therapist with Cape Girardeau Public Schools. Roth is the son of Wimpy and Clair Roth of Ste. Genevieve. He is a territory manager with Swisher International...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Emma Lou Shelby, 81, of Memphis, Tenn., died Monday, Aug. 24, 1998, at the home of a daughter. She was born Oct. 15, 1916, in East Prairie, daughter of George and Henrietta Cotham Lain. She and Roy Benjamin Shelby were married Nov. 24, 1938. He died in May 1981...

The Southeast Missourian asked, "How do you feel about your children going back to school?" Sandy Miller: "It has been a fun summer, but I have had as much love and companionship as I really want from my children. They need to get back into their structured activities. We all need a little bit of a change."...

JACKSON -- After dropping off older daughters Cassie and Erica at school, Vickie Rinehart was waiting at an intersection with her 3-year-old daughter, Sydnie, when she accidentally bumped the car in front of her. The collision, such as it was, released the car's two front-seat air bags, breaking the windshield and causing $3,200 in damage to the vehicle's interior. Rinehart's nose and arm were bruised. Sydnie, fortunately, was in her car seat in the back and was unharmed...